, 1874-11-16

universe by means Of jishonoraho Gud, hore
il tho coud OF diati1'at: nm nndcnablo reality.
Now tlo arst thing IN religion which falIa .
.Iotin. 70 bheio,Rn, II, Of uo,,rae, 1ta less real
less Visible ctotnonts. Its casusiry, It's lroeoptn,
its ccnHcclico, tts fulfil and love- Htnnd forth In
beauty for thoy aro founded upon tho eihlpIcBt
dtctatos Of rcasou; and henco tho Christ B.anlh,
40 far pn ilo ia attached by history and assocla-
ton. to tlicao but tho CROSS, nnd tho grave, mud
the rosnfrnction Hnffcr because tho ovidouco bo-
pGath those idoas Ia less questionable. Hence,
oht,st ~ 10 teacher is loved bat The Jcsuu WHO
nnhors most in skcptcal ago Is MI TINT Ia roet-
10, ponalve, or mysterious; that which III earthly
niono tonriahcs best, From tlowor-gartcn ro-
liGlon Falls baclt into DESERT juat ~ lungdrft-
lug RalidB hAye mado tho ouco rich pucS,ino u
dtenry waste.
Un1or thosc ihroo intnonooH IN original race
TINT brought only intoleet, labor thai iilaugur-
| atcd tho nlRtetlal and prac lcnl, and nn ern of
ukop ictsm which doubts MI beyond ,ts foot, re-
| llgion llaa lost great wealth of sentiment mud
! pathos Which GOT forth With It In ita morning,
and which ~ lnaeparablc from its Yroatnoss Tins
lusB is vieiblo, not only In tho ilvos wo aco mud
words wo lear today. but moro yiaibio whoa wo
eernlo1,s Of past aEoa wcro largely mhde up Of
| Tho pAthoa of rcgon. They came short III
logical fotro NJ our ago comos short III affection;
but, as for pathos It WIZ tho queen OF all tho old
| clolleuce. Tho pulpit orntor world desc,lba tho
| crtclSlon la all IT, details; ho would Invite !is
audtcNuo to sec tho rude pieces OF wood. to
watch this soldier run FOR ualls+ TINT ono for
ropes, that ono tor tho lanmot !oft q little bo-
| You'd reucl, mud thon would bid thom 500 tho
| victim grasped by ,rudo hands, mud laid down,
| aud bound, and naI1od to tho instrument of tor
tufo aud denth. Ttacos OF thA proachng must
have beon still In tho would wliun Hono Of tho
| ollcst OF tEiB audience wero young, but tley
havo all passed. away flom tho horizon Of tho
| Church.
| No do not rogrot that tho samc kind OF pathoa,
80 full oflon Of tho horrible, has ceased TO oxsBt.
tI1ftt Id r1,f,tn
| emotional has aunk and faded too completely,
I aud has madu room for DOMAIN OF thought
neither 40 beautiful nor any nloro trno. II you
will tako down The sermons Of Isaac Wa.te you
will DO surprised At his themes, Tho Judgment
Day." "Tho Wickod Soul Surprised in Death"
| "Ine Christian Dying III pepco y; tlloso uro tho
atylo of nubjeetH that dolghtod and interested
I tho multitude in his day.
to tho pulpit tlono but to tho bnr a,i all public
! eo1uollco. Tho words of tho bar aro almost
| wholly cunlnol tologloal statements OF tho most
| furnla! klnd, tho patbos aud poetry OF paht
| times having boeu almost wholly eliminated, not
| by tho learning Of tho nov generation any moro
| than by tts coidneaH. Neither Of these great
professions can DO held aespousiblo -for tlo
] change, for thsy ald themselves only tho oron-
tnros OF tho ago, doing what the pubic demands
aud what some invisible slril o,dols thom to do.
Emotion can bo withdrawn froln tue bur with
loss injury or violence than must attond It's ws
druwal from rcliglou, For the laW depends litt1o
uQUu l[QiEln&[l0u CT Et0tltHOnt III IGnltYf QGDCG
| tho era of practical Bonso aud Of logic May
actually add to tLis profession OIL ono side what
it gtcas from Another but not 10 with religion,
| Imagination and all tho emotional part ut tito
soul IL itB Indispensable ally, aud uutlrng logic
can bring to tho pulpit ur pow will atouo for tho
| absence OF this chief.
10 soue minds imagination ia known only rs
apower TINT fabrlcates. that Furnishes III with
talsehoota Instead oftruth; but. Instead Of such
4 ,n,ssion tho primo olico Of that faoulty is 10
help us III tho liedB that lie beyond teet. 1t
! il BY Imagination tho father looks back to Ills
| boynood. aud that the youth looks onward to
mauhoad: It vas by Imagination that Webster
WIS enabled to look to tho tuturo Of our equity
mud 800 tho last setting sun shining upon ha;;
unrcut, aud upon States ono aud InEetArabte.
Tho astronomer must invoke this power to enable
him to sec tho stars all moving iu their orblts,
aud to reAlze the gteatnosB Of the universe ho
lovcs. lilo logical fuoulty alone is tic coolest
and deadest Of ull things. and would not mako Il
statesman, nor erou q geooglst Or All astrono-
MGR. How thon eau Christianity escape decline
| or oven Death in nj age woddel to tho slate and
poncil IL business, and to skepticibm in Chliati
anitya
| Bu. no need no longer delay over tho stato-
mont Of the case. The caso Baoms clear, aud
we eau only Eay that It Is tue n'isiortuns Of our
| day tlat it does pot love the spiritual aldo Of
| religion. Tho Unitarinn or Broad Church
loyos tho philosophy Of Christ. tho example Of
Christ; tlo llbornl orthodox churches loyo tho
cardinal doctrines Of the Gospel while the extra
|
| ly love Themselves and their aogMas, without
logard to quality or quantity; but I'LL Ut III alike
keep AMY from the poetry. aud melancholy, nnd
joy, and patAos Of that ro!iglon whoso TENS iol
| ail tho way from jacob 10 injury Maatlalon.
Christianity ib based upon tho sulenuitios Of
| life, and upon its coming agoncs. too. Without
| tue pageautry Of death, aud The judgment bo.
yono, without the vision OF the myriad souls Of
their slns ind griofs, Christianity is nothing !;
| the Bible iB only compilation Of Bucial ethics.
| But the moment tho mind yields to the mysteries
OF tho glaso aud fusurtty, tho reI'g.ou Of Christ
not III o,bics but q resurrection and raI udise,
Ihc words ''Jesus "ept" are tull OF instruc-
| tion to cur age. No ago evor needed 10 much
thono tears: They ought to fall all over our
land to cotton tho hearts Of all us busy oncs>
and help sls sec the scenes which dmmed those
eyes 10 long sgo. For that great Son Of hlan
| dld not weep without q cause, Rnd NOT for
tri.ling. cause. rAoro y nohing III the words
Of Christ, nothing IN His Ito, TINT showed any
| weak soutimenta!ity. 1n all his days, frum tue
Grst ono to Tint last ono Oh tho cross nothing
is visible but lieroism above all known to men
Ionoo thia weeping was only part Of that
| great grasptng or nu1nan sol row here aud horo-
after that showed itsolf all along in thu syiapa
| thy aud preciouhness Of Ills lise. lie cams not
az tho prince of philosophy, or art, or oluuuonce,
or anY worldly pursuit, but as the studout or
| teacher OF Lilo md Donth A. St. John stood on
patmos and Haw no lougcr the earth OF tho
C,pBals, but aaw tho Rfoat spectacle OF lifo aud
doath. hoard tue great thunders Of wrath, aud
eaw also tho poary gateH 80 Christ, III q sllD-
limo way, Haw not the wo.lls rlehen, or honofB,
or pleasures, but beheld Instead tho great pho
uo1nona Of sln aud virtue, grief aud joy, out
spread over tho career or men. uenco tue
toars by tho dcad Lazarus and in tho Garden,
and tho sor1owfu! heart nt all timea.
Tho forgiveness which I1o flung out right and
loft, tho gathering up Of little ellildron Ia HH
arms, tho bcnedlctlols upon tho Mount. al seem
to hRyo come from LIS wido grasp Of llfea mys-
terry. when children should 60 from parents,
and frioud from friend, when two should bo
grinding In the MILL and tho ono DO taken md
the other left from realization OF tne day
whom rich aud Door, high aud low, nhould Lie
down Ia tho srsat sloep.
When the hWord and Bcsptcr rust:
| Wien the n,atron aud tile m1d.
4 III oua Hileit bed are 1hld
| Wlcu tho suasal aud tho King
| Sitle by s!dt iu whitening.
70 tnts Christ, earth waH not At to ua,-a mar-
ket-place, or palace OF pleasure, or swoot
l,omo; but. It was q disaolyi1lg scouo,-a grca.
army ma.chng along through IN iron gate
whence mona could evor return. Tue tcars, aud
words a1l(. oruHH OF Christ ale foDutie uunn tlt