The New York herald., 1874-12-14

fallen befngs VINO lay under the bond OF iniquity
beings who in themselves had no power Of doing
anything good, who were nung on this
planet, which was not to be home, but
prison under control OF the devil They
thought OF at0nement BY blood vicarous
atonement BY which the guilt was transferred
from the guilty to the innocent and OF 2 vast,
were precipitated for endless burning. Look
back on the times when these IDEAS were %
lieved IN and you see time which must have
Now. 1t is very easy TO exargerate the darkness
OF night Uhristendom exaggerated the darkness
ness OF the Roman Catholics; liberals exaggerated
the darkness OF Professionalism, and all the time
LIGHT HAS BEEN DAwNING.
But the difference between those times and
sven; + our privilege .ns., welcome e: ,sss the
signaiized by one Of the very remarkable
occurrences which characterize our modern
thing which could not have been done or even
thought OF before the reformation OF Luther. And
light and % estabsaes stations ali over the globe to
watch this wonderful thing. What 10 II done iorS
Because light Is good for itself; light expands
the heavens coming into our hearts. The scien.
tific man dare 90 ans where; he knows ne Will md
nearer he is to the central home OF his Father. a
great writer on Gothic architecture speaks OF its
He says thas s ~ makes makes great p,ssen
why these numerous supports IN every drec-
sioni They are confession o. M its weakness;
was supposed mans virtue could not be sale un.
less he was watched and scrutinized; he must
with It's absolute misery caps the whole. 1t is oil
gone-the devil, the tmps, the helli the vast
marsh is drained; and children play over the once
yawning abyss. Is human virtue less securef II
Is more secure because we are satisfied OF this,
that the omnipresent law takes cognzance OF
every act and thought; there Is no escape, and it
is Impossible to believe that any act OF turpitude
will be forgotten or go nnpunshed, and therefore
II is .nst we who are the & extreme , liberals VINO
more secure OF our virtue, knowing that no devil
awaits US, but perfect law. kindness that never
and gives us our discharge or our dispensatlon.
This observation OF the transit OF Venus suggests
as onr eartS Hnsn Il keeps on its way through Tie
sidereal SYSTEM only once In while II has to go
through some special passage which Is only part
OF the whole world, but 1t is UNCONSCIOUS OF It. So
1t Is with every human life People think Of them
selves thing insignificant, but IN every Lie
comes crisIs-something TO be faced. some ques-
tion to be setted-and IT is Q matter OF extreme
interest to al around S whether % It Is g. to be failure
the material universe. Does not the beam
Of light Call answering voices from other
statue OF Memnon, ana tradition says that
when The sunbeams struck It strain
the % priests and some said it was SO C. ted
that the sun had actually the power to produce
the music. There Is another statue that has
stood in the world much longer than that dark
and crude statue-the human frame. Look back
Q few generations, to the time which we think
was the time OF darkness What was the human
iramef The matter 1t was made OF was the refuse
stur OF creation; IL was full OF inquiCy; its appc.
tltes and passions were 10 be guarded against
had it an aiment 1t was sign OF It's infamous de-
scent; 1t was the
SHRINE OF DEVILS,
and when 1t died 1t was put into the ground as II
the ground was the pit OF the internal. Thus, for
generations the human frame stood for mans
inspection uninspectcd. All at once comes
the forehead OF the statue, and Instantly
1t makes the matter 1t is made OF seem the finest,
and now, by the early light OF morning, We look
at this statue, we see that the frame OF man must
not be crushed. but nOurished, for II perfect form
eau alone representa-; and II all that comes simply
from o touch OF u beam Of light, what Will be the
result when the full light OF day Is upon usf Who
shall guess Take poverty: IL was a dark mass
which no one thought OF pnttlng away. Now 1t IL
morning and we see that this mass Is composed OF
beam we see individuals leaving this mass and
this awful thing disappears In mlsts.
Here was the great spot called crime, q more
stubborn darkness still, aud what to do with this
great mass OF inlQuity.watch 1t, kill 1t, torture
It, hang 1t on crucifxY You can DO nothing
with 1t. They are not human beings, but nends.
So, TOR long ages IL was. The morning beam tails
on that mass and every criminal is being with
heart and soul.
The symbols OF the New Testament, the miracles
the advent OF better day the miracles OF the
New Testament, will be but faint symbols OF the
new light OF beauty that WI take possession OF
the earth. Morning comes slowly but with the
to see things as they are is to hope ior things as
they shall he.