If You Think That You

Only What Coronation Is In An Earthly Way, Baptism Is In A Heavenly Way; God's Authoritative Declaration In Material Form Of A Spiritual Reality.

The Charm Of The Words Of Great Men, Those Grand Sayings Which Are Recognized As True As Soon As Heard, Is This, That You Recognize Them As Wisdom Which Has Passed Across Your Own Mind. You Feel That They Are Your Own Thoughts Come Back To You.

Now See What A Christian Is, Drawn By The Hand Of Christ. He Is A Man On Whose Clear And Open Brow God Has Set The Stamp Of Truth; One Whose Very Eye Beams Bright With Honor; In Whose Very Look And Bearing You May See Freedom, Manliness, Veracity; A Brave Man--a Noble Man--frank, Generous, True, With, It May Be, Many Faults; Whose Freedom May Take The Form Of Impetuosity Or Rashness, But The Form Of Meanness Never.

The Man Whom Society Will Not Forgive Nor Restore Is Driven Into Recklessness.

Mourning After An Absent God Is An Evidence Of A Love As Strong, As Rejoicing In A Present One.