New-York tribune., 1869-04-17

every high enthusiasm. They all stand on ,tds tne
passed through more changes than Christianity Ihs tSs
people ire.pectabe BY determining their thought. the
to men % and
haps the result Of temporary snsrc1y r,sS re
ity and OF external ACCEPTANCE without @
Of the moral law We are 50 sure s q bandon Ourselves TO
The impertinenee with which we seek to force on each
other our own precise dogmas is useless tits difference
Of depth and mental character. One man Is SO uDcon
Sa sOpts reads bHt ony whs. bis friend reads him
What he thinks is only What hs friend thinks He must
tons in ie the perfect balances Of its omnpres
ent irresistible moral the Nemesis OF cause and effect
nnd, nmn ps'o In himself which are there and nearest
any dealing with medatOrs one e. OF the % s
pleasure prsiseved In perpetual entreaty to the First
os % S IN hall Sw T T The
tiOns OF which speak are fast fading away .aOggo
names and organizations. There is consciousness Of
being the last to leave sinking ship; but the living
oSs e eradSce Ta IN most Of the thoughtful
dpOsss them 70 respect Of settled settled W.
which much is 70 be said on both sides In M religion Is
certain slowness and sense % 6nSr .de o enS
raises feeling OF calm acceptance Every intellectual
intsllIgehce are all on the radical side It doesn't
II The votes leaders Of society DON'T
aSS SspTs th They aSs talk
most does at first They look about TO see what
supports the Gd fs aOy w sn0g aDS peres1
ties that pervade their minds shared by Others they
love 9 %ans to the settled
, @ nn none a pc s 70 R see Raes
by your audience 1t is not well to utter anY deep con-
asSd truth 18th poemcay said loses hall its effect
The aid that give each other Is only sympathetic
Jesus was Jesus because refused listen to another
and listened at home We are dealing with inevitable
listens with increasing hesltancy TO any story OF
miraculous facts as an accompaniment OF truth There
something that does not appeal to reason In accepting
Now the existence and history OF Christ are doubted
denied by learned and critical persons In per-
Christ are not spiritual reality for they could not deny
the existence OF justice, love- laws and time, suppose
pSa which that whatever proceeds forth from
the soul outward to all things and not to the soul from
received-the personality Of these histories inereres
%a fSn T Ina no Se divided 1 Although the seraphS
should claml name the poor boon must be refused
think that the sect OF the Quakcrs in their best repre-
entaves appear to 70 have come nearer to the sub
secs They have kept the traditions perhaps longer
time kept the early purity did keep for longer time
of that sect in ali the history and all is
leaders and teachers certain fidelity to the serptnral
outwardy into pTrsm into Painn,ess but the faes act
appeared When @ saw e e rsUea %
We having command 10 stay but being permitted TO
@ Should we 60 il the Lord commands to stay should
then be wanderers already for such are wanderers.
what We wished presents you can never come to any
piece part Till you put your whole reliance IN the moral
constitution OF man, and not at all IN the historical doc
trne The Imagination is always present. and, aiding in
every manner carries out all the sentiments The doc
trncs OF the natural religion the doctrines OF realism
are those on which all thoughtful men must rely. We
for what we are II T. P0sSe ISL S 70 Soeea your
conceament for when an opinion seeks e darkness you
know what that opinion m de s. Ie aVey e sSag
from their brain from their Affection wherever there
wrong the response cr,m Is PAIN With ThS ISpuRt8 maR
is one who watches when Nature will take her eye
law OF gravity life is a perpetual instruction in
and eject Whatever any one desires from another the
Site' Morality" said Lowman "s the practice Ofrea-
The Intelligent beng-says kants law-the intelll,
a simple means through the ends OF another
Ism of organization will become universal rule
IN legislation for all Intelligent beings "a
rule OF all the actors. He that commits crime defeats
the object Of his existence quote these statements or
do Is the asuclency of the moral state The
electric telegraph has immensely reduced the size OF our
now communicate from England to Bombay. from Boston
TO San Francisco from Boston to Paris aud TO Egypt in
the Presidents leyee at Washington TO Join each other
from the %0 sides IF the m and And %
its Influence is yet TO be unfoded When comes into
every burning word that is spoken in any quarter In
santly vibtes through the entire population OF the
rect each other everything fantastic. absurd, will be
voted down by tho opinion Of nations Every super
aud language, opinions pocs,and religions viii be tried
by final test 1t is easy to see IN such perfect inter
course where the points OF agreement Will DO found In
tho comparison OF the Scriptures of each nation there
will "A wonderful agreement an doctrines and maxims
wi ca III
WILL be forward, you may be sure TO exhibit Its wild
Each w 6snetyey commend its reason and virtue by
holding UP what examples all mon will confess to bo true
and admirable; what pure humanity prophet thought,
lot me give a few examples from the Hndoos and Mo.
though believe have already been
produced series OF lectures perhaps they are iden'
tcal with mine. The character OF Mohamned is on the
page OF history very bad There s however among tue
Mohammedans another series OF legends about him which
contradict those which have become current In history
There many anecdotes OF this kind which indicate
the enthusiasm that has 50 often appeared IN the
Christian church and among the Patoniss also IN the
East In India The Hnd0os have TINS story That when
God created the ground IL rembed, and couldn't rest
Then he created the mountains to keep still But there
tradition Of certain spiritual elevation IN the ehr
acter OF Mohammed which appeared aiterward in his ol
borrowed the Christian Scriptures not, there is abund
ance Of noble sentences. Mohammed said, 81 have
can understand me-" There is story of pioas
woman, Rabia, who lived IN the second century
OF the Hegra OF whom Ferdeddn relates that she
went through field she cried aloud longing after God
has seized me-" There are also many similar stories
about her. III winch she exhibited tAth III the supreme
Being.
Mr. Emerson then proceeded to quote passages from
the Nedas aud Koran, and closed with reeratOn OF the
sentiments expressed IN the beginning OF his DISCOURSE
Next sunday Uhe llth) Mr.. Wendell Phillips speaks
"Cbustianlty Battle not Dream" which believe ho
considers will be the great effort OF his life.
CRUEL CHRIsTIANITY-YOUNG GIRLS BAP-
TIZED THROUGH HOLES CUT IN THE ICE
THERMOMETERS ZERO.
70 the Editor OF The Tribune.
SIR: From the quiet sotudes of the pine