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eonnnc8B tho hchthon nH woll aB tho Ohrgtiun.
t,v = ho an3r{t nn6 rrano NJ f4nd -

I1o will treat the hoathon as fairly and as loni-
cntly 90 tho ohriastan, and, moreover, that God
- ns liltoly to be lntoroatea IN tho salvation Of
tho heatllen ns In TINT Of tho Ohrlstian provided
tloro 30 not somcthing Of tho impossible III tho
idea OF BnvinH him.
Lot lie, tliotofore, conadar for moment tho
question ~ It possible to anvo . heathou7 Leave
In tho caso 10 1t indisponsabiy NECESSARY tllat 4
man should know God nndor tho narno Of Joho-
yntl or tllat Ito should know the Btono tables Of
Moses. Or TINT ho should hear Of /, Messiah and
Mediator, ltl ordor to bo eayod? Admit TINT
and lead good life except by such knowledge
and power as aro brought into exercise by tile
Old and New Tostamont Bcriptures, yet may not;
Q man attala all that constitutes salvation
ta0Sn oWnan as u hsTo Aye n,no no n90 TO- 1s aud n9
Whnt iH nocoasafy to salvation Lot tho two
justmont Of legal aud moral relations to God,-
that ia to Bay, 1t consists Of tho pardon Of sins
heart.
plainly Tint Christ :tasted death for ovory
mail !" TINT Ho IL tho plopitiation for tho sins
Of tle whole word;'"' TINT through Him ~ tho
lifo7" Whasevor tho saorificnl work Of Christ
lnny effect, independent OF mans condition or
characser,-hnd wo orthodox peoplQ suppose 1t
IL Of vast momsnt, as mahluR tho ground for
1lluf H6 NEl4 w luE NuCIMLHH III
Tor Moses for tho original Duddhn as for Elijah,
for Ohtndor sen aud tho Mikado Of Japau MS
for Dean Stanley and Queen Victoria. Christ
diod for man "a mall: Tho altar at Joruaalem
which drippod with tho blood OF tho Baorlflco
was tho nltar Of tho drent High Priest who
asonod al sin, for oil nations, and for all tlmo.
SO far, tler. as the ground Of gratuitous justiA-
cation ia concornod Justification without works,
Penoolpo and for TINT matter Alossalina horsolf,
ia no further ron,oyod from the grace Of God
than FIN t0tnn NIL h1nrr hnrr}o1nn ffhnrn f,r
more d1illcultios In tho WY Of M outright for
giving OF ono than another. II tho atonement
Of Calvary bo, as 80 many, strongly insist, tho
underworld Of salvation, apd, as ground OF for
etge, or virtue. or tho fifth Of tho man. .hon
1t may as we'll DO tho ground Of morcy to Seneca,
to tho mother Of tho Graochi as to Isaiah or to tho
mother OF Tobedoo's children. The ab extra
condition Of tho heathen % 1t docs That Of tho
Christian.
The other part Of aalvntion, trust in God,
loyalty to God and tho truth, tho acquisition Of
tho aaod prinop1e Of right-living, tho dominance
Of moral idons, victory oyor tho world, aelr-de-
liousrt essentially right arc not thoso things
possible to tue hoathon7 Gould Buddha haTo
conceived a reformation 80 puro and 10 spiritual
that many ChriBtian may bo ashamed Us ho
compares his iifc with tho proeepta OF THIS yen,
oroble heathen, without being possessed Of TINT
something which VIC call tue true lifo? Could
Aristidos allow SO much money to paRa through
lis bands and not an obolus stick to his fingers,
and In all things oppose corruption moro steadily
and witt, cloaaor record than sny Cllriatian
atntesnlau Of our times, aud not hase the soeti
principle Of tho good and true man in him 2
Could Epicurua preach aud practice the
doctrine that. tho soul ID tho map, and
at!a'n +no y5rt%H iton Us ond as H. at
te ooro ,ps What tho puran s 9as Could NJ
luiro 30 ateadily. and think 80 eagerly, Oh tho
question Of immortality, aud not, like a good
Christian, interrogate himsolf seriously. as to
tho way III which Lie might attain tho blosaed-
1B it said those mon all fell into many errors
concerning God2 IL not tho samo too sadly
true of Ohnstians7 Is it said that they held to
doctrines which justified many forms Of wrong
dong2 n Tho ,S Church never . he doctrines
OF tho plantor7 I know Of no good hoathen who
errod more than Isabella Of Spaiut than John
Oalvjn, than bishop Gardinor, tho orthodox
Mnthor. May not tho Spirit Of God, tho samo
down Oh poutooost, aud who, sineo tllat timo
1as broodod over 80 many hidden lesltntionB Of
mon, have been abroad In tho woi1d outside Of
Judaism. ard since Christ came. outside the limo
Of Christlandom Is not tho Spirit tho gift of
God. and IL not God soyereign to diBpousa ulo
Hu1y Ghost upon any mans heart7
But they lnow nothing rightly OF God, am
told. Who know enough to affirm tllia--if the
cardinal doctrine Of God is p" that Ho ia spirit
and TIC true worshipsts arc thoy %ho woraIhp
know nothing Of Jesus Christ tho Savior. and
therefore cannot bolieyo III Him. This is cor
taInly great misfortune. There ist indeed. o
great deficiency Of moral power. But remon1-
bor that Euocl aud Noah lacked this aolne moral
power. observe, also. that in many Christian
churches Chiiht is hid away. among ceremonies
or theologies. call to mind tint there js no
Christian scot which docs not rapudiatc tic idea
%a3 q infant mt, dannato .; Aud Yet ot f. anooh an
and the Groat throng Of infaut souls, we hope
for their salvatlonl T therefore soc no reason
for doubling the salvation Of good lleathens ba-
cauao they have not lonrti Of Jcsns for doubling
tnat, even with thoir great laok Of moral power,
tho laatlen in many instances mAy be 1nudo 80
nearly right in heart as to bo among tho redeem
cd Of the Lord.
Do 1 beliovo, then, that all theso
heathon perhons whom haze 1' nam
simply see no roaaon why many Of them may not
bo saved. hut do 1 not mako void tho gra ce Of
Cod by tho Gospel? God forbid l establish
that grace. What advantage thon haye wo'
Much every way, but ehioily TINT to us aro COM
strength Of TINT Namo which III above ovory
uame. Because there is no adequate moral
power to sayo tho world, because most mon
will go on loving darkness bottcr thsn light, III;
lERb lll1 llxQI VI Nullbt klRkeb u UlUhu uAy Hll
about the1, does It follow TINT no child, no man.
Gun be impotled out OF limBolf and be aot egiow
with tho energies Of a higher lfe7 think not.
Suppose mountain swept around tho eastern
and southern boundary Of this cty-a mountain
30 hiSL that wo could never see the Bun; there
would DO light enough to keep somo nlive.: Tho
mir Of heavan, tho groom oartA, ara tic conditions
OF /. healthy life. but. there are people, born
and nurtured in the mines. WHO notwith-
standing mako something Out Of life. There is
tito gllnmcr OF the stars, and thon a long
twilight, before tho sun rises 10 1t was
in tho old anto- Christian world. II there be 10
Christ known to all men, there is, everywhere
and always, tho living God
There arc three great bool1a to guide aud ILL
epiro men. Ono ia tho Diblo; ono is Nature
the Grave and the Starp,-and another iB tho
Heart Of d MN. Every lnau for his own habit
Of impression. There ia to mo enough Of ave.
/ of power, OF wisdom, and love, In the pago
spread over us every night. There arc prom
isos, aud throats, aud revelation, wrltton plainly
aMo.lgl. in every human Heart. can vol be-
lovo tl.ht sonlo mon oven uuderrate tho Bible, be-
causo, without knowing where they found Tho key
taey read themselves and Oh tho face
I without tue koy2. Not at all. Wo llaro thore.
fore, Paul reminding tho half-cisii2od tribes Of
Asia Minor that dod revealed Himsolf to them In
tho rnln, and fruitful aoaBon, and declaring il,
his .opstlo to tho 1lomans TINT all men are
"Withont oxcuBe" because s'tlo invisible