, 1873-11-03

"Nothtns in our hands wo bring" o.oopt ,noala-
Swing Espensance and saving good Horts. Now,
ans,sts and tes @ ayma Nothing il y h.nds Ssas m'ss
pogsese s 10 s9nowl'ere Foundation for its melody.
e. hoaess 5s .ss s ct 9Rs s
standpolut Of the human nature for evidently
n9 Feg'o,s heart ean s!ag at hymn Rock of Aeos
croed bn! tho public ohrstian heart feels tint its
hymn which 10 emriea tho human lnnt1s Of merit
This diaoord betwcen only Savior Christ nn many
eAVng gracea Ia only to be harnonzcd by Rnppoaiug
oh sasos u os y ess Sts' s
HaviorItnt ~ - source Of those virtues which 1T
tho soul for llf0 hero and horeAftcr.
The conception Of Christ lcgnl Eavior Inns heen
ehildlooa tint ohrls e1.sed t9e sina p I'll ohria
Is an eo sis Witch u'la you Gaye bs been kept
s to- nsssS ss as nS sa9R g. v4
Of no consoq,'once, and making Heaven nttanabe by
eonmeEcaa transaction in which man rertuEms no
thousand M murders, will harm US, for tic blood Of
to make dloit to s,pposo That my soul evor IT.
tered or cherished It. nt such was es one tilio
protesting Christians havo lived ves of vce, bocarso
they Possessed dvinc Being atoning for their SIN Ms
f1st ~ thsy foa heap up fe. and varied
come from widening out the olca Of Ohrist, and tnak
ing Him the source Of h,mau v1rtuc, and not the
The old fatal method was only ,provision for
making an & safe ao Of conduct It did not reform
IT 9ns ass 2srs Ppss fsass v licensed bandits
to pngc. and aod safe passcs to robbers when pnr
Of The spos brought to tho Popc for tho sin Of
money enough has alwa7s been difncult task. but
for private virtue 1t little dreamed OF, because
little valuable as any part Of salvation.
This luBJgu!GCAuCQ Of good works was not q nhc-
nomcnon Of Romanism alone, but Of much orthodox
Tho better tone Of modern timcs comes from tho
batter unfolding Of Christ rs moral savior-a King
not q COMPENSATION only, hut Of now nfo in Tho
ohttatsuity ts not accomplishing tlla reform by
but BY going bssk to thst creed It u rcfofm as to
snd who is the only basa Of that religion and Fad
asked Him what he must do to inherit eternal te tho
ropy not any indulgence lka that Of Papa Inno-
aone but wa M in io % words hat T. YOU mast e. ber
question. ohrist replied. :" Keep IT, cemmandments"
decalogo and said he hhd kept that rule, tho rorly
eamo M That you need such perennial goodneas Of
regulations, and will 1n thousand nwa to keep and
thoussud doesls to do which no Moses could weAve
No ono con road the words and fa Of Christ without
porcaving that He ID moral Savior, and is drawing
men toward Heaven by drawing thsIn toward q new
lowcrs which called saving 1n various confess
aons Of faith. Il, therefore, there were hundred
ng segs aan 11 IN Sf a Ss xona u b. s
ttnea, not Of their worda hut Of their Vitality Lot 1t
Savior ot my aoul Tint comes Into profound repent
ance on account Of this ohtle ed b hts pcrauasions.
human virtue there wore score, yct by VI n,,leh 10
Jesua became It which these 2orms aprans Into
ss0s q ol1s,a H0a s1se 9 b 1o hS
very false to the goarola which falls to aet forth
Christ In hs grand evident oaco Of moral mediator q
Is fountain Of now heart in man ali the contzadio-
tons meot and are harnonlzed He ia Bavior because
Is developed By lin savior because The repentance
for ain, the hght from vice. by tho infu-
ense q t tratn and ars9ssaon ~ and sni1t Savior h.
example.
And a al these vaFas aenea sss
like coloss that Aow into each other In tho cup
Of nowes er shell ot ths sea; FAITH y Religious
md With tSe soul anchoIed hese put ha who t9S as
looks and ts thus attached to such being a. tho Bin
hence the omen. tho faithful ono oohs into bis soul
he becomes pen1tent. lie has met with no new,
stranHe dogma Ae hss simply turned his gazs from
the contraht. Thuh faith aud repentance only df
fesent moments Of the sau1e new mtnd-juat "a in
moment Of time. OF As the moon At night pssses from
silver to dark cloud, or from cloud to light.
In is t.ith, md whie {hcn looked Il itss and sud s
denly became peniteut IL brought faco to face
with human boing, fellow-morsal. brother, suf-
fe1lug from conscious SIM or sckucss or helpless oy
erty. Then the new heart. fEcah from tho seluu Of
Christ trained In the presence Of that divine lore and
benoyolence, this heart full Of Geshsemane's music
aud arrtnked with 1a tears, ia no LONGER faith, Or
repentance, OF conversion, but tender charity.
Thus the cardinal doctrines Of Christianity only
| a 8Afr Thny
arc the different wlndowB-eastwarl and westward,
north~aEd aud sothward-out Of which the spirit
gazes Through faith sees the open heiycus aboyo
through penisenee the tmngo Of eof pas and
to eone through charity the heart loota at and
al these pictures enc human mind, revealing, Ike
Tho sunrise Of aunaet, manifold glory. Tho namaer
Of doctrines II only the yatdodness q the aout
They are all ona In their origin. Az tho Rhine River
drawn s from tho groae Alps, where three
and Thousands Of vales gvo TO It's current their sn-
mer showers and winter anoHa divides ia great vol
At List into sa strSams t whish ny different rontss
OCEAN Rt s great shore OF In the secluded Zuyerzee,
but ia a the while the Rhine. driven by neimpulso
spirit is a one volume with one impulse, broakng up
Into channes OF doctrine according tho conogura-
| river 1awa.
Thus following the many doctrines back to an ovi.
dent unity That solitary origin perceived to be new
and repentance ' sre varied phonoens, @ Into tpi:
unity there aro many doctrines that cannot be decsrud
to have any essential part. They du mt tn3uro tho
harmony, but they form not any essential part. Tho
foru1 of Church government the modes Of baptia,a
bership in the viaibe church elements which may
bo included or omitted, tho one grand thing being
that the son move forward in those graces that abao
| 1uteiy bear it toward the Image Of Ghrst.
Having now reached the identity OF doctrine, a11
doctrines being modification of one spirit remains
to nay thst onrtst becomes moral sayioS by bcaon
ing the great origin Of this religious spirit that di.
ydes Itself into Fragments. Becomes ia or!giI
ny 70 m ~
Of ar of poetry, of richca, Of ambition. Of wnr,
PLEASURE but no such being had come exclusively to
Tho domain at raligton.
Not only did Christ come to thia feld In most OK
trome sense, ropudiasng al honore and riches AMI
arts and empire and common pleasures but b.
brought the wiseat religion tho world had yet sqon