The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-06-09
sabbath-day suggestions.

When think of the vast capacities
Of the human mind, of Gods nearness
to it and unbounded love toward it, II
am disposed to wonder, not that reve-
lations have been made, but that they
have not been more variously vouch-
safed to the wants Of mankind.-Fene
Ion.
Reverence is an ennobling sentiment;
it is felt to be degrading only by the
vulgar mind which would escape the
sense Of its own bitterness by elevating
itself into the antagonist of what is
above it. He that has no pleasure in
looking up. is not fit to look down; of
such minds are the mannerists in art
and in the world-the tyrants Of all
Sorts Washington ANston. ..=S..,
Judge not man by his outward mani
festation Of faith; for some there are
who tremblingly reach out shaking
hands to the guidance Of faith; Others
who stoutly venture in the dark their
human confidence, their leader which
they mistake for faith; some whose
hope totters upon crutches; others who
stalk into futurity upon stills. The
difference is chiefly constitutional with
theE.-Lam5. ar 31asg etiv
If God but cares for our inward and
eternal life, if by all the experience OF
this life he is reducing it and preparing
it for its disclosure, nothing can befall
US but prosperity. Every sorrow shall
be but the setting of some luminous
jewel of joy. Our very mourning shall
be but the enamel around the diamond
our very hardships but the metallic rim
that ,.holds the opal, glancing with
strange interior fres.-Beeeher. .aa
| Surely the mischief Of hypocrisy car
never be inveighed against. When re
|ligion is in request, it is the chief NAL
ady of the church, and members die o
it; though because it is subtle and in
ward evil, it be little perceived. It il
to be feared there are many sick of il
!, that look well and comely in Gods out
ward worship, and they may pass wei
in good weather, in times OF peace; :bu
days of adversely are days Of trial
Bishop Hall. -.
Religion is universal, theology is ex
elusive; religion is humsitarian, theol
ogy is sectarian; religion unites man
kind, theology divides it; religion
9 love-broad and all-comprising as God
e love-theology teaches love and practi
c ces bigotrY. Religion looks to th
moral worth of man, theology to hi
G creed and denomination. Religion j
c light and love, and virtue and peace
) unadulterated and immaculate; but tht
J, ology IS the apple Of discord, which dis
!, unites and estranges one from another
-LilieathaI.
Any presentation of the gospel of th
y Lord Jesus Christ that does not com
l to the world as the balmy days of Ma
G come to the yet unlocked norther
G zones; any way of preaching the loy
% of God in Christ Jesus which is not 6
G full of sweetness as the voice of til
g angels when they sang at the Advent
o any mode of making known the pro,
@ lamation of mercy which has not {
e least as many birds as there are in Jun
G and as many flowers as the dumb meat
g ow knows how to bring forth; an
Q method of bringing before men the do
G trine OF salvation which does not mah
q every one feel "There is hope for me-
G in God, in the divine plan, in the vel
e nature of the organization of huma
% life and society,"-is spurious,is a sla1
c der on God, and is blasphemy again
c cllove.--H. ~. Bcecher. -.f,gs