New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-12-26

| qualified for this wurE because 70 Is espeCia. b.
adapted o the s-e. It's an age of eXaErera-el
reverence and q exsg ersted sceptc ST.. of NOR
hl1 sscrticIsu ll1 ai mcrbidsl liIanthr0py. Fam
% Regsol. P.cfg and Nora %. are couteufln.
Cor she mastery, SUI q j. Tor Liberia. Christianity
o. show their quality snd harmony, sni u effect
ilg this rec0nc ari0u C bali receive the triumph
and the BLESSING OBJ the peace maker
Bot CHIEFLY VII Liberal Christianity scc0mplsa
this great work by Illustrating this c1mpreheu
sveue-s DO the lives n - sciples. To the
minds. heart aud c1-dgct Of each one OF -. must
be- exhibited these iouriod elsments. Let us then
cherish faith rs % uIst uCt suppose that reason can
see al things We must not live NJ = tie sen.
'lai, outward. earthly, were alL We must have
tralsc-l deut trust ll goodness, t1ty. GOD.
But a.s0 We must maintain reason. we must not
De tml1 Or superstIrOus. Let Us beware of Ec-
clessstical domination Let - be- jealous of hu-
man creecs Let 1s have 10 creed but the Bible.
Let Us respect the sanctlty u individual CON
science. Let 90. honor any conviction that has
been wrought out uy searching an by earnest
prayer Let ~ beware uf lowering shout one
Idea Ike the moth about a candle while infinite
worlds kinile al around Is Let Us cherish an
eclectic spirit. Let us never become afraid OF
reason. When the Old argument 9 URGED that
reason las .a rc. Ito The worst errors and mfr
mites. .ot us meet 10 with the better argument
mat reason has Jed men oai OBJ. these. Not right
reasDnu boz HI.u- reasoning Aas deceived men.
J. .
5 mere code nI good manners of fri-it morality IS
JAZZ enough. There must bee liie il the soul. TX
permeuta I-IHn--nO tide Oi lauauclsm. ODD htiuI
sllck 0i excitement. bIt the constant Pulse OF
Divine communion the ceaseiess h0w nl love aud
aspiration. Let "a watch the heart let IS con-
socrate bours oi silence aud retirement.
But again. Let liberal Christians exhibit true
notably leo us learn to live ior another world
by living vel here We must not couhne
religion o. the closet. or tne temple. Rcmember
that goodness. is better than whole b1ut-oferu-s
and sacrifices Live honestly. faithfully, zeuer-
ous.y. Wlpe away Tears break the chains OF
oppression love thy neieu11r as tiyseif and thus
-o O. the closet ittei ior communion with God by
afiectionate contact with man
600 the practica. working of these elements must
ABIDE the power Of Liberia. Christianity, aud %
then 10 ac.omp..shes the work / have Indicated,
great indeed is he mission. Far better than secta-
ran t-Iumphs Is % % unite these discovered Gle
melts oi Christian truth. and present them In their
completeness aud their beauty Thus, child ike
Liberal Christianity shall cherish Faith mauIke
10 shall exercise Reason Catholic, icryeut deep.
shall be- IFS piety. Protestant, liberal. expansive,
shall bee lbs morality
But as the Catholic tells Che Protestant SO many
Pedestrians tell MS, that discard vital truths oi
the Gospel. aud are perliu- our salvation. They
tcil US that our system to1 bald and slmple-that
We have torn away the essentials OF Christianity
and plucked out rs very heart Because We re-
lcct the doctrine oi rfcIri0uS atonemeut, and con-
slider the Gospel as system not i0rthe recoucilng
oi God a. man. bat of man o. q 81. and the Cross
not as am exhibition o Gods wrath but 0t his love.
they tell Us We have quenchcd All rs significance.
Although We affirm the guilt and woe aud terror
of sin, yet berause we cannot consider 10 as mil
mite in is nature, aud because We hold that where
sill abouuds, grace does much more abound, they
Tell MS We extract from 10 ai L. ma.i-nity though
We think that 300 maruIyiug Gods goodness W.
expose the maiguty oi sin all the more. trust your
own experience can tell SOU the power of God
character and of Chrsts excellence 10 melt US into
peuteut humility. to liit ~ zap with h.ial trust.
and 10 urge rs 0u 100 the way of obedience. u
We are wrong. may God M mercy lead MS right
but while W. ask new contributions OF truth, let
rs brayey auI prayerally trust that which We
have
AGAIN they tc. us that We have not zeal and
excitement enough about religion ltmay be that
nrr lacking ll enthusiasm. boat then ~ have
learned That immediate effect and agitation are
uo test, of true power. The strongest forces in
the universe ave- comparatively silent. srayta-
ton oud th, electric fund. At,r thc fame aud
the earthquake came the still small voice and oi
ihe misht.est Conqneror . Is said. that he shall
not strive nor cry, neither shall any man hear his
voice 900 the streets IL bruised reed shall bee mt
break and smoking fax shall be- not Iuench, until
le send forth Judgment unto victory.
These are my reasons ior BELIEVING that liberal
the rccoucilug work of which have spoken
leave them % your reason ard 90 your reflection.
For these reasons. a'so trust 100 the final tr
umph 0l the Gospel. Yes the seeds 0i the Cos
pcl tie simple, glorious Gospe. which Jesus
spruk'ei with his own blood. aud Paul died scat
tcring-which have been traiupled by the heel 90
Persecution and caught up hy the WhrIwint of
Ambiton-whichh have been tossed about by blasts
of controversy and concealed under mouliering PR
rors, have in them vitality that shall Yet spring
up n millenlal iruitaee Waited over the Iona
apse OF ages. theyare sti. fragrant with the winds
oi Ohvet and wet with the dews ~ Jordan They
shall drop into the soil of happier era-sn era Of
receptive confidence and oi earnest Intelligence,
when they shall rpeu into holy culture aud
yield. hundred-ioi, beautiful harvest. Then the
old age of faith shall blend with the new ace Of
reason. aud from the shrine OF al interior sud I've
ing pIety shall so forth the procession OF glorious
moralties--oi everyday virtues -o Justice Free
dom, Truth and Love
SENSIBLE At LA.r-Tbe Mob,ie Hcrad, speak
ing Of Senator Douglass Territorial Bill. says
The destiny az California is % De free. and We pre-
sumo this destiny m ght A. well - liked no" A. .'rf
10 may contention n Congress from which no pos
sbie good can come o. the south
Who would have pposet tAat any southern
paper would ever be reduced go such erafeiess
admission as this California fixed free hy
Congress. without dIsunon nay. % save conten-
ton. from which u0 possible good can come o.
the South. senator Douglass must hurry zap 2
new amendment 10 his bill or be viii De attacked
by the Charleston Merryg before Spring, rs
= avery propagandist Evening Poet
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