A GOOD CHRISTIAN.

Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 60, 22 May 1884, Page 3

A GOOD CHRISTIAN.

( ADVERTISEMENT.) The estimate of what constitutes a good Christian is exceedingly varied, and the farther men gat from the words of Him who is the wny, the truth, and the life, the more diversified are' their ideas on the subject. Instead of forming their conceptions of the character of a true Christian froGi the statements of Christ, they draw from their imaginations, and from those cherished sentiments they hive on the subject that have been originated aud fostered by an unwarrantable indulgence toward their owr. sins and unbelief, combined with an innate d-sin-to be" right and safe at lusf. Too ja.inv allow their hearts to Burgest the articles «»f tbojr ere.-d, and beingactuated by a uVire to lieal gently with their own consciences, thc-ir notions on the suliject of Christianity are loose, ' crude, sind unw,,rt;iy, involving an unholy com promise between Christ and mammon. '•"> ith some, charity (as the word is ordinarily understood) is a synonym tor Christianity ; with others ro ig-ious formalisnr is an equivalent, while many fail to distinguish any difference be tween strict morality and true Christianity, Owinpr to the many divergent notions entertaiued, many minis have become befogged upon- -the subject, and not a few re-ard it as a mere matter of opinion, and any opinion can lie held and i-cted out with impunity. Happily none wed he in d«.u!it oh the subj-ct; by just taking up th««ir New Testament and reading the words of Christ and His Apostles on th« subject, they can lean: fr th<m»elve« wiiat in tho exj.eiience and what are the tru •• characteristics ofth g-rmiino ( hristian. Andbe it renifiin bcred.jhat with such available infurmatibn within ea*} reach it b«couies a solemn. duty to search for ourselves, and not act upon second handed notions or upon any. notion formed apart from Scripture. : To be continued.