Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-01-20
RELIGION AND \

RELIGION AND CHARITY.
True religion and true charity should
60 had In hand. Jet charity Il too eftsn
Lost sight Of and vilfully ignored In the
LEES practical pursuit Of religious hsppi-
nsss and the promotion Of the intsrssts
and practice Of religious theories. doc
trinss. asd the premulgasion Of religious
erssds. There IL mot enough Of charity
In religion. bat On the contrary. tse
much 81 narrov-miAdsd sslhshnsss In
religious erssds. Evsa ministers Of the
Gospel are not al Tree from the taint Of
sslnahnsss. and among them h the
straight-bscksd sxpoundsr Of some par
tieuiar creed. Who has nc charity
toward thoss vhs do not believe In him
and his peculiar ~uitsraness. He con-
sidsrs his particular church - the holi-
eel Of the holy. and the only true read
" heaven. therefore II sure that oil
othsrs In the world must b in The
wrong and not worthy OF even charitable
consideration on his part. He sets him
self up - The NJ plus ulro Of earthly
divinity and the most worthy teacher
Of morality and religion. - pro-
muls.tsd BY the holy scriptures.
He 10 the soul Of big0try and
.nsrrov-mindsd. illibsrai idsas. sai noth-
ing makes him o angry than fer any
one to dispute him or call his works or
his words into question. In his son-
esitsd arrogance he says: "I an boiler
than thou ; when I speak. Yen may list
en-. bat You must notindulss In the her
ssy Of differing with ne In opinion. or
Of disputing what I say. by either
thsught or word" Such men are not
easily brought 70 "sss themselves NJ
o,hsn So thsm." In refreshing con-
trast to such narrow-nindsd. unchari-
table religious bisots. come those who.
imbusd with and teaching The true rsli-
g,en Of the neck and lowly Savior.
are nllsa with charity toward all man.
kind. and are svsr ready 70 assist the
poor and needy regardless Of Whatever
may DO their religious creeds or oonvic-
tions. These are the men who teach
charity from their pulpits ; that true
"eharity which failsth not" and whose
congregations In composed OF true
hearted Christians, ever ready with
kindly words and willing hands to re-
Here the wants OF the poor. unfortunate
J.. wen the srriug. Theirs il practical
an not theoretical charity, and thsirs
the true religion Of Christ, Of Him Who
needed NO p~latial churches. no eos:ly
domss beneath which 10 preach his holy
word. and whose Apostles vent forth
with neither purse nor scrip. to carry
the Gospel to all nations. Eagerly The
converts N his teachings came TO his
feet, beneath the blue sun-iit dome Of
his Fathers great church. and no ner.
cenary collections Of money were made
to be expended in costly tabsrnaclss. in
stead Of bang more properly and con-
sis,sn,ly given to the poor. Our Saviour
needed no costly surroundings. religious
machinery. or similar influences 10 as
sist hin In teaching the words Of life.
and carrying conviction into the hearts
Of his hearers. His works were not
temporary bot permanent. enduring
forever.
The foregoing reflections were induced
at this time by reading Of the latsst
doings and schisvsmsnts Of Moody and
sankey. the famous rsvivaiists In the
East. They have just clossd their
labors In Chicago, and gone to Boston.
whore. - VI stated . few days ego. .
large and costly tabernacle has been
erected purpossly for them in which to
carry en- their holy work. We copy the
following from our Boston exchanges
..Itis estimated that the TAbsrnscls which
IL preparing for Needy and sAnksy In this
city, in which they aro 10 hold thsir TO
vrval mestings. will cost. With all is sp-
polntmsnts. ssms sixty thousand dollars.
The Clergy have exsrtsd themselves per
sonally 20 hslp on the work. speaking
verbs OF s-ncouragsmsnt Wherever they
thought they would do any god. appeal
Ing 10 the church feeling with which they
have previously saturated % many minds.
and In every manner stirring up the public.
like politicians In the hsat OF . canvass. IN
make good their pledge that this ~ecclssi.
astical enterprise shall not fall short OF
success. And when 10 10 all over. they
will b the very first nss b turn around
and point TO 10 ~ the work Of the Lord.
ave have seen an estimate OF what the
coat Of this Tsssrnscls vsuld do for tbs
posr Of Boston this Winter. II commutsd
into barrels Of -four. tons Of coal. yards Of
cotton clsth. piscss OF flannel. sushels OF
pststosu, and those other things VI which
the very largo class Of people Who are nov
out Of work % sorely stand In need.
Merely 10 ran ID over makes enc reinbl
10 think Of how much suffering could BE-
ursvsnted. and how much actual comfort
could Be dispensed. II the sixty thousand
dollsrs which this building II 70 take out
Of the pockets 81 the rich. we're 10 b dis
tributed among The poor. One naturally
ssLs. therefore. Why The clergy Who are %
resav to forward the building enterprise
are not equally ready 70 organize and APP
nv The ersetivs relief for suffering
T6srs Il Q plain and shsrt answer 10 the
uuestion : in the n case they are Guilt
vain, their own fsld. In the other they
arr only scattering bread upon the vAssrs-
rhs latter doss not sscm 10 ~ their work.
.Nothing IL palmer than the Bed OF
Joining sympsthies AID resources TOT Tho
siIsnt ana steady sllsviaticn OF missry
smone people nov unemployed. but who
vero once able 10 earn an honest living:
rhsss pcople arc one with us. are Q part Of
ma. m fsct help give vitality 70 the eommu.
nity. To hslp them 10 eur nrst duty. IL
l. 10 conspicuous . duty that u sannet be
irnorsI. Better 70 call public meetings
In he city and organize boards 81 relief.
and thus practice the christiAn spirit and
theory, than 10 expsnd all In erecting lab
crnsciss for preaching. expounding rsviv-
Ing. and making sonverts. when pseple
~.t.w Tkt Hr1t Autv In