, 1874-05-16
Iva no hops Tor Agasels sonla Did he oons 10, :
!! forward With hia ordination vow$ upon him aud
band pver Agaasik to lerditlb lin tho.a fplowin

% Siish isss ean nsi, not profe..ing ths ohs..i4n
f,Seo ,n 10 ssysa II any othss
thelle1t Of natare md tic sw II tint roEon tl,oy
dolrofess and to nnsert an,, antntn TINT they may
La vory rcrhlctous, Antl to bo detosted.
-. And yot in hiB papor that wont to 14,0O0 fam.
-iles. -hold up Agassiz. aa-a Qhriatlan and
aotontifio man.
"', TIE BEuoND orFHNsE. -
Lot ua pass now to tho second offenso dllegcd
by tue prosecutor: -
heaven.
This sorruon waa proaol,otl to show. tho roesor,
why tho religious world Ind n1waya beon full'of
debate. It oaulo partly from tho fact that moral
by mathematical ideaa. There haa mover beon
4 sot Of men to hold that twice two mako four,
and another set of mon to hold that twice two
mako Ave, because theBo ideas are fixed but
there havo boon. sets OF men 70 hold to tlo
to hold to tho theory Of propltiatory atonemcn.,
because men have no slato and pencil by Which
to TX tloHo ideas beyond all dobate-no
pyramid upon which to gaugo g and measure those
things. Honco tho dobate. The prosecution horo
TINT we have q standard; bnt unfortunately, tho
entire religious world aro not PresbytoriaB, and,
unfortunately, proBbyterians themselves do not
agreo regarding Ills standards. Thereforo we DO
arc not callod upon exactly to know. You do
two are . four, or that they arc not
flve.. And honco tho dobatoa and disoorca
inst such as have gathered us hero to-day, But
thu M dfendtul iaca that we do not know nanthemn-
tically about Our God. Ho haa not Arralgnea mo
alone. II tho Holy Spirit was 30 unfortunate In
his language aH to furnish poor me with such
ness arc round about him." tho prosecutor
knows where to lay bis chargos and bis spooieca.
tionB In thia case. It Is iniimated In. Job that
no ono by searching can find out God.
and hence, whom tho presbytory shall pass son-
tence upon mo, shall inBiat upon thoir making
.3,r Jon AND TIE 97Tn FsALM (.
particep ori,ninis in this case [app1ause and
taughterl, and II IN euoh good company ss Job
prosecutor Of this case, ho nood not be much
i; viii anticipate tho reply of tho prosecutor.
will not wait for him to. rise to explain. He
will plead TINT the Diblo was written boforo the
In doubt about tho nature ot God, and that Paul
shrank before the ,nyatory Of Heaven ssaying, ,eyo
hath not :,soon nor car hoard, : be-
causo' they. livea before ! tho Westminster
Confession had hcen formulated at flauEhtor]
revised editions of tho Bible, when readers ahail
come upon my text, "Olouds and darkness arc
round about him." thoy will no doubt soc a mar
gined roferonco,. =" For rcfutation Of this idoa
[Laughter.1 =. !. -,
= But to be serious again, PROT, Patton points to
tho Confession. and roads "Gpd is q Spirit"
Woll, does the prosecutor know
WHAT srInlT 1H9
It is to be hoped he will olucidate this point,
and also toll III whero heaven Is: for l,e will not
be 40 unkind aB to arraign brother for want Of
information when ho himaolf pros,imes 1t and
>1etuaoH to deliver It to mo and the Pronbytory.
"A young man stepped up to clergyman Eaat,
and asked him 1t it was poasiple to know all about
f4OH. Thu CIarppmHn WIN a drill fa11Ntv a
!Trowbridge Hays, replied TINT personally he had
no snch knowledge, but that there was man
in Worcester who knows. We'll, now brethren,
We haya ting Information at some point nearer
[laughtorl, hnd FREQ to ail.i r." :
ADAM. -~-'o; -.
Lot us pass to another idea that has perple1ed
tho p, prosecutor. It was this: :;
above that day when earth possessed bit ono man Of
family, and that ono without language. md without
learning. and without virtue" I'm the hrse human
being sa foa 5,t no more dspsy ~ r. aa
m ~ ,.ke m9E"5e eg@ LIS genius % aa
NV ~ ,aoaat,<s - t,,at ,,,.aa;a !. ar,
now tn1 1s meaning I =. ;n.s assassa as tn's.
KnoW not now 10 may mlsunderstand 1t. nut tha
noV the days that are past. Look Into bis
tory;" and found in looking into history that
race % advances, The 600 yoars ay past I aro arc feat
unfolding Of tile Almighty, not In a Darwinian
Christian HptlBo, Adam, however Innocent md
however beautiful In his oharaotor; as bolieya
he was both innocont and beautiful, had no
citios, no arta, no eoquonoe, no poetry, no cross
OF Johus Christ, no bonevolonce, no charity for
the multitude. Hence God no moro unfolded
His porfections IN Adam than Mozart or Bsat-
hoven could make known their vast realm Of
music to an infant or u savage. It is The grand
opening up Of the world that gives us the glory
Of God---the manifold glory Of God. The many.
pictured glory OF God is all thrown forward and
mado visible BY this eyer7unfolding oarth. and
glory went marching forward. Il tho prosect1-
tor knew the meaning Of an ILLUSTRATION, be
that Adam was either IN infaut or savage. Il
aimply menns that Gods glory is too large q
spectaole to be cast upon Adm alone. All:the
reveal this wisdom, and power, and grace, md
manifold glory OF God. Why. the prosecutor
has; taken tho cross Of Jesus Christ out Of the
world, and has the world juBt as great in Adam
alone as It Is iu tho whole human raco.
And then went on to illustrate or to apply
this thought:>'
So each Individual cannot gathor mp ths glory Of hts
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