The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-29


he knew not whittier, and his descendants, gener-
alton upon generation, taking up the same labor,
manner OF calamity living, dying, passing away
ana hanging on the same hope to the generations
,n n were 70 succeed them. tbs superb o1neep
founder than he had ever fathomed. wider In scope
tnan he Tad ever imagined, u simply what scien.
tine men today are legitimatey, BY SOLID natural
effects, running back far as they TO the very
threshold OF creation Itself. What is the doctrine
under another form or In wider conception OF
reach this very doctrine OF evolution winch Paul
dreamed OF, subject to the mlta atoms of his own
power OF thOught2 For long time now natural
lists have spoken OF the plan OF creation. and for
were on the Secret track OF that plan and that
when they got the first ground plan they could tell
now tne res. was buit. Ihey nave SPOKEN OF types
velopment OF the material creation or with the
animal creation we have nothing TO do. Between
man ana the animal there Is gulf as yet un-
passed, possibly impossible. When we speak OF
human nature We must speak OF 1t as the result
Of the experiment thus TAR. under such and such
circumstances. within such and SUCH conditions
and limitations. Another thing human nature 10
the world. 1t Is commonly said, "Well. human
nature doesn't vary" II does vary; II varies
the human nature OF the East: the human nature
or the South Is not the human nature OF the North.
the dominion Of priests, bag ridden, op-
pressed with superstition, Is not the human
Is reduced to It's lowest point wnere the priest mas
no power whatever, where pubic schools educate
everybody, where the highef Summaries give the
highest form OF culture at present possible 20 the
few. AT times you may find spot where human
nature, under favorable circumstances, becomes
so pure, sp0teSs that II 10 recognized almost as
sepaI ate creation. Even In regard 70 the essen
tial acquisitions which all men would seem to hold
precisely in common the same varieties exist.
There ale three things essential to human exist
ence-securty Of life, security Of property, secur-
lty OF the home. Wherever home Is civilized or
savage, developed or undeveioped. unless there Is
security man ls IN danger OF aunihiation; ne must
protect himself, he must be certain that ne can
depend upon himself, that he is safe. so or prop
sF ne nness man n n can ow eau to ais use own
away there is no possibility OF any civilization or
any general Improvement. NOW, see what innni.e
variety human nature exhibits in the means OF
achieving these very ends the preservation OF lite
and property and the sanotity OF the home. In one
part vi the earth men wear swords ana carry re-
vovers, depending upon themselves entirely, their
own proves to protect their lives, to beat or the
human nature becomes accommodated to an order
OF things Of violent propensties. At another stage
the law protects; men lay their weapons by; they
are sure they are safe, because nobody dares, in
the face OF omnipresent ana omnipctent law. to
The time viii come when the moral senr!-
ment OF society will he such that without
policemen; nobody being armed, Without q
JAIL without civil punishment, without
criminal code. men will lsel perfectly
safe, relying upon an nnspoken latin IN
their fellows, and then all the rest OF human
nature Will be found under these simple con-
ditions: but until 1t IS We have these layers OF
human nature, some living In an epoch Of violence,
others i'll an era OF Jaw, wnlle others hut too few
the Friends or Shakers perhaps-live IN an era or
good viii. believe that no sweeter person mas
ever visited the earth than Jesus OF Nazareth. |
belive that He exhibits the perfection OF certain
type OF man as the incarnation OF the est.
gentlest affections. AS the manifestation OF the
perfect trust. OF perfect oyoiiness toward the Su-
Irene Being Of an exquisite Kindness ha gentle.
never. believe equaied. He stands ike pure
vision OF beauty before our gaze; yet He was not
ton Of e' humanity. There were great de tee
There were departments of human nature which
were unrevealad IN Him at all. Jesus lived
IN the Roman Empire which was based on force.
He had never a word to utter against the enor
versa slavery. lie never uttered a word against
slavery. He was an Eastern man, rot western.
He was type OF oriental human nature in It's per-
lectlon net Of occ!C entail human nature IN It's per-
lect growth
This doctrine OF development explains the sin
gular backwardness OF mankind, the cxtraOrdi-
nary slovness the difficulty oil accomplishing any
thing the dead weight that seems TO hang upon
oil our limbs. They move, but they move 80 slug
gshly. A generation can go far and FUR
Their. We speak OF man as wise according to his
generation. 1t is only according his generation
4 That any man can be wise. They who contem-
plate tue possibilities of this human nature break
out into p9ans Of JOY. IheJ say
All before us is tho way.
Al! before q lles The lay, ..,
Human nature Is what II :s-no better worse.
The saiuts are all sinners and tne snne.s all
saints. Wisdom consists III living with our fellow.
men on this theory OF human nature IN this faith
labor, this faith 10 hope in this alth to bear,
I
ness, fellow feeling and compassion. Not treating
our fellow men as II they were fends to be dis-
trusted, Kept at arms length, deled, spied.
Not as angels to be worsii'pped, but as fellow
creatures with the same power the same experi-
, ence, the same hopes, the same elements OF char
acter. the same opportunities, the same promises,
the same privileges; creatures iuli OF lmpcriec.
ton. of weakness, Of ignorance viii not say
sin-but also in their hearts more Or less clearly
cherishng the vision Of glory too great or i'm.
aginatOn to conceive OF, WHICH watteth for every
son and daughter oil nature.
PLYMOUTH CHURCH