New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-06-22


cement II needs no prophetic sagacity 70 ioresee
,h,t the collisions, jeaiousies and disProPortions
~ tho world will never yield to the insane art and
,ho shsrp surgeries Of Socialism. And yet animos-
;,;o. md the cor cts which unequal lot is GER
80; % b,eed in ali the minds Of the Commonwealth
a. a. poisou the health and distract the peace OF
Society. that some aniidote must be devised and
| .5ri,istered, or revelations and wars and the
..te Of empires are to blot all the stormy ages OF
,ho Future as they have stained all the changeful
,or;od. Of the Past Who, then shall bless the
,orld with some sovereign recipe for the disquiet
A., ,nrnes from diversites OF social condition aud
e,r,upef Who, and howl answer: This, too
: mart of the homework Of the Church. Dwelling
:; the midst of all these diversitiss-her members
| ,c,,,ered and sprnbled in all varieties OF human
r,rkthe Church is to reconcile the repugnances of
| Aigerent lots by first reconcillng the dscord and
crrirq the contests Of the social heart; going to
the rich and the exalted and still respecting all the
riebt of property and all the prerogatves of rank
holding in sacred reverence every title which SOci
etv confers on the privileged the Church is simply
20 dst into the hearts Of the great the sweet char
tiles and the kind condescensOns Of the GoJpe.-
Thus shall the rich and the eminent taking pattern
Him, who, entering the world as King Of Kings
and Lord Of Lords was yet the friend and the COM
panion Of the poor, stOop gracefully and benigny
stoop-to their brethren in lower grades shedding
lieht and gadness upon all humber hearts, as the
high orbs Of heaven, passing on in their exalted
rounds fling smiles Of beauty upon earth's humblest
vaIes and launch gIances of love upon her poorest
pastures Passing to the obscure and the indigenb
ofC no has neither afil uaDce
nor donors to distributed ave in the ample hearts
of the humble all the contentments, all the conce'-
sons of Christian meehness, and so reconcling
these to their lot and to their favored brother
weave the barmonies Of the Gospel into the harmo-
pies of Society, and set up in visible development
that kingdom Of Christ within which happy fami.
les hymn their daily anthem Of love, and children
| carol the song Of peace and goodwill to man
| These are some of those great social problems
given to the Church to solve, on Christian soil, as
part of her appointed home work.
To say now, as some fearful saint or aneering
skeptic might be tempted to say, that the Church
| has hitherto failed Of this her home work-that as
vet society is without any one perfect example OF
| an actual souton-without any one perfect speci'
men Of Christian family, a Christian State, or OF
| social disproportion harmonized by Christian d'c
| pline,-is simply to say, that the Church has not
yet completed TIE work given to her hands and
| long since commenced. / admit IL. And ask
What single act Of life ever attained to perfect
| Development in this ungenid world, BY the RAPID
rpeuing of single sge7 Look back on the hl'to
~ and trace the actual growth OF human art. How
| lone did a thinking and needy race employ their
powers of mind and their incpient handicrsfs be-
| fore they set up upon this impatient Earth the
first architectural ediGce-the first well-but dwell
lingi And how long has it taken the world, advan-
| cling by slow processes and slight improvement"
the unknown nrt-unfolding in history as The centu
| ..,,v IN the tree of Time-bow long has it ia
Ian the world to prepare and launch upon the wait
| "a wondering waters, the first steamship
a., :, slow. The arts OF humanity, like century
aowers are never in haste to blossom be'ao' 'nen
that Society has never ye: witnessed the presence
Of one perfected Church arttbat no one sPeclmenoi
Christian state or Christian family, has as YET
| been maturcd and ripened. The world still STANDS
| The Church is still here. Time yet endures, and
| the ages are watching the experiments and wait
inc the completion The Church il still in the world
| snd stl at her work And these Christian Arts
are 10 be carried FORWARD from stage of pertec-
,on to another till all the institutions OF society," the
family the State, the priesthood, the arrangements
| Ct property, the scheme Of education the grada-
ions of social rank, replenished with Christian I'M
pulses and moulded by Christian culture shall stand
| developed symmetry and riPened contamination
he architecture of ages, the new creation OF time
Then shall arrive that golden period OF the future
the anticipation and the JOY Of all prophetic IN
| stipc,+when the nations, sheltered under per-
feet system of social institutions, shall chant mil
lenal jubilees Of JOY, and the new Heaven and
new Earth shall emerge from the chaos OF history
| This is che item of the homo work OF the Church
tie reconstruction Of society by correct Christian
and experme nta solution OF all these social prob
lens on which the well being OF the world depends
Ascend view Of the home work OF the Churcn
presents it as including an elaborate aud actual
exhibition within the circle Of society OF al the va
RED visible virtues Of Christianity.
Keeping in mind that the home WORK Oh tue
Church il q work Of social CHARACTERIZATION 'ue
work of recoustructing human society ana r'sAu
inc now only the question Of instrumentah'ie' aHu
uesrs IL ia AN obvious and yet rarely rene"
bered trutb that the disciples OF Christ can
resepera,e human society by any mere PnAueo VI
| d;.nI.v ~ reIsious distractions MOI so mucn "
.r.,h !, the letter as by truth in the life Is the
Church to WELD plastic and forming po"e. ~.
the he arts Of men. The word Oh oOu "A ~
into visible virtues, Published and P'ocialmeo IN al
che varied terms of an eloquent and noly exam
nIe the word of God shining through sne man
r. God-this is the divinely authorised 'nsuu'
mentality for revOlutiOnizins and rec0n,truc,ins
the character of the race And when l call 10
NINA the work to be done, the actual renova-
.,on oF the race and consider the destined
and appointed instruments, the exhibition BY the
cI,oh within the circle Of society of all Christian