St. Mary's beacon., 1859-07-28

NJ Christ, which he saw pervading every peo-
pIe. made him reject the true, thFnugh the
fa,se. He coul,l separate the true frUm the
false in physical phenomena, but they ionnd
a common grave when he l'Oked at Cnristiani-
~ He read the sublimities Of Hebrew pc
,ry lust m he read HesInd, HnmeTs Hymns,
CsIIimachus. Dante, Aristotle. Callisthenes of
Olvuthus. Antar's carly Besi,Duin PEtry. Co
peruicus. Keplsr, or EunPides. There IS no
reason to suppose that he lO'ked upon the
prophetic writings &c M'@es, Of Isaiah, Jere-
n:iah, Ezekiel, or Daniel with any more de-
ference than he did upsi the prophet'c nL.rr-
anees Of EuriTiles IN the chorus "i MeGen.
He saw infinite beauty in Hebrew poetry DC!
he saw as much III Grecian, Persian "hu
Arabian poetry.
4, i needless for US tn refer to Grecian his |
tory and 10 the triumph of Roman Ple6eians
over the Patricians f,r u fnll rcfu;ati"n oi this
ides NJ unity. lie could Tot have been delu-
de,l in this way in any department oil cnSmic"i
UE. ard had he given himself 10 the study oi
Christianity as uttered by the Holy SPIRIT, lac
would have saved himself firm! tils deiuslon.
I'm, alas! he knew nothing Of that true light
which iehteth every man that cAneth INTO
al. world" He recognized Christianity 10
much the same way as ne recognized the sPe-
c,tic zones of fauna and fra-he looked to lts
posi,ion and the results Of that position. lie
Iav.. "A new spirit arose; Christianity grad
ualIy diffused itself, and wherever II was
adpptcd as the religion of the State II not only
exercised a beneficial influence on the condi-
,;on of the lower classes hy intoxicating tie
social freedom of mankind, but also expanded
tho views nf men in their communion Win
nature The eye no longer rested IN the io'ns
Of Olympic god" Christianity has never y''
been al Ip,cd as TIE relg ginn Of State without
~ strangsed ,o death; some Of is s,;r;, ';, (
no, i in ';2ye t" p"'icA fSFGr' SG Humboldt rccos
nize this snd ref when hc brings history
: 10 bear urnn it, II" says "Christianity has
- ,tcraIy contributed e. call forth this idea oi
- ,o Uitv uf the hurnln rlce, and has thus
!, i,,',,,,p pxcr,i,c i i,rnral'o influence m the
,, ,yrn If nn,,nus in tio:r morals, man
a sti.uii,Is Al,Lcngi closely ia
/ ,,;,,. ,I;s lie ciies; doctrines # C..ri>tI-
Ic .I,w and ,,rJv humaui'y nCt with only a
c whom tho rew f,;,, utipr; fr at the time
from po,;,,roI ,nn,iyss rai>cl at liyzantinm,
II religion OF the Sta, lis adj 'ne e~,a,,sG
h deeply involved in miserable ,, .''';
l. while intercourse with distant ,tSnr:s - ~,
J. pe'le'l, and the foundations ii the empire ~
shaken 'n many directions 10y external assaults
v Even the personal fre,-l,m of entire races q
d men long found ~ protection IN Chri>iiar
= States from ecclesiastical land owners and cor
u rcrAtcs b.hcs."
p. And he saw, tpn that ii L." C.tl"'ic Churcl
u va, chargeahlc with persecution "ithe Copcrni
- an system inr n'tcriug ScirntIti, truth, III,
Z Professionalism of Germany was equally really
/ Eighty years after +" prosecute Kspicr. In hi
II HaTmoHices MunOG, Kepler t,Gs the Protestant
: spirit nf Germany that eva since n'U testi
, > ~ fgff fhS Ir,sS
d doctrines testimony "hIch vas not Known &,
h the s,.sftual mdg-s--y"u would prohibit ,he
Il pr,mulgatun Jf the true system Of the struc
: turc Il the universe"
j These were the li.Et> through which Hum
n boIdt surveyed Christianity. lie never saw
that II N'iongS ia is r-nDvatimg Crac,.s not tt
50, 80" :, ai,ro Communities. but To individuals
! ,ha, or,c, science kmi;II2mr Ia the human soul
is l,snnhy ard al the forces of nattttirature' PM
d porfrinefl oiicir mission upon the faculieI J
Il Ina". ,nere ia yet an aching void 20 be filed
= that. after these nave ennobci and exalte
u humanity 10 their highest power. there is
5; force that can enn"bie and cxat il 70 pitch a
: high above this utmost apex, as immortality
q abnve mortality, rs the infinite is above IN
u Unite. On the first Pcntcc'st, after the cruel
fixIUn ni Jesus there were thrce Thousand per
. sons who received an cnuohling and cxal;in.
= thA: are far. far beyond all the graccS Of calth
anu these powers ave as vital to-day as the,
were on that Pentecost
There is no middle ground that can he take,
rati"nalIy between Atheism and Christianity
AS old Fuller SAYS. "Dcism grows fat upor
: the pastures of revelation and then abuses III,
n provender to watch it owes its life an,
: growth" II we reencnize all the harmoni.
OF the universe, the beautiful play Of order an,
eternal movement "r even the gIorics of thi,
{ planetary body alone. and sec a Srpreme In.
telhSeDce Pervacin. AMI pcrmeaiin- every
Jaw, cnc OF III" mnst credible things that be.
.ohsS 10 'he idea Is written revelation. And
: IN full view of knowledge rf what we A.,
saying. we affirm that there is not A human
record Of a:y kind that can stand such ar or.
deal ot criticism. of analysis, of rigid sifinss
evidence n that which men call the Bible
: There Is not one element # the testimony
that has the l'ast imp in IFS gait. And. II
tMS Is true. il follows inevitably that mon
must hc guide'l exactly hy this written revela-
ton. They can m more fashion any par. OF
II 10 suit themselves than tl,"y can the law of
srav'tation or the law Of Cohesion. or what are
called heplcrs Laws. And the huu.bIcSt he
'nS on Gods foot sIoul. VIII receives and ob,.ys
"eSc written revolutions, Is infinitely ernobl,rI
I AZ" Hi" tA"'tei above such mcn a. Goethe ani
h"n'O'idt They wrapped their talent in a
'aPkln. and the King Eternal will hold them
+ to fearful audit.
There could not he, in our estimation. a
thought more snpremcly absurd than ,ha,
winch says that ttis planet was or,iained with
an It's w"n6rons, it, varici. and a,l-suficiar,
capacities for man : earthly home: and thu,
~ nc was prnJeciei upon 1t. without a wor,I
I,-.;. ' Ms ore1,'r as to EiS origin and hi-
de1tinasIon. Dristn talks nf Gnd as father
aii-"iSe, ali-mercifnl. aud kind. and then AS
sertS that this Father turned his children
adTlft for the battle Of life, without char, or
compass without an informing WORD or :
'ympnthetic expression! And Dvisn claims |
TINS ns the perfection Of Fa;hvrly eraces
We th'nk that HHnbUldt avoided this fo,lv
and embraced Atheism.
Alas! @r bis rare eplCwprn.s. his noble