New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-02


Asd mos. SgosiLi,g fc,us-sufsred IN Hs ovn psrson
the most crue and malignant assaults Of oil the hells
ard all :his, that he might p9: Himself INTO
lslen humanity, and 30 redeem and save man
from ain and its ,ences Oh think my frieods
what must be the worth OF MS in the divine esti
msiiop what mus. be his cepsoilties of eIaltstion
and bs. on the one hand, OF degradation and wo on
lhe o.her. 20 Justify that smszrg wealth Of means
vhich the Heaysnly Father ksa employed and for-
ever smo,oys to redeem and save hin-to subdue his
perveYse dispcsiticas 10 deseisp hs nober faculties,
bring him up to his full heavenly stature, the me ss
u,e OF an arse-bring him into conjunction vita HIM
self Yes mo con action ,cA Hingsty: for ss man
was the end for which oil ether things were created
90 he end Of man according 20 the divine purpose
was conjunction with the Leia-e asone"e.s
spli, and tsmper of his minds to his will snd un-
derstsr dipg-vith the Word OF God. Aoide 70 me
and in you the eternal purpose the eternal oesre
and effort Of the Heavenly tstAer e9nestnIng an ns
me ard I in h,m, the same bringeth forth nlurch
fruit for without me We can DO nothing NOW
Is orly BY beartng much trpt-splfitusi lfut-tne
fruit Of heavenly love and WISDOM, wnien evennore @
pnmpts Ia deeds of kndness and benehcence-thas
the Heavenly Fathe. h eoried or the honor of srae
Christian di.cpt chip secured The spiritual conf inc
ton or one ment Of the creature with the creator
then--the marriage uaion OF the soul WIN Us 1oa-
this ia the end for which was created tas Is the
perfection of humanity; this is the highest state TO
which man or anse can attain, though the eoejunc-
ton may take place different degrees OF funessi
this opens the fountains Of life within uorngs Us INTO
close and bissful alliance with God who alone % life
imbues with God hike dispositoes and
Ne forth on God-hke errands OF love ana mercy
opepe the VIII DOVE Of heaven in the SOUL ana pefmts
the light srd warmth OF the upper spheres 10 descend
with all their healing influence upon us-makes US,
in a word images Of God, for we bee mo like Aim
with whom We are spiritually corjolned. In the de-
gree that this conjunction takes place. our spirits hold
Communion with the Divine Spirit; we experience the
delights and bless eduess of the Lords own love. He
comes in and sups with US and We with hun. Ihere,
fJre saith the Lord Blessed are they who are cauea
"to the marriage supper of the Lamb" rny
ment which the Divine Being himself makes to every
regererste soul But hat marriage unon Of the soul
with its Maker which constitutes the fullnese, per-
fiction and JOY of human existence on earth and IN
heaven, cannot take place except upon GER
tain conditions nor without the employ OF means.
And among the means essential 20 this heavenly mur
rage is prayer. Without prayer 70 God no soul can
ever be spiritually united to him. Man alone s capa'
BILE of this unicn bee ause he alone Is capable OF wor
ship But true worship consists not in words or ormc
but in the humble and hearty acknowledgment OF the
Lord ss the Fou ntan Of Life and OF all lite blessings
ard the reverent bending of the soul in sdors,ion Oh
His unspeakable wisdom, goodness and mercy, ana IN
the ardent desire and solemn purpose to DO his wii
This ia that worship of the Esther which 10 In spirit
and in truth-true spiritual worship, Whicn may De
performed in the street and on Change, In the Held
ar in the shop and in the counting house and In al
the varied walks of our ery-dsy life. And yet the
deep desires Of the heart love and are ever seeking 70
express themselves in words and forms. Toe
PRAYER of the heart, therefore, finds expression
in words which the lips do utter Internal and spr-
tua worship goes forth into external and formal wor-
ship Cocsecratsd hearts make consecrated Pisoee.
Men in whose souls the Lord has taken up ms soods
will build and dedicate house TO his service. ana
thus it is that states OF worship the inner ~O.a
world Of matter. Tho one % the legitimate end
normal outbirtb Of the other and corresponds with
t. as every natural effect does with its spritns
esus: :,. az nrIe pcsEiEg sacred within himwould
construct no material temple or place OF worship,
if in his nature there were 20 religious eiemens
hsLd, o. lorg as mans nature remains essentially
what it is, and the religious element endufes, aud
states Of worship are experienced, long men must
and will, and ought to, build places Of worship Then,
the FIRE is quer ched on Gods altar, and religion
al worship have died out Of the human heart. And
not only places or houses OF worship the normal
Or ducts and correspondents OF internal states OF
ship, but they have direct tendency TO strengthen
ma ure and perfect those sstes and 70 produce other
similar statesust tree or plant has IN Itself tne
conaus the constant endeavor and tendency to pro-
duce other seec similar to that from which It sprang
reacts upon mind The internal shapes the
external but the extsrns in its tuIn modes the form
and quality of the internal But let it be Remembered
that The temple we have here begun TO build Is, like
Tne grand reality here symbol,zed and Swallowed
forth lie in the soul Of man. It's there dod True ana
living temple is upresred. Tn there, In consscrated
hearts, and not in temples made with hands, that his
Holy Spirit degps to dwell. The true " building OF
God" and that 10 whi,h the one we design here to
construct is only subsidiary, is 20 house not made
" with hands, eternal in the heavens Yes; the soul
of man of it's false persuasons and evil lust
the regensrete human soul-this Is Code own
temple It's foundation and walls arc Of all manner
of precious stones-the precious truths OF Gods
eternal Word-sdmirsbly adjusted and csmented BY
the hand Of the Divine Architect himself This Is the
grand reality Of which che material temple we have
begun here TO construct only the shadow and sym.
boil "Know ye not" says the Apostle TO his CORN.
THAN brethren that ye are the temple OF God, ana
"thst the spirit Of I'd dSelleth in you |" And again
be ssi;h: "For the temple Of God is holy, which tenn
pie ye sre II is for the perfecng of this inner iv:
ing temple that the outer Gfeless one of brick and
stone s here 10 be upreared And the stone OF prime
significance in this outer temple-the stone OF prime
importspce-the stone which squares the building and
determines tie position Of each OF its wals-tne stone
which supports and binds together oil the other stones,
and gives strength compscIhess and UNITY " the "noo
edfce is the CoRsER-STosI What Ia the gre
which this stone symboliZesi We have It declared,
in the ap peuage of Scripture, Therefore thus satin
the Lord God, Behold Icy in Zion for fouadatlon
"a Stone, q tried Stone precious Cornerstone, q
" cure fouposicr." tl-si.h. 1Xvu., To- AND the
Apostle in his letter 70 the Epoesan brethren says;
Nov therefore, ye are OF the housenold OF Gn,
" ard are built upon the foundation OF the apostles
and prophets, Jesds Chr himself beng me chei
oorpsrstOne, in whom all the building, dly framed
together grOwe,h unto an holy temple IN tue Lord
in whom ye slso bu,lded together for an hsota;
" tiop Of God through the Spirit" The great and
FUNDAMENTAL truth CT Cbristsni'y-that walch pre-
emnenly dis,ing religion from all other re,
gioni-thst which underiss ald interpenetr,tes all
it, other truths, giving cohsrencs stability and unity
TO them a s the truth Of the Divine Inc arnsIon-tho
Word made 6esh-tne Divinity revealed ia Toe hu-
manty-the Fs,eer in the Son-God IN Cnri:t recon
ciliI the world until Himself. In word. u Is the
rasf cnncerning the Lord Hmseli as the DE-