, 1869-09-19

h@Fl4t VI tI4b Itltioht tll1illtA 1tAftH ltt[la1
sflttitH1 IN thu pye,nihes.
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TfFkb or HkLi0l0Uh LIYE.
n" ona .an read the l,!atory ii tilo OAt!''-
liz mud Protestant hranpllaa IT iin N!lr!s-
sian t'I,nteh withnut being satisfied ttas
there hAyu t,oeu tiyneH wslun itA qnnhtIuns
II faith and praotsne agilatad TIN minds "f
Ilhtiut,s End communities IN War, tu nll!- |
uuces, to pcrsccat!ona, 10 revolutions, as-
sasainasionz, prescription, and soc!A ui'-
bcav14is, in drKree with which the present
age has little W mpathy, or oven conception.
1t in true TINT, in our contest with tho rebel
Lion, it WAS the wounded pride Of tho South
er11 churches, stung by what they deemed
the arrogant a{fectation OF superior piety on
the part Of the North, in tho matter Of sav-
cry, TINT Ind fed the s1nouldo1ing tlames Of
rebellion for half century before they
burst forth. While some of the extreme
Abolitionists, generally heterodox and vitu-
perative themselves, charged the churches Of
the North With being backward in tho anti
slavery cause, they we're. ut tho end, far
ahcnd Of the people, and, rs body,
aided IN the struggle with great
influence md power. By very
large numbers Of Christians it was felt
to be war growing out Of the conflict be-
tween the moral principles Of Christianity
and the crime Of slavery. But nll this was
more in The domain Of morality than Of
fnith. Slavery Was denounced US unchris~
tim, not SO much from any conflict between
il md Christian dognas as from the autag
onism between the golden rule Of doing
unto others as We would that others should
do unto us, md selling other men md
women at the auction-bloeE. This, there
fore, is not to be classed with those early
and great agi.atious, beginning in the per-
secutions Of the primitive Christians By
Nero, Caligala, and Domition, continuing in
another form after Christianity ascended
the throne Of tho EASTERN Roman Empire in
the person Of Constantine, and defended
the Western from Pagan Huns On the north
and 1oha,n1nedans IN Spain Still less can
it compare with the spirit Of the Crosades,
when the real degenerate iaoa which
remained of Christianity was embodied
| in fan atical desire to become
possessed Of the Holy 6epulchre, and
| millions Of lives vcre wasted in the effort.
Passing On TO the next era OF tho Church
that Of prosecutions for herosy, whom every
civil government Of Europe lant It's powers
of rack, torture, and dungeon to tho
Church to compel all men to believe, or, at
ieast, to profess belief, in the dogsnas Of
Rome, or Gcnoyn, or Oxford-we find OUR
srlves still in the epoch when catechntic
lngulas, which We now DC occasionally pcr1se
ns curiosity, Ind power TO jar aud cun-
rt,lse the world, like TINT which the coll
| fiict between monarchy and democracy in
and liberty recently hal i'll Amorica. To
/ Eur0pc, ko-1ay, universal suffrage, repro
| sentative government, nnd tho sovereignty
IT nnsionaltics are vital ideas. For these,
wata might l,o forkht. They might cscn
lie fouylt fur religious liberty, OF for uni.
verhal conformity to n CAurcl consiaese,,
ns latt of thu government hut nu wa1
cu,'ld le winged i'll Europe, ns of old, for n
Hultlc difference u faith. The nntiolls
| could nut dyitls inip h"m"oHsi,.Hs ami hnua-
uittsrsiaha, ~ In thh fonrth CENTURY, whe1
the wurld was Trough. 10 loKgerhcads oyel
tin qucBt'un whether thn Fun In uf lls
sA1ue caarnen ar The Father, or only sinl
lar. !! Is uuiyersalIy f.it that nut3erneatl
| thrsn 3,nRkH lettcr fruit wns Er'wiHE, ant
| Which lIns nuw hrenno tho full curr III the
rar. This friit in Hcen in Tho general cf
t"i!H iu ,llf[uRe r,1urntnI. tu rInatiz,
tfEtlta, 10 hiluw the ln'or 10 rise, to give nj
men MI adequate start III tllo race nf 1fo
10 Rerure fair 1my for labor. ~ RETURN th
rsi,ninnl, In nllcvinte ,,y AHy!una and hoa
| liiala TIN 1ntarriea rf tl.c untof.lnn.e. i,
SUPPLY l.y 1a,htin Hrlot,l#, collrgra. Eyn'nn
| sin, newspapers. tlaRazfuca. 1"s'ka, park
, a,nt Int,lena lin inrnfa If l,rnltiI ttIHlr,It
tnn, mid ntn,'ac1neut (" MI. In n!l il,r#
, ,uuIsn es t'lusi@.lit" hrnrsn1nIrn III" i'rr.
,,,t nl.r truly li,.a. m tI,,an whlrl t,rrsr"an
II ,ite,l. rnrl, In lila t,wfl t1nnl,n!ns aud ent
',.an'ly yclHhEnR tuntn, l"l'n Pima S,.kna
( Ing ii TIN ~"r1l ir,ln MI tInls'"ns1lr n.n,,,l
j, ,~',,s, ul,rl In that tt! lhu te.tl! urIltnry
ts,,b|,lainh tl!as 1t iaa i'o.,nnIo nreulnr!4"
, | Tint l!te ,lnct.lnea nf tin Church nu lonHs
/, l.a,n ti.niF ancient J"twer, hnl illustrate
.(4a fact l.y the disposition Of tbs pcopl" /
resist rulers and govern tllrlnHrfsnH tofonsl
u eec,,lar hehnulH, to band tognthor In heor,
secular aacieties for n.atun! all, au.l to i
uase tho dogmaK of tbs Church. rrotssta'
: Churches succeed In prof. ortion aR tflt
rccognszc. and full III with, this tendency
j tho ago townrd practical md benevolent +
# sults aA the chicf function OF TIM Churc
a II parentless children nro picked ont Of Il
If gutter, clothed, fod. taught to work, al
1t aaved from vice to lives of uscfulues
Id nobody doubts the orthodoxy Of tho pl
cr ccetiing. This ia fclt to be, not the husk
h. Christianity, but the full corn
1e tho ear. The husks may ha
lis been worth defending until the corn IT
D. ripc, but next after the ripening comes t
Sc h,iskng. Theological distinctions aro st
in worn ns part Of the religious costume
er the people, But no man can be disti
IN guishcd hy them. The scientific ma
o. whether Catholic or Protestant, is Of o
ay fifth. The uneducated maa, whether G;
1t rinist or Armenian, Is Of another. T
H. Refo1mer, the ConrentionAlist, the Cons
C. vative, tho 1keptic, tho critic,--all these 1
Of distinct, unmistakabse verities. But 81
al tarian names express no such vital diff
h ences Of character, aim, and faith. It is 1
of that systems of doctrine are either concej
IT. | OF denied. They stand like an ancient e
or | dce On some old manotia1 estate, neitl
ap- torn down nor desecrated; indeed, held
IN high esteem and carefully preserved for
symmetry and beauty. But its former ,
ed | c,,y,spts do not lye there. They b