The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-23
CHOW SHALL WE BE SAVED,
Notes oil an Address Delivered be.
fore the American Board, at HUT
land

land.
Ry REV W. II. LORD, u. D., MONTPELIER.
have no text for my sermon. l do not
know even that | have sermon. If l
should begin to apologize for speaking, l
should not speal, at ali. | have been con-
tent to sit in this meeting, hoping to draw
inspiration, if perchance l might commu-
nicate to you somewhat of the impression
that receive myself.
The great question that has agtated and
disturbed my mind nJre or less, ever since
l began to think at all, is the question that
aglated the Divine mind that moved the
heart of God, before TIE foundation OF the
world was laid. 1t is, how shall man be
saved? The American Board is giving an
swer to this question: and yet we are not
ignorant that there are many other meth
DDS of answering it. Worldly philosophy
attempts to answer it. The various forms
of religion attempt to answer it, in their
own way. Darwin, the author of the
"Origin of the Species while admitting
the origin to be far back in the animal race,
giving us an ape for an ancestor, yet has
some hope he may be saved from his orig
inal apehood. BY his system of evolution
he is going to save the world. That is his
answer to the question. While in London,
I was attracted to caricature in which /
found an Ineligible and complete refuta-
tion of his theory. l was attracted by a
large picture of Darwins flashing face,
upon the body of an ape; an unmistakable
ape growing out into its front and capital
splendid man; and thought it was a re-
futation of Darwin's Philosophy; for no
such pedestal in Gods world ever had such
a capital as that-nothng like the TO m of
a man, the majestic forehead, the flashing
eyes and speaking mouth, ever grew out of
the extremities of an ape. We are not to
be saved by Darwin.
Tyndall disconnected me, and after had
laid his speech aside, was unable to sleep.
Is there nothing for man but the cradle of
his childhood and the tomb? Is mans God
dead, and is man himself dead? Is there
no more of man after he is dead? AS l lay
medtating on what had read, was troub-
led by the answer of science and philos-
ophy. But all at once there flashed upon
my mind the words, the living God is the
Savior of men; and that is the answer the
American Board gives to the question that
puzzles the science and philosophy of
the world-the living God is the Savior of
men.
was once invited by DR.. Pussy, Of Ok
ford, to call upon him. gladly responded
to his invitation, for / desired to converse
with the leading spirit of Ritua istic move
ment in England. After protracted con-
versation, said to him, "We both accept
the fact of the sinfulness, the danger and
the spiritual necessities of man; will you
give me your idea of how he is to be saved?"
And what answer did DR.. Puscy give to this
question? He said that God has provided
His church and its sacraments as the sole
means of human salvation, and man must
unite with and closely adhere to His church.
asked what church? The English church? ?
No! the Catholic church. But what is the
Catholic church? 1t is the church of the
sacraments; the Roman Catholic and the
English church! That was his answer
Come to my church if you want salvation.
There is no salvation outside of my church
The only way to heaven that God has pro-
vided is through the sacraments, admins
tered BY prestly hands. But how many of
the lost men of this world are going to press
through the gates of sacramento efficacy
into the kingdom of God?
And logical orthodoxy has its answer
also. 1t tells us of the necessity Of GER
tain dogmas to be believed in order to the
eternal life. But by what magic of elo-
quence or art of persuasion are you going
to convince all men of the saving efficacy
of certain forms of speech, or certain state
ments of doctrnesp No the Living God
is the Savior of the world, and not your
Ape, or your Evolution, or your Ritualism
or your logical orthodox statements. Ant
who is the Living Goi' | saw a mother
feeding her child with the wine of her owl
heart, bending over it eyes in which an al
most infinite love was beamng; training
the child, teaching it the truth, not science
not mere statements of doctrine, leading
the beautiful boy to consecrate himself Il
Christ. And christianity, went forth in tn
power of Christ in his holy example ant
consecrated speech, round the whole worl
making men better, and purer, and hole
wherever his foot trod or his words fell
The indwelling God in the heart of tn
mother, the indwelling God in the heart G
her heroic son. were positive forces in Sc
curing mans salvation. 1t is the living
loving Jesus in our hearts that is liftin
the world up to God
When was coming from Burlington her
looked out upon those beautiful forests
and the hills that skirt this valley of Chan
plain, They all had voice for me. Ever
leaf upon the trees had voice not withou
significance; every hill clapped its hand
as if in recognition of God and here thes
hills have stood for centuries and milen
ums, but they have never spoken redemI
ton, peace, salvation, etern Il life, TO sill
gle heart. looked through the spectre
cope and saw the different bars of ligh
each one proclaiming some attribute Of Il
distant star. Each different tint that M
the vision was a whisper of God that MISE
the ear and came glancing Oh the eye. 81
how long shall God speak to us in Il
boundless magnifcence of the earth ar
heavens in order to effect our salvation
Not in these hills and forests, not in Il
wonders of the microscope or spectroscoI
do we find the revelation of God. 1t
God in you and me who reveals life to Il
world. The living. loving God, in Il
souls OF men, must take up the word of sa
walton and publish it abroad through Il
earth. All these other voices to tell not Il
one thing our souls long to know. Only
living man proclaims the living God.
The true God, then, in the person of t
true, just Man, is carrying on the work
salvation; renewing mems hearts by +