, 1879-05-26

nErtca- ltIilNt lie Ghrstlatt term Have been
sa,cdsrntrd N t,,r courts Of rcn solI, IL would
Jl'.vr ulr'iol oulyn !ricnas'tp ipr Cl,rist. un.'
"sssh !Mye hound into Onu hr0iherntsl mill
f.'ns rent bY tltsctrd. but faith was deIl1cd by
sL,,crhtiifon not by nature.
Greatly nj orr age l,ns been reformed BY per.
tni.t!ng Christianity tn be interpreted by natural
law there arc tet traces nf tle injury which cnn
br ana has been Wrought wton llutslral law has
been set nh,tic. Now Antl then cumcs sornc ono
who supcrscles Industry BY PRAYER, antl teaches
cease to wish At tines ts,ese comes atupR eone
QUO Who will cure 1lsoaso BY a ,nagic water, Or
by fnunahsl,lg OF petitlonst whlcl, would havo
ahamcd old India; but licse phenomena havo
almost wholly disappeared in tho comparison uf
Uur tlmes With tho past. Then superstition WAS
everything md natural lnw nothing.
That most s!ckcnlng traEc!ly ut pocasset,
where the father Mnl niother OF q beautiful md
their fttto daughter to Cod IN sacrifice, nlny
we'll remind tile Christian world What sud work
Chr1sttantty mhy perform whan It cuts loose
from natural law md acts upon some theory OF
some special revelation, or spon some Incident
In miraculous history. This father md moth
Ct had been fed upon some furm Of Clsrlat!nulty,
Out Of which Gods daily rules OF action have all
tho universe atl rovolvo around Abraham oitcr-
ing UP lsaac. The recent latter Of the entity
mother Is one OF the most titifnl pages in oil
terrible volumes m9de up BY modern events.
GllG hHjA L1At uuSuhIHl uhll3 19l& ts1ht Ill
must make some great trial Of hia own faith,
eluston tl,at ho % must oircr 10 iis
daughter to Jehovah. He went onward With
by any study q he ia.s 81 human Ifc ind right,
tic rights Of children, the rights Of society, the
tender duty Of parents, but fortlfy,ng himself
by - study Of the @ story ota patriarch who lived
4.@o years ago: Tie mother :ays; "My aeas
reach tic chttu's heart God would be satisfied,
and would stay the ouiatrotched hnli.l. but when
this was not done mud tln chfta lay dead In tho
house, wo tlcu faithfully bolissed that God
would raise Up our dcad danghtcr. and through
her resurrection .prracll With power the goarcl.
cume, aud thu lovely child slceps In the ccmc-
tnry. But II the resurrection OF THO little girl
did mt come to mike ,clrccsiyo the duspcl. it's
powerful the union bctwcen Gospel aud
the natural law,. md to teach us
nnew ahd ,afrcsh that jehovah loves Ills
as lie loves tl.e story Of Abraham aud Isaac.
1lnu tho child been IN anY way spared or recalled
to lifo there ia no infant III the Second Adycnt
Church whose ttntler lfe would have been Bnfe'
on lts mother's bosom. We Should haSa bad
they might see for themselves tt.c intervention of
God, atld havs seen ouch hosno seek its own
miracle.
IL will not be u sufficient explanation Of this
ulskfE5HalIp EluE(eT u hlAL0 llNlt lIlG PIftntS
wcre insaue. indeed, their reasoning was n,,.
SOUND, nrd TO tint degree wcts they iusauu.
But wo need better, solution OF the crime.
Md that solution Is aimp1y that when Chris
tim tcacicrs I'LL the minds Of tho COM
moi, people with the tlcn that natural law Is
for Rthcisis aIid fniidels, mid tt,ut Christians
arc partners OF God, and cujoyng miraculous
advatancs, then thosc tcachcrs bccuno the fount-
ain Of oil such ch'ld.nlurdcrs In Eng1nnu re-
Gently the civil Inv was compelled to interfere
to break up tile dcluslon Of soHe Christians " no
were treating their sick BY 1nrans Of prayer.
Thcg denied cleanliness, anl baths, aud nutrt-
meuts. and medicines, nId wcro Gu!ng to God In
prayer. The law was compelled to fntcrcetle
and set up against suttl religion tho natural
laws Of mnu. At Pocasset, in our own la,ld tho
Ja1no tculcncy OF miraculous religion has re-
peatcd itself In way horrible enough to arouse
Of such quality TINT IN different degrees it
holds In It's slckly spcll tens OF thousands Of
ChristianB
1t is rumotcd that NC have c!crrymcn In this
city who have discarded natural Inv and hare
cast themselves upon the same ktnn OF mtrnc1t-
lous Christianity which has just borne trs bitter
frults iu tllAt little grave. shall not mention
my name lest tho rntnor might bo false, and
from hopu that It may be falsc. But II Ii Ger
tatnly reported tint some preachers fn our city
dccrY oil study md literature, At,.l MI this
naturalization, md nrc enjoying the direct help
ot aol Ia their meditation and tlicir preaching
Il the ssory ts not true in our latitude 1t is true
1anonG NJ causes wtllch will spring into awful
life from tltne to t!sno to mako wider than ever
tbs distance between the Church and tic bcst
manhood and womanhood.
favor Of PRAYING Christians d story Is told Of O
widow who, In her morning prayer for food and
other. essentials, bad omitted to ask for coal,
but, by subsequent postscript to ilcr prayer.
she soo9 brought to her cottage good cart
loud. Now, thu difficulty With tlis STORY ia Just
this: You and know Ut good praYnE women
H. tho depth Of poverty who, after sewing hard
nil day, and ai! night nearly, and whose prayers
yet 60 forth anl buy 10 ecnts' worth OF coke or
q bushol 0f coal ut time, and hnyc loIIc this
often MI through winter ana storm. And 1t, III
this same city, there arc poor women who, by
then such load Of coa! destroys the Justice md
goodness Of God, a,lu makes a ChriatFatl
Wotnnn, who sows long md prnys fervently, a
subject of utter contempt III thc Kingdom OF
. peraons With God you a,d would want to be
countel a0ng with the praying woman who
buys III crnts' worth OF cUai at time. SUCH
books eslsnsc prayer, but destroy God.
from ratona'!sIa Is making religion work IN H.
jury to mankind. lrayct us4,l al Surylcu and NIL
natural lan ART nseparably bluntlca. AL these
arc Gods, md 1lu loyes thcnatusnl law as much
Us nc loyss ~; 1prayor: It t va ny good to+tuae
who had quit rcEuar toll a,ld wIs just cntcrin.
upon what he called Il lilo OF trust. He was
intending meetings eacll ptcht, and was rol..
vcrs[ng VIII, i few lost sncn each day, aid was
hbout 70 trust God fur the welfare OF ats vita
md children md sell. It wna luy task for u,
hour to combat Ills tuw philosophy, | could
but tell httI that God hatcd aI,hp(u, ala,ract
prayer. lie was ainaze1. II you pray for God
10 bless your industry aui your economy, your
early rising. and faithful work III your traae,
then you will yet Aulp and answers all ulul,r,
Gut Il you pray ior dol to bless your prayer,
God Will mock at the putitioh.
Infinite wlsliotl will not reward prayrr as a
Gtmple intellectual or spiritual uct; but 1t will
EGward pruyer that asks heir unun une's TO-
dustry u,lu ecuuumY. Cod Is nut 10 fos,d OF
compliments that lle will, like nm old Oriental
King. deal out ffcn vlandA mud free Faiment tu
those court!crs who will most Halter him. It Il
the prayer ot aborer wilt, rises car!y md lives
senpesatey tl'at God loy8. 1Io wats uu GUN.
pl!ucnts.
a Christianity we'll regulated by the upbcni-
inls laws Of The uhlyGrxe ~ what W. aIl heed III
these tiu1es. Christ Himself Iusectl e1I!ae ,kr
sa|fun, by miracle, Into tlle world, but wc aask
REASON to Interpret Him tnost pcrurty to u,,f
intellEgcpce. Thu turning Of the othur check tu
t!!e striker, The hating father a,,h iAolitr fos
His sake, tne fofsaking all 10 follow Hin, tllt
leaving the lcud to bury tho duad, Ill
lfe Of fatth, arc al handed oYcr to thu