New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-17

divide the world.
Outide Of Divine ard Authoritative Rsvel stien,
men have bad but che ~as Of estimstnS the value
Of man. He was 70 them simply creature OF time,
sbo 10 be judged in the scientific method by his pie
The Greeks and the Romano had no better
way. They did not know enough Of his origin, his
Dature, bis destiny TO bring these int account IN
e,tmstipg man. Accordingly they could d. no better
than 10 studs him In his developments and rank him
by the PowIR which he manifested. Nav, If bots.
DIST should describe biennial plant, whose root sod
ct. IN belong 10 season, whose blossom AID frali
belong to smother as If iba. were the whole OF 1t
which The first ear produced he would commit the
ZANE mistake ~hich the heatnen idea Of man com
mite in measuring AID esrms,ing bsiog whose true
life comes hereafter, by the Developments rhicn ne
makes Id Oily this world.
Forn this esrtbly side Of msn springs the most I'M
portsni practical RESULT. For, the doctrine OF man,
simply as be IS IN ss ie, logically dedaees A5tet2t-
I'm G.d hyisfOcTocy.
II the porer Of PRODUCING effect, lie the criterion Of
value The few Will always b. the nost valuable, and
the mtss. relatively, subordinate. and the weak and
low est will be left helplessy worthless.
Ard the mass Of all the myriad that do live are OF
no more scc cunt than working animals ard there s;
such theory, 10 reOop, pT'0rt, why they shosh
not be controlled by superior men, and mads 10 90
that for which they seem TIE best ht'ed-W0rs ana
Drudgery Ouy long experiment cCu!d teac1 ooc
time contrary 10 the logical presumption srsIDg from
week.-mrs.. There could be no doctrine OF human
rigAs. 1t would be simply a doctrine Of human
forces. RieM would be word 10 much out OF pace
a. amorg birds and beasts. Authority would 20 with
productive greatness, ~ gravity goes with msss IN
matter The wbOe chance Of Right and the whole
theory Of Liberty springs from that part of man tia.
lies beyond this lie.
Assna,erial creature, man renks among physical
forces Rights come from his spiritual nstire The body
il Of The earth ana returns 20 tsrh aud judged by
esr,bly measare'. The soul is Of God, and returns
70 Goo and il judged by Divine estimates: And
this il the reason Why frea, unOhsiruc,ed Bloe AL
WAYS works toward imam rights. IL 10 the only
-. II. tuyN mt fha ruGa a
lsboring masses an eDtrench against oppression:
Whist then, lie thst theory of Inan which Chrs-
taDity gives forth y
il reg arcs man not as perfect thing, put INTO me
"a blo,som and die ~ q perfect flower doth nan -
,oeJ ara bi-b h DIaniing. He il in life Tor cult
walton not exhibition he is here chiefly TO De actd
on not TO be Oh sracteristcally agent. For
though man il alec actor, he is yet more recip
ent. Though he produces efects, he receives a
thousand fold more than be produces. And he 10 To
be estimated by bis capacity Of receiving Lot OF do
ipc. lie has hLs least rdfae IN rtdt ne cdq DO; at
ice in uhat he IS capable i harng done TO HIM. The
eye the gar the tongue, the nerve Of touch, are all
simple receivers. The understanding, the aztec ions,
the moral sentiments, all, are, primarily and charac
tersticay, recipients Of II tueIce ard only second
arly agents. Now bow dfeIen is the value OF ore,
dead ia It's silent waiting places from the wrought
blade, ibe all but living engine snd the carved and
curious uteIsl
OF how little value is shp standing helpless on
the s'ocks-but halfbuilt, aud yet buildog-to one
helpless hulk will .come the moment size slides into
her element, and iies and falls upon the food with
JOY ous greeting
The value Of an acorn IL not what ii is but what ii
shall be when nature has brooded it, a0d brought ii
up, and a hundred years have sung through It's
bI snches and left their strength there!
He then hat judges man by what he can do,
Judges him in TIE seed. We must see him through
some lensos--wo must prefgure his 'mmort atty.
While then his industrial value in life must deoend
pbst hoc do bsy he I'M heJi IF
mo, al vslue which bears rela ion 70 his poreT but
10 biz future destiny.
This view assumes distinctness and intensity when
We edd TO il the relationship when subsiss between
man and his Maker.
This relationship begins in the fact that are
created in the divine image; that are connected
with God. therefore not by Government alone, but
by nature.
The teaching Of Christ snity that every human being
is dear 10 God: teaching which stands upon that
platform, built high above all human deeds and his
torres, the ADVENT DcarLaton, passion. and death of
Christ, Bs q Savior Of Me1
The race is a bIothefho God is the Father, Love
is the law Of this great human common wealth, and
Love knOss 10 serytude. Ii is that which gids with
liberty whatever il touches.
One more element TO human liberty is contributed
by Christianity, in tho solemn degelopmen, of mans
sccour liability TO God by which condition hereafter
springs from pure character here
However heavy that saying liz, every one of US
the life Ct The race
You cannot present man as subject Of Divine Cow
errn ent, held responsible for 'us, compared with
which the most momen, us earthly deeds are nsig-
nifc8nt, Piled with influences accommodating from
eternity sud by powers which, though they begin on
earth in the cradle gentle mothers voice singiag
lullaby go upward, taking every ibIng IA they co.
till they reach the whole power Of God aud working
out Iesus thst out ss time and the sun, and revolve
for ever in flaming circuits of disaster, or in sacred
eli cles Of celestal bliss You cannot present man as
the center and subject Of such august and eternal
drama, without giving him something OF the grandeur
which resides IN God himself and 10 the spheres oil
in MOI alify
Who shal trAe with such creature, full bound
upon such errand through life, snd swelling forth
to such destiny Clear the place where he stands
give bin room and help, but 10 hinderance, as he
tQups for eternity loosen the bonds OF man, Tor
God euds him take OF all impediments for it is his
life and death struggle for Immortality
III at this effect Of account ability % God was felt by
the inspired writers, cannot be doubtful 10 any who
weigh such language az this:
So then every Of shall sve account OF him.eito
.Sa, "a ,slS not 90 no. ysf stunino MON Q, az oeoa
sion 10 JaA ~ As brOlae,'s Tay"
BY making msn important In the sight OF God ne
becomes sacred 10 his fellow. The more grand aud
far aching the divine claims, the greater is our
Conc pton Of the scope and worth Of being. Hlmsn
rie hts become respected in the ratio in which human
responsibility Is felt. Whatever objections men may
hold TO Puiitansm--thtir theory since the days Of
ST. Augustin has constantly produced tendencies TO
liberty and prevalent belief in the natural rghts Of
maE-sDd on account Of that very feature which, to
many has been offensve-its rigorous doctrine of
human accountability. Here, then, is the idea OF man
which Christianity gives in contrast with ths inferior
and degrading heather notions Of man. He Ia being
but beSua ON earth-a seed only planted here for its
first growth He is connected with God, not as all
matter Is by proceeding from creative power but by
partial ing the divine nature by the declared persona
sfe ction OF God, witnessed and sealed by the pres
tnce ard sufferinss of the worlds Redeemer He is
a being upon whom is rolled the responsibility Of
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