The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-12-15

other daughter, whose faos was lumlssd
with the brightness OF smother world, on
the day when the Lord took her into His
Heavenly keep ng years ago. ] should not
wonder II, after all, thee" parents pass the
evening Of their life In the same church, all
differences Of church preference overcome
BY the JOY Of being in the house Of 0Ud
where their children were prepared for
usefulness and Heaven.
But | can give you rec,ps for running
your chilursn. Angrily con,end in thu
household thu, your church is right and the
church OF youi companion 10 wrong. Bring
sneer and caricaturs to emphasize your
opinions, and you: children will make up
their minds that reh ZION 10 o sham, and
they will have none Of " In the northeast
storm of domestic controversy the rose OF
Sharon and the lily Of the valley
will not grow. Fight about apos-
toiic succession; fight about election and
free agency; fight about baptism;
fight about the bishoprc; fight
about gown and surplice, and the
religious prospects Of your children will be
left dead on the field. You VIII b, as un.
fortunate as Charles, Duke OF Burgundy,
who in battle lost diamond the value Of o
nation, for in your fright you will lose the
jewel Of salvation for your entire house.
hold. There is nothing against the advo-
cacy Of your own religious theories. Use
all forcible argument, bring all telling il
Illustrations array all demonslrative facts
but let there bs no acerbity, no singing
retort, no mean insmuation, no supercil-
,fvh oil 9th
and you infallibly right
Take hint from astronomy. Tn,
PtoIemaic system made the earth the cen.
ter OF the solar system, and every thing
was thought to turn round the Garth Bu'
the Copernican system came, and made
the SUN the center, around which The
planets revolvel. The bigot makes hi,
little belief the center Of every thing, bu.
the large Christian makes the Sun OF
Righteousness the center, and oil deno'ri.
nations, without any clashin., and each at
its own light and in its own sphere, re.
vOlving around IL.
Over the tomb of Dean Stanley, in West.
minister Abbey, Is the passag, OF Script,
ure: "Thy commandments are exceed ling
broad" Let no man crowd W. on to u path
like ths bridge Al Sirat, which the Moham-
medan thinks leads from this world over
the abyss of hell into paradise, the breadth
CT the bridge less than the web Of starved
spider, or the edge of sword or razor,
of the edges of which many fall. No; while
the way Is not wide enough to take with s
any Of our sins, it is wide enough for all
Christian believers to pass without peril
into everlasting saf,ty.
But do not any OF you depend upon what
you call q sound creed for salvation. A man
may own all the statutes Of the State OF
New York, and yet not be lawyer, and a
man may own all the best medicine treat
ises, ard not be physician; and man may
own all the best works on painting and
architecture, and not be either painter or
| architect; and q man may own all the
| sound creeds in the W rid, and yet not be a
Christian. Not what you have in your head
or on your tongue, but In your heart and in
your life, will decide every thing.
In oldcn times in England, before the
modern street lamps were invented, every
household was expected to have lantern
suspended In front of his house, and tho
cry Of the watchmen in London as they
went along at eventile was: Hang out
your lightsw Instead Of disputing in your
house about the diff ,rent kinds of lantern,
as watchmsn on the walls OF Zion l cry
"Let your light so shine before m,n that
thew, seeing your good works, may glorify
your Father which is in Heaven"
Hang out your lights! You may have a
thousand IDEAS about religion, and yet not
the great idea Of pardoning mercy. 1t il
not the number of your ideas. but the
greatness Of them. A mouse hath ten OF
spring In her nest, while the ioness hath
| one / her lair. All ideas about forms and
ceremonies, and church government put to
& ther are not wOr. n that one idea of get.
ting to Heaven yourself and taking your
family with you.
But do not reject Christianity, as many
| do, because there are so many scots. Stand
| ing in Westminster Hotel, London, I looket
out Of the window and saw three clocks, a!
| near as can remember--one on the Parlia
ment House, another on st. Margaret''
Chapel, another on Westminster Abbey
ath they were all different. One saic
twelve o'clock at noon; another said II :55
another said 1900. l might as well have
concluded that there is no such thing a,
time, because the three tine-pieces
we're different, as for you to conclude
that there is no such thing as pure Chris
tianity, because the churches differ in theil
statement Of it. II is about twelve o'clocl
noon of the glorious Gospel dispensation
| although the church clocks somewhat diff
fer, and under the present light you have
no excuse for neglecting your duty becaus,
you do not like this or do not like that
"How shall we escape il VIC neglect 81
| great salvationp
But let us all rejoice that, although par
Of our family may worship on earth in ON
church, and part in another church, or
bowed at the same affairs, it must be in
compromise of preferences, we are, If re
deemed, on the way to perfect church
where all preferences will he fully graft
fed.
Great cathedral Of eternity, with archie
Of amethysts, and pillars of sapphire, an
floors of emerald, and windows aglow wit
the sunlight Of Heavenl What wide aisle.
spacious enough to allow empires TO enter
What amphltheaters Of piled-up splendol
gallery above gallery, Princes an
Processes, Kings and Queens bendin
over them! What stupendOus towers, wit
chimes angel-hoisted and angel-rung
What myriads Of worshipers, Whit
robed and coronetedi What an oficiatc
at the altar, even the "Grea
High Priest of our professionw WIS
walls, hung with the captured shields an
flags, by the church mil itant passed up
be the church triumphant What doxologie
Of oil nations, Coronet TO corOnet, cymb,
to cymbal, harp to harp, organ to organ
Pull out the tremulent stop Ia recall ii
J sufierings pastl Pull out the trumpet ste
to celebrate the victory
! when shall these eyes thy Heaven built wal
And pearly gatos behold;