The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-01-12

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low that scarce murmar oil tasir turmoii reaches
the elevated summit look upward TO that Heaven
which grows deeper and darker the higher you as
cend into its aHtrodden attitudes look TAR Into the
verdant vale as the sun sinks IN the West ana
dusky repose brooding IN pesive satisfaction
over the feecy herds that await the night upon
the green couches-listen to the dying echoes Oh
day like distant music, lar off; but OH how sweet
breathe the aroma of the fowers-isten to the per-
petual cry of the waterfall or the stormy voice Oh
the ocean, and gaze upon ITS breast,
Deep heaving, boundless, endless, and sublime.
The image OF eternity-the throne
or the invisible
and ..v if in all thou dost hear and see, and feel
there is not a perpetual reference to natures God
But what God he is and how he works his won
.ders and by what iniRitabe skill he has wrought
and sustains the play OF his handy work. Nature
has ne tongue TO tell Ald they who study the
volume of nature learn the moral attributes and
character Of the creator, shall roll over her sPien
did leaves in vain. The works OF God in the dis
pcusations of His Providence, are equally OBJ
seure TO the eve of man. Many circumstances
would lead us to the conclusion that Being OF
infinite mercy is at the helm but again this
sent ment darkens when the severest infections
fall apon those who have made the everlasting arm
their strength His sun rises and shines His rains
condense and fall alike upon the evil and the good
The sparrow may, as well as man, claim the no.
tce and protection of the same Heavenly Father.
The lights and shadows in the Providence Of God
are mingled, aud we see only their effects upon
men rs individuals communities. The broad
outlines of His Providential interference are
barely defined; the filling up is snintelligible
to us. From the obscure Individual whose span
of time is fre,ted to an inch, and whose existence
is scarcely distingaishable in the scale Of being,
to that of a mighty empire pressing the earth with
its bulk the Providence Of God is alike pervading
in its influences; yet complicated and unseen are
the hidings Of his power and the achievements OF
his own right arm, that we know nothing surely
till the fate Of either is decided Gloom and gery,
and mia
or health, happiness and peace, alternately pass
over the face of the earth, leaving their bright
lines, dark shadows behind to indicate that God
has been there
traoadinary, exciting our wonder and commanding
our admiration. But they are equally inexplica-
bls as all His other works. We see before Us a
religion contrary to the very nature OF man, ep.
sacred sanctions that thunder condemnation and
woe, temporal and eternal against the sinner;
bearing deeply imprinted upon all its features,aa
purity at war with the baser passions OF the soul
-infexible, unbending, compromising
such religion as would be deemed the last TO
please the lust or fatter the pride OF man, yet
making itself felt in the world by the sheer ener-
Ky and power of its truthfulness and simplicity;
q religion that trumphs over every obstacle, and
that changes its bitterest foes into its warmest
Misunderstanding tn basest materials for its
brightest pillars and most illustrious champions.
We see this religion calling auxiliaries from all
quarters of the earth and from every point of the
Heayens, clothing the weakest instruments with
omnipotencs and by the spirituality off doctrines
subduing the nations TO its mild sceptr0 and erect
ing its broad standard upon the outer wall Of the
citadel Of the worlds glory. In word, we see
the goings forth of the Eternal Majesty in the moral
grandeur with which he invests his purposes and
Ais " vs. on T. theatre Of time and there wonder
fui effects upon the destnies of men and nations
but the hand that holds the helm, and directs their
complicated movements is invisible. How should
all this lead to humility. and child-like trust
-, Cod -hA lie hove nj
works-who gives wisdom to the simple and
open his secrets TO those that fear Him I?
Hills Word. In the pages of inspiration we
have higher manifestations of the most excellent
gisry AS transcript of the mind and will of God,
1t transcends every other MEDIUM through which
he has condescended to reveal himself to man.
Here we sec, in broad and beautiful oatline, the
brightness of His glory, and the express image of
His person
Here the whole Deity is known,
Nor dares a creature guess,
Which of the glows brightest shone,
The justice or the grace
His attributes and projections are wonderfully dis
played in His word. They come down to us illu-
minated by the ray Of benignily and love, and we
bow down before them overwhelmed with their
amazing grandeur and severe beauty. The like
ness to the great originals striking, but still 1t only
~dimly reveals the Godhead. We hear not the voice
which spoke a world from nought. We see but the
shadowIngs forth Of that mysterious nature that
dwells between the cherubim; fuller and clearer
manifestation could not have been made consistent
ly with the designs OF heaven and the place man
occupies in the scale OF being. A brighter and
broader revelation could not bear; our finite
nature would sink under it and die with excess Of
light But His word is brought down to our naked
conception, and softened into the elementary prin-
ciples that to form and guide upto life more
suited to intelligent nature and noble origin
Even thus 10 vcred down, how wondrous fair
are its mighty creations-its vast purposes
its godlke quahtics-its surprising beauty J
Hew deep How fathomless! How high
haV nnd al nnglf ne bIph ne len
vei-tchdt Gun zoe hio,p! is deeper than He'll
,ciat can gee doa How difficult to comprehend
Jesus tells us God so ioosd The worid He does not
tell us the nature and extent of that Love! The
attributes Of aesh could not comprehend the height
and depth, the leng and breadth Of that
Love which Him inclined
To blced and die for us.
All Holy Scripture written for our learning
and instruction IN righteousness, yet how often do
the inspired writers seem TO labor in communica-
ting thoughts. which angels cannot comprehend!
Fer they desire TO look into these things, and are
not able. And are there not many parts of
the revealed world, the most simple
and natural which are only seen through
glass darklya Human learning fails when
applied to the investigation Of subjects which
the unlettered peasant by faith apprehends
and appreciates. Even the day-spring from
eth it not The Gospel is but as darkness to the
mere rational beliCg It's quaint phrases, COM
plcated prophecies. and many mysteries present
inseparable difficulties to the enquiring mind un.
humbled by repentance and prayer. Trinity in
unity Two natures IN one persona child who
existed before all worlds, and that person ring
death who only hath Immortality and life All
these are reason mere r,ddles-they are the per-
picked oracles Of this world, and though uttered
by truth itself, yet sincerely believed by none but
the regenerate soul. The question of the Jewish
ruler, Hoc can tiese things bei remains unanswered
to this day. To attempt eypianat on of these
things is not the province Of the pulpit nor of
the press words of mans mention, sImilitudes
drawn from nature, the subtle distinctions of the
sch )ols the powers Of rhetoric, when employ ed in
the service Of the sanctuary, but seldom profit the
soul. Humility is the better part of reason.
Where reason begins religion ends and where re-
lgon ends reasoning begins God never reasons.
The Bible does not reason. Its language is, Thus
saith The Lord. DR.. Mason remarked OF learned
discourse that was pronounced in his hearing, on
being asked what he thought OF it-' 1t is very
good, it is very well written, and eloquently pro-
cd h.at. 1.