To be near unto God - pagina 577

case. Not the curse of hated and anger. Not base meanness, which uses the curse as a poisoned weapon to wound. But the curse of him who is authorized to pronounce it, the curse of a father, or of a mother, or of one who is clothed

every

with spiritual authority. Such a curse was vaHd as spoken under supreme responsibility, under inspiration from above. And such a curse came true.

And where by

the side of the curse there

an equally sharply outlined address of blessing, which also derives its words and significance from the person, from the position and the occasion whereby and under which it took place, it is evident, that in this most noteworthy phenomenon of blessing and of curse, there hides a spiritual utterance for which in our Western lands and in our unspiritual times appreciation and receptivity have all too far been lost. Of the curse stands

almost nothing

among

us, save the persons who Lord as expletive and And of the prayer of than good wishes at New Year, at a birthday, or at the solemnizing of marriage. But in this mighty difference between a wish and the ancient address of blessing the weakened and abated character-trait of our utterance of life Even upon the deathbed little delineates itself. more is heard of such blessing of one's children. At present the only particular of a death that is mentioned is, that the patient passed away quietly

there

is

left

blasphemous language of abuse the holy name of the as an expression of anger. blessing little else remains

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