To be near unto God - pagina 250

we should neglect the same, can never be allowed. The name of the Lord must be hallowed. Indifference

with respect to this

is

irreconcilably-

opposed to the hallowing of God's Name. 47

NAME OF THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND OF THE

''THE

HOLY GHOST."

our intercourse with the world and with society, intimacy is wonderfully deepened by the This permission of calling a person by name. intimacy becomes closer still, when the family name gives place to the baptismal name. Children do not know this transition. Rules of politeness onl}' come in force when the shoes of childhood have been outgrown. These rules but intend to heighten the unconventionality of childlife, and to elevate it to nobler forms, which purposely create a certain distance betw-een man and man, and allow individuals to develop themselves more freely. When in later years, however, closer acquaintance leads to friendship, or association in a common pursuit lessens the distance, and titles fall away, and for the first time we call one another by name, the method of intercouree modifies itself entirely. We feel ourselves at once

In

drnwn

closer together, and it seems that mutual confidence but waits the chance to reveal itself. As- a rule, the higher the station of the person who allows us to call him by name, the greater the leap from the estrangement to the more confidential intercourse. It is great indeed when we call a man by his family name. It is greatest when we address him by his personal name. 246

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