New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-22


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a. r. .SsnsifsS So truth " reason. before Il he
-. IL u,n.strAted IS sn historical fact II must,
- ss,sa, w,,y>ls Ne ACKNOWLEDGED hy the scientific
s.heNest before IL can become adeQuatcl, organ.
,,.ra in lnstsaacus And The scientific intellect.
according &c nv conception ot tho case. must Gre
h,ge rrcve dccile 20 tAc instruction attended on
SAis rcvt kN Christianity which. when viewed by
fAe ksAf ri spiritual Sws IS the only authentic
revelation N the divine relations ~ msn. Neither
r,ur,er nor CNva;c &sS'cus sny sclcnhac worth 70
Eevcls;sca reUrie5 Is doubtless tho moro rover
rrtsal ;ntclic; al the two. ha; even he. with all
lis goodwill does no Justice to the question Of
tie egiein 81 the sccSl instinct. He makes il date
slclasivel, from the constitution Of human nature.
And tbs in spite ot the ages oi Internal discord
AMI Inequality between man Sud msn. which all
A;story AvoucAcs. Sg7ely. ii human fellowship had
been an outSrewih Of human nature VIC should
have seen before this time some iTrcpressihlo eX-
hNiticns Of t. Hum&a nature has had full plsy
Gnier every stimu,an; a plenty and want, or OF
pleasure and pAiu. and yet il has never exhibited
man as dong ~ others Whist he would have others
10 20 himself Oln The contrary. every man who
las ever ful&l.ed the royal aw IN tie most infni-
Rsiyral measure, knows perfectly well that he has
done SO without any help from his nature, that is
20 s., by the inspiration Of distinctly supernat-
arsl motive Since the world has stood no man
ever performed an sc, OF love TO his brother with
out Sn implication e tie sentiment of duty, or
Whist is the same thing recognition Of some SUI
pericr obligation 70 that OF his nature. How
childish therefore, 70 talk Of society as the out
growth of xnfar1! laws or 70 regard il in any of
IFS stages IS anything short of 4 supernatural phe
nomeuon Natural laws might account for human
scciefy. provided you mean by the word nothing
more than simple brute gregsrOusness. based upon
the play Of natural afiinties among its subjects:
though | an by no means certain even of this.
But clearly the phenomenon of human society
means no such thing as this. Ii means the fellow
ship Of those who in the intensest spiritual an
tsgcnism or who, in all interior respects. are as
wide apart IS heaven and hell. 1t means the sci
eBti6c fusion or unity of characters as mutually
repugnSnt as oil and vinegar. The technical go
cialst looks upon human nature as intrinsically
undepraved or unfallen, and insists that its
alterations argue only the influence of falls-
cous doctrines and OF vicious circumstances.
With him, consequently, nothing is needed for
the perfect evolution OF society but the Moderation
Of our existing doctrines and circumstances. | am
far from undertaking these advantages. lam quite
sure that they are both imperstively demanded by
the necessities of the human race. But | Am
equally sure that society has needed far deeper
inauguration than those things afford prefer to
accept facts as they offer, and find myself thus
compelled TO infer that human history has suffered
al immense spiritual blight. 1t seems to me to
be the pslpable lesson, both of history and of cur
rent observation, that all men are naturally in
clined to supreme self.loye some in cOarser,
some in subtler forms, it is true but all with like
reality And | cannot believe, therefore, that un-
der the inspiration of this sentiment they could
ever naturally tend TO fellowship. They must nat
urally tend to consume and plumber each other
the strong the less strong, and the weak the more
weak for selfloye is obviously dividing, not
uniting force and accordingly whatever tendencies
TO fellowship men exhibit, logically confess them
selves the effect of supernatural causes.
Thus / take it that all government and Law, all
those institutions whose aim has been TO maintain
order 10 the world or what is the same thing TO
nurse the sentiment of human fellowship, confess
a strictly supernatural genius, or have been the
providence and appointment of most active and
unfateriDg Divine love. But must defer what
more have to say to another letter. HIT.