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neLt, many have been and are still observed a.
periodical Temembr1ncess Of ercnts and Of princf.
| pies connected with them-obeefved, not By Di.
vine appointment. but BECAUSE tae . common pr.
Of rtturu Of thought .Ed excitement OF life cou-
cerninr those events snd psi1eiples when the pc:
Eioais dayor time returns: and they sesl renewed
delight IN such RENE mbSance. The llttle child "a
birthday party ard the grandfather'e golden we'd
dIng are domestic lut tratious. Wills tho days OF
sailts and heroes and the many ennisersas1es, and
al Illustrations Of tie game thing. =
There are spiritual reasons why this should
be So.
the innocence of wisdom in old age end heaven.
The universe il made mp Of cycles The earth re-
rolycs from morning a:onnd TO morning again.
periodically to nearly the same point; and every
sectica Of It's circle Is periodically marked with
signs according with its progress, from spring
With It's erowths and grains, the autumn with Its
fruits. the winter with its snow, to the spring
With Its grass and flowers again. Returning sea.
periods Of each Successive day-the cycles Of "a:
tuEe in her thousand foEuns-aEe but tho types Of
cycles that belong to mind, and that sweep round
sn1a + ns Sa ns1 %osd are closely
related. Men fn the spiritual world and men in
the body feel and think together By corrcspon-
dsnec Ths spiritual owS inte 3nta and operates
men; spirits, good Of bad, dow into and operate
upon those who think and feel With them.
The natural forms Of thought and feeling tn the
dur and operation This fact IS the basis Of tho
holy eacraments OF the Church as means Of con
aoclation with the angels ;-of Baptism aa :. in.
and an liz 8njV SINNER a. "consocfating and cor
ioinine viii ife angels and tho Lord The
thoughts Of men being OF the water, the bread.
Heaven, W cor: cor7espondipe to tac Thoughts and asc
lions Of thc anees co5ce1aing tie Spiritual things
etsd BY them hgs Gy ew into and
Now. certafn 7ays ara in oI1r mInds. associated
with certain events. md the priuciplcs that pro-
nrosehes % onr thon1hts turn 70. and our feefinFs
that day. ana lie i aprts that are In asTeement
Seeome asfociate viii Sa md mora 81 less pnw
erfnlly infiuence us
with this view in our minds let Us look at the
nearly or remotely ssa Wth " t t. a1of'
On the Fourth day Of July, 1Ti8, tic father5 of
our country signed The Declaration Of Indspcnd-
That was our birth: day @ asa % nation. The prfnei.
pies Of Zee Eoye5nment- embodied in that Dec.
fol@ anq found Hons Hons r the hsasts Ass'ss q euf
II TT ths e. northern bali Ct our our country. Since
eishty times; ana as every rst4rn OF thas great
DAY, the people have been EtlrHou as one man p
Tho thoughts and principles that gaEe It BIRTH Ia
the uatthern hatf Of our country especially, the
young, the mtddle aged and the patriarch leaning
on bis staff hare called to remembrance the eyents
of that first Fourth 0! July, and the principles Of
liberty that arc associated with IT; and spiritual
power has come Into them from those IN the eptr-
1tual world who sympathfze with the spirit OF feee
dom among men. The Fourth Of July has thus
become the Periodic Sign Of human liberty and
free government on tue easth-
Minis power, and yigor, and ner7e, and active
life, dow. into him from God, through the spiritual
world.
remarkable cTents-the victories and successes Of
our arms-thst t1aDspfred upon and near the late
Fourth Of July, do not Justly afford ground for
the rebellion will be queacd, the Union preserved,