New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-10

valence Of iustiee mercy and goodwill Tor warmer syn
pathics and n0bleT corporations sinonP InGiinIu I'd
Vim come N win come Will come through u.s. ana our
Vandcrinl we going tON1u H. 1uV ~. " 80
Tie straight way 10 il, or are marching INC
STRAIGHT way to something c''c winch WiH lD'u 70 -
Inv other approaches; whether We are III w At ,
~ ,d INNS. ar IA the cXircmc wings hCreoii Wheln'l
we ,rc ANYTHING more than scouts or poiccta ,rd
we are administers. light afnt ana '"ll uilu4
W. ~ 80, ecr,c al taut plain. hraN, armed inIdu
i'm Immediate presence Of the roe, III ls hlt'eluc 10 VIZ
Ne may 11,e 10 dwell for while ~ tents we may nS
" ,,',1r about i'm intellectual ehcclrstHs ana t"".-
.tus 80 matter; to tIls great Giy We are surrey sO7
The prnciple of the progressive movement OF when
Nh rockingham is representative, is s'l'eI VIZ, VII
great eXplictuoss. He Is evidently not 10 De ul@s,
With the revolutionsts who seek TcNolutloN aS ~
Intimate end or the destructives with whom me
work of destroying Is passion or the y n
DESPAIR of the possession of truth ana take ohS I"
grim delight in gnmmer denial ,.tl mot
We have n principle; If We had not we shoud not
he here az all if we we're mere sIaEe,IS iutit
mere campfollowers after whins ana hol"n f ain
hunters i'm religion we should have no ti"HIu tI i i
whatever and could not SPEAK OF Gu, ' nave n i,rin.
cple-as we thnh, ~ ~ iif,ite one not one which
cam fxg,ty explain others, or keep se"dly euelG
of ourselves stin principle OF great breadln anu me-
mate reach And the Piace is ms t,%, son 0 Of fhc
pICsCi, H 5iracad toward thc personal and social
improyemcn Of man The ROmanist says, me llt ,t
Sit Is i'm fine ordinances OF the Church Inc frOtest
sllt ~ ~ Inc shirt is i'm the letter Scripture. 1he
Unitarian of the elder school saJs, tLe DEo ter of
NOT i'm the ordinances Of the Church, or IN the lGteT 81
ne Ccripturc hut in the whole reason OF ILc $50
Tlst nttcriug its word through the fundameh pcn,dS
Of CRrisfcudOm. We say, the Divine SIut III "
rously bcIieyngly revcventy toward the study Oh Iu
and GOOD We do not reflect on any o'ntl illH'il
oi,s. we simply assert We do not boast
of having ay peculiar possession in it, But We do say
that SO far as see, We alone Nlihh t' 'uliP"
of onr actual ChTiscHdom-WC alone m lhC &c
of religious thought-put il forward and maintain IT, We
alone openly Int dcv0uty and rcycrehN, say we We
ieye in the reason Of 10 stands mere at TINS 9
nort Of human Developments we consult NAV reason ui
he mics of orr fatl we 90 To il for fresh disclosures OF
truth we walk by its light over the helds OF ea,IGu ms
rory among the passages Of sacred books through le
obyrpths of church form and usage. We press S auP
to- 9ur breast when dip into the soa oil cloud winch 'o
SOCIAL condition Of humanity Is 10 US what ID tcS us
not to believe We pat by, matter how cherlhcd anu
venerable what il bids Us believe We Aod 70 no lhA
how new and strange. We certain that II our AIMS
are high our purposes noble our spirits pure We SHAH
arrive at our ful measure Of truth. ., - a
The second discourse in this pamphlet phIsues y
similar train of thought showing the conn, c'loh ol
religious truth with the discoveries Gi moucIn so
cnce and illustrating the universal character OF d-
vine revelation.