Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-10-18

There is no unbclief;
Whoever plants seed beneath the sod
And waits to see it push away the clod,
He trusts in God.
Whoever says when clouds are in the sky
'Be patient. heart light breaketh by and by, !
Trusts the Most High.
Whoever sees meath winters field of snow
The silent harvest OF the future grow,
Gods power must know.
Whoever lies down on his couch to sleep,
Content to lock each sense III slumber deep.
Knows God viii keep.
Whoever says Tomorrow" 1.-The Unknown
THE future" trusts the Power alone
He dares dlsown
The heart that looks on when the eyeiids close,
And dares to live when life has only woes,
Gods comfort knows.
There is no unbelief;
And day b. day, and night, unconscloilsly,
The heart that lives by faith the lips deny,
0OO An'" " Edward Bulwer Lytton.
At the annual meeting of the Congrega
tional State Association of California in
1888. a paper was read upon "The Use of
Creeds" After reading, it was referred to
a special committee of prominent pastors
of the denomination for consideration, and
report to be submitted by them at the
Stockton the present month. At the re-
cent meeting of the Association the report
was read, and concluded by recommending
the adoption of the following form of Con-
fession of Faith for use in admission to
church membership:
We believe in one God, infinite and perfect,
revealed i'll His word as the Father the Son, and
the Holy Spirit.
We believe in the Atonement by Christ who,
being God, became man and suffered to take
away the sin of the world.
We believe in the renewal by the Holy Spirit,
and in the forgiveness of sins, on condition OF
| repentance toward God and faith toward our
| Lord Jesus Christ.
we believe in the Holy Scriptures, given by
| inspiration of God, and able to make us wise
unto salvation.
We believe in the Holy Christian Church; the
| baptism of water: the supper OF the Lord the
sacredness of the Lords Day; the Immortality
of the soul the resurrection of the dead, and
| the just recompense of the world to come.
\ spirited debate upon the adoption of
the report of the committee revealed the
fact that while all present deemed it wise
to have the main tenets of the faith held
to by the denomination set forth formally
in the records of each church in an eX-
plieit and somewhat extended manner,
like that recently recommended by the
committee Of twenty-five, appointed by the
National Association, the sentiment of a
very large majority was in favor of greatly
shortening the form of the Confession of
Faith, and many were ready 10 adopt the
extreme simplicity of the primitive
Church The spirit of the meeting will
be best understood in the statement of the
fact that the above Confession was regarded
as wanting in simplicity and brevitv, and
IL,
by about Il two-third vote of the Conyen-
ton, for further consideration, and the
submission of another report at the meet
ing of the Association next year, which, it
may be promised, will be shorter than the
| one here given.
In every man there are two faculties which
constitute his life, the will aud the under
standing, TO which all things appertaining
| to him have relation. The reason why
there are two faculties i'll man which con-
stitute his life is because there are two
principles constituent of life in heaven,
good and truth; good has relation to the
will and truth to the understanding
hence il is evident there are two things
which make = man spiritual and conse-
qucntly blessed in the ether life, charity
and faith for charity is good and faith is
truth and charity has relation to the viii
and faith 10 the understanding. To those
two principles good and truth, all the
| things in nature have reference, and thence
| exist and sul3sist That they have reference
to those two principles is manifest from the
/ case Of heat and light, heat having reference
to good and light to truth therefore also
| spiritual heat is the good OF love and spirit
ual is the truth Of faith. Since all things,
! even the minutest in universal nature,
have reference 10 those two principles, good
and truth, and good is represented in heat
and truth in light, let every one Judge
what the quality of man IS from faith
alone without charity, or what is the same
thing, from only understanding truth with
out willing good does it not resemble the
state of winter when the light is bright
and still and all things are torpid
| because without heat? Such is the
state of man who is in faith alone,
and not in the good of love; he is in
cold and darkness-in cold because he is
contrary to good, and Is in darkness be
| cause on that account he is contrary to
truth; for he who is contrary to good is
also contrary to truth, however he may
seem to himself rot to be so, since the one
draws the other to its side. Such is his
state after Notwithstanding.
Communicating of mans self to his
friend works TO contrary effects, for it re-
doubleth JOY and cutteth griefs in halves
for there is no man that imparteth his Joys
to his friend but he .joyeth the more, and
no man that imparteth his griefs to his
friend but he grieveth the less. So that
it is, in truth, of operation upon mans
mind of like virtue as the alchemists used
to attribute to their stone for mans body
that it worketh all contrary effects, but
still to the good and benefit of nature But
yet without praying in aid of alchemists,
there is manifest image of this in the
course of nature; for, in bodies, union
strengthened and cherisheth any natural
action, and, on the other side, weakeneth
and dulleth any violent impression; and
even so it is of mind Bacon
Leaving the constant discussion of how
to reach the masses, the New York ECan-
qeList SAYS at is we'll known that there
is 4 large class in our cities, belonging to
the higher circles and literary classes of
| society, who have been alienated from the
churches These can be reached by
courses Of popular but scholarly lectures
upon the great religious themes of the day.
Such courses have been organized and car
ried ont successfully in former years. 1t
seems to US that 4 fruitful campaign might
| be waged in this direction
Keep 4 rein upon all your passions
upon coyeto USness above all, for once
that has you within its clutch, farewell
forever to the light heart and the sleep
that comes unbidden; to the open eye,
that drinks in delight from the beauty
and freshness and infinite variety OF ma
ture; to the unclouded mind, that judges
Justly and serenely Of men and things.
Enjoy wisely, for then only you enjoy
thoroughly. Mar not your life with Il
hopeless quarrel against destiny-[Sir I.
Martin.
Our true knowledge is to know our own
ignorance Our true strength is to know
our own weakness. Our true dignity is to
confess that we have no dignity, and are
nobody and nothing in Ourselves, and to
cast ourselves down before the dignity OF
God, under the shadow Of whose wings,
and in the smile Of whose comtenancc,
alone, is any created being safe Let us
cling To our Father in Heaven as Il child,
| walking in the night, cIings to his fathers
hand Charles Kingsley.