Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-14 00:00:00

A LAY SERMON.
hd OPP
" Take therefore the talent from him, and give it na-, sato vga
bath ten talents;-and cast ye the unprofitable servant'
darkness."
The life of a nation or of a nation's policy
by an Allwise Judo° with unstinting, hand hope anti :goo of
goldenma r their
totteringc ee
apgi
To
nofabnoctyh, brae ;fir :18raelatsYteehruineoteii:dfaeepotlieirioll:
e.
remorse and despsir, as they have attained or COrne ..,10;
the great purpose of existence. This is an universal
IL hold/ 117-4
holds good f all nadons and of all men.
their internal religions life still more than of theitas7oo
political acts.
alike shall be known
treenthehy ,lt gull.fht.llris:
ti)tn lie; ml°
pnireilsn;." 0;11;
the train of thought carries our minds with a lightning_ osessis
a great peninsu'a many thousand miles away across tcve
and bids us review the iefancy, the youth, and thertirnebeg for
mighty empire which England has established and 3 ;ALPO
more than a century in those regions of that gorge° „ d alley
stop at the prime; the weakness of age has not as_aiteraper
end, if we fall under our calamities, we fall lilac I,ncf er)f,ssisi
pitch of pride, burled down in the full vigour of
strength. 'Twere long to tell how, little by little' gook
small factories on the banks of the Taptee and the ire wills;
buds at first of little promise, expanded into an "'llia astslia
would have excited " the envy of Alexander and Aug_ „olio
but of this we may be sure, that if the "traditions if
sit
under which they grow was godless and indifforen„r'bristisSitl)
based on the principle of veiling the pure light of
while it allowed the revolting orgies of Vishnu loess Aare ti
the disgusting sensuality of lialromet to revel in lo
ess glare
day; if the ministers of Christ, and not His minister :410f
even all professing Christianity, were counselled to 60%400
and corners, while idolatry in its most hideous featurebre'ea
itself in high roads and public places—if this bas ;1111.
traditionary policy" in Hindestan, we can only 58foodalr
great an empire, established with so much toil Intiagide;S
treasure, deserved a better political and religito' e weer;
that, so Cu. from recognising in it the reason elf. „-igati:
in the Eon, we regard it as an incubus which has ,shce'sasil
us from the first, and as a proof of how much `';-1
Saxon race can accomplish under the most unfavouraJte
Cons. a OS
There is a touelling story somewhere of a father If' °$O,OOP
not allow his child to he taught to say its prayers- a taasi'
my friends may be infidels or heathen," said, “ankrtas°,
this in theory is a Christian family. it would sh°c,,
they heard the child praying." Besides, the AbgO
philosopher ; he thought it unfair to bias the child poi ti
grow of years to judge it might choose for itself, an otatllC
not ; meantime it was not to pray. So things *eibc
some time, till the child's first grief came. Its cn aOso.'
The story does not tell us whether the philosopher bialltyA
pray himself, nor does it inform us if lie wept °be" WIT.
died. We know nothing about him till he went (°,000.71
night, and then the story goes on to say ho hearp bra eP,g
repeating the Lord's Prayer in the next room, %cher-A1i:0,:4
slept. . This was an unpardonable liberty—to Dray
his house, and in his child's bedroom ; so he %vent d
who it could be that thus broke through all rtilei
and. " Srt,' 00 -0
and there he found the child's nurse, who had -t
its prayers long ago after the good old fashion, -o,aer"B
was comforting the lit.Le ono for the loss of its
molting it say, " Thy will be done." Here, ",,desire
whole policy of this min with regard to his ehiTueblierg-
h
by a perverse combination of calamity and di'saer
and a glorious philosophic experiment spoilt by (0-1 da.4.
Providence, which toek away the child's mothers Sielft
servant who had prepa.ed it to support her loso- gee?"
cannot help thinking that the " traditionary Pe"- -011%
regard to Christianity in our Indian Empire is veil niti•esU
the policy and puspose of the man in the s'ory
We have been acrai 1 to let the children pray lest I";perielo'-
who live in the house should be offended. The '1,1,-0 1-
-I
has failed in every way more signally in the reality 10,40'
story. The children have been taught to pray by ;g e'e(ryas
hasty and hurried missionary effort; the h heathwene
tu
offended, and now that a great woe has come, ,-, or °741
are weeping for mothers and mothers for children, "serPro
consequence, but in spite, of those to whose care the alga
and religious welfare of India has been conscnit's,d,iaaisti'l4
have been able g itle
little
indignantcountrymen,
Lte aupsa b
el capable turn,ineo f
with ;he maxims of mercantile prudtewtwnuhicnaieicic,thhiehisnhailesstd"::°:::::aicie:iltrelitc.:-1114.
the dignity of an imperial policy; let us forget w,sweell
zeal with which the chiefs of great idolatries have gs.", fdi°
us not reckon the scimitars which flashed by bunelseui-t.ball.
it
oc ten;e in
sternestti)elhflw;ezrri,:::l,ciisshamenhgcae:a,
sands at the bidding of the Caliphs; nor call to Min', gaito
of conversion, that great greed to gain souls, tbbsigsbdi,e'
then,tatofhni oepeam aye gef
ral,onn,mg-Yi
Eigyaaxni
aleyi
ulsolttpiehp
opportunities
anguish
done." f their .'
impulse to propagate the "faith," which began soft b 701
and ended with the subversion of the EnsPire t ;TO
This burning fire of enthusiasm is not, it is true, o' •
or of -our age. It has long since passed awalt,hat OS?
remember these things, let us remember als° `," least
much was done for a base imposture, we taiffh so- r sfe
dono t-motiinag in on, spread a sti'cree .1;
but that we have done nothing at all, that,,,
been neither hot nor cold, that we 1:- pre
between two opinions, lest we shortie .1 007
the suspicion of prosely'ism and conversion, unaolirsig.
ended by exciting that very suspicion ; and so by
conduct quite unaccountable to the Oriental mind, Ira
lon, beta
down upon cur heads the very evil which has se
our doubtful minds. Let us turn from the Governut-0 it
and fix our eyes on the conduct of our countrytne!,,soestlod
been displayed of late in India. This is a more %vele(); j901:0
Here, in the energy of cwaracter exhibited in ia Ise
nelrbedrts
ugauinrt:sh
,tatiooosfnu:rte hhdr ibcvmr;got
diht eofxatialaica;thi eit% Jew:0101"o
f;
tnhee";;Oertruencri.tgyn
the eyes of an astonished and admiring world. Asrl°P tress-sell
Christian or heathen, has been steeped so black l°
and cruelty, or has vented its malice with such solo
tortures and such exquisite brutality, so no martyrs' sallf
boh
modern, have met their fate more serenely and cheer the
our glorious countrymen. Death has looked them tpoo °or
not with the mild features of a happy release,
sPbut,„!eles'bif
all the 'agony of soul pangs and shocking e-reet,io
worse than any bodily anguish ; yet they ha° •iog ;IP
manfully, and fallen without a murmer, confs% debt)
faith. Who thet reads the heroic and paths of
°float
of these Indian massacres, is not reminds"ii
chapter of the Epistle to the Hebrews which teinseds.4o
"groat cloud of witnesses" " who through faith Oidge °lto
dome, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the de
sword, one of weakness were made strong, vrale-!''''sr- It*
fight," and " turoed to flight the armies of the alien' to
think of those whose lot has rather been to bear rbi-t aaeser„rt
who does not recognise those who " were tortured, ,i:ags
ing deliverance," who to had trial of cruel n'us„, ststpiigl
scourgings," "of bonds and imprisonmeut," who *el:, sisan,sl
sawn asunder," and " slain with the sword," wh° wbst
about, boing destitute, afflicted, tormented ? bear, lb,
enabled Englishmen to do such deeds and r()
trials ? One Divine gift enshrined in a little , ed.
And now that we have contrasted the lukowarwl P° lac
system of Indian Government and its " tradition ors 00
with the fervour and heroism of each individual 0f berjoff
us ask if the " traditional policy" of which ape bs,ll,boso
much does not sand self-condemned by the faith °' o 1010
Eaglishmen whose religious feeling it has strivedf,:,e7glo
krthheyelaei
tgpwpi
ohdhni
wwoarsihtli,ii,sw(iltthrabaditteiodnharlepaotliiic:firint
was
aitgoinwatulegt:trealiterdii?t4z.litty arose a cenaol4 0,1
it might hays been thought dead;w "its° :au:di:o4°6°4l4:ff
and adopted by men great in their generation, 00, for ',bet
as generals and statesmen, bat not groat in rolig'.°-,:ity lbeht
religion was one of expediency, and their Christi' fist roe'
of the pocket then the heart. It happened, tns thes-isol
policy, the essence of which consisted in eking. 01%-m %WO°
hide with the fox's skin, was admirably suited t 0 'Were dtf
a weak but ambitious Sate. In this they her" 0:
children of their tike. But it has hope,'" scisel°lll,
so many other cases, that tie politic peshiw
one age has come to be the folly of gt"„e, are "-gaol!
of this, at least, Englishmen may boast—that tA."O-;rbef,,iies'
Christi ins now than they were a century ago, 0.-010#
not well have been worse. So it has turned 00t t"-oiaol or°
England has been advancing and imploring itself in e 4„a oid
our " traditional policy" iu India has lagged 151.aisult" be,
behind the spirit of the age, till it has become Won 104
impossible. The system of no religion, in Pr Os° good
broken
loEngnegtl.ishmeTnbeyin
otr,"ce,peteei
itittotsnl.
f
be lid under a bushel, because that was the oreebr 0113011
D I so
htaismseboeN,,fh Colliavtethaenyd
canW abrerens
slihareativneg's;eitt:ittiof:„:ttere'ri.
and will no longer suffer the `-",° f tt-atte'
ano)a nrotrodtetkl: I:ebei enet tolerate
down,at
Christians
l
wo hear of a " traditional polcy" in this son Which .016
It is a thing out of date, end lifaless • an idc",, rber,l,oll°
Indians" will do well to, throw, along' with '-
ristians into the bargain. The 'es the m;, ()IP
.o the moles and, to the batt."--HABITANS
Times. slmwoonss: Christian \N'l)en

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