The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, February 16, 1871, Image 1
ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTI81T—EPHE8IAN8 IV: 6.
SEW SKR5E
COLUMBIA. S. C," THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 16. 1871
OLD SLR11
able to forgive sin*:
*Tbe blood of
Christ, thy Son, cieauseth from
all sins." Christ is Killing to forgive
sins: “Hi® that oometh auto me, I
will ia no wins cast out,'
lading no fruit upon the*, hath giv
en the oi xu maud to the “dresser of
his vineyard" eouoeruiug thee, “Cat
it down { why oumbereth it the
ground f” He has ooa# nut ouly
“these three years," bat tea, twenty,
thirty, or even inure yearn, eeekiug
fruit upou thee, and, k> 1 in all these
years, be has found uoae, Is it to
be wondered at that he has grown
impatient with tuck a fruitless fig
tree! and that be has, stlaat^dster
mined to rid bis vineyard of it f
But the Saviour bas interceded for
tbee that thoa msyest be spared for
another year, till he has farther
tried the means af grace with thee,
which is meant by the expcroaiutH
“till I dig about it, sod daug it" If,
however, after all that thou still re*
maiuest unfruitful, thru, ere* Ue will
be williug that thou shall be eat
down. W. K.
New Year's Eve, 187a ,
How U Rselers the Ksovirit* of the
weete in Ged*s work. The parts he left hand, bat 1 can not behold him ;
eats away Ore not needed; indeed, be hldeth himself on the right hand
that I can not see him." And we
should not be surprised if he should
wing himself away in his heavenly
flight, bidding an eternal adieu to a
region so uncongenial.
, Why is it that professing chris
is fcausiiKb
EVERY thus
“And the
Spirit aud the bride say, come. And
let him that heareth say, oonte. And
let him that is athirst eome. And
whosoever will, let him take the wa
ter of life freely." That one word,
whosoever, is exhaustive iu its char
acter, and includes any one of the
seed of in an—be he rich, or be be
poor, be be learned, or be he uu-
learned, be be young, or be be old,
be he master, or be he servant, be
he white, or be he of any color—that,
hearing the Gospel of the laird Jesus
Christ preached, and heoomiug ac
quainted with the plan of salvation
thereiu contained, is able to exercise
faith iu Christ as the Saviour. “Be
lieve ou the Lord Jesus Christ, aud
thou ahalt be saved."
And not ouly ao} bat sorrow far
sins, and penitence;, iu order to be
proven sincere, must be followed by
reformation of life. The divine prom
ise is, “Let the wicked man Jkreak*
his ways, and the unrighteous man kus
thoughts, and let him return onto
the Lord, and he will have mercy
upou him, and to oar God. for he
will abundantly pardon." And, now,
what more mulatto time than the yret
eat can inah have to set about com
plying with the above eiuoiumeut of
the Word of God f Another leaf of
the Book of Time to ju*t ou the eve of
being turned over. It will be pre
sented to the sons of men all clean
aud white, to receive upou it the
record* of their tluiught*, words and
acts. It will doubtless be filled, as
usual, with a detail of the horrors of
war, aud with the groans, sighs and
cries, of the widow and the orphan,
rendered such by horrid war, waged
by ungodly' sovereigns and govern
ments in the interests of their lusts
and selfishness “From whence come
wars and fightings among you f come
they not hence, even of your lasts
that war in your meu»U*ni t Ye lust,
and have not: y< v*u, —r •*
have, anti can not obtain: ye flgbt
aud war, yet? ye have not, because ye
ask not. Ye ask, and receive not,,
because ye ask amiss, that ye may
consume it upon your lusts." It wilt,
also, be stained with the tears of the
oppressed, wrung out by tbe cruel
wrongs of the oppressor; and, fur
thermore, it will be filled with all
manner of wickedness by tbe work
era of iniquity.
But see to it, O, reader, whoever
you may be, that four record upon
it shall be free from ,all gross sin,
aud that all minor sins, by reason
of your infirmities, shall be coutiu
daily blotted from it, through means
of the daily coofeAsiag of your sms
to God, through Iwing exercised with
gudljr sorrow sod sincere | ten donee
for them, through the humbly soring
of God f«>r forgiveness through < 'hrist,
and through firm, unshaken faith in
the Lord Jeans Christ as your Ha
door. By daily living in this man
nor, ypur record will be free frtoa
siu, and iu the day of judgment noth
ing out of the Book of Lite will ap-
l**ar against you to condemn you.
Our Saviour, ou a certain ocrosiou,
spoke this parable : .“A certain man
had a fig tree planted in his vine
yard ; and lie came and sought fruit
thereon, ami found none. Then said
he unto tbe dresser of hto vineyard,
Behold, these three years 1 come
seeking fruit on this fig tree, and
find none: out it down; why cum
be rath it the ground f And he an
swering sahl auto him, Lord, let it
alone this year also, till I shall dig
about it, and dung it. And if it liear
frnit, trell: and if not, then after that
thou ahalt cut it down." {Luke xiii:
a-®.)
There are, fbto day, many soak
barren and unfruitful fig trees. Many
Christians have a name that they
live, but are, In* reality, spiritually
dead. They bring forth no fruit on
to holiness. Hiey see not workers
in tbe vineyard of the laud. Some
Christians may say, in extenuation
of their coarse, that a man to not
justified by works, but by faith.
True, i) man, bat good works to tke
remit of genniae faith. Oood works
bear the same relation to genuine faith
that firuR does to the blossom. As the
blossom matures into fruit, so does
faith ri|>en into good works. “Bveo
so, faith, if it bath not works, to dead,
being alone. Yea, a man may say, thou
hast faith, and I have works ? show
me thy faith without tby works, and
I will show thee my faith by my
works."
It may lie, O flrtiftlere Christian,
that already tbe “owner of the vine
yard," tired of coming to Thee, aud
out < hrist it to a sealed book, but which belongs to tbe imperishable,
with him all things are revealed, spiritual life, sod after all his hew
C hrist the glory of the past and ings sod chiselings, in each finished
the hope of the future. Christ and I work will shine tbe gtorkms features
C hnstionity are mssparsble, and the of Jeans, nnmsrrad, undefaced.
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** *• Let Ood have hie own way with yon.
’ twoturie. Tbe aorrowe, and trinU, .nd poine of
the < hriMUfl < bnrrh hea Mood Ann I ift . kre toocb# , of ^ mvioe Artiat'a
"""if 4 ammiled by hand. Whet he ia doing thou coat
* ■“* know now, but thou ahalt know
tummy to CMat ea be ia to tin. bereefter^rraMyto-loa Hauner.
tianity.
fonat Cash, Strictly in fidvanM.
6 cony, par annum .fi<
o hots, si* months M..i. 1
Widows of m infer*
nd Theological Students. ...... !
[ MbMribsn who fail In r i.dt at
L expiration of their »u isorip-
iooa wulbe charged per entrain !
an- entered nu the s
worldly subjects and yet so strange
ly reticent ia that which concerns
them most T Why is it that when
name one is bold enough to throw
oat a serious remark, it to permitted
to fall stdl-boni f No one takes up
tbe little foundling, bat all seem to
•ay, “What does it heref" And
uBtoas you are so persistent os to be
almost impolite and so exclusive or
monopolizing os to appear egotisti
cal, a single sentence to oftentimes
the o»ly tribute to a gracious 8a
vioar. Does not sods conduct dto
cover a deep seated evil! does it not
reveal something radically wrong f
I know the prudential cot udders thins
urged as an excuse. It is said that
we will make religion odious; that
our untimely sfieeeh may do lasting
harm to the cause we would benefit.
But bos not the Christian a promise
of heavenly window to direct him
here as in everything else f And
whenever be feels it hi* doty to
speak, whenever faith fulness or lov
ing affection to Christ demands some
word, be may be assurer] it will be
ia season and fitly fqtoken—and be
can safely leave the couscqaetire.s
with God. We remember an inci
dent iu Mr. Payson’s memoir which
famishes a good illustration. He
was ouce invited to tea by the wife
of a talented lawyer. Her husband
regarded religion with contempt,
and he determined that there should
be no religious conversation during
the evening. He knew Mr. Payson’s
habit ood be marshalled all his force*
for the contest. After some pleasant
conversation, in which tbe mtniater
dexterously threw in several pious
hints, tea was announced. Tbe law
yer became unusually eloquent—
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It to a sublime thought that God
This stroug declaration may be
regarded only as a tow to the min
totry; and to be applied even to
them only hi then publie work of
teaching and instructing tbe people.
It may be viewed (and iwoperly)
as the sum, tbe beginning and end
of all Gospel preaching. It to oae
of those pregnant sentence* which
abound in tbe writings of the apos
tle, and which, wherever found, are
a mark of genius. It oarers the
whole field of New Testament theol
ogy. It has a profound, fur reach
ing significance. It include* alt that
relate* to tfarist, in his persoo and
in his teaching, in hto doing and
mffrring. It admits diseustdoti* ou
God, hto befog and perfections, his
tow sad hto conduct; on man. hto
present condition ami future destiny;
on heaven and hell. In a word, it
farntehee the widest range for the
most commanding genius, the most
cultivated intellect, the hoMrot, most
daring imagination, the most fervent,
absorbing devotion. The minister
needs no other theme; be to forwish
ed with one he con never exhaust.
Bui ought not this resolution of
the Apostle to Or anopieo oy every
disciple; and indeed ore not these
words written over the very doors of
the church t 1V> they not set forth
a universal requirement, made of
every on* to whom Christ says,
“Follow me T They do not simply
assign and limit the subject of the
preacher, hot they reveal the hidden,
yet nil-pervading principle which un
derlie* chrtotton character and which
gives to ft all its symmetry and
beawty. This is the inspiration of
every true disciple—“determined to
know nothing hut i’hrist"—nothing
bat what be commands, nothing bat
what he offer*. It to this which
gives singleness, directness to all his
purposes, which restrain* all hi* evil
desires, which stimulates to a cease-
lesa activity.
And il Christ siu res iu all his
thoughts, will he not have a place in
his oouveroation ? If be ihumpsk the
heart, will It not sjieak out of its
abundancef And yet how rarely to
religion a topic of convenwtion!
Ikies it not wcem to U‘ is-rupulously
avoided f Men may talk till they
have no more that they cun soy, till
they have exhausted all secular
matter, aud yet they will permit a
dreary and voirefoss silence to reign
before they will speak of Him who
is their Redeemer and tin vioar, tiieir
elder brother, tiieir ever willing
friend and bd|ier. Hnppoae some
relestial visitant, desiring to become
acquainted with tbe character of tbe
inhabitants of this earth.
payable to
In a recent article by Rot. F. R.
doubling, Roswell, Ga., on the sub-
jeet of reading tbe Bible, he admiU
that very few in any community con
repeat the Teu Commandment*, «*»
name tbe books of the New Testa
meat. This to a very painfal sdmto
oioo. And yet to to be feared that
all men who seriously coustder the
state of religious knowledge among
the masse* must coocur in It. We
have Bible Societies, Hahhath schools
ami many xealou* iudivhlaal work
ers, and yet the knowledge of the
Seri pin res among uien to extremely
little. Now what to the cure for all
this t The evil is undeniable and
great
All remittances and eomim}nNation* to
p »ddw»*ed to
^ Bet. A. It RUDE. t>.D.,
('olnmbi*. 6. C.
Religions.
For the Lutheran V
Thoughts.
emy stroke tend* to the develop
stent of hto Ideal.
Day after day he works, and after
a while the stone begins to reveal
the uatliae element* of the artist's
thought. Slowly sod patiently he
tolls on, and every day hto work
grows in beauty. One by one its
feature* eome out. and at last, after
month* or yenre of earefhl oh mating,
he declares hto statne finished, and
tovKea hto friend* to look upon the
triumph of hia art. Oat of the rongh
Human life baa been likened, not
sfebcitouaiy, to a railroad trwiu. As
ie latter rushes with great speed
k>ug its way, bat sfopn, ehpeciallj
; each principal depot, ;miw off old
xssengers, takes ou nOw? ones, and,
[ter having changed its load in otb-
/espects, and having its supply of
ater and fael renewed, gguijji starts
f ou its way, rep-nting tbe same
leratiou at each of thb chief sta-
ac*. at least; ho is human life
hiried along the rood pf time, and
rery wise man, at tiie different stop
og places along that way, reflects
>oo tiie past, throws aside old ideas,
linions and doctriues that be had
ea carry tog ofoog with huu, but
tich time, experience and more ex-
nded research after Irtith have do-
u:i$trated to him to jbo erroneous
\d untenable, receives (in their stead
ber views and notious m things, and
cn again speeds along through life,
ten stopping aud re;ieatiug the
toe operation. Among such stop
ag places we eutune 'ate tbe close
each day, the Sabbs ,tb, the burial
remony, aud God’s special prov-
eoces j and chiefly would we men-
« the close of Old Year j
iidi may uot inapbropi istcly be
tied the “principal Rations*' along
some flunk it to inenwtog
Aiul but can we meet it auccesa
fally t The writer of the article
referred to, suggests tbe increase nf
n-tigikku* Nocietie*. Bat have we not
all manner uf religious societies at
reads f . Certainly iq»»rc than w«
work well ; and tu im-rease them
would 1* to increase a machinery
which l*«i often at the present lima,
■mw tfo Wa^b
WUbout depreciating tbe wtoe ef
forts ol any soeietiea In existence,
it 1* of some imprwtanee to remem
tier that there were good men in tbe
world and much knowledge nf tke
Scriptures, before the era of Bible
societies and fabtmth nrhoola. The
great Protestant churches at Europe
were founded in a profound know I
edge of the Holy ftrriptnre* • and ia
soeh an stt.w-hment to them as mode
martyr*; awl yet they were foumh-d
before the idea of these soetcries had
presented itself to the human mitaL
There intof, then, he something older
than three snrieties, and more potent
for instiUuijr tbe principles of the
Bible into the mind of man. From
the beginning God has been pteanrd
to make the family a most fmpnr
taut institution mid awraery of the
rhnrok. The fluniix arrompli«hcd
womb r* In rariy ages of the world
when it had little «*r no aid from
without. It also arcompitohed woo
tiers in the early day* of I'oteatant
ism, when It was aided only b> the
noble men who uttered with soeh
m>1cutility in the |»a)piti the gather
ing* .if their fteriptnrul studies. And
if it were only restored to It* prnprf
function*, it wonld stiff accompHsh a
glorious work. Parents are tbe nat
ural God ordained teacher* of their
children. No srraugement nf mao,
however wins, well intended, or pi.
ously managed, can be a substitute
for parental instruction nnd care.—
“For I know him that he will comma*4
his children and hia honfohobl after
him, and they shall keep the way of
the I/ord."
The mere force of troth to not
enough; H requires snfbority to
can op it to be pot In practice; and
that authority Is by the Divine
appointment lodged in the parent
and not in the same sense anywhere
else. In the times of the father*,
children were instructed by tbe
parents. They also accompanied
them to ehnreh, sat with them in
the same pew and were “com manded
in tbe way of the Lord." In our
times they are taught by Hobbsth-
school teachers, many of whom are
not mom 1st* of any ctiorrli; stod
when the church servise begins
they gwoerally go home; or if they
attend church, they ait not with tbe
parents, but in some remote place
engaged—let those who have ob
served tt say how. Of course there
are parent* who do not commit the
sacred dnty of instructing their
children, entirely, to any others.
And nntil we return to this true nan
of the family, *re may institute as
many societies as we will, the evito
which now afflict the ehorch and
Htrttc wf!l exist and grow.
will ha a revival of
and just as tbe repast was about to
commence, Mr. Ifaysou interposed,
“Will you tell me what writer has
said that tbe devil invented the
fashion of handing mmln to prevent
a blessing being asked T The law
yer wo* cornered aud replied, “I do
not remember the writer, but we
will foil the devil this time; trill
you plemae ark m bleating, air f* And
before the evening ended, we are
told, a portion of Scripture was
read and prayer offered, and that
too «t tbe mjuernt of the master and
in violation of a fixed imrpose. Iu
every instance the lawyer was foiled
by the minister.
Of course religious conversation
with careless persous must be eon
ducted with admirable tact. A re
gard must be hud to tbe nature of
the circutnataiM-es, to the character
of the (aerson, &c.. and in no case
ought a rebuke to lie iidmiutotercd
handily
The fnwrtb at a serve* of Lert ares
In course of dstirrnr in i*!uto«!riptoa
universe, the beauty of Christ wig
•bine in every feature, and tbe finish
ed work will be just the realization
of the original euacsqition in the
mind of tbe IMvtne tVulptor.
What a holy bounty this troth
given to life! Koch individual soul
to a distinct work in which aB
uif jiowfr* at tourrn hit* nipifra.
There to nothing fortaiton* or acri
«Wtttal about tbe order of MfrVi ctr-
rwmstaoros. No rsmlom strokes fng
nprm the marble: a perfect plan
takes the whole scope of life. “This
is the will of God even your sancti-
ficstsm." solves tbe mystery- of Provi
here. This to tbe key to that
heavenly ealtttre which to often so
hard to nodersfand. This one divine
part mw mu* througii she entire
mage of life's event* and rirenm-
stnneea. Every circumstance to an
educating, sanctifying nntinistancc.
Whatever G«wt may seem to be doing
with you, he to really hewing the
marble Into the beauty of Jeans. He
may flood affliction*, bat orsr the
tittle osftn of your child, or over the
rains of yoar fortune, yon may bear
the sweet voice—“The will of God in
this to yoar sanctification * The tea
thousand cares, annoysnees, free-
ting*, sorrow*, dixapiiofattnent* and
pains of life, all helong to this perfect
plan. The single central point of
God's will concerning you. aud the
one point in which all seemingly
conflicting circumstance* meet and
harmonize, to your spiritual culture,
and your ultimate transformation
into the irasge of Jesus.
God make* no mistakes in his
sculpturing. None of hto strokes
are false. He never cats too deeply
into the marble, nor l wing* out any
feature disproportionately. He knows
jfist how Heavy a blow to required,
how great a sorrow to needed, to
Hto ronceptioa
pbta broach of the ltvaagiriosl
Alliance, ia vindication of the Bible
and it* teachmga, was recently deliv
ered by thr Rev. Dr. rhtitip Hrhaff,
nf New York. The sattfewt of the
lecture was tbe “Testimony of Christ
to i 'hrtottanityThe /npwrr say*
the lecturer bandied hto subject ably
and eflbctively, and impressed his
hearer* with s sense of its great im
portance anti c*h»r. It famishes
the following brh-f synopsis of his
remarks;
Eighteen hundred years ago, there
lived sowing s despised rare a mas
by the name of Jesus, a mqestrrii
son. who had no srmy, no uavy, no
politk-al |M»wer, no sorial position, no
wealth, nnd nothing to roll hi* own ;
who, after a brief public career, was
crucified by his own countrymen.
Yet this perwifl has not only revolu
tkmired, thr world ns nobody did
before of after him. bat has founded
(lie mightiest empire la all history,
ami to how adored by the most civil
ized people In the world as their
Saviour. It to now announced, even
by Infidel*, that he prenehed the
pnrret rode at morals atnl lived the
moat Ithunclr** of Uvea.
The inipreadoii tbst tbe gos|>el has
on every 'mind is that of artless sim
plicity. Gfrth considered tbe gnspe!
os thoroughly genuine. Home say
that Christ was an enthnsinst, and
that he deceived himself. He never,
in bin judgment uf men and things,
showed anything bat an nncionded
intellect. Other* *ay, may not bis
disciples have been deceived and
curried away by the deeds of their
master t The evangelists are singu
larly fare from imaginative jiower*.
The history of Jesus to the beat an-
thentimted history hi the world. No
matter bow different the evangelists
may he in minor detail*, they' present
tbe same aspect* of one and the some
Christ. Hto character to original.
History' famishes no parallel to
Jeans of Nazareth, and no poet ever
conceived a character like his. He
wwm perfect and without sin. He
maintained a spotless innocence to
the taut. He would not ham a
human being, and was true to hto
mission to tbe last. 81 nee the Ml
of Adam there never has been a
person free from sin. Jeans knew
and professed himself to he the
North
id desire*, a*' well as tl
i<l deeds, good anil evil-
dnnsmion, aa well to ofco
oil the bad, as well a* aff
iedaof the children
P year—it ia now
sji during
the eve of
ing its everlasting flight from the
rid, to be sealed u; and laid away
leaven’s archive*, here fo remain
great judgment day of the
rd, when it will h - brought forth
I qieiied along t ith the other
gmeut books, adortling to the
' o . a a . k - a ' to w a »
The old axiom is * good
ou^f “A kind heart (* the best eosu-
tot" How numlierleos tbe opportu
nities tiiua thrown in the wav of the
** »
humblest ehrtotian for iloing a ser
vice to his Master and a kindness
to perishing men. A timely aduto
uition, a gentle warning, » though!
fal remark, may :un! it has
proved, the crisis with many » soul.
A* Christ ever carried with him hw
holy aud sscixhI personality when
mingling with men, even the moat
degraded ami wretched, so we, os
imitator* of hto example should let
ear character, our itrofeaeion, our
desire* and hopes be known every
where and under all circumstances
in that holy conversation which ia to
the edification of the hearers.
ti&Htto of which, r corded therein
fo. them*elve*, they * util be judged,
Sad shall receive their sentence of
a probation or con< emnation from
1 to Judge, according as their works,
Jtitten in the Boo : of Lite, shall
l$ve been judged tofhave been good
i, should
alight upon onr shores to )>rooecute
hto investigation in person. He
meet* with one and he hears him
tAlk of bills and exchanges, of bond*
and stocks, of gold and currency.
If he kuew anything of earthly
trades he would say, “lien* is a
banker." Ue hears another talk of
the price of goods, of the prospect*
of trade, ami what • run of custom
be has. fie says, “here is a mer
chant." no bears another talk of
hto numerous clients, of ht* difficult
cares, and of hto expected fee*. He
says, “lien* to a lawyer." He hear*
another talk of his patients, of hto
medicine, of hto wontierfal cures.
He say* “here to a physician." He
bears another talk of tbe crops, of
wh*t he has gathered and what be
hojtro to realize. He says, “here to
a farmer." He finds all there en
gaged iu the most animated conver
sation. They never tire of their
chosen topic*. We see a shadow
gathering upon hto radiant face and
a pearly drop dimming his beaming
eye os he oaks in despair, “Where
to tbe Christian T* m I go forward,
but be to not there, and backward,
but I con not perceive him; on the
• to it tbst each
fr has departed,
I tbe record that
tin. • There are
to recorded there
imiich dislike to
| him iiri the day
kll there things
ear against him,
|d therefrom he
lves. There is,
b way—and yet,
one process by
ra.sed. It to not,
% power of man
inch is the Cbar-
*ion with which
ire priuted in the
no chemical dto
ssible for man to
icient efficacy to
way is, throngh
of oneto sins to
e vmitence on ae-
Jt- >
hrongh the ask-
St’s sake, to blot
at conferee* his
itli godty sorrow
dy sues God for
KHteflU' Christ is
necessary thei
tt, ere the Old Yei
ttyuld stop and reac
£ has made tlier
otibtleRs many tbhij
tot he wonld very
•Ve appear against
P judgment But
111 most surely ap;
»less they are eras<
** that day arr
tonks unto God, on
By one way—onto
fosSfofra-
r mothers,
their chil-
L of the
The Lovbof Chkist.—There to
no other soluti<Hi to the marvellous
mysteries of Hto incarnation aud
sacrificial death bnt this—Christ
hath loved us. Love originated all,
explains all, illustrates all—love is
tbMMbqwtiir of every* Divine mys
tery. There to not a circumstance
of our Lore’s history which is not
another form of manifestation of
lorn Hto incarnatiou, to loro stoop
ing; Hto sympathy, to love weeping j
Hto oomiiassioti, to love succoring;
Hto grace, is love acting; Hto teach
ing, is tbe voiee of love; His silence,
is the repose of love; His {iatieaoe,
to the restraint of love; Hto obe
dience, ia the labor of love; His
suffering to tbe travail of loro; Hto
cross, is the altar of love; Hto death,
to the burnt-oflferiug df lore; His
resurrection, is the triumph of love;
His asoensioa into heaven, and His
sitting down at the right hand of
God, to the enthronement and tke
intercession of love.— Winslow. i
which they can be t
hfawever, within th
M> accomplish it.
jter of the irnpre
fee records of inp« i
ftook of Time, that
Pfery that it is p<
toake can have ani
ftmove it The onl;
foe acknowledging
perfect hto design
to true and fholtieaa, and every stroke
helps to realise it.
And none of hto strokes are need-
iron. It to hard for ns to believe
this always. Sometimes every stroke
seems to be marring the marble. We
feel that God to abating us, defacing
oar most beautiful features, anti de
stroying hto oWi^ work. Bat not "tv
The artist cuts away large port* of
hto block, bnt he to not wasting the
marble. Every waste helps to bring
0od, throngh Miner
^fontit of them, and
% of God, for Chr
mrf; far he t|
T*i 1* exercised vj
Bn* them, and htiml
iMon, mill be foi