SATURDAY NIGHT.
THE FIRESIDE, PROFESCOR SALMOND ox CDKERFUL CHRISTIANITYTrue piety and religion did not require persons to punish the bod/ and suppress all inclination to enjoyment. It was a harsh and narrow Christiauity which requiwiff" a maTrtolook pale, haggaid,. ¥iilousj <m& dyspeptic ft} I**®-S^MEKiafiHaaSLiand1 **® -S^MEKiafiHaaSLiand it followed that religions people should look joyous because the felt so. Healthy outdoor sports, cheerful indoor amusements, a general heartiness m all their doings, werß proper a^omuaniascetics who made then- lives gloomy and lived on pills were not. models of truepiefcy, but rather examples to b* , avoided by. cheerful Christiana. (Landter.) Just as physical health indicaS !i" happiness, and just as intellect* ,S happiness meant a vigorous play c the emotions, so piety was say :„: health aud soundnesß. He, waj § them also not to fall into the ignr >. mistake of dreading the discover^ ,*f, denouncinar the truth of science ?* it was monstrous to assert that tv could be any divorce between pir .1 ho reason of man. Reason I a f fr^ God at mnch as th« Bible , t < reason was the only faulty of ' , ' . anythin- Truth- am evei k^°7 ln S should be welcdmed, wheihei / . orm by God m the rocks as re- * tt^ R geology, or written m Bibl , .T-; " Let them be cftndid and -^i '■&£*"?• vestigators; let them not be y .%£*s*■ * n " tow of scientific seeker s afte r " ST.'T of nature, but strive to w! intellects and humble fiith. * lar « e
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 21, 22 December 1883, Page 2
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242SATURDAY NIGHT. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 21, 22 December 1883, Page 2
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