Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1876-05-10

NIX. LDlIoR - NOuli lCiuSoo az
a favor the insertion in the AGE ofthe
following article:
What was the religion Of Christ =?
1t is considered fair believe to Judge
of men by their acts. Now what did
Christ do ?
We are led to believe from the ac-
count given of him IN primitive hlsto-
ry, that he was very rich ; that is
doubtless true, as he had rich father,
and of course he was heir to his faith
er's estate. But he was willing to
give up all he had, and to esteem it
his highest privilege to go among tine
poor that he might bless them, and
do them good How many OF his
professed disciples in this place fol-
low his example?
He had no costly houses, and splen-
did temples, in which to speak to the
people the great truths of eternal life,
but standing on the green carpeted
earth, or on the sands of the sea shore
of his native land, he spoke those llv-
ing truths, that if practiced by his
protessed disciples OF the day would
soon remove 4 vast amount OF want
and suffering from earth's children,
and cause their hearts to rejoice
through the pure beneficence of love ;
and this when he had not even where
TO lay his head and with nothing but
the canopy of Heaven for covering.
Yet amidst ali these difficulties he pro-
claimed the unsearchable riches OF
the gospel and demonstrated his love
by practically minstering to the tenn
poral necessities of earths suffering
ones Alas that for such a life of
self-abnegaton and disinterested love
he should have suffered death on the
cross. | am often led to believe that
Christians have forgotten these truths
that made Christ rich.
This may be the reason why they
waste so much Of Gods property and
let the worthy poor suffer for the
necessary comforts OF life. Again,
Christ said, "Whatsoever ye would
that men should do unto you do ye
even so unto them, and 'If any man
have this worlds goods and seeth his
brother in want, how dwelleth the
love of God in him q But the good
book is full of directions that it fol
lowed out by those who profess to be
Christs disciples we should have 4
better world than we have now
And who is responsible for thl.
state Of things 1t might be well t'
make an examination Of ourselves be
fore 1t is too late, ere we be weighed
in the balance and found wanting.
know poor man and his wlt'
who live in this town, on South street
who have spent much of their time
say twenty or thirty years in on
church, laboring for the good OF the
people according to their ability, a
also in several other churches, an'
now they have become poor an(
, needy.
T While laboring hard during tha
period he contracted disease whicI
has totally unified him for hard Ia
bor He has been the means OF Gre
aling taxable property in this town t.
the amount of four thousand dollars
, His health has been so poor tor a tev
, years past they have needed man.
comforts they could not get. Al
though they have applied to the tow
. for help, the help comes so hard, AM
the towl, is so poor, they suffer muc
rather than ask for help, | presum
, if his health is not better soon the
y will be deprived of comfortabl
home and be dragged to the poo
house, unless they are willing to sui
5 fer on as heretofore, and his good an
: faithful wife will become an inmate o
u Brattleborc asylum, or the grave. |
c seems hard that at their time OF life
$ now verging on seventy years, and !
christian community, they Shout
y come to this. During their sicknes
y a few kind friends have admlnistere
), to their wants, which kindness will b
e held in everlasting remembrance.
S Who is responsible for thes
h things? Let Christ speak once more
n "Inasmuch as ye have done 1T unit
E, one of the least OF these my brethrel
IS We have done it unto me-" Oh ! thi
n people would lay eff this hypocrltic'
n religion and put on Christ Jesus tn
j. Lord.
# G. II. WASHBURN,
=. A believer in the religion of Chris
r. Woodstock, May 2, 1876.