The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-04-16

NO man can look into bis OWE nature ana trace out
live By meat and drink, and unless he overlap his
mare sensual indulgence il By the consciousness Of
nsss L. felt he Is only mere animal Ha may reason
with the philosopher on the comparison which exists
sus Il: % s
contrast II with the Of the other he may show
that the thinks with the same kind Of organism
the other and the proud philosopher may consider this
sxngnishDg any peculiarity there Is In man. and
may ask the post whose song never dies, but anmstss
the pulse Of generations from age TO aesmay ask the
fell Ike living dew upon the exhausted heart OF
manity-may. ask the thinker, whose thoughts
or downwards to the depths Of his own nsturs-
ne may AJAX all these wherein they are distin'
spark peculiar to them, and all that but say that
there something not alone in the os or teacher or
consciousness Of his high nature .nd which Qistin
cuisines him from the best brute that ever ,.yed He
hs se
Ian affection which has no limit and the moment that
man becomes conscious OF that higher nature in him
and just In proportion those higher faculties are
quickened vitazed-so and In like proportion does
live for all the objects and purposes Of his being
Now, may live and do live soaetmes-men lofty
intellect too gifted by God with powers capable OF
| almost any great achevement-who prostitutes these
powers who cast them like diades into the mirs
snd who live as IL they had nothing but animal en-
jog ment to live sor. And there Is still larger class Of
men who are compelled to live in large cities like this as
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really pity the pcor and destitute for, Is not
merely that they are compelled to live badly, not
no. merely that they are insunicsntly clad. not
merely that siekness and suffering come upon their
bodily frames and that disease bows them down, but
msrs condition. whole whole
attention, and that all the faculties which God gave
them be devoted 70 the simple acquiremen. OF he
to satisfy their animal wants, and when that is
done exhausted nature SINKS in sleep And 80 from
SST G and s t. & soss
qualities Of the soul Or OF thinking OF better
than their mere animal existence And there is some
thing wrong in society when the whole OF o mans
quisite 10 enable him to satisfy his physi
cal wants and when he has pes time to seek that which
pa exisence-he deyelopement OF the higher and hoer
faculties of his nature Now Christ In he text before
Un s rasrs 10 m inward e rh;ch must
hare ts alient just the body must have its food;
and he speaks Of himself living in this way BE says,
rived e from the Father And so, whatever station
assign tie Saviour of the rank
great state Of existencewe that he himself says ~
live by tina Father am the highest link in the con-
catenation Of human DEPENDENCY on God am iins OF
him. live BY him. Ny spiritual femy inward being
though it oe vastsr than that Of angel and though
God live BY The Father. SO that man whoae spirit
assimlates Elm to me, must taks my spirit into his
spirit-mnst take my love into his heartmust take my
truth into his take my purity into his soul
until be is wholly incorporated with me spiritually. 1t
is in this way that man yves y MN hs spSse IN tns
food Of the spirit is himself Jegus Christ just as the
outward material substance is the food OF the body
And my friends we truly hve-that 70 the proposition
just as Christ become sssmiated to nature.
we do not live merely when the intellect is satisfied
with truth. We 90 not live merely when our body is
satisfied with food. We do not dsveepe the highest
powers Of orr nature do not R up the compass of
until the ' Of as sss paIs o.
ness of his love, into the depths OF his
spirit INTO the glory IF his victory y, sT sr ss an. E
take it up az a ionale he will find that our spiritual
lite reaches its orlminaton It's highest develop
spiritusi life which in Christ Jesus our Lord.
That is in other words, Christ was the highest con.
the world to attain spiritual end What is the prin
cple tat endS What is the object he aims to yains
We must work By pattern. The n.gasst Ssni t that
tern OF his IDEAL Some man may be q mere inli-
tator He may follow the work which others have done
betote him. Here is a mans second rate artist Hs
does not origin 81 Re merely initiates mo1s group.
Hs does mi rely what another has attempted achieved
before He has copy. He takes his pest models and
springs w. say he does lot copy That is true; he
does from zone y n AZ es S
cop.sa thai. OF that ideal be is imitator So say,
We are al sent the world to reach great end VINO
Jesua CbTisss Can You conceive a character better
than hiss Can you conceive spiritual aim better
The MODE OF Newton it would oe great thing or
II you ccud initiate the model Of Bacon it would 30
tgs ,d up You sasl' '
Shakespeare, .: Homer. Of kaaaelle,, Of Asgeo, it
son,shins in the lie and character Of Jesus Christ
winch dld not rest IN Homer Newton Shakespeare, or
Ratlsele or Angelo there holiness: there Is sp
RI rous IL there Is self sacrificing love, illustrated
the Cross which s found only in the personality o.
s S ssss e are ST.
s rs Wa 1 i've assrsa
spirit bees mes part Of being and he ia On ex.
.he living Father, as his exceency was only
ire sosrg sT,a Of tss nc e gs .sFU%Sa
assinlate ourselves to him and live by him But my
rends Wish you specially TO notice that the state.
mtnt Of Christ IN text before nvolvss duty It
% that asslmstirn but habitua living 1t does not
e live pS psak q %s vs % b o aea
hfs perpetual nutriment-the constant sprung and
substance q his spiritual fsn Now there Is great
genuine religion involved in thAta great idea OF
the working OF religion, as distinguished from
spurious eption of religion; for religion take it,
are no. to take up religion s,afoding, enable
to cpb up to heaven-and many do seem to take It IS
scaaosing and with their various inssrpTs 1s
the of escaping runishment we are not TO ase
it any outward vehicle convey TO destined
becomes part OF "a it becomes Interior aud spiri
tuel substance Of our being and when man is truly
ob;siuss Trough ais religion = he does not make
| use Of bis religion to gain something - he
ives by his rthgon. His religion is cot the money
with which 10 buy bread but It is the bread itself by
I sbich ne continually and steady lives My friends
the great taings in life the things which men live
by and must have from day to day They not the
things that he desires merely to minister his facti
tous tastes Anything man Is lviog for IS merely a
condition o: his being il is not che essential thing Of
life. Cns is living for fortune Day By day he
cumulaes but that fortune Is not essential to hts life
it Is not essential thing bis existence. Another
Is living for some bright object Of ambition, which
circumstances
borne steadily before his star Lit eye and his endesvor,
through all the long nights OF stuey BY the dim lamp
light gain intellectual emnsnce, and by avaing him
self Of slippery combinations of dexsercus political
arts, to become statesman. Another Is trying
the red field Of war and over prostrate men
| 70 climb upward TO scms high path OF imporis
ambition Bus shtse things not essential to
| lie. Al the sovd things Of life they
aar Ia and which M rnutt lixa, - q