The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-06

whole Book Jsb turned the elaboration Of this
thought An attribute that was outside the faculty
81 men could not be revealed to him. You could
not 60 behind certain expressions Of revealment
o. account Of their qualify Professor Tyndall In
ilgnt that come from the sun contain great deal
bea%s our e can N detect that tars are
catch up With. thus s-i It was sA with V''i the
af,lys -. or adaptation q means 70
trumpet to It, what was true Of III the SENSES Was
cnorde6 Men cass ed
In one direction could not understand men whose
Iacuties were not absorbed in the same direction.
Take man who owns
n SsT YS VINO mas 10 black and o.
the dogs can kill, who delights in talking OF it
through the faE and wnSs the
SELF. Now put the great Nh: Bergh WITH that
ire they would have To illustrate another
condition OF mind. There Is q peck measure OF
narbles, and you want to know how many 1t cen,
tell how many there were. But let the same man
va Vse Of sum that music Re would reply
that he must hear 1t. But 1t was not BY any pro.
cess Of reasoning that he ascertained the value OF
the music; 1t was not because 1t was certain
number OF sounds ana by the making Of the
sounds, that an estimate was found. different
was productive in its character and Obeyed the
same law that arithmetic 0beyed. When yeu 60 into
shs era o. taste the same lev was
definite naming Of the faculty, but one which men
had united In naming, that was an aggregate Of
as moral sense that enabled US to Judge OF GER
tain qualities for ourselves. Thus we at length
passet6 knowledge5-tnat is, psssetn the lower
knowledge. We come to q knowledge Of Christ by
relating ourselves to His nature; we come to q
knowledge Of Christ by personal expression Of
these qualities, and the power Of which
is founded on great sensibility. Just as much
like, so that become sensible OF the presence
Of God as the barometer is sensible OF the pres
sure OF the atmosphere. God bears witness in u.s.
God. So that by looking at ourselves In the light
Of these truths we come to see how 1t is that
WE KNOW so LITTLE OF GOD.
"Thou thought that was such one as thou
art" was the Interpolation on one occasion There
was probably such thought as this by the worms.
Commandments to worm could 1t understand itp
What sort Of time would he have II
preaching to them But give him GMr. Beecher]
the human heart and let its strings be revealed,
and how he could play upon It! Leave him nothing
highest: How little he was Heroism, how little
noblest endeavors how small when we compare
them with the God-like, even as we know it We
are constrained 10 a0mlC CQe6e are DuC p8rtE OF
His ways. boy, who has just learned to read and
who plumes himself on It, what dees he know Of
universal Nteratvre' When we attempt to prove
but very small way up. We cannot prove that
which He's beyond matter by matter. We go sound
ing through all the universe, and we can get no
sign, no hint OF God. These difficulties are not
lessened we turn In other directions. In this age
there was an unmistakable
DRIFTING TOWARDS ATHEISM
But there was no relief to the human mind IN that
direction. We say that matter ia eternal; but we
don't stop thought by word. 1t was more GifIl-
cult Of conception than the idea OF personal God.
There was no rest, either, In panthesm. We know
when we are In the presence OF great nature {;
We know 1t though 1t speak not. We come to know
that there Is glorious centre Of life and warmth
for our moral nature. The Christian knows this,
and although this Is not an argument 1t Is an ar
gument that is absolute and s wise one. 1t is q
presses itself with its own qualities Now, II the
New Testament were looked over 1t would be seen
that 1t appeals throughout to this style OF evidence
When Christ was on earth and in His replies to the
inquiries OF the wise men Of the time He answered
IN that direction. ''Yeu know not Me,
because you have not that within you by which
you can know Me, )" was the substance OF his reply
That was the standard principle that men were to
look to for the subjective condition. SO that 1t
came to this that men to grow in Christ and In the
knowledge Of the Lord Jesus Christ must comply
with the laws and conditions that growth in that
knowledge required.
course, after which the ordinance Of the Lor0's
Supper was administered to q congregation that
entirely filed the moor.