The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-11-09

ciples We're rirst called Christians
At. / believe. Antioch.
Before the generation had passed
away among whom the NaZarlne
moved and taught, some declared
themselves to be OF Paul others
made Gephus their patron saint. Lat
er multiplied, thousands foolshly
Went to the stake because they de-
MED that the reni flesh and blood
Of Christ entered into the bread and
vine OF the Eucharist.
From time immemorial the eff
caey Of good works has been min
imized by those who profess TO be
leaders in moral teachings. He
that beiieyeth and is baptized shall
be saved" is Numbered forth from
every city. town, village and coun-
try nei ghborhood twice 4 day for
ffty~two days out OF every SO. Or
dinarily those who call upon the
people to subordinate every other
element OF life to the exercise OF
faith understand the practical mean
Ing of the term that is that faith
in Christ can only be manifested
of his life and teachings, but ! some
times fear that there is so much
stress laid on the word faith that
the thoughtless conclude that fe"
lfeless prayers and a mental assent
to the statement that Christ IS the
son of God. is the acme of Christian
perfection. The study OF theory is
pleasing and a strengthening mtnt-
al exercise for the academleian. 1t
libraries and seminaries are fit
places to investigate the pros and
cons of abstruse, political, scientific,
sociological and theological theor-
les, but out in the world and when
in contact with our fello~men IS
where the practical everyday prob
lens of life must be solved. Some
of the best military genuses the
world has ever known have found
on the field of action that to apply
the tactics taught them would re-
suit in disaster, have disregarded
them, there is no time for the dis
cussion of baptidzo, the final per-
severance of the saints, justifica-
ton by faith, predestinatlon, fore
ordination, baptism for the remls-
sion of sins on account OF the re-
mission of sins or in answer to
good conscience, only two texts come
to mind, Love thy neighbor as thy
self" and whatsoever ye would
that men should do unto you do We
even so unto them. The best mod
ern thought seems to be the adopt
ing Of the doctrine that Christianity
is the practical manifestation OF the
law of love, justice, truth and mer-
CIV. When the human heart becomes
thoroughly filled with sympathy
for human kind, when we make that
moral advancement where the walls
of creed and dogma are torn down,
where We recognize all as our broth
ers, where the SORROWS of others
touch responsive sympathetic
cord in our own hearts, where we
can eliminate self when We seek to
determine the right in conflicting
interests, where we feel that we are
as high as the mightiest and as low
as the humblest, where We raise the
fallen and envy not the fortunate,
where our thoughts are for the gem
era good, where our range OF SYM
pathetic vision reaches to the Ut
termost parts Of earth and COM
prehends but justice. When we
arrive at such position on the moral
highway it is then that we may con-
fidently proclaim to all that We are
Christians When one shall have
attained such moral eminence 1t is
then that he will cease to inquire
into the mysteries of God, but with
an abiding faith in the declaration
that Gle Doeth All Things Well,
will leave Gods work to Him and
20 forth into the world contribute
ing his might toward bringing into
thorough accord all the antagonls-
tic elements of society
II is then that he will cease to
care whether the waters were roll
ed back for Israel to cross the Red
Sea, whether the blowing OF rams
horns caused the crumbling Of the
walls of Jericho, whether Elisha
caused the ak to severn, whether
the Hebrew children walked unhurt
through the fiery furnace, whether
the fish swallowed Jonah, even the
geneology of Christ will cease to
trouble him.
He will recognize the fundament-
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