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TH- EXPELLING AND IMPELLING
POWER OF LOVE
MISSIONARY SERMON AT MERCER
COMMENCEMENT, BY REV. W.
H. SMITH, DD.
Text; "For the Son of Man is come
to eeek and to eave that which was
loot " Luke 19:10.
‘‘lf ye love me, ye will keep my com
mandment.” Jno. 14 15 (Revised Ver
■ion )
Since the day that Luther
nailed his theses on the door of
the cathedral in Wittemburg
great stress has been laid on
faith —being saved by faith. The
blows of that hammer not only
knocked a hole in the head of
Tetzel's drum, as Luther said,
but they resounded throughout
Germany and re-echoed through
all Christendom Faith became
the watchword of the reforms
tion and the key note of Proles
tantism. Well it might, for it is
a grand word. But is it not pos
sible that we have emphasized it
until we have come to have the
form of faith, having denied the
power thereof? If so, the cor
rective is to lay more stress on
‘"saved.” What does that mean?
I wish 1 could stop and have
each of you answer. What do
you mean by being saved?
WHAT IS IT TO BE SAVED?
Let me answer for you. It
does uot mean merely getting
ready to die or being prepared
to go to heaven when you die.
It is not simply getting a man
into that comfortable feeling that
his soul is saved, or will be at
death. Drummond says: “In re
ality Christ never said save your
soul. A mistranslation says that. ”
It means all this, but it means
worlds more. Look at the case
of Zaccheus. A rich publican, a
notorious sinner, a lost man.
Christ implies that he was lost.
But there was something in his
contact with the Master that coin
{detely changed him. He left off
cis evil ways. He made restitu
tion fourfold. He gave half his
fortune to the poor. He was
saved. Here is a tine illustration
o! what the Ixird meant when he
said that he came to seek and to
save that which was lost. Man
was made to walk in a glorious
pathway of truth and righteous
ness. He was intended to be
Godlike in his character, to be
unseltish, loving, sympathetic,
helpful —as the children say,
“good to everybody.” That is
to be Christlike. To be lost is
to wander from that pathway
thrO(^P*|W|“*!W!lTW Satan'' ’ n '’trrs’*uj
become selfish, unloving, hurtful
rather than helpful. It means
hell here and hell hereafter.
Now to save a man is to take
away his evil heart of unbelief,
make him turn away from selfish
ness and sin, and begin to be lov
ing, helpful, good to everybody.
If he has means, he begins to be
liberal towards those who need
his help. If he has done any one
wrong, he wants to make restitu
tion. Mark you, he actually be
gins to do these things. If he
doesn’t —I can’t think of it and
krep down the lump in my throat
—if \e doesn’t, he is not saved.
If he begins to do these things t.e
is saved.
HOW CHRIST SAVES
This is what he says he came
to do. But how? Through faith,
which is the hearty acceptance of
Christ as being what he claimed
to be, as having the character
ascribed to him in the Bible and
as doing w’hat he said he did and
would do. But you say, ‘I be
lieve all that and yet remain un
changed.” My friend, that is
impossible. Faith is like a tree
If its roots lay hold on the proper
soil, it will send forth its
branches and produce fruit in
our lives. If you have a believ
ing knowledge of Christ, you
must be m ide better, you must
be saved. But why? How does
faith in Christ save? It pro
duces love. You cannot know
the Redeemer and believe in him
and not love him. You are
bound to love him. I need not
argue that point. It is self evi
dent to all w’ho know him. Now
we come upon a great principle.
To know Christ is to love him.
To love him is to be saved, be
cause love has a mighty expell
ing and impelling power, “If
ye love me, ye will keep my
commandments.” If we love him
we will cease to do evil and learn
to go good. That is to be saved
in the highest sense.
Having thus brought forth this
principle, let us next proceed to
amplify it and apply it, as the oc
casion demands, to the great
question of missions. Let us
consider
THE EXPELLING POWER OF LOVE.
The philosophy of it is plain.
No two bodies can occupy the
same space at the same time.
The one expels the other. Incom
patibles cann it be mixed. One
destroys the other. So love
drives out that which is incon
sistent with the object loved. It
is true of all kinds of love. Take
the love of money. It will cause
a man to neglect his family, his
church, his religion, his God. If
a man truly loves a woman he
will give up any evil habit that
would make her unhappy. On
that principle I advise young
ladies never to marry a man to
reform him. If he loves her as
he ought he will give up his evil
ways, for her sake, before mar
riage. If he does not love her
enough to do it before, he is not
likely to reform after he is mar
ried. Especially is this true of
the love of Christ. “No man can
serve two masters.” Love of
Christ and love of sin are inconi
patioles. They can not coexist.
(>ne destroys the other. Hence
the best way to cleanse the heart
is to have a believing knowledge
of Christ. It will produce a love
for him that will expel all sin,
just as a living stream of water
cleanses a stagnant pool when
flowing into it.
TWOFOLD APPLICATION.
The application of this expell
ing power of love to the great
work of missions is twofold
1. It will cast out of Christians
those things which keep them
from supporting and prosecuting
the work. Selfishness, indu)
gence, the gratification of our
own worldly desiresand personal
am bitions these things are chok
ing and drying up the fountains
of benevolence. They clog the
streams which ought to flow out
to bless and enrich the sin-cursed
world with the gospel. We need
such a rising tide of the love of
Christ that its flood would sweep
away the driftwood of worldli
ness and unclog the streams. We
are not poor. We have money
enough to enable us to give the
gospel and its blessings to all the
world to help the poor and sin
ful at our doors and the heathen
beyond the seas.
2. It shows the supreme need
of those who are without the
gospel. If love alone can expel
sin, then we must bring Christ
to all men e’er they can be saved.
He alone can inspire the love
that casts out sin. Whatever
heathen religions may possess,
they certainly lack love. Not
one of them is a religion of love.
Among all the gods of earth, only
of him whom Christ reveals can
it be said; “God is love;” “We
love him because he first loved
us.” It is childish folly to talk
of sinful men being saved with
out the gospel. None but Jesus
can engender in them the love
that must save them from sin.
Beyond all question the whole
heathen world is tilled with sin.
Men and women alike are cor
rupt to the utmost degree. Like
sinners in our midst, they can
only be saved by the expelling
power of love. That is their
supreme need, and without Christ
and his gospel they can never
haueJt-. . . .
THE IMPELLING POWER OF LOVE.
Love has not only a great ex
pelling power but it lias also a
mighty impelling power. “ If ye
love me, ye will keep my com
mandments.” That is, we will
do what he has told us to do
This principle again is true of
all kinds of love. See that awk
ward, gawky, careless, lazy, tri
fling fellow. He has reached the
years of young manhood and is
the disgust and despair of all
who know him. But 10, a change
comes over him. He wakes up,
becomes attentive to his dress
and active in his work. It looks
as if he had suddenly determined
to succeed and make something
of himself. What is the matter?
He has been ensnared by two
bright eyes. He has fallen in
love —or rather been lifted up in
love—and is impelled to exer
tions to which he has heretofore
been a stranger. Tnat is the
whole secret. What will not love
impel a mother to do ? She will
give even life itself for her child
LOVE TO CHRIST.
If we have a believing knowl
edge of our Lord we will love
him; if we love him, we wili keep
nis •commandments; hence we
come directly to the subject of
missions again, for the first and
greatest command of Christ is,
“Go ye into all the world and
preacn the gospel to every crea
ture.” You say that Jesus taught
us that our great law’is to live
God supremely and our neighbor
as ourselves. Certainly, but, ah !
fools and slow of hfeart to be
lieve '. Can we not see that the
command to preach the gospel
to all is but the most practical
form of the first great law of
love ? Os c jurse love to Christ
impels us to keep all his com
mandments. They are many and
important. But I shall not un
dertake to discuss them in detail
now. It is out of the question to
do so in a limited time. Besides
we have before us the most im
portant one. What will it avail,
if we keep the other command
ments and persistently neglect
the first and greatest? “ Go,
make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of
the Father, and of the Son and
of the Holy Ghost, teaching them
to observe all things whatsoever*
I have commanded you.” James
says: “ For whosoever shall keep
the whole law and yet offend in
one point he is become guilty
of the whole.” What then of
him who refuses to keep the
greatest law of all ?
ARGUES YOURSELF UNSAVED.
So strong is this point that it
seems to me, that for a Christian
who has had his attention called
to it, to say that he does not be
lieve in missionsis to argue him-
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX: THURSDAY, JULY 2. 1896.
self unsaved. Christ’s meaning
is plain. The logic of it is this :
Salvation implies faith. Faith
begets love. Love impels to obe
dience. Obedience means that
we must go and make disciples
of all nations. Now, not to believe
it. missions is to be lacking in obe
dience; if obedience is lacking
it shows that love is not there; if
love is wanting, there can be no
faith, if there is no faith, there
can be no salvation. Therefore,
he who does not believe in mis
sions and does nothing for mis
sions is unsaved. How can we
escape the conclusion ? Let us
put it In this form:
No missions, no obedience.
No obedience, no love.
No love, no faith.
No faith, no salvation.
The only way to refute the ar
gument is to say that mission
work is not essential to obedi
ence. But can you say that sue
cessf 11 y ? Listen to the follow
ing dialogue and draw your own
conclusion :
Christ: If ye love me, ye will
keep my commandments. Go
ye, therefore, and make disciples
of all nations; and 10, I am with
you always, even unto the end
of the world. Why call ye me
Lord, Lord, and do not the things
I say ?
Christian: No, Lord, I love
you, but I don’t believe in mis
sions. I will do anything else
you say, but when it comes to
preaching the gospel to all na
tions, 1 will neither go in person
nor give my money to send
some one else.
James: Alas, poor deluded
man to call yourself a Christian!
He that refuses to obey in one
point is become guilty of the
whole law. Therefore in re
fusing to do anything for mis
sions you show yourself lacking
in obedience, and need not claim
to be Christ’s.
My brethren, it seems to me
that henceforth the impelling
power of love to Christ must be
come the argument for missions.
Other arguments are not suffi
cient. We have made much of the
argument from the standpoint of
humanity These people need
the gospel to ameliorate their
condition even in this world.
That is true, but that is not
enough to open the fountains of
liberality. Again we have ar
gued that their souls are lost
without Christ. That too is true,
but it does not seem to move
men constantly. It is all so far
away. Again, we have made
much of the romance which has
heretofore surrounded the work
of missions, but that has lost its
■povTdr an~ is passing away" We
have one appeal left. “If ye
love me, ye will kefip my com -
mandments.” Unless we love
Christ and are impelled by that
love, I see no hope for the future
of the mission cause.
APATHETIC “IF.”
It is to me one of the most pa
theic thingsinthe world,lhis“if,"
which the Lord must ever use in
speaking of the love of his peo
ple, as if he could never be quite
sure of that love. He came
from heaven to earth, he wan
dered here, poor, despised,
weary and lonely, yet ever ten
der, loving, sympathetic and
reaching out his hand ready to
help, and at last died that we
might live and ascended on high
to pour lavish blessings upon
our unworthy heads. And yet
musthe ever say to us, who are
made rich by his poverty, re
deemed by his death and kept
by his intercession, “ If ye love
me; if ye love me!” God forbid!
Oh ! poor heart of mine, if thou
art not quite a heart of stone, let
hi u have no cause ever again
io doubt thy love. Say to him,
“ Lord, I do love thee and w’ill
keep thy command nents. Hence
forth where ever sinful men lan
guish, thirsting for the wa’er of
life, I will go either in person or
send a substitute when I cannot
go, and tell them of thee.’
The Critical Habit.
“ Do not drift into ths critical
habit,” writes Ruth Ashmore in
discussing “The Critical Girl,”
in the Ladies' Home Journal
Have an opinion, and a sensible
one, about everything, but when
you come to judge people, re
member that you see very little
of what they really are, unless
you winter and summer with
them; find the kindly, lovable
nature of the man who knows
little of books; look for the beau
tiful self sacrifice made daily by
some woman who knows nothing
about pictures; and teach your
self day in and day out to look
for the best in everything.
It is the every day joys and
sorrows, my dear girl, tnat go to
make up life. It is not the one
great sorrow, nor the one intense
joy, it is the accumulation of the
little ones that constitute living;
so do not be critical of the little
faults, and do be quick to find
the little virtues and to praise
them. So much that is good in
people dies for want of encour
agement. As I said oefore, have
an opinion, and a well thought
out one, about everything that
comes into your life, but do not
have too many opinions about
people. Their hearts are not
open books, and as you must be
judged yourself some day, give
them the kindest judgment now
The Impress of Life.
The following paper was read
by young brother Park Adamson
at the Young Men’s meeting,
Carrollton, Ga., and requested
by the meeting for publication in
our Index:
1. LIFE LEAVES ITS IMPRESS.
Glaciers leave their impress upon
the mountain side; rolling rivers
lea v e their stamp upon the sand;
the massive and luxuriant foliage
that covered the earth’s surface
in the carboniferous age now
blesses mankind in the form of
coal. Read God’s language: he
has written upon the flower that
sweetens the air, upon the dew
drops that refresh the moss of
the desert, upon the ocean, upon
every penciled shell that sleeps
in the caverns of the deep, as well
as upon the mighty sun which
warms and cheers the millions of
creatures that sleep in his light:
upon all be hath written, “ None
of us liveth to himself.”
Everything leaves a history
and an influence. Man dies and
disappears, but his thoughts and
acts survive and leave an indeli
ble stamp on his race.
2. The impress of an ill spent
life widens in its capacity for
evil as time passes.
The history of the young man
Absalom affords us instructive
lessons against the sins to which
we are prone, particularly van
ity, passion,
and filial Absalom,
having his brother,
fled into he re
mained three year? In his pa
ternal kindness, David permitted
him to return to Jerusalem, and
soon received him into favor
again. This young man grossly
abused his father’s kindness, as
sons now too often do. Remark
able for his personal appearance
and tine talent, he turned them
into improper channels; he be
gan to play the demagogue, and
by many artful devices stole the
hearts of the people, and got
himself proclaimed king in He
bron. In the battle which soon
followed, the troops of Absalom
were defeated, and he himself,
being caught by his hair in a
tree, was slain by Joab. He oc
casioned his father many days of
bitter trouble.
His was a life of waywardness,
disobedience, and misapplied tai
ents. He has had many imita
tors, yet many have striven
to shun the wayward disposition
and to point out the true appli
cation of strength
Let us remember the end of
such a life. The tender climb
ing plant of summer takes hold
of some object,, directs its course
upward till its tendrils shoot
high and beautifully into the air;
but the prop fails, and there
it is full of life and vigor still,
but prostrated, a worthless weed.
Such, at the moment of its great
est vigor, is the state of those
seeking worldly greatness by
selfish motives.
3. The impress of a well-spent
life is no less lasting than eter
nity. The best inheritance a fa
ther can bequeath to his son is a
virtuous example, a legacy of
hallowed remembrance and asso
ciation, a blessing which will
repeat itself in perpetual show
ers of benediction. The life of
Howard, the great prison re
former, is shedding a greater
influence for good to day than
ever before. Spurgeon is still
preaching to us.
Foolish, indeed, it is for one
to resolve not to be at all. be
cause he cannot be as great a
man as the great lights of his
tory Let it always be remem
bered that the tree grows out of
the bush, and that a number of
small lights burning together
make a great light.
It is a startling fact that too
fev of our young men lay out
their young unwasted strength
in the service of God, that too
many, like Absalom, deaf to a
father's words of counsel, delu
ded by the angel of worldly
greatness, are fast nearing the
fateful tree in which they shall
be entangled and destroyed.
“My son, keep thy father’s
commandment, and forsake not
the law of thy mother.”
“Search the scriptures, for in
them ye think ye have eternal
life, and they are they which tes
tify of me. ’
Nothing Small with God.—
Noihing is small in God's sight.
The little flower that is so mi
nute that you can scarcely see it
down among the grass, or just
peeping out of the earth, may be
just as perfect and beautiful as
the largest and most showy flow
er that blooms in the garden.
The smallest insect that you can
find with a microscope in a drop
of water, or on a leaf, or in the
bosom of a rose, may be just as
perfect in all the functions of its
life as the greatest animal that
treads the forest or lives in the
sea. Tne smallest diamond may
be as brilliant as the Koh-i noor,
or the largest gems that shine in
the crown of royalty. So the
smallest action may be just as
beautiful, as noble, as pure, as
godlike, as the greatest deed that
shines out in splendor before all
the world.
Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers
can be applied when at home, and is
uniformly successful in coloring a
brown or black. Hence its great popu
Itrity.
Severe Tests in Life's Common
places.
Man meets his severest test in
the commonplace demands of
daily practical life. The achieve
ments of the scientist or the ar
tist we look upon as manifests
tions of rare and subtle power.
The ordinary man wonders how
it is possible to find a new ele
ment in the atmosphere and to
separate it from other constit
uents. He would not know how
to take the first step toward it.
So, too, does he stand in wonder
at the artist’s power of making a
canvass palpitate with light, a
violin speaking messages to the
soul in melody. Rare powers
these, yet not more rare than to
live a plain prose life really w’ell.
Who can repeat a remark made
by another without distorting it
or coloring its intent if not its
phrase? One need go no farther
than this, if he is seeking some
form of achievement in which to
labor to go on to perfection.
This is a commonplace duty,
falling to every one many times
a day—this saying what was
said. But to perform it in abso
lute fairness, justice and literal
truthfulness, is no commonplace
achievement It is an achieve
ment which means many a trou
ble averted, many a heart's es
cape from wounding. It is not
easy to calculate the evils that
arise from the underestimate of
the worth of right hearing and
right reporting. One might eas
ily rival the scientist if he were
to set about discovering the hid
den elements of discord and hu
man misery that lie in careless
speech—to say nothing of willful
misrepresentation. He may be
something of an artist who can
skillfully make the truth to lie,but
his is much the better art who can
speak the truth so that nothing
but truth is conveyed by it. The
world does not class the plain
truth-teller as among the learned
professions. But any one who
is determined neither to indulge
in gossip nor to misrepresent an
other, will find himself pursuing a
calling in which there is not only
“room at the top,” but room
enough only half way up. It is
worth while to try to be both just
and generous, fair and kind.—-S’.
S. Times.
Encourage the Ministers.
—ls your minister helps you by
a sermon, tell him so. You have
no idea how much good it will do
him. If you have received a
blessing do not grudge to give a
blessing. Dean Boyle in his
“Recollections” tells the follow
ing story
“When I first went to Bridge
north,! found myself in the house
of a very thoughtful man, who
told me that he owed his soul to
two sermons preached in my
church by my predecessor.
“I was a regular infidel,” he
said, “and I went after many
years to the church. There I
heard a sermon that gave me a
week’s misery. The next Sunday
I went again and heard another.
Those two serjnons set me to
thinking. I began to read the
Bible, and at last I found peace.”
“You went and told that cler
gyman, I hope, and encouraged
him in his work?”
“I!'he said. “Oh, no; I never
spoke to him in my life.”
He Saved My Soul.—The
Presbyterian Banner is authority
for the following story:
“A backwoods preacher, who
knew little of books of theology,
but who had what was a vast deal
better, a practical knowledge of
salvation through Christ,was be
fore a Conference Committee
once for examination.
“ ‘Brother,’ said one of his ex
aminers. ‘will you please name
some of the evidences of the di
vinity of our Lord Jesus Christ?’
“The brother's face wore an
expression of puzzled bewilder
ment, and he was silent. The
examiner repeated his question:
‘What makes you think Christ is
divine?’
“With his eyes full of tears he
started to his feet, and, stretch
ing out his arms and hands, he
exclaimed:
“ ‘How do I know he’s divine?
Why, bless you, he saved my
soul and I love him for it.’ ”
The Result in Maine.—Re
garding the success of the prohi
bition laws of Maine, Supreme
Justice L A. Emory says: “Gen
eral, I favor the prohibitory law
for the reason that it drives the
retail business out of sight.
Throughout Maine there are no
visible signs of liquor being sold.
Children see no place where liq
uor is sold. Women see no such
place. The traffic is kept out of
sight. L : quor can be bought in
the large towns, but not without
inconvenience. In the small
towns the inconvenience isgreat
er and often unsurmountable.
The consumption of liquor is les
sened by the law, and the result
is good in my opinion.”
If you must form harsh judg
ments, form them of yourself,not
of others; and, in general, begin
by attending to your own defi
ciencies. If every one would
sweep up his own walk, we should
have clean streets.
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454 pp. Illustrated R. H. Wood
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The advance sheets of this book have
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The book in general seems to be well
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Colonial, Revolutionary and Civil his
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both in what they narrate and in what
they omit. And so the author writes
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As might be expected under such cir
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are those which we have all been taught
to believe were facts and we are pre
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sometimes uses stronger terms than
are necessary to convey s’mple histor
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himself quite well in hand and said not
many things that had better have been
left unsaid If we cannot have a his
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the true historical spirit, it is impor
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the truth, as we believe it, and Dr.
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who fought on the other side Those
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full ot anti Northern " thunder ” will
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well.
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connection between paragraphs and
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< >ne cannot find a place to stop before
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dry or uninteresting. Some of the
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The Third Term Tradition. Political
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The life ot Paul is given in Scripture
words. It is a Scripture harmony of
Paul s life with his letters in their
proper places We tried to read it just
as we might have Conybeare and How
sons. It is intensely interesting and
surprisingly clear in its facts. Not a
word of human comment is added be
yond headings and dates At the
close the Scriptures are grouped to de
velop certain general themes. Such as
Paul s Apostleship. Paul's Gospel. Paul
and Peter. Barnabas. Mark, Luke and
Titus, each have the treatment. His In
firmities, Sufferings for Christ and Per
sonal Faith are grouped in the same
way It is an extremely helpful com
pilation.
Legends of the Rhine. By H. A
Guerber. author of " Myths of
Greece and Rome,” "Myths of North
ern Lands" etc 350 pp A S.
Barnes & Co. New York
The au hor. who has given much
time and labor to this sort of work
takes his readers up the Rhine,
from its mouth to its source, and en
tertains them all the way with the le
gends attached to each locality as he
reaches it The book is well illustrated
and very entertaining, as are always
those stories which in some unaccount
able way grow up, not being made, in
a people's thought and life It would
be especially valuable to persons who
are so fortunate as to be able to take a
trip up the beautiful river.
Heroes of Faith. Burris A. Jenkins,
D. B. Introduction by Prof. Thayer.
Funk & Wagnails Co. New York.
SI.OO.
This is primarily prepared as a Greek
study for beginners. It deals with the
eleventh chapter of Hebrews. First the
Greek text and a literal translation are
put one underneath the other: on the
opposite page the King James and Re
vised Versions of the same passage ap
pear together. With this is a com men
tary. a sketch of the various personages
mentioned in the chapter, and literary
extracts using the thoughts of the
chapter. Altogether it is an unusually
fine book, not only for beginners in
Greek but for English readers.
The Seats of the Mighty Gil
bert Parker. D. Appleton & Co.
New Y’ork Price SI.OO.
A historical novel of unusual excel
lence and thrilling interest. The scene
is laid in Old Quebec during the French
and Indian war and culminates in the
capture of Quebec by Wolfe'sarmy. The
plots of the favorites of the King of
France and their intrigues are made
the causes of both the war and the final
defeat The book is clean and whole
some and the story well told It is a re
markably well written and well printed
book to be sold for a dollar.
Literary News and Notes.
Familiar Trees and their Leaves is
the title of a beautifully illustrated
book to be published by D. Appleton &
Co. The author is Mr. F. Schuyler
Mathews. The book will not be tech
nical, but will give botanical terms.
This will be a most desirable book.
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A New Elementary Solid Geometry
by Prof Henry D. Thompson, of
Princeton, will be issued by Macmillan
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For the Index.
Pen Droppings
BY L. L. V.
Perhaps citizens of the United States
who are members of the Church of
Rome are honest when they assert that
their church is not the foe of civil and
religious liberty. We do not doubt the
loyalty io our institutions of many lay
men of that communion. But we con
tend that those who are thus loyal to
our civil government are less devoted
to the Roman hierarchy than their
priests would have them be. Perfect
allegiance to the Italian who reigns in
the Vatican and whom they profess to
regard as godly vicegerent, precludes
full allegiance to any other power.
Implicit faith in a ruler to whom they
ascribe infallibility cuts off the possi
bility of devoted attachment to a sys
tem which is ever erring. The two
sentiments are not always brought into
antagonism Did the priests confine
themselves to their spiritual functions
as they profess, and as by the law of
the Bible they are required to do, there
would be no conflict. But in its far
reaching ambition, this august super
stition of Rome aspires to control the
polic.es of administrations and to direct
destinies of nations. Her ministers,
while claiming to represent a Prince
whose kingdom is not of this world, are
very largely interested about the ac
quisition ot temporal power. They are
indeed ever on the alert to see where
and how they may extend their influ
ence and render their grasp upon men
the stronger. We have no reason for
supposing that they will be less greedy
for power here than they have been in
other countries; for it is one of their
proudest boasts that Rome is the same
at all times and everywhere In other
lands they have appropriated a large
share of the wealth, and by means of
this have sought to control the whole
machinery of government. The power
thus acquired is never employed in the
cause of civil or religious freedom. On
the contrary it is always so exercised as
to make men more and more th(*slaves
of their system There are. we doubt
not, many honest laymen who have
fallen too far under the fascination of
these artful enemies of human liberty
to perceive or even suspect their de
signs. When these assert that their
church has no wish t > change the liber
ality of our institutions, they doubtless
speak as they believe. The full confi
dence that they entertain in their priests
as men devoted to the service of God
rent’era them blind to the insidious ap
proaches of these toes t > freedom.
They read history with minds prepared
to misinterpret its lessons The great
fact that priestcraft has always sought
to enslave the human intellect they fail
to apprehend, and more decidedly still
do they fail to recognize that in the
religion of the New Testament as its
Author designed it, there is no room for
priestcraft It was a sad day for hu
manity when the Christian minister
came to be regarded as a priest.
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