The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-18
Applied Christianity.

Applied Christianity.
Most people have seen works on
lapPlled logic" and ''applied science.
We're recently struck by the men,
80 10 an English paper, of ser.
Rpn on "Applied Christianity. j"
Hls IS the very thing the world re.
*ites' We have plenty of creeds,
9&Fnty of metaphysical theology.
!Tnty of disquisitlons on church
se.s'l'y, plenty of benevolent associa.
Anhs' plenty of sectarian zeal, plenty
CODES of moral duty; what the
World wants above everything else is
g nave the principles aud preceptS
~ christianity applied in all the
s1islf' of human life. No matter
ss'# valuable anything may be, it is
>ussless unless it is appliedt0 the pur-
Ne Tor which it is intended. A man
SSS%z haye library of instructive
IS-gxa, nat tnTs~MSSitT not reanove ,fis
fgnN NncY if he does not study and
fuSe .Neih. Men may perish amid
IahulAnce, if they do not use food.
IThe best medicines will have no
curSive effect unless they be used.
ISo aso a Christianity that consists
merry OF system of theology, rules
loi cgduct, and forms of worship,
lahd Ehlch Is not applied to inspire
Iahd pntrni the work of life, is futile
land Erultless. The grandeur and
beaut of its truths. and the purity
lof itsmoraI teaching, if regarded as
|merePhjects of speculative thought,
do noiaccomplish the great purpose
for whch the Son of God was mani
Ifeotedsn the flesh.
Applied Christianity is the only
etfPctnl remedy for the evils that
Rtflict society in all parts of the
world 1t is broad enough to coyer
the wlOle range Of human sin and
korror, and mighty enough to over
Throw the most gigantic forms of
wickdnCss and Splfishnes5 which are
aarFming the light Of life and blight
humin happiness. Even in nomi-
hallyChristian lands, the barbarlsnI
pf war still prevails. Heavy taxes
are imposed on the people to provide
the means of their own sutjugalion,
and International disputes are settled
ny the cruel and murdeTous conflicts
Of war, where thousands are siaugh-
Predas sacrifices to the selfish alnhi
HOn of national rulers. This bar
barrie and brutal way of settling ma
sFpDal disputes would forever di.ap-
eseS tE-th@ principles nfthe gospel of
ueare We're applied in the intercourse
Of nations. If the fOrbearlnce and
charity that Christianity enioims up-
on individuals were carried out be-
tween nations this dark blot upon
the eciviIizatiOn of ChristendOm would
be wiped out forever. How can faith
less Jealous and grasping selfishness,
which all would condemn betNeen
man and man, be right between ma
ti0ms? Rulers and statesmen are
aGienable to the law of Christ in
their public acts, as well as in their
private life. What is immoral! and
wrong in the private citizen, is i'm
moral and wrong in the monarch or
statesmen. These devastating wars
could not take place if the spiri. and
principle of The religion of Christ
governed the nations. 1t is one of
the prophesied results of the tri-
jumps of Christianity that the nations
of the earth "shaIl learn war no
more"
AT the present time, society is dis
turted in many places by want of
harmony between the employers of
labor and their workmen. The en-
pIoyer tries TO get the labor he re-
qnires as cheap as possible, in order
that his profits may be the larger;
and the workmen combine to exact
as much wages as they can from the
employer, often without knowing
whether the actual profits Justify
their demand or not. Because of this
state of things, BUSINESS is unsettled,
time is lost by strikes, and bitter
SS",s feeling is generated. while dem
agOgues and doctrinnaires proclaim
their varied panaceas. Let the en-
ployers of labor recognize the doc.
trine of Christian brotherhood, and
in all cases give unto those Wh0 serve
them THAT which is just and equal :"
and let the Workmen avoid too great
readiness TO think evil of their mas
ters, and be satisfied with what is
fair. In other words, let the object
of both be to do what is just and
brotherly, and the whole conflict be-
tween labor and capital will cease.
Applied Christianity is the only
edectual remedy for the vices that