The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-08-18

I'M. snme walk with "A stuff. SOM. walk with o crI,ch,
and some are strong enough 10 walk without thps-
hclps hut nj! are on the same routc 10 the Judgement
sent Of God, and t the eternity that lies be. ond. A
i~nsIhrred in mmo tality, and destined 10 n more
opening. and with u pclf ctlOn Of which the
earth knows nothing under the convoy of G"l's an
gals, and with s;lrh comma DIS and Promises IS those
wlnrh come from the lips 81 the mighty God-is he q
to be drsrisp !, to be tr.ilrd with, or to be
?
"Knuw yc not that yc nc the temple Of God
and hat the Spirit nf GrI dwrl'eth IN You ? If any
man drh!c the temple OF God, him shall G"d destroy
You have no ri hit u 'lril!c the temple Of q d in
vnli SIT and whoever strikes you. nr %nnklndly makes
known the misciiirfs that may hr In you, lcii' rs ycu
in The &c np'e Of i and Your G"d. Mcr are sacred.
Upon this brrrl foundation | feel hound. cs ,ccihliy
In times surh d these. to put every one Of y0u that
desires to know the mind and will Of Gud, and that Is
an!.iurs tn know his own duty. under oath. rs 1t were,
to the law Of kin!m ss. Think kindly. feel kindly.
speak k!ndly d. NO, love evil do MT search 1t out
do not easily believe II III pc ull things, b, lirye all
things. endure all tNinre"; and contiau' to Ito it To the
end. You cannot nif'rd to have tho law OF unkind-
n IS rule In yunr bosom.
And this Is not all. From the very nature OF rietv
under The schedule "f Christ, 1t b,cnlnes necessary
that ron should make Madness n mHtt"r of training
and Of education anil first, | tn .nk that every Clris-
tian I,cr>nn Is bound to see Ia II that The family Is or
sanizch on the law IF kindness. and that the children
arr educated IN tile law. You soil your children
when you sit ut the table and discuss your Lc:glburs
faults. When Your ~ehvyings aud jealousics IRE dis.
" - y ivy 80 AsNN hN it'tl't' VI wv ~
tie children, tina. ntr Just opening with Intelligence.
are bl"tchcd. It Is - drfi.cincnis that ought not To
come upon The mini Of The child from the mother or
the father. Then, when the mind Is beginning To nm
fo:d. Is The time IT, impress upon every child In the
household that law of kindness by which they must
thiak, kindly, and act kind y. not simply anon. Them.
selves and towards you, but toward rvcry body. 1t
ought to be among the earliest lessons ol the child
that there is ono duty and obligation which he Is I'M
der to every human being -.ainely, that OF kindness
This ought als' - lie enjo:ncd upon all schools, us
= part Of the instruction In them. We are opposed tn
the Introduction Of theology into our Inlllc md free
schools; but religion ought to be admitted into tie u
all. You must disc! iminut- bctwrrr Theology and re-.
ligion. True and indebted religion Is One thing. II
isn personal experience. 1t includes "nr duties Ia
each other; every good school ought TO hays In
school To schOnl, FROM scholar tn scholar, and from
human being to human being. M"re important than
any rule 0f arithmetic, Or any t Xcicisc in grammar, nr
any knnwlr.c Of geography. Is 1t that every child
should have impressed upon hir, from day to day
that he owes. ls n part Of his ruy'l duty to every
living creature, hindnrss-kindn. ~ Of thought, kind.
ness Of tongue and kimlh.ss orncliun. On this ground
| think there can tr n" scIisin. 1t Is q ground or
! which we en- stand with all denominations VI Chris
tinns. Yea, tire law Of kindness Is true Of all rclig
ions. 1t Is trur OF M"larHuedan religion, of the re-
li"I"n Of the Buddhist. and of the religion nf Cunfuc.
ius. rs IL Is II the CHI ist:an religion ard 1t IS ulis
true Of uil denominations. and ought to be i~ncorI0r
ntPd into every school or exercise and training nnd
no rncc needs II so much rs the Anglo Saxon. We nr,
naturally Coal So Of fbrr. We ar mutually cncf grIic
and We tend to urcrrnn obstacles, aud to tlampl,
nEdrr our feet everything that comes In plr way
and the law OF kltdncss is q law thai
that ought tn sulj"ct our necks to tn" yoke W.
to he broken In rs bul!ucks ulc, Or harnrss.d ant
trained as hDrsls are.
This ought alsO to be taught In churches. We mr.,
cXliortcd In the New Testament to 'contcnd earnest
ly fur the faith which was once delivered unto tn
s,inls = and many nail that text to their flag and carr
II a. though they thought tho whole Of Christianity
4 "a La ktt - ~. ,,tl, chat sl.l r 49, - 4
and !. You c. iticisr til III, or attempt to di,sunhr then
they say "ls 1t not written, contend earn. silly for tn
faith which was once delivered to the saints s. Blu
dies that In,nn Intellectual clatlint: on ? Does II mcal
the contention uf comhlivcIrsS What Is 'tLc fai;
that WIS once delivered tn the saints" but that Go,
owed the world, and gave his son tn die for 1t : Wha
s the nith for which mrn ac 10 contend. but TIM
To love one another IL the fniN ling ofthc law? Am
what is the cunlculiunof love. 1t IS the ovrr-matcl
ing the Zeal ii al others IN kindness and %aiYecliun 10
the faith that WIS once del. v"Icd to the saints"-nu
intellectual and srctnrian controversy.
Too often weare trained to keep our own faith b
snsI'ecting EVERY body elsc's. We IRE accustomed I
hear our ordinances and our lans Of worship SGT owe
again.t those Of other church,s. the III ct Of " hich
to breed q kind of iIl-will toward ,hus" churches.
Now, any man that sliOIll 90 through the streets (
BrU"klyn aud take nm inventory OF The houses, IN
Say. "Tl.erc Is u man that lives iirlt has one stOr
house, and that is the kind Of 4 house that 4 ma
ought 20 live in: but over the way trrre Isl man VIII
lives In u two story ll"nsc, aud Whist are VI. to Thin
Of men who have three or four stories on their liull.rs:
Any man that should thus set Ct iZcEs against cue
other ON the ground If the different ways IN whic
they build their l0lSrs, and then of the different va,
In which they furnish their linl,rs, AMI then Of tn
different ways in which they cnhdLct their snc;al III
lilly n.un that shOuId do Tint would be cunsilrrr
surrcincly iInperi!n,nt mt. But churches are hnGscs. IN
every family has n tight to Keep housr atc"rt;ihs I
its se..sc of propricty, and different households nav
lo business with eacll other but To let each other sion
and leave each free to Keep hnnSc In lbs own VIII,
! t,nf hpy fpIrh fh.rp IA al aotI u 10 ,f un,,nbf tI;u ,m;,
cipic among churches! They have Io business ON
with another except ~ far rs they are actualri hy hi
law OF Einlm ~. That makes al Sects and lciuinlna
tions Si", and | aIllor more with my growing yea.
this mcrlile'"lie, imprrtsUrnt interference with til
interior rc"n"'ny If Christian chur chrs, Let ;hrI
fall or stand " their own Master. Lat them D
Judged hy the friiis which they produce. TIM
church cannot but be- orthodox VIII Oh pro !ucrs =, o
Christians, aud that church c:nnut he Oh tLu,uy while
pr 'hlcrS lgui nnrs.
This law Of Kindness - Just rs obligatory betwcc
s"c;s rs between Christians, of 4 rsa,iIr = c.. or If H.
sam" cnrrch. There - no charm that have ever y,
seen in ary sect which it.surcs H. against trouble.
have never seen any sect lir:t did rot have its Tim
III trial. ] entrIrl the Christian Ministry ut tn. tim
when the old and new schools Of Pre- SD, trriaI.s wrr
nj u;'cE war with each other. | think it uf .ctcd III
whole HE, Since the wl"Ir quarrel WAS very lnrgci
OIL the inii't,t- md i"rtf,bir elements Of I'll, o!uvy
and II J harr a'netimes dealt patty staIwarl blow
nj Theology, ! Lhink the origin Of The m may be- tr:.cr
to the disgust " hicl ! conceived under tho II ST yea,
Tf my ministry. Ut TIE old and lew school lc.,tirr
,.nIch / wns ,h'nwn :, ~ ' - e. =" v. w "n ~
Christian Minis er. The MOI tn and tho south diy:ir
the Presbyterian fhn,clL and 1t had To lass thrnuy
| s &c IL" o. prs Gu; o MI "b!o II but. hrI, 1 ). h
paris mc gn leIirc tee. thcr ~. r. ard ni..r,. nh
there is no reason why iii. rc 5, ouli hr lo..rr linn on
great thu oh Of I rrsbytriians. There Is no rcaap
either. why the Old Dutch Reformed thuich shout
not nlInalyanlatr with The IIrsbytr,ians. us The, Of
| and new scl.uls have a,u.!,um,i.d win each ohio,
hrn the war broke ont, The %.;uthrrn and Suntirr
Mcth6d's's had their troubles and uu>.rlnly snuabblr
In certain places and In cartian ways. The time
within the memory OF mu,.y OF Won when The nj,
cunaI church had cr-at r,d ,y.r.,u. snrr,,y and liam
with their bishops in this general vicIritv and wine.
there wasR cputroytrsy ub,,ut rIuIrrl, o,drr bi..h MI,
sc,,nly attitude, Now und Linen Ijaniisi elm, cLrs o.
intu onarrcIs with soma nf lb.ir member. ,nd +,
REGARD To their puiicirs. nrd IL |, ,,nunsrJ iLut ,r.l
Congregational churches yrt intJ ursrrmly uu,rrrl
and DISPUTES IN the utu mIt Ia show what 1n,,rrr,,,
ti"nalisn Is, which %n"h"iy has ever found out. nppar
entity, AMI how tl-s,. thing, rnyrn,m hr,tbr.u nm
set them over against raclI Other!
There never was a denomination of Christians H.,
did not have its the Of night ~ we'll rs its tin, q
day ; md 1t is the Very fihtasy If folly when IN,
ruuuntinr o., the w,yr far ,s IN ..y ..-Lr" A
denominations have their troubles. atJ we ought +
have 4. mno,bv win ,h,n IN. no ,f tiniu.s
ouehtto b. ineyo: able aud universal.
- nm s,r,v m ,,r unv church .,oiny tbronch m, nrr
,,,., ,r,,,iL. / feel cnIl,J to nrny Iur linen, ms
' u ,,nv fnr nv own church. nm .orry In A.
m"" r.,ii,, minister p.in. lLrorrh irunl,ir f..
M uurh hound to pray for Lin with sympathy .unt
H. m = 3 + he were nv own brother. nur.,d on tn
h,s' -, ri nv own mother. Kindness utl.ht to be tn
s,ir,, n .y,ry man. urrrrss,.r of r. eminent. WRONG
timn ~ wr,nr,,I. All are Iuliliblc men. nctIru, on III
nlnne Of sinfrInrss and wickedness: hut utter vii. the
p."n. " W Ibry nre redeemed sy the blond Il
=" '.I.G, T.. ,Lnv y, y,oyin. iow a,d ;b,. in,tInblr htr Il
Ihrst, .nr! rn ~ q. ,hcir r.In,i"ns IN n nj n, p snI.r
,,Ihs Wv, ~, ,im,. ne more imporlant than INV q