Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-01-28
which is liable to no shipwreck; lay up now
in that treasury which pays such interest as
no earthly bank can afford, and that is
doubling and compounding itself to all eter-
Heuse of the coed Shepherd.

At the House of the Good Shepherd there
wa as large congregation, and the singing
was well led by choir OF about sixteen voices,
with whom all assembled could harmonious
ly join. The Rector, the Rev. W. G. Pope,
B, d.. preached from st. Matthew, VII, 3,
sAnd Jesus put forth his hand, and touched
him, saying, will; be thou clean. And i'm
mediately the leprosy was cleansed."
The Reverend gentleman said, although
the maxim s'Cleanliness is next to Godi-
ness,' is not found in the Scriptures, it is
in entire accordance with their teachings.
If an invited guest made his appearance at
social entertainment with begrimed face
and hands, he would be considered intoxica-
ted. How much greater stigma must be
uncleanliness of soul2'
The different impurities of speech and
deed which sprung from those, of unclean
mind are a source of annoyance to those
pure minded but not spotless companions.
How then can an Almighty and infinitely
pure Creator hold communion with such?
Every man on earth is more or less I'M
clean, though human nature was originally
created pure-and this from the leaven of
| the Fall. In our physical existence all dis
eases might be considered unclean, but the
! Scriptures attach the term only to one, lep-
| rosy, and this disease, SO terribly pathetic in
all its hideous phases, is a perfect type of
the moral corruption, Sin.
AS in the mouth of the Leper the piteous
cry ssUnclean! unclean!s was reiterated
| whenever he moved about the city in which
| he dwelt, SO from the heart of the sinner
conscious of his sin the same cry is wrung
! At this season of the Christian year we APP
propriately turn from our Lords beautiful
childhood and youth to his first entry upon
his ministry-from the pathetic and beauti-
| the stern realities, wants and sutferings of
| that humanity which He came to seek and
| to save.
His first miracle in healing the leper is a
beautiful illustration of His power to save:
| He healed him by touch.
| It is well to remember that there are many
evils in this world beyond mans power to
alleviate. Some leprosies, both moral
and physical which can only be
healed by the hand of God.
In most cases too much trust is placed in
mans finite powers.
It is through Christ's Human Personalitv,
that these healing gifts of God are to be han
ded to man for Christ is God and that
in order to participate VIC must find and
touch the Saviour. There are many means
of finding and touching our Saviour-1n
prayer.-ln keeping his commandments, in
all those good works which are so constantly
open to us in our intercourse with our neigh
bors. But the motive power of our actions
should not be rigid regard for any set of
rules. An exact man who regulates his life
like piece of mechanism is at the best an
undressing unattractive being It is bet
ter to be continually seeking Christ than
stringently keeping the law.
TO live happy life We ought to try to for
get sin and find Christ, thus making His SER
vice our perfect freedom instead of being
throughout our life in bondage to the law.
The law of the Old Testament is put in
the background by the fuller teachings Of
the new and occupying the former promi-
nent position of the Decalogue and far supe.
rior to it though not in any way at variance
with it, we have Jesus Christ and Him cru
Gifted apd Hia law IF love