New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-16

would rSt give hg - be gnIsStesd bf "a tue IlstV
Of Christi neOm against future dsmustoo, raleh hes
slvr,s spuea-sd Z, ne most Idle anxiety when Get
against tts present realty. Hhbt Er0Aa aSder 10
present oamustion OF most poisnsnt 4ushty, sad
would cordially t5snk DR.. ChsPls Sad ~hSeF1
ether good viii wsg go much as bngsr, 70 deavsr
ne from II. We are al OF us GaAhed Already
" IL the only camBstou We snaI ever BE- hsoe
10, 1 doubt rot; and vhst we soogd AL Pty
for, If were wise, would be TO De ao-
damned with present, not prospeciiFe saw a10o.
Ny present dam Understanding to = very intense
scious Of some years iuE-conests IA
my being ubequaly associated by pubic ~ sed pao-
lie seltIulent nit1 fellow and &c my coIirac~
iDg thence spirit Of pride and sonioeenng, Snloa
keeps in perpetual depths Of despondeucy and hu-
miliAtop. | an naturally an iuhrm crestare-igno-
rant, ineIperepced, and consequently prone 10 sell
assertion. When, therefore, tne lag wnioh an
taught 70 nsssure myself by, and incesssuty report
myself TO- iEfsmes this native tendency to SELF iser-
ton and breathes in my heart spirit Of yenge,nce,
instead OF forgiveness for ipjuriee no doubt IL hnds
apt pupil, and if | can only get stage sum
cerily consplcuous-hke the seat OF Government tor
eIsmpe-tO display my proficiency on shan DO II IN
way TO glorify myself sith every shallow secssran
preacher ard every noisy sectarsn editor IN the iand
But then Jou should not blame me dlsobediect 10
the law. Neither nor Mr.. Sickles have done ssy-
thing bat exhibit the true temper of the law. L. for
nv part do daily loathe myself FOL my exquisite oos-
f1Imiy 10 it, manifested In all msuner OF petty eK'
actions toward wife and child, cook ard chamber
ma d, neighbor and friend. And, dou,t rot ar.
Sicblss, in his secret heart, when his busting
friends ard crore, are asleep and he i, left alone
with his memory, wishes, on the whole, that he nsd
proved lees righteous man than he is, or had set
lover value upon the soods the Law euiorcsd- l
would not do his hood the injustice OF ruch dOuot
Where Their, lie the remedy The original spirit OF
the Law. ere II had become overait by toe tshsons
OF our 1abbs professional expouncers was pure ana
good purportiI only the blessing OF al manAind WHAT
Il needfu accordingly for the present distress Ia tina.
each Of us revive this pure spnt IN his heart, oy
ceasrg TO invoke the law as the literal bond OF ibter'
- 9th n
owing it. in fact in its spiritual aspect. SO SHAH
we realize at last the true destiny OF man, and ns
aurae the reign OF heaven earth. This tust new
and spiritual church, long foretod IN venerable propn
ecy which il known only 10 those WAC are OF It, beng
yehemen,y discredited and derided by all others Its
members spiritually tbs salt Of t1e earth keeping
the earth forever sweet and plant To its great uses
From these invifble SUBMITS, bsthed IN the cease
lees Gews Of the divine presence have always desc md
ed ard always will descend all thu streams which ter
tilire ard beauty the common life OF man. iliing'
and traditions of suoh state, more or less al
theItic, have always kept pace with human
story. And Ssedenborg OF late days apparently
caught glimpse, now and tten, OF its dlsmond az
noepberee; but il was only glimpse, his co npari-
tive grossbess Ct thought tcrbddDg any intimate con-
tact TIE men ana women be saw were OF so inte-
rior ripe ness they hai drank deeply of the Di-
win innocence already to realize TIE grsndest pos.
sbilities Of human intercourse. To his outside and
sensuous vision their superb end elastic MANHOOD APP
peared Ike the tenderness Of infancy and tley we're 80
weaned Of all legality, conventional righteousness,
that they went naked and never felt shame; lived
with open doors and incurred no robbery, enjoyed
sexual instincts Of unprecedented tenderness and yo
lated 10 chastity; valued no outward possessions
whatever and yet sbounded III inestimable treasures.
He asked them whether their societies were o'ten re-
cruited from the earth They replied, Not ofteni
but occasionally comes VINO Gays he Is from the
" the universe and 10 such We open.' Such are the
true immortas; ald such may you and privately
become at this moment, if will only let the Divine
bdes, which inwardly sustain US, freely inflow, by
rejecting oil blasphemes, however sacred which de-
fsme and defsce tie Divine perfection, and by scorn-
inc in soul and in deed all tyrannes, however long
late established which put man at eds with his fellow
Ibaye slwsys scmred very mnch-woud that
might more easy emulate 1.-THE character OF my
friend and neighbor, Bob Powell, who married, you
reco,lec., Cynthis Reynolds. Some few months after
their marriage, Bob very much astonshed his wlte oy
protesting il his deliberate conviction, that there
wa, a1y person more entitled than smother to their
JOINT maledictiop, 1t was the Rev. Dr. laws, wac
had TO their recent extreme delight, tied tie nuptisi
knot for them. "How you shock me :! exclaimed
CYNTHIA; CDR. Hawks, the gentleman and the SC 1o-
Gar, entitled to our mslediohon, Upon wnst con-
Rob, lido not mean Or Hawkes. personally, for whom
al have q most particular regard, but Dr. HAWKS
"maeisteriay, who in that recent transaction repre-
seuted toward US the majesty OF tne hS. was nTs
aware at the moment Of what the impressive wretch
was DOR & for was bsstuly Intent upon the near
"prospect of possessing you, any how, that did not
"perceve that such possession In order 10 De sweet
"iDg gift, and that any parchment accordingly whi,h
"pr0fessed 10 supersede such git, and hand you over
30 NE in absolute possession, irrespective OF your
continued affection, mnst ere LonE pIGvs .d ild hv
the excellent DR.. Hawks, and, Tor inst
"mat'er by the angel Gabriel himself.
Bot see the whole thing now, aud hence my threat
Of maledicton. But If We are wise, even this male
dictou may be tuTned into benedicton, that the
" good doc.or, when he helps us eat, as he has
promised our frat Christina. turkey, viii confess his
late nuptis achieyment gorihed out OF all ritual
4" dimeusiors. First Of al we must practically re-
"nounCe and annul the past between u.s. 30 lar our
absolute bread -snd-butter relations to other men
"permi Do You know have begun to feel 30 abso-
lutte right to your person that the sAnctty which
once invested you, and made it heaven 70 breathe
" the air you breatbed. If all disappearing WHAT
horror Tear up, therefore, every unholy covenant
" that slonGtes you from yoursef or makes you INNS
" AZ any moment bat by your Own uniorced mmedis'e
off Rssume In pure fidelity 10 ms, c0nJure you,
Sour own ndreasi bic right 70 your person, nor
"e ever LET me, through any indulgence, aud though
backed by al the magisracles OF earth, call you
" mine today merely because eaed you so yester-
" day. Every woman would be instinct 10 every man
With teathless divinity, ana every man To every
" woraAp II they only cherished IN soul their DIVINE
(" birthright OF freedom, nor battered It away Tor
worthless pottsee in the shape OF luxurious fntn.
avenue houses, and extended so nal notoriety. AT
all events, my dear CyLtha, let you and tnas pri,
ystely and in spint withdraw ourselves from world
Giving in wickedrsss by culrvsng these manners OF
the skies, and dsorlng every title TO each Others
regard which is vivifed only by hsblt, or which Is
even capable Of being witnessed by pen and ink.
So far, my admirable friend, Of snom Cynthia b
more than worthy. To outward sight their house
hold wears the ordinary Lumdrum appearance, but II
your inward sight is quickened at all, you viii easily
discern sn OF heavenly peace and felicity which
.tifes cupdity, and dssIms Jou OF every eandesIne
Art You are shamed indeed out OF the recollection OF
such things Did this atmosp here peryade our social
he & little more, the Sickes tragedy, and similar
tbiogs could never get head. For then no man