New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-06-14

rerflv. Ieraues divine We hold nature n common
with to Divine nature; when eau work it ont free IL
from uo Incidental the transient, the local. that when
8, left is strictly dyinc 1t is like Chusts No man Can
be divine IN scope and degree; but in Kind he may
Every oak tree in the nursery like oak OF an NUM-
red year-not in size but in nature Just as much an
oak the biggest We are not of the DIVINE INF
nor OF the Divine scope nor o. t te cod and we It is
tapity and religion Religion is the specific o. when S
C5rsiiaUitv is Tie generic one simply Worship Ihe
other is character. Religion 10 P@,ni"vincnt of lie
one part Of our nature gwen TO divine things ChrS,
tianlty includes this, anu and seeks 70 create
TiarbNod i'm men II would develop and perfect every
pUWtI o te bo nnfo perfect man" Religion does
not ' attompt to do that 1t teaches men to
be- y6bedent; but Christianity teaches men to be
Of virtue dong GmS frame au msi man Christ
would make a whole man. Religion would save man man
Crisf would make him worth saving. That noble rel-
an tic Hebrew-trained men for an earthly common
wealth; Christ brought in Immortality and trained men
Tor earthly, S SoonG in Of GrdeF
higher, heavenly commonwealth 1t was
room and higher formative influences, that there was
new dspensatOn, supernduced upon the former one
attention to-day, namely The Christian idea of per
feet Manhood. And first consider what the nature OF
this manhood must be. In some respects 1t Is, Already
predetermined, already the nature OF man II Is not me
manhood that is to lie outside of the faculties with wnich
We are all endowed Grace ana the GlNl9e SPiLle, Ve
tauly recreates u.s. but they add nothing TO the organic
Ran mSG ana BODY ~ as Ra already
IS ] some Sense Nothing is superuoHs
in man. part too much; nothing 100 nttlei no appe
that supcruOus force faculty, or function that IS
not indispensable the body itself is sacred Whatever
man may Il is to be cherished and TO be honorCd
The great ground instincts of nature and from when
have sprung such an affinity OF TgseiS. In
conditions OF powernand Gi on power who'll ,rt to
tho moralaud spiritual sentiments all these ana each IN
Christian 9 manifold Hear Paul "And pray God, your
whole spirit aud soul and body be preserved blameless
unto the coming OF our Lord jesus There breadth for
| You. Christianity is designed TO eliminate faeui
| ~ or power but to give them inspection
and power and trainngto make more Of them not less
terror discipline, by which the higher faculties keep
under the lower Our business is not TO lessen put 10
regulate not to destroy but to educate ana contro
everything that pleased God TO give us lHere Is 10 pg
no such aesthetic notion as sha aept 10 t E 6 S al
use part of mans nature. as he would De better
| obhge some part OF our nature 10 oNHPiesS
itself less generously, less freely. man may be en-
pride. 1t may be necessary LOT a man 10 Dreah GOWN
Somewhat the mountain OF his hrmness, or obstinacy
some obstnacy him upon occasion. IL may be
\ necessary for a to restrict vanity but man who
II Every part is Indispensable. Every part must
come, however under education, must be coordlnate
II manhood may have intnity, variety, sweetness, power
II endurance, beauty. This. then, is the Christian
II nature and the training OF every part into subordl-
nation and harmony me Identifying OF every
II sweet, genial, and beautiful A true man. after
II Chrst will be the noble, beautiful thing upon
III eartn the feest joyous the most fruitful in all
| goodness There is picture that was ever painted no
esived one half 90 beautiful as is the life OF man
thoroughly developed upon the pattern OF christ Jesus
As to live well for the life to is the suret way OF
living well for this world So live rightly for this world
is the surest way OF living well for the NE
to come We are placed in circumstances in this
must excite thought He that goes away from this ma
arrangement some men try to be Christians by moral
y which has in 1t simple justice between man ana man
and wont to say. man vii! 40 about right here,
God will see TO the great hereafter"-which has in II
speck Of truth, ana but speck And others
live wisely and forsake the world he should
set his affections on things above and
nand as if it we're business TO think entirely and
exclusively, and live as 9nchores, separated rom the
vital life that now IS Ihese must De kept tOgether'
Shall dispute which is the most Important the for
%l1 i Is the most Important If YOU take true aim
must draw the foresight through the hind one, And
world OF the other one the foresight the other is
the te B BS1 'hg This 00i the oH World Se@
I we can live III at present. Human life, human
Society Civil Government is Gods means OF grace II
Is yOuT drill ground aud these are 10 be used men
use machines The potter does not expect that the
become part OF the wheel on which he has put IL that
the does he believe that is TO be changed into
flame and 80 away as gas into the air II is TO be fined
a"s R01dI tbs world q Gs fashioned by its grind
! inc The 10000 Industries OF life, all the
aspirations and mterstrfes n social excitement-tese
but so many influences that are clseng or are rasp
e Mace Tor tre yrtue Is where virtue Is emped the
place for courage where there is danger the place
manhood where there Is stress In the other direction
| And it is where men mngle with men that they
tempted TO selshness, and 70 rise in pride but hold
II in subsection; II is where men are tempted TO be
cruel and bitter, and greyous, and e1acng, and, in
the midst Of these temptations strengthening the other
tendency-that is where man is formed No man form
cd in cave. as bat 10 man IS FORMED as an anchOute
an ashetc but in overcoming evils temptation and
that IN the place where God has called you up. The
who know how TO use IT, And how base and ignObe are
they who squander their manhood in this world who
| pass through a most wonderfully organized sys-
TEN of education, namely, the national the
| civil, and the social world, and parcel out noble
nature, as We're LOT SAFE now does the machine pass
through the various shapes in It's construction In goes
lump Of pig iron; it IS nodded and Tudely shaped at
first 1t passes out from one set OF hands into the second
set. Something more Is given to it-not hneness, not
lakes il may be- something from lt-takes away the
oumsiness reducing the bulk aud AT last IL comes ont
| touched il and II is a perfect machine when IL
issues from the other side This is Gods workshop my
and education, and symmetry, and shapelness quality.
temper and at last 70 issue from the other side per
life not simply because it is the way Of duty but call
you Christian life because it is the only way in
which you hud yOur own salvation No can be-
come man until he becomes Christian. mol that he
| necessarily a Chrstianj but / call men to
! true ideal OF manhood. There ia an impression
that Tegi is life of restriction, that IL Is pent up
imprisoned way fun Of Inconvenience and loss and that
men TO be paid for this hereafterwhat they lack
here and Ose they are to reclaim in the heavenly land
TO commute for. Men hold that outside Of Christian
Life there is certain liberty and gayety and oyousness
! and mat the natural state Is manly Men mnst
have poor specimen Of Christian think that the
natural state is happier state Of manhood than the
! Christian state. For the true Christian
is the largest built Of any living man. and by far ne Is
who has the greatest liberty. No man is free until
he has learned to live in his higher nature Only in learn
Ing 10 be Christian Is life burdcnsome and restricted
And IL Ii so ia everything else When Language is com