him bom into a state of war ho must first or buy the implements for though his are no of to wait till he is ready the fertile often produces sour and the giant forest so in its of tender foliage affords but a to the few birds and animals which or it everywhere is presented the spectacle of species of animated beings struggling desperately for and often devouring each other for food into this man is thrust to fight his way a he can the forest the the the valley the lakes and the ocean must be tamed to hear and heed his voice ere they can be relied on to satisfy bis ui nt needs tlie river long bis ere be the secret of making it bear liim swiftly and on his course the soil tliat shall ultimately yield him is a b useless and hardly until be in and it the lion or tiger whom lie ultimately regards as a show and about for his diversion is quite other than and though exhibiting himself at less than the half and together his log hut in the wilderness and him with wear out your life in such sordid material when the gorgeous of heaven you the glad sim and you and all nature to your gross bodily wants to meditation and self communion the s proper answer should he to give any answer at all would be sir i provide first for my bodily needs and against the fitful of the now genial skies in order that i may by and by have leisure and opportunity for those pursuits you so justly though i could not on god the universe and human destiny with a shivering wife looking me sadly in the face nor with the cries of hungry children ringing in my ears nay i could not so this june morning in full view of the truth that if i were content with meditation to day such would he the appeals of those dependent on me ere june should greet us again what you suggest then is excellent in its time and place but i must and to day in order that my season for contemplation and culture may ultimately come � now this obvious response of the to the philosopher is in essence the material or s answer to the and the saint wealth is power is anxiety � is care luxury the body and the soul these in chorus know and be truly wise your and be rich in the moderation of your physical wants adds the know god and find happiness in and serving him echoes the saint true true but everything in order to render one should meat at command and great spiritual exaltation springs not naturally from a body gaunt with enforced hunger let me surround myself with what is needful for me and mine in the way of food and clothing and shelter not forgetting meantime the nobler ends of my existence but looking also to these thus will i for myself opportunity for that plane of being � you so justly invite me i am not forgetting not tlie to seek first tlie kingdom of god and his i am only that until the legitimate needs of those dependent on my exertions are pi d for it would not he righteous in me to surrender myself tu nor even to devotion and this is the answer of tho of man s external circumstances to those who insist that tho end he is to he attained from within rather than from without � in the apt phrase of charles lane by improvement not of this or it t hut of the vital c we readily admit this hut what then the question how is the end to be attained and we hold that there is no practical cure for the vital woes of the pitiable � v nut involve a preliminary change in their outward conditions you may shower and tracts and on the destitute who tenant thick as knotted the and of our great cities and all will run off them like water from a duck s hack leaving them exactly as it and he cannot fail to see that men are actually better or worse as they have better or worse rulers and institutions before human nature as and thereupon those who nevertheless contrive to make its guidance and government a trade he whether this same abused nature has not done better under other and becomes satisfied that it has then he says to the of human nature and to the of old who take shelter imder their wins you say that man cannot walk erect remove your from feet your from his limbs and let us see you say that he cannot take care of himself then why compel him in addition to take such generous care of you say he is naturally and but how could he be otherwise when he cannot fail to perceive that you who set yourselves up for his guides and are perpetually and him begin by giving back to him the earth which you have taken from under his feet the knowledge you have the privileges you have engrossed and we can better determine whether he needs anything and what from your charity after he shall have recovered what is his own it is a fearful gift this of moral � the ability and tlie will to look straight into and through all traditions and ask what is this for what does it signify if it were swept away what would be really lost to mankind this or whatever may be the � does it really does it even tend to the result or does it not rather with a of and a crust of conceit the and vice is there the old left with only self well does a deep speak of the spirit of reform as walking up and down 