Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-02-22

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7 kass nsses read tie kadk nor do
ever expect to do 50. The title at
tsacted my attention as peculiar and
affected and taking for granted that
fhs title was indicative of The con-
fnts, | Suppose the work 70 be eanal-
- 81 the term Manliness onr
tentlon seems called to a .chaFacser
I Hiore exalted kind and certainly.
very expressive A. regards men. but
strikes ne a. rather inappropriate
Wheu nsea n ilh fhfereasns 10 Chnet
or bis mission On earth: FOR The
mere fact Of its nee IN this sense
seems an effort to elevate the charac-
ter and attributes of the creature
above those Of the Creator and would
hardly be resoFted to except by one
of hat, class OF individuals who,arc
- Exceedingly democratic that they
can see perfection in nothing, not
even God Himself unless His actions
have . strong flavor Of that element
abont them. It reminds ma in some
respects Of a sermon by the Rev. DR..
Taimage. an extract from which L
read short time ago. in which he
seems to be very much troubled that
in pictures of the nativity, the head
of the infant Jesus should be sur
rounded by a halo. Il do not sup
pose, he says. that there was anymore
halo around that child's head than
there was around the head of any
other child born that night Now,
/ don't know that anybody supposes
that there was any such visible indi-
cation of glory about our Lord at that
time. but is that any. reason why a
painter, wishing to beautify his work
and ornament it with resplendency
which was a representation of that
which he thought should surround
the Son of God, should not put it
therep Aud is not the language,
considering the subject. coming as it
does from the lips Of minister Of
the Gospel, decidedly wanting in rev.
erence9 But laying all this aside,
whether halo appeared around our
SaVionrs head or not is matter of
50 little consequence that the man
who takes exception at its appearing
in pictures Of Him, may well deserve
20 be referred to as one who is very
great In very little things These
men are unrelenting in their denun-
ciation Of the ribald language of the
drunkards and ontcasts Of the street,
~ ; aae time. they DO not
hesitate to handle the most sacred
subjects. both from the pulpit and
through the press, in a style that is
little short Of blasphsmy. Their
preaching is not SO much against
the -qnantum Of the siu,' as against
the offence to society. Had they liv-
ed when Christianity was considered
such an offence, there is little ques-
ton Is t. the side on which they
would have been arrayed. But 10 re-
turn more directly 10 the subject with
which / started. Icannot | conceive
that any sensible man would deem it
necessary to clothe the actions Of the
Saviour Of the world In any Of the
attributes Of humanity to render him
more worthy of our homage. The
only conclusion can come to is, that
the book is the work Of q very vain
man with very small amoG ut Of rev.
erenee who, ihlorHef to attract at
tention to it, does not hesitate, be-
ginning with the title. TO fill it with
the most absurd lconceibs. or in other
words, is a fair example OF one who
tired of cOnforhrtig 20 established
modes and habits. takes up new ones
of his own, and since he cannot other
wise distinguish himself, claims a
notice from his affected pecuIiarities."
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