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=fc= TTTT ,IN ESSENTIALS, UNIT7; IN NON-K88ENTIAL8, LIBERTY; ML tni fyoi Sbfc IN ALL THINGS, CHARITY. vol. m. li 0ftrj HU*.) fi& tu Vjrui u‘/ it* j -— - ^ .— -* -- ■ --»»..... ■RAL^Gk, N. C„ TjffiRSDAY, APR.L 5, 1888 NUMBER 14. The Christian sun. BTBT THCBSDAT BT J. PRRS8LBY BARRETT. 1 OURPRlitQHPLEsT L|. I Christ Is the only Head ft. Mm mum Christian, to the exclusion ot fttl party or sectarian names, ft. The Holy Bible, or the Scriptures of end New Testaments, s sufficient the Old and New rale of faith and practice. 4 Christian character, or vital piety; the only test of fellowship or nembenbtp. 5. The right of private Judgment and ^^^^^^wronsolenoe, the privilege and TEE 1RANSUBSTANTIA1 ION CONTROVERSY. v . *rr-' la It op* tru« that Roman Catholic Ism la the hot bed of Ignorance and superstition ? , If it is not who will 'Ilf Certainly if history is true *' more ignorance and •uperatHton than any other agency in Obristendoin, and that 1.06 of the moat dangerous character, as is evij denoed by the many very silly contro vereiea which have sprung up .within its folds. . - . . ii%V> to urn year A. D. l21Jij Innocent *111"convoked the fourth Lateran *»> oonnail, at whieh Mis said there' were * phteefat 412 bishop*; 800 abbot* and prt^t, besides the embassadof^bf al most all the European countries; Notwithstanding this large represen taifoit psasent it is.said that this “im perious pontiff without consulting any of them made and aniic^iiced no less than seventy laws for that peo pie. These included new articles of faith, among Which was the article enjoining the acceptance of Trantub tantiation. By this term it was meant to teach that the real presence of the real flesh and Mood of Ubrist were ac tually present iu the Eucharist, or as commonly called in this day the em blems used in the celebration of the Lord's Supper. This pontiff, Inno cent III, thus deliberately shut every men’s mouth on points covered by his new laws,.at least as far as it was pos sible to do, and so deprived them of the liberty, for which man is respon sible to God only. That toe many should have abjectly bowed tbeir heads to this one man toads Only to deepen the sense one has ot the extent and depth of real ignorance and Unbroken superstition. Thu* his new doctrine became known in the church as Tran tubttantiation, and to this day it is observed, and" yet, there has hardly' been a day, since its Introduction, when there were not Btrong and de termined men who have fought it bravely, fodty U has more enemies in all probability than at any previous "jjlpriod of its history. So we can read ily see that the doctrine of Transub tantiation has been the subject of long continued controversy. Its success : was sometimes remarkable and again itp failures were no less so. In the XVII century the Greek church de cided in favor of this monstrous doc trine, thus bringing that church under the influence, in a measure, of Rome. . This step was accomplished largely by the oeaneii convened at Jerusalem by DosHheus in the year 1672. About this time there was a bold de fender of the truth by the name of John Claude who was distinguished for his great {earning and his oratory, who fought this new doctrine with un usual zealj claiming that it was a man made doctrine and never heard of ear lier than the ninth century. On the other hand the Catholics led tyAxneud, declared that this doc trine bad been received by Christians in all ages of the chfireh. in tbit claifo we khow of no history which sustains him, on the contrary, we have.abeam that it became a law. un der that daring pontiff; Innocent III, in the thirteenth century, and while it had been held by some individuals, peihaps as early a» the ninth oentury, it wae certainly not a law till tho time named above. i m ®er vf i wise and good ipurpose in this case, as withontittbe Crutiv of the real character* nip) riurpW of the Lord s aW eraojugrvo.... i’^y^beefi’ Jailed' in ?<>!&»• o$4l ‘ con Ittw toCversy has well mi red Us purpose in tins case, as it• undoubtedly nas in tod ty-da^ f ruth stands dil W»wf ring fnpnu inou t, commemora ting its grand achievements on many a battle field where long and faithful ly its work was done for. the ijonor of the iight, the . good oi tnan' apd, the glory of God. , - u i - .ii loL^ The Homan Catholic church has K thus lived in din til! *it*; spiritual power is,a thing of the (last, thdngb its commercial. poorerjs; on crease. As Cawdray hiss paid: 'As the carcaa of a dead man, dressed in ' the gnrments of a living man, is not a living man'.so'the chprch 0%*e.as the spou*e.<tf puftat forms m mol the church, the living church,’ but It has become the harlot . ■ «rtfKM? vto m ■ of Christendom. .Mb ?-——— »mgs= HAPPINESS OP 1 HE vrntis 7IAN. When he thlhKii df his past sips they trouble himJflo more,for ’.hcykH idl pardoned; and #11! ner^cf hi mept tloned against hint again When he looks out on this beautiful world With all lts vast rcaoufces he rejoices in til thought all this belongs to in y Father, WhSn he h'chrs the mighty voice bit the thunder he recognizes it dH tit voice of God. When in tue midst of trials and groat sorrow he is calm aad rejoices for he .kno#s that all things worn together for the vOrtd Of all who love Gdd. When he tfcffifte ofdeajh it Is as a lriend that is to open to him the gates ot beaten. When lie looks forward into the great future be’has no fear, for he knows that a Happy home awaits him there. Jambs Mapl*. '• -i—i-—aijini;.i ' i. ■ 7HE HEAR1 MUST HE PURE. The cask mast be clean or all you put into it will sour. Thus the heart must be clean or all the knowledge Secured by an education wtii.be trans. muted into evil agonts ami .increase the man’s power for evil. J. MaKi, jur jgxcAcuiges. A WKlEKkr CHAT WITH BBOTHBd ■DITOUg, As an item of interest we publish the following Which we find in the col umns of an exchange: “The following is,the seating capacity of the eight largest churches of Eu rope: St. Peter’s, Rome, 64,000 per sons; Milan, cathedral, 37j000; St. Paul, Rome, 25,000; St. Sophia, Constanti nople. 23,000; Notre Dame, Paris, 21, 000; Florence cathedral, 20,000; Pisa cathedral, 13,000; St. Majk, Venice, 7,000. -o The Mu$umary Review quotes the following from Livingstone and adds that he was right in the statement: Livingstone was right when he said: “The salvation of men ought to be the aim and desire of every Christian. The spirit of missions is the Spirit of our Master, the very genius of his religion. A diflhsive philanthrophy is Christi anity itself; it requires perpetual pro pagation to attest its genuiness.’’ Here is a thought which is sugges tive to preachers, and which ought to be comforting to all classes of Chris tians. Bishop Harris says : Nay, never has there been a time when the Gospel was preached with more power and more success than it is to day. In London where thous ands throng the great cathedral' and the great Abbey to habg upon the elo quent words of Liddon and Fairaf; in Paris, where the eloquence of Bossuet and Massillon survives in the sermons ofLoyson and Bersier.—in New York, in Boston, in Philadelphia, and indeed, throughout the CUriStian world, t^ere fa better poaching to day than there has been in any former age, and It is listened to by larger numbers of thoughtful men. —-O-— Here is a picture, which has its coun terpart in many pastorates—and many a preacher’s heart will answer from the depths of an experience^ which is best known to each individual of this class. It is irom that very excel lent paper the Southern Churchman'. He lived—the man and preacher we were reading about a (ew days ago ; not rich; much like his brethren in this respect; blit poorer than rOost. * He first settled In a parish too poor to give him even a scanty support, and lie.was compelled to take- , a farm, oh which ho toiled by day, whilst ii^ the evening be was often obliged to use a mechanical art ft* the benefit of bis family. He made their shoes. But by the side of his work bench he kept ink and paper, that he might, write down the interesting thoughts which he traced out or which rushed Oh him amidst his humble labors.’ He lived—the OBe we read about to-day—more than eightecu hundred years ago; lived not for himself, for God land his brother men ; had no plade to lay bis head when the night came down and the dews ; lived for others, and these “others” slow bin.1 • He lived—the man we read abohfcen. the papers—lived in luxury, olajd„in purple and fine linen, servants whited on him, horses carried him ; lived for Himself, and amassed five (or was it fifty ?) mill kms of dellarsj iand all men (admired him and en vied him and wish ed they were like him. A curious -world this. - ■ ’ '** f' fa b*yi; jjustf, a word of caution tp the aged portion of our readers, and it ► ,\wl J V A\ * >'• h > V -■ way be and doubtless is applicable (b nisny of the younger class. It is very suggestive add opportune for this day uud time. , It is from Hatting’» Birth Jjgfjjook : An old mao is like an old waged ; it witU light loading »ud careful usage .. will last tor yours; but one heavy load or sudden strain will break it and ruin it forever.—Many persona reach the sge of fltty,x»taty, or even seventy, measurably frea-frtwejnoet ot the paihe and infirmities of age, obeery in heart and sound in health, ripe in wisdom and experience, with sympatbieu <n*f lowed by age, with responsible prrfs pecta and opportunities .for aon tinned uselulness m the work) for a consider nbla persons beAbgnk,, f»1r*lnt jet them also be careful. ■ An pld constitution is like «n old bpne — broken with ease, mended with difi culty. A young tree bend* to .the gaje, an «ld one snaps and falls before the blast. A single bard lift, an hour of healing work, an evening of exposure to.rain and damp, a severe chill, an excess of food, the unusual indulgence1 ot any appetite or passion, a suddbn fit or anger,,4tr Improper dose of med icine—any of these, or other similar things, may cut off' a valuable life in an hour, and leave the fair hope of usefulness anti enjoyment a shapeless wreck. It is unpleasant to drop the tramp* of prrrsons fHtm the Church roll, abd yet something must be done with that large list of persons Who connect themselves with the church and tbien go away and never take an)- part in the work'd! the church after that. On this point the Religious Herald says: ! The writer was recently present at an annual church meeting, at which it was reported that the list ot mem bers had been revised, and some bait a dozen bad been “dropped from the roll,” because, alter inquiry, it was found impossible to get any trace ot them. It is a good thing to do to revise the church list at least as often as once a year, especially if the church be a large one, and to expunge the names of those whose whereabouts are unknown. The names on the roll should represent actual membership. To retain them when they no longer stand for persons, is misleading. By all means let them be dropped-when, after persevering effort, it appears certain that their owners cannot be found, Their retention only encifm bers the list and falsifies the church and denominational statistics. A t eal gospel sermon is a rare pro duction we fear, even in this enlight ened day, not that we hare not men capable of making that kind of ser mons—we have a number ot them— but they are so advanced in thought such independent thinkers—that they ransack their own brain to make a sermon instead of getting the message —the thought of the message at Mast from God’s word- That is far safer and more reliable than the productions of any man. Dr. A. T, Pierson, D.D., says: The true sermon has its divine gen esis—it begins with GocL ,The Spirit broods over the preacher; the chaos or confused and dim conceptions and perceptions is resolved into order. God says, “ Let there be light,” find there is light; Then comes separation be tween heavenly and earthly things, and celestial glories clearly appear, like stars in a cloudless firmament. Preach ing that begins in such a genesis epds in an apocalypse of Jesus Christ, a revelation of the things of God, which fits a man to speak with strange au thority and power. Some-God, some thought of God, has taken root1 downward and borne fruit upward! It is no more intellectual growth, brandl ing out into analytical ramifications of exhaustive argument,’ and blossoming into the flowers of variegated rhetoric. Men instinctively feel that it is a more than human product. They are oyer awed. The man preaching is ; the mouth-piece of God; the sermon is a burnfhg bush, radiant and glowing with the strange Same that impels re verent souls to reinove the sandals of criticism. Iu presence ofthe seraphic Wbitefield the cold, calculating Frank lin was warmed, and the philosophical skeptical Hume felt tlie icy bonds ol his unbelief melting, but it was the supernatural element in those sermons that awayed men so mightily. Oue of the most thoughtful newppa* per wi iters for the religious press of Virginia is the Rev. R. S. Barrett, who contributes regularly to the columns of the Southern Churchman of Rich mond, Va. The following is from hie seyies ‘[fragment* ’’ ancj appeared in that' paper recently : *' ( Milton's Para lise Lost, Dante's In fornp, Dole’s cartoons, the weird word, pdlnfting of the pulpit, dreadful fancy pictures of hell—all of this oanuot make us understand what it is to be lost. It was not V, purgatory or’hell -T* that Christ went, buMV wa*»ioU> this world of ours that be came to seek aisi to save the Jos t. Their were here, fo f»o lost U to get away^ftoro where We belong. The lost sheep, the loktpro digal, Were wanderedl. They were i dead, they were not tp;ljel];but tbdy were lost. The soul, docs not belong to gto and the devil; It Itelongs to Clod. And1 tf yrth want to Khow how lost the soul is, then learn boh far it has got ten away Iron God. That 1s the thing to know, Heaven and hell are- inei dentals. If you takhyare to be aaydd from ydnr si’nsj to bo Vr&aght bade to tWlittige of Hod from which you Use wandered, -heaven sad hell wilt take careiwftheassiYsa. JfpF^ilyon wop Id JMWH.a.ow. lost you flase ^ut your life, bepKie Toe ine of Jem)s; yuarnJOTfvtr by hl8, four thoughts by his, your heart by his. Try and see liow; far you have gotten away from the perfect imag^ of the God man. Ho is the per fect specimen of man, of which the rest or us are ru'm«, it matters not how magnificent these ruins me}- lie. Ha who we us a specimen of man who is not lost. Tlt^image of Christ will teach US more about the lost than Dote’a cartoons could ever do. SO.ME GIRLS I KJTOW. ' In “the Son" of'March 22nd, is an article on “Two kinds ot girts,—one is the kind that appears best abroad, the girls that are good for parties, rides, visits,' balls, &c., and whose Chief delight is is aH such things— the other is the kind which appears best at home, the girls that are nseflil and cheerful in He diuning-room, the sick-room and all the precincts of home,—they differ widely in character &e.’’ Now while there is a grain of troth in the above there is a bushel ot “bgsh,” and the papers, when speak ing of girls, too often get off very anti quated sentiments similar to the above. Of coarse there are “two kinds of girls”—bless your heart “two. dozer kinds" would not begin to describe them, for their name is “legion.” In my not very long, but quite varried experience, I have generally lonnd the ■ girl that is a favorite in Society is also the “helper’’ at home, for the traits of character that make one a favorite abroad are the very ones that make her ‘mother’s relief corps, and father’s comfort’* in the home, of course there are exceptions to the rule—bat it is not fair to take the exception for the It is generally tjie “merry girP'tlnft is liked by her young companions— and a merry spirit is not the oat growth of an unkind heart; the favor ite is also impulsive—quick to see “the fun of it all’’ and one quick to see’ the ludnooua side of things is (with rare exceptions) equally quick to see the paths of life. A person in whose veins young healthy blood is coaming whose “life lay before her, fresh as a story untofef’ is necessarily as ready for exercise and “fun” as is a baby for a romp and almost as innocent, of course such a one is ready, and more than ready, for “parties, rides, visits, pic nics, &c.; and so far as my observa tion goes is equally as ready to relieve mother of some household care—to ran an errand—to write a letter for father or to cut the new magazine leaves ready for his reading when the office work is over, or to do ought else that a kind heart and willing bands may suggest. Let me tell of * few of the many pleasant girls I have known. Here is my friend Marion; she is a general favorite in a large ‘society ’ cir cle, ^ graduate of higi} standing in an Eastern school; when a pic-nic is “on footshe is not only one of the first to be invited, but is consulted in the first arrangements, and has not a lit tle to say of when—-how and wheye^H shall be, many is the lively sleighing party and the merry picnic arranged for iu her pleasant parlors, hey mother alway£ pVeseht with kifid thought or good suggestion; her older brothers ore'justly proad of their warm heartbd, quick-witted sister (none more quick at repartee than she,) and her younger sisters and brothers go to “out Mina" with iheir troubles «a readily os to their tpother; and when -a severe cold that would not be “shook: off ’ threat ened hasty death and she was taken to the jPaeifie coast to see what mild southern California would do for her, old and young, high and low enquired after t(pr on tne street and iu the church- Ofteu have I called for her to,visit a friend with me, and found her- busy iu the diuuing-room or kitchen So as to give the servant a chanbe to get off sooner, that some long,codtomplated pleasure might be eiyoyeij,. Here is another—our loved aud lost Lizzie, a true Christian, a good scholar and a fine musician,— •always a comfort to her widowed mother and a help to younger sister, aud kept a restraining influence on a “too wild” younger brother, was al ways ready for an entertainment, par ty or pip-Liic, while she did not always lead tlie “van” she was never found “bringing up the rear” of merry group. Only married four short years, she made her. husband’s home one ot the most pleasant in the town, noted for its pleasant and cultured homes; at 11 all times neatly and pretty dressed, iher home was always found in that state that has been likened uplo “ap ple pie prder.** Surely bbme, cliufm add fri«1iU wore the lietter tor her slwrri any in this world, that would lie dnU indeed Without the lively romp ing.giria that bless it «yUh their sweet presence, as soon think of spring' witbo'iit JliWerS,' Or heaven without didsfe. wnowJ v ' % a j, di Htr#1 is anoHrev, now almost alone in the world that keeps a bright and eheerfah front to jbbe .old. world, on(y the nearest and the dearest knows how many are the secret tears that relieve the oVer burdened heart, some times nigh Ohio breaking, but that is h4r secret that she bales iretta the h«tfe feinwin almAftt na tue circle of friends. Blessed wICI* good Health and a handsome physi que, ( iml good fixdcs—rightly worn is a blessing aol to be diapnsed) good common sense and a kind heart that does not uespise tue common things of life.—be it a wav-side beggar or only a way-side flower. Loved at: home-1-with no common love—her, friendship cherished by a large uarcje of ti in-ills, and admired by all who chance to meet her. At “the pic-nig” none had a lietter filled lunch baskot —ami how attractive that basket is to most people—all alike pay it homage, nor was any one more ready to do the work always necessary at a suc cessful pic nic; and on the moqnligbt ride home her clear soprano would lead the songs tliat tang out on the dear night air and was "tossed back and forth’ from one ijveh carriage load to another. At “the parties’’ her circle of admirers was not by any means .he smallest groop; and in tge merry riding parties hers to lead the race »n what we called the “home run,’’—hers the, most daring leap, oh if you could only have seen her then, she was a picture to feast an artist’s eye,— “Nor the swift regatta, nor merry chase, Nor rural dance on the moonlight shore, dan .the wild and thrilling joy ex ceed Of a fearless leap on a fiery steed.” “Danger ? ’ tfo bless you, she was as much at home in the saddle as you in yoftr easy chair, she was not taught to ride by a servant, but by her sol dier father and has ridden ever since she was a little mit of a thing too small ior her foot to reach the stirrup But .to Bee Jwr at her best was to see her- as “the light of home,’’ cheerful companion of an invalid husband, blessing of a sainted mother and not only a mother too, but companion and confidante of her our “bonnie lassie” studying with her and taking an in terest in her music and her childish sports. Now mother, husband, broth ers and sister are “over there’’ where there will be no more heart-breaking, good-byes said. Strong, brave-hearted Mary-—may the re union “over there” lie ail the sweeter tor the sorrow here. There, I did not meaD to write so much, biit the “sweet girl friends” are so numerous, and so many have gone trom the happy homes and merry' cir cles they use to gladden with their presence—how they have gone out from our homes—some, alas for us, never to return, others to gladden homes of their own, still others to fight the rough battles ot life, for “the world is bard to the left alone, harder than any New Englaud rock,’ and others,-—God’s vast pity—to fight the ever lo'sing battle with ill health. Be their fate sad or happy—disap pointing or successful—think you it will he any tne less bravely nor n—or any the less bright for the memory of the “parties, rides and visits’’ so much enjoyed ? or the thoughts of home be more regrettul or leas happy tor the; memory of these “old times ?” Dear friends now scattered far and wide— once so dearly loved, now so fondly cherished—may God’s choicest bless ings be' thine, and remembered for aye be “auld lang spie.’’ One or Them. “The Parnmage'' Mar. 2If, 1888. ■ • -- MUSIC. Different kinds of music suits differ ent ,ti?>cs, customs and manners, but withal, it is a heaven-lent blessing which ail, moie or less, love to hear or indulge in. Such productions as “Home Sweet Home,” “The Bridge,-’ “Far Away” and others of like charae ter are the very emblems of awestness and melody. .How John Howard Payne’s Soul must have thrilled with joy, how his mind must have reverted heavenward,and tears, unbidden, have come forth as he walked the lonely streets of slumbering London, home less,—a beggar, hearing the melodi ous strains come swelling forth from palaces and domes laden with his rich est production, “Home Sweet Home.’’ Longfellow must have heard the an gels chanting their holy prnan and fill ing the courts ot Heaven with their vo luptuous strains as he “Stood on the bridge at midnight, and gazed on the ebbing tidtv’ .-i.*.,.... Music cheers and animates the love sick youth with all his timidity (?) and delicacy. It also melts the irou heart of the war worn trooper and urg nL mg him on “to victory, or to death.” Ask the veterans of ’61 when they felt most ready, willing, wishing and wart In lay,their bodies, a sacrifirc upon j the altar of their coorpn*. and doubt less they will fell you, “When all Pips ready for battle, an I the band “stneit up” op Dixie. '8 <ppose we indulge a moment in the ti .jure, behold thpt plain surrounded b. lofty peaks upon which the lonely eagle With wings up spread, and eye gazing far dOWrt'on the scenes below. There arc dtsyrn up in hostile array two vast armies—two mighty hosts, upon whose fate depend llie destiny of nations. The golden rays of the morning sun kisseft tli e glittering fiword and illuminates tb e death-damp on the soldier’s brqi r. rThejrknee&Uembie, am* their U»fc>■ ed brbstfa beats time to the heady tread of the furious war-horse as he bears fohrard the officers to give the command of death. When the fife and dram rend the air ,with their soul-ia spiring sounds, the eagle on the moun tain streams in flight! Every eye is kindled! Every heart is inspired I Every arm is renewed ! Soldiers with quick tread to the beat of the dram and the note of the fife, regardless of death and careless oflife, they rush with rage and fury to the onset. The scene of carnage begins, and the awfil din of battle ascends to the heavens all day, and with the setting of the sun Sinks to the stifled cry and piteous moan of the wounded and dying cm that gory field. This we may call otic ot the unholy U9es ’ of the electrifying influences of music. Music hath power to file off the the rough corners ot humanity, and civilize the rude, unpolished world. If we look into our American homes, what is it that makes them so cheer ful and happy ? Is it not the singing of a mirthful glee by a sister ? Is it not the joining in the music of broth ers and sisters there that leaves an impression upon their hearts,—a deep sealed reminiscence, a charm which death alone can obliterate, and one of the great secrets that makes home the dear spot on earth ? When young friends meet in the so cial circle to enjoy the bloom’of youth, what cau bind their tender hearts more firmly together or knit their souls more closely lhau the chains of music? Days will pass, years roll on, yet those purest hours will linger and entwipe their tendrils around mem-, ory till autumn frost bring on the win hw tomb The tiller of the soil, amid the “balmy breeze and dewy rose,’’ finds his music in the soft and soothing tones of the warbling songster, while the mariner, mounting the foam-crest ed billows, riding over the surging deep, lends an enchanted ear to the ffi rious waves and the howling, raging winds as they sing their mournful re quiem over the unnumbered and silent dead. Thus we see that music hath charms on the mountain top, in the valley,—on sea and land But there is a music far more en chanting, far more sublime, far more ennobling, than any yet mentioned. If we ever get a foretaste of the beyond, or if their is ever an intimation of heaven's scenes on earth, it must be when the aged father and mother whose locks are silvered by the fineer of time, mingle their trembling voices, filled with love and God-given emotion, wits' the unbroken voice of the devoted" \ outh and Christian hearted maiden in sending heavenward a glad anthem of praise in the words of “Jesus lover of mv soul,’’ “Thers is a.iountain filled with blood,” “Rock of ages,’’ and oth er? of like character no less sacred and devotional than old. If the angel chnir isever enchanted thitherward and God smiles unoii mart il beinsrs. it must be when the young and old, with hearts bent heavenward, join with a spirit of devotion on the Sabbath day around tire-sacred altar to chant such paeans. Almost without an exception takeany church or Sunday:school you may and where all join in the singing, sing with the right spirit, you will find a live church, an active Sunday-school, and a peacable, devotional community. i< is much to be regretted, yea lamented that our people, both young and old, (especially the latter), do not joinmore in the singing. It is one of the lead ing elements that constitute a live, ac tive and energetic church and Sunday school. The singing.bv alt and not by a lew gives everything a different aspect, it seems to unite all in one commou brotherhood. It not only seems to enlighten but inspirit the. minister to enter more forcibly and more co irageously into his discourse. It wafis the mind from earth and earth ly things toward heaven, and makes us have a greater longing, a more, ardent desire to join the angel choir, where with unbroken voices, voluptuous strains and sweeter melodies, we can ever siBg songs of praise tq our God and King. OsCAB. The faculty and students of the two institutions—Union Theological Setn iuary and Hampden Sidney College— have proposed to support a missionary in the foreign field by their uuited ef forts. Several of the young men in the seminary have also declared their pur pose to devote themselves to mission ary work if the way shall be opened ' for them. PULPIT AND PEW. For the Pulpit| <v *^« That minister best ysdsdMl lb*. Gospel, wbo preaches it as a sinner needs to hear it when under-dsHMSon victioii of sin, Nijil as a ChristiarfSanta to hear it Wbefa b/Hiis dying bed, *nd about to make an exchange of Worlds. Such a Gospel is good news to the soul. The more of }t from tbejtpach er’s lips, the better,-*-W* Jndefyykat. For the Pews : , imml, The duty of the pew to the pulpit has respect to three, periods, viz.1:— 1. Before hearing- With the Puri tans, preparation for'Sabbuth tfegan on Saturday. Everything was dona that to diminish the aaaooot of care and work upon the holy' clay. tn these particulars, the Puritans are wor thy of our imitation to-day. How many of our average church members ear nestly s^iek Alness for the services of the sanctuary ? . . . .What yon get from a sermoD, remember depends much upon what you take to it. Take to it a preoccupied heart, and you will get little even from a superior dis course; take t > it s heart emptied of the world, and hungering for spiritual food, and you wifi take away some thing good even from a discourse that is inferior. . . , ' 2. While hearing. The minds of many are out of the meeting-house, while their Inxiies are in it. They /ire thinking Ol what, they have done the past week, or what they are going to do the p’resept week. The preacher may be in part to blame for not keep ing their minds off these things, but not altogether. ... Do you really want your minister to do bis best in speaking? Then, do you do yonr best in bearing? Listless listeners make powerless preachers. .... Hear for yourselves. . . V . When reproved from the pulpit, do not get displeased with the reprover, but with that in yourselves which calls for reproof. Nathan re buked David, but David, did not get angry with Nathan. He turaed his thought toward his iniquity, and, cast ing himself down in deep contrition, besought God to deliver him from blood-guiltiness. John the Baptist re proved Herod and Herodias; but, in stead of trying-to put themselves right, as David had done when reproyed, they compassed the death of thclaith ful man who had told them of their sin. When members of a congrega tion are pursuing wrong courses, their minister should fearlessly, while al ways lovingly, tell them of it Hear for yourselves, and not for others, we have said. We also say, Hear tor others, and not for yourselves. Hear for your selves and not for others ; that is, hear to apply in fact to your own lives what is adapted to improve them, and cot to apply the truth in thought only to others’ failings. . . . 3. After hearing. Haying made suit able preparation for hearing, and hav ing given attention, what then? 'Will it do to admit worldly thought as soon as the sermon is over? Is it right to give invitations to picnics and parties, in the vestibule, or to talk business or politics about the “door ? Pare we en gage in foolish talking and jestiug on the way home, or take up secular newspapers and fill our minds with trash after dinner ? These questions need no answer. ... Be cartful how you criticise a sermon. . . . Especially in the presence of your people, should criticisms of sermons be guarded. . . . Think upon what you hear. Do not treat the sermon as though it were de livered simply to give entertainment fbr half an hour. Ponder its truths deeply and long. . . X. Hear to act. Doing should follow Ietiehfng. . '..7— Ihe Rev. A, C. Chute, tit Ike Stand ard. <§oetic Sparks. FREM0.UT10>\8. “A solemn murmer in the soul Tells of » world to be; As travelers hear the billowy roll Before they reach the sea.” “The ware is mighty, but the spray is weak; |A.nd often our great and high re-' solves, > v Ground in their foaming is an ocean wave, Break in the spray of nothing.” “Sure they of many blessings Shonld scatter many blessings round, As l >den boughs in antumn fling Their ripe trait to the ground.” “A cheerful temper, joined with inno cence. will make beauty active, knowledge delightful and wit good-natured., ’ —Addison. “One of the illusions is that the present hour is not the critical, ^decisive hour. Write it on yoor heart that every day is the best day in the year.” Emerson. “Poor sad humanity, Through all the dust and heat, Turns back with bleeding teet; By the weary road it came, Unto the simple thought By the Great Master tanght, And that remainejh still: Not he that repeateth the name, But he that doeth the will, r B. If. Longfellow,
The Christian Sun (Elon College, N.C.)
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