The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-10-07


good government to the Commonwealth.
In connection with politics, he conrived to dove
tail and DIT in ausion to President Pierce and the
cunning cruelty OF his Cabinet and the ferocity
Of his ruiansn besides fling at the venal or parti
ssl presses, which support him and them in their al.
legged warfare against free soilism in Kansas and
with otherwise occasional leaking out OF his anti
slavery proclivities and fanatcal views.
He said that there were four things much better
calculated than vain attempt to solve the mystic
visions prophesies Of Ezekiel to hasten or bring
about the 80 called millennium These were l. The
culture development OF wisdom, or the power OF
mind, (including the power or sense of beauty, on
which he said books, called religious laid very little
stress ID Justice, or the rule OF right which made
men conform TO the natural operation OF their moral
powers. Sd. Affection, or the power OF loving,
which led men out of selfishness into love Of
their fellow creatures and benevoence. 4th.
Pety, or the power and habit OF loving
God, as an object of lively trust and abiding
| confidence, instead Of one Of unholy terror. And
here he dwet for while on the abuse Of that i've
shs
and whining aud snivelling tome, which were 50
commonly mistaken for, or regarded as, that truly
hauowed thing and noble homage OF the heart to
manifested by love OF holiness and of infinite per-
lection in all its forms, and in susceptibility to the
beauty of holiness No words are half handsome or
ornate enough to describe piety-to depict the
| beauty OF holiness.
| First, he defined agriculture to be the art OF
controlling the general vegetable powers OF ma
ture so "a 10 clothe the earth with beauty, frl-
| GRANGE and plenty, with flowers and fruits, WITH
"mllk and honey and with "corn, and wine
| ana oil. Secondly, mechanics he defined to be
the art of invention construction, fruitful In
the creation or production of CLOTH the house, the
ship, the monument, the pyramid, the catacomo,
/ and the like Thirdly. he defined politics as tine
art OF State and called 1t "the necessity Oh man
kind" but humoroUsly remarked that ITS form de-
pended very much on human caprice and was much
affected by the accident OF a democratic or Know
Nothing Governor.
of universal life. He also characterized 1t as the art
to use that Divine Power, which We call God, and to
use our spiritual instincts as to regulate society
and effect the highest deveopement, perfection and
happiness the human Oar faculties incline US
as naturally and nstir lively to God WINE in the
cellar does TO delight These are our spiritual
instincts The end and aim OF religion are to make
the most perfect man and woman, subjected to COM
mon sense, but common sense regulated by con-
science and enlightened by genius, which is uncom
mon common sense: and To serve God with ali our
powers. God furnishes the materials and the cir
cumstances and man, under the overruling Prov-
dence Of Diety, controls and directs them to human
purposes and RESULTS
That shapes ends, rough heS them how we Will
The religious element Is the strongest OF spi-
ritual gifts and looks 70 eternity a. well as time -
We are beings, having the promise Of the life that
now i and OF that which il % come"
There !. no more mystery in religion than In sgri-
culture. Magic. on the contrary Is the imaginary
ART 10 control nstnre-o trick Jehovah out OF what
We ar, not entitled TO- in hope or by work-snd it is
neither constrained by conscience, nor controlled by
genius.
The mpersonal power Is what we call God or
Holy spirit ana that which is the object OF hu nan
religious worship. whether tina. homage OF the soul
y rendered By Peter. the Roman Catholic; John,
the Protestant; Portl. Sally or Tabiths, Presbyts
rians. JENNA. the Qaakeress; Rebecca the Jewess;
~ the HE The infinite God is in the universe, the
creative power and conservative providence.
Al are bot parts OF one stupendous whole,
Whose bo3y nature Is and q Cd the soul
That, charge through al, and yet ~ All the same,
Great IN the earth a. IL "a ethereal frame;
Warns in the sGn. reresnes q TIE breeze,
CLOVIS 10 the Storm. ana blossoms n the trees;
Lives through Al NE, ex,encs through all extent,
spreads undivided ant operales unspent.
Br la,hes our roni Atoms our mortal part,
A tul. Gs pCr'c1t ~ htr - t-aft.
Al ful a. perfect, o we man mat mourus,
AZ the Iapt tsrlln Thai azores and onTLs-
Tor Inn ~ hgb, 70 lov, 10 great, no small
Ne o.. he bound, CONNECTS, aud equals all.
General confidence and lively trust in the Divine
power wisdom, goodness and perfection OF God
stand high Ia the catalogue OF human virtues
and lead 70 rich enjoyment here, and to nexpress
be happiness here alter. In his presence there Is
fuEess q oy, and o, bis right hand there are plea
suree fOreytTmore.'
Ii i the Development Of natural and general
human power that produces individuals, varying IA
character snd pursuits, such "a sally, Peter Black
Hawk, Alexander, Victoria, and the like; and coll
lects ard aTange men into villages, tribes, planta-
tons, &c.
The phy slcal degeopement Of man belongs proper
" TO physiology we want doctors Of the body,
skilled IN the 81 producing and sustaining strong,
healthy and handsome human bodies. The Irish
woman. with dirty hands and freckled arms, hand
Ing purchasing cabbage IN market, Is the same
Ia prospect in representative or provocative iusu
ry with tie scholar in his library; and the former
may produce, under due conformity to physiological
conditions, higher type Of progeny, m comparison,
than that OF the man OF letters and refinement
yln America, as general rule, few attain emf
nence, who ere bora - wealth; greatness is the
growth Of nature, and IL depends much on the right
OF time and opportunity, whether one shall wear
the comely garments Of elevated humanity, or the re-
spectacle habilments OF the carpenter or the baker,
the motley OF the clown. There are great odds,
Inequalities, in the fidelity OF men - time and y
selfcuiture. The New England States are great In
every thing but IN men: gtei in nature great 10 ART,
bui poor h. They want brave men, and excellent
men and women are rare among them-like angels
visits. "few and far between" Let young and old
lay their shoulders to TIE wheel, and, ~ strong
united and God.aided effort, remove this disparity
between the rational and the irrational creation in
cur New gland abode.
Absolute good IL. in the order Of Providence, toe
end and purpose Of life The prov sldnal means Tor
Us attainment are /. 4 general power Of SELF
command. Strong will and unity OF action
qui.iie 70 control aid govern the passions, when
ike team OF villa horses. they are drawing aid
tearing 10 the right and LETT, and ninging away
from virtue and ptoprieiy into vice and crminaty
This divergence results from instructive passions ia
the young aud reflective ejaculation in the old. Pas
assas and 0yercomes the young, chiefly between
the ages OF eighteen and thirty years. and they
tue Rrog shop, the gaming tlsle, and the ha1nts
Of pollution. Ambition attacks the old or elderly,
between the ages Of forty and sixty years. II Il then
| that ambition reaches it, highest point, and the
great battle OF life i fought. Ambition IL worse
| than debarchery; II hugs and cings to the
old, like the fatal shirt Of Nessus, while passion
conrerds "t5e blessed cup, whose ingredients
devil 20 the Up and the draught Of the young;
| and plunges them in ruin-in "steep down gulfs
OF liquid ire" let men beware Of both, for
wide Il the ruin which the Juggernaut car Of
amlliion leaves In its bloody crushing track and
terrible Il The desolation. when " wine becomes
moe kcr," and strong drink IL raging when
the vine j. rcd when II giveth bis color in the
cup when II biteth, Ike a serpent, and stingeth
once over sensual and selfish passions; avoid
youthful lusfs and that calculating ambition and
sordid covetousrese, which too often beset and
master those of matursr years. 2. knowledge
a right. giving tenderness and susceptibility
TO conssience. ]. Some object OF special anec-
ton. Love some one unseldshly. Without this