The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-06-07

a little sugar in the form of what confeo-
TONERS call kisses, but no vinegar or pep
per on any account. A little spice Is i'm
proving but 1t must be used with iudg-
ment Do not stick anything sharp into
him to see if he is becoming tender. Stir
him gently; watch the while lest he lie
too fiat and close to the kettle. You can
not fail to know when ne is ready for use.
III thus used YOU will ind him very diges-
tible. agreeing nicely with YOU and the
children, and he will keep as long as YOU
wAnt-unless YOU become careless and set
him out in the cold"
And now come the doctors and tell US
that genius is disease-"an irritation of
the nervous system" Well. who would
not rather be sick with Socrates
than well with the multitude? We are
assured that genius is akin to madness.
All right, but who wouldn't prefer to be
crazy like Shakespeare rather than sane
with the "msdding crowd%
The general assembly OF the presbyteri-
ans this year is said to be true blue" in It's
orthodoxy. Il may be so blue" that the
the whole denomination will be thrown
into the dumps.
Birds that sosr highest fly safest It's
so with man. Those whose hearts are in
heaven walk firmest on earth.
In the Preachers Magazine for June an
English clergyman reminds us that George
Eliot that gifted woman whose life would
have been happier and less defoTmed had
she pluny 70 thu eingta fa5rb ~ h. aorJio.
years. gave currency to a phrase which is
not likely to die. She spoke OF the "other
worldliness" of Christian people. By this
she meant that Christian people were so
busy thinking OF heaven. and getting ready
for it. that they had no time TO spare for
the concerns OF this world. There is an
element of truth in this. II you denied
1t, some OF our most popular HYMNS would
contradict the denial-hvmns in which
life here is described as a joyless journey
through barren desert, during which the
only laudable ambition must be to get
through 1t as quickly as possible. Some
forms OF current theology avoid
this doctrine in so many words,
and appear TO get sort of lugubrious sat
isfactlon out of 1t. There is a kind OF the
ology which seems TO correspond with
n
saws that ornamentRtion is entirely out OF
place in a railway station, because the
only thing that il is good for is to help
you get away from 1t as soon as possible
As a rule. however. "other worldliness'
has not been the fault of Christians.
Worldlness is the prevailing epidemic
| We take our names from Christ and our
ideals from the senate, the market place
and society" We cry good Lord" On
Sunday and good devil the rest of the
week. We keep the doors of the Lords
house with attendance when convenisntl
ana subscriptions and dwell in the tents
of wckedness. Go 10, George Elliott
You NAV describe England in your phrase
, about "other worldiness," but the shoe
doesn't pinch many feet in this town, nor
does the coat lit many backs-not even
among the clergy or the elders.
We agree with Prof Drummond that
the desderatum today is not more Chris.
tians. but better Christians. We want
not less faith, but more works. There il
too much profession and too little prac.
tice. 1t is not worth while to be religious
at all unless we are altogether religious
Playing at religion is dreary work. He
who seeks the kingdom of God
not first" as Jesus commanded,
but second, does not really seek it at all.
Both worlds are spoiled to him. He has
neither the cream of the one nor OF the
other. His religion spoils his enjoyment
of. the world. and his world
illness ruins his enjoyment OF re-
ligion. To the Laodiceans Christ
comes and says: II know thy works,
that thou art neither cold nor hot; |
would thou vert cold or hot. Go, then.
because thou art neither cold nor hot,
will speW thee out Of nv mouth"
The Christian church came into exist
ence in the apostolic days as an outRrowth
OF and aid to evangelism. The synagogue
suggested its form. Its purpose was the
promotion of fellowship; the edifcation of
it's mem bers. that is, their growth in grace
and doctrine and the creation OF moral
atmosphere in which they might live and
move and have their beinR-an atmos-
phere as friendly as thatwhich prevailed in
those times was unfriendly. Into a series
of local societies with these aims those
natural gatherings Of the disciples soon
developed. Ere long these local societies
were CONFERENCE.-The churches became a
church.
The primitive objects of the church.
whether locally considered or viewed as a
united whole, have not changed in the
lapse of time. Ii is the edifcation of be-
lIevers and the discipling OF the world
that should freight its prayers ana inspire
its labor And 10" SAYS Christ, Il am
with you always"