THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBUPa PA
CKfllffC B Rw F DAVISON
tSlllj Rutland, Vt
RELIGION AND
CHRISTIANITY
International Bible Lesson for
May 1 6, '09 (Acta 14: x-28).
Religion and Christianity are cot
rvnonymous terms. People can have
religion without being Christians.
There la any amount of religion In
heathen lands. It Is only In so-called
Christian lands that people can be
found who are neither religious nor
Christian. The missionary who goes
to heathen lands to preach the gospel,
does not hate to teach those darkened
minds the luea of worship. In that
particular they are all ready for him.
The objects of religious adoration are
among the most conspicuous things.
Heathen Worship.
Those lands are fullof temples, al
tars, sacrifices, priests, devotees. One
of the first things a heathen mother
teaches her, child Is to pray. Every
home has its idol god, every tnulo
and profession its patron divinity.
They have religion enough in all con-
science, but their religion Is the pro
duct of superstition, of fear, of lust, of
murder, earthly, sensual, devilish.
Natural religion everywhere teaches
men that they are sinners and that
some rite, sacrifice or service is need
ed to propitiate an outraged divinity.
More Gods Than Men.
Greek and Roman mythology, the
Epic of Homer, which was the Greek's
Bible, reveals to us the heathen mis
Interpretation. As we read these
pages we see gods and men, not quite
in equal numbers, mingling In the
fray, and sweeping In bloody combat
about the walls of fated Troy. In that
ancient world each fountain had Its
nymph; each brook its naiad; each
wood Its dryad; each wind had its
presiding god. nnd a deity was at the
beginning and end of diversified, hu
man experience. The sea was heaved
by them, the earth teemed with them,
tne air swarmed with them. The uni
verse, as they knew it, was believed
to be filled with deities, inferior and
superior: and every natural occur
rence which they could not explain
was supposed to be a direct Interfer
ence of the gods. Vast amount of re
ligion, but no Christianity.
When the apostle Paul was on his
first missionary journey' he came into
contact with thla phase of natural re
ligion at the city of Lystra. Having
performed a miracle in the healing of
a cripple there the priests and the
people straightway jumped at the con
clusion that ho was a divine being in
the guise, of a man. They surmised
that Barnabas, on account of his per
sonal appearance was Jupiter himself,
r.nd that Paul was Mercury, because
he was the chief speaker. And there
fore, before the apostles knew what
was on foot the altar of sacrifice waa
prepared, the garlands were woven
nnd the oxen were being led out to
sacrifice. They said, "The gods havo
ror.ie down to us in the likeness of
men."
Become Like Their Godo.
But the character of their religion
was speedily shown up. For the mo
ment they discovered their ludicrous
mistake they turned upon the men
they were Just about to worship, and
permitted their Jewish enemies to
stone Paul lo death. The extremely
pious worshippers of Jupiter one mo
ment, became a riotous, murderous
lynching party the next. It was gar
lands of roses at first; it was the
Gtones ' of the highway, maledictions
and curses the next. Religion, nat
ural religion stretches out its hands in
the darkness, feeling after God, but It
has no answer for the soul's cry for
help, it hRS no transforming power
over the soul. They become like the
gods they worship.
But Paul was not the first, nor the
last man, to realize the shifting na
ture of public opinion. Many a preach
er knows what it la to be fawned
open at first and scratched later on.
Nothing is too good for him at his
. coming; nothing is too harsh for hlra
at his going. In one sermon he can
make life-long enemies. In one trans
action he can accumulate a stock of
animosity that Is cxhaustless. Men
wao refuse to wear the world's gar
Hinds, must expect to feel the world's
cruelties.
Public Opinion Weathervane.
Public opinion Is like a weathervane
which whirls about whichever way tho
wind biows, and has no other property
than to point out its direction. Such
considerations should cause us to
properly estimate its value. No man
should be puffed up when garlands
are woven for his brow, and no man
should complain when he is made the
target of abuse. Paul had not the
least idea that be had any godlike
qualities when they said he was ccr
tulnly Mercury, the spokesman of Jupi
ter and he had no words of harsh
vituperation when they said1 he was
a fraud, an ltnposter, and dragged his
mangled body through the streets.
We shall all got along better in this
I'.fe, if we put the world in its proper
place, neither puffed up with Its flat
tery, nor depressed with its power. If
r.e keen on good terras with the Cre
ator and our own hearts, we need not
fear the o.Tect olthcr of adulation or
condemnation. Let the wind blow
high or low, let it be a warm, south
smrier zephyr, or a midwinter bliss
rare, it is all the same. There are
none of us yet who ure elthor gods or
demons.
Notes and
Comment
Of Interest to Women Readers
A ROMAN WOMAN'S KITCHEN.
What ths Housewives of Ancient Days
Cooked With.
No. 1. Kitchen Stove in the houso
of I'ansa, at Pompeii, much like thos
now used in rural France, Spain and
Spanish America; a knife, a strainer,
and a kind of frying-pan with four
cavities, probably Intended to coo't
eggs. No. 2. Bronze Stock-Pot, to
hang over the fire. No. 3. Similar
Stock-Pot of another shape, for boil
ing. No. 4. Ladles of various forms,
for dipping liquors from larger vo
eels. No. 6. An ancient Brazior. Tho
teat
r
side walls are hollow, and Intended to
contain water; the four turrets are
provided with movable lids; at the
side is a cock to draw off the water.
The center was filled with lighted
charcoal. By placing a tripod, or tri
vet, above it, many processes of cook
ing, such as boiling, stewing, or fry
ing, were performed.
CONFLICTING RULES FOR INFANCY
Treat the baby as a tropical
plant, advises one authority,
and do not try to toughen him
by taking him out every day.
Thirty-five degrees Is cold
enough for a child under two
years. Never take him out
when tho atmosphere Is dark
and rainy, and keep him in the
sunshine and out of the wind
as much as possible. Protect
the eyes from the sun always
with a dark umbrella.
Take him out every day, says
another highly qualified expert.
Never mind how hard it rains
or blows or snows. Get as quiet
a street as you can find; or use
a sheltered piazza, if you have
it, but give the baby eight
hours of out-door air every day.
Tie a veil over his face, says
one. Don't tie a veil over his
face. says another.
It 13 lucky that we do not
have to obey every direction
that we see.
VOTES FOR WOMEN.
..IW.
The Spirit of 1909.
Women As Farmers.
In 1870 there were 373,332 women
agricultural laborers in this country.
In 1900 there were 663,209. Women
still do some hard work. But the
gain In the number of women agricul
tural laborers, after all', was only seventy-seven
per cent.
Compare it with the gain In the
number of women "Farmers, Planters
nnd Overseers." In 1870 there were
22,681. In 1900 there were 307,706. It
was a gain of 1,256 per cent. In other
words, while the women laborers, tho
subordinates, failed to double their
numbers during the period from 1870
to 1900, the women "Farmers, Plant
ers and Overseers," the persons In au
thority, doubled their numbers more
than six times over.
Cleaning Gloves.
In cleaning gloves in naphtha it is
better to immerse them Instead of
iabblng them with a clpth. Rinse
them thoroughly in clean naphtha,
hang In the air to dry and they will
look quite as well as though they had
lust come from tho cleaners and with
1 trouble than ncndlas them there,
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