The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-07-14
THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION.
sf&. JASPER RtACKEURN.

We may not believe IS strongly in the mIaculous portion of the christian pro- ptamme IS some profess, but we feel sometimes like coming 10 its rescue from those who claim to believe in IL in all it's parts far more than NC do: for surely blind faith wl,heu, works is void, and II Is not he who claims to believe most in a thing but practices Ii least that Is its greatest friend and promoter.
 No theory of relision or " plan oi sal va,lon Is more admirably adapted to the good government ot the world and the real wants and needs oi man even in this lie than the moral teachings oi Jesus Christ, or those precep,s that ne lad down and recorded in his name :. some perhaps are rather impracucable from purely human standpoint in this lie. bai they all 70 to show or indicate what we shoull he, and wha, VIC must become ,o enloy the kingdom of Heaven
 And TOW. how do those who specially p,oicss to believe Tn Ill these teachings. ea.h their miraculous conception and ,n- spired institution among men. and se, themselves up IS chosen of the Lord :" 10 preach and teach them-how do many of these deport themselves before the world: Alas Il is too bad. and often occasions an ordinary sinner to blush toi very shame for human frail,y and in- dulge sincere pity for holy things.
 The world IS full of these ugly and bad examples but let us look at one or two almost at our very doors.
 Recently we saw il stated that among those arrested at Morrillton for selling lcquor wi,hou, license is Bap,is, preacher named Nightingale A lovely name, and very musical, It reminds one oi what Byron says of the land of the eas, and the cline of the sun "a lovely region where the voice of the nightingale never Is mute" But we sup pose this rooster" fearing his powers of song might fail, desired 10 replenish wilh a little special inspiration-esen to io the violation of the law.
 But this Is mere circumstance oi pious iniqui,y, compared to wha, we can name.
 Within the pas, few years, there have been current the most disreputable re- ports of the misconduct of our preach CTS" of different denominations, and some of these reports published and ven- ,ilated through the newspapers which however. we will not here enumerate. and some of which at least we could hope and believe false and but islanders. But all these things are known to be bad enc ugh at best. and most discredi,able to christ ian religion.
 And just down in Louisiana, only a little way over the line-at that lovely and pious place called Mansfeld-only the other day one preacher murdered an other for seducing a young lady to whom he was himself engaged.
 This list might be prolonged in thi. connection and in this strain almost in definitely; but what's the use. We de sire neither to cnticise principle nor de nounce men. It only proves that ther, are hypocrites in the world to-day, a. there have been and will be in all age. and climes. a4
 The great evil, or error, as we see 1t consists in the mistake men make as ,e the power of religion. Those who hole to the christian religion in the miraculou: and orthodox sense go upon the theor that its great efficacy rests in getting il" rather than praoticing it. Mer