, 1869-06-21

~ tE = e4ultpcal. tnoonGsAnI hopelcaA - ths
| AanauV o. kingdoms. tho pcrMAncncJ Of dJuAk
res the duration Of any g1fcn form Of standNI ql
sylll1ssf9a q, appa5enuy, q any n1ed eternal re
0ou taa,ur r = hi Ho'5 e1rst sssn;. 81 ev1,s
fortune which brings good afer cyt, Of eT1i s,tc,
Iuod. 70 oHess suec< hlon. u the elements d
- necessary kni permanent tnstssuents Is w VI,
and society as ase those Of virtue, pcaoe. nv
,tsutn. iove snd Tlsdon, then t1uly ~ hare nosa
moral and spiritual hopes and prssspec,s q: pf 10
manly mY sswel! NJ once be ahAadoned; VI
mlgns 13,sSs.s,da - Eel plaa : reformation N TIT
mez md wtnter, n the hope Of bsu.shin;
aataness and cold - this p.a5ins md saSso1ia;
liz snis 6 Goa g! Sa':;s aaesa
evt4 tns4ce 70 Injustice, peace 70 1al, and happi
@'e ,e<e I'd ~ aaes fsSs ssae.
oas sad aahs Il ~ aud hspr;aess a,9G y a'e ~
a 6 BLACK aaa rsiis nena'asag s;sge n5sd 's :;
kaleidoscope, witch. shake 1t a. you win ant Ind
bring about what pleatan1 changes you may If
eIssns re a1ose%eas nsser Fires up ons o. ts a1et
naa tta OWE laws its e~n vic;sstuhcs ia own sr.
senA ~ bloom, md l:s decay, and BY ioug1 o
nc snane1 e5sss' alra5s returns TO the same poInt
eFenLts hopeless Inability 10 rise above ltsel ant
get nd Of IL txeh eT1ls: aye, to change ht
cS Tbs he e Fs,ata Id ~ vItus 81 goo AZ
modern ectcniists world; this i the philosopher
World: this Ia the world even OF some Lew rellg
expense Of los there, L ! nation b,oous Of
this nde Of the planet It Is because another equA
tn naSn!tnne ano t1pcE1apes Is decaying On ii,
other Eide. II liberty prevails In one HcnerxHun
license WILL rule the ne1s, anarchy The rollor.
lpH one, and Necessarily 4 welcome tyranny
wv ,a.z e,ose up tas cycle ~nien then, perchance,
Vices Of one era become the Tt1ues Of It's succes.
soi. me ETacsa OF to-day prujDcs tho 1oil!es Of
to.mofrow. Republics aourishci In ancient
Greco nav. long before hut wheze, in the old
world. has ono survived; and xhat security hare
xe thst The Fo Of one hemisphere wifi be any
kinder TO ths plant shaa the other: Religions
have Grtse1, ruled the hearts al whole peoples for
! thousand years, and then faded out iorercr,
Whist assurance u there today that Christianity
nas any better fate Or stronger life: Vow
nothing, l submit, can h more deu1oraJtzInc
can do n1ore to give virtue and plcty 4 iAtal
stzpkc1 e2l acqllescence tn this fabulous th sorJ
o. n h.ance ~ os night md wrons; good ana esi
thts view. has :. m, profound reality. Even loor-
ing 1t II externally does uot favor Il
There pr roRteas, perpetual progress even On
th.s natural globe We tnhab&,- II Is 10. a nxed,
but an Improving planet let alone what man Is do
u st vi sses e.sass ma ssa s
Easns No ioseh yet maintains an eqnillhrtum
within, npon and over It, Which nsvef
,eaEes II The same, eEen for TIVE successive revo-
seasts.ns ea 0:ssa d'!Iu,es'ss,1s das i. ss .na u
Cling up r Talis,s IL oessas aaye T. historic
swallowed again whole districts Of country. fn-
deed. g1est cstastIophes sxc niwaJa possible; nor
y she5e ~ se,snnhs eTasnee hat 1he Ee.y globe
hahttahe to man- Chauges perfectly possible and
even aliRnt might bring that Contamination about
eternal laws, pAaet ,has could not 6e materially
tsssas etaa sss .ass ssansls :; s,S5na sas
limits of hsmeness m character aud fortunes, bur
the globe hn1ds out no such analogy. Howeter
!oIs Il nss ben h.ettsh'e i clear, xss nos habit
time, and It may cease TO be hAh,tablc within AZ
long period 10 come. Man Is not, then, the etnr-
nal child Of a. eternal earth This globe had be-
endless circles. but while It rolls on It's axis 1t
steadily journeys with the whole solar system to-
ss, y esn III ssnI 1e1opss IL mi sas h. p
lsa natural products znd creatures The seasons
come and 50 n what We call their everlasting
invigoiate Win f1oss aod s1aa. chsase, bus oniJ @
TO EToE and then tnl1l their allotted destiny. The
oak Is not the satne oak to the successive anm-
perhaps. yet IN oak changes from acorn to zap.
Ing. and from sap.ing to the gna,1ed hundred
i.9eed monarch Of nc Held
ia tas laws = s7oTth saA Decay ths
he aefs1 tan he xe
twenty miles nom it. head, TWO hundred or five
thoutlnd- niles nom 1ts soUce- Amid
7 esl, order and Violence, there Is . ruent, never
seE-fepeat,n1, prog1css n Humanity. This propor-
uona OF tspod and evil charge frnu wofse to bet
1el; taa 'ners T o asa5s nore aad mose freedom,
pleiy In the wofi Cess kingdom Is Always
coming; Hts WIN a1ways getting irEn more
oe; aa 'ns nsee p e o. taa
areas copy-boof where humanity, At nrss IN ride
pothtoks and crooked s.rokea, next n large
reIy image of ,s original, zaoEs the heavenly
purpose and tendsaey to na3s Heaven ans e.rta
me histor. OF 4besty, OF morals, Of human
steaduy progressive history, Mi governed By A.
into spsaeacal,ereet M d the Divine principle. Tic
problem q estahliaain9 GOD = has1ton IS nobstx.
sna ~ ana 01s saan m pss
broid. E1en cur ldess Of Hesren. md or
conception Of the laws md light that reign tn Ills
a9eady a4tsnetns mn and yoa must See ihss uai
s.ate Of sosiety, and what angels and a17changeh
broader conception q ueavcn ttaeu, We
shall be IN roor condition tn NdRe wheth-
e Us Kiasao@ pR r., 5 ea5tn ,.!s = sasane!ns
with Ills VII as It Is done in Heaven
For II Heapen be placs-as has Been azs, too
inseeesaa1 sn9 soe'a c wan Al ,heg meats
struggles and complex acuy1t!es, are losi>aml
drowned In mere moral en!oJtnent- o. even Y
Ing victorious nnsn Or transport OF Rnutlc synpa.
thetc, pute and holy emotion, 1npe1et1atAd by tlse
I'D II nds sna e
able pursstt Tor truth, wider varieties Of erpeuF
ence, more progressive eodc1rors sol larger VT
tories over nhstacles and difficulties; II there b
| No great passions, no STRONG Amblions, no ind
viduAl dn1ercncen Of opinion and experience, ~
chsnces for new light 70 b!cak n, and no pecss
chipgelessnesa, absolute joi, and II csernsl ses
prevail there, and not one 1nqnenched -
piat.on, not one nniulnlle! hope, On on
iatc Perfect, and il IL no wonder then Il nc nu
little progress IN the carth or IN human nature
that IS resembling nan to anEels e n o. p1a5..F pr1F
netc.tbe the utumphs Of Gods VIII IN Hsayes
| For there Is nothing tn huEAn hMotr, hor = !
low, the anticipation that Al Anv time any sue
condition OF thtnSB will or cAn ptps1l on eaIu
AaE NATURE eSnlnsss sa az M Ie
nor d mere moral and religious being He cow
wei we're onls that lie Is also thinking, a kno'
ipg creature, with n1ed relAtons OF orEant1at.s
to the universe abort him, Ia nll its eaoE& t1o
: ns the Erraios tn wno6e IMAGE he u m@ne, u
. maker o{ Heaven And earth, and. splttt - He
ne has buEted hlmseU with matter, lbelieve, q
/. not merely our moral and effIo4 ceakun' ,s y :,
tne vast temple Of visible wonders, VIII =
I green threshold Of Garth and .ae pllarea posen
d of the forest, the vast mirror o. tne ocean. ~ =
E open windows o. nsasens .ae nr1ar' s' hi. IN
t cencc as suu Tay; penetrate~ish the astronoma
y tube the degrees Of space ~ you can h'nou4
1t cnnm1er* Of tins naertas temple, !na!essAns %
It mntter, organization, objects 70 provoke eure
G. y, sources Of IErsh ooeupatlon, means M ~.
T. hnust{blt resrade The creation. and Will cout1n
st TO tnytte celestial science and rrofo1ndet M
4, iect and deeper penetration TO pursue tne ~
y sorH ipnnte wltdo1n skln ano poee1 snt"asn y
8 domains Of EupstanuA feaue5 io1 oounoeS -
I. Why .ndolensly SUPPOSE that tntnss - wond
tnc Creator Is 1hc vital principle ttse,f, that b
.ct unIo1ds in fragrant And brilliant aews
To- IN the quaintes t1nyster1es o. insect form II
Organization Of The higher animals, and mo-.
iii In The human tAee h.Sine-wn3 suppose :
things which ase fsh IN tae19aassa!s sr .nG
confined to our neciing experience On tass ~ y
planet this DOT to space OF t1 our e.sca -at. ~
eanh: Much more Wy H., inlnk NJ ,na aae c3neIs n5p
! rrind spd matter, and ihe higher t.mrathae,
reason, or between the private man hnd M p
nc ROT ct I'll that Is enno,'inc, disciplinary,
ncaiiyt. aud e1a1ung in human tie, ends
md n the mere tEansitorJ Peeai1i
only IN INDECENT impatiencc 20 reaeh
ih1t shull have no longer any eoort in Il, TO {
up neretopennK progress IN ht! RsEcuu
Tor absolute ftulslanr that has dri' n the Cafti
World to xress u tew underlined promises of a. q
and apostles, 4 thought OF Hrasen. VICE. 70
sev. nett courageous, thoughtful men 1s les ast1a
even lnan earth, with All lts itrrcrfecsionn,
nth and sorrowa. For earth Is not ABSOLUTELY NOR
Ixt- | nous; T. not empty Of caElo@ttg Ho9 unirM
LABOR. nor undfyetsinc.l With change and G
ord What the Sn8ttrs would seeE 70 bring aoon
the their abolition OF nazT1age, Al the early 300
be hy thetr communism, OF the 1anane1u T.oa
10 their repro, Atlon OF Ill hnusements, Of the
the By her contempt for the Eorid, Or me non
z In his nlthy cell and hlt telQhn eotnde, Ate on!
! d. Instructive commentary upon tne nnn1nl1a
IN divine conception OK heaven ns S4npSs4 ~ .
On OF rch variety Of enotl TitA note Asno s's.4
AJa. large faculty, &na GLORIOUS cntefltse e11 y.
Ftre progress; ~ LIE 9 eteA uesE va.
< OF harsh, crltuTeleEs. foe1perleneea 4sc
E3t1- | whose main ldeA q -.
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