, 1876-08-14

belief un!tes them. Making merit Of sarriaro
Or Of aeli-lenial only fosters pride. Humility
n not to be found ut home, md lIs1tead lrro-
precisely tic diiIesence between tt,e ser7ice rem
dercti hy love for loves sake and the nycsGrvlts
OF IN insolent md rncrccnary h'rc'lng. We NIL
Know how great ts the gulf between loves ser
vice and that which common 1lfthy luerc COM
When Paul prayed that we might give body,
soul, and spirit to sucI a service, he struck 10
ehe contro of tho cherished thought Of sclf-con-
troll Il is not . virtue bcgotten Of expc1tcncy,
contrary, ono which is gladly rcn,
asFes With fts on @ most o presiou. sas osSSsas sass
40 In the old time Il was rendered less Intel
ysSotsy,, ysSSos,y, tho invisible all'p0worful King
When VIC look IN tho Sermon on the Monnt
Tor the CREDENTIALS Of this ptorcrb Of Solomon,
we ilna them very plain. II be that Is slow 70
anger e better than the mighty, how, much be,;
even sacrifice in the highest moral sense Of self
control that sin which 10 aa hand, or foot, or cyo
to him: Throughout this marvellous statement
O. ne oest and most correct style Of ltvinE We
golden thread, The poor tn spirit, tho meek,
the Hiertitul, the pure IL heart. the pcacc-tnak-
ers, come IN for the largest share Of blessing.
Forgtvcncss Of injuries Is q cnrltnal doctrine.
70 anottr wat 1s would 20 d. IN s s y Do n 10
u.s. Any violation Of these prcccpts Is not only
sin against the Snvlors teaching, but 1t Is ain
against soclety Now this shows US, as hardly
anything else can show It 80 clearly, that
the teachings Of pure and true religion. To
love our enemies, 10 blceB those TINT curse us,
to pray for thoss that desp!tcful'y usc Me and
pcreccute US, 10 to be tic children OF or Father
md scttlcd tuat to The cx{cut Tint 1t adhcrcs To
this llnn G{ conduct
u,ight eyon declare with an authority equal
to the old prophets TINT II tho Golden lsulc were
made tho standard Of 1fo and morat Is Tomorrow.
necessary. Minute statements would bo necl-
less. We should proceed upon equity and not
upon law. feel sometimes as though churches.
ard Christians, md civilized society, mud cities,
ss asss' s @ @ssM" M Il snasss t si q ss
feet. In placo Of few simple principles to live
and die by, we haye thousands and n,Sriads Of
complicated cllstDnle and arrangements against
T Thte} ~. sinceIo soul strives almost y vatn:
lcsscl followers of that finest pattern
Of noble citizenship "who, when He was re-
vtlcd, rcvilel not nlgain; when IT, suffered, He
that tudgoth nghtcously.' Thcrc was nothing
puBlliani1lols about Jesus Christ, aud there
need be nothing pulEil1nnttnous about any con-
duct which initiates His closely.
4IIl6 WD CUlIf9 ~ Ll6 lIiudFFnl]uA VI Illd eGI1-
iu the roblcst and ioiticst Of the past David
restrained himself from Staying Saul In thc tent
IT iiaclLlah. Its oct also Il, retusing ths water
from TIE veil at the ,ga.c, for which ho lnd
risk of mcn'e lives, was grand example. H. is
the prototypb f all such sclf-denying deeds
from that day forward. 1t rendered possible
Sir Philip Sd,Hy's cnp Of .vutcr at zHtphGn,
Crlmean, Wa., the Rebellion, md The Franco-
rrilEaian War. a good actlon sllmulatcs oislcta
to similar acliforget:lllness by the creation Ut
au atmosphere Of lofty chtsalry.
prpe,nlo wr i led vs cs, 10 .e ie cross steIeu
70 the stonchepp, and Paul t the sword:
Wherever love OF principle snrpnsses tovo Of
life, there sclf-contTol Is present ln ltn nobGst
form: Itts not found ts be aacGtlets1n either,
"cano eating and drinking" .mingling In mar
riage icastr, and lnn,!lIGr uven with tic street.
Eatilcs OF chl!tlt1r. His followers, while they
avoided lcvlty aud botsteronauess, were always
and Inspiring. They kept cloac 70 tho heart Of
men. Thcy construed thc CHARGE Of uur Lord
that they should be lnccls not by any means 10
include thy toss Of proper sclf-rcspcct.
When uerotl the Tctfarch was plotting tho
death Il Christ, message was brought to Him,
Get Thee out md depart hence, for llerod will
kill Theo.n 1t came BY tAu Flsartsccs,-n 1T
vehicle and therefore IL receives the Snyior's
feyereSt epltl,et. "Gn ye and tell tliut fox,
and tomorrow, and the third day slall bo pef.
fccted. 1t staiils H,do by side with that other
tremendous lightn!ng-0asl Of truth, "ic
serpente, 80, generation q y|psrE, how
eau yo eseape tiie damnat!on of hell" And 10
lcaplng forth Of just ittlignatsdn-a bcfpg angry
without sinfulueBs-whiclt, 80 long Us II IL In
personal and unsellsh. deserves Our closo copy
Eaul, for instance, was bcateu openly I'M
ities proposed to have 1n. secretly scnt out he
refused. Thcy must come themselves and take
him out. He had q principle Ut stake, and q
ca,lso 1carcr to him than life dt! not permit
him to be e!ther yiadicttve os self-l.uniating,
Lord" But When tho uigl,t~prlest commanded
10 smtte him on tho face, Puul's warrior blooA
famed up. It Is not recorded that the Apostle
wa r1nsoHsy b. ely, Stsk % hn IT. y ee1n t l qweyer
auS soa acS sal s snits tee ins
thou whttet wall Tor aittcst thou to Judge me
after tho law and conmatitlcst mo to be snlttcn
ho l,ai boc,, addressing the ilish-P1est Annnias,
and not q private munlber Of the sar-
heddm, lie apUlogized frankly: i" wlst not,
brethren, that he was the lligf-prest; fdr It Ii
wF'tten, .r'log slalt not 'peak Evil OF tho ruler
WemAy bo In o trtas Of doubt hero how Paul
could have failed to know thoinfamous Anuutas,
and whether his languugc Of apology, Is not
equivalent to seeond Singing Speech Il
be recognized - ulgh-Pricst. The original may
could not M have ss1 sesn = iilsiprlest n hm" And
however VIC may take II, 1t Is clcar TINT Paul
neither at this time nor at any other surrender
cd his rights as mnn or NJ q citizen.
most pungent pofat il here presented 10 us:
Is tterc q reserved right OF soit.protcetion In
hesont IN society % and belonging toa cnsIst!anln
is mauo no law md Justice Is driven from tho
lpenehi When those Is paralysis ot power, aud
sudden md outrageous crime In Will
regions aasails lifa ,,itselt, then It
armed thomselScs md protected halt burnt
Ch'cago-an! they did we'll. Citizens llaye be,
vigilance committees agulnst those whom no
ordinary law could touch: 1t was right III every
produced It--whcso Hight aud not nayouge was
lnstgating force.
hut Just here Ia our greatest danger As pco-
n1r. Whe,, f0W YearH since 1t was far from