New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-06

OF God was sublime thought thsf and Ia Truth he
ecrcsivedthc msn VITO did no, delight in the baafy OF
the Unverse-who dill net receive into ais sonl sosc
OF the impress OF raiure-bsd no acquaintance with
the divine substance thst surrounded and pervadei all
nature, but lived merely in a vas, Baby.housc" of
show. All the shows of social life were bat 80 many
Manifestations Of an impalpsbe IDEAL Now what q
wondrOus difference would be made In the appearance
Of a country Ii race OF Saxoas or Turks were
drcppcd uponi,. Ia the one instance We shoaii see
mo- cues end ninarets and hsrems and al the psculi.
sr;es OF sluggish, ssndsti rscen tho other a.. the
appliances OF school houses
churches, railroads, oansls iron, and coal, the Only
black Slave that the whine should subject 10 his
will would necessarily be presented to view. What
wse the occasion Of this pit was the hidden spiritual
substance OF the Saxon frame thss made them TO ele
va,c out Of the ideal those visible structures which
distinguished their destiny Ire lecturer then referred
10 the wars between England and France under Ma
polson, as going TO show that the influence Of this spr
tual power nheren, IN the people favored the English
The State hsd personality that lived through Centuries
all lis lave institutions greatness, ,rsdirons &C.,
went 10 contribute to Is formation When We spoke of
England, we did no, mean England now. as composed
Of some hieen millions OF people. How truly did tho
ststesmen, philosophers orators pcets &c, OF times
gone ny, belong 10 wha, conceived England 10 be.
Their genius drew IL were rich bscx ground upon
the future. and presented to view every day;
In the the genius OF the revolutionary
days deeply involved in the aggregate character OF
this country. We spoke Of the deeds Of the reyolu
tionary heroes though they yet the stage,
and while We dwell with enthusiasm upon their unex.
smped patriotism we seemed to feel IS we had esch
individually taken part in the scenes OF Valley Forge
and Yorktown. Indeed II we reelected upon tho
sources of national power aud prosperity, wo would
find that all nations strength and true greatness
rested upon invisible basis and developed from
out of moral In his estimation the most e.
fectusl method destroy the prosperity of the coun
Try snte down the ideal element that
our land. Mr. X then alluded to civilization 40
having an important bearing on his subject. The
moral world, like the geological, constructed Of
Of opinions, thoughts and sentiments deposited
by successive ages. man might not inherit legacy
ostoeks other property but the whole Of the past
legacy which man would barter for millions.
tho conditions that by selling he should discover
himself from all the civzine influence Of the aggregate
of experience transmitted to him. History demon
strsted to US, that all truth in ts comprehensive
the food OF every hing substantial and permanent
Every man who gave the world some truth, like
Luther or Bacon, had influence than colossal
genius like Napoleon tho former gave us food for
thought, while the latter coald not inspire anything
but fire in his army and fear in his enemies. Luther
intimately connected with the civilization Of the last
three centuries Strike his and and the very
spinal bone OF Protestant freedom stricken out Ia
like the influence OF the character OF Washing
ton operated upon the mind of the present day Bet
ter il the nation should lose oil held most valuable
than not to have had for the gaze OF all time the
81 nf arlio
sented in the life and of the immortal Washing
ton We often used the phrase that such man was
man Of substance meaning thereby thathc man Of
wealth Better that weapplicd the term in reference TO
substance of genius and force OF character and upright
ness of mind and purity Of thought for unfortunately
happened that in the kingdom In which these men
of substance" were to he judged no cognzance would
be taken OF the weight or bulk OF tho goods Of
this world because they did not attach TO humanity
mans worldly substance could not constitute claimte
merit there by their spiritual substance would they b.
adudged. Hersche and Newton were Of intcec-
tua subsiance Fenelon and Wesley, ofsprituai sub
stance Luther was man of moral substance; How
ard, of benevolent substance. Without such sab
stance these the bar OF future judgment the poe
session Of allthc douboons In money brokers vaults,
would not make us look any thicker than thin mush.
lLsughterl Some men weighty In substance
because Of their riches because they were fat
Tut the wcightiest of all tho high, noble
minded man, Influenced largely by spiritual force,
or all men weighed in the moral world ss.
ording to their energy, morality, goodness Of
eart, greatness OF soul, and christian humanity.
vi mans sedshness, assumption pretensons opprcs-
ion, &c, detracted from the true substance of tho
nan, and would be deducted from his weight accord
Ugly. Wellington, when he was born, perhaps did
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'eished down England and more than half Of Europe
he came thought might be applied TO our own Thos.
sferson; and so OF Newton who hung lightly on the
eel yard when he Sent his tour Of investigation
nong tho planets-but before he died he weighed tho
snets upon tho stsclysrd Of his logic Alter some
w further observations the lecturer closed his inter.
ting remarks amid warm expressions Of admrstioa
ON his attentive auditory.