, 1874-09-21

GFtFDttH. Ao Wlll Beo no INDICATION "nAtoH0r tnas
tbs gates Of Vice oponcd noar tho Kouln OF ttoso
mon, and TINT religion Ut lovo Is religion OF
lawluasnena. It vould bo strange ntood If a
form Of Christianity which makes tlio noat
tcndcr iustico toward onos uelghhor its carsli'a1
tlnty Bhuud mako tho grohaest injuatioo toward
TINT neighbor its labltial praoIiee.
lEo effort Of tho advanced Church Of today,
under ite many natos, III to Interpret Cnflst NJ
bcing 4 rr,lc Of lifo rs welt is legal meditation
-1Io being tho first, Of tboao when aot s. botl
liberal aoots {prospytes,an. or waatovcr name
thcy may wonr( il. "Whatsonvor 80 would that
t net, shou'd !. do unto ye' do yo evon 80 unto
II tho groa. pulpit nnmo of our land has it,
furod bis foIlow-i,an IN any way, ho ,na dono 10
nut n harmony with tho modern religion Of love.
hut III violation Of its most aacrod principle for
tnstpo toward a!t tho 0oacn llnlo Ia all nnr~
dered In evory word In tint Drooklyn chronicle,
DO it history or only Scarlet Letter by 4 now
Hawthorne.
Lot tho cazo which Involves tho grent nams DO
only hypolhcstg, tho losson In tho Bano over
tlsat tho modern Christinnlty ie not royponsbe
for any such ASPECT uF 1lfo for tho religion that
las tried to mako tho homo Of tho Enyo hnppy,
and tllat haB trscd to hcaa tae drunkards vito aud
children. md that Inns stood for generation DO"
twoen na',ktnl and all wrong. cannot In any WY
lead to a violation of another homo not slavo'a
nor In breaking tho heart OF l. brother whosn
rights were more tendor than those OF any bond
man that ever clanltod hopeless cAalus. Tho
sorrown OF tho African in Ills cottou-hold aro
pleasures compared with tho tears that fa' upon
hoarth wllora culture gives ptaoo to dlSlionoI.
ana whore education Of luintl md spirit redonbio
thousaud-foll tho agony OF tho breaksng heart.
Wo hope tho story ii all a dream bur. R[lont
such story eyor become ronf anywlloro aud at
any time, 1t will como by . betrayal Of sio re-
lfgon Of love. utd not by its asststancet como
BY tho path Of hypocrisy or Of pitl"blo human
weakncBs.
When tho clergyman Linlloy wllppol lis child
to dcnth fow years aEe, 1t might Lave bccn At
tributed to Tho intiuenco of u long Injustice
bound tlp In l's form OF religion, and when u
sovero Calyinist Clergyman ln rltssburg was ar-
| toposcd from his otieo, agaiu the hasty and tho
narrow might hayo found renBou for thu cruelty
in some department. Of his theology bnt thu
public Ia not go foolish rs to read III one tna1'5
conduct the wl,oI9 If OUTGOING Of r Erboaophy bs2a J.,
Yur'or and docare TINT poetry and painting lcast
to intomperance. Oh, mol THO religion Of love,
tint i. u Justice, does not make
tramplcl upon those rights, or ehall tranplo.
tile explanation will DO tllut tho Christianity was
sublime, but tic poor loare mud will wcro weak.
Tho poor soul, tauglt philosophy aboyo its own
rcnch, saw Promised Laud Which it was ILL.,
along through .porditlon eson while it urged tho
multitude to heaven Such 4 conflict notwgol
rhs1osphy mid action will conie MI along tito
worlds history In tho future al it las como in
tho past.
The yiclssits,des of au individual can affect
1ittlo the faith OF great principle in society,
religious or political. That loyo for man IL tho
prii,o motive that influences Tho Creator In His
dealings with lis creatures, aud that should ill.,
1lncnce man III his denliuss with bis follow, iB a
principle 20 yast md 70 reasonable that no iiai-
vidual calamity Of yesterday or Of tue morrow
eau check It's adyauoo or oraHo its letters from
tho heart.
Tho world will not 10 back to religion Of In
Justice. UnLor tho leadership Of JcAua
Christ, the roliglon Of loye win 70 for
ward until not only will 1t roapcet
tho African slave u,la seek hia FREQ
dom, mud respect the ignorant, and giyo
him education. aud hear Tho cry OF tho lloatlen
hear, aud send him it's 1lght but it will hcat
tho Bacrcl rloadings Ut home-lifo, and will add
to its bicsscuucss rather than seck Its leHolation
Such great principle Of in!lnito love toward
nan,-lo,e issuing from God and from man, ,-is
tho moral philosophy uudor which all our at-
yauccd sccts aro rallyiug. In meeting thera
they viii meos not only cnch other, hut they wlll
ncct JeBus Christ Tor TINT is tho religion III
flung ont to tho world 1890 years ago, and there
lie stanua nov, waiting for ulan to como to it,
through sorrow such ,hut lie will noror wish to
30 back.