Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-04-01

English government as communism, and
t would be just as absurd for the Episcopal
church to call the Congregationalists COM
nunists, as for England to speak Of the
United States as rank communism. The
rue communist is the nationalist. He who |
admits no such thing as authority who de- |
ies reason.
Greeks, Anglicans, Presbyter!ans and Con-
do no not agree at what point |
the line between authority and liberty |
should be drawn, but as they recognize each
other as Christians in virtue of common |
baptism, they hope by friendly discussion to
bring these points in dispute closer and
closer until, in Gods own good time, they
with the reformed Roman church will be
united in one communion and fellowship.
Whetherathat time will come before the
dawning of the milleneum, or whether the
contamination of such glorious thought
will not be the milleneum itself is known
only to God alone. For this blessed con-
summation we hope; for this we pray, and
oh, when the end comes, and we stand in the
full eyes of Gods truth, how every sincere
Romanist and honest Protestant will smile
at those easy problems which now puzzle SO
greatly and separate SO widely the disciples
of Christ. In heaven, if not before, all the
vealed. No infirmity of flesh and blood
will enter the paradies of God.
jackson Street Methodist Church.
At the morning service at this church,
Rev. John Stafford, the pastor, took for his
text, Hebrews, 18th chapter, first verse: "Let
brotherly love continue My text is one of
the most beautiful and important injunctions
in the word of God. Brotherly love has
done more to build up the kingdom of Jesus
Christ in the world than all other things
combined. When arguments and eloquence
have failed, this element has done its work
and the world has been led to acknowledge
the supremacy of the religion of Jesus
Christ; and, SO long as we strive to emulate
this the church will be built up, but if on
the contrary we become cold and lukewarm,
we shall be stumbling block to Christians
and bring disgrace on the church. These
thoughts have led me to choose this text.
Brotherly love is peculiar to the church of
Christ; the ancients had it not; it did not
enter into the composition of their religion,
and when they saw what this spirit did
among the brethren of Christ's church
they saw wherein they were at a loss, for
such thing had never been known among
ence between the love of the church and the
love of the world. The world expects men
to love for selfish purpose, in order to reap
some gain, and we can hardly expect any
thing different. How attentive we are to
those in the world, from whom we expect
some favor and assistance, either in money
or influence, but in the church it is not So
it cannot be. Our love should be an unself-
ish love. Religion begets love for each
other that is not of this selfish nature. II
teaches us that we are to love one another
because we are brethren. Our love goes out
to the stranger, who is a Christian, and we
feel that we have an interest in his welfare
1t matters not whether we expect to meet
him again or not. we take him by the hand
for he is our brother, and God is our father
| The love of the people of the
world is uncharitable. IF one does wrong
and it touches the interest of one of theil
number, they withdraw their confidence
from him, will not employ him nor allow
others to do so. How hard and harsh on,
poor sinner is towards another; but, if w
are true Christians, we are not SO; if tn,
Lord is our God, it is not so.
'sBEAR YE ONE ANoTHER's BURDENS, 60.
Let this be the Christians motto. w,
find this, and other commandments, followed
up by examples. Peter had grievousl,
sinned and denied his Lord not once, bu
twice and thrice, and with oaths. When b
repented, he sought out Christ and was for
given. Christ not only forgave Peter, bu
he restored him to the confidence of hi
brethren, and, in less than fifty days, Pete
was restored, not only to the fellowship o
the church, but to his Office in the ministry
and he preached the great sermon on tn
day of Pentecost.
What an example is this? How much NOR
willing is God to restore erring ones tina,
are we. If a minister in St. Paul would O.
this Sabbath day, instead of preaching, de
nounce God with curses, would any one q
the congregations restore him to it's conf
dence, and his work in fifty days? ar
afraid it would be dangerous experiment. t
try. This was the love the hrethern had 70
Peter; he erred but he came back and re
ceived the favor of God and the confdenc
of his brethren. We are brethren, member
of the same household, equal partakers {
. His love: for there is none good, no not on,
Glove doeth no ill., If this is SO no,
ought we to feel towards one another.
We are to love demonstratively. Let u
look into Egypt. We see the brethren (
], Joseph. They come and look upon the Ion
= lost brother, now mighty in power; the
know him not, but they bow before him.
9 Joseph recognizes his brithren, but does +
= upbraid them? No. When he saw them
wept, for they were of his flesh and bloc,
!, He made himself known and showed the1
every attention, and when they left him |
go back to their own country, his parting il
junction was: ''See that ye fall not out
: the way" What lesson is this love. tt
! church has not lost this spirit; it has bee
y retained and perpetuated to this day. "
!, see examples of brotherly love in our fam
: lies. The strong try to bear the burdens
;, the weak. We may increase this love /
3 sympathising with one another; by gatheri1
! around the same table. God is our commc
). Father; the spirit is our common Comforte
q but, the devil sometimes comes and by Al
- of q lively imagination, we are led to thir
e we have been wronged in some way, al
= our peace is disturbed. Adversely comes
> us, and we think we have not the same 9
! tention shown us, and that we are no long
wanted, because our purse is not SO long al
heavy as it was in days past. Let us try
!, be Christ-ike and evil imagining will be +
% from us. Let us sympathize with the u
. fortunate as He did with the widow, as 81
.. was following the remains of her only 81
! to the grave How His heart went out
- compassion to her when he took upon Hir
- self God, and commanded the dead to aris
- We can increase this brotherly love by exc
: cising charity towards one another. We ,
! say and do things we are sorry for, and
= others do the same why should we condem,
y Let us not be always on the alert for tho
things that offend. Let us look over a,
beyond them.
= Charity covereth multitude of sins, al
:; we should cultivate it. If we were as cal
% full to magnify the good as the bad, what
q different state of things we should hay
= This is not the way Of the world. Brother