, 1874-06-29

ideals OF human duty and brotherhood, smttteu
all tornlh Of moa!,',oas and iniqu!ty with might.
assault, yea!nod ovor tho weak. mud orring, and
Afflicted With MORO tondor sympathy, Or nor.
trayod moro lovingly Or powerfully tho Chrtst OF
God? Who l,ns had q yaator audience, and
wl.97o wiz savings haye gone insther to tho loar,s
! Of ueh man OH tho Christian Common y oplt
Co... bo nothing loss thRu latnentabio oalatni.
IT,. Dosldos tho widespread sorrow md ohagriu
md tue withdrawal Of u powerful influence for
good, tio oyent would be aotaott by Sonic to tile
thnt THO utilities Ut bis llfo wero simply illusury
That iiia togion was spurionH. .Anotllor would
fnsist thas hero waa simply an exposure OF tho
general hypocrisos Of Chrlatia,,s-thnt a1l within
tue uhntch Ut Chrlat ts hollow and nuHoun.l.
pity my. II tho worst comos to worst,
who III thotr doopost hoarta aay to themselves
TINT they ara glad. God graas his nhmo bo
cleared.
but 4, on tho othor hand, what is n1loEod
should bo established, then vo have ii, Mr.. iii.
ton All example, Of lony-snf1erlng and fostituds
NJ bravo aa it Is soff-dovotod and admirable, all
example Of magnautmity, gonerouB eyon TO Aelf-
aaerltice. It will appear that for wears he has
been martyr that q gross mans influence DO
TINT strong friend Of humanity might toll gu
without rcptoach TINT ho has taken into his
own bosom tho shafts Of dotractlon aud caumny,
that ha might shield precious name, md ward
OIl a p4UllV EhlAtlity. IL 1Ilt0u 6LlDuA tI1e ut
tho last, then hiB ctaraotcr ia moro HpIondid than
lls aplondid talonts; but If lo proves falso,
tllorc ia no titio baas enough for blu ahame, no
pit doop enough for his aIshouor.
What would counsel now is forbearAncs. and
charity, and trust III God. Not TINT charity
which looks lightly on sin, but thai which, Wills
aulok to Improve all instruction, makes due al
lowancc for tho temptations atld fralltioa Of our
humanity. would bog mon everywhere to re-
mombcr tho great service done by tho accused to
kAft &t.Ak
works through Instruments, aud that his graoo and
glory may DO wonderfully set fortl, and advanced
oven though Luis instruments should prove uu-
worthy. would thsiAt upon tho inevitable DIS
and tho certainty Of its rosribu.ion, tho vinuica-
tlon sooner or ator, Of tho falsely aocusod, and
the Blll rewards of valiant aud stoadfast ildelity
tothe courso Of truth and righteousness.
But thora arc other considerations Of tho
highest moment which briefly touch. Wo are
to look higher than to meD who aro dust. But
Wo sorcly mood each others holp. It Is SO ordor-
cd tu tho way Of Providence that wo may Lep
each Other. And evils aro lifted upward by tho
strong confidence, tho loyo, tho sympathy, tho
al noed the bost that true aud pure boartH can
glFo Us. But We must look higher still. There
must DO living hotd on Jesus ChriBt. Woo to
US II We allow ourselves to feel that human
hand is saior than hfB-that a human face il
awcetor, that D. human voieo is dcasor. Tho
best man ia lcaBt positiye OF his own virtues
Haid Mr.. Sumner, to a friend. '"Noyer namo q
child after mo while am living" How often
are NO tnught BY tho downfall Of our youthful
idols, by tho sa3 lapaes Of the virtuous, by tho
strange aud bitter things Of ife TINT hatray per-
CHANCE our own nrnisies, that our only oiloclual
helps LII God. yory dark pago is before us now,
anu tears aro falling fast upon It from hearts
that fear and acho oil over tho land. 0, dear
friends, do not know how bitterly wo arc to bo
taught, or how deep is 10 be onr humiliation, or
how strangely wo aro to bo lod In the 'liying
Wny." But do know that re shall lind comfort
and strength, the spirit Of purity and truth,
nowholo but III tho refuge OF the Almighty. t
do know TINT in all the bewldormonts OF sor-
row and human frailty thero Is but ono hand
That eau eafey hold us, and but ono lloart that
m caM give US everlasting consolation aud TINT is
fuIiy touched With the feeling Of our ,nfrsnttcs,
aud but Que life in contact with which our own
shau DO kept faithful and pure unto life olorual.