The New York herald., 1870-09-26

new light-tn character OF dignity and con-
quest; The personal dignity OF Christ was
was sufcient In personal dignity to accomplish the
redemption OF the world IL was found only In
Christ, In whom was the fitness OF the Godhead
bodily The vicarous atonement made by Christ
may never be considered separate from his personal
dignity The speaker placed his hope OF salvation In
Christ, not Decanse He was the wIsest and bet of
men, not because lie was an Incompatible teacher,
put because OF his personal dignty-n other words,
Ills divinity embodied IN humanity.
Christ has two methods OF salvation thought and
inspiration. How potent IL thought. What is more
IN influential IN the moulding OF human opinions,
III the formation uf human character, IN the
ueterninatlon OF human destiny, than th6tghtY
me universe Is thought that was lodged In
tie mind OF God. The sun with his eternal ires Is
Thought. The flowers thought OF beauty The
mountains are thought or grandeur Civilization
ndnb ~ a ,,s graaatlons, ,l IN all lts advancement ~
raised by God Tor the grandest or pnrposes--a
thought OF justice, liberty and happiness-a thought
porn never TO die. IL Is trne when applied TO
Christianity. Christ comes forth and stands up
before men with great thought, which requires
centuries unfold and elaborate la lis richness ana
potency. He hoods humanity with new truth He
announces the ultimate truth or human rights and
tne ultimate truth OF human redemption. He pre-
sented three grand thoughs:--FIrst, the FatherhoOd
or God; not God In His omnipoence hurled In tho
thunder and seen In the lightning, but God In the
boundessness Of HIS love and Ia the gentleness OF
His sympathy for fallen man. This idea Is not to
be found IL the Old Testament. There s a God OF
love ana power there, but in the New Testament
ms endearlng relation OF Iatherhood Is unroided in
us beauty and tenderness. lie gives us also the
tnought or ne brotherhood or man. Christ Il the
most powerfui vindicator ot the dignity Of human
nature that ever challenged the attention OF the
Worlu. 10 Hun man was all Ia all; greater than
the nations. greater than the Sabbah greater
IMAM nature. Man was ma,ie TO i've forever,
aud all things else 10 subserye hls hap
plness. He proposed by this thought 10
dsslmnate mankind-to unite them, TO persuade
tnem into the beatitude OF a common brotherhood.
he gives TO mankind the thought OF salvation. the
solution OF the grand problem OF his destiny. such
q thought must have been Of divine origin IL over
whelms ul in grandeur.
Inc second method or salvation ls Inspiration In
tel'ect alone VIII not save men, BY inspiration h
meant those gracious quickenngs Of tire intellect
those impulses OF the heart ana tnat Investment or
power by which The liie is regulated and conformed
10 the divine law. rue intellect Is addressed first and
conviction comes through the Judgment aud then
comes The Inspiration OF the emotions OF the soul:
inspiration OF lie, producing conformity to the
uiylne law life redOient OF sanclity In heaven.
Dr. Newman then dwelt on the idea of salvation,
presenting It's quality and potency all suliiclent
lor human needs and urging MS hearers TO avail
themselves OF It's grand provisions.
Az the conclusion OF his sermon DR.. Newman re-
ceYed the Kind greetings and congratulations of
his friends on his safe return and the ability win
Nhich ne cODducted the debate IN Utah.