New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-23
BOSTON RADICALISM.
TIE METHOD OF CHARACTER - SELF
OBLIVION.


| WEISS MIR. POTTER, MIR. POWELL, MIR. WAS
son, MRS. CHENEY, AND OTHERS.
BOsroN, Feb. 21.-A bright day, and the in
tmaton on the little avendercoore tickets of admis
sion that tho Rev DIR. Barto to he the essays for
tho OCCASION attracted unusually largo gathering at
No 10 Chesnutst yesterday. The great parlors were
more than full, and overlooked into hall and Gnteroom
Tho two W's. Wciss and Wasson were there DR.. Hedge
whose Reason in Religion" is one OF the nobles
tribuons TO theological literature; Mr.. shackford, well
known among ripcst scholars and critics; Mr..
Powell Of The Nov. York National Standard. and
many others worthy OF note helped to console
us for tho absence Of Emerson, Hlgginson, and
Mrs. Howe. IL "a rare treat to listen
to Dr. Barto mystic, transcendenast and enthusiast
One has only to hear his words and watch his inspired
face to he transported into atmosphere whence
the small aims and petty trials Of sCrdd, everyday life
are banshod He seems to dwell always on the Mount
Of VISION and you feel that between him and the world
beyond hangs only the hnncst vail through which al
ready the morning star Of the new life Is shining wish
that could make you II al-the great. odfashoned
rooms full relics OF the past the light stealing in and
touching here q wOmanly brow earnest with eNpeeta-
ton, there serious attentive man; the face on which
the eyes Of all the waiting audience are turned, face
framed in by silver hair, and t by bright farsoeing
eyes. And then fain would give you ears 10 hear the
earnest tremulous expressive voice, which breaks the
silence, and begins to speak.
What divinity or diyination may be in dreams know
not but shortly after the meeting Of the NcwYork Con
ference last October, dreamed-it only dream
of COnyOcation discussing Jesus till at last re rose
and said as once to Mary the resurrection morning
''Touch Inc not" Was lie ghost through whom the
hand that touched would pass No, for be bade skep
teal half-scared Thomas to test the mortal stuff the
flesh and blood reality, Of which he made But 1t
was as if no said The God and Father 10 ghon IGseend,
is vours as much as mine: let atone The time 10
i0ie Oh we is past" This the topmOst round OF
Christs character-One step above elfadcrce on tho
cross selfabnegaton after the crucihXOn He would not
disparago his work He knew and asserted that he
showing forth Of God but. having shown Him, he would
retire. What appearance could match such sefwith-
drawali "You cannot him. no H. behind his
Master" said Father Taylor OF famous preacher. You
DO the perfect rcyeacr who H intent OF showing
you what ia above and beyond himself any more than
you note the who myails picture In some great
cathedral content make the business OF his life to
be the valet OF ts beauty This temper Of sclfenunca
ton Jesus showed not at the close only but throughout
his carecr-wlling that any should speak against
Him but not against the Holy Ghost insisting that IT
was expcdcnt that he should 80 away that he might send
the comforter whose comingI would lead beyond his
lessons into all truth We have Jesus only
in being passed on by him; and 10 worship him or
abide in him as a fnality, If it be orthodoxy is never
thecss infdcity, and fiat contradiction Of HE own
bidding To make idol Of him is to losc him alto
gethcr. Oh fond believer! in your sought grasp OF
your Lord you miss him. only your light touch oi him,
feeling after what he stood representative for can
appropriate him. This is not peculiar to him or all
true regard for friend fowreature. the proof Is not
gross demonstration, but decacy penetrating through
the outward form and bearing to what they mean.
To all sentimental religonsts Jesus says " Do
not keep me; must not detain you. IaVo m
troduced you to Goblet me stand aside With
that sublime soul, then. to put ones end above
ones self the method OF character Do your work. but
divert attention from your hand in it, What makes the
fine actor but be lost in the character he represents
orator in the theme OF his dscouseisnger in the melody
he chants poet in the he writes artist agent.
builder in the business Heaven sends him onl Every
whore the best work that of those who are absorbed
in IT, as the silworm in the it weavcs for its
STROUD the bee lost in the heart Of the flower II SUCKS
selfobvion il Gods remembrance. THAT Is
Raphael" we say OF the picture on the wall lsRaphael
in IT, full length1 No-fgures Of others are there
Holy Family angels, chcrubs. That is Beethoven-an
orchestra playing symphony. That Is Shakespeare
most hid when most revealed less apparent in the self
referring than in the Gisntercstcd plays IT you
know how fine You write, you sccondrate; the frat
rate author never reflects the grandeur % his page
the worthiet worker slips out Of sight behind his work.
So Jesus says" Not me- but my purpose my method my
direction my affection for God and mann these my mis-
sion ia fulfilled; the New Jerusalem has many avenues;
arrive at your station how you will, am content"
But you ask has his character another sdei What
shall be said Of his conscious eXatatonl 1.-THE Light Of
the World" 81 and my Father are one" the Good
Shepherd" "folow me-" (which Of you accuseth mo
of sin" in such phrases what singular and
unparalleled self-rcspectl Yes but no sefintercst.
He Is the illustrator; his word the illustration OF
something deeper than he He would have ~ follow
him. as We follow demonstration IN geometry on the
blackboard We follow guide up the Alps on INTO tue
Adrondacks not for the guide but 2r lo deduction OF
his own honor. but for the common veal. We follow
hat IN him which says, Touch me not, and IKE those
men Of Galiee gazing up after MN INTO HeaNeh, ma
ourselves in the Infinite unseen where, somehow, re H.
still Jesus would not for his servants, but for
his friends, whittier he Is gone we cah ioi,2" nm
His the deal method; but are We bound to his ldea
Rather is not ideal for him and and are not
society State church. the household we live in, as well
stars that shine us, members OF G0df ny tue
outside Of Christianity" That were to be, far as
Christianity il anything, outside OF God There Is no
such thing as " COmeOuter" We are all stay-inners
and in Christian we are inside OF all human
life, Purely individual we cannot be. In every man Is
an Ideal greater than any man. and than all men, TINS
vision let protest IL not for show, IKE the Gt pipes
had IT, who, burning and perishing with lhlist
refused to touch the officers caneen lest the blood from
bs wounded lin might spoil t for the other men. When
the English collier III his bucket with the broken rope
cries From UNDER 10 those at the botom-when tile
French soldier bcgs the surgeon 10 keep his ether for
With his bloody Observation-Disclosures the American
bal diving on the stage which he has fallen is the only
man who looks out for the safety Of the trembling s
left on tTapezewhen the conductor runs forward on
the track Of Western railroad 10 save little child
clears death by hands breadth and goes ON punching
tickes-each saw, with more or less Cearncss inc
something higher than living. REIMBURSEMENT
is possession and Death can mortgage LIE eternal
God can take OF his property but Cilyins God
IL Saturn over again, deyOurng his own children IT'S
The beggar with whom the seeker after the Holy Grail
shares Ills crust. when proposed in convention
IN resolve Christianity into love to God and man. II
objected that this Is the end TO when Chrlsahly !. tho
means But we learn TO vote ny voting Walk ny
aud man by loving them. Immortality Is present We
are NOT going be immortal unless we are 20 we
were shocked at Chief Justice fancy for affirming from
the supreme Bench that the negro In this country had
no rights that white men were bound to respect Yet
dnclslnn hmi part of the lArger deolsIOn