The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-05-04

more absurdly ingenious will be the exped ent
no lool w any means. as history registers nlin--
creeping uion bare knees along the Steps Of
Plates staircase ~ tue La,erans Wat are
you solng 70 say about Mme. Enyon fdins her
shoes win pebbles ana bitterinQ hei dunk win
coiocyntn. These people experienced IN mind
ter irrifants actually Produced relieL AlasI wny
aii tula perVersioh VI intellect anu reason Is u
possible men can be 80 mistaken Has tne
Churcn IN brigat garments carried It's pilgrim stan
ana sung the song VI exemption so long Tor Just
nothingr has tue Bible hung its beau ilui sun
SHINE INTO human darkness all these years ior
nosning2 Yet so We ali klDwb that many q
history OF granu II &c has pass 81 into record
der the 70 tnrng pain OF this unans werea inquiry.
And the l0ltler tne reach o the mind and the pro-
founder tue penetration the more CERTAIN We may
be that ~ some tame AZ has been made to lace lts
mas gained nothing but deeper ami more enlang-
ling elnbai rasslnent BY all the superiority Il pos.
sessed For most blinded OF All, most INUNDATED
anu most saddened nas that very iiteiligence been
winch promised most IN tue venture, ana wnlca Ira
While snone tue most ~ the hght OF is own
spiendur. There u something marve lousy aftrac-
tive IN the spectacle wnen q great bright mind -
nashing out It's intentions anu exhibiting unc0n-
seiousiy It's mold on thought, shaking its locks like
deity aroused, TIL the world o. com non thinkers
tremDleB anu bows 70 Its peerless supremacy.
reaching lar ana graphing widely % q g could
hem OF the robe VI Olnnis iencs. But, now. now u
disapponts aud tries US TO discover thai even such
an IN tollect reClres from the shining exploit INTO
its own gloom, thence to wresie painfully with
question l0r whlcn 1t has NO relAy-a question
WulCu, ike tue Utautliul 6L8r OF tue AOQ1 bV
near and yet so iar;" qaestion ~hlch evermore
haunts and taunts It's powers ,Or suiutlon; aques-
ton winch sum mons Cue reason Tor AN answer aud
then III an instant laughs ~ IT vbes ~ IL and stii
n new even re VEN sao
and s. mem %nd ass
SAFE AZURE less men, set gong by Ii, are ru5hlnG
on 10 rum. In the .smliisr classc iaoe, Phaeton
df0ve the horses VI Sue sun bat i0r sinsie
day. 1t was 40 great Stroke oil tie thunderDolt
that checked his almless career anu hurled
n tuuRf
But meantime his fanie breathing courser had SEE
the world on tire AZ he drove. Men may deolalm
or the masses il win surely cUmc ~ nOtning.
The wOrlu Is never 10 rlse IL that Way. All at
attempt, mercy Iei0rmat0ry are apt 70 proceed
rashly- nJure AS Maca a. they save-ruu 70 re-
crimlnatIOn and end In ruIn0us quarrel. hen
Cannot save men; they cannot even save them
selves. Civilization uoes not clvinzc into God.
HISTORY proves 1t; observation confirms 1t; all
philosophy exhibits It. SIN will not yield ~ any
such human force; you cannot draw OUT levia-
tran with o noOA. Meantime the unsatlsncd
nature aud remains restless. Here are mca, al On
one level, with the least AID thc misnfest signing
Tor the better lie. The whole iamii. OF man, IKE
some blind Old Bartmieus sitting 1T tue gates OF
Jericho whose DeauLul towers 1t cannot see, 10
from the Muutudes that only aeride and
hinder 1t. Let ~ be closely remembered
that the question mas not been, anu Is not
now, how one of the human race who gets Palu-
fully back to Goa By series OF lhGralites Will be
received ny HIN; but how any one maniiesty Ia
capable oil even these get back 10 hlln u, all.
II what mas oeen said thus lar Is unders. o0d It
would seem setIleu that mere cOrrec ness u lie
for the lutufe assumed from mere m0nitons Oi con-
science, does not releve any Dur0en. IL does not
bridge the gull which past LeriOd oil san, AitO-
gether unat0ned for, has put between holiness IN
God and wlckedneaS IN man. The curse u law
already broken Is not removed. The guilty person
Is as lar lrO u nope and IRON Heaven as ne Was be-
once more, and Introduces to our Calm con ,idefa-
ton the reply winch Our Lord gave to tlOse VINO
put the question, Jesus answered and SAID unto
them, This Is tue work OIL God, that ye beiieve On
him wnOm he hath sent.n You must not taAe
the phraseOlOgy here with absolute accuracy. 1t
point more than Il win bear to lodge great evan.
gecal doctrine upon y mere item o. grammatical
numOer; but YOU viii mistake mucn !. yOn pass "
careeSsly the ia.t that our Lord met their inquiry
about 'wOrks" with an answer about work We
DO most seriously assert tnat Jesus preached the
plural number with his singular. Help rom with
out Is the characteristic peculiar blessing OF the
Gospel Men struggling In the open sea together
cannot save each other, cannot even save tnem-
sniits at once. Ii you ask How can lnan De Just
eousness Of Jesus Cnrlst, Gods SON. And, then, II
you ask, WHAT Shall We uO3 he answer Is, accept
the righteousness OF Jesus. The issue IS narrowed
from "wOrAs down to singe "wOrk." anu That
Is trust.
WHAT SHALL WE Dor
Christ came lutO the world to meet real want.
He oners hln eli as the redeemer OF men. Aud
all outside OF iu trust IN um Is lost effort, iost
strength, lost time. me exhibition and argument
are ended; we have come back upon the ancleAt
theme. We preach "onrlst cruclneu." There Is
no other way Of salvation. Believe ID HIM. he
pent OF your sins, and ren0unce them all. think
now much evangelical beauty and truth there Is
In the old Saxon lroverb. ''Thc way 70 heaven is
BY weeping-cross" one record remains written
OF every human lie. out Of the book eacn soul IS
to be judged. God sent you message; was 1t re-
celved or rejectedS Many OF US really believe
and perhaps even few exceEe acies
and 1t is possible we imagine that when we stand
before the throne we snail hear these THINGS men,
toned. But the Scriptures seem 70 say that when
our names are called the record IN the Book Is to
be lOUked up, and the first line OF II reads thus:
II find sent my Son to you once ON an errand OF
pardon did you welcome nlm Or send him away Y"
II any one beglns with q catalogue sw0rksn the
reply Will meet him H. TINS the work OF God, that
ye believe on HIM whom ne hath sent ~ What
shall we dol