Year: 1875

power and the possessions and the luxuries Of the
world, are Christians themselves


LOVE EATUKK


What is then worldncss1 IL II the love or naturoi
The nalure used stand for that which rs base
and groyeling but that meaning has passed away
Now when We speak OF a naturan man, OF NATURAL
affections, we mean pure and loyablc qualities We
that the love Of the material world-of nature
does not take US away heaven the very thing
that takes us thither Tho msanthrope. the atheist,
the Christian, they all 70 be soaced 10 be
cheered to be elevated by her Is there any danger
that BY loving the beauty and the grandeur Of nature
hearts should DO drawn away from the love Of
Godf


WORLDLY LABOR


or IL il wordliness 70 pursue the worldly work which
Ia required 0 us1 The ideal side or the physcian's la
Dor Is 70 alleviate suering OF the lawyers. 70 olsen
tange the qunrres and disputes of men, Of the ner-
chants 10 duse the blessings Of this earth through
all countries and the work of the shoemaker, Of the
drcssmakcr of the grayedigger &c has each ia ideal
side II he does not 1t il only because he stupid
or Is the "Word1 society," Does IL mean the FOOLISH
The gossps me dersf NO. these are not all the pco-
pie II the world Are there none noble. none pure,
fired with lofty aspratons2 Society, In rs ideal
Significance means companionship The great trouble
Is not that there ~ too much society there s too 1T
tie. We should have ardent friendship.
genial companionship.


Another question that is asked is ssDo we love the
world rightly. do extract its true pleasures Z"
Pleasure, per ~, under a ban amid the earlier
Christians. But there are pleasures which all the





In the scale Of emotonR What is not the pleas
Of the spectacle OF beautiful sunrise the sensi
tive eyer IL u not the JOY OF angelsY have seen
people nt picture galleries feel such tngling Of pleas
ure over some lovely painting as 10 be painful
from the very OF H. Away with this passion
mangning pleasure believe that a man who would
devote himself entirely the pursuit Of the highest
pleasures would become saint he would cast OF all
that Il earthly and grovellng in hm he would live in
q dream Of delight


TRANSIENT BEAUTY


"Bewarc how you love the beauty OF form says the





that a reason why should not love it2 Shall
say that must not admire picture because the
museum may hurn down All is II not true that Ii is
the transient that reveals the spirit Of the
oternalf We have friend whom we have known all
lives but have cared to look deeply into
his character He dies, aud then, that supreme
ment the knowledge Of all his Kindness, OF all his low
able qualities, bursts upon like a revelation
| II is the very fact that the transient IS
Is II ignoble to covet the appreciation. tho
OF tho world2 Tho world is composed
OF people who with you, who you, in an in
tended sort Of way. IL s impossible that your heart
and feel well for you. When men speak Of appealing
from tho worlds judgment TO that of God it IL only to
appeal 10 the higher and purer humanity which the
| deity embodies.


| HEAVEN UPON EARTH.
Therefore, | say it is impossible that we should
know too much Of the world. We need revival OF tho
love OF knowledge, Of TRUTH of humanity Instead OF
loving the ideal, dreamy, impapabe Christ In the
clouds the ngment Of religion, would say love your
child your husband your wife Instead Of hunger
ing for heaven make little your home that
shall be heaven TO you now; live purely and sweetly
and for the benefit Of your fellow men. Do not to
get away from tile world but press II closely your
bosom Heaven il here pointng at the hcart and all
that IS great and good is here with Do this, and
beauty, hope love art, the Supreme Being itself Will
not long be absent from the chamber where you sit