The record-union., 1892-10-08
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us, for it was true in Paul's day, and yet
he was not ashamed of the Gospel OF
Christ. Even though not many mighty,
not many noble, were found among the
early disciples of the Master, Paul knew
that the Gospel was the wisdom of God.'
But Jesus Himself found in this fact
reason for gratitude: / thank Thee,
Father, Lord OF heaven and earth, be-
cause Thou hast hid these things from the
wise and prudent, and hast revealed them
unto babes.' The acquisition of knowl-
edge is ofttimeS gained at the cost OF hui
mility. Neither the disciple nor his
Master felt it treason to the cause to adj
nit that the evidences of Christianity
were rather spiritual than intellectual,
and were diScerned, If at all, by the
spiritual rather than the intellectual ma
ture. And yet it is true that the Gospel
has won rich harveSts among our most
highly cultured classes. At the meeting
of the American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science not many years
since, it was our privilege to be at the
prayer service held upon the Lords Day,
when the meeting was led by the Presl-
dent-elect, and the first speaker was the
retiring President Of the association. The
intellectual life OF America is not to-day
alienated from the Cross Of Christ"
''To provide for the orphan is, no doubt,
one of the first things that Christian phil
anthropy should look after" says the
New York Examiner (Bapt.); "but it
should be borne in mind that the proper
ton of helpless orphans in any commu-
nifty is necessarily small. The cases are
comparatively few where there are no
relatives to care for children bereaved of
their parents, whose pride would revolt
at the suggestion that such children
should become objects of charity. And
in cases where relatives are unwilling to
do their duty, it is grave question
whether it is good public policy to re-
! lieve them of it. Instead of leaving so
many things to charity it might be well
| to compel the nearest relative in such
cases to give bonds for the proper per-
| formance of his duty. y sensible review
| of the facts Compels one to the conclusion
| that while the work is one Of the most
urgent, it is from the nature OF the case
| one of the most circumScrlbed OF Chris
! tian charities. There Is really more danger
| of doing too much than or doing too little
| There are many orphan asylums in this
country, as well as in England, that are
! seldom or never filled to the measure of
! their capacity, and have greater resources
| than they know how to use wisely. And
! yet BaptiSts are continually urged to be-
! stir themselves in adding TO the number
| of orphan asylums that cannot be filed
without securing the country To find in
mates-perhaps not even then. The ar
guments urged are purely sectarlan. If
] Baptist orphans are allowed to be sent to
Pedobaptist orphanges, they will be lost
| to the denomination A denomination
that is already growing too fast for its
own good ought not to get into panic,
it seems to us, over possible loss of a
| few hundreds. a little sanctihed COM
mon sense would be good thing now
and then in these matters"
The New York Christian Enquirer
| (Bapt.) takes a very gloomy view Of the
situation. 1t says: "If stranger from
some foreign shore should visit our land
just now, he would confront condition
of things which would startle and appall
him, and force him seriously to question
the prosperity-social, moral and physi-
cal-of the United States. He might ask
us to point out the advantages enjoyed
by our people which lift them above the
subjects of the Kings and Queens of the
old world. He would find our industries
menaced by a fearful and mistaken an
tagonism between labor and capital. He
would find the purity of our social life
and our religious Institutions menaced
by subtle corruption which has poi
soned the public heart and is running
through all the veins Of public life. He
would find our schools menaced by the
Church of Rome; our press the advocate
of prize fights and pugilism worthy OF
the dark ages, and brutal as the bull
fights of Spain; holy marriage followed
quickly by unholy divorce, and the sane
titles of home imperiled on every side.
He would find the coast blockaded against
the cholera, which, rioting in Europe, is
sending it's poison over ia palace ships to
be planted here, to spring up, perhaps
when another spring comes, and spread
general devastation. Looking at these
matters in any light it seems to us that
our Government and our institutions are
being subjected to strain which ever
our gigantic civil war did not put upor
them"