Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-01-14
PRESBYTERIANS.
AS THEY ARE KNOWN AND
READ IN IsG8-lss9.


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heartF.
But there are other Christians In will
mington besides Presbyterans. There
are Methodist Christians with their glow
| ing zeal, EpiscoptlianB with their devout
piety, Baptists with their conscientious
strietness, Fricpds with their transparent
plaiuuess, Lutherans oistaunch faith and
many other, including such Rsmas Cath
olics as are born OF the Holy Ghost so
surely as that august lovely, bletsed,
glorious and sublime parsonage EXISTS.
Thtse ell love and witness truth with
| open and attentive ears, Holy Spiritual
eyes and loving hearts.
Hence In the presence of q charitable
| and Christian people we may joyfully
offer the truth as devotion to Its supreme
presiding geuius-6od.
The Pres' ytcrians In their religious
theory, In the language of their creed and
covenant drawn from the Holy Scriptures
and In spirit also Qn go many OF them MS
are sanctiied in that Holy Spiritual power
| which is the secret OF their great inilu-
ence for the blessing OF humanity regard
aud receive all persons who are born Of
| the Holy Ghost as Christians. PresbT-
| teThpB ard Christians are one and the
ne. Presbyterian'sm Is Identical with
4 Nri'tisniiy. Presbyte Hans arc broad,
Il liberal, catholic and charitable.
No person finds this Gus more emphatl-
cally than the Prespy ;erian young man
who starts In business wi'h the expects
tion OF an easy time OF It by reason of re-
ceiving patronage through religious favor
OF his co religionists. The scales coon
fall from his eyeF.
Ho has hard tine OF it, under the
ieuprcme PROV dental treatment OF the
gIe4t Head OF the Church, uniil he
learns that Pnsbyterians believe that the
Divine savio ur has never YET usufped
tempo al power and It's valued acquisl-
tione. He ilnds Preshy erians giving "to
Cmsar the things that are Cgsar's and
to God the thi1ss that are Gods"
II is the general experience that Pes
byterlsns arc remarkable for the extent
In which they carry no sectsrian bigotry
iuto dealings OF business and industry.
This is one of tho rec cts of their eat
influence amcng the people al large. The
whole people know them ami are inter
estod in them, and they know and take
AL interest iu tie VIII lie p ople.
Tat Young business nan, II he should
receive tie patronage OF five til usand
persons from Presbyterian families OF
Wilmington, would iudeed have bo-
nanza, But how f. iinitelJ re blessed
to have II the present wey of the thou
sandb of Pre,byier aab associated aud
friendly With sixty thousasd inrabitanis
SO that He who has said "Go We into all
the world snd Pirn,h my SUePvl," ran
sanotlfy them to the saving and blesslng
o! the whole people.
Another fa.tor OF their popular power
Is their moral aud upright character We
are upt say ing there arc also no unwol-
thy III ep IN this flock, but that the en-.
eial character Of nearly the " hole OF
them for truthiulness, rur y, irdustty
! and Ieliahill y s'aIis uuexcelled.
1 They do not, no ev r, 2epe Il on iher
moral characters for their falyaton, but
. only On jesus Oh lst, tie Son OF God, ms
heir Great and Worthy Mejiaor and
Saviour iecooc ing them to God
Il Thy do not count themselves holy
''For not he that conmendch himself is
approved. but whom the Lord com
IN ndeih." They are continually con.
Tossing 10 God their sins and short-com-
ings, and cltiming there T. no righteous.
ness known among them except that
which Jesus Chrst llvIs IN them, to when
hey give all the glQgy.
they do rot like guSh and bluster A
gushing blusterer or clustering gushel
mey get among them oucs in whit
! but he quickly fnds himself IL we may
, speak iiguratively, sand Niched bctweef
and burr under icebergs and ffoser
vet blankets. When he gets comfortably
cooled and moderated and their tetdf
charity thawe him out once more, hi
gratefully acknowledges their gentle and
qu,es ways in religion, and IL thankful
thSt, owing TO their conservatism, th.y
did not fire blizzard through him.
THIS leads us to the fact that they art
wonderfully strict and severe with eacl
OTHER, As smong themselves, in theil
quiet and unstr;feful "a, Brethren ar
a discipline unto brethren. One can &c
along much more easily among them /
he is not Presbyterian. II he Is u Pres
by yter!an he must walk straight or h
cannot rise IN influence and p-eitioi
among them. Christian Of any othe
denomination will often seemingly ge
, far more lenieBcy and complacency show
4. him than enc Of their ows number.
They permit their laymen the widest In
tellectual latitude in the enjoyment O
civil religious freedom of lecturng An'
o publishing their Views respectively.
II such laymen do not teach Pres
byterian creed, which, In their belief an,
In practical effect and spirit calls for a.
that Ia contained within the two lids O
= the Bible, It is no cause OF strife. The
C say such are only laymen. They are no
y our authorized oracles OF truth and al
persons have right to thcr 80 p~ruii
ch views.
l9,f But their preachers they g've a Ion
D, |
With them they are the st i,test OF III
ats strict. Hence an intelligent harmony c
ny views and unison of spirit prevail'
While they do not proselyte, their un or
harmony and strength naturally caus
n them to absorb In membership Christian
lp- migrating from distant places. They d
le' not care much what such Christians be
lieve, so they are born Of the Holy Splri
i, and know the Divine Saviour.
N. We have known them to hand over I
= the pastors of other denominations th
- addresses of new converts, who state
N they had been In the habit OF attendln
~ the pr aching OF such. We have ais
known OF their having helped christian
and missions OF other determinations
doing the Lords work.
They do not think that tho word Pres
byterian will be of Importance In the
future kingdom OF heaven, or that the
will care for 1t there. 1t is neces ary :
la have an organized church, and the vrr
Presbyterian is imply badge OF organ
cation The important consideration /
them Is, above all things, to he christian
4 which they truly are in deed and in spir
al john G. HARNESS.
The PIesbyteEiAA Messings.
N SATURDAY. avaninU nr Maria mr. arhe