, 1874-09-14

md tender wants Of man, to sail and journey,
often earrylng lignt to tEo!r darlii.osg, lioro TO
tl,ois WroteAetlnoss.. neforo innn had reached
Ills nrosont grcntnoBs. this noble impulse III Haid
to ay from, heaven that he might bring tho
bEtnGing tho rays OF light for ,nnn'a patil-an
work. Thua assch ssnnlcness Ia conceived to
Ito In this flying 70 earth's roliof that fable Inns
leen invoked to I'LL UP tho cu,, Of sueh goodness
Tor tho ngcs past.
but whencp comes this instinct whiol, stands
hacI OF iIie old whito-haiYcd missionary to thu
Illinois, tlia instinct which invented tho fablo
That one nnge! canio to oarth bringing tire, md
not feos tint bac Of this fnut art thin fnblo ro-
poses . crOator vino shnpea the h11,npr heart 10
tias 1t doos Bucl dcuds Of beuovolonco and
ateas soaF hnoi, nghts oi nngoin Of mercy: The
Ing back oyor tho cunn,lnss ngos. ho can 500 only
matter transmitting iBclf into life, aud to ono
looh'ng only At nl.cIent organiun,, such
! q isas, Is not s',ch boiiof, might aend its
IN t!scIg lowons form, anti opening tic heart Of
uai'' wAenea aias long iaBnea n goti-iiho nobio-
neap nnsi from thoso toptlly tsnra of lovo and
Er!ot Lave fallen oYor tho outnprcnd world, no
,nan Is slne!e wnyo or ,srop. What month";
(.lor!es wo heAold IN tho iInito shape, we behold
III tllo infinite. Passing from th1t human OK
cc!loncc wltcl! has aeut tho best Of men across
luz brother, wo como to tho presence Of Gotl,
nnd aro prepared for tho words that liz
10 10 !oVcd tho world TINT He sent Ills *on into 1t.
Ihla IL y form of actiunl which haE always
Wroathod tho human forehead with honor.
| Whore God IL, that uo eont into this world such
! nettiH; from Who1 other realm in tho starry
AlnBaoiIs tic messenger cntno; by Wflat mystic
gaao, wG know no. not NY THIS We know; that Christ
lhVhucu thN Ftar e!6htnGn ccntlrieH ngo, aud en-
canped iii THO very midst Of tts philosophy ncw
!norafI. aud Gtadncaa, and grief. lle statso.,ud
himself HOUR that wunder Of wonders, ttu tomb
| of lnau.
r the lotter Of tho toxt DO tr,,o, and thero ia,
alows that earth IL NOT The only region Of ntoi-
iEeNt life but that it III only ono Island In au IN
h1'1to os1anBe, aud that aolno other realm u,l-
barrett gnses to ua invisible as.d ordered an in
Vason Of tlcso sllores No Quo may know
whst'ier this other lilo IL fur away,
al gathered up and imprisoned OIL othor stars aa
the thousand millions aro imprisoned or whather
thoio are duly ".footfals OH the boundaries"
Of onr la,'ci al so may know lBthat our realm
hta',da Invaded To-day by Jesus Christ; all our
Thoughts, ard feelings, alld dutics. and hopes arc
troadoh by this foregn foot, which cotaoa not to
condemn, but to set FREQ. L IL not tho Hhoat
| OF tho Vanttal, not tho rude tratnnliDg Of tue
bloody conqncrors wo witueBs, but an tnyanon
| OF love 40 spring invadca Amertca IN May, or as
tho missionary entered our old Wilderness with
tho Book Of Lifo i'll his hands, Whom readara Of
history shall hive risou aboya tho passions TINT
love tho laurclK Of generals and tho pomp aud
circumstances of war, thoy will coufoss tl,at no
nlurcll Of armies into lomo or into Carthage in
The proudeHs triumph can COMPARE With tho
lonely and obscure entranco Of Christ uto tho
world.
Now, tho grcat practical truth which rises up
out Of this Invasion IT earth by thu Son Of God
iB, that tho Church which bcaro tue Chriatian
| the inyn,1inr nrnys IF tina unnt tia sc,, ;rsn
ttrs wtrj,l unou nm orrand of 11rrcv t,,ou .i,.e
we cali thu " Church is no;hing olae
tcen,h cantnry ;na,n,d or in 'IH tlo iu. n,.t
ce,,tury and u,uyin,. ont t,war, tho ,,lnir;oa .;
America and tho uja;ns Of Jnd;a Instant NJ
wnlkjur bv tho Hcn Of TIhorjns or in tia fiar.,an
il cau taIo nothing nway. A. ioorn,,,r na,no II
tno worl'n if,norni,cn m Inv nnI1 nn]i3jca cn1r.
to it's d1noo,1 Az the n,tn cn,no tn its ,cni,s nd
taste tl,e Chfjstinn iJl,u,ch cana tn iIs ,nnraIs
ioy. ind dooDest rloom.weyen III dont],. Jioro
in tlip chnrncl. bounded strictly. hmt yery
brond and yary dean ,noyeu the rhurc 4
iust as tbouuh Chr;st cn1'e to cayt enr, ,av nnog
words ,lnon tic baunor Of the Gb,,rcI' and Tina
NAV not add nor take away. When Tia Cathn.
lies sent their best mon into convonts. where
thoy spent tlcir long ycars and crcat renillg in
md vent awav from WHIT tbov wera
commautia1 to apnroacl. and honco nnne noar
tlulr trubt.-not IL tho tours Of tho INNS Of ST.
CInra hit in t1lo vida ,ynnder;ncs nf A. Tontonuv
| nr n m nrinr And kn ,rhnn Frotnstnnta nyoi,linv
mornstnrna ;n'IoeI foIi ,nto tho oI,noat samSi
imprsonnout Of motanhvsfeal nbilosoni,r
ma tins hid tho vnrij,1 hIoss;,nr hohin,;
clouds Of thy intellect, they too moved awny
from tito world instead oil grantlly iuto it,
mud millions delivered from n0matlisIn and do
MED the flood OF reason STILL ioll into iuletity
as into tue arms Of peaco, Tho Church not be-.
ing = thought bnt d work, not being a meta
plysc. but a eofor1n, it's salety always ay in
la achievements among Aea,ls, aud mt 10
it's power or Ingenuity Of iicbato. Ono Of Tia
EngtIsll thinkers, writing a00 years ugo. says:
"Wo left homo because sllo lad udlol hor
clouses as being az biudng as Ecriptnre. aud
now We have d1uo nothing e1sc than p,1]l down
her Baal uud vet up our ophod. aud tayo como
to Home around ut the 1,oiilt whore wa lett Lor y
Our progress as 4 Church, that is, NJ q Christi
auity. must come from q bold turning away
from, tlo aoguatigm tlat has absorbed the tu,o
aud bai Of n!auy centuries, aud must nloyo out
mon it's moral wnnts NJ botrayod by lilo words
yicu. poyorty. iutomperanco. Atheism. aud eou-
cltzoils living liyop OF yicc with no Qua to set
before them tho reward Of yirtuo, With 10 ono
to care for THAR souls with tho land covered oil
over with political aud aocia dB!louor to such a
! dnrran TINT tho eyrcri1nrnt mi onlx of n 1ppub-