American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1859-10-27

can never enough wonder at that pro-
found and sacred mystery where two lives.
qu'ckened into union by the rapture oi un.
speaksble love, fash forth The spark Of an.
other being. Il seems to me, IN view Of
the perpetuated marvel Of the beginnings
Of human life. very little thingto suppose
that Tod could make special use Of these
powers. And when the myriad wombs
that, since the dawn OF time. have issued /
the human race have received the power
to do il from the living REM mbrancs and
OF Gods mind. shall / staggsr
to believe that In single instance be could
control that organization to his own divine
and benefic' mt purposes? Msy not He
who created the very door Of human life
Uush aside the ordinary janitor, and. with
bis own hands, unlatch its portals. and let
his Son come through? May not the ever
lasting Father cry out from his throne,
"Lift up your heads. ye gates, and let the
King Of Glory through" There is no
trouble here TO any man, unless he wants
trouble. aud then there is nothing en- the
earth out of which be cannot make il.
When man believes that God has made
the world, the human body, and every~
thing else in nature, l. for one, do not un-
dersland how he can have any difficulty
in believing in miracles. / see no Difficult
ty at all in believing that God can. II he
chooses, stretch forth his hand. and use
law, or stop it, and interject some effect.
But will not follow aud answer these
inqdiries, that fasten on the merest Incl.
dentals, and do not take notice Of the
grand Characteristic moral elements Of
Gods Word. Does the Bible tell you the
truth about your nature and your condi,
ton? Does it tell you how TO make your
self better2 Does 1t afford you the means
of gaining view as God that the soul
needs. and that the soul will feel, and which
shall pervade il and transform il2 Does il
point to you the noblest way Of earthly life
and develop in you by divine power the
noblest attribute Of the soul--Love? Isil
book which reveals the grandeur Of inn
mortality? And is the future which it sets
forth, bright in color. though in form in.
distinct, worthy Of your faith and follow
ing? Above all, does 1t lift upon lht
crude imAginations ofmen in every age
upon the imperfect picturings which mer
have made Of the Godhead-the clear and
sublime light Of certainty? Does il cleanse
away from our conception Of God all lha
which came from human passions. an
from the grosser developments ofbumar
nature? Does it collect from our higher
experiences and nobler feelings. those ele
menls which do represent God; and mag
nitying them, passing upon, them the pIo
portions ofin6niiy. and lifting them up =
bove all obstruction, impnrity, and un
worthiness, does it hold forth to the en-
raplursd sight God at once in, sympath,
with human nature. yet gres,er than il
comprehensive in kind and nature. thougl
by virtue OF infnity, utterly unsearchabl
in degree and magnitude? Does il pie
sent God standing upon Truth, and up
on Justice, hut blszing upward into Love
which, like an atmosphere fills the infni'
round OF eternityi glorious in holiness
fearful in praises. but sublime above a
other things, Tor LOVE? e aa e.t
Is il a book which eyoking from the ia
and impalpable heavens the ideal conceI
ton Of God. causes him TO walk in huma
form. interpreted thus into human cond
tionsj and in the life, the teachings. th
unexplainable sufferings. the sublime deatt
! the ,sepulcher hiding the resurrection, tn
ascension. the glorfication Of Jesus Chris
3 presents s-Savior suited to a mans want
r weaknesses, and sins, taking hold Of US b
. all that is tender and generous, touchin
9 whatever in us there is Of honor, Of graf
g tude. OF pity. of love; transforming US bot
i by the power Of our own understanding
b lifted up upon. TIE mightiest truths, ar
: BY the co Operative greater power of II
I, Holy Ghost. shed abroad upon the hear
! Does it present such Savior as ever
man, feels that he needs, SO soon as /
T. moral life is thoroughly awakened 80 500
d as he begins to measure himself by ID
'e higher than any which the world give
:, Is it book from which men without nur
n ber, have drawn motives Of sublime lif
'e Is there any other beroism recorded
It earth so sublime as that which has spruI
J. from faith in Christi Without q. revel
q, ion, now and then. rare aud great sol
of there have BEEN, capable OF endurance,
70 self-denial, and the lof,iest heroism. 1t
i, the New Testament that has taught d
" poor, the ignorant, the common people.
Is live heroic lives. And since men beg
isl to bslieve in 1t. and to form their liy
ID from ia inspiration, hsroism has becor
9, cheap. Yea, 1t is oftsneF found in the o.
th ,age now, than on, the battle field. !, A
ys when the last great day shall reveal t
n ankuown things Of Time, the heroes Of t
c. cradle side; the heroes Of the sick chal
d. ber; the heroes Of poverty; the heroes
q the dungeon; the heroes Of labor; the 3
iy spised heroes, that grow, thick, as gra
be 10 the low places Of the, earth. and, Ii
'st the grass, are trodden down: often, .und
so ths hoofs OF men: these-r-that great rr
es Of the last, that are destined 70 be first
in this jlusirioIs host that shall flame U
d, ward from the bottom 10 the very top Q
at summit OF glory--shall tell Of the diyin
of Of The New Testament, What il does,
ife clates what it is,, Its power upon m
Id measures thspower of God IN il. Thntwhi
y. can, bring men 70 God must itself ha
o., come from God,,p ,,s.is ~ ..l,i,,,
re This then is what l ask: not wbetl
lat there are not in the Bible, here and the