New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-13

fed IL his endurance THIS Is cur 'sS topic. Let Il not
be raid that IL und Of Jesus was az perfect peace in
TIE security Of superhrman kaoylelse and supsrhunan
NWer lcat Chfst was this secure gives direct con
tsdciCn to the impression which his agony lesyesupoh
AID ssch security would render hat agony itself i'm,
possible TIE very theology watch declares him God
and which uskes II pevi0n 70 think Otherwise admits
Il reality Ci this agony, Snd attributes il n the Divine
anger which hung over him the victim OF imputed
IN. There here assumption without an exrlana-
ten the Assumption involveS the e1arra5iccoa thar
being could be nscparably God ami one person
ye, have consciousness a. man which
Sltsd all his CONSEQUENCES as Cod the ex
pisnaiicn ooy rcrdess the contradiction more
apparent Tie fact as we understand il, Is
simple impressive, instructive ENCOURAGING. 1t pre-
seIfs 10 Ineligible end an erec'iog reality We
see in IL pert nature finely sensitive IN body and IN
irdnof secured against pain in ether but open 70 L.
yet hearing torture and grie q the uermost eNtrc'
ity. Thence the trembling OF Jesus TO enter on ths
awful conflict L have" he says, "a baptism 70 be
hautised WITH ardhow am stratensd until be accom-
pfshedr tn his CONFUSION, then his prayer In the
garden: "Ot be possible my Father, e; hs cup pas
from ne" Thence the moaning OF his spirit MY
soul Is exceedingly sorrowful soTTowiu even unto
death" Thence his sgonisng shrek upon the cross
my God my God why hast thou forSsken me 2 But,
At TIE end Of Chrisis office in the world that
il made hun acquainted with grief From tae beginning
his mission was mission OF endurance. IL was one
that involved opposition all the wsy-one that NJ every
step must be maintained in sacrifice Il was mission
opposed 20 the lower seoppOsed 90 all that the lower
desires and Christ sustained V 70 the close by en-.
courterng nearly all that the lower self avoids IL was
a mission tina, sought no alliance with the senses II
promised temporal reward. and il exposed TO many
temporal prvarons. IL made little Of mere physical
Calamity and il gave no high value 10 physical en-
joynsent 1t set forth the prime object OF desire
nothing 10 which the senses directly tend instead OF
there Il held cut objects which they cannot compre
hend-GOd Duty, Immortality
Is not Christ who was thus gorihed in humiliation
and aflioton unspesksbly precious TO our souls We
cannot hut yenerae Christ; we cannot but venerste
him, pure, perfect cannot but vcnerate him
en,hroued humanity and having carried us
character upward to the sanctity OF Gods unquah1ed
appreciation We cannot but Christ a. the In
spired Messenger OF Deity. the sublime Interpreter of
Lite and Death And, mostot ALL we cannot but yencr
ate him the ncarnstc manifestation of G pds psterna
care toward our world and We cannot but
venerste Christ; and cannot but love him Yet i'll
should speak of love, not mere sentiment OF spprc
station hut active principle,-that which ia not
satisfied with passive regard but that which aoors for
conformity 10 It's ohecf should speak of such love,
she ud be compelled TO say, that men are not deeply
imbued with the Spirit of the Crucihed. We have yet
but npertectly learned Christ In our hearts, and in
cur actions we are still far from Calvary.