, 1874-07-27

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oi Il pslt5ta III tIudsr vi toy o'ss onor 'o oit s1
hJMo' ant OH Up oyory pauao Of iifo Viii th
rattle o[ inaol,idory. 80 wo ato iioyor alone. ",
nse clt2sns of Tho world. There 10 no mouastor
1,a o. incubation through whoso double wnlts til,
@ shueka Of t1ln o.,tor world mud In which tic
VistfIle anu fnvBlole agonclos Of uatvro Inv,
20 boen 5o'ned together do no! rosouud, And 80
pocause ot thia Intrusion Ut tho material world
-.an - intrusion made musical BY tho diaeoyoriev
OF aoieuco, md sharp. mud rrcaistiblc, and uni
vcrsal by tho applications Of science, tho hon,
ot 'rohocttcn co1nos reluctantly; tho forms o
aih ll1e undor Tho groBaer formH Of nattor, undlB
covered ana ovon whon NO would rcsoIusoI,
iook inward, SO unuaod aro no to tho oxoroIyo'
tho glaro Of oarsh has blinded our vision. ANA
tno friction Of earth tlnllod our insight, and va
atanu ..n snzlng upon aconos tllat liko Ggufos bo
too shadowy to afltro our study, and too cor.
fnaod to 1ix our attention. W. nro caught Ii
TINS ago ~ q mighty whirl Of wators, whose
gronna-swoll ia wide MS tho base Of tho world,
anu Wlo9e Wiaito cnpB are tho dim Wayoa OF thc
asoady himself to understand lla orrora -
Tho third difficulty In tho way Of ltnoulelge
If tto oo, 81 P" nr nns It, - as Of We
moro. Tho myatory OF sin, tho punishment Of
ein, and tho gnilt OF sin, ali tneso tLroo utan,1
Up boforo III to appnl our courage, md deter us
from .,,s cgso }A nolf:examinatiop. II timo would
sllapend htH flight and your patonco riso to Tic
cccEaion, it would DO Interesting to cutter eara-
iully into Zach Of thoso points, md show how
tney MaFe demand upon our manhood wliol,
| W0 cnni1Ot ntlBwor.
Tue mYstery Of ain, Ia its cloa!tel aud hooded
movements, In its subtle Workings, in its Bhad-
owy omniprosonco with us, in IL secret hnl1
upon tiie springs Of lifo. and In tho deep aud
larksnE famnatton It draws III ita train,[tbis
oxa'niiicr. Indood, In otuors wo aro rathcr
attracted by this myAtory, as we nro by iii
mystery. There ig u porvorBlty In human nd
tuEo that tlnds fascination In tho atladowy
apeotreB that assault our lito, md tl.At with e.
riol'H aud morbid tasle price into tho mygtery nf
tniq'tity III society 2boul us. The shneos OF sa.
tan1o influence In tho neduotonB Of aouls ecom
! 20 haso strange fascination for this generation,
Honco the popularity OF records Of tho brotboi
and poliro-court among tho moro ignorant. ond
tho dcmRnd for well wftton disclosures OF thn
pathology Of wiokedness among tha educated.
ynt TINT which Edgar A. Poo did with imaginary
him, with tho professional hand Of IN aunlyzer
OF corruption, tracihg tho criminals downward
conTEo, to tho point whore tho atago iB crowded
t WIN ~, seenon o. painful aud trnE mystery, thon
aseadlY rolling up Tho curtain before tho reader,
ana ~ pouring upon tho weird an awful group
AZ tLo light OF his .tranacoulent fancy. That
Which Poo did with Imaginary sins who shall
hnVo courage to do with his own, trying honestly
,, hna cooily to fathom tho dorthH, wero in Hocrot
t1on1, OWL thoughts mud helliuh affections are
!ayns the train for your destruction ?
Or. aga,n, Who shal1 hayo courage to look, at
hi1 Pig sIIs in tue light Of their punishmont2
Nnotilof 10 ooutemplatoa tue tetinno OF earthly
mlnotscs t!.at accompany thom in the pain MD
doubt, and aorrow, aud tears they catigo,-aud
sill causo on earth,-or whetlcr, with boldnr
vision. he regards them In the moro startling
llglt OF etornal consequences, Of wrath tint
gatiots aud breaks forever, but is noYor or
ha:Matod, and nro lnoaphysical indcod but
still tre) that anapa and flashes with fury and
q glare that arc unquonchullo--a sensitive soul
tnat, Having having lost ita grosanesD,, IL = harp
pain a!'all Bnllte hia iron hand forevor,-
VINO Shall have oourage to underAtand Lis
orrors-underBtand them in the mischief Of thor
earthly courao. and tho awful agouy Of their
eternal invention T.
Or. again, who shall have courage to look at
his aina tn tho light Of their gulls2 Turning
away from consequences, which atoicism might
onablo us to contemplate, who gha!l da.e to faco
tnona nndor tue eye q atl angry 0od7 Who sal
M lay they l!ayo violatcd7 Who alall dare to lit
distinctly in consciousness that hellish brooI
Rhnt rising through Lis life in thought word and
deeu' hhvo strivon to Chamber tho jasper walu
s;llly tho purity Of Lis eternal kingdom? WHO
shall dnro to cn up oven the oifonRcg OF oua day
aEaiuat which Gods law writcs ltv sentence
surely you need take no oirense whon We i
uuNGTHE0nH
c1torH.
Illo study personal sins ie a deepening ett,ly
IN overy sugo Ut which tho anHworless challenge |
may M 10 euttoted.-wlo cnn understand hiy orrols?
lI9 !ht anu oarolosa moral ulAtI, accustomed to
pride himself on hs morality, and without ra
l1ectlon or prayer living In dollleiye dream Of |
srtllo Tho surely does not understand lis errors
1he yllo and wicked mau. hardened by crime,
and swept In its lnal vortex without repontanos
Or ,oonsciousness Of 4iH condition. be doos not
understand his orrorH: Tho ,nan decply Immersed
N enllt, but racked by rcmorse, to Whose oyo
las tluug back doors into Lis
Sickodnesa. y and WHO in l-concoalcd terror
heir pun!slmont,-h in tho most fearful
new, ylo'y takon ,porcllanca Oh tho verge
u ael1-deatructlon 1t has onlorcod,-ho does
Il, 1ot oxen thon undcratand Lily errora And tho
girdod by the spirit til Ie
'as courage to faco lsimuoll, aud tour tho mngk
rom the decaitfulncsa Of Gin, seeing it II, liz
nystoriou9 workings, its substituted nuusl-
hrs, neds ana 5., ,fs oyer%helming guilt The
fountain Of contemplation, whoro shielded by
ho Cross, aud his oyo shndod by the wiugs OF tho
ovonant lo accs all tho ain tliat mortal oycs
IN iook nnpEon nE and lso7eyen ho docs not un-
loarod by tho touch Of Jesus, wantorg over Lin
ass intquity, and follows tue cleaning Of his
rocked pathH, and searoios toWard tile depths +
re the deep. still awful eavorns Of ainfa! thought
cop ya'sns under deop, slealying hipyali With ,
clasp on the crosa, ho turing to God aud cries !
olcanso Ihou mo from secret faultD."
And now: in conclusion delayed beyond an .
cipatlon, it rnnaiuu to follow this Ignorance Of ]
ltr slug one stop farther, and say, Wo cannot z
'ldarHtand our errors in their connections, "a
lss relations our aims bear to soulB their pointn
contact with tho unyorae, and tlloir coMnoc-
on with eternity; who can tell? For aims hnye Q
euleHdolls yibrntive power, Tho YyAyB OF nur
rUt reach On into uiNt0ucea so cannot ovo., | I,