The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-10-21

,ful and mehodcal system OF wcrEi :. 4a.,,.a .,.,
70 think and act endowe ,n I,fe and rss ns
spom0 2, a. ans a. age in which live We
y was nIns s.ss We should nnd out how far that
csizaon IN ~ mssnanical application, tended TO the
Of boast and srsg and il was doubtfu in his OPINION
whether NO did not excel the Inhabitants OF famed
Gascony in that specially; and now the Church OF
railroad, Geographic other mechanical enterprises
aud were beginning to mako for themselves gods Of iron
and wood, animatng them with steam aud electricity.
We were squeezing the world, il we're, into smaller
compass with great inventions for the annhiiaon OF
~ ano every one OF them .aa can :, h
purpose of the Devil also The same railway that would
carry me missionary TO India would convey thIner.
Also the soldier equipped for with perhaps greater
expedition aud the elegraphic wire that carried the
greetings Of two ecclesiastical bodies and enabled them
seemingly 10 clasp hands the hundreds OF miles OF
Intervening space would wing the news OF the stock
board just as quick the Devil thus gaining profit in the
same %sy 'na. .nrs. was paid Inc ss
nothing rev under the sun " history but repeating
itself. There had been civilization before ours.
had been q form Of mechanism that put
up the great caps Of the Pyramids, which had passed
Could be said, after Morse and Fulton and Watts had
scattered among their brood of Inventions that
direct result OF Its existence civilization had increased
human power. and increased human power brought with
1t the inclination to abuse it. One OF the reasons why
we did not dare TO have President unless he was
hedgcd around ny rules and RESTRICTIONS was because he
might abuse power otherwise vested in him And the
press was another great result OF cvlization II in
creased and facilitated the Oh aiming Of our nforma
ton, but printing press here would print q Bible,
while another would furnish an edition or Tom Paine
or Noiaire and In all these things man gioriled
himself without looking 10 tho higher source
and asceflain,ng for what good purpose they
were gwen Civilization was materiaizing man
spiritual instincts. Almost all our great men
iiubued moro or less With inhdeilty-they
all in doubt Even Professor Agassiz beloved that
Providence was sublime creative power but could not
stimulate his faith to put absolute trust IN him.
They believed that physical results were always the
results Of physical causes and never looked above 10
the Great Source OF all the universe lie vas not the
speaker continued standing there to oppose cvizlton
no did not people TO tear up their railroads, nor
blow up their steamers, destroy their tslegraphc
nes but he asked that, II civiiizaon be sword for
tho destruction OF evil, be placed, not in the
hands Of Apoyon, but in the hands OF Christ He
would have another branch added 10 our education.
and IN cur colleges, where men we're Taught 10 delve
into the depths OF science, he would have them also
instructed more fully how 10 soar above temporal mate
ri0ism. But we were beginning to think that We we're
ahead Of all that had preceded US and in KNOW
ledge perhaps we were; but knowledge was not Wis.
dom. 1t sadly cxtrao binary IN the present
day that we had not the faith in Christ that so emil
neptiy graced some OF the old worthless, without which
true happiness att aimed matter how far adj
vanced in material affairs The press would do much
good for the world If Christ allowed to rule
It; man might be happy in cot or q palace and he
might be miserable In either. Ho had got into rail-
way train with heavy heart. and had ridden hundred
miles and found his heart was heavy then. Still II
good that the word Coca on; that inventions be
brought out OF the darkness of oblivion; and that
mechanism be obliged to do tho work Of man, but at
the same time IL would be well IL they were made to
help SPIN aud fabric Tor the glory OF the
King Kings; that the might be thai Christ has
come. and that civilization God upon earlh.