New-York tribune., 1874-03-09

field. In ground Of this view there was some truth
the faculties given for the bad but the good as
anger combatveness love OF praise. &e But the ques
tion was IL they right OF themselves, but III
their and combinations wero right when
was clearly not always the An artist might
use right coors but combine right The letters ana
musical notes right, bat there were scurrilous
books and scurrilous music Indeed, the work OF set
ting the faculties ut work Alright, putting down tho Dad
in itself, aud, through combinations making one 20
night physically, socially, morally. as citnen &C..
with all these contending powers % battle, was prop
lem vast tna but for the thought Of the divine iniu
ence would be TO see another child born INTO
the world 80 the reaction which ignored sin moro or
less false.
A second false rebound lay in tho scientific field it
referred sin hereditary influence climates, lws, in
stitutions. &C. The speaker believed that mucR light
could got from these fields He had from the begin
ming OF his work watched science in its developments
concerning factua" man. and believed that Christ, In
treatment OF mind would be found TO have been the
greatest scientist that ever lived.
Utterly different from the warped methods from winch
these two false tendencies reaction, was ChrsCs
way OF dealing with sin. His method and that of John
the Baptist identical in this, that they had to do
with the specific The soldier was to do one thing, the
Pharisee another, and both according to their need.
Tho theological method to create q vague moral
ALARM and SO act by unhealthy But to say to
man lyon are a sinner" wonld mean nothing. while TO
say "You stole, and here is the evidence" was quito
another thing. 1t not what man had OF evli 10
common with all men, his specific sins that were TO
tell him. The specific cases. and not the unoVided
diyldend in Adam, dd the work. There was reason 10
believe when Christ preached the thieves and mar
lots repented and each according TO the needs Christ
taught also the need OF birth, or u complete
change OF motive, and that this essentially nsan.
taneous though perfection not Also that he taught
the need Of Divine help not to depres but TO cheer as
surgeon would show the patient that he must hep st
the mb stanch the artery; and that lt never let
meu I'm the attitude of who should need rain
and have prayed for It. but 1t won't come !"
IL was an outrage 10 the moral CONSEQUENCES ior
preacher 70 undervalue morality. The BlDe repre-
sented moral qualities good and as basis for growth
So il one said that action but from converted
state was good he undermined his whole leverage on
man. Lower motives must be appealed To where higher
ones would not tell, and men must be brought up
gradually as street Arabs were by asylum folk, who
step by step led up to real manhood. Missionaries
united In declaring the need OF such course among
the heahen and generally returned from them with
diminished respect for theology and greater respect
for the Bible. =. -,
And tho preacher must so present sin that IL shond
neither make callOus aud ready TO say, Yes, m
"A sinner but we all all in the same boat;
nor yet crush intense spirits was many times tho
case especially with women OF contemplative turn,
wno though living martyr lives, would bo driven almost
quite insanity from sense OF SIN, ana naluy uaIe
lift their eyes TO Heaven. .
In word, the generic was TO be preached some out
the specific more, and according " need. Ihe heAS
question was make feel their sufulneSs, as
Tor instance the selsatsed, the hardened and those
who admitted everything IKE grain that leaned toward
Won aud 80 hard 10 cut. These matters "Odiu pe
discussed lu another lecture