New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-12

huenees OF sinful passions bodily disease dpd tbe
esof The mind 81 of1ss arising taersrOH the ae
@eIeioptd none eliminated pone disappointment none
neglected wisdom and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Of me
ever before conceived They were bounded by no naton
alprejudces linked to sp6caclass confined 10 no one
@Se limited by no geographic lines, but world wide time
Vide, man WIGS 4He operating influences Of Chriats
Thoughts were not Ike the schemes OF great philosophers
the setting fnrth OF speculative d0gmas which could
have but little practical value, but tile giving OF
truths which were 20 be the fOund tion OF human
were not Ike those OF human phlanthroplsts, the
alienation OF single evil; like Howard the
or those Of a wilberforce, tho abolition OF the
slave trade, but he sought 10 abato all evil, OF
whatever name by abating that which caused the evil
mind devised scheme for the abolition OF every i'll tho
SSnparting Of every blessing Nor tins only In the
leotual greatness How lofty the tone OF his converse
uon Whether ne talks WIN Nleodemus ruler OF the
Jews with the woman OF samaria with his disciples,
orwith the Pharsees he is solemn sublime, pure
How majestic his department, In adversty, when,
standing before priests ana rulers as felon still strong
and sesusained In conscious innocence and truth And
and spiritual world he stands supreme. All truth which
Is the object OF science may be cased under three heads
the knowledge OF nature, Of maD and OF God In each
OF these departments very superneal examination VIII
reveal Christ perfect Master Take mathematics
the science which concerns space and numbers from the
profound cacuns-weighing the sun the ght OF
comet setting nestOnes between us and the stars
ne VINO stretched out TINS spaee-he Tho 9rdalneu
numbers and gave them their properties-He who meas
those laws which mathematics only IN the hands OF
keper Newton, Describes diseoVer-must OF neces
sn for FL 70 %o snd All
therein is" II we turn 10 that other great department
OF knowledge, man, Christ knows more than al that
anatOmists can teach or psychologists explain iOr lie
made out Of dust and breahed into him the breath
OF lfe Christ knows more than all political economists
declare than all writers government and iurs
prudence can unfold for He setteth the solitary in
families grouped families into tribes tribes into nations
and brought under the dominion OF law and govern
ment. Christ knows more than all moral philosophers
write, than all rhetoricans teach, than all
logiclans can mpart than al philosophers can Imagine
for He ordained the relations which are the subject
Of moral philosophy He gave man the speech which the
rhetorican disclphnes into beauty. he endowed man
with reason which the lOgcan trains to wrese as an
athlete In the OF thought lie made man creature
OF emotions and passions which II is the a OF phoso
ply analyse and unfold Ascending one step higher
which relates TO Godwe lind thathere Christ is the only
pOssessOr OF knowledge and wisdom. The wisest
ed 90 of God The world by wisdom knew not God, God
He selfexistent aud eternal, God as de untods
face OF Jesus Christ God as the author OF mans
redemption. know only In the revelation OF the SON
" who il the brightness OF His Fathers glory and tho
express image Of His person. Can study OF inc char
acter OF Him IN whom are ND all the treasures OF Wisdom
whom dwelleth all the fullness Of the qodhead
bodily be beneath the ., dignity OF OF c the
has been the greatest stimulus which the Intellectual
trines his C6urch have been concentrated the highest
aud hottest minds OF EARTH He has given birth TO
dssipated more darkness radated more light all
other all other minds He has given TO intellect It's
brthright OF Immortality, and hence made II jealous IN
the training and equpping OF It's powers His doctrines
the germ-prinCples OF the worlds civilization His
lessons OF sympathy have dotted the earth with nsttu-
tons Of charity aud love His teachings give the basis TO
law and government His words riyet the bands OF do
nestle and social life Take the Christ OF history and
history would be chaos OF facts without purpose:
Take Him from life aud life becomes aimless like that OF
the brutes which perish.
The right reverend preacher closed with an earnest
personal presentation Of Christ the object not alone Of
The students intellectual admiration but OF his personal
devotion aud In Christ and In Christ alone there
hope for tine future OF te hope for the awaiting OF
eternity.