The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-05-15
sHREDs AND PATCHES.

iuealIy, iSing IN me Drair, bu. leaving Inc
heart untouched. II does not consist in par
ticulsr frames Of mind-in the excitement Of
snimsl feeling or the overflow of the sensi-
bililies, 10 the kindling Of the fancy, or the
heating Of the Imagination. 1t lives no,
merely in visible manifestation OF devotion
in the bowling Of the knee, or the lifting OF
hands. All these may be without Religion
and Religion may exis! without them. 1t ID
benevolent action, flowing forth from holy
motive. 1t is that charity which, hoping all
things, believing all things, contents not
is'sl: with aba ye warmed ard be yc
clothed" but performs tho good which i.
desires. Ii is that love which throws
It's embrace around all human kind.
/! IL that benevolence which, like river OF
good, gushing from pure fountain, A)ws
freely firth to all, spreading beauty ard
| fertility ant tlessedness around causing the
desolste places of the earth 10 rejoice and
making the wilderness bud ard blossom es
the rose |, khows not the lust OF power It
seeHs not i's own prcferment. Ils kingdom
Is not Of this. word L. is too high to envy
the pre'idtnt 10 meek 20 deapi.c lhe hum
blcst. l. hath no fellogship wish big1,g.
lIa creed is, "Do justice, love mercJ aad walk
humbly before God" Ia sect is-the pure
10 heart. The temple OF its worship ia the
universe. l. is meek, compassionate, foreiv-
ing, withou. partially and without hypocrisy.
l. Is transcript OF Him who spent his life
in doing good II is tho spirit of God
living in the human heart.
The world has no. yet learned tho song
that the angels suHg at the advent Of tie
Messiah. Strange that the harmony Of
heaven should jar so upon human eaf,!
Stranger yet that they who have known
tho baptism Of the Spirit should have no
hesrt to join the angel anthem, "Pesce on
earth, good will TO mcn~ When will this
iosriul Inconsistency end? Not while an.bi.
Ton stalks like demon over earth, crushing
the grass and tho grain, AID blighing tud
and blossom. Not while the derce veil of
havoc rings GU! upon tn, dir, and the fe.lock.
OF his horse. drip with blood and brans,
hoof-pressed from the dying and tho dead.
Not while power builds his throne Of human
skulls, comentng. thu horrid fabric with
blood and tears. Tho red rain of the battle
Should beat upon many II field, and tho half.
gorged vnlture shall ait full often u. his aw-
ful feast, danIily seeking living eyes
as they look their lust to hesyer; widow,
Shall bend in their still despair over the fire.
1858 hearth, waiting to hear the step tina! will
never sound on the threshold again, ard
orphans shall call for their slaughtered sires
In vain; war iriumphipg in evil, shall wal
abroad, staining the gree earth with gore,
and garments shall DO rolled in blood; and
yet the disciples of the prince OF peace will
slumber on. Nay, they will be active par.
!ic'palors in the wrong, giving the continual
lie to their constant professions. And when |
will the end be?
"Alrcady the earth waxeth old In sin,
9HSy. the nics Of destruction burn holly |
House Situ.-
80 So. 81 No II. So %,
And wu1Tslctt to Quench these fire.?
The good man falleth by tho way, and the
man of peace porisheth in tho streets. En-
gines of death are torn from the tortured
,arth, and the children Of men drive vgor-
ously their trade of blood. The song of the
angel is unheard amid tho din of tho ba! 10
leld, and the precepts OF tho gospel arc for
gotten in tho tumult of camps. Tho tide of
human blood must flow till 1t reaches the
oridle.bits ofthe warriors horses. Tho time
If the carnival of death has.onoth on! TIE
least Of the vulture shall ba spread, Hwoc
hall gorge himself with human prey, and
,srnsge, drunk with gore, shall stagger over
lis crimsoned path! The earth shall be-
,ome like tho valley of Hinnon, and the by.
ma shall howl ut his horrible banquet: and
get the Disciple Of the Prince of Pesco shall
lumber on. This is tho purpose that i. pur.
,oses upon the whole earth; and this i, the
,and that ia stretched out upon NIL the ma
ions. For the Lord Of Hosts hath pur-
,osed and who shall disannul il? And His
hand Is stretched out, and who shall turn
back?