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Show CHIlISTMAS CHARITY. Cijiiciiuum !o)k- iui'WLii'l lo the nitnl dyy of Una who Is esteemed the Sivior of luankincl, and OLHervea it as ii hpecial holiday. 'I lat duy 18 sup-to sup-to Lc the inaugural fur as (,'hristianUy is concerned of ail the virtues which had bcuu nurtured under the J':wMi dispensation, und to which the mora! gouius of the new fai th nave :i wtdur acd ijioro universal application. applica-tion. This Jesus wa.s a man who taught virtue, justice, mercy, love of truth and iill other virtues giving to tlicm a spiritual forco tii an inbred piiuciple of human life, rather than an abstract l iw of form and ceremony. We worship wor-ship Ilitu became of the purity he taught and the divinity which His life illustrated. And on the anniversary of Ui.H Lii'th there are special reasons why the- attention of man should be directed to this most remarkable event. Of all the- grand teachings of Christ one of the noblest is II is inculcation of charity. In this moral clement all history teaches in that Christian liave , not always followed the cxamplo of, their Master. Tho numberless perso-outions perso-outions cotnniitted in the name of Christianity aro readily recalled, the religious re-ligious wars and martyrdoms, tho still continued competitions and contentions conten-tions of the scots. Those aro not of tho spirit of our Savior. Tho worst pcrficoutors of Christianity have been professing christians. In this country coun-try the persecution of Quakers and of tho Methodists aro a part of our history, and it is not a littlo singular that tho latter denomination, de-nomination, which was reared and grew up through tho fierce opposition of its bitter enemies, should have itself it-self bccouio famous in its aggressive warfare upon other bodies of Christians. Chris-tians. With their convenient doctrine of free grace, as exemplified in the ' orccd, "Only bolicvo and youra ia lleavon,'' they seek to drive to tho wall, aye, to exterminate two important beliefs uf Christendom. Methodism haldsthe mother church and the Roman Catholic Catho-lic faith up to execration, terming the popo "tho man of bin." It also contends con-tends that Mormonism is a most unmitigated un-mitigated evil, and that its leading tenets arc tlio vilest doctrines imaginable. imagin-able. Now, on thid Christmas day, lot us havo au outpouring of genial and hearty charity for ail men, not only uharity that sulFereth long and ia kind; that is not puffed up; vaunteth not itself; that spcaketh not evil of its neighbor; but a charity based upon the broad foundations of religious liberty nud human rights, which permits all mankind to CDjoy tho same liberty of belief that it claims for itself, without which there oan be no genuine exercise of Christian charity in its truest sense. Harboring suah feelings and sympathies, sympa-thies, wo may ail enjoy, a truly merry Christmas ! |