, 1874-02-02

sorrow which NODDED llopo md Of mortality
which noodoa aas,,rarce Of All irmortal aftor
Of humility, that sins might be forgivon.
Ono distinction nlnrkuu tho Churoh OF tliotr
land. II waH doillod by tho teaol.iug Of slof' n
being NJ JoBus Christ and WIZ waaot1 puro M slow
by IliH blood, which was shed for tho salvation
of mon. llliH wns tho divine object Of tho
Church., apart from all human intoraala Ih!s
WAS why tho human raco ever tol'od TO Eot With
In tho noo!H OF that Cllnrol, whie1lwna tho sunctl1
iIy mSstse tn'' 0'0"s' ''0n '''''or TO lilo ''"' o.
They Ind q form OF worship, i1tman world
wide, md comprehensive enough for oil. They
donl-to their own ahelor, boncath tIloir own tlg-
troo. After tho tribulatlons whie. Ind hesot
them, Cod hat 30 to spoak. "dolvorut1 thon,
from tho powora Of dar!lneaB, and translated
thom Into tho kingdom Of 11ia loar SON." From
tho. busy ha,lnts of oyorytlny life, God bad |
brought them into l1ls tomplo Of worship.
I!o claimed that tho wiloly-scsttorod parts Of
all denominations oompreonded ono grand on
whether tho original wild rose lad blossomoa |
Into hundred difreront spccioa, or whothor |
thouo spacios Ind zach progonitor. The for |
God. from tho virsinn! llowor camo al The
crocda, and all comblncd formed tho idea Of Ills
Church, lilo question Ind becn rniBed al to
whether the denominations woro tho nnmon |
saoh fragmont. was ,!' s!ar bhy itaoli; l!
horn the name Of Presbyterian. .-uOt |
because tho Kingdom Of God WIS Presbyterian,
lin I'rcabytorian mold Homathiur ur-proyiIonco
-accident, rcrl1aps--had grouped tlon together
sa ssa ,u St s SssgSs q"s aa a,o sea III.
f'rn IT Church discipline, but also tue exponont
| Il. e.tea. THAT Church was democracy III
which pcoplo aolocted y, few representative
mer, called tue i1uofa, anu comnlttGa 81 10 ta.om
empowered to rohuko 1also toAohors, anu to
look after tho general interests Of tho Church
community. The preacher btmsclf was ono OF
| tho Elders, ordained to hpenk IN tho name OF
religion. This form Of CHURCH governm9Hn4t ut
claimed the authority 0! tho Scriptures. No
Honti1nont OF Tho human lleart was 10 powerful,
for good or for evil al tho Bentinlont OF roson:
had It's donatn in all the hopes aud feara Of Tic
ln M9rld Witch na poo Tooh IRE IrecnEa roo ~
had cauAod more wars, end more Hanguaary
wars, than any othor principle known to NAH
il was noccasary Bomo mon sl'onid
bo taken from among tho reopio to
represent them: Nelthor Pope nor King hau
right to not up his own particular idea as tho
model OF faith Tor o naton or Joe tno "oFtu:
Neither tho popo Of 1lomo nor King Horny, OF
England. hal tint right, although both tad
claim to it. The oxistenco Of tho Presbyterian
ysorol.s H'asewH protast aganst sol mous assam
tion.
Another valuable idcs in their, syatem. OF
church government was tho mutual guartllan-
slip of all tic Presbyterian c!orgynon over each
otilcr, 10 such all oxtout did this Bysten Of
discipline rroyniI, that outside ministers lookod
, upon tho Presbyterian proacher as tho very
foremost typo. Of an intellectual hlayo:
The uuprcaehing eltovs wero drawn , risht is
from tho practical business world. whero they
, wore among the people, and knew their wants
and wiuhes, and they brought to the Church tue
bonoht Of their sound common sense wli1ch was'
, tory dognlas and miH,lroctod zeal Of Impractical
thcologanB, who regarded evorything,, human
, aud divine, from a transcondont"l standpoint.
, clerical forcen in tho Church might haye pro-
cyl had ss5sa ,o~yr a~sy and se St
. might be considered mater'ai check-a,
j admirable form OF restraint: Each Eaara'
!. ed tho other from fash ldoas hnu ~
prudont policies. They. noodcd, in the
/, ministry, protection from men who
/ Sunday, would preach Of Jesus Christas DIVINE
n being, and in tho next, might proceed to doubt
' whothor Who'll, such peraon ever existed. That wa,,
: not strength Of mind, and vgor OF PURPOSE, nns
d miserable vaclation, calculated to bring ihc
professors Of religion into the most unustesao'f
IT Tlora woro old, dead leayea in tho theologe1
o treo tAas needed sinking on, he WEB FREQ to al
nit When they wefe wltherea nnt .ia o. 10 II pf or
beauty. they should 10 mado 10 gye nlaco TO I'll
70 need to beat the venerable tree Tlth an llo
1t ial, as Honlo professors ol Ffoo henglon n'l
unarias had seen ~ 10 ao heso WIZ ';. uuE
q trincs that should remain untoncnou nn51! legls
ID mately supplanted BY tho now nc dia hot Mta Dc
10 liovo ~ narrow-n'inded rohgonists. Inc i:ls
10 cramped everything they rotafaet osetysnal.SE
Is Ihoy Ieni'ndeu iliIn ~ 1H H. 6t',,ora oat.
r. | IhersiteH, WHO followed tho Danlerea hosts :
IL tho bravo Grocan states, hna1ng lauit NY
everything. aud when hls comrades thousl
10 only Of victory and 1aMe h9 ohsy a9 auar ~ ~
it lamentations Ii ne conla lor pil9l oa.u W.
,e DO permitted to speak OF himhelf ~ was ~
10 first time be had vontnrea TO 10 no during Pr
ly torate OF several yealh.-ho "oela Wy than
t. had eyer llVeo ~ Tue PIeaelse ~ & ao I 4, ~
>. rian divincs,--olthor by their lives or by thG
10 wfltlnssLano III ose'y ro"a"e
10 WHICH ~ "a1t .t"uoi ,,usna,,oa T. .;',,1
10 was ever felt. tie had mot preached sliSl
Il uoct.iA1o Hp. utlo1" II rsI, IL i,.."ta =
~ o', mo4"' - ''o S0N'
~ ~ t1,a rra,chcr than esforod into MI ate royie
II or lin Iortrnos Of prcsbyteriauisnl and illlls