New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-05

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hearing Of the truth and not che bearing or seeing ~
miracle which produces CONVICTION OF the trutn Our
Maker hes adapted us to the truth. Ihis adap,a-
ton Tie has left uB fee TO honor or despse ana LUIS
| freedom He will not override with Diracke' Inc
moral constitution He bias given US lie VIII moi or
honor by such overriding. Is tn our glory and ms
own require Him to hold Il TO its high responsibilities
and, therefore, tie sinking oft from it's free choices
10 the necessities Of mae ine can never be Ill, policy
II il said that if miracles do not convince Of
truth thew are nevertheless useful 20 call attention 10
il. But fe abounds in events far better adapted TO
this service than miracles could be. Tue deab ci our
husband wife, child; our prosraton by sl kness our
Sudden reduction from riches to po'ertyi 'hey Dave
not much power miracles to asohlsh, have never
theless lar 10 call attention TO rehel9ns trut.
| Not only has God given us nature htted 10 the ln.
presso and sway Of truth but such u the course OF
His providence, That it need not be DISTURBED anu
broken by mi aces in order to add to the already SUI
fcient number Of awakening and soIemnlziDg occur
FENCES.
By our moral sense, and not by miracles, we are to
decide What is moral truth. What conmeDds llseh ar
such 10 that senee we 10 receive. WHAT does Rot
and even though il be backed by the most stupen.
dous miraslewe are reject Paul bids US ABIDE or
convictions even agsnst The preaching OF IAN anger
| from Heazen." miracle is reduced TO very cheap
thing IL We are 10 Acknowledge its value only when
ard 50 cf il haimonzes with previous eonvlc-
tons Again, does not Paul quite exclude me necessity
a miracles in what he 50, to The Corinthians OF The
competency of the spiritual mind TO know and Judge!
Il do ct
world nae been called racle and a change of the
laws of nature. But may not such coming have been
the resalt Of the laws AZ old as any other OF the laws
| of nature II Dsrwin's theory Of " The origin OF
snecies nv natural selection rhoud be held 10 be IN
sanplcation 10 man entirely fancul nevertheless is
Il not conceivable that God might III some other way
produce man from the original and eternal laws OF ma
ture But the coming Of man into tie world was 30 late
Not therefore the Ices probable Is II mat he ola ccme
f such operation. Moreover, who of Us knows tbat
man M recent iuhabsnt of earth Late geological
discoveries in France and England OF what must
have been tie WORK Of no lees & an human hands carry
the existence of man very far back OF the date given
10 Adam and Eve. -
ineed saw no more TO show that the Christian mir
acles "a well as the miracles OF other religions are
neither proved nor capable OF being proved. They
NAV not be the coinage OF craft ard cunning Ihe
love of the marvellous and the crednby Oh snrettl-
tion may chiefly account for them:
But il 10 be Id that not 10 believe IN miracles ~ not TO
believe in the Bible We believe, however, IN other
ancient histories, potwhstanding our disi ehel OF
their urscler Why them shond our disbelief Of the
MIRACLES Of the Bible be construed iGto dibeei OF the
histories of the Bible Moreover, the ,eculiir and
chief value Of the Bible is not only aside from it's
miracles but from most OF its narratives and from
view many of is pagee Is precious sentiments, its
pure and profound PHILOSOPHY, It's sublime morahies
IL commandments exceeding broad, which many OF
its writers and -peak kerr were inspired 10 utter With
impressive and soui-reachng eloquenee than pc
longs 10 ATTY other inspiIa ions-Ibese are what give
ia pr.eminence TO the Bible. Nay, thee are the
Bible and these what lustiy me In It'll saying ~
have been wont 10 do: The Bible, the whole Bible
and nothing but tho Bible" TIE religion Of the
Bile is tue true religion. Men need no otter, and
they need the whole Of il. Ear I'm from claiming
exclusive insyiraion for these writer's and speakers
Tie CommJn Father is impartial. The Influences OF
His Spirit are free 10 men of all ages aud nations
But ere speakers and writers got nelIer 10 God and
knew more Of Him than did others. Not content with
striking the streams, they Travelled mp them 10 the
fountains, and slsked their holy thirst eIe yet the
I'D ham IN lnNrd nUyn oh
mporities No other writer's and speakers seem TO
have escaped 40 far from the sphere Of human uncer-
TO have entered 20 Tar into the sphere OF
Divine certsinties No other voices oil earth sound
80 much Ike voices OF Heaven.
II Il slso held that not 70 believe in miracles Is not
10 believe in Christ. But why should II be 20 held
Substantially the same nirael,s are told OF the con.
cepiicn and birth Of Plato, who lived hundreds OF
years tefore Christ told Of the conception and
birth of Christ Nevertheless, cur making 10 account
of hese marves in the OF Plato does no, came us
10 make account nor even any lees account OF Pto
him.elf Mirasles are coupled with the names, with
the birth deedr ard Death Of many ancient phioso-
pliers and heroes. But our rejection OF the mira
cles involves not the rejection OF the men. Ana what
ii we do believe that the original sitIbntion OF mira"
cles TO Chrst was crafty or supenhlious, and that
th,refore instead OF beng sanctioned, II should be set
Sis Nevertheless Chit u not taefeby /.et aide
lie stil remains; and be remains the same great
teacher and example, and therein the same great
savior He still realizes highest conceptions of
God moral character and therein Is he still God
mEpfesf IN the fe-h.
Mrscles and rrsgic go together. Hence they who
rather than by what His .Iiitthe spirit which filled
Him both Ia life and deAth-hss led htRs 70 do, will
naturally cling to miracles They VIII feel that 70
give them up IL 10 give up Christ, ana 10 give
9p The magic salvaiion which they expect nj His
hands. Bat they WHO take no interest IN the question
whether Christ mother was born sinful or sinless
and but little interest In tie questions how, when,
where he was born, and who believe that lie stves
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which His spirit saves them from committing and who
believe that all they have to GO with Him Ii 10 grow,
and bring others 10 grow, IN love and likeness 10 linn
they will rs naturally be undisturbed by The concld-
;on lint The miracles connected with His birth, life
and death, are mere tctions. ,.,
leye in the Miracles and slso In that view OF The
stouenent which have disiavored who not only be-
Ieye In following Christ but who ret that duty lar
above all doguas The best and the worst men believe
u the miracles the trinity, and IN that view Of the
stopement The beat ana the worst men are Orthodox
and the best and the worst men ere heteIodox Prae-
tcal religion only-Lvedout goodness only-tha alone
ia the tes that alone puts all the good on one side and
all the bad on the other.
have glanced ut the arguments for beliving in
miracles will now pase ON to the great need OF their
benQ disbelieyed. Formerly thought il not very nm
portant whether they were believed or disbebeved.
But of late years lave reached the conclusion that
scarcely anything more important than that they be
djsbelSed Book religion may justly be regarded as
the greatest evil in the world. Ii will, however lsst
as long as miracles are believed nhey being recorded
with L, and regarded as part Of it. Herein then Ia
the great need OF tho rejection Of miracles. Nevehe
ss who will live long enough TO witness the rejec
toni Il Is the unior with each other Of miracles aud
book religion which serves to make each well nig IL
vine ble The miracles admitted, and the religion Is
held to be trse the religion admitted aud the miracles
are held 70 be true. -
One If the necessities growing out OF book religion
il a presthood--tiat fghtful enemy Of manhood. The
mission Of the Acknowledgements, Is TO unman himself
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