New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-08

this. Of course, out in literature, since what
ever an age thinks and feels must express IN it's forms
OF art Ii l. frat symptom before 10 IL cause, symp
tom OF something deeper than ITSELF which however 1t
ieeas and strencthens by the very iact Of
by attacking the literature that we must seek TO do
good hut also by attacking the life OF when Is the ex
and pnyerfuy ali holy Christian inlnenees and IN 80
M a. htcrature itself Is CONCERNED, encouraging ana CIR
culatnR what ~ Enthusiastically pure ana goOd Inero Is
no Deter way Of keeping chan out OF DaSel than Dy
Just Ming 1t with gram and let us be thankful there y
gram az command sufficient 10 dIspace the chaf,
abundant though 10 In The Bible alone lnot 10 speak
o me literature which grows out OF ~ there is the seed
corn OF harvest. whick 30 taros OF the enemy Will DC
aDe TO choke and which made vital By the power OF the
hoy Ghost shall yet cover the earth with those fruits
and glory Of GodJ life everlasting We do not IN
tenn TO part with the Bible yet for al that
SCIENCE can either promise or threaten There IS
ooo nueh SIN and misery IN the word for thAt ana
chiefly because the world does not esteem that Bible as
ought 10 do. But the Bible away the SIN would
DC greater and the misery deeper. for In that case u
would be sin without check and misery without hope
IN 80 lar as the world is any way better than was Is
the Bioe that taught the world think and sconce
need not be anxious 10 put out the OF the giant
on whose shoulders 10 stands We cannot forget even
the indirect benefits have derived from the Bible.
IRON us influence the general sentiment OF society
conclusion that that Bible, and what owe to 10
elsp ienooly, abolisnsd, the phosophie inndel VINO
Mods 1t 30 cheap would speedily nnd himself III the
abysses OF barbarian and general chaos And that
Is only Its effect by the W.y-the go.d gus,
Its chariot wheels in burning progress TO victory
mat victory Is achieved Ia the depths OF the individual
sV", W WHICH or ~ Dc reCelFeul IL DflnBs lRut anu
grace, and spirit OF holiness, and Savior mighty TO
save These are things for the loss OF which neither
science philosophy provide any compensation. And
TINS must be remembered in view OF that distinguishing
feature OF the uideity which ~ rising everywhere
into prominence, namely, that it - not inidety
Tor IT'S own sake 1t pure and simple but for the
sake OF certain style OF scientific progress to which IL
is alleged TO be necessary, and in the way OF which
spiritual sentiment and beler In the supernatural IS
supposed TO stand. II that be the (Which however,
DO not beeye-as true science cannot be hndered, but
only helped by faith God and the BIbe), yet, say f
that be the case Il does nothing 20 reconcile 10 the
dismal alternative OF surrendorng Bibles, and Gee
ing how much not for the present only, but for the
awful and endless future that surrender would involve,
we demand TO be made much more assured OF our
ground and to be supplied with much more satisfactory
evidence than yet been supplied with, before
we can ever think OF entertaining the suggestion at ALL
what we have got to do Is 20 give all OF our strength
TO the promotion Of enlightened Christian sentiment
Speaking writing, and living in the spirit OF the Gospel,
not acting In any way afraid or the ark OF
the Lord but each in his sphere and according
TO his ability commenting 10 to the world by his iife and
committing it 10 God in his prayeTs In which case we
snail have to expect that when tho evening
cometh in like food TIE spirit OF the Lord shall Int
standard agains him, and that sooner later holt
10 tine Lord shall be written upon literature AS well
as upon every other form oi human activity.