The Brookhaven leader., 1886-12-02

ike Its preacher, or lJS music, OF us aTCh-
itecture, or its uncomfortable crowding,
and goes not to any house OF worship, but
would go If you would accompany him
somewhere else, change your church rcla-
tions. Take you hymn-book home with
you to-day Say goodbye TO your friends
in the neighboring pews, and go with him
TO any one OF q hundred churches, till his
soul is saved and he joins you in the march
to Heaven. More important than that
ring on the third finger of your left hand it
is, that your Heavenly Father command
the angel OF mercy concerning your hus-
band at his conversion, as in the parable OF
old: Put a ring on his hand"
No letter OF more importance ever came
TO the great city of Corinth, situated on
what was called the d" Bridge of the Sea"
and glistening with sculpture, and gated
with a style of brass the magnficence Of
which the following ages have not been
able successfully to initiate, and overshad-
owed by the Aero CCrinthus, q fortress Of
rock two thousand feet hight say, no let
ter ever came to that great city of more i'm.
portancc than that letter in which Paul
puts the two startling questions: What
knowest thou. oh wife, whether thou shalt
save thy husband2 Or how knowcst thou,
oh man. whether thou shalt save thy wife"
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is cheap if it rescua the other. Better go to
the smallest, weakest, most insignificant
church on earth, and be co.partners in cter-
nal bliss, than pass your earthly member
ship in most gorgeously attractive church
while your companion stays outside Of
evangelical privilege. Better have the
drowning saved By a sCOw or sloop than let
him or her - down while You sail by in the
gildei cabins of Britannia or j Great
Eastern.
Second: If both Of the married couple be
Christians, but one is so naturally con-
structed that 1t is impossible to enjoy the
services of particular denomination, and
the other is not so scctarian or punctllious,
let the one less particular go with the other
who is very particular As for myself, l
feel as much at home in one denomination
OF evangelical Christians as another, and l
think must have been born very near the
line like the solemn roll of the Episco-
pal liturgy, and ! like the spOntlncIty of
the McthOdlsts, and ! like the importance
given 70 the ordinance Of baptism by the
Baptists, and like the freedom Of the Con
gregal ionalsts, and like the government
and tn sublime doctrine Of the Prcsbytc-
rians, and Ike many Of tic others just as
good as any have mentioned, and | could
HdPP'% HF'' an" W. ""N PAN"N'i' on" w
buried from any Of them.
But others are born with so stout and un-
bending and memorable a liking for some
denomination that il is a positive necessity
they have tn advantage OF that one What
they were INTENDED to be in ccclcsiasti cisn
was writtaninthe sides of their cradle, if the
father and mothcr Ia eyes keen enough tC
snc il. They would not stop CRYING until
~, IA
| Il Westminster Catcchism or the Thirty,
| nine Articles. The whole current Of theil
| temperament ana thought and character
| runs into one sect of religionists as nat
| urailv as the James river into the Chesa-
! pca!la. Il would be torture to such per
| s,a, 10 b. any thing outside of that one
| c5alcl. N1W.let the wife or husband who is
net s. constructed sacrifice the milder pref
! c,.,acc for tic aucmore infiaXible and rigor-
ods. LcGthc grape vine follow tn = rugositics
siuHusities Of the oak or hickory. Abram
| tAa l.ca,r III fgcts Of Christian grace
| shoGH say 10 Lot, who is built on q smaller
eclle: =" lie. there be no strife. | pray
thu. b.'E.2an rae ami thee, and between
nv beruuol ana thy hrrlman. Is not the
| whole land before thoc"' As you can be
| eli fed and happy any where, 60 with your
crmpari9n II the church to which he OI
81 mast - or be miserable.
Third: Il b III tn married couple arc very
strong ia III II S"ctariani SINS. let them at
tend tha ff,"cnt churches preferred. It
is not necessary that yoI attend the same
church. Religion is between your CON
scion . aud "our God. Like Abram and
1T. agree to differ When on Sabbath
morning yoI come out Of the door Of your
hon" tog't',cr, an one goes one way and
tn, other III other, heartily wish each
other 4 good sermon and Il time Of proiita-
BE devotion, ali when you rAoet again at
tn" n0olllv rhpast 3 it be evident each to
each. ana t. ypur children ana to tn hired
help tia. vnu have both becn on the Mount
OF Tran ,iElration. although You went by
different p tths, AMI that you have both
been fri by the Bread Of Lille, though
kno2 led bv ditT rent hands, in different
tra"s. and baked in different ovens.
:" Bat how about the childrcn?' | am
often asked b. hundreds of parents Let
them also make their choice, Thy will
grow up with reverence for both Of the de-
nominal .cas represented lr father and
m0thor il you, BY holy lives. commend
those denominations. If the father lives
III bette" lie. they Will have the more IA
orrblc opinion Of his denomination. If the
mother lives the better life, they will have
tn nor, favorable opinion or her denom-
iuati0n. And some day both the parents
VIII. for 1T least one eerEice. go to the
sam" church. The nci@hbors will say:
NJnder what is going on to-day, for saw
our u":gh5or and his wife, VINO always go
to different churches, going arm-inarm to
tn" same sauctuary!"
We'll, will tell YOU what has brought
tham together, arrn-in-arln, to the same
aitar Sonnet hing very lnnnrt ant has ham
prncd. Their sol is to-day uniting with
the churCh' lie Is standing N me aisle
TAXING lAe vows Oh hF'stiah' lie mao