Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-02-01

divinity there Is in man, one day 10 bs
awakened and called forh in its inf.
mite beauty and omnipotsnt snsssy! =
But while We say this, We fsel thst
the Church now, ia both its Catholic
and Protestant divisions, u unconscioss
Of its mission, and hss Become false To-
its great Founder. Jesus was under .
political and social aspect, tie pycpAes
Of the dtnsosraey. He came to the
poor and afflicted, to the wronged and
the outraged, to the masses. the down.
,roddsn millions; and he spoke to thsnr
as brother, in the tones Of an infinite
love and infinite compassion, while 30
Numbered the rebukes Of Heaven ngainst
their opprossors. I've serpents, 20 gen.
Grafton Of vipe,, ".says he tcthe peoples
mssters, show can ye escape the dsmns.
ton OF hell!" His word was with pow.
er. Aye, was it. because he spoke 70
the common soul, because he spoke
out for outraged Huma"ity, and be-
cause he did not fear to speak to tho
great, the renowned, the rich, the boast.
ingly religious. in terms OF terrible plain.
ness and severity. Before his piercing
glance earth.born distinctions vanish,
and kings and princes, scribes and
Phnrisecs, chief priests and elders. sink
down below the meanest fisherman, OF
the vilest slave, and become less worthy
to enter the kingdom Of heaven than pub.
licans and harlots. Their robes and
widened phylacteries. their loud pre-.
tensions. their wealth, rank, refinement.
influence, do not deceive him. He sees
the hollow heart within them. the viii.
ted sepulchures they are, full Of dead
mems bones and oil manner Of unclsan.
ness, vessels merely washed on the out.
side, all filthy within, and he denoun.
ces them in terms too terrible TO be r..
peated. HerV was the secret Of his
power. The great, tho honored, the re.
spectacle, the aristocracy, social or re.
ligious, bcheld in him fearful dcnosn.
Ger Of their expressions. ruthless un.
weller Of their hidden deformity; while
the poor, the common people," saw in
him an advocate, q protector ay. an
avenger.
Jesus declared that the spirit Of ths
Lord was upon him, because he was an.
nointed to preach the Gospel 10 the
poor; and he gave, when asked by the
disciples Of John. the fact. that the Cos.
pei was preached to the poor. a. one Of
the principal proofs Of his Messiahship.
He chose his disciples from the lowest
ranks Of his countrymen; and they were
the common people who heard him glad.
ly. Was he not a prophet from God
to the masses! Was he q prophet to
them merely because he prepared the
way for their salvation hereafter! Say
it not. The earth he came to bless; on
the earth he came to establish Z king.
dom; and i. was said Of him that he
should not fail nor be discouraged till
he had set judgment-justice-in the
earth and the isles waited for his law.
He was to bring forth victory unto truth.
In his days the earth was to be blss.;
under his reign all the nations were to
be at poaee; tho sword was to be beaten
into the ploughshare and the spear in
to the pruning hook; and war was to
be no more. The wolf and the lamb
were to lie down together, and they
were not TO hurt or destroy in all the
holy mountain Of the Lord. The viii.
derness was to rejoice and blossom a.
the rose, and the solitary place was to
be glad. Every man was to sit under
his ovn vine and fig treo. with mono to
modest him or make him afraid. On
the earth was he to found a new order
Of things, to bring round the bljssful
ages, and to give to renovated man =
foretaste ofheaven. II was here, then.
the millions were to be blessed with .
heaven, a. we'll az hereafter. Nv E.
Reuiev.