The Virginia star., 1878-05-11
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ua' AZ ulnf. ~ may DC, aiter having tasse'
the ordeal Of sorrow persecution, and 'ostrs
cism, alldted to the purifyingof both soul an,
body. aud the mind of the masses OF our peo
pie shall have been enlighte ned, when the,
shall learn how to look at cause and IF
feet with intelligent judgment and apply t'
each defect corrective remedies, tharwe shal
be brought into the fuIness of riper civil
zation than that developed around us i'm ths
age of our bondage. The struggle Of life has
always been perpetual selfishness. The doors
to every avenue of industry swings on the
hinges of gain. -
No problem or government can prevent tine
application of the screw which ayerice ap.
plies to want. The sbiftings of burdens, the
studied neglect of the duties of la Scannot be
arranged to supply the wants of to-morrow.
They are as inseperabe from human life as
is the shadow from ST.. Peters church al noon
Here you will permit me to turn aside mo-
ment. "
THE RELIGlONoF OUR PEOPLE
who are just emerging into religious liberty
must and ought to have recast in its, mental
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condition of momentary exciteme a TO that of
fervor and endurance. patient toll, and honest
purposes. God should be seen and understood
as developed 10 external nature, 1T ere he wooes
| us onin the journey of life by the budding of
every green stalk, the fragrance OF ffQwers aud
demonstrating OF the animalciSe Fia into
| life. These come and go. The biting frost Of
al
seems as if bIotted out but when the season
changes these come forth again and at the
command of God march on to duty with re-
newed life and beauty as though they had
passed no change. So it is with the human
race and with it there is no such thing as turn
ing back; some may fall into lethargy and re-
fuse to go forward, but they are like the man
who sets his face against the current of the
ocean, each sea that rolls along splashes him
in the face and he is forced to accept his man.
fest destiny whether he will or not. The
Quaker looks at God from within and makes
his life revelation of what he believes is
Gods will concerning him; he deals justly
loves his neighbor. and works without stint
THE YANKEE SEES GOD
in still more practical way; his God must ap-
proach through the human industries with a
dollar in his hand, and if there is no under.
standing reached by the forces ofeain, whether
in or out of the pulpit, there is no stopping to
talk; his faith is ever entered in the success
of his occupation. while his conscience Oscilate
between his profit and loss account. And vel
lin hnr al yl
safe in bis hands. ,.u atI 4-
The Jews anciently saw God only to perse-
cute Him, counting no wisdom greater than
their own. As a race they had no remOrse or
inward regrets. To-day not one in hundred
are ever brought before the Courts of Law,
and they spurn all controversy, save that for
gold. With every race born into the world is
developed distinct individuality, and that
individuality goes into history at The time each
race has its existence. Mohammed and Con-
fucius founded their several clans and each
claimed for himself al ideal God. With them
the geld sought was the developement of rea-
son and a noble manhood. Our ideas of God
are probematical and indefinite. Iu the con-
ception of religion, he manifests Himself to US
as visible Being, and brings to us verbal in
structions, none of which we keep. We take
the form tor the substance and practice chris
tianty in the abstract rather than in its con-
crete relations to our daily conduct; we love
God but fear the devil most, and keep bis COM
mands strictly; we agree with him in most
things, and often in the action of life fear to
offend his cause. In other words we are hypo-
critical toward God, and keep on I
GOOD TERMS WITH THE DEVIL
in this world lest if we go to his place he will
not punish US badly; in fact our christianity
does not address itself to social condition of
man, it distinctly disclaims all inter-
ference with it; 1t commends submission.
forbearance, and patient waiting. The
servant to obey as of old and there 1t ends. 1t
does not attack in an aggressive sense any OF
the gross acts of idolatry which disfgure the
social system among sit hesitates and defers,
it seeks recognition in forms which already
exist but does not hew down in ITS front the
universal wrongs that lead to suffering, igno-
rance and DEATH What we need is the de-
of a christianity among US that
will draw after and attract to itself the great
underlying principles of mans physical devel
opement of himself, from it we must erade-
cate the stuped influences of superstition that
element which is the seed of discord and the
destruction of all social society among us since
the war. Some people think that manifesto
ton of religious pity will bring pity to those
of Us who toll in penuary and live on seanty
pittance; but that is mlsapp lication OF q
scriptual phrase which says" " out OF the sweat
of our faces we shall eat bread" We forget
that the earth is mother ofa weeds and fail
to remember that we must weed them out be-
fore we can gather fruit. The moral con-
science and physical energies of our people
must be inspired by means of industrial occu.
pations. such occuptions as building cities,
railroads, Steamboats,, telegraphs and man.
ufacture goods for the world.
Since the war good many young men have |
aspired to some of the intellectual callings,