The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-06-04
RELIGIOUS

Christianity ruined Emperors, but |
sa ved people, 1t opened the palaces |
O: Constantinople to the barbarians,
but it opened the doors of cottages to |
thu consoling angels of the Saviour
Alf ed de Musset.
ANYTHING which makes religion its
second object makes religion no OBJ
iect. God " ill put up with a great
maLy things il the human heart, but
there is one thing He will not put up
with IN tia second place. He who
offers God second place, offers Him
no place. Ruskin.
You want to be true. and are trying
to be. Learn these two things-never
to be discouraged because good things
to do that good which lies next to
your hand. Do not be in hurry, but
be diligent. Enter into that sublime
patience of the Lord. Be charitable
in view of it. God can afford to wait;
why cannot we, since we have Him
| to fall back upon? Let patience have
her perfect work, and bring forth her
celestial fruits. Trust to God to
weave your thread into the great web,
though the pattern shows it not yet.
t-[George Mcdonald.
1t is not by arousing the worst pas
sioDs that we can make men more
Christian. After all, the spirit is
more than the form. If we could
suppress the form, we should embitter
the spirit. What would be the gain
Paul did not try to introduce law
into EphesuS to weaken the old reli-
gion. He told them how much better
his way to heaven was than theirs
and how much better adapted to fit a
man for this world. To sum up the
whole, it is not by putting the dyna-
mite of political strife under the wall
which, in our estimation, they have
built between themselves and the Sur
Of righteousness, but by personal eff
that we can help AID bless Them
Rev. j. E. Fullerton.
, Religion or church membership doe
not require you to make a companion
of one whose tastes and pursuits rem.
!, der you and him uncongenial and per
; haps repuIsive. He does not find en-
joyment in yonr society, nor do you il
his. But it is his duty to be kind t,
} you, and whenever he can be must d.
you good. Your Christian friendship
2 includes many whom you should no
! make partners in your business @
9 companions of your children. An
? this is the cement which the gospe
5 supplies for social life. 1t does no
p break up the feelings and change th
s action of those who are brought unde
e its power and are then so situate,
g that they may be mutually helpful
T Il Inn@us.
t in every age those truths whic
a have moved the world, and whic
t have made the world move Of itsel
= have been religious truths, or truth
: born of religious institutions. So
l. it now. These principles, on whic
o the nobleSt modern life is constructed
: are the direct outgroWth from th
It Christian faith. Blot out these doc
It trines from the religion of the few t
Y whom they are personal faith, an
!. you obliterate in the end from til
t civilization of the many the gres
II creative ideas which have made thu
e, comes again.
re Love to God Is like the color an
d perfume of the flower that blooms i
It the sunshine. It Is the answer to tt
n source of light and life. Put tt
1. | llOWCL away III GuO OuU VI I'll
Ie light IF the sun and away from b
l. warm rays, and bid it to bloom an
"a exhale its perfume, and its answer
20 that command will be paleness, colol
ia lessness, odorlessness, death. IF 20
d would have it bloom again, take
y back and keep it in the SUI
ir shine" and it will recov
n its beauty and fill the hou
l. once more with its fragrance. l.
le the believer get far away from &c
IS and his love, lose communion wit
h him, or even turn his eyes inwal
Is upon himself and set himself to Il
d task uf loving God as a duty and
,t will die. Let him return and "kee
d himself in the love of God" and b
k love to God will revive again and f
: all his life with gladness.
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