New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-05-15

ors.,ion how hose changes are 10 be taken But
they are the siriton which prepares Ter better
Inn . mat a. 10 the 81 brook the pebbles
are rolled hther and thiiher and are made smooth.
War pestilence famine, may be SCENTS OF good terrible
though they sre They sttrtions which ina world
must undergo the destructive forces which sweep
away what Il too rotten 10 be reformed Atnoasn men
speak Of political changes and social revolutions DO you
suppose God does not know what they porend ana ead
to- The natural mind may Be slow b perceive H. oui
through change darkness and desolston they esd 70
peace to JOY to Christianity triumphant through the
world.
II we com. down 10 our own times and propose the
question Has the time for evsngsizng the world ar
rived and 20 what extent has that taken pscet we
must look well for the answer When the Apostles be-
rsn 10 preach the Gospel tie world much in super
ston and in psgsnism snd Al the Influences OF heath
enism. But a hundred years afterwsrd see Wnst al
vsnces have been made in the arts, in knovlecge, IN
civilization among the disciples Of Christianity What
union what moral pover-so that even the hardened
heather look In admiration. Christ Il seen DO longer
the "a empty but be s beheld In the world he
manifested in the new growth Of man Ard now when
the Gospel has been preached O years cast your eyes
upon the world snd where humanity Is most rich
and powerful. IL il not IN Christendomi Where has
been the Of srt ard where are civil order snd so
csl Institutions most benehcentf And whence comes
this power Of commerce end these stores OF know
edgef Whence are these fleets whose sails Vhten the
seas Whist influence has given 10 Europe these arts
and inventiousf Whence come these schools and
these monuments Of benevolence 10 Christian hands
Progress il accelerated more than can be tod
And now what Is the attitude Of Christianity In our
dag Which way DO the times face To me they
seem as though they were going up to Jerusalem /
believe that they in their degree doing Heavens
work on Earth Bet what have We done Why, Sir,
we have raised Almost every question which can be
raised in civilized society. Nothing that relates TO the
rights Of liberty to social forms and duties but
has been called up for discussion Many OF these are
perplexins questions doubtless but i necessary that
they should be settled before the gospel can get full
swing stman There must be downfall Of al that IL
Cd 70 tha m
ments communities customs must come up % that
standard God requires this. Established errors must
be removed and BE- snd.5y the mind VIII begin 10 see
Truth in ell It's lusre, without lens or disTactng me-
dunn.
There &. some alarm abroad at this universal inquiry
and agitation but for bless God for H. IL is said
that the Church and society were never much dis
turbed The community il divided all kinds Of
secis are springinz up new thoughts, theories
newfsnged notions Of every kind are as abundant a.
leaves in the Spring What will be the end OF all this
think there is no danger There is thing in the
character Of all the constant eruPtons OF the New
Movement which 20 my mind removes all fear Il
points directly the good Of humanity Il has no other
object or pretence Was anything ike this known
beorei Does any history record period when every
theory in favor Of the improvement Of the hui
man family Why, we cant ind an lnhdel VINO ism I
Obliged take this ground. Why this 10 the very spi
rt Of the Bible and Of Christ shall we condemn the
age In which that spirits so UNIVERSAL For long time
twas not known what 20 preach At last tina, has been
found out snd the Christianity OF today has began 70
iesch the rights of man, and that the improvement Of
10 the aim of all seton. shall we fear the results
Of such an epoch No Siri All Is right. If there
sgitstons and disturbances. These things pass away,
but with God, who works on apattern which no man
knows, they do not pass In vain.
The Gospels getting ready 10 accomplish its work.
hope your faith s strong. You might as well stand on
the banks of the Mississippi and be afraid Il going
10 up stream suppose the current OF Chrstendom
can run more than one way What would you think Of
a who should stand moonstruck over an eddy and
because that didn't right forward declare that the
whole food had got out its course' so in the stream OF
time. The things that appear In our day all have bear
ing the GROWING triumph OF the Gospel and the reign
Of the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth That triumph IS
10 happen In ten years, In nifty years, the hood
will have borne US far on toward IL. II 10 no long
or a question Whether but simply When, il will
come We send missionaries with the Bible to
the utermOst parts Of the earth and vast echo re-
plies the voice the Gospel which they carry forth
Now all things preach the truth oGod Society breaches
the Church breaches schools preach and social insitu
tions called to stand up embodiments Of Christian
~. God Is making up nature anew on the model OF
religion All the elements OF society and OF the church
must now be the elements Of practical Christianity. You
20 with whole lands behind you 10 support your work
We may seem 70 strike puny blows, but higher hand
than directs them And when the work Is done all
the nations will be Christian nations. When it begins
70 approach its end IL will 20 fast IL s universal law
that things move slowly At the beginning Gods Revea-
ton needed 70 take great while TO commence its
operation But that to be- over. Changes oil great
magnitude are gone through with great rapidly such a.
was never imagined before. We have come to the day
in which nation may be shifted on the ground OF sell
shness into the ground Of humanity In twenty hve or
thirty years may not live 10 the day, and there
are many aborers in the field who will not i've 10 see IT,
who need none Of my compassion. You, Mr. President,
on whose head honorable gray hsirs denote that
good part your work is done, not live 10 Il
But neither we behold the contamination or not we
know that our ksdeegner lveth know that Christ
hath tasted the rstruits and that having m the enemy
he will stop from following his victory Whether
We see IL on earth not il quite immAtsria We shall
see H. and thstis enough and more.
To this work every young man and every Christian
heart should be baptized. Hc parents who bring up
your children love dress 10 delight in empty TRIES
To seek pleasure in worldly enjoyments 40 ye remem
Der the great day of the Lord God And arc you en-.
trely ignorant what is the true path TO honor To
WORK That's honorable that's to live as the pattern
Of Christ give yourselves soul and body TO this OBJ
Jet Remember II is only thus that God can be served
You will ind peace only in obedience 20 the maxim.
Live not for yourselves but for others And only
this maxim IL put into action that Christ can breathe
I his spirit on his Universal Church.
After the eloquent and impassioned orator had con
cluded the discourse OF which we have now given an
inadequate though far it goes faithful transcript
the concluding address was pronounced oy Rev. Mr.
Thompson Of this City and with the Benedicton the
meeting adjourned