The Leavenworth weekly times., 1876-06-29

true TO YOU, Is becaus. the rs,sor.
have caused your CHANGE az mich
themselyes As a new belief ;: forming
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hand and ye,rn for the dav 10 come when
fbev nav becn,ne an intellectual s,onpe to
| abSorb The nabuIum nrenared- II is like
the nbvsicaI Iaziness which hor,es and longs
for no:ses.Ions which will let them live in
| ipdoIepce forever and enioy the blessings of
the universe without a pain or an endeayor
Of their own. But such intellectual indo-
Ieuce. like the indolence of the BODY. brings
| want. misery and woe. The universe
| will not stand still for any one of Us. How
MANY there are all around us who will not
| allow themselves to think-who drive every
doubt away. as very demon come to dis
| ,urb their rest, Their sleep is sweet, and
they wish never TO awaken: and. like
minister was told of the other day, they
"are az liberal a. they dare be-" They are
the intellectual hermits, livirs in the caves
and wiidernes-es Of the past. They know
there is busy world somewhere beyond
them. but fearing the activity. dreading the
effor; a contact with that world will force
| upon them. they will not suffer themselves
| TO venture from their isolation, but wish to
| remain and die ignorant Of all, if they may
escape the duty which busy life would
| command. The world is full of these saint
ly Simons, who expect 10 win heaven
through their mental asceticism, and who
make their voluntary ignorance their
strongest claim upon Gods favor. 1t is as
| il one should come TO the Divine One and
say, Here, . Master, is the talent Thou
gavest me; hid il in a napkin, buried
it in the earth, bring it to Thee as Thou
gavest it, neither less nor more. ] confess
there came visions of beauty beseeching me
10 use it, and doubts OF my wisdom in
hiding it tortured me often; yea, even the
whole word was laid at my feet As the pos
sible gain OF this power Thou didst put
into my hand, if would but go out among
the children OF men and toll and struggle,
and bear my part in the business of the
world; but i dreaded the strife, | was
afraid OF the uncertainties, / shrunk from
work duty in the guise of toll was irk-
some. But have denied myself all posi-
bilitIes, and preserving all Thou hast i'm
parted, | bring il expecting Thy blessing
and commendation." Then the Divine One
says: Thou wicked and slothful servant,
for what did / give thee the talent? Could
| not have hid and buried il myself? What
hast thou done with the years that have
flown? How hast thou improved the time,?
Is the world any better, any wiser, anv
richer in truth, by thy living in it? l sent
thee into the werld through the door of
birth with wondrous possibilities | gave
thee all that man can have. the power 10
unfold a divine life, to bless all bv thy Iiv-
ing. and now thou comest back to me
through the gate of death. an infant as
thou didst 90 forth. and the wears of thy
life though three score and len. are but
a blank, Nav. my blessing thou dost not
deserve. Thou art not fit 10 be entrusted
with even the infants talent, will take
II fr,,m thee. and give it to him who has re-
turned with his increased tenfold." The
eternal life. the divine felicities of the fu-
ture- the smile of God. and the favor of
heaven. are not the reward of one who hood
winks himself.
But then after all has been said ON all sides.
every observing person can see at a glance
thar il il really those who.are called ortbo-
dox who are destitute of actual beliefs. II
is certain that the liberal. who is the out
cast from the church, is most fixed and
definite in his beliefs. Yon will find as
much diversity among the opinions Of the
PEOPLE of any orthodox sect as among the
wide range OF liberals. You will discover
that all sects have changed the interpreta-
tion of their creeds vastly, and none adhere
TO them with the same meaning that they
did in times gone bp. You cannot find a
single sect that has the rude, barbarous
idea of God that was pictured by all sects
only few years ago. No two even in the
church will interpret Jesus life and leach
ing in the same way. What 10 one is an
evidence of his divinity is to another the
plainest manifestation Of his sweet human
i;y. The very things that TO one school
are proofs of his deItv. are 10 another school
the proofs of his inferior humanity. One
saws the barren tlr-trpe, cursed Ey HIM,
testimony TO his deilic power. his mastery
over nature. But another saws it was only
a maniiestion of petty human spite. The
churchmen all explain their creeds, but
each exclamation differs from the rest 81
believe in the Holy Catholic | hear men
saw. But ask what church il is. and all of
them will clamor with A different answer.
and none OF them are catholic. AZ believe
in God the Father. creator of heaven and
earth thew repeat. but ask what he is ike
and where he is and Won will find as many
Gods as there are men. of all sorts and
shapes and sizes. from The invisible Giant
sitting ON an inconoeivable throne 70 The
upnamable Influence which whispers I'm tho
winds and pours its tides tbronghout all
conscious being. a believe i'm .Jesns Chris.
the Son of God, they still 90 ON but how
The son of God. Won ask. and Won find so
MANY different kinds of sonship that. were
our human kinship 80 yariousiy suscepti-
BILE. woe TO the family and home. ale sui.
fered under Pontius Pilate was cruciied.
dead and buried. descended into hell. rose
AGAIN the third day. ascended into heaven" +"
So millions sneak the creed. But on in
ouiry YOU learn that one neighbor thinks
the pain upon the cross is only seeming,
for God could not suffer pain. and another
saws the pain was real. but was borne only