New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-21

'e he time thai this truth Of the Tri nns God was
saearIy announced he was no longer dmiy concevedas
remote and shadosy causailty, but appeared az all
a. h rood and beautiful and true; goodness Itself
ipcarpste and intercedDg, redee ming and Inspiring
The union Of liberty love and light the lndnite cause,
the Infinite Mediator the Infinite IN and with the uni
verse the psraclee aud the comforter The doctrine
spce communicated to man was not 20 be eradicaied.
spread widely swiftly, and as silently AZ light;
srd the idea Of God with Us dSelt and dwes IN every
system OF thought that can pretend TO vitality IN
every Oppressed nation whose struggles to De free
have the promise of success in every soul that signs
for redemption.
Ill This brings me to the last division OF my sub
iect That God has dwelt, and dweis with humanity
u not only the pobest illustration of its nature, but
the perfect guarantee for its progress. We are en-
terIg on a new era IN the history Of the race and
though we cannot cast its horoscope at esst may
IN some measure discern the cOur.e Of its motion.
Here we are met, at the very threshold Of our ar
gbm.pt by an afteIbrth OF the materslism Of the
last century feeble effort il making TO reconstruct
society the simple observation of the laws of the
visible universe. The systemis presented, with AFRO
CANT profession, under the name of the Positive
Philosophy" and deduoes fs lineage through the
EIglisb Ubitaranlsm Of Prestley and Besham, and
the French maieralism which eliminated in Brous-
sails. II SCOTS at all questions of metaphysics
and religious faith insOuble and unworthy
Of human attention, and sets up the banner
Of an affirming creed in the very momen. that
il describes It's main Characteristic refusal TO
template 10 recognize the In6oe. How those
VINO thke tneir opinions from nODDtr hDO LOCKE
Their coBtbeI tai interpreter and still adhere to the
philosophy which owns sources Of knowledge but
abe senses can escape the Illuminating yose OF this
new system, leave to them TO discover But the
system little entitled 20 be feared as 20 be re-
ctived. When 1t has put together all that II can
collect of the laws Of the materi4 universe, it can
sdvaDce further toward the explanation OF exist
enee, morals or reason. They who listen as well to
the instructions OF inward experience, may emile at
tie cir Of wsdOm with which scheme that has no
bsss in the soul is presented 10 the world as new
universal credible Catholic Church of the mate
Iialist. Its handful OF acolytes wonder why they
remain 80 lew. But Atheism never holds sway
over human thought except az a usurper-no child of
its own succtedIBg. Error II a convertible term
with decay. Fulsehood and death are synonymes.
Fal,eboOd can gain no permanent foothold in the m
mortal soul: Tor there he abiding real faith
except in that which is eternsy and universally true.
The future of the world will never produce race OF
Atheists and their casual appearance Is but the evi-
deLce Of some III. understood truth-some mistaken
direction Of the human mind-some partial and i'm
perfect view Of creation. The Athelst denies the lie
OF life, which is the source OF liberty. Proclaming
himself a mere finite thing OF to-day, he rejects al
connection With The infinite. Pretending 10 search
for truth, be etjures the spirit OF truth Were II
possible that the world could become without tod,
that greatest d. athtbe death OF the race-woud en-
sue: and when better creation should succeed there
woulo no more be knO Of the departed one than
known OF the mastodoD or the iebthyosaur IL ~ be,
ceuse cannot separate himself from ms inward
experitDee his yeaTDiDg after the infinite tina,
he is capsbls Of progress-hat be can receive re-
Geiob, whose history is the triumph OF night over
evil, who're symbol is the resurrection
The reciprocal relation between God and humanity
constitutes the unity Of the race The more complete
recognition Of that unity is the first great promise
which we receive from the future. Separate nations
have indeed had tber separate creeds, Institutions
and homes. The commonwealth OF mankind, as
great whole, was not to be constructed in one gene
ration but the different nations are to be considered
az its OmDoDen parts prepared IKE so many seph-
rate springs and wheels one day to be put together
To- lfro fau IN leo
GRAPHICAL research has penetrated nearly every part
OF the world revealed the paths OF the ocean, aud
cbrOnicled even the varying courses OF The WINDS;
while commerce circles the globe AT our Aniipoies
anew continent, lately tenanted only by the widest
of men the strsBgest products of nature the kan
gsIoo and the quadruped with the bill of Bird rises
into existence outpost Of civilization one day
TO do service in regeDerating the world
In this great work country holds the noblest
rank. Rome subdued chiefly the region around the
Mediterranean and the EuxiDe both inland seas; the
German E9pire spread from the German Ocean to
the Adriatic. Our land extends far into the will
derness and beyond the Wilderness and while
on this eide the great mountains it gives the west
ern nations of Europe theater for the renewal
Of their youth, on the trans montaDe side the
hoary civilization Of the farthest antiquity leans
forward from Asia 10 receive the glad tdings of the
new messenger of freedom. The islands Of the
Pacific eDtreat our protection; and at our suit the
En- pife Of Japan breaks down its wall of exclusion.
Our land is not more the recipient OF the Of all
countries than of their ideas. ABnbilae the past Of
any one leading nation Of the world ana destiny
would have been changed. Italy and Spain, in the
persons OF Columbus and Isabella joined together for
the great discovery that opened America 10 emi gra-
ton and commerce. France contributed 10 its inde-
pendence; the search for the origin of the language
We speak carries us to India our religion Is from
Palestine; of the hymns sung in our churches some
first heard in Italy, in the deserts of Arabia
some on the banks OF the Euphrates; our arts come
from Greece; our jurisprudence from Rome our
maritime code from Russia; England taught us the
system of representative government; the noble re-
public of the United Provnces bequeathed 10 10 the
world Of thought the great idea Of the liberation of
all opinons in The word of action, the prolific prin
cple of Federal Union. Our country stands there.
fore more than any other, assthe realization of the
unity Of the race.
There one institution so wide in its influence and
CONNIE ciioDs, that it may already be said 70 rep
resent the intelligence of universal man. | have
reserved TO this place reference TO the press which
has obtained its majestic development within the
last fifty years till il forms the controlling agency
IN renoystDg civilization; surprising in the extent and
effectiveness of IFS teachings the lessons OF the acade-
my, and of the pulpit The invisible power of the
magnetic ether does not more certainly extend
tbroug bout the air and the EARTH than the press does
by ts nature give impulse to the of thought,
80 that vibrates through the world. The diversity
Of Dsiionalities and of governments continues; the
press Illustrates the unity of mans intellectual life,
and constitutes sethe organ Of collective hum snity.
By the side of the press, the system OF free schools
though still very imperiecuy developed, has made
such progress since the day when II existed only in
Geneva and in Of the parishes of Scotland that
We are authorized to claim il of the future a uni
verssl institution.
The moment we enter upon the consideration of an
enlarged sphere Of rational existence, we may as well
believe In beings that higher than ourselves as in
those that are lower and it is not irraton TO inquire
after the extent Of nelk ctua life Inquisitiye minds
have asked whether there is plurality of worlds
Ihoucncn clearly warrants the opinion TIL the plan
cts and the stars are teDanted to be tenanted
by inhabitants endowed with reason; for though man