New-York tribune., 1874-10-19

and discsrus through ne trees stately ion. and
inquiries who dwoy there. he is told the mans name.
all this property g his; all this landscape Is the
product ,rc OF his thought ane you 90 past
"weiI. Know who lives there. know him" Hs
there is some knowledge gained way It chances
day that he meets this man Now he discovers hi.
his disposition. Now he NAV say, knew the man. {
have seen hun. spoken to bim aud become acquainted
this knowledge Is as nothing compared to the knowI.
edge the children of his house lnmos.
this man than one merely discovers from the out
side. You understand tree or an animal bur as
being complex aDd subtle ana interior requires
that men shoald become CONSCIOUS OF TINS exterior me
tetore thsy can oe s' not sS1e speeimen Of in smse
No man can understand courage or reasoning he has
a spark of neither m him Our knowledge OF God de-
oes on how much we ha We in ourselves OF that wbch
goes constitute the Interior aud essential nature @
God.
It IL upon this principle that the manfeaon OF the
Divine nature he made through the Church. That
s to say the Church not term signfyiDg what We
undert tan organized bOiy-bui, genrricay, all
that live for God and In personal communion with
idsa he Church OF God. II all know HIM by having
created u them something IKE HIM. ana Dy whlchthey
there IN the great human familya Gods people,
It 49, then, by experience ofgnaty- qnales wnich
Cod was power. creative power administrative
power; the Christian idea Of God Is QUALITY
II does not exclude power but 1t does not
give 1t prominence MAKING the true conceptions
OF Divinity the quality or disposition Ihs IS the sd,
preme eud all Observation-Disclosures, this Is the eDf OF all
culture, the reason why churches nave 0rdnances why
they hayo any system-hese instrumentalltles are !"
develop In such sense or comprehension or God
make Him like tlemsbat they can represent him In
degree. and teach Him to others both consciously aud
There Is supposed to be special saRctity in the special
moral institutions OF the world and mere Is, Jus. as
ably true that children having father ana Dotner'
brothers and sisters, and weli-organized and con-
tucted are In those conditions most likely 10
develop in them moral tendencies Industry 9ood dspo
sitions Is not the chef thing DO my children
learn nothing by what my neighbors tell them nothing
from their associations at their school from their com
panons the street, They do not learn from Inc alone.
but God speaking in me, speaking through my nclghpor
hood In Summer and IN Winter III ana W health
God the schoomaster of my children Inat docs not
destroy the sanctity Of tine family, nor should one
turn back and say, children need not nave ia'sy
ing that God teaches men in the great sphere OF
human experience IN the great r.unu OF It's aa.,s
suppose that the one thing that GOD WORKS
through Is an organized church Inat 10 ,staAo oi
side, Churches needed Tor fner speciai
work IN moldng aud nstracting men, keeping beioro
them the great ends OF existence illustrating tue dspo
sitiou Of true Christian life but churches themselves
but single channels all grace does not 20 tnrouku
them Is there no voice 10 tue storm iaefe was "a "a
frame whole world the whole framework OF society,
ofindusries OF social influences anu Dring e ~ ~
tnat the Church not necessary but tnat ~ Is not sne
only thing aud thank )d when see "nst ehufcheS
are that they are not the only thing
More than that claim the rglt OF every man 70 20
any of the external appointments OF the Church Do
attack the great school system when I say min
cones to me Tor and find he Knows read
ing writing, and geometry and that ne learned then 10
the back woods, shall employ Inn snail KICK nun
out because don't come through the common scbooI
No, Ii tell that Is The way the Wh0ie comlnu
ny should get knowledge, say that Is anOtlef tLlhR
school il to be connected Win tDe rpreaa
Of general intelligence t s an important agent ana
must be highly valued, but II ought not to be arrogant
and say a man has knowledge unless he
goes through the common school II man has knowl.
edge OF the Lord God manifested IN Jesus CHRIST IN
himself, whether he comes 10 me through tho hOnan
Church. through other hierarcDlca churcn OF
through my denomination, or frOD the Shakers OF
Oulkers anything else, he has got H-thats tne
thing. The question to which Is the best or easiest
way to get knowledge Is another thing but the pos
session OF the Chrst!ke mud l. the main thnS aud III
one has IL without the Church, well and good
We not, then, 10 attempt tO deleat tne Pr'Oha
development o. any man by any cAutcn fesuldtiOh.
Men be suffered TO enjoy personal iOerty lhere
fore while recognize all ordinances US cHceent, YET
deny the right OF any man TO Oppress Win them INC
liberty OF individual conscience. Tie great cOhnct
OF church ORGANIZATIONS has been sucn as To give an
improper dynamo center. Men, IN other words, feei
O must be good man. Out Delng one,
il he don't join the church. the right church,
and the rignt catcchism, the mere being
good u secondary poin Church officers have claimed
to be In such sense endowed with special power ana
grace from OH high that there has sprung up IN lie pub
lie sentiment OF the Christian world an idea Dat thers
Is an authority By these organizations 0t men.
SO far from this, the only relation WhlcA the eOOins
tions OF good men have others Is tue combination
that shall enable all those to whom they come 70
deyelope themselves the true Christian me- Dut III
they find developing their true Christian NE un.
der other circumstances they ought To bless Cod ana
instead OF giving them the cold shoulder or bunet,
they ought rejoice that God works with larger means
thau are contained in any special organizatloh'