The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1897-08-06

artRgenize the sbrongs rthdF needy.
rise against the affiuent; the ig-
! 2 9EaQt v- against the learned. aThose
who. have seGuired4 supremacy by
theiE thrift, or By, thelE virtue or by their
Intelligence, are determined to be~receg-
pizsd, sqeiefg Is. in, q state of hux; the
simplest re 4ations between men are I'M.
u.s. yu4 ibtaita., " i.a11 fsuf
settled ), REVOLUTION Z. pprtends. There
willbe erystallizabion. sooner or later,
and along the, lines of sordid selfish
ness or under the spirit Of the Golden
Rule. What but divine rectitdde can as
sure the issue that .ig. upon US? The
Christian man must read the signs Of the
times, and, if loyal to his Gogpel, if he
believes in Christis4ooncep ttqn' Of brother
hood, throw himself as a shaping force
into the discussions Of this time: .... '.-'-. -.
f. have~the belief that it is a Spirit of
fthe Christ that has uphe4ved the mass
and that it is the spirit of the Christ thst
is the leaven providentiallt at hand to
give .shape,to the lump know that a
variety of questions are involved:
questions purely economic, others. which
are moral and physical. A,vast amount
of material collected. as data. by patient
Investigators is coming to hand. 1t be-
eomes5us'to move intelligently.s It issa
time when the priest has other ministries
than before smoking affairs; when the
high ecclesiastic '#fli'need apqtRer,, esaHsb
than his purple gown and when every
one @hbl prays, will heed to kneel upon
q9pEeeqn97gescFatsd n2yepm1ents. The need Of
Individual ministration has developed
I with Strongest claims. =
a., P a found it easier to carry the gospel
! iptolthe heart of The Rom an Empire than
we find it to introduce christianity into
most cosmopblitah cities. The esiarged
uses'cf modern life, the larger intelli-
gence, the casting off of religious super
stition, the, fappre,of the. church to win
by ecclesiastical dgnities or sensational
methods brings 1.-The condition of the e
question to that of the teal contact of
the, qbFist,mrit and tie Christian-life.
Love tasGba: brotf1erhbood; ehk Gbyaeh
Rule, express to the masses of men What
there il and, all that there is, in, Chris
Ftianity. There is more it, dut blessed
teug:ffaGnl than a. this lit is system OF
grace and faTrggUneja5st,' but the great re-
vival must be the application Of, trae
'IfG6gp9f DIS the new brotherhood, really
doing uhtoptheri IS we would that they
do unto-Us.
RECOGNITION OF THE SELFISH SPIRIT
| It will be a gain to recognize the
\ sglfR kpirE1H array against the he spirit
of Christ. The apecious claims of most
II agitatqra 10 that they have established
themselves on gospel preeept. L.Phey
praise 5asus ana His sRdrds in the same
breath, that they rebuke the thrift. land
intelligence Of those within His church
Some OF these agitarors profess to be
setting up human brotherhood by dis.
itI9Y.ssy'iS gsiP hes society has made made
under the nurture Of Christianity. They
MAXI attack upon existing B in ias I'll
tigas tpe|chdIch tasasahe school as 5 well
as fndustrial conditions are, the COLLECTS
u the desst tit}ist warfare. Iashe heir
a. w .ilss' o4t0sIsasiaT
tack upon government, d slastfaIo paber-
nalism i preached. The courts are
subofnedin the hour of riot uprising.
I sItaappears.that christianity. is se4ilexi.
iallsah IL soms that any sort q
expedieneys aseveni athe' threatening eo1
public dishonor, can be aayocated. 1t ID
4 VI sAthIrfg tosadyocats the teaf pgsfnnlcsii;;
pies 9f the gospel In the face Of tHHess
conditions. But most men are inteili.
gent and all are under the Indirect in.
i aseaoe ,eRiatian charity .NiisR II
Etha lagapY to tnnra time. Not few per;
.ts3bs Nave, come iii,aa honestly by. their dis
dsructfVessfe nj We yet hold them tentatively
Times Of financial distress, which hsys
kcharacsasized xhespas few years, are
IL ....sk.s..ss4 x4ssasEE sis4Ea
II wonderfully prolific OF questionable exa
HI III ~ TN II sssls1s q ssst Is
4, ediente Ihere. .ls nDe thing only fol
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