Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-19
KEEP TIE o0MMANDMENTs.

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KEEP TIE COMMANDMENTS.
Keep my commandments and live; and my
law as the apple of thine eye-.PRovERBs, via.
The commandments of God are not many
in number, and it is not difficult to obey
them. They are based simply upon mans
duty to his Creator, and to his fellow men
instincts that are implanted in the human
breast from infancy. Man is religiously in
clined, and even the most barbarous of hu-
man beings,w who never heard of deity, offer
up their worship at the shrine of some un-
known God, represented at times by an
image of stone, block of wood, or some
animal presumed to be sacred. In civilized
countries the same sentiment or instinct
prevails, and worship is offered to the only
true and living God, through the mediation
of his son, WHO died upon Calvary that he
might atone for the sins of mankind.
In this land there are many professed
Christian who, like the rich young man
who went for advice to Jesus, claimed to
have observed the laws of God from their
youth up, yet they lack more than one thing.
The circumstances in which they have been
placed may have compelled them to lead a
NOR al life and to avoid outward and fragrant
sin. Yet they are not at heart what they
seem to be. Like Pharisus they may be
lovely wit hout but within they are nothin 6
but vic ked selfshness, full of all unclean-
ness. They do not as they think, but as.
sumo cody exterior that they may be
thought well of by their fellows, while at heart
they are thoroughly corrupt. Eventually
though it may not be for years-the depray
ity of their hearts asserts itself. Hence the
public are RECALLED from time to time with
reports of the fall of some good man, not
infrequently ministers of the gospel them
selves. These scandaIize the church greatly
and bring it into reproaoh among those who
do not acknowledge its influence. First a
minister falls from grace, and scoffers at once
poi Mt to him as sample of what religion
and the church can do for mankind. They do
not regard the temptations with which he
may have been surrounded. True, he ought
to have been proof against all temptation,
but to err is human and even the best of
men cannot always be all that he processes
to be. A pillar of the church is sometimes
found transgressing the moral law, and he,
too, finds the finger of scorn pointed at him
and at the church.
To obey the commandments is to live in an
atmosphere where SANDER or reproach can
not come. To neglect to obey them is to
disgrace not only the individual who trans
crosses himself, but to bring reproach upon
an institution that is altogether worthy of
the kindliess regard and reverence of all
mankind.
There are very many church members,
however, who cannot plead the weakness Of
human nature in extenuation of their faults.
They use religion and the church as cloak
with which to cover up their real designs.
They have deliberately made up their minds
to pursue course of rascality, and in order
to shut the eyes of the public to their plans
they make themselves prominent in church
and Sunday school work. They may always
be found among the foremost in procuring
donations for church work; they are always
prominent in the prayer meeting, in the So
cial gatherings, and are reckoned among
the intimate friends and counsellors of the
pastor. When, by their acts, they reveal
their true characters they either abscond or
plead the baby act by protesting repentance
and craving the pardon of those whom they
have deceived in the most approved Uriah
Heep style of humility. To expect any
thing from such despicable wretches save
rascality and hypocrisy is to expect an i'm
possibility. Yet they are SO successful as a
class in imposing upon the creduiity of
church members that their experience offers
| an inducement to others to follow their e1-
ample. Hence the churches are thronged
with these fellows, and to condemn them is
often regarded as condemnation of the
church itself. The simplicity Of those who
| allow themselves to be imposed upon by
| such adventures deserves condemnation.
For are not the followers of Christ ex-
pected to be as wise as serpents and
as harmless as doves? man who has
once proved recreant to the cause he processes
| should never again be received back into the
| church until he has shown fruits meet for re-
pentance, not mere words of repentance, and
ever after his acts should be subjected to the
closest scrutiny, that it may be known wheth-
er they conform to his professions.
Obedience to the commandments is the
| prime duty of Christians. There is too great
| laxity in this regard among all the churches.
Faults of the gravest nature are too often
| overlooked, especially if the transgressor is
one who contributes literally to the cause.
| Though charity by.right covers multitude
of sins, the liberality that is practiced for
the sole purpose of obtaining immunity from
sins in contemplation is not Of the sort that
should be included in the list to be tolerated
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