New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-23

i shN non ht NDF-s Whic. CllJg the olI Of uln snl
w, +Al 4ta4!i every 10 according 10 his wg-ss +
ne light q eternity aud with reference + the alio.p n.
OF lIt Judgment day Jesus Chrst pus C. nrers7 ss
Ef1tN lie sol II that within you wlrB perceive.
-Is .uu,s and enoys These are le attributes which ia
eaIe az nature and d play ia value yals ia6ltsr
lii 81 material objects for by h1w nIrl doe
,e iH' 81 man eEceed in worth the ground re 'ret
'Fo % nc heavens that stretch above bin' Not n.
>ceans are SO vast g. bis desires the glinaEs 81
fSiR q, h' thoughts Nor earth, ocean. be avea de-
elerts ne glory of God a. does mans soul IL "a
LtheIe te light. and there light but be br ahsi
ne orlalh 81 s the inspiration of himself into maa aaJ
o. eeaule living soal aloue G,s.mla-ei to God for ia
~ Aone "Lo cen say, It's the divinity that sirs within
Maais the only being capable Of knowing loving an ]
q fiing TOD ofcouneracting cooperating with him in
NtSt 1a beautiful designs. The beasts have graceful
eDsh aeuHy, perception. memory, aud in some
be des-ee reason bat they know not and serve not
-. 4hey are Ia eternity as IL they never had been
- SOU H. therefore, supremely valuable nothing on
q ~ can exceed nothing equal H. Bat great a. tho
yab OF me soui D. i If capable Of becoming greater
iof tLe mt place i progressive The material world
m"Ns no adv aDces iii passive anu nert "A when
u Anslty created IT. it has acquired attribute
Wbt ever beauty and grandeur possessed then y nos
sea no" horto stands on broader base and sharon
an tarmC are no ofter than when Moses passed b,uy n
the wilderness Jordan mas not increased ia vyatrs si
the Prophet soie them the coors OF the rainbow are no
brighter nan lhey appeared to the eye Of Noah nor is ie
hrnain6bt more respondent than the fst m ,rniny
Tbco the hand Of the Amght spread Il out The nr1
gress even Of the vegetable aud animal sucdom Il e.,
hhea "Ianlh very narrow limits. No hOweg Of modern
Growth IN beauty and fragrance the ancient rose
"of sharon and the lily OF the valley" The spider does
not weave re web more sknltully nor tae ant
labor more lndsrOusly, than whom Soom N took from
htm lessons Of wisdom. Adam saw beasts as beautiful
and a. strong those which forests Thew have
but reraceG tho same narrow circle and All HAT l. - he
said Of heIn they lived they ca: they drank thew
died The body OF man. indeed soon reaches its ui =.
stature bet the growth OF his SOU is perpetual Mar
yeou the progress OF the species nor less marysuou
That OF the Individual What IN amazing reach doe. the
human nind make during the revolution Of a few shor
year,. The little boy who rocked in the cradle viewed
with delighted eyes the fame Of his nurses candle
now counts the stars and measures their orbits
The scale ascends from idea idea from glory I, Glory
without reaching the limit Of intellectual attsinSoe1t
because Almighty God has said Hitherto shalt tbon On
but further Il is the with respect TO holiness
greater Transformation fakes place in IL heart of the
men whom the spirit OF God inhabits faith hope and
chary are strengthened by exercise the virtues assume
hOlier hue affection is borne with calner humility.
obstacles surmounted with more sublime fJrtit1ie
And Il the with pect o. sin Ia same -ovres
sion takes place while tie soul is recedng from God.
ihpitty becomes more inqutou- last more lecherous
veneeaIce more reyengeiu; designs of blcSer intent
seize the mind the restraints of conscience are overcome
the lost tie Of morality is broken the soul is more potent
In evil all tie faculties Malignant till no shade
inteoses to distinguish the sinner earth from the sin
ner H. hell IL u the same with respect 10 the capacity of
enjoying ara suffering the born in8n feels no want
but hunger, and in death it-ei suffers but single pang
How numerous thc joys aud sorrows, how poignant the
aDgush, how ecstatc the Rapture of youth Manhood
comes. ard new sources OF joy and sorrow open. new
llesnens biad more closely to friends to country TO
the world From the group Of beings around him
the individual selects friends the companion of his youth
the partner Of his bosom new commences: he be-
he father If family; children spring up around
him, who in their turn become parents and numerous
progeny enoircles him he Inno but recirocafe their
symIalhes nature cOmpes him-hs very being ident
hed with tbeirs Nor this participation confined to kind
red bs heart expands itself upon his country he shares
In s glory and is humbed in its disgrace Nor Is his
country the limit for sometimes affection is capable Of
wider range anda The poserity OF Adam, all the nto
gent creatures of God become objects of interest sources
of pleasure and joy The cap OF human happiness il
never completely fun Whittier vii this progression lead
Us He who made man what he is alone can answer tbs
aDi nVsf auduv Il
hss hhS SHH mas The SSH nan nan IN the estimate Of rea
well as Of Holy Writ ask, what can profit aman
~ gain the whole world but lose his soul But there
another thought that interest to this in
terroCeton The soul of has Immortality, attri
butte 70 sublime to give consequence to whatever
possesses it. We have unfadng flower shrub
berry Of perpetual verdure; autumn unclohes the
foress and the forest trees themselves crumbe to
dust The Tiber is not a river of life the Andes
Lot everlasting bls-her very foundation will have dis
appeared from the map of nature the humbest mound
would awake deerer interest were eYerastng but
H. nor any which shines any which
tie fnameut far God and Nature have revealed 70
Us the highest pupofe OF all that merely animal per
formed here and dying, they perish Bat the humbest
being that immortal, is Of more value than the Cheru
ditons, who would hesitate: human being, with the
Kingdom Of God throughout eternityi and Gabriel
with life of thousands of years then TO be botted
out of the map Of being This Is subjec
of breadth and depth which never has been
adequately discussed and be. The
common consent of all nations whether derived from per
time and eemiy-its equally interviewer in the fables of
classic song and the dreams of the jewellers by the Ganges
and the Missouri Moreover in all countries the grave
yard awakes sentiment of awe an instinct so universal
roclams strong conviction in the soul of man that the
pirit of the dead though invisible not extinct Ifthe
Spirit perish with the body, human dust is no
valuable than that of the beast Of the field.
Mans first wish is for endless happiness humiliation is
en- after thought dreadful thought, which
forms till he wishes the deity extinct What depth of
horror lies beneath the thought Immortality alone can
solve the enigma Of human hope But il Is not on such
arguments AS these that the Christian bases his hope is
enough for him that He who made the soul has declared
that il shall exist forever il IL than life il is mmOr
tally that brought to light in the gospel IL declares
that will be called forth 20 the resurrection Of life,
the resurrection OF damnaOni the righteous and
uRrehteous lie down together in the sepulchre assemble
together at the Judgment seat of God but there the sepa
ration will take place Everlasting life Death eternall
egh well the import of these fearful words and remem
Der hat has been said OF endless progression Select
Individual as an object of contemplation; measure his
growing faculties follow him to the bed of death to the
Judgment seat the eternity beyond it, Where is that
being now Perhaps in heaven perhaps in hell Follow
him further In heaven there ia for him progression
through millions Of millions of years, intelligence
increased, virtue exalted, capacity for happiness
expanded Follow him beyond that period and still
being continues and progression quickens in righteous
and endowment But perhaps that being the object OF
contemplation is not in heaven will not agtate that
Question now but having glanced at the OF which
celestial minds capable, ask what in their impartial
estimation il now that being the object OF thy contempla
whose eve hung delighted the luer of his nurses
die What Is the grandeur, what the awulness Of his
don1 What the value Of soul even in the infancy
Of its being. but which as sure as Goa ives, wul
never never die Who can answer this interroga-
ton Such knowledge is too wonderful for US
we cannot attain IT, Take the humbest in this assembly,
ard such is the Of his being such the value Of his
soul And in conclusion AK as i Is go What Is man
profted ii he should gain the whole world and lose his
q Oh God deprive OF the world, OF all