, 1874-08-10


h,mh}v soo1, for tl,e loasona yv1,in1, II hriurs,
"a" ~. ~" taa.aa 49, s,a 80 tn,,,,t.. :. A.,
- nla. 'onoon "es s wv ~. aiu.Ilt,. ~ aa.
eertoa our proBens ignoranoo concerning uoa'8
Christ. "Wlat I do 70 know not now" It was
mt IN ro,ntIon tn, sn,re rront nnt1 ,rondcr,ul
a,s.,,t -ri,1a,, oo,,,,,so1 R;,.ao,,n .,at St..,.
.,a esu"1 "o tta .sos,nno St .t tSs o..s' .,
tolu petof o. hla ignorance, ~. smpio, PR
and witnosBcd only by fow diaclplcu. Il was
simple not by which Christ came into
oloso contact with tho individual soul,
and having. tofoi9nco TO tho most common
things. Aud 80 IIe oamo to 1s in tho datly
rounds an In tho little aots Of lfo, and declared
TINT We did not grasp tlo6o things In tholr truo
eooopc anu worth.
Thn ditiiouitJ with ns oltan Tas TINT Mo
Imagined no could undoratand tho small affairs
mud lowly only occanionnlly, ana in groat crlsos
and events. We looked Ct ordinary things with
ePrlt o, d.. assurance nna 'elt .as Mo woro able
aaee fatnse Il esss
scioua haplesenoss and noed; Thus 1t
comes TINT our common lifo WAS too
mitch separated from dot: Most Of our
career IT, VIZ sa.., made @ up o. ntto things. and Il
occurred. and s9 tho points OF contact botweon
our souls and God were raro whllo tho mtor-
course gl,ould oo constant.
omr Ch,ssian .sn oorse ~, Taa TOO much lke ths
FAAol0AH " - AAtAH+*3 *tAAA} H+Aft>aAS AHtN AA0
thero to take supplies of wator md wood, whlIo
eyory moment drawing nurture from tho sun
sliino and the soil It might truly DO said TINT
wo tllorougny Knew nothing here and that uot
all It's ta oausea, motives, relations ard results
nessi We rather approhended ideas. Wo boheld
them IN gl.mpaos and parts, Wo regarded
events Is II they 'weso simple. independent
thingg, having no connection With what had
gono. before or what was to come after, whetoaa
au things Struck their roots into 0 distant uil"
aoen past, and sont their aeods on to remote
and unescoyoroa future. Before us aud DO.
space, and We ssoo1 upon tho narrow bridge
between tho two, and watoho1 tho long process
sion passing by, and tho brief glance We got ct
tnem was not enough for ua to loarn thom VOL.
things which no calleu Bmni m would greatly grow
In value and In weight. There either wore no
little thingH tint Eero not momentous LII thulT
oausos or eltoots or o!so We IN our
great, aud which small, and often mistook
tliena, ai1u reversed tAe'f proper place. Az arc
equally Included In Tho plauh aud purposes. OF
tod-sho swinging OF Woflq; H. anu sho 1allng
or sparrow allko ciaimea LIS attention and
auall aud tho other was great. We hnd no cause
Tor pr1ae Or conhaeAee 90 any % HfAe nha mnst
contess with roIofefoo 20 ~, :;Me 90 not Aho".
Mo aouletluGs cutsuotuu suo eteat laea u
Gods love, anu searched OF 1t ehe pflnoplo That
tho motive oontfolinR all LIS aoE6 WAY tug alelo
p0snose@ ny 20 g heeure n.s aEeasuIgh tae mghaaa4
goou. Inc theory seemeu peautl1ul ahd flgns,
and "o glauly welcomea y, AM roe1oa upon T..
bas. Wheh "e came uown at"n1 iae Aei9ass ~
OF Thought 20 TUG cola, d0lt loyal OIL
our aclual ire. Me 1onna things
TINT teatcu, pefhaps Weiihl6h oVeEthieW, oa5
1ath. Il waa oasy aha p,casa's aa 20 say thas aoa
Was love. but sometimes y vas alnsoalt 20 toa!