The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-06-19

II the people start Tor heaven,
way there they will do all the
by cant They will ut the very
the Journey get 50 much OF the
u OF Christ. which Is opirit OF
Kindness and self sacrifice and gene
rosity and burden bearing and helpful
ness, that every step they take will re-
sound with good deeds. Oh, get your
religion of OF stills! Get 1t down out
of the high towers! Get 1t on level
with the wants and woes OF our poor
human racel Get it out Of the dusty
theological books that few people read
and put 1t In their hearts and lives
Good thing is 1t to profess religion when
you Join the church, but every day.
somehow, We ought to profess religion.
A peculiar patchwork quilt was, dur;
ing the civil war, made by lady and
sent to the hospitals at the front. She
had boy in the army, and was natur'
ally interested In the welfare of sol.
diers. But what a patchwork quilt she
sent On every block of the quilt was
passage Of Scripture or verse OF a
hymn. The months and years of the
Iwar went by. On that quilt many a
wounded man had lain and suffered
land died. But one morning the hos
pital nurse saw patient under that
blanket kissing the figure Of leaf in
the quilt, and the nurse supposed he
was only wandering in his mind. But
no, he was the son of the mother who
had made the quilt, and he recognized
that figure of leaf as part OF a gown
his mother used to wear, and 1t re-
minded him of home. DO you know
where this quilt came from" he asked.
The purse answered, III can find out,
for there was card pinned fast to it,
and will find that"
Sure enough, it confirmed what he
thought. Then the nurse pointed to a
passage of Scripture in the block of the
quilt, the passage which says, when
he was yet a great way off his father
saw him, and ran and fell on his neck
and kissed him" Yes" said the dy-
ing soldier, 81 was great way of, but
God has met me and had compassion
on me-" Shall write to your mother
and tell her that the lost one is found
and the dead Is alive AGAIN. He an
swered, II wish you would, If it would
not be too much trouble" Do you
suppose that woman who made that
quilt and filed it with Scripture pas
sages had any trouble about who Mel
chisedec was or how the doctrine of
Gods sovereignty can be harmonized
with mans free agency, or who wrote
the Pentateuch, or the Inconsistencies
of the Nicene creed9 No, no; go to
work for God and suffering humanity,
and all your doubts and fears and mys-
teries and unbeliefs put together will
not b& heavy enough to stir the chem
lists eeales. which is accustomed to
weighing one tiftieth part of grain of
chamoNlile flowers
Why stop a moment to understand the
mysteries when there are SO many GER
titudess Why spend our time explor
ing the dark garrets and coal holes of
great palace which has above ground
one hundred rooms flooded with sun
shines 1t takes all my time to absorb
what has been revealed, so that have
no time to upturn and root out and
drag forth what has not been revealed.
The most of the effort to solve nys-
teries and explore the inexplicable and
harmonic things is an attempt to help
the Lord out of theological difficulties.
Good enough intention. my brother, no
doubt; but the Lord is not anxious to
have you help him. He will keep his
throne without your assistance. Don't
be afraid that the Bible will fall apart
from Inconsistencies. 1t hung together
many centuries before you were born,
and your funeral sermon will be
preached from text taken from its
undisturbed authenticity.
CHRIST COMES WHEN WE MAKE READY.
Do you know that | think that if all
ministers in all denominations would
stop this nonsense of ecclesiastical strife
and take hold the word of God, the
only question with each Of us being
how many souls we can bring to Christ,
and in how short time, the Lord
would soon appear for the salvation of
all nations' When the young queen
of England visited Scotland many
years ago great preparations we're made
for her reception. The vessel in which
she sailed was far out at sea, but every
hill in Scotland was illumined with
bontires and torches. The night was
set on fire with artificial illumination.
The queen, standing on slips deck.
knew from that that Scotland was full
Of heartiest welcome, and the thunder
of the great guns at Glasgow and Edin-
burgh castle woke up all the echoes
Boom they sounded out over the sea.
Booml they sounded up among the
hills. Do you know that think that