Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-25

not servants, but | have called Won.
The passage read as text asks us to atinaiE
at least among competitive plans, the religion
and the morals and the machinery set in mo-
ton by Him who -ooulilI say: = eau you no,
word servant Occurs n means friend. and,
friend means willing servant. Out OF that
system OF morals and an active brotherhood.
Combinlpg they constitute a trinity which
i I,rtSit wen rival any three graces outside of
stsS ehristiau heid.{ look at these poten tates,
Y Religion, the belief in a good and just and
Infinite God, and in an endless existence.l 4
system y,x n 81 moTals pointng out every path os
attending tn the spread of these ideat through
education and persuasion and all loge-relig-
ion' morals, chuTehIfhese agencies combine
for the general welfare of mankind. The
philosophy of a God and of second life
would alone seem an unequaied friendhf the
people. There are theories which accomplish
mnch though they lie only upon the pages OF
books Silently they work outward, and mt
last appear in the lives and characters OF
men. Thus the theory OF God and of man
| immortality If separated from any priest or
pew would seem full of the spreading, con-
tagious energy But when to such great ideas
we add the, force or a brotherhood whose aim
is the actual persuasion OF the millions we
| have combination which ought to be a FREUD
indeed OF humanity. To an unprecedented
4 mind such an array of idea and mediation
ought to offer some charm scheme for
helping the people ht JOY
/
independently of religion seems admitted to
be more true than ever before. 1t is seeking
public veal. 1t will not admit for moment
! that 1t has become reckless. 1t will maintain
10 the last that il Is seeking its highest happi-
I ness The conclusion must be that it is look
ing 10 other fields than those marked all over
with the footsteps of the saints, not7that the
plurality Is thus gazing right and left, but that
arger tnrong than ever before in Christian
tunes is thus wandering seems. not to be de-
MED. 49,
/ The recent sermons of Dr. Dix may have been
colored too darkly, spoken as they were in the
! spirit of the Lenten season, but his words are
worth weighing when he says: "Religion in
Germany is fast dying out among the people;
size popuar Poalrlcs po 2 m the
| void. The houses OF Tod are empty.
In Russia the outlook is one which battles con
lecture. In France we watch with
! painful interest the unrolling of programme
| OF atheism In England and in our own
/ country the rector of Trinity finds almost as
! painful evidences that the public is de parting
! from the old beaten and fOwery paths of piety
| L nable to say how much too dark the tlistin-
condition Of our tmes We need NOT bestate
7 TO admit that the theory of Jesus and His or
ganized brotherhood is not to even any small
degree appreciated by tho millions. They arc
! following false friends and are crucfying as
| of old the truest and best. ~
\ Often blunders are made by the millions OF
MINDS just as by one mind. Greece put to
death her best men. Thus afterward did
Rome Franco has beheaded, her best pa
4 NdpOIeOn ftOnApafte led million sol
I diers into the SHOWS and famine and death
4 around Moscow. Thus great errors are made
/ by nations and by multitudes as well as by
\ some one heart, and if our age shall refuse OF
| fail to see in Christianity its benefactor that
| VIII be only one more sad fact in a long. and
of many mo men na onward or rs @dpn
only mistake 1t comes bot from an i'm.
proved logic nor from the discovery of better
paths but by way of an error as tiloughtless
Is that which put to death Socaates or crucf
fled Christ or Defended the patriots of France
OF, burned the Bishops in England. From
either error or wickedness our age is making
bad estimate of all the forms OF religion. II
| Is allured by false leaders, and will terminate
Its steps in the ditch along with its blind
1t would seem that Il moments reflection
| would convince any open and free mind that
| the church is philosophically and historically
/ the best friend of all who come into the world
! Even inhdels and atheists all agree in declar
| ing that Christ never was surpassed or equaled
as friend of all mankind Rousseau and
| Voitafre and Hume and Mill, and all other
great names in the roll of unbelef, have paid
willing tribute to this sympathy of Jesus
None can ever deny il, for it was not q little
| rivulet of affection hidden away in rocks
! where human foot never trod, but was an
i ocean with nations on its shores and the sur
on its vast expanse. Issuing from such an orr
gin, the church must not be hater of the
A poor-an arch enemy of the people-fOr 1t is
| not easy to empty an institution of all its
| early teaching and spirit.
IL is a common accusation made by the
4 Socialists that the houses of worship are built
/ along the fashionable streets, and that the
I church bells are to call the rich to Worship
4 The infiammatory speakers who pour such
poison into the popular soul have not the re
Gd d to perceive that the philosophy o.
ways created a taste and an industry which
have transformed the. beggar into happy
i citizen. When the modern rational and kind
II Christianity lays the foundation of town On
city, that town reveals all the taste of an art
for there is an everlasting affiliation between
u religion and beauty. Ii an uprightness OF
life and conduct helps create beautiful homes
cut OF the marsh or the forest or the, prairie
the church has a right to stand upon the
scene OF its own triumph. If out of the high
ideals of purity in part there. comes the wide
village street with It's white cottages and with
Il Gods house should rise Nh and it's be e rims
in the midst of its own work of cnchantment
q in the large city the same poetic justice rs y
peated and the church stands among the
homes it has rescued from barbarfsm by it,
estimate and direct lessons of life.
Most of the members of all religious socie
ties are in the middle class. and from thest
come the pecuniary resources of the church
and In these repose it's power and hope. An.
I one surveying the whole continent or the en-
tire Christian world will perceive that that vas
body OF men wearing the name of Christ ar
] in that middle condition. WHICH carries the
most OF human nobleness In all its forms
Those called aristocrats and monopolies ART
In the minority in the temples of praise jus
as they are out of II. The majority of thos.
Z who compose the, church membership are /,
the middle rank where flows and refiows tn
most of honor and charity. 1t is the homes o
tneSe which tor-the- most part make up tn
scenes of prosperity and happiness and beaut.
4 around the church. Instead OF being q re
preach to Christianity it is its glory that beau
4 tines the street where its temple stands as
beauties the soul that contains tts virtues
Yes, the churches rise along the best avenue
IN obedience 10 an everlasting justice. Asth
shops of the vendor of spirits and the resort
OF gamblers and of the infamous are fount
4 amid the scenes of their destruction and lool
around upon the poverty and into the brace
faces they have created, so the house o
| prayer makes its own surroundings, and q
the Raphael in his studio sat down each morn
ing among his works of finished or unfhishe,
there an ideal woman. there an outline D
noble manhood fhiis the genius of Christiani
ty gathers around her the homes she has re
deemed and sets mp her affairs near the face
she has made Intelligent. with thought an
4 bright with her hopes.
4 In it's power to assemble together the com
ponent parts of q great soul or a great az
Christianity has not only no equal, but no
even rival 1t can enlist the most allies int
its service. It can use all learning and al
taste. 1t can sahcdfy either poverty or riches
1t can reveal the uses of adYersity and of sue
cess. To the upright IN heart It can make a
things work together for good, and sorrow
only joy wearing thick veil. The sadness o
4 the tomb and the joyous beauty OF sprin
meet in its delicate processes of fashionin
the soul. II uses two worlds in its amazin
- process. making the winds OF immortalit
blow to and fro. breathing health and hope =
! the shores of time. o, reckless multitude
asking for new guides in q world where Their
n Guide f0reyar saving. ST call Won no