The New York herald., 1873-01-20

showed the prseiousness Of individual HUMANITY
vas that each separate person was the special OBJ
1ect Of divine care God cared for the widow in her
loneliness, for the orphan in Its soitude for tina
stranger in his Distress for the child in its CRADLE
and for the lonely wanderer upon the wide sea-.
There were enough knstty and dinlcult problemS
to be grappled with without ehsrishing the beHef
that God was 80 infinite and great that he did NOT
s1 He the s speaksr9 had no fancy Tor believing tSas
he was an orphan In the uniyerse-away on some
where IN the purlieus OF God's great creation, hav
ing no place In the Fathers heart. :.
THE FEELING OF PARENTAL LOVE
was 50 strong that the last child had as tender q
The last child born into the Fathers great family
did not crowd anybody else out OF HIS love: Mem
were saved d. not IN masses but as In lndigldnsis, and
winch Ms had
divine blood and the object Of divine care-had
levelled the whole DRIFT OF the worlds thought. Thg
brought into the world = higher estimate or lite
tnan formerly existed Dr. Eddy elaborated this
s Of lire S Ss 1ae sh
iess and imoeciie infancy was Cherished -siS and
and how dueling was almost suppressed and the
death penalty was confined to murder. This higher
" the minds Of men regarding the rights Of the In
dlvidusl serfdon and slavery, which repressed
class, had been borne by the mighty influence Of
progressive truth into the wlde-mouthed grave
wn,ca Ss "a, tine GnTstian pex ana spade long ago
@ those who Led armies st remember that bayo-
nets think and that cannon was only potential, as
world was waiting. The practice Of nogging In the
navy Is thing OF the past ior man has become
to too G grand and sublime thing polluted as he may
OF the caste principle. Tell me, said the speaker,
WHICH Is AAsrEg, CAPITAL! Or LABOR?
half their capital to be able TO answer that afrma
lively tomorrow morning. The call for the educa-
tons the world 4 naa
that there is no waste ike the waste Of mannood
,.I The city, Of New York could better AFFORD to
burn itself from the Battery to the Fifth Avenue
ignorance ana deSradation in which thousands m % Of
them were to-day. II she did not take time to edu-
cate them now, she would have 70 punish them
tomorrow and hang them By and by. Before leav-
ing this part OF his subject the doctor pictured in
glowing terms. the onward march Of Chnstian
He then proceeded to show that the individual
worth OF manhood was the moving characteristics
0lm0defn Christianity rcmarking that
THE TRUE TEST or CHRISTIAN CHARACTER
the ecstatc divine revelations individuals as the
tions OF the church should be tested by their hu-
manitaranlsm. The s0-caed 'Iiheral Chrstians'
OF orthodoxy which, however, only turned It's stern
SIDE toward evil to lure the wrong-dOer into the
sunny side, whore was written III flaming charac-
ters, "GOd Is love-" But orthodox Christianity
had dotted the land with schools. and was Crap
plIng with heathensm and dolatry in all its fornis
while llberallsm'' wrapped about itself the mantle
OF gentity talked Of its culture aud left the neg
leCted In their unsaved condition. DR.. Eddy spoke
OF the great change which had taken place in tha
literary world In dealing with the aggressive spirit
when Macaulay's ding vt Christian missions and
Dickens picture Of Mrs. Jelaty's labors Tor the.
little savages OF Timbuct0o, which were more p0-
tental than the thunders Of the Westminster Re
Uietc, would hinder the progress OF the missionary
movement.
When the NEW YORK HERALD will send a special
commission to hunt somewhere in the interior or
Africa for an old man, lost missionary, and bring
him back to civilization and to lie 1t may be, or at
all events to relieve him, 1t is an indication tnat
the world has turned its criticisms sunny side to-
ward advanced Christian work.
Dr. Eddy concluded his able sermon BIZ stirring
appeal in aid OF the Missionary Society in its enter
prise OF evanGelZing the world.