New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-11-27

inc Of The revelation itself That is all our understand
Ing of it,. Mon sometimes say We understand Coil.
aud take that knowledge and apply 1t aud Interpret
10 II is Just the other way. We understand III
the qualities of Justice truth mercy iorgvSngss,
which unfold IN our experience we attribute hen 10
God and give them infinite proportions. .n IL SOM
and OF himself and COVER nmcnis obhge1 not 20 use n
make itself stronger but to use itself 10 MAKE MN
stronger. All governments are TO serve the common
people. and no longer go Oack 10 the Ola avn
isic notions OF God who governs the world because ne
has tho power and the will. l. power the source or
rghti Is there heresy than thatf Would II not
cause ne coudl You destroy moral sense In its cradle
when YOU give God any such attribute as that', - -.
p,oDle ask How Is itl The churches used TO be nj
peace they taught everything IN It's simplest forms;
and now II is all confusion. and nobody Decves as any
body else believes aud seems as IL IegIVdd wa"
now they say there Is doubt about ooth iou sou,
recOec that precisely that same thing 'akeS pI1 line
can almost hear the universal lamentations Int
complaining, Last year we were tne 1 ro, TO
pieces and don't know WHAT VIII oe 1on 81 and
But tell you that outside barr mas Soa 70 man are learn
crack and get out OF the way 80 wDen lhen are io' -,
ing the lower and nchOae forms OF hy9.onS Eli hc
crack and get out OF the way else ne @ mn Of all
sorts OF veTInn. Laughter ana appauSo. I:stp
there may to be great VASE me- The resnlt Of
lion in the religious REALM wlcn taI DO .o , Hord
erowtb of health The power L. there not tne WVpn
for tue Gospel IS not IN WGr; Of the world is the
times the truth th1 no IIe us '"-'' -
So ~ U So" these changes going in ecclesiastical
pIaees and am glad OF it, There can be 10 question
whatever that 100 100 families may get loSethcF
md orian far Themselves any method Of worship they
please No man has right TO disturb them. You may
administer the truth by preaching or you may annl
isr ~ Inv lights and shadows There il no law TO pre-
vent a man from drawing pictures on blackboard ana
calling preaching. There Is no reason why you shou
nn bye eyervthing taught IN tho church by symbols.
Rituallsm aud symbols are not wicked Ii men prefer
method they have perfect rl6ht 10 nave III pdt
when The man Steps out the sphere OF his own per
sopa election and saws This is whatG God meant for
the whole race and you shall be damned II you dOh'
take H." tla Is an entirely dherent matter Ap!ause'l
4 tha grt- Qf DpilpXp
wish It, You right 10 select anything you please
out o; the old baggage wagons tnat nave come Gown 20
something from Roman temple, theie something rom
me GIeeAs ana p 5 I'M va bnt thew nS
be packed upon me by Thus satin the LORD ior
There Is such STRIVING and conflict that the impression
has gone forth that religion losing ground thaV INC
Church is growing weaker, that there IS incursOn OF
error Now remember that the kingdom OF God Is
not in word but power. Is the moral mower OF
ChrisIend I'm to-day greater or less than before To
Had out we must consider the distributions OF moral
power. There never time when the pBYslcai ne
cSoies Oh men %eIG 80 o cct 81 u & of turbances
There tradesunOHs STRIKES industries are dsOfSan
ized. What Is the matter l Will tell you the matter
BY reason ~ Intelligence, and the greater capacity
Tor Intelligence, the great mass iOf the lower com
mon people larger than they used to be-
1oI en- no longer keep them down. There
will he continual lifting up OF the roots until the great
stones thai have them have 10 give way 10 IRE
sistiD.e though silent and gradual power, until men
have the opportunity to be what God gave item the
power TO be. There Will be, therefore. uprisings ana
conflicts and struggles There will be unwse action ana
wrong on both sides. L am a peculiar position
Ceuerically am ON the side OF the wOl ilnguaD bat
spec .fcay am against HIN. believe in his growth
aud development, but am obliged to think the speci1
acts he is performing just not for himself
or society. / don't know Du5 that IL Is through mat
buuderng that he must come to Wis Om; Tor Bun er
has been the Minerva OF the ages, and men have
learned what is right by learning what Is wrong, and
society has been great lncl'sure having Only one gate
man don't mud the gate until mas, perhaps, butted
against every picket all the way around. lAppiausc
lam not disposed TO be very critical, for it Is
thing 10 brought ND with social life and honor enough
and thing for man to be born as 1t were under
the very sod. and know of tlese Influences am
constantly liable to bring class feeling to judge those OF
another class but still must ]ul@e me pest eau
mis- know that all these turmOS are full Of meanI1g
ana the meaning is-SWClling manhood some say Let
them content TO live their fathers DID, say con
teutmeut IN any such circumstances these Is base
unspeakaDly base. Growth means cOmpeXity Every
man that grows has more wants. aud these must be
suppied Ii society has planted itself down upon them
by old customs and ;hOds i: split and way
for the spring up and develop. lApplause1 II
the great family common people swelling and
rising it Is sign that the Gospel is preached ant has
had its influence upon the of the times. remark
with emphasis that the swelling tone and power or dis
content AZ present the industrial classes IS one OF the
best signs and tokens Of the tines ana look upon 1t
without terror rejoice in it. Out OF 1t shall come
Are tue social conditions OF the community, judging
hone or alarmf Here Mr.. Beechcr broke or after
glance through his notes, TO- say WITH conca dlsnay
q am not going to get hiI through put ms auui.oIs
raised their voices promptly with shouts or 90 on! 80
orr and Mr. Beecher, with the remark that sermon
against turkey was an unequal TASK, cOhlinutdJ Is
family idea the grand primitive institution OF HE
and stand more confirmed at the very end than any
any other institution You might dcsr0I the Whole
Bible, and there you would have germ from which
YOU reconstruct It, and the family the only place
know what Il rs to govern by love- where Wis
dom springs love, justice and truth also. In that
institution YOU have the precious thing that has
been gwen to yOu Human governments would DC
much better the family plan tuan now, only men are
not strong enough to administer what Is best as they
can on small scale; but God Is big and strong enough
Mr Beecher compared the household OF The present
dav with in Athens, when Athens was the symbol
of spendOr and perfection nvinS showing what an IN
measurable distance there was between the condition
Of the lower Glasses then and nOW and how sumptu-
Ousy and happily every one could live now compared
wit those days lie tnen spoke OF the days alter the
war when the demon OF repudldlOn was uppcrmOst in
many minds, AID remarked how nODy the ldOOrlng
men, who were burdened with taxation, cried out that
the debt must be paid. He spoke Of the dishonesty
that Crept into the public service, ana pointed out now
little by little community nad been purgng itself OF
this dishonesty how great flngo ana corrupt courts
had been broken up, showing the power OF the COM
munity TO do good and its Tendency that way. lie
Austria, Italy, and Russia slowly wheeling into the
line of Truth, and right, aud justice.
these rcCcncIatluE pOWer5Y Science says
am dong it al Nay, Science u Is not OF thee. The
Church says, DONG IT," Nay. IL is not OF thee
Government, the schOOmaster, the colleges, each
dong IT," Nay, IL Is not OF thee. Behold" satin
the Lord Cod, have created and VIII establish" 1t
the breath OF the Lord COL breathed upon tao sOu of
every nation. Humanity is lifting itself up aud all
Things taking form, that III III snail RISE recognized OF
reason therefore, Tor Thanksgiving, for hope and tor
expectation.
PROSPERITY IN The IMAGINATION.
1ae Re- D. Ludloc d. D., at TIE collegiate RgOraed Duh