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NATURAL humanity nor consequently any ntelll-
gence OF Natures essential subordination to man,
but on the contrary suppose her to constitute the
true measure of Gods power and tho limit OF
their own being, they regard every iniraction OIL
her order as absolutely repusnant to the DIVINE
name, and confess themselves rebels against At.
These men constitute what 10 called the Church
of God, not tho visible but the spiritual church
because The personal humility and compassionate
tenderness toward others which are bred in them
by their conviction of sin, alone attest Gods spir'
itual presence in his creature.
But the Divine humiliation docs not end In
ITSELF does not take place for its own sake, but is
ligidly in order to q subsequent superb slorihca'
ton. In other words the Church at last begcts
the State; the priest inductO the king. For this
experience Of individual corruption IN The BOSOM
of men cannot take place without gradually leav.
ennS tho whole public mind of the racel without
transferring itself at last to the public or asso-
cated consciousness so that fnally men Will
learn to derde the idea of any specific or individ-
ual merit and demerit before God, and look upon
their personal or characteristic differences, only as
SO many marks of their various relation to society
as so many signs Plus or minus of their sub
jectye participation of the social spirit. In this
way the hitherto dominant and oppressive prin'
ciple of identity or universally, becomes spiritually
softened and modified in the experience OF tie
race into such complete and spontaneous subseryi-
enco to the individual principle, that human 3d.
ciety, human brotherhood, OF fellowship, flowers
as il were out of natural root and puts on ere
long every vivid and vigorous lineament OF Gods
intimate and abiding presence. Thus. melted or
inaugurated by that Divine spirit in man which
is called the Church, his outward State gradually
grows up out of its root in the family, through Its
stem in the tribe, its branches in the city, it,
foliage in the nation, and It's fruitoge in the con-
fedcracy Of nations, until at last II dies ont IN hi
eral form, only to become rosuscitate in gorified
spiritual form as universal society, fellowship or
brotherhood of man. Our two institutions OF
Church aud State, priest md king, outwardly e1-
press or symbolic the play of these two inward
forces in the invisible heart Of the race; tue one
representing the patient humiliation of the Divine
spirit 10 every form Of natural restitution aud i'm
becity on the part of its creature; the other its
subsequent spiritual Qualification in oil the forms
of mans varied genesis. aud his boundless power
over Nature.
| Such, according 70 Mr.. James, 10 the theory Of
our historic progress. The nominal Church and
State however the typical priest aud king have been
utterly blind to the majestic spirit which inwardly
informs their respective unctions have Inccssont-
~ striven in fact TO stne tho Divine naIuraI man
hood with which their great Offices were 5pirit-
ualy big, by converting each the other to the use
OF it's own private arrogance and Tepaci,y. or
course no Just quarrel attaches 70 them on this
score, because they are not Divine substances,
but only signs or symbols Of such substance which
arg bound to vanish away when the substance
comes. This Divine substance this creative
spirit which Mr. james makes 10 underlie and
animate all history-is the SOCIAL force eIclu-
siyely in humanity; and he conceiyes moreover
| thas its due and adequate evolution has been
strictly contingent upon the enyenomed riyely Of
Church and State, or priest and king. For in
seeking each, as they have been bound to do to
avail themselves Of tie popular countenance and
support against tie other, they have unwittingly
aroused slumL ing social corscousne. In the
race which is defined 10 absorb them both, and
exalt them both, Into unitary form Of manhood
so spotless and powerful, as that neither Of them
by itself has ever been able except most dimly 10
image it. Such ia the inevitable genesis Of our
social consciousness; and it is exclusively 70 the
advancing tides of this consciousness In our
bOsoms, and to its eventually omuipotent empire
there, that Mr. James, 90 We understand him.
looks for the fuflment of all sacredest prophecy
and promise, in cleansing the human MAD Of its
deflement, ard making the human body conse-
quently the only visible and every way worthy
temple Of Gods eternal indwellng.
The above summary Of some Of the Leading
views Of this remarkable work may enable our
readers more clearly 10 comprehend its method
and its aims 1t cannot bo denied that il s liable
to the charge Of obscufity Gas is tho case with
most original writings Oh profound themes), partly
owing to the nomenclature of the author In which
he inexorably adheres TO a peculiar and novel
sense in familiar terms, and partly to the intrinsic
infrrnty Of language in embodying in lucid forms
the fruits of reflection subjects beyond the scope
Of sensible experience. But whatever difficulty may
be found in always seizing the precise import Of
the subtle disquistions, which compose the volume,
no one eau fail to recognize the spirit Of large and
noble humanity, and the intellectual qualities,
with which it is pervaded.
THE RELIGIOUS DEMANDS OF THE ACE Re-