The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-21

Of creation a. Tue primal SOURCE cf tie ideal srohtyps
according 20 which tho world fashioned; - boa1
mite one Numbering unconsciousiy in tho n6sits -
Nothing Of this could take hold Of the mind,
maize
| Poor and Baalim
| Forseae their temples dim, =.
or Throw down the affairs OF superstson For the ros
Being should enter into the sbodes and the hearts q
men and dwell thcre that idea of Him should arse
wmcn should include all truth respecting His esssnc
that lie should be known not only a. an abstrct and
absolute cause, but as perfect being, from whose
perfect nature the ueverse /. an ediaence; not -
distant providence of infinite power. AID an
cersin OF inactive WI, but God present in tho 6esh
and all moral and intelligent existence in the cI..os
necessity but a. creative spirit, ndweliins man, s
us presented to the SOUL he touched At once msns.
aspirations, affections and intelligence and faith in ~.
sunk into the inmost heart of humanity IN vain az
the proud and ambitious Arus seek to overlap apirtusa
truth with the fabulous conceptions Of heathensu 10
paganze Christianity and to subordinate its eufranos
asserted .s right OF and ths party Of s"ssr
stition driven from the 6eld. Then doomed Ash
taroth was ecpsed and Osiris was soon no more in nen
phian grove then might have been heard the crash -
the falling temples OF polyheism and instead Of 4s0
came that harmony which holds heaven and earth -
mainly, during the sad conflict which protrsctsa
through centuries for the overthrow Of the past 60
the reconstruction OF society the idea Of an noaraa1s
God carried peace into the bosom Of mankind sThss
faith emsncipated the slave redeemed the captvss
wretched inspired alike the heroes Of thousht ana ~
countless masses The down trodden nations ciunx 70 4
as to the certainty Of their future emancipation s
filled the heart Of the greatest poet OF the middle ageS
perhaps the greatest poet Of all time, that he had 10
earnest to behold in the profound clear
substance of the eternal light that circng Of reelected
light which showed the image Of From the time
that this truth Of the Triune God clearly announced
he no longer dmly conceived q remote and sha
dowy casualty, but appeared all that is good and
eautiful and true goodness itself ncarnate aud in
crsedng rsdee% s and inspiring the union Of Liberty
the infinite in and with the universe, the parssiets
and the comforter Tie doctrine onco communicated -
and silently light, and the idea Of God with -
dwel and dwels in every system that prs
giles to be free have the promise Of In every so
that signs for redemption This brings me to the last div
sion ofmy subject That God has dwelt dwels WITH
nifty is not only the noblest nature
but the perfect guarantee for its progress. We
tering new era in the history Of the race, aaA
though cannot cast its horoscope least may II
some measure discern the course Of Its motion. Here
are met at the very threshold Of argument
feeble effort is making to reconstruct society the
simple observation Of the laws Of the visible universe
the of the Positive Philosophy and deduoes IL
lineage through the English unitarianism Of Prestio
mated in Broussas. II SCOTS at all questions OF meta
physics and religious faith nsolube and unworthy e
human attention; and sets up the banner Of Sirmne
creed In the very moment that 1t describes ts maia
characteristic refusal to recognize the infinite.
How those who take their opinions from Hobbies anA
Locke and their continental interpreters and adhere
to the philosophy which sources bat
the senses escape the humilatng yoke of this
system leave to them to discover But the system =
as little entitled TO be feared at to be received Whsa
il has put together all that 1t collect Of the laws of
the material universe advance further towards
the explanation Of existence morals or reason They
who listen well to the instructions Of inward expect.
ence, may smile at the air Of wisdom with which q
scheme that has basis in the soul presented to th
world u universal creed-the Catholic church e
the materiaist Its handful Of acolytes wonder why
they remain few. But Atheism holds sway ovee
human thought except a. usurper; no child ofiss own
succeeding. Error is convertible term with decay.
s ss ana death are 10 YIN c.
there can be abiding real faith in that which
s eternaly and universally true. The future q ~
world will produce Of atheists and ths1g
casual appearance Is but the evidence Of iuune
stood truth-some mistaken direction Of the hunlsa
mind-some pm tal and imperfect view Of creation TAs
atheist denies the life OF fe which il the d H.
berty froclaiming himself mere finite thing OF to-
tending to search for truth, he abures the spirit u
truth. Were II possible that the world could be-
without God. that greatest death the death q
the race, would ensue and when q better crs a.
ton should succeed there would be to be knowo
of the departed than is known of the mastodon
1 liz i and S
ter the infinite that he i capable Of progress that a.
right evil whose symbols the resurrection. PTS
reciprocal relation between God and humanity con i
tutes the unity of the The complete RECAP
on Of that unity the first great pre- mise which
receive from the future. Separate nations have, indeed
had their separate creeds, and institutions and homs
Tho common wealth Of mankind. great whole.
not to be constructed In generation But the dill.
component
prepared like many ceparate springs and wheels,
day be put together Everything tends to that
summation Geographical research has penetrated nes
ocean and chroncled the varying courses u
winds; while commerce circles the globe At anti
podes continent lately tenaned only BY the wild
est OF men and the strangest product Of nature
the kangaroo and the quadruped with the bill Of biz 4
one day to do service in regenerating the vorii
In this great work country holds the noblest raak
md q III Y hDfh
spread from the German Ocean to the Adriatc. Or
land extends far into the wilderness and beyond tlss
wilderness and while this side the great mountains-
it gives tho Western nations Of Europe theatre for thu
renewal Of their youth the tansmontane side, tn.
receive the glad tidings Of the
gers Of freedom. The islands Of the Pacific cnreat
DOWN ts wall Of exclusion U ' Our land Is not more IN
rc cnt Of the Of all countries than Of their idea
Annlate the past Of any one leading nation Of ti,r
and Spain, in the persons Of Columbus and Isabella
joined together for the great discovery that opened Ae
its Independence the search for the origin Of the a
guage speak carries to India; religion is fo
Palestine of the hymns sung in churches,
we're first heard in Italy in the deserts Of Arabia
the banks of the Eurhrates our arts come from
Greece; our Jurisprudence from Rome; our martins
preventative government the noble republic OF the pn
ted Provinces bequeathed to in the world Of Thought
the great idea OF the federation Of oil opnionsn the
world Of action, the prolific principle Of federal unisr
Our country stands therefore, more than any other
institution 40 wide in its influence and its connscteu4
that II already for all nations represents the ntesencs
OF universal have reserved to this place refcx
to the press which has obtained ITS majestic de
velopement within the last ffy years, till now form
the controlling agency in renovating ciyilization sur
passing in the extent and effectiveness OF its teachiags
the lessons Of the academy and Of the pulpit The in
visible wave OF the magnetic ether does not more
taply extend throughout the air and the earth than
the press does by its give an impulse to the wave
Of thought that ifFibates through the world. The
diversity OF nationaos and Of governments contaues
the press illustrates the unity Of mans intellectual life
and constitutes itself the OF collective humanity
though still very imperfecy developed, has made SUCH
progress the day when It existed only in Geneva
ana in some a the parishes Of Scotland, that
authorized to claim Il Of the future universal p
situton The moment enter upon the considfra
of an enlarged sphere OF rational existence may
well believe in beings that higher than ourselves,
In those tha lower; and IL Is not irrational to in
qurc after the extent Of intellectual nc. Inquisitvs
minds have asked whether there il plurality Of worlds