New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-12-13

STITCH. IL ls ALAS 4 lalse ana UHHUlLuJ cpH4Et
yatism. These jewellers il the past worship ol
choice, as the early believers did OF Necessity,
amaug inc crypts and noldering walls d the
scpulchre, and offer their d5Toguus on .ha marble
that holds the sleeping dust Of opinion. There IS
10 dishafnony between a love o. Christianity and
Al intellectual freedom, but as j. $ the la1 2 h1
man vision that two eyes see one object so do sne
eyes Of reason and fa.h behold one truth. Iaage
is reverence for religion, which deeries not SCI
epce but seeks by i 70 find 8 fixed center a55Te
the chanEelul armament; q reverence. winch Uaz.
ed on the nature Of truth as distinct from specil1-
ton. and of Gods truth as above all other chez
shas i IN its CT-n divine meaning, and gathers
around il the associations ct a living thought, a
loving worship. There is no collision between the
ANS Of the Christian Church. and Of the phIlosJ.
ply OF this age bQt they ere identical, working
toward the same center from opposite directions,
seeking each the solution of the same harmonious
problem. Far be from US the spirit Of anbelief IS
far that Of distrust, which has seized so many -
Are these mighty pillows OF thought, which swept
along the centuries and nov sound OF orr ears IL
one dense Singing mass, destined only to dash
themselves against the rocks, or die upon the
shores OF the passing time Forbid It. that We
should so doubt the power OF truth aad OF Coz F.
II is the spirit, swaycd at once by these twin prn
ciples faith in settled Christianity. CT SYM patty
with the aims OF modern science, that is needed
TO do the work OF QpbUllding. And such. amid
errorists of every shade, the reckless anbelievers
and the narrow believer, do ne already recognize
few yet enough to be the first fruits of the harvest
" recognize them IN tie MODEST minds now risen
in that Germany, which, long surrendered to error,
has learned IN the process Of inward struggle the
necessity of faith; minds in whom the oaceoppos-
ing elements, the reason of Kant and the heart Of
Spencer, are met together We recognize them in
the prooundest writer's OF England in theology
and letters. who have drank az the well OF spitl
tual philosophy. We recognize them in such as
COeriGge, who il & time OF religious do5matisIn
and irregious sCoru, strOve to set forth ChrIsttD
ty as no gospel OF notions, but with the inward
nature and need of men, who beyond almost any
IN his own land since her earestdivines has sOWn
the seeds Of deep Christian thought and 1aere-
fore have We singled his name, not that We call
him or any master, not that We ind II him truth
unminged with error, but that We regard hin with
a special reverence, as one whose eloquent voice
has thrilled through 80 many souls, and led them
amid the confusions Of doubt to the anchorage of
faith. Such minds are not alone. They are day
stars at once scattering the darkness and prophetic
OF the fuller dawn. In them VIC read the signs OF
that period, which W. believe shall surely come
m age, not Of phiosophic Christianity but OF
Christian philosophy an age, that shall breathe
as lofy a spirit as ever Inused ia the Academy Or
paced the walks of the Stoa, yet joined with
piety as fervcnt as kneit IN medieval cells or now
rises in solemn music from the clostcrs OF oxford.
But yet broader vision opens upon us, as we
thus look forth upon the mingled scene Of the pre-
acnt. Not alone IN the domain Of science Of re.
liEion, but in every field where the intellect and
heart Of the time Rrc employed, we hail this pro
mac. When the passing hGason Of sccptcism has
vanished before noble Christianity, md the spirit
Of ruth, like Il returning wave hns tiled the de
Hcflcd shOrcn. shnIl the ground blossom again with
tho token Of new HE. literature, purged of
those infections Tint now load the atmospheric in
apirrd with pure taste, IL holy aim n poetry, no
longer kndlcd with mad passion or sickiy senti-