The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-04-14

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righteousness defer tu tety Pes
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nna whst vae the meaning ai ihe Ia
a. ! had frequently sren !, IN pfin,
and heard u ased ! stumbled un
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tlude that shout flts us case
ny tnesla tnhlstt IL tfue religion
fof ve must and vtli have sutae Nina
VI religion. whether christian. ~
gan. delst, atheist ~ pulfheisi
give the two definitions nlean
from two very eminent authorities
both vigorous. stfung writer's but
widely divergent IN matters ~ faith
I refer 90 u @ lnRefs1ll aud iames
of New Testament fame
II We must all have some kind %
religion y behuovee us 10 SGT The
best procufahie brand In order that
those of my congregation who have
not had the opportunity of making
/ a thorough Investigation may Judge
for themselves viii here give two
definitions lngcrsol said True re-
! lleion is a subotdinnjiol of the pas.
sions to The intellect An intellect
may be strong enough to dominate
every action of an individual, every
act of a life may be the result of
calm, cool, calculating mentality. An
individual may be clear OF what is
generally called passion. and at the
same time have such faulty mental
training or have those mental facul-
ties Of the bnser kind so abnormally
developed as to lead to career. II
not of crime of such refined cruelty
and life for self alone that weaker
nature governed by impulse and the
victim of passion IL more harmless
member of society No one would ac-
cuse John D. Rockefeller and others
of his class of being the victims of
their passions but they, or any one
else, who takes from natures store
house and appropriates to their own
use and benefit enough to maintain
hundreds Of thousands of families
in comfort are greater enemies to So
ciety than he who in At of passion
Stays q fellow man for he only shor-
tens one life by few days while the
accumulator of multiplied millions
makes shivering and hungry thous-
ands. ! fear | am about to get onto
dangerous grounds so will drop this
part OF the discourse and tell you
what James says: True religion and
indebted before God the father
Is this to visit the fatherlers and
widows in their affllction and to
keep himself unspotted from the
world" And further he says, MY
brethren, have not the faith of our
Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord OF Clio
ry with respect to persons. For II
there come unto your assembly a
man with gold ring, in goodly ap-
parel, and there come also poor
man in vile raiment, and ye have
lfHp'tt w nun lHul W'Hl''H tue gay
clothing, and say unto him, sit thou
here in good place, and to the
poor. stand there, or sit here
under my foot stool; are ye not
become Judges OF evil thoughts"
But ye have despised the poor |
DO not rich men Cypress you and |
draw hnfnrn thn Ind ~ nj
soat?" II the bible teaches any thing
above all else that Is OF practical ben |
eft In our every day dealings with
one another II teaches that true wor-
ship OF the God, OF the universe con
slsts not in unmeaning ceremonies
but In dealing out love an mercy TO
our fellow man.
II seems from the statement OF
James that the early christians
were inclined to toady to the wealthy |
and to ignore the poor II IL n source
Of congratulation among us preach
ers that now we are no respector OF
persons. The poorest member Of our
flock Is Ak much honored az the one
who pays the greatest quarterage
We have imblbed freely OF the spirit
" James and from him taken from
he Master and now we estimate our
for what they are not
or what they have The refining.
'lyill2lng Influence OF nineteen CEN
uries has driven from the assembly
hat condition OF which James com
blamed. But | have wandered from
he subject. What | started to do
vas to compare the definitions OF In {
,ersoll and james | think OF the II
wo | prefer James by a good denl, /
II Is u noticeable fact that extrav- II
gance Is gaining possession OF all II
ur public institutions at this time, 4
won individuals are not free from |
Is banetul influences. | am right la
ow wearing new pair OF twenty "
ent socks, q
Last week ! omitted TO state that /
' A. Witherspoon, an old time ELLIS d
DnutIuu and fnritaf on Mid lot Hmm | =,