New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-11

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What then, have We 70 DO, visiting on Gods Re ?,
10 reanirnaie the Church, but heartily u recognize mo
existing religious Institutions Of CnistendOm A. ,Ho
chosen channel through which the dsioe ora
se.krg 20 descend Dto Humanity and the world! ID
Won Ak whether, upon the theory that the Chnfch
contains the power Of God and is channel of iah-
epces inc epe ndeu' of human sB, have Any ao'ity
To- increase or cimiLi,h ~ contribution or whe,her
our rec gron Of is presence and working can touch
rs ,ticsryl reply tha, wh,ever else se know NOS,
we may ,ai.ly assume ~ know tbs, that no view "
Gods sseucv or Christ, or the Holy chos;s, WHICH
sets aside human responsloh'y, or isuofes niuasu
will or makes the action OF any OF them indsPendeat Of
the mental moral and spiritual organization OF na-
manity, which they aiming TO bless ana cave,
can be sound or true vles. lou might as "eu ~
,spt to the freedom OF the arm that moves
the or an barrel from the previously arranged ceis,
ard springs ana pipes of the organ ise or the ice
dom of the stream from The cOunguralon oi the pabhs
that rske the riyer as discon1ect mans freedom a ~
re-ponsib ily from Gods freedom aDd help reVsis-
ton comes only 10 being msje To receive and capaoo
of receiving rs; the Holy Guoet comes oay 70
beirg INSIDE ana capable OF recelvi6g INC
H6 Nv Ghost; the Church eXlsis AMI j. desiSnei or
being fitted % recrivt spiritual hie and salvstl n
through Church. and his fitness hes IN his faculties
and powers corresponding 20, 10; IN any degree ide1
cal with the faculties ana powers OF the Being VINO
makes revelsops sends the Holy Spirit, and annatss
he Church. The seed has r-lston to the sun, AMI it
must terminate in the dark ard press upon the surface
before It can receive the direct oeams on IT'S Goi-
as there are powers in God that will lay hold on msa;
the initiation is to be taken row by one, nov by tho
other-but any theory Of the Church, or OF the Holy
Spirit which violates, paralyzes in any way DIS
parages the activity and responsibility OF msGs own
will IN seeking God, Is false TO human na;ure and 70
God.
Institution having the Stewardship OK the Holy Ghost
and the dspensaon OF the Word OF God Is TO be m.n-
tanned ard upheld in It's external form as separIe
and distinct precious and Indispensable interest OF
! & tendencies
interests and organizations 10 break down tle barriers
that dtiine its sphere to extngush the neanents OF
its superr a,ura origin and snperhumsn tanct'oos, 10
seculsrze II do not say 10 hbersze) its sacred d1y IN
empty s rites and forms of mystic significance, tO
rstionaize its teachings, are IL be resisted. 40
Church is TO be content with its religious function and
office Ii is the and vehicle of the general
culture Of society it is not the guide and critic Ct
sceIce ard art aud social progress. Taese precious
interests have other protectors and lnsPret'. Lee
science ard philosophy, the schools and the lOufoas,
the critics aud the social reiorners fulfill their Own
| high and mpor ant tasks. Tie Church would be
blind to her interests, not TO rejoice H. aud %
bless their exertons, and 20 pray for their success.
But she has Der peculiar and precious workto do,
her sscred de psrtment 10 hu, which capnot %
! administered with the highest success IN connix-
ture in partnership with other important offices.
States of society may arise i'll which all insttu ans,
organizations and offices are Temporarily coptounded,
compelled 70 interchange fuuctions aud functionares;
az, in fire, shipwreck, or wilderness, age sex,
grade decoTum, order, and usage, are necessarily mo
useully forgotten and superseded But a. uooody can
desire to return to that mibarbarlc condition IN
which our American pioneers lived, when one aud me
same room served as hall, kitchen, parior, and bed
! chamber for the household and It's guests Sal hoash,
no doubt, that compact and versatile tye ot hJ3e-
keeppg had its charm and its disciplinary influences
so we are not wise cOnsderate OF the LAWS 400
wants of NATURE when we seek to level ts greas
partitions and to found the professions ana -ti-
tuliors auxiliary 10 them II was great cow n'ence
in early New-Engand life 70 have what " IS calied
! a meeting house. 10 serve as church, town-hsi coa-
| cer-room, and exchange, in which, perhaps no
engine shed stood at corner gun room al
and bearseh house at third; AMI it may have been
economical at later era IA occupy the cellars oi our
city churches for storage Of spirits and moasses; but
nobody who has considered the law OF association can
regard such state of things as one to be cherished,
| however it might be tolerated
The alleged superiority 10 prejudices which would
dance in church. or worship il theaer, play cards
on Sunday or end the ball with benedc:ion, prea IN
and pray in the striped cosu of harlequin, or M
vite promiscuous company in the midst OF Jaiy 70
| unite in prayeI-s coarse tramphng upon the deh-
cate perez plions OF fitness rude obiteraton oil me
Lcer distinctions Of human fee.iDgshlch, carried
out, would end in barbaIizng humanity. The autnor
! Of "The Roman Question" wttly complains OF toe
PoDtifca rule that under It lone SOLE identical caste
possesses the right of administering both sseraoients
and provinces, Of confirming little boys and The Jaig
meris of the lower courts Of dispatchIDg parting -ols
aud captains commissions" The traIscendent. phi
o,ophy which generalzes away all diverse con 'rces
into monotonous distractions and delights IN making
the secular and the sacred, the night aud the wrongs
the grave aud the gay the male and the female, tue
world and the church, the human and the divhs, the
natural and the supernatural one and the same pur
ues the exact Of the order Of creson, which
is steady mutt plics,ion of distinctions, growth OF
diversity an ascent from roots into branches, t.gs
| flowers, and fruits. The alleged simpihcation OF our
| modern msdico-phIosopbic theology, is q simplicity
like that which might unite and condense family LIE,
BY Diminishing the servants anu buryiDg the children
Let the Church feel thst it has sphere quite as n
portant as it can fill in maintaining the worship'u aud
God fearing afectionsin supplying the purely reh?-
| GUS wants of the people would have 1t undertake.
less in order to do more; would exert larger infu-
ence III the end by coninng ito work " tho iu MOS
III Of the spiritual Interior, the communication OF tho
Holy Ghost.
II we imagine this TO De short a vague, )noto-
nous work. it is only because have not con-
sdered that the Of the contents ot
atiOp the supply Of the Holy Spirit and the pab'hia
OF the Word the Conversion, regeneration, All sincu-
tying Of the sOu OF involves the perpetual repro
cucton Of Cmists life pTecept- history aud SPIN.
know how degenerate sense vi Christianity he No
/ called advanced feeling about the Gospel Is. Iho
words Of the Bible pass for the Word Of God, which
that Bible is the words Ut Jesus, Tor Jesus hul.,t,
the Word that came down from heaven. Bnt GJds
Word il Gods power, Gods wisdom, Gods love ma 70
known in the great lang Iaee Of natural and supf-
natural eyents. God talks IN creation, IN history,
revelation. Nations his alphabet, epochs his sy[
tables humanity his discourse. The Bible 10 Gods
| Word because 1t is the record )f his dealings w D
nations and ages. More especially and 10 the most
pregnant and peculiar sense, Christ Is the Word Of
Coos not what he ssd, bn, what he was and d'd "a
suffered ard thus showed ard taught; AMI his words
and promises and prospects are only part ana pafcei
of his life and death, his resurrection, and pcrpeaai
epiphany in the Church Christ must he formed IN
us, the hope Of glory. God speaks peculiarly aud
savI ely to every soul in whom he makes Christ i've.
And the work Of the Church 80 TO speak t)the void
in the orO'uud Of great hst1rc ncdents 20 TO preach
| by emphasizing the commemorative days, and ian-
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