The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-08-04

| lacks the quality of righteousness in that 1t
is a mere kindly affection and desire 10 40
kind things to those woo are DIRECTS OF our
love. while at the same time there IS no
! recoanition of shat foundation which up.
holds the whole process OF human lie, that
fundamental truth which only can confer
anv large and permanent we'll Delns. ,.
| Finally, this natural love Is ,oitenSiines
| unrodlv' That is to say, it is the rcco2rl-
ton in man tine children OF Cod OF tbs
| or that scintillation of the INFINITE goo
| ness. while it withho!ds from Him vino
| gathers unto Himself all conceivable eN-
cellences, all truth, patience, generosity,
| tenderness, temperance: long suneIins' an
puritv-while it withho.ds from Him the
| hearts true loyalty. So that TINS natlve
or natural love of which we speak Is indeed
| oftent;mes a very ia:nt reflection and I'M
ace of that perfect love toward winch
| Christianity calls lis. And SO we turn back
| 70 the text. and hear the words that s..
Pau] said: The aim of the command
ncent. the whole aim Of the Christian IN,
stitution, is love out of a pure heart, and
out of good conscience and out OF ial'h
| urfeigned." =.
FirSt-In this matter OF Christianity, we
have to do with such divine forces IN thelT
operation upon human nature as ylsIa
hopes of even this great result. 1t Is not
| that we expect ourselves to attain any
such goodness, but is It not possible that
| He who made this thing VIC call the humah
soul with all its varied powers OF ooserFs-
| ton. reason, imagination. fancy and mem
| ory. conscience and will, He who mace
| this strange, subtle, intangible thing we
| call the human soul, may not lie remake
the soul. enter into it's profoundest deptES,
so reconstruct, recorder and inspire 1t tn2t
| Il NAV shine in all the likeness OF God! IS
It not said. HE will Go for us far more eX, X,
ceedirgly than we can ask, or th!nk
| And that is the warrant in this CHRISTIAN
| church, and in all these Christian ehurene;s
! for the high aspiration toward "nlch
! Christianity points us. 49,.
| And the other thing to be SAID Is tnls'
! that however true 1t Is tnat most o! US
| wh = nrofess and call ourselves Christians
come far very far, short OF tins hlgn loeal
of character; however true it IS that with
MANY of US cur Christianity Is SIMPLY, as
it we're, an attempt to secure seI'Well,oe-
inc in the long reaching future-a!as! that
Il IS such narrow form OF Christianity as
| that-however true that may be, neverthe'
less take it for granted that perhaps
every one present has during some time IN
his eSper;ence come in contact with some
soul, has become intimate. PernapS WIN
some life, upon whom the divine tru0n' the
divine providence and the clvlne msplra.
ton has so operated IN Transforming power
| tnat the soul seems to have entered int"
the very Fellowship OF God, even has b.
| come radiant with divine life, the features
have been chiseled by the soul within: the
eve has looked tenderiy out toward all
men whom it has met, and now and then
the yerv hapitation and habit of such
nerson becomes unspeakably endearing, be.
cause of this dwelling Of the Lord Christ
within.
| not only out of pure heart, but also OUT
of a good conscience. That IS TO say lts
| aim is not mere sentimental overno" o,
! tears and pity; it shall be living ana
mighty engine within, under the guidance
of God, as to method, and as to measures,
of a widely instructed moral sense. Chris
tianitv is something beside mere happiness.
II aims at the great soul of life under the
guidance and shaping of an Instructed
And finally the love at which Christia
! ity aims is love out of faith unfeigned;
Let faith return. Bring back your Bible.
Behold one living and eternal God. He IS
love, and He has loved this poor world so
that He has effected redemption tor man
kind and lifted them across the heavens.
Has thrown His arms around man. IN or
der that He might lift him up by His Holy
Soirit. PRAYER, SO that the broken-hearted
and the sufferer and desolate may go apart
| from the eyes of man and pour out their
hearts to God, whose ear can eaten their
faintest sigh. and whose eye beholds the
| falling tear. Providence. No sparrow tails
to the ground without His knowledge, and
the very hairs of your head are numbered.
| Death; transformation. Life here; intro
duction to the life eternal. Let these
truths enter and live within human souls,
| and somehow the human race has become
transformed by these facts. cannot meet
| a man. woman OF child. but at once know
there is one whom God loves. Why should
| T not love that one? And so it comes to
mass that wherever Christianity is there IS
| still love where it was not.
| Two differences are interesting. There
NAV seem to you to be various defects IN
| the historical parts of the Bible. but If you
! will only tell me where there is system
| whose breath is love. whose inspiration IS
| love, which makes this earth paradise
and a very heaven of love. If you tell me ne
where that comes from am sure l shall
know how God comes down to our word
in the gospel of Jesus Christ.
! Second. How much Christianity have
you9 Not how much religion. The Brah-
min, the Mahommedan have religion; that
is common to all nations. but how much
Christianity have YOU There is one an an,
! self f-forgetfulness self-sacrifce. charity; so
much and no more. May God help us.
| There is infinite resources for US. Let US
look to heaven. and let US look to earth,
and do the little things at hand IN order
that when the opportunity may come we
may nourish within ourselves the victor
ious forces of he,pfulness until at length;
if it please God. we shall re like our Lord
Jesus Christ, who was the very fulness OF
! love toward man.
Life without Any Waste.
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