The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-27
RELIGIOUS Cult in the woman's Club

The philosophy and science section Oh the
womans club is in including in its course
of. study subjects along religious lines At
the last meeting the following paper was
read by Mrs. Bruce-Harris on the subject
of "Renuncia tion."
..That remuneration is taught in the Bible
none can deny. The great Hebrew patri-
archs prophets and leaders understood Its
meaning and practiced it in their lives.
The apostles and martyrs bore testimony
to its truth; Jesus Christ inaugurated his
kingdom on this great principle, and all the
truly great of this earth have attained
greatness through remuneration.
Abraham gave up home and friends and
the comforts of life, and became the father
of a great nation. Moses relinquished all
the advantages an Egyptian kingdom could
offer to esrEuse the cause of race OF
slaves; spent forty years in indian, and
forty years in the wilderness amid the muir
murings of an ungrateful people, and be-
came the great Hebrew leader, one of the
grandest characters in history, sacred or
profane. And there is long white lumin-
Gus track spanning the pages of inspira-
ton from Genesis to Revelation-of self
denying heroes like these.
But there was one who embodied in his
life and illustrated in his death this prin-
ciple as no one else ever did. who being
in the form of God thought it not robbery
to be equal with God, but made himself of
no reputation and took upon him the form
of servant and was made in the like
ness of men. And being found in fashion
as q man, he humbled himself and became
obedient unto death, even the death of the
cross. Wherefore God hath highly exalted
him and given him name which is above
every name"
ton are inseparable. Passage after pas
sage might be quoted confirming this idea
as in the following: He that fndeth his
life shall lose it; and he that loseth his
life for my sake shall find it,
I'm our generation we find notable exam
pies of men who are earnestly trying to
shape their lives by that of the great ex-
emplar of remuneration.
''Tolstoe is endeavoring to illustrate in his
life the teachings of the sermon on the
Mount. An eminent teacher of political
economy with view to writing a book on
the subject has resigned his chair in one of
our large universities and is living the hard
life of the laboring classes that he may
know how to write intelifgently and ear
nestly of and for the uplifting of this
class.
Wherever the teachings of Jesus have
prevailed people have learned that the
highest success In all departments of life
from the individual and home life to the
supreme councils of the nation Is obtained
by giving up much that is esteemed valua-
BILE by unthinking and untaught people
1t is folly to suppose that we can accom-
plish any great thing or attain to any last
ing renown, except We pay the price-re-
nunciaticn On the pages of history are
Dames of the worlds heroes who climbed
10 great heights through self-seeking and
scheming, only to be hurled back by the
Nemesis of retributon. We shudder when
we think what millions died that Caesar
might be great" There is admonition and
warning in the remorse of Cardinal Wolsey,
as in his dying moments he says to his
friends IT charge thee, fling away ambi-
tion,' wnrns him in these earnest words,
Love myself last"
But to be practical we must ask our
selves, how and to what extent am to re-
rounce what seems to be my rights and
privileges? / believe we ought to give up
everything hurtful to ourselves and others.
And just here we sometimes make mis-
takes; We may deny ourselves. becoming