The Red Cloud chief., 1885-04-24
CHRISTIAN ZEAL

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bishop Taylor said. nearly q century
ago: This Is Christian zeal. the zeal of
meekness. the zeal Of charity. the zeal
Of patience" These arc golden words
Even now. with all our talk about
Christian union and brothcrly love.
there sre Jehns who drive iuriously.
and cry as they drive; Come with me
and see my zeal for the Lord" Such
zeal is no, the clear fame Of holy love
tina, goes Heavenward In lis brightness.
II is smoky with earth damp and its
light is luii ID and iitfal- There may l.,
good in il. but il Il so mixed with evil
that i, neither blesses men or gloriies
God.
He!ore his conversion Saul of Tarsus
was jealous towards God" and he
manifested his zeal by prosecuting into
death. tAcis xii 81 After his con-
version h. was more JEALOUS sill. but
how dineren, his spirit towards those
who differed from him. Then he cr.ei:
Il could wish that myself were ac-
cured from Christ FIR my brethren. NV
kin, men according 10 the flesh. Then.
Though he WIS more abundant in labors
and in suilerings for n gospel than
any of his contemporaries. he was the
me .kcst of them all. lie said that be
wac the least of al 81 nis- that he was
not worthy 10 be- called an apps H.. and
tina. when he gloried j; was only In his
iniirmitics, g Cor Xii g. and P.iuls
tearhIngs in regard To zeal correspond
Wit his example. He writes To the
Galatians: 1T i good ~ be- zealou.ly
affected always in a good thing lie
believed in carne,tnc>s- enihusiasu.'
II The Gospel l. Gods most glor ON,
revelation of Himself. and His best Gift
To men. il sho"id not b.. received coldiy
bu. with heart aglow it should not b..
proclaimed with frigid ~forinality. bu,
with flaming zeal. On the day ii i'cntr-
Goa; the tongue. like a. of tire sat upon
each Of the disciples. This symbplik.d
the spirit in VIII ch they were To labor.
TIE world has never witnessed such
fosi ~ htA wv ~ iitii.tif' 'Huftu 4
m. nbcr-. few aud feeble. went every
where preaching the Word. They ran
To IN fro n with ilam.ng torches. aud
kihiIcd a blaze that has burned on to
thil LAY. and is spreading around the
world.
There il. then. no incongruiiy in ih-
union Of these two words. Christian
iy' and zeal" They belong together.
The sun that lights the world warns q
too. and quicksns to life NIL the germs
in IT. soil. When you have ghi that
neither warns q WHITES. you know
tina; il does not come fresh from the
sun. but Is reflected from the moon.
Her beams arr pale and cold. They
delight - dreamy ntimenta,ism. brit
do not wake men up tai arrest toll.
Christ Is che sur OF Kightcousncss. iIe
proclaimed Himself III. light Of the
world. But when His beams IL truth
and love fall on n human soul. they do
not play on IL like moonshinc. They
penetrate. the warm. they kindle life.
they arousc the hottest emotions and
energies 30 great was the power of
the Gospel upon the heart 81 Paul that
he claimed to have been crncifhed with
Chr 81. and to 1--we n new life 81 which
Christ Him-elf was the sourc- and rem
ter. And We learn from tbs apostle
not only that zeal l. n normal outgrowih
III Christianity. bu; that il IL connected
with and nourishei By int .lligencc. H.
finds the fatal defect Of the zeal 81
the Jews in the fac, that Il va.
n according to knowledge" tRom
4. ~ IL wa the zeal u ignorance. Of
prejudice and Il passion. Hence. IL vas
nos only impure and unboly. but bitter
and r-.en'ie-s. True real IL kindled by
the study of truth. The more fully W.
comprehend the great facts in tn. Cos
pei. the more will our hearts burn with
in Tia. There is no saddcr error than
that which relegsfes Christian real Ia
the ignorant. and claims that cultivated
p.ety must esehcw it as vulgar and de-
grading. II vas not 50 Ina; Paul and
Luther aud Knox and Dui learnei
ChrS 4.
We learn from Paul's lesier 10 TIsu.
that real IL to be manifested not hy
flaming words but BY good works. The
peculiarly OF Christians 10 that they
are jealous of good works" CTifns IL
~. What zeal there IL in the scholar.
ly Pie;y ~ our day 10 largely expended
in iogomnchy- the war Of words. Il is
real for ORTHODOXY: meaning thereby.
'ou. dpxy.' rather than earnest rivalry
II Christ an enterprise and ehor.-
There are learned m~n Dot . few who
viii figh, harder agains; theological
critic than they will hight against Satan
~ save . soul b il fine 90 apply 70
all crreds the Saviour. test: ..fc shall
know them by their fruit" IL . man
Promuigstes a new doctrine % . sew
Interpretation. We should :e;i him 10 try
il in cvangelis;ic work. II By pr~ach-
ing il he can do NOR. good than we
can ey preaching the old. we VII ihen
examin. his claims. bat not brfore-
Paal teaches ne again thai Chnss;aa
zeal . intimately connected With zud-
IS sorrow. humility and . vehement de-
sire for per,onal holiness Read 3
Coz. vii ~. II. How di6ereps the
picture. then from that og the zcaios
with whom wc are all laxniliar-tke
man whose every look and ,ooe tells Of
Pr.ds. eonceis and srif-rixhseoa-n~sA
We have another u the apostles les-
sous in ] Cor. xiv. IL: As u are nal
Gus 81 spiritual gift~ seek la: 70 may
excel % the edifying AZ The ehnseh-"
ha4 the spiritual gifts are ne inn
irom Gal z. They are live.
peace. Joy. long suffering. gessleoeaa.
goodoes< faith. meekne>~. temper
ance-" To excel IN tAese b . nohle
ambition. And be whore 1eAl lad Mn
TO covss them earDezaly VII Dos fa1 %
edify the chureh insessA q diseraeeiag
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