New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-03-29

irg IT. the eng.h OF time during which i, w.s p-eps-
iIg the gradual announcement Of for the space OF
ItG wears the mysteIIo Us unOn at DE- Is aul HUI
n spity 10 TIE persor Of Lord Jesus ri,t the
gory prd difficulty of Savior ep,sro,se /, &C.
cOmrs Jog 4; the force and number OF the enemies
Which ne oyc.came, AID especially hi. yto-;e over
the great Ere brand Of the uuverFe-,he iuerns on
cart from glory the sSorn foe " Almighty coodre,s
the price feLd of He'll tie bessugs of the re lemp-
ton has procured the eternal oneq geuoes dep, nd
ing upon reception Its rejection and boy ar eel.
the uAtsenPers, tie moisters Of me.-eazer 20 DO
Justice 10 he manifold wisdom Of tbs grand scheme
Of s.iyAtiou ard the greatness and grsLdeur were
becoming to the dvne majesty of its inuite Author.
ltdeed, every thing 10 the universe OF God u little,
mehn limited, unntegestlng, worthless, when com
pared with the excelleEcy Of the ledge OF Chris.
Jesus Our Lord Ard let me here say that the yalue
of The soul Il and the cepths Of III. fall are yast
Hence the astonishing method TO recover which is
here fsvealeda God IncsTuste, Goldman suffering
be ecii 2. grosI lng dying for msa-s an object of
such majesty and grandeur az 20 be far bcyoad
| the conuehd OF the faculty of the human m'nd a.
| the vsstness Of TIE universe. II is impossible 10
trace the lights OF the conceptions Of wisdom end
| power Of GOd-world- upon worlds systems upon
| systems, tie heavens an assemblsge OF suus each
| surrounded with its wsLdeTing attepd.nts only
are evioencee that make the redemption of man
problem for g. mind Of man, whose greatness and
rover press upon one another until calculation il de-
| fested and imagination is exhausted in following out
cone after consequence snd until dlyne faith
i-ef tolls in vain 10 follow out the m revelation
| which Il can never fully comprehend. Every man,
therefore should become interested in this glorious
scbeu IF merry until the Angel having the everlasting
Gospel "a reach shall announce n tire % He
thu Ievoed Planet Of Gods almghty empire has eel
this glory of he redeemed world aud shall peal forth
RE Iicus response. and mngle this music with the
raptu Gus strains Of Heaven.
We ray then. ire tut of grandeur, the Word
Ct God and the glorious scheme OF salvation which
reveals. is full of immortal grandeur. Agsn we
observe, fire II OF very gracious che'acter on now
comforting this element 10 tbese poor bodies Of ours;
how
Sun paor scene, and bow city and kindly does
Il IL mper the winds 10 the ehoTn lamb. And 30 We
| may say that the VOID of God and the glorious
scheme which il rever z, sets forth the eternal love
of God; ard this il in tie method of tire 9tiug
with the man who embraces the Gospel they are
methods of sweetness, of gen'leness, OF wooins
AID bewaing.
God almighty does not carry on this glorious cause
BY force OF arms; He d es not drive men into Il as
worldly cOpquerers have done, nor does as lid Ma
homet plum der men estates and wOlnd their bodies
in order to imprint religion upon their souls and does
not erect glhbets kndle iaggCts to men to
covenant with Him. OBJ what multitpdes OF men
might God have raised up by His power, NJ we'll a.
others had done; what legiOns Of angels might He
have lei dsZvOused in Heaven, ard have beaten men
into a participation with His religion. But does
| not our Heavenly Father He addressed ratona ex.
postust.Ons to move men voluntarily to comply; ire
language If His ip and be AIT is Come now, and let
us eason together; though your sins be scarlet
they shall be as WOOL though they DO red ike crlm
son they shall be snow The Eternal Dol'y, In
stead of saving by cion or by blind TAI atty iu-
yer us to come end together basis OF an ir
teectual decision; the great God uses tho arms OF
His own exceency and OF our necessities to NOV, US
voluntarily to comply with His requlsition
When ADAM in his frat transgresslon, tramped an
the love of Goa that love not Crushed, though he
csst out him from his home; but blessed God, 1t
still encsses him. have sometimes thou 1T that II
any single trait OF the Deity could trs oend the
rest tina. trait his compassion. Oh It beats IN
the heart of hs Son, and did while he upon earth
it beamed bis eye, it bIesthed in his lip, and 1t lived
| in ali his life. He becsme a babe in the manger of
Bethlehem weary wanderer in the journey OF life
seonzipg in the garden OF Gethsemane, and when the
last bolts of death fell upon him he barred his boeou TO
the blow. He seemed deter mined That the blood OF
the oruciied should save the souls OF the crucihers
lie seemed determined that the very beings VINO
would have murdered mercy should be saved
| by that mercy. Oh, it wondrous work
which Christ performed while he was IN this
world He arOso IRON that coalition OF Deity
| and humanity ana took in his grasp this glorious
array Ut PROVINCES which Satan had calculated on as
bis righlful territory, and by one mighty impulse
| threw Il back into the galaxy OF JenoVsh favor,
while angel arctangel, cherubim and sersphih sang
glorious triumph OF this stapendons achievement;
ard then he called upon the angel driver TO proceed
ard he was again upon his glorious throne, where
light he pleads you and l. Let ne say he nteiccde
for US not With burning tears and chohsd UT rance
but throws his bleeding upon the crystal moor oil
heaven and his broken body and shed blood, ana they
arc the neTce.sons OF giant. 80 that not ~ aUect
| words does the Captain Of our salvation lntercsde
but by bis ress,less deeds and victories on Calvary
pleading not petitioner, but rather Ike glorious
copqueTor claiming the trophies which belong to HIN
How grscious does this work appear when we con-
meet the pardon Of those who CruCed Tue son OF Ls
and when We know that many Of them are now best
| fed sants in Heaven. What An idea this H OF the
| goodness of Almighty Gcd; II shines out from the
marty dom of the Cross, and round fiim tonight IN
Heaven with regal majesty from HIS glorious
throne Look at His forehead that once was crowned
with tholns and look at His hands and feet that we've
once pierced with nails fIom that brow there u now
| besmiDg blss immortal upon myriad OF the re-
deemed The emblem Of the Gospel IL the rainbow
spar ming with an arch of peace and love the entire
human family 30 long there is one sinner our oi
bell every man should be interested 10 push this work
| forward. The seng Of the Christian should be:
'wsn wsh ye winds this story.
And vow - wsters roll,
| iii, like ss-a OF glory,
tsp:esds from pole to pole
Ihus q. fire Is gracious in lis character comforting
| the BODY % the Word CT God, His blessed Gospel, Is
| a work II glece To man, .
Aosip fire il not only full If grandeur, but tire IL
| Eliminates Row it leaps fronits torches 1t midnight,
how throw out ts rays OF light along the e4rth NE
the ecntillstions OF THOUSAND stars TIL II dies away
| ike the ruby light OF the expiring rocke;: so the
word OF Cod is glorious illumipator; this blessed
book explains II an 10 himself; and lei me sey 70 nv
| logical fend if he IL here, and ] respect every n IN
VITO deres tn speak ont his opinion but II you take
away this Bible ana bot out revealed resi?n no man
| On earth can explain himself 10 hluseh or
| any one else. Mar himself rs p compete MESS
| III contradictions. As to biz capacities he Is
noble, but in mis- habits he J. sbject and vilei
bi. j. expansive and comprehensive and eIeyat-
ed but hi. passions are Gns childish and perverss;
ms mind ia vast, YET his desires are impure and cor
upttd bis destlBy him loose from the earthly
vel his propep-itics chain him to~n to earth h.s
thoughts sIe full Of grapneur ont hls anecons ore
psrrow and oroyaline in bis aspirations ne rises up
10 Gre sngel~ in be vices be cnAs below tue oIute
u lis cone Lions Of fatury innetsy and ete NIFTY,
| lie j. uone tu. IN hs f1l,es, IN he desires, IL -
pursuit., ~ Is lrited jsgrsced, cnIdl.n. me ~ nc
l. - NJ e snr,.ns nm t ne sra regealei rs-