Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1843-07-28

II c..sAcrxa OF Jesus Cssisr.-We give
,ov. On ex,saes from lecture, By RID. Il.
.rklrv. Of Nav York On the character of
|f,a.s Christ, which will b rad with inter-
|gs,. and from which some useful lesseas may
IS learned:
II must b. shoot my Fasher's busiaesa. :
wrse the emphatic words he first spoke. aud
cell and truly did he perform II. The world
was the field Of his operations. and man the
subieei az his ishors. He threw around him,
Wherever hs went, the abundance Of The wis
dom stss his Father had given him-hs point.
I'd out with nnering truth the chesactef Of God
md the destiny Of man, and opened up TO the
oaxa Of the world the heausies and riches, tho
nes.e and happiness that spring up from the
orartee Of virtue. lapesk of him as he spoke
Ut hi,n,elf. a ;. the Son of Man "-as 50 n'an
Of sorrows. and acqasin,ed with grief-med-
die no, with the mysteries Of Trinity. Of l''-
'erfrre with tho jsrQons Of the schools. the
difference VI crerds, or tho diversity Of Sects.
speak 0f his character - man, ana mora!
,eaches-of his pfecepts and doctrines. end
their influence upon Me mind and sorial con.
di,ion of man. TO i.im no outward pomp OF
circumstance, no splendid show or ces~Nsony
gave delight, but never failed TO meet HE -.
veress c~myure. The pompons rites at the
Jews, from whom he sprang, met in every In
stance his bi,tes sebukr; and shs6r sanguinasy
lava and idle forms were treated BY him with
scaen and conteaps. The motive. the diapo.
sition Of the heart. sAe in6aenre that distaied
70 ac,ion the anerrine principles Of jnaiice aud
benevolence were tho paramount virtues 10 his
creed. The world had. before him. pfoduced
ito moral teachers, i,s truly great philosophers
-msn who BY uaremitting toll and study. BY
discipline Of mi,td and body, BY restraint d
passions and cul,iva,ioas Of moral powees. ex-
hibi.ed truly great and vir,uous characters;
but no one Of them displayed that high moral
coufage, that con,e'npt Of danger and death.
those personal sacri6crs aud self.denial, that
deep and earnest di<inieSes,edness and that
unbound~d benevoipnce and love. ~ the great
Christian Lawgiver. Plato mingled with his
Hss and lofty conceptions Of the Dis,y, the
gross forms Of deini gods and chimesas dire.
Socrates had his familiar spirit. aud diseraced
the las, moments Of his life by requesting
friend TO perform sacrifice in his behalf to an
earthly deity; and Pythagnsas. with all his
great moral and intellectual ~ndowmenis. yield
ed I" tho false and popular. theology Of his
utuVS 000 WOO tOOUO ~ uJC tSUbVjc0 Y0yUx 0Oe
Grafton to heaihen gods. And what after all.
were the sum aud substance Of their doctrines,
but continual disputes about quiddities aud
nonen'iiies-abOu, theories and forms aud fan
ries-anOuniing in the end To nothing tanei.
bic OF certain! They had played with hub
bies, and spent their time in chasing shadows.
Besides from them and their teachings, the
great masses OF their fellow men were exc!u.
As.de md P1otn Nh l. IsEE~.,1e
thing to discover the nature Of the Creator Of
the Universe, and being discovered, i. is i'm
possible and would even be- impious 10 expose
tho discovery to vulgar understandings. ~
The columns Of the poStico and the groves Of
the academy were crowded with the wealthy
sad the noble; bot the poor and the low bcrn
mingled not among them, NOT caught the leg
sons and inspirations Of the masters; they
spent their whole lives at one location, aud
PetJeu 70 vsSss yneIT SCHOOLS. DuJ III slTJKIUQ
contrast were the practice and teachings Of
Christ. He mingled with the crowd-he re-
cOgnized man, wherever found, as equal. IL
the teMple at Jerusalem, among the doctors in
the streets, wherever he went, he taught with
the same simplicity and boldness. He stood
up in the s0uosi festivals, when the nation
was assembled together. and proclaimed his
doctrines. He travelled from city to city.
from province 10 province; and On the high.
way. in the fields and groves. wherever he
found man, he spoke the truths which his
Father had laugh. him. No personal dangers
detered him-no difficulty too great IL sur.
mount-no sacrifice too paramount to offer, il
the announcement of tina, system Of moral
grandeur he was destined to establish. The
ethics Of the ancient philosophers were the
study Of years; for they drew only from the
din light of nature, and were compelled TO
struggle ihronyh the dark forms Of matter, to
Hace from cause 10 effect, to separate and
compare; aud after all, the little they brouyh,
to light remained the mere labor Of inference
and doubt. Mystery too, len, their doctrine
weight, aud iI'ose who studied fer years the
,vss,sins q their philosophy, were alone al
LEVIED 10 s.:."'oscl' the arcaoa containing III.
grand. ssrir., am: :-:"ioy the ff.i'on Of their
labors. Not 50 with To-. oc"'rinr' 81 Christ;
he threw the s",'-ligh, Of his p;i"t::"'r' owe.
all--~q"a'ly alike upon the palace Of the f..
AID the co,taga of. the poor. A few simpls
maxiH.s and psecrpis, amounting almost to
self evident Propositions, with few fnrcihle
illustrations. convey the simple truth to the
mind; for they f"d ready answer in tho
heart. and nature declares the evidence BY her
own responsive. feelings. He gathered up
aud concentrated in one simple yet burning
sentence, ihs whole wissloss vi antiquity
- A. " would tha, Others should Do 10 you,
do you even 80 10 ihe,n."
What contrast between his meek and low.
u character and that VI some u HE professed
followers. is presented in the picture drawn