Feeling Is not Religion.
By A. P. Lawton
We may have feeling without religion, but never true religion without feeling. The purest and best have deep feeling. It does not manifest itself alike in all, nor the same at all times in the same individual. The true Christian is susceptible of deep suffering, or holy, elevating joy. He can rejoice with those that rejoice, and weep with those that weep. In his intense desire for others, he, at times, almost forgets that he has interests of his own. All have not the same gifts, but it is the same spirit—love to God and a lost world. Love is the fulfilling of the law. If we love God, we shall keep his commandments. Lukewarm water has no feeling; so is it, also, with the lukewarm professor. God says he will spew such out of his mouth. Useless, fanatical demonstrations should never be indulged—not even an amen; but when God, in his great goodness, fills our hearts with his precious love, we should speak it out, lest we grieve the Holy Spirit. Dear brethren and sisters, we are not our own; let us seek wisdom from above. The meek will be guided in judgment. Let us seek meekness. May the time soon come when all will be of the same mind and the same judgment, and all speak the same things.