, 1874-06-15
CHICAGO, MONDAY, JUNE IS, 1874.

1874.
Jesus proaohed In ours, but Chrlslinnlty labors
| u1idor gront mtBtakeH. Tho wo.cloft cpontny
bctwoon the Old Testament and thu Now IL aeo,
only In tho ChrfHtian diorama, will, It's lnsoly~
tory. 1u1aiam Ia nut tho Old Tobtamont, but In
development. its growth and oxpannion. Tlio
Mosaic law hnd, long boforo tho Christian ern,
widened! and dooponcd into n roEon. Tho
tho clouds on binat Ind tlion long ago grown
Into sun Of rightoonsnoBn mid TRUTH illuminate
Ing tho eartl,s md kindling llolier lifo in TIN
ooaom Of man. There ~ not single lsornol Of
truth found in tho Now Tcstainent Which
rsbbia ont. OF tho Old. Az tho golden ruln
was originally ono Of tho teacinga OF Hil1el attl
'a school, 10 is the wlloio Sermon Oil tho Mount
from tho garden Of tho Haggatln lilo lon
cMommantlments C 4, wero far from being conflnod by
torpretod by philo, THO Alexantrinn philosopher,
a. we'll aH by tho toaohars in Palestine, ny pro-,
hibisinrg not alono to swear unto 1aluohood, but
alao, to bwoar III vaitl,-ove'' tho dotum: thy
yen 20 yea. thino nay my, b9fng common with
tsso IanludiHts, hot alone to sl,ed ono'a blood,
but also to bctrny anothor mans 90
crots. 1loa1ly tho TaIm,,l is II hoorio effort
Of Tho ScribeB to emnnclpnto people from tho
bondaeo of tile letter. No court or Justice cnc-
rlo tho ortor Of the law, claiming tho nyo foran
oyo and tho tooth for tooiil. Into effect for
bcaraslco WA exercised oven toward oapitaI Of
fondors.
Weighed in tho scales of divine Justice, tue
world oror hangs In allsponao -EayH HiIicl,--tho
| good aud OWL ,tioings Of mankind boing about
ovon, lnt Coda mercy grasps one acalo and out
balances Jutttcc. to slve mankind. Do tlleso
words Of fIille not equal my eentonco
Of Tho New Testament, illustrating God'n
love No. We do not know anything Of
~ rrf3 ff1o4
Wo do not l,elioyo God to Hpenis thus lore, mud
otherwise tllore. Or, when spca1iing OF now
covenant, docs tho prophet roa!ly predict now
religion to sHpplatlt tho old, now sacred books to
overthrow tho dominion OF tito old and oyoraat-
Ing God. and to oaim all love and Rdoration for
himself? 13owaro... God remains tho Bn1no mnn
changes. God docs not givo now laws or rolig-
Man does. Journeylng along oyar dosortB aud
cultivated lands, under n Varying sky, md
through, different clines mud ages Ito requires
ever now equipments lifting body and soul.
only foundation Of religion, arc, as prof. Swing
nayg, defective. They Ito mol covor NIL tho spirit
| ual wanta. Thoy teach justice, but no love:
inorals, but not humanity. Thou shalt not"
to ,lnito thon.. But III this not oSnctly tho way
| paronsa treat their children? Don't do this;
don't touch that: don't 20 there, is tic 4, D, @
| Of education. Education bcgius, not with lore,
many obstacles pi1t IN the child'H way, rcHtrnin-
ing it's FREQ will but III soon aB they have tnkon
root IN tho hcart, it having loarncd to
control itsof, tloy aro no moro il, Its way, but
scrvo az mlle-Htonos along tho path Of virtuo.
| In like manner Tod denls with man. Tho wAlIs
| aud barriers not up by tho Divine hand OIL tho
| broad higl1road Of lifo, bearing tho inscription:
Thou sialt not, ato stumbling only for
| the wicked. Tho liar aud tho thief mny bo
| offended by tlloin; the yirtuo,s passcs easly
| along tho why of lifo. Wuoti God gave the law
| to Israol, rabhiniral parable hays, tho angels
| III heavon locarlo Jealous OF mnnt but God cotn-
| 'Thou shalt not sycar fnlsely, nor murder, nor
| steal, nor coyet!' These laws aro not
| written for you. Being above passion
and sn, you need no restrictions .p,.d Btatutos.
ginning with lnwe, it rnscn md lifts him up to
tllc summit Of perfection, already pointed ont III
she to Mo5sto eomnand 1. %oly be- for holy
Hero tho out lfnou ara drawn, tho ilca! Is SGT
l,p. But man is not yot rpo: tho people IL not
yet ready to fuitll it's tass. Tho nation nl,lst bo
supplied with all the roausites: 1t roqniros a
materially and politically, and then spiritunllv.
God keol,A no eBpecal in,ld in rcadiness for his
people. War is tho only mode Of its uc-
| q',isltion. In struggling for Independence,
m to Works fartsH a a3e apayed l. c, 's as
higher aims aud ideals. Tho conrso jacob M
turo must DO brought first into pay. before tile
long-llitl1cn larae can appear to be crowned
WITH 81 divine II, bioaslnga. i As tho abandman
soil, to mako it cnpnbe Of developing BeeH.
bloody wars must 1eoda furrow tho soil Of human
suciety, and fortiizc It, to ripen the seoda Of
mental culture and civilization. This III tho only
way OF bringing bloody vars into harmony with
tho d;sic1saton Of iathor, full Of holiness aud
Of mercy. wonder ii Divine Proyidonco
Ind no Bhars. in tho. warfare Of
Charlomagne, against tho old sa:olls, or in
i'm o$. r.
Our American walu. Az tho poisonous herbs in
tho Vegetable and tho yornciouH beants In the
animal world, certainly ure OF some EOoa pur-
pose in tho doaign of croation, The bleeding Of
nations soryeB God's pans a!so.
l'1t Why warfare is regarded as oll-Tcstament
tima "wlsoa tho RwordH will 10 turned into
pl1,ning-knlyes, and war will bo no moro" hold
fortl, BY our prophets, still awat tts fnlllmeut.
9ea ss sccorsg co i1 'fSS1 to o sSs0 od ssa
Christianity, w!loso hand in stained with
| SO much innocent blood, like Dayll, cannot
be Gods iustru!noltality Of building tho te,aple
| Of peace for united mauisind. Nor do I know
slavery, or polyganay whereas, in tho Old les-
tu.nent writings, man ia declared as being in tho
imngo, Of God, aud monoyasny, III tint ul,arm
ing tale Of Eyos creation out Of Adam rib, is
aro many disarepancioa in tho Diblo, but thoy
| arc not solved BY arbitrary eclccticsln, but by
critical inquiry aud historical insight. Times
| md individuals nlnat bo distinguished.
Tho lofty ideals Of tho prophets, and tile lnws
and tho statutes adaptetlto tho owor standard Of
| tho people, for tho purpose Of educating them
for thoso ldoas, must not be confouuded. You
cannot, with sound roasoning, ascribe tho pro-
| photical conception OF Abrahums mission to be-
como bleHsng into all tho nations, to the same
| author by whom, or even to tho same ngo by
which, wars against 10 n,nuy noiglIbors wero
commanded. You cannot well attribute til 101th
Paalm and tho 2ard to one and tho same writer,
llonding tho 109th Pnnln, make allowance
rather Tor tho nfllietion and dHtrosH which aeom
to bocloud tho poot'B mind, and to mike lifo
gloomy valley Of tears unto him, ho
haying nothing but prayer. Man III his
nlliictlon aud anguish III not to lo held
saying, iinslins itA application loro. Why M
cribo it to tho Old Testament spirit Of War
Look how David, wEon cursed by shimcl, tho
Benjaminito Il. sansuel. 1G). commits hin foe's