The New York herald., 1874-12-28

sweet side. Let me point out few OF the dan-
1rst place, this conception OF Christ was OUTSIDE @
OF humanity before which humanity nut snd penn
OF their own consciences he, being teacher,
asr sss sy aa aS ss Ssss snd
nerve their own courage. 4 there s
any, one quality indispensaele to-, to man, ian;
worship anybody. Reverence. love, aspire; Dut
do not bow the reason or soul before any person.
Christ IN the skies Tor at once nothing was spoken
81 but allegiance to Him. aud it was made mat
ter or DUTY to be Immersed In Christ. IL was also
inevitable that Christ. being the perfect teacher,
shl uld make His voice heard IN the world. what
came from its The putting up OF some aivine pup
pet which must tell Us what 10 believe. AnotneT
thing. 1t follows that Chr st must have pnyslcal
represen ative oil Has VIII on earth and there was
Complete expression In form and color OF tae ~,
visible CHRIST on earth. One tning was auued
after another TIL at last we had the Roman Catno-
PERFECT EMBODIMENT OF THE DIVINE SPIRIT
whose image WAS placed In the sky supreme
ponIl at the head tnen host Q, pfess c9mms ns.
out. The ROm8n Church conceived noby IN Its
ideal. Now we know what came OF that-an I'M
movable dogma, an uncnangtng rite. an 0p-
prcssive despotism, power tnat was dominion
established IN the name OF heaven. Protestantism
came CHRIST was still in tue sky, but there v ere
no more priests, no more rites and sy nbos, and
each human soul on Its own responsibility goes
Inc Worst error The bclleyer III nndng his way
to Chrlst's neart, has to feel his way through .
labyrinth Of metaphysical interpretatlons; but TO
conceivable. Christ Was the comforter, the
the force OF shis conceptions First, Christ was
absolute moral perfection; second, Christ repre-
scnts a perfect benignity. The Christ was repre-
sented as an immortal being who had given His
life lor evei yb0dy Henceiortn the Christians wn0
believed ielt tnat He had an Immense deot to pay.
But this conception OF CHRIST, mas IT not lost It's
power? We are persuaded that the Christ was
an loea born In the Train OF an eccentric man, ana
anl NAT fhat "a hoS nat M an q N nla
to the wood. anu thus we say that the old spirit
is dead; and hereafter we moaerns must grope on
as we can must substitute book oil statistics fOr
gospel, and be satisfied II we can make the
world little better than 1t Is Well, II IT must be
SO II must and It Is oetter So i the capacity ior
pira'lon IS dead, then 1t is dead Let us bury 1t
and go on our way content though not rejoicing
But, IS II deads for one, think not. Tae afection
0. the heart has not lost It's glow. There IS sun
the desire in humanity Tor something better than
Itself. The old conception is gone. For US
CHRIST is NO MORE
The beautiful heavens do not contain Him, the
throne is vacant, but another conception arises
OF humanity. Another idea. another Thought. but
as firmly defined as was the Old. How do we get
lt2 Forget tae dfei ence OF races, diflerence OF
color, difference IN brain and power; reform,
equalize and illuminate I'LL you come to some
something which charac terlzes al human crea.
tures-a capacity OF intellect, reason, power OF
esss'V every ahman being Now, WAY persony s that; clear
It's outlines, group all its ieenngs and alec.
Il tons Can set be dons%Saea in ana yea nave yhsss ss
ideal, the great conception, the immortal
Thought OF be lng, shall | says Yes, beng L.
is tnis humanity that teaches. that eudes that
consoles, that inspires. How that humanity has
suffered, what crosses it has borne, what crowns
OF thorns have been pressed on its brow! Its
Edens; It's Gethsemanes-tney have been as
numerous as the ages. AS we think Of It our
hearts are mel ed. But you say this ls visionary.
CHRIST Is visionary. The vision OF Christ was the
dream OF single man. 1t took centuries on cen
turtles to make the dream reality. The c0ncep-
ton OF numanty has as much capacity Tor beconl-
ing Gle and solid and efectual as the conception
OF CHRIST ever had. More than tnat-for nothing
could be more fanciMl that that thought OF Paus-
and say that this conception OF humanity Wild as
1t may seem now, Will one day take on stature and
attributes, and set Itself over the wcrld as the
BENEFICEST RULER OF MANKIND.
Do you say tnat TINS is tue dream OF an enthu.
sast Ali remember, the strongest minds on the
planet cherish 1t. 1t is the dream OF a multitude
OF persons The practical English mind, the
dreamy German MIND, the viyacious French mind,
the glowing minds Of italy and Spain, the earnest
mud OF the Americans, are IN possession OF 1his
thought " is preached and published in dl1e ient
tongues already. WOrklngmen have embta taced it
VINO Know nothing Of Christ but his expressions;
they looking forward to this conception OF hu-
manity.