, 1874-10-12


20 look away finn, tl.oao clouds. Tliongl mai,
cannot zee all tnEH elohrly. yot neither cat llo |
to look or ooano to tliiul tint there Hsuue-
tl,ing In tloo1ouds. Doraligio m neSact ecienco,
tnily conlos toward 1t, M If cIlainol to tho spot.
In q sermon two wcokh since, remarked Tint |
no ono could be MI ntl,eiut Il. all houts. but lsas
nH auoil souls cauic upon moments When tloy |
spirit world. Wo supposed Mr. .lyntlall to be |
only such al occasional atlseis laE1a to roturns,
woliaartng and hoping. ln tho preface Of hla |
lecture he has just confessed TINT lc cannot got
bio cl,ainB Of religion. He thus spoauh:
IN connection with tho Charge Of 1thosm. I would
max, one rs'nark Christian mon proved BY their
writings 70 hare tleir hours Of wcakcss aud Of donbt
Is wall a. tlcir honr@ Of strength sAd cony!c'io, nd
men Hke myself ntars. in thatr ray tliea vaia-
tionE of mood ind tense. Nefe thu religious voTa
do nk know how proug o claina Of .le doctrine Of
"e1atnrla Atheism OH my anesiece might hc pro,-
nj, 9aR 1saas I'll Is e
IN TINES of cearess md y,gor hn. ts aoettino eo
@ a SIX ha eo .seyes
diaapIcars oiIoslng so!iou Of Tho lnyater IN
which NO dwell, MD of which wo form part.
rh,m upon nil hands is aeon tho fact that,
plainly seen. yet tho rorld Will always 10
chail,al to then, By linkn or gold, and will walk
by faith, az secing Film who Ia invisible:
But lot us pGea from statement Of tho pecu-
uaflky u Lf11 VI kAuAE41t " bpA4G
other reflections oTer 1liB Office. III his profess
sion .lt,gn,at[sm ought to ho impossible, and iu-
pationoo aud anger tof7ard those outside hlB
1icld oI belief only confessed for1nn Of human
pezsua,aou, for II tho stewards Of cht;ss are
passing nround with cups full Of 1nystory, their
God va1e1, their Christ yelled. thcir heaven and
hell Wrapped III niht, they aro n9t authorized to
s1's s s"' uosn sss to sy Piss sps to p' s1 to
focs knowledge, md tho power to convey It.
tnoy TRANSCEND their Instructions, and seen to be
AtlIrminG with an impctuous, human oath, things
which God aaw IT to conceal. How dare man
ravo In any into'orauco. and command Will. q
loud veco. WHOM no from whom alono the
clergyman dertycn authority passes along only
IN : whisper, OF III tho still. email VOICE or
Elijah?
The Church bas suffered greatly from the
compel human belief, but 10 mako christianity
an exact 6ciei1ce, complete In tho proofs anil
| details. Tho Rolnau'st .cano with his per.
facly lcfiucd Bcieuce Of salvation, just ia Euclid
| ca,no with his exact science again. and,
| because he Taa exact, he demanded
tho overthrow Of nil oae. svedonborg canlo
with his 1lost 1nsnnte account Of heayon and
[ he'll nnl thus all our Hects cane with an exact
uess aud 1ullnesa Of information not surpassed
by tho Yeo3raphera Of our States or the aasayora
Of ores. 1ho iesMls baa bocn l'ad for two causes.
Such exactuess lefe no room for the great play
OF lnd1Vli1al lntel!cttat Auu leuEo IuoY Fc3utto
| by :housanla against the great Christian system,
because, like an iron cont of arsns, It pained oil
except tho particular body for which 1t lad been
made. Hence tho world haa always seon t1o
pheaomenon Of great aud good ,1 %an. loging the
could lind q mido llbcrty OF grapd
lndei|altenets, which, at 1oash did not contradict
tho drift Ut tllair intellect. Slsnkind will moro
rendilY accept tho npdeanod Idea Of heavon or
hell than It will accept tho particular heayan Of
swcdenborg, or the dotlncd roalnsa Of Protests
ant or Catholic. Tho moment you specify, That
| moment you diminish ths Dulnbor Of thoso who
| will accept Of your gospel. The exactnceh Of
theologians has, therefore, boen q perpetual
| source nf actuai nubolief Or informal resolt.
Lot III sliudo to the SECOND bad rosult as conf
ing from tho effort o. mon 70 mako chr!stanity
more details . logic.an announces il hla
proposition tho more trouble La will have
wheu he con,cs to tho proor. Il you
bring twenty-four charges against . neigbbor,
| and bring him before Criminal Court, aud III
tie subsequent Investigation twensy.tlireo Of
| tho charges utterly fail the pity Of ths Court
| turns toward tho priaonor, and ita indignation
| gots higher ouch moment over tho strange NOR
tai TINT 1nauo up tue caso. Aud yet II tho tweu-
| ty-three charges lad never becn heard OF, mud
you had come into court modeatly With QUO a!le-
| CATION moro susceptible Of proof, the result
| would hare boon III tho touo OF exact Justice,
Now, Christianity has suffered 6y gatnc!rtng ~
make go0d IN lia proof. and aa, oleb by Que, theso
details hayo boon toBeol asdo BY tho great jury Of
tito ages, sitting upon the imtneuso caao, what
was valuable IN tho cauBo has loen dragged
! down by the surrounding ruin. When Foltlire,
and Volnoy, and raino found four-tlithB OF Ro-
| 1nanienl or tho EstRbliHhment to bo human
cAiuera, it WAS easy Tor them to include tho
other fifth. and langh at the whole. A grand
hopo for the presenl and future of religion
(and by relt,ioi, we mean Christianity lies III
the disposition Of our age to abandon this old,
injurious e1actnoss, and In auch great generat-
ties rs those ANNOUNCED by the Evangelical AL
liapco. return to ,hal broad hut vague q and misty
which charms, and dctains, and finally In
priaona NIL eyes that turn thitherward.
Tho religion OF tho fdtnto IL foreahal.
owed III tubt ouch simple md Vague
compendium. The advocates alro coming into
court wish corrected papers, with charges 10
far as Justified By Ito coming evidence, aid tim.
over these papers, drawn up BY rare 1node6ty
llle tulesB OF tho great assomblaGo will 1ooA
with fidelity and love We entertain no shade"
If doubt. In tho coming ]fe l,oavon will noi
bo mapped our as III tho past, bus it will DO hopet
Tor aud ipgod, With al lis ,uleaplored fields ant
impouetrablo cloud. It will not expross itgo1
through mortal lips that have returned from tim
shoro. but it viii ware it, ing Of mystery, alt
tho human mind, wearied with vain enalysis
| will, Like old Abraham, Beek an IN
iown tana: ,ods,, L. ths l .e'a ooininE age tn
eh1s a eeese 11o seo'a ts,aa q o nv, w1cs' M
Catholics and Professionals nll dctiucd it, and u
nloat counted thoso horu for this sad destiny
: but it will remain the inevitable resnlt OF
. wicked life, condition widely removed from
tho blessed ostste Of those nho IN these year
''foarcd God end kept His commandments" Il
that ho.tar ra,--freed FROM hundred defoat
oyor the attemlt to make an exact roligiou,-
! Christ. the Blessed One, rill not bo the por
| pctuM subIoct OF analysis, but the object o
tho worlds love; and tho Inquiry Of '.Quid cs
Chrssl1s ?" which has torn the Church to frat;
: lnents, and found no anHVer, will give placo t
! bis own question, Lowest thou MO ?'' In al
:; pdea Of tllta vast "lanl obscure" we feel tlR
y the pulpit will assert lcss and plead moro.
), will colno away from lts chemical uruciblos all
how moro in worahip, the stewards no longor q
!; thousand assumptions, bnt OF the confcsso
! tnyatcrlea Of God.
But bofore '7o dismiss these mysteries for til
morning, let me asH yoti to 1narA Hhat fonnds
tion Of plain facts thore IL oil tho while ho,aat]
this mountain Of perpetual cloud. II ali aboy
and bonoath were Shadow. the lips might Les