, 1874-03-09

In all pointH buk onn. lilo wat bl',ndor which
loavos Io stain on hiB naulo was procured by tho
less dogma, loft In tho houao whom l'o brushed
down tho cobwebs, replaced tho rotton timbera,
and made tho door level with tho strcet
Tic reaction In inAdolity. III 30 far aa yon
par liberty You Sin aFainat auothoE onn 1ns M
orty, md men. knowing TINT bondage 10 always
an error, will swarm III oil 1nannor OF oppoat-
tions, nmong thona. nnbcltof WIG IN the last q,
century waa the great "nurs!ng King Of tile
lle Of Fredoriol tho Great? Wliat religious at-
nosphere DID Id tie boy, tho young man, breathe 7
Freaorok II, tho inndel and DESTROYER,
Cramn.el With catlocl!is1nB tho witnoss Of his
iathor's stupid hoHtility to liboral culture, al
though 1t woto all ono1ny Of religion; witnosH to
tho conrso and almost brutal treatment Of his
siator; fooling tho ARrHh resentment Of hia
hyporortllodox father In his own person tho
young oagle stigmatizod aa !" tifor aud poot;"
Is 1t any wonder TINT o failed to distinguish be-
tween lyperorthodoxy and Christianity 1s
It my wonder tint tho eaglo. whom
soar away beyond tic condition in which to was
trimmed u It any wonder, that, failing to lud
foothofd for faith, le Joined with Voltairo in tho
attornpt to wfro out a religion 80 hcartless and
30 tlnatsractiyo to m ,lnawakoncd mind
It Ia not enough considered, that the binding
Of religion into ilxct FORMS, not Of divine, but Of
human creation. too often leaves tho
Inquirer. tho disseutor, no choice, sconl-
iugly, botwoon that form, md bold inf
in suggesting TINT In Fre1erick's day bis eoui.
tryinon had only ttree formB to cloosa froin,-
ptet!sm, running into Thousand cxtravagatlcos
ani immoralitcs; hyperothodoxy; md Catfoli-
approved form of doctrine. is substituted for
believing IN Jesus ChrlBt? In no ono ut fault
If, III tho attempt to roduco sound praacl,Ing to
one mode Of speech. Christ. in tho full
s SSs' ran.1l Of s diy"sy s"yaton and to p0SS IL
something Which is not Christ, and l,as no
power, aH Christ has, to make mon " Sons Of
God"? IH no one Mt fault, il tho Church shall
truths OF tho Gospel to the changing conditions
OF luman life?
As it is not tho attompt to carry out syBtom
Of morals which will savc III, hut receiving
c4rst leaning on ohrat partalting ot tho lio Il,
wo accept whatever. ia proposed to us
persistence with which We Try to keep alive
| somo given form OF words. which will mako us
nsons Of God" It is Christ tho so,ll needs,
Christ, tho sll-boaror aud regenorator. This
same, Christ is tho preachers power; tho
without Christ, or, in prcaehlng tho precopts, Of
the gospel, docs not hold forth Christ as tho
| VI lllu ~ tAo tuOhBH Ao Helo
my best beloved brother, would stigmatisc
as tho preacher OF another gospel. On
tho other hand, whoever breaches Christ haa
by that infallibla sign the proof Of His ossontinl
orthodoxy, and His inalienahie right. to minis
tor at tho altar. 50 far "a this roint iH con-
ccrncd; whether lie explain tho Trinity AZ I do
Or nat; whother Ills definition Of faith clngs to
m old form, or blossoms out II, all tho froshncss
| Of apostoltcal utteranee; whether His holl-tire
il conceived in the Same fgureH in whicl, COLI
ccivo Of tho perdition Of tho lost IL
OF Bmall moment. No power on earth
can, without usurpation, stop Ills mouth
or, without b!arno blunt tho sword
| he wiclds In tho name Of tho Lord.
| Let lib carry with us tho idea that, In OIL,
| lonEings and enGoavors, tho roal point to roacl
is. to become sons. and worthy Sons, OF God Il
| is not to do bettor In ono tllng or another; hui
in all things to follow Christ. 10 attain. we
must have tho HOW life, not transmitted from
piouH ancestry. not secured by tho throos Of the
natural nlan in us. not because any rovival
ist, priest. or bishop writes our name
among converts. but because no cont
into fellowship with Christ, and rocoivo fro1r
Him the inspiration, grace md fellowship VT
need. This il wEnt Paul nouns by calling tht
gospel "tlo power Of God unto salvation" Tllis
Is what llo menns in another place, wllero Ii,
sayH God works. in us by tho HRtne might
power whorowith llo raised Christ from th'
dead" We arc dead; and Christ ia tho rasur
roction mud tLo lifel