New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-11-19
Nrw.yonK DAILY rulmlNE SATURDAY NovEMDGn 1853

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n biz psfsoo. We gss ons passags 10 illustrate Nr
Dsgooas mods III presenting N the mat sublime
lhcmts of religion
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r.aay. Frri. pyds Norks wefe big teachers. Ia hy-o
yof(s ha Divine word that snelt n him, DOt yet f.Dy
mhnihsffd revealed iffcn for BY thsi Word were tbs
heavens made snd ihs eartb and all that In them w. "a.
sre yns one II bic infrciOf for 20 truc soll
spsaks lhO yocs q God There many wAys " .ddy
Ig nature. We may study the universe economically Or
IL fenrh Of us ful commodities expcden. elfously
IL search % novelties md wonders scientifically Or ia
seorch Of natural laws poecaly Or IN search 81 be11
ul dcurt plsosiug f1nces and all these things
well and may help Us in the gFender study Of nature ~
an expression Of the wisdom and love Of God For this
eNprs sion the NaZarene child looked upon the works OF
his Heavenly Father and read therein the fune-s OF
nafabe love II his mission unfold the phys
teal laws ofthe universe He read and set forth ~
great moral law To him even the little sparrow in is
flight and fall revealed the Omnpresent love she
rsl principle the moral world centuries before the fall
ing apple disclosed to Newton the secret OF the visible
heavens.
That Christ had studied the spiri, of God in his works
oUs from bis position AMI the use which he made OF
nature in the inst ctOn Of the people. He lived in re
con in which every prominent was connected with
impressive historical lessons, well a with naudi beat
ties lId harmones The land of promise was hi country.
Nszareih little honored of old among the cities Of Israel
hut ever interesting for the beauty OF its scenery aad the
romance offs vicinity was lis home Inc hs aiteen IN
number meet together 70 form the basin IN wh'ch NdL
reih lies, il they guardian angels Keeping watch
over 4 treasure yet be exposed To the rude world
Alorg these hills he rOamed of those springs eushag
tho ies Ne will
Cf the tfoC0n which points ont The workshop where ne
assisted jo p enl the table az which he supped and The
synagogue in which he worshiped. We will not c'aiec-
t1le What the emotions with which he ooSei upon
the lG0wed places of his tghbOrho0d rs when rom
bin top he carGht sight Of Carmel, where Eliza
rraved the One God before that Mediterranean which 10
e mmards bad hOaed single Roman ship o. Glboa,
On whose high places the beauty Of Israel had so sadly
iGn ind the a. ath OF Saul was celebrated N an eley
whose paihos every age was 10 feel AMI repeat:
Al stores Of Imagery lay treasured NJ Ia his mind
10 aid him Hast atg the World himself By the Word
in nature Ofbis teaching but very small portion 70
nain but how fill i Is OF smiles that teach thss spirit
ual by things natural AID thus ascend from creation %
tic Creator from earth to heaven! The opening Hover
and the faiug RAIN the sunshine. the lightning ne gas
ing rI the Storm the seed time, the harvest, the rock
lie send, the heat the tares the sky, the m)untan
these Oh Gets and such these suggested him proiOund
moral AID spiritual snalogios Thus his soul open 20
the mind Of God in nau.e. From The Impulse given by
him come in great part that open vision OF nature when
tie Christian ayes have enjoyed The arts nave learned
Of him lesson which The Old classics little knew. Poetry
aud par;ing have great secret from this DIVINE
Seer and they have redeemed the landscape on pagan
contempt ana tire, sfgurcd things material IN the light O.
God AID eternity
Mr. Osgood does not accept the ideas of the Eaiiou
sst School OF theology, so called which explains the
miracles of the Bible on natural principles but he IS
quite as far from receiving the opposite view so zeal
ousy maintained by the late eminent Professor Nor
ton that the miracles Of Christ form the sole evidence
Of his divine mission.
or the miracles of Christ cannot speak in any fuine
row. and indeed the topic has been too amply discussed to
ed agitation here. is enough 10 say thn they stand
upon evidence more satisfactory than that OF the an.
doubted facts Of ancient history and reflect tho moral
beauty and power of the Gospel; and While h must be
conceded that Savior himself by means relied upon
them tie sole chief credentials OF his MISSION
it nevertheless ee9 that he repeatedly appealed % the
proof Of his commission and he who denies them must
mulilae The New Testament and substitute Christ OF hs
fancy for the Christ Of the SCRIPTURES Jesus himself
to minsterDg to the appetite for maryes 50
among the Jews, and sought therefore by his
miraculous works lead .hem to the higher life which is
its own bes, evidence
The closing lecture of the volume is the most stk-
ing for it's originality and power. 1t sums up, with
great discrimination the leading views that have been
held by theolOgans and churches regarding the method
of salvation, the way of peace with God. These are
divided into three different groups, according to the
idea most prominent their systems. First, the party
whose main power is in the priesthood, aud whose
watcLwOrd is the Church" Hildebrsnd stands at
the head of this class; near him are Cyprian, Am
brore Gregory the First, Bernard, Jerome, Loyola
and around him an innumerabe host ofpreates priests
monks, theoogans, soldiers, statesmen kings Second
the party whose central principle lies not in the au
thority Of the church, but of Dogma OF this party
Augustine is claimed the theological leader, and
ADselm as the powerful ally Their modern chief Is
Calvin, and near him stand Knox, Gomarus Howe
Owen, Edwards and host of names Of not much less
degree. Third, the party whose characteristic word
is lot the church the dogma, but the Spirit aud
the Life. ITO them the powers of the world to como
are most represented not much by presthoods dog
mas and ceremonies, by principles affections aud
works To them the kingdom Of God is moral and
spiritual Its central fact is not the Mass, not the
doctrine Of yicarious justification but the fc-the
life a. it was from God 10 Christ and it may be 10
the disciple through faith and love All ages have fur
nished noble contssors of this system, if such it
be called It proclaimed intrepdly in the prim-
tive times it shines out clearly from the eloquent
and pages Of Clement and 0rgen and all those
early theologiaps who look upon st. John the type
of true discipleshp it turks under the cOw of many
a pious devotee, the stately robes of many q high
minded priest, upon whose lips and pen the papal
power had put its seal Of silence II beams upon
from the meditatons Of Kemps and tho devotons Of
Ftnelon. Fox and Penn asserted it IN all its length
and breadth and have found mean response from
the most earnest hearts of our own day Swedenborg
saw it clearly through all the haze of his mystical Wis
lone and Chann consecrated his eloquent pen 10 its
defenfa Uuusen fnts time 10 teach tx amidst the