The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-01-01

still he declares that he is commits
stoned TO preach the Gospel This
Gospel to fallen world
Well,the world is full of these apps
tates, until the calling" is fast be-
coming the synonym Of reproach, and
how many mcrc like Bcecher and Tai
mage have we among that class
This is the reason why the Chris
tian religion il Wdning. Corrupt
trees cannot bring forth good fruit.
Men may be unclean themselves, and
yet they will not sip from an unclcan
| vessel.
Professors of religion must show
themselves bettered by their profess
sion, before they can expect TO at
tract worldly people to them. The
House Of God must be purified and
kept as Gods temple. Snatch-bags
festivals and vain shows and exhibi-
tions must be excluded from them.
These places must be kept better and
purer than other places, if they do
not wish to compete with other places
of resort where like practices are al
lowed.
The Church may be poor and yet
prosper, and it may be rich and have
no religion. We read of the time
when Gods house was the resort of
the money changer, and we also read
of its severe condemnation. The
Church can readily supply its real
wants without resort to such prac
tees by free and voluntary contribu
tions; but when it resorts to these
dubious means to raise money,it may
grow rich in money, but correspond
ingly poor in grace.
We cannot help but think that it
would be we'll for even the Church,
or Churches, if you please, to recur
to fundamental principles, to the
earlier practices Of the fathers Of the
Church, to their simplicities and re-
straints. We don't believe that re-
ligion consists in long and sancti-
monious faces, but in pure, upright
and Cody walk and conduct--in love
to God and man.
Pious men and women should be
not like" blind leaders of the blind"
bat should be all eyes and under
stand; to guide the young and gid
dy; when dangers are ahead, they
should walk slowly; when behind,
should hurry their pace. They should
stay away from places of vain or idle
resort, no matter how fashionable or
attractive to the world, and thus by
example or preeept keep the young
and more vain away.
Also, they should carefully mark
out and blaze the path q Ch6StiaR
should walk in, and be mindful to
always walk in it, and to learn their
children and their neighbours chill
drcn to walk in it also. In this way
the line Of separation or difference
between the Christian and the non
Christian, will be made plain and
distinct and when so contrasted the
Church will win, and we shall no
more be panied to hear it said that
religion is dead
Take bad men from the pulpit and
sanctify it, and the light will shine
forth and illumine the world. Now
don't let the preachers say that this is
all good advice, but then it comes from
the world, through the medium Of a
newspaper, and, therefore,w will not
heed it. To all such let us say that
we think it at least as proper for
worldly men to talk religion, as for
so-called religious men to talk relig-
ion and not do it. We know that q
very large portion of the Churchgo
ing people, as we'll as of considers, >
concur with us in these views in the
concrete; and for them we write this
article, hoping that it may result in
good, for it can't do harm. 1t may
, be better to cast out Devils, even
through the name of Beelzebub, than
not to cast them out at all. The tree
will be judged by its fruit
WE have a little conundrum to
PROFOUND to our West Virginia eX-
changes of the Republican persua-
sion, to the following effect: Has or
, has not John AHutchinson, late can
didate, paid for his announcement
for Congress, in any or all of the pa
pers? What we propose to say on
the subject hereafter, will depend to
some extent on the answers received,
for we cannot get any from him.
Don't be bashful, gentlemen, because
he is WeUsburg Herald Rep.)