, 1874-01-12

crush IN tho bud Mi auet undermining innuences
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ss Ns1s ns'ia' ie he " cvsetfo tG 81 has "econ
and the ia prayer for Tho success Of beth patties
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s5oana 1a hoy Y e{tsa @ + i. eils! eest,s, .ioss 5
ascsis lie prayers of ,lo ehureles 10 wheia hs aa
nlnstored, for him and h!s aasooatos, TINT Tho Wor
%he hG Aoss Ssoye @ rs eey pr
% we'll "a III is rsiux influence uo tho minds Of th9
not nuke progress without tho prosenco Of tho Divine
Spirit upon msnssors md reopla iu answer TO their
tion Of success III preaohing to Gospel a,, IN tho
work OF tho chr!stan brotherhood, IN Paula lay asit
overthrow ohrte.isny they ,nast begin by aca'erns
aoss l ,ssaEa to tS % ny q PRAYING
they eer their toryea patl.lona daily sor another.
'ssss' pss @ se s s9s q ae S
fcrvently for his flock loses hia splritua tnesa to
minister to them III hoy thngs slla Tho people then
suppcnons at tho throno Of The Heavenly araco, nnI
thc samo timc begin to grow cold toward him, md
Rs o &, s
criaal ocz in thfs lind and ricR out ido dlsaeo;.
en inquiry into tle,r dcvotons! sbts yoa vii
nntd na .at taoy ae1aS pray earnestly fSr a shop
ri a.. frs. psHiss ssF.se with 70. God it. and s
~ with wo% T.. we srs moss
.nrst duties q cir NSss, hindsrs our own spiritual
10 10 helpers IN tho fellowship OF tho Saints. Wcmust
10. mutually given 10 prayer for onD another,
testimony Of a experience well rs Of holy Scrip
:; II the nS1t place. lat " notice the fEat OH
and moro IN knowiedt 70 aud IN oil julgment.' Tho
dirocle prayci for church. ii tho development Of
loyo under PROPER balancing influences The great
M hsss an e m Si men wtsh o
noshncasthe heavenly spirit for tho earthly spirit.
Love 70 God lovs to ohliss oyc to tho sayors ii.ct
Rudeeh,er's Kingdom and TO tho souls OF inel-,nyer-
sai aud impartial loyc intensified hy proximity to
ls ia tne grace that springs Up rst aud
Tile loading cna Of a Christian tnlstrationa to cul
tivae and develop this supreme grace in every Chris
Church. Love, both as an impulse and principle,
grows unlec tho Watering Of ecrirtural Influences and
q those IL on tso now te % has @ Scgun II 10 s con-
sciona power. xhe Holy Spirit ID the author Of tbia
now fo in tho aoul and tho Invocation Of that spirit
to he an indwong comforter aud sa1,cGcr ts, thrrc
fore among the primary duties TINT are owed by every
Christian 10 himself and toward a1l his brethrcn
lovo ia The interior lives Of the phitppnn OhsstIans
For he knew tlat, without love- ohristiany fa only
dasoa o pet 10 1 the
pauls preaching and writings were full Of appeals 10
tho chr,atun atfections Of is hearers an rcatlera
And 10 every faithful raetor, and every Christian
church, in,b,ed with the spirit Of tho Apostle, will tx
telr eye Oh the cultivation of broad Christian lovd
tory Of any people TINT have 6ecn chiefly characorzed
by this clteavor to make duly balanced lows the SUI
IRENE ad T. mast eo history
But wo qualify the love to bu cultivated because II
"a qualified by the inspired writer's ald by Christian
aud all Judgment. We hear great deal III these days
about religion as sentiment, mud lose sentiment.
Assorng d M to ths ys e @ arc q not to haze ene
creed Dogma and dogma so%shns 70 Setd b. dqsaed
soua sn n1en u It'll s that It love, % to
DO anything but drea1n OF ragc must bo tempered
What in tho world have wo to lore, II do not be-
tributes Of Godand tue person an work Of jesus and
Lovo to somo misty, Unknown, and unknowable catse
Of motion and chnnge. whose thoughts aud feelings
IN no respect analogous to Is chpty ynpor.
It soon degeneraseA into humanltariailsm, sud
becomes As cold towards God towards tho uncon-
sc}ous glare OF remote comet In tho heavens. God
aud Chriat, aud Sin mud ntohenlont aud forgiveness
through faith, aud heaven mud hell, are subjects Of
knowledge to tue Christian. because they arc revealed
teeH On whc every true pastos IS accustomed ION to
dwell that he may touch hla people wl,a1, and how
ana Why thcy are to love- And tho people who receive
sensational guides are they who grow Ut otco IN the
of ovs ena y he Of Lord aud
to one-sded In tho direction Of too much theory aud
too little appeal To the lears. but ~ proportion
hpleas to their sensbi]itics Rull be nude through
thelr understandings They nlust sec in order to
feet, they must know 10 love- And in vain do you st
addressing their inagnationa alone Or their synpa
titles alone. uelco strong church 10 always wull-
instructed church. who have zeal according to know.
eaEe:,
stl II ia no4 enough that Church should be taught
in tue Bphorc Of Clrlst1a1 lucrtne TAGre must he,
porcepion, using tho torn high Christian sol.se.
There tH III man natural caraclty TO and reallzo
that IRE reyouled IN ths word If cad en onca hosa
forms arc distinctly set before tho mind This is
what We call the moral sensc-a sort Of inHtictve al
which person whoso understanding fs properly e,-
lgteued dotects at once the difference between riEht
s Tas 4 q Of hs this dya
work i Il ba duty to warn s'ln lis P"sDas hearsrs
nyainst biun,ng ther consclencea nn 10 urge the1n
corvlciiouu nj every point. Thus w ha be snabe ,
to prescribe the netcs and bounds within which Chris
als lnve IL to haye its Ut exercise. mere sepi-
everybody without uuy discriminating regard 10 lhe
moral 1oargs Of conduct, u!ay ho called love, but 1t
e1ere!se 1h knowledge and all Judgment In oyery
Species or right moral perception. Christian nstrue
on arect!ona!e Impulses, and directs them into lie
cllanne Of Intelligent aud safe benevoence It makes
l9ve self-enying md eousiderate aud gives It wise
knowledge md cultivated moral rereeptiou would
yaed to the demands Of temporal friendship Vt tho