Doing All to God's Glory.
By Z. NICOLA
As it was in the days Noe so shall it be in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark and the flood came and destroyed them all. Luke xvii, 26, 27. This text may be supposed to have reference to the entire ignorance of the world in regard to the coming of the Lord. Paul says that the righteous will not be in darkness concerning these things. 1 Thess. v, 4. They have the promise of bread and water even to the last end of this mortal state. Therefore Christ evidently refers to the excess the people would go to in these things, in the last days. From the light we have received through the Health Reform, we can clearly see how people are going to excess in eating and drinking. The world at large will not receive the light on this subject, but will continue eating and drinking to excess, making gods as it were of their appetites, until Christ comes to destroy them from the earth. The other part of the text, in reference to marriage, seems to be fulfilling in the same manner, namely, through excess and idolatry of the institution. A few days since, the people began to gather into this village from all directions till they filled a large meeting house to overflowing. Why was all this? Why, a fine lady was to be married in great style to a gentleman from N. Y. city. And great style it was. A Rochester paper says it cost several thousand dollars. I cannot attempt a description; but there is one thing worthy of note: The bride's dress was so long she had to have a colored servant boy to carry the trail; and he, finding more than he could manage going up the steps into the house, her husband had to lend a helping hand; and the two managed to give it what would have been called an immodest elevation, before modesty was sacrificed to fashion. We have the instruction that whether we eat or whether we drink, we should do all to the glory of God. To do this, we must eat those things and at such times as will make us healthy in body, and give us intelligent minds; and if any have a desire to marry, let them first consider whether it will be to the glory of God; and let us do all with this end in view. Z. NICOLA.
Monroe Co., N. Y.