New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-23

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comparison In my Last sermon, 1 took tree az the
tyne OF stabilty now l take il again as type OF
gruwth cedar OF Lebanon Is growing in the Garden
az Plants In Paris II Is majestic tree spreading ont
it, srrest lateral branches. each sustaining mass OF
deep green foliage. But on the blue sides OF Lebanon
IN their own congepsl climate these Noble trees made
each temple for the worship of God Centuries OF
growth had hardened their impershable ami fragrant
wood Their vast limbs. each a tree in itself spread
ont heavy with leaves, making home FOR all Tie prds
Of the air. What better type OF Christian eruWth IMAM
this patient constant unceang growth OF one OF these
great forest sings2 Ii may be cedar OF Lobanoni or
tall elm in New England yal]ey standing IN sohtiy
grace an urn Of waving greenery, or Norway M,
spreading Its robea like duchess over the white snow
OF lis native mountains; OF live oak sheitsrlng WIN
its great shadow the men and cattle on Louisiana
plant alton, till the cruel bell calls again 10 !abori or
perhaps 1t is a tup-iree covered with yellow flowers
on the plains of Kentncky lofty California fr ne
gigantic monarch Of the forest looking out nom NE
snowy Sierra upon the blue Pacific. They stand hrn IN
their place. They grow year by year, adding some
thing 10 the density If their iber. something 70 iheh
eypanse and elevation Yet they become little chnuieh
again every ycar They renew their youth IN
blossoms So they the type of what u best IN ne
steady growth in all that is great and strong aa
with youth Of the heart ever renewed oy i"'" III"
love. .-e,r -,
Yet It is not enough 20 eroHi we must grow W
Some trees do not grow up II you g. 70 me sun. II,
Mt Washington fast before you reach the TOP you VII.
ind yours,f wafing on inc tops of trees. They are
true trees; but stnnied by the cold ana peaNh 20 h
by storms which rage around the bleak brow o. IA
mount"in they spread thenseGs oH ' man Discour
AGED by difficulty he loses his power oi I''as
he loses faith and hope. he ,,o G,ns es;rs faith
as thew Gain experiences growing more ~oridiy, ana
calling their wordlincss good sense III AL unnatural
state Of mind Man ought 10 grow Up 10 ne sioss od
horizon 70 sec more Ct the past and the future TO 1--we
more among the things which ARE unseen hnt eternal
Such man inspires Others; elevates Others; prihts
others 10 new hope gives Them new encouragement
helps them 10 see God in Nature. Providence and
Chiist and in their own hearts, helps them 10 look on
life cheerfury. and On death without anxiety as Goa
meant that We should.
To each upthintins being Heaven, hiend,
Gives not the useless know Iedes Of lie end
To psn impGrts ii, bu, with such view,
Thai VI Lille he treads H. hlskos him hope II too
The Losr coneeaed, and 50 remote 'he ieeT;
Death Still draws NEARER never seeming neH'
Some men and trees grow DOWN, and not up You
viii see trees by the side Of river all bending dow
towaTd the raining stream, stretching Their arHe 10
ward il as II TO battle in the cool, rnshisg waters
No matter what their forms are elsewhere: by The
side of running water. they ai bow down 10 t. IL
is the nature OF the arbor-vtr TO grow upward;
hut around Niagara II assumes fantastic forms and
there il stoops toward the torrent leaning down,
reaches its long branches into it, and becomes "a
strange and weird tree 0s fhc OLD ovetrees 81 tly
which seem half treos, half ne2 So ny the ssdo OF the
rusking river Of business which every day through
the streets Of Boston how many Ien acquire habit
VI stopping down. and leaning down and reaching
down Till they forget tAat is the great distinction Of
stand erect t. look up TO the sky aid abroad
over the earth. as even Heather poet knew -
"os houini sublime deSit eolurlque tueri
Jsssi,, e, erec,os ed sidera tolleIe vsltus"
But it Is not enough TO grow up: we must grow up
I. al hsnss In dense old forest where tie wood
man has gone with HE Ak yon will find all sorts
OF trees looking very much alike. They have bet
their individuality They al strain up and up toward
the light till they look hike ne pine The elm loses ia
Quecny grace the oak it's manly and rugged strength
the maple, its eliptical Eass of dense green foliage
the birch ta waving. feathery branches; the beech
lis pendent flowing, g,ering, sun'ii Surfaces and az
- y a. Ia.
grow up; but that il not tie only duty Of tree. lts
duty is to spread itself oct snd assume its typed
form. hch God gave it as Law. when IL was nsile
seed, and told il 10 grow into that.
Another aspect of the same idea is thus pre-
sented:
Religious people have often made like mistake.
They have though, ii their only business strain up
10 heaven; 10 drop of all their lateral branches, AM
cultivate monctonous ana gloomy piet!. Bui when
God made US, and pat into us ." many faeuitea sad
powers Of body and soul he thereby commanded ns to
unfold them. lie did not make oil men nike nor did
he mean that all shesd be ascetc saints or adsere
piotists He that we should love him. but love
brother also ond our earthly life too Coz Pleased
with Ms when we grow Up IN al zRs into Christ; not
in one thing only. He loves 10 see men with Weldc-
veioped bodies; with good perceptiye qTgaisL VII
limbs, capable Of performance and elauianee; WITH
fright jpteleet., capable Of reasoning and Judging OF
comparing and rejecting God has given men we
sense Of beauty snd made the earth l OF IT, Shat tins
sense might have exercise. he has given Us poetry and
imagination vi, and miYih and do yoa suppose he did
they should se ssed There Is nothing pro
fame in tbe human soul; nothing common or unolcan
ii is ell lvoseA ihe temple Of God, and Il is tasrege "
waste neglect or IN are any put VI IL IL Thief
breaks into Catholic ch1rch. end steals necklace
frsl the doll image which stands for the Virgin. II
considered not only wrong % Their bat horribly .infal
as sasrilege. He might rob poor family nrd leave
them to s.srve and it wssld MOI be uoUg1 half rs bad
az ~ take this esees ornament Pet this shareh
and other churches too encourage form VI religion
which cru.hes down large pari OF hose faculties IN
me. nhi,A are The ornament and glory Of Ie human