The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-08

| sV"i' W W. lOuhu IN inc apology" OF
Socrates, the "rcpublc" of Plato, the
Ethics" of Aristotle. arc the admiration
of scholars When Demosthenes, In his
harangues against Philip. assured the Attic.
mans that government based on fraud
and injustice could not endure, he was but
enunciatiny the same principles that were
TO constitute the staple of the speeches of
Edmund Burke in the British parliament
and OF Charles Sumner in the United States
Senate. The place which the Greek drama
holds in the literature of the world is due
to the profound conceptions of justice, and
the penalties that sooner or later overtal;e
the guilty.
AT later day, despite overbearing and
overwhelming corruption, the sense Of JUS
tice that demands and expects even-handed
rclri6ution, is set forth in the "Sera
Numinis Nindieia,' of Plutalch, in solemn
cadences that remind one of the sermon of
Edwards on the theme, Their feet shall
slide in due time" 1t is the moral element
mat has been the vita, force, the ground
OF permanent interest in the literature.
The great problems of human destiny
are only discerncd, not solved the aspira-
tons of the soul fall back upon the earth
baitled aud dissatisfied The glimpses ct
great truths given to the eject minds Of the
race, have no influence upon the great
"a
ruplion of the heart soon demuraliZes and
breaks down any intellectual life or prog
ress that may have been developed. The
corruption OF Athens was never more com
plete IMAM when its great m1nlisis were
giving Instructions in The principles of Vr-
tue. The first chapter of the Npistle to
the Romans, which contains the most
graphic description in all literature Of the
moral condition of heathenism. was writ
ten by the Apostle Paul from Corinth.
after his visit To Athens an uninicrest.
ed observer of the results Of The moral
teachings of some Of the ablc,t teachers
the world has ever known.
The one great lesson to be learned from
the ethical systems of healhcnsm and of
iatinnaIism. in countries iilumined hy the
gospel, is the essential unity and dignity of
the moral nature Of man and the re-
spOnse which can there he found to the
truths of revelation, rs alone satisfying
mans highest needs, whether in this or in
other lands
3. The Indebtedness of the home church.
es for illustrations Of the truth of cvangoii-
cal doctrines and OF Christian union.
The missionary in II heather land has no
doubt en- the subject of sin, and the neces-
sily of "A Divine Redecmcr. He recognizes
his utter inability to make any impression
en- sense OF shame and desire for dcliv-
erance, save as the Holy Spirit shall guide
his efforts, prepare the way and bless the
word OF truth. Evil reigns around him I'M
checked by the force of an enlightened
christian sentiment. Men act freely. and
without stint, according to the impulses of
their evil hearts. The missionary has no
hesiiancy IN procaming his message of
warning, while holding up Christ crucilicd
Tor the redemption of the lost There is
no such blending of the lines bclwe, n the
church and the world, as the result of
religious education and public sentiment
no such eXalting of the correct life at the
expense of dOclrinal truths; no such sicllly
seDtimentaliy to enfeeble and blunt the
edge of the sword of the spirit as prevail
in christian lands. The statement of the
apostles, written from the very cen,crs of
the highest forms of socol culture and re-
hncment which the heather world has ever
exhibited, are found equally applicable to-
day. and the truest representation at once
of the actual condition of the nect ssilics of
the heather in later times. Missionaries OF
the board, who have laborcd among the de-
graded heather of Micronesia, in India.
China, and in Mohammedan lands, find no
occasion to abate one jot or title from the
language of the Scriptures. And the de-
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that where Romanism has had full sway,
ana borne its legitimate fruits, differ but
little in degree from what il found in Mo-
hammedan countries and in the civilized
portion of pagan lands. Despite the high
| culture and prctcntons of a select few in
| the large cities, more intimate acquairt-
ancc has revealed Il moral corruption tina,
is appalling, aided and abettcd loo, by the
so-caled religious guides. The recent re-
Spouse OF Romlsh priest in Mexico, 10
the charge of prevailing immortality among
The priesthood, that muddy waters were
| quite as good us clear for purposes Of irri-
CATION" is better wit than argument. The
missionaries witnessing the Joint results OF
pantheism and intidelity among the higher
classes, and of ignorance and superstition
among the lower, see little occasion to tone
down the language of Scripture or to | ok
Tor some new form, some higher develop
mcnt of Christianity, to meet the demands
OF modern thought. Whatever the
churches may do at home, the foreign mis-.
sonary is likely to hold fast to the purity
of the faith once delivered to the saints
In doing this, he goes back, not to the
forms of dOctrinal statement derived from
the schools, but to the sacred record, for
himself lie is too much in earnest to lose
time or waste his strength in petty differ
ries of nil denominntions "rc a"r o9'I' T.,
holding cvangelical doctrinrs n,,d aro IL IL
Illustrating the reality Of Christian nn ian IN
the foreign field. while we nrc deh,,inr ,h h"
oues1on At home II is onlv here n"n H. e,o
n Ritunlist that breoks ihe hor,nn,' n 'nI h'
CLAIMING that some ontwnrd ,ita nr , ~
particular church connection in necessary
to salvatlon-a fly in the ointment thai
might otherwise be too precious for human
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d, r1r illustrations OF me deVelsplng
power Vi 'he s"slci'
1t is not easy, in this country, to analyze
the influences affecting character, so as TO
say how much is due to the gospel directly, |