New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-18

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would give him this passing day the supply
of every want and 4 deliverance from all
temptation and evil. And the motive By
which it wings the petition is simply this.
that there is no power in the universe bu.
Gods, or in other words that His alone Is
the kingdom of the earth, His alone the
power of administering il, and His alone
the glory of doing so.
This we repeat is the grand distinction
Of Christianity from all other religions, that
it aims to turn the kingdoms of this world
into the kingdoms Of God. 1t may be said
that Mahomedanism also claims the empire
of the earth for God. Yes, but mere ma
terial empire founded on the natural antipa.
thy of races, rather than a spiritual one
founded on their scientific harmony. Ac-
cordingly, if you look at the practical ope
ration of the two economies, YOU find the
mind of man in Christendom continually adj
yancing, continually rising above the domin-
ion of the senses, while In Aahsmedan
countries It remains q Stagnant and tetid
pool unrufiled by any divine or even angelic
afllatus. Mahomedanism and all Gentle
religions swamp man in nature, IN the mere
mud of his natural relations. Christianity
lifts him out of these relations, and allies
him in spirit with universal goodness and
truth. In all the lower religions the claims
of kindred and country are paramount, the
religion being practically nothing more than
a conservation of the ties of nature
Christianity on the other hand, as Is very
well known, aims at bringing to light SUI
pernatural or divine ties for man, and the
Christ openly promised all those who for
sock their natural relationship for his sake,
not merely the greatest possible spiritual,
but even the greatest possible temporal
cOmpensatlons also.
If now we should be asked in what way
the elevation which Christianity promised
to man on earth was destined to be accom-
plished, we should reply, taking our cue
from history, by the serene and reslstless
march of science. 1t is science alone
which is capable of working the spiritual
enfranchisement of man, or of giving him
deliverauce from the bondage OF his merely
natural necessities. Certain grandiose and
pivotal men appear, doubtless, at great ms
toric intervals, who, by the simple might OF
suffering, achieve their private emancipation,
slowly weaving the royal purple, IN fact out
of their own quiycring flesh and blood All
honor to these men in their place They
are the stout soldiers of God who have held
at bay the forces of nature, until the domain
of mans individuality might become
scientifically explored and established. But
warfare is not the end of existence, but
only means of establishing peace on indie
structlble foundations. Hence, the soldier
exist. not for his own sake, but only for the
sake of the citizen. He is the tool or
servant of the citizen, and the moment he
attempts TO act for himself, or apart
from that honorable service, they strip
him of his glitterlHg livery, aud rattle him
off to a felonious death. Thus we may
gratefully admire those stout old saints and
ascetics, who fought that we might reap the
fruits of peace, but surely it would be IN
sane to emulate them. This would be to
say that they had not achieved their mis-
sion, that the conquest they were empow
cred to make for humanity remained for
ever unaccOmplished. Besides, the fiery
ordeal these great spirits endured IS totally
to the oinews Of our ordl-
nary spirituality. And consequently unless
there be a gentler path opened to the mass
"A path through the valley as well as over
the hill, path which shall never desert the
cheerful hum Of industry nor be lost 10 the
smoke of the peaceful cottage, but ever re-
sound with the bells of cattle returning at
eventide, and the footsteps of childhood
reeling with glee, and the voice of blissful
lovers whispering eternal constancy-why
then the mass of mankind must despair of
salvation. In that case God would be able
to save only great men, and the humble, or
those who could yield Him no assistance,
must tumble off to destruction t'ie on 50
base thought
Now it is science which lays out this Sc
cure and serene path, this sweet valley
road which leads TO the assured and uniYer-
sal lordship of Nature Science, which Is
the harvested fruit of universal experience
and observation, absolves our private SER
vices from every obligation to subjugate ma