, 1874-10-26


tho cclf.ourrender Of Jenns Christ; tho To-
tlooncr TINT lob hopod for in tho t1aya far avny.
End tho atonemcnt which each altar w.t.
n14G,eaod, moved nsraighi forward toward
Him who becamo ]sedoemcr and ntono-
lnent for. all; tho onenoss Of God, tho moro
remarkable an itea became MI tho nnrrontlnEA
upon oyary hand wcro fnlt Of tho forna OF a
.noasaha acltiGa. from Lac1et elephant or acr-
pant ''i.1 10 an olymptan 5orc. pnrvadca tla book
Mttliolls hfly coH1pr1mHr Or llostatio1 ns,d then
@ la ueha lor aislnal practtcn arc all ono III oat-
~. ,lno ilrongh tho long period. THO heart was to
ot oe absorbed ~ Abra,am'H day and johns day !;
~ n"o1i tA'th 10th ttcso midolyaopasatcds so.lln
Whot'icrtt led tho former to tourney, not know.
lhR Whtihor ho went. or tcd tho inttor TO
eeo city Of twelve .gatca, from tho nrisor
oye .w tho Jaeos sn@a, in liza sam Of ia md
They fle" about In Tho Apocalypso s.ooi1 yonra
aftorward. now heart, rcfnshloucfl hv djyinn
power. IL NJ visible In tho 1fobrnv purilIcntoua.
and m A. n the prayers Of DaYt MS i'll tho i.torviow
DO born Of tho Spirit. Aa for CLARITY, It wns
loroshadowc1 oil through tho Mosaic age. and
from tho early voice, "Whcro Is thy broiior ; -
moved along until It found q maternal homo
IN tho Golden hulo. isopontenco Ia The gate
penitentia. ,poulme to tho weeping Of . Peter
aud Magdalon; mud, as for hoty llfc, from
Enoch, who Walked With God, 10 Him who sad /:
'.BlosBed arc tho puro iu hoart," thoro ia no
shadow OF turning anywhere.
woven into tho Dtblc md phino forth rs threads
of gold in all parta Of tho long fabric. And In
those groas doctrines will roposo forever tho
vor. wor.h Of tho book to mankind. Not on1y its
Of Its long or porpotual Ito. Wien.
over aclonco has como up against u
text or . chapter, Il has beon ponorlcss
to inquire, bccauao, forth came against acicnco
these groat gonoral truths OF tho, Lord
of all those Grand ideas, tho mudia:ion, tho Bac-
rliaco, tho fntth, hope, md charity, tho porfect
lilo Of man, tho love, and mcroy, aud Justice
OF God; tho resurrection to nov caroor, tho
ono on this tuman-dlylno bcing That in Him tho
and said: at ia finished
With such q volume before 1t, tho mind TINT
roads It ghould DO expanded by It's bsoadth.
gin to riso in the Mouaic aGo aud which reach
their zenith III Christ, Tho soctnrIan iaeaa OF yes
terday. to-day, md to-morroH become only Bcc-
ondary the garments worn By an ngo, but no
Ereas part OF tl'o agos snn or Joy, ofulncss.
prenhytcsianissn or :Iothodinm Is n good, hut in
thoso fundamental trutlla which bind thu Old and
Now iostamcntB together, which sound forth thoir
music ~ the Psalms Of David anA uosppl Of
John, TINT Transformed mon in tho old con-
forms Of religion disappear, and are Lost aa tho
leaf that falls awny from th0 Ereat forest in tle
autumn night; and no man Inns cyor snt down
over 4 scctarian idoa without teaching hia soul
tho Small Of THO Bible or Of religion Mt tho or
ponBo Of tho Groat. lu clasplug to hin bosom
Ills special articles, ho has expelled tho grcat
Gud and tho gront Savior. 1io iuu plucod hlo
eyos 20 cloao to hin churcl-book TINT ho lIa3
with 1t cc!spaod . universe; just as our lnoo,,
by coming close to mans hUno, may eclipse {,
aun into which fifty milllona OF herao!f could bo
poured.
II il tho Biblo In itp broadcast Significance that
will fight tho battle uEa,ns. MI tho foes Of tho
nroncnt and future. Tnero is n perfection of
things oven In this Imperfect worll. No ono
VII! oscr dacoyer any sounds Of music not in our
eight i,otoB No ono w.al discover a novsbearor
OF moro rapid wing than tho liEltuing. No
architect will ovor find stronger form of orcn.
Ing than the arc:. In religion lhnro is \ limo
Guiding tho llfo and work and worls Of Christ, 4
!ino is aocn that lies at tho limit Of advance.
isho can escape repentance aud faith, and
charity aud mediation, and "now lifo?''
20 to THIS pook, my friends, es to d place
Nllcro Goa has painted tho future Of thu human
raco upon sta great religious sido.
p, In tho caBt u[ our country large rocka have
been cScaV:tcd npon which nro tho piiin foot
prints OF largo birds Ehlch ran aong in That val
Icy when that rock wns on tue nuriacc, mud way
pliaut as clay Upon looking moro closely, myrisds
or spots appcas. showing in a moment TINT
theac creatures were hurrying bcfo1o atorm OF
rain or !iall, aookins5 aomo overhanging ruckn or
ehtanSlesl viros that might como botwocn :lom
and tho tonpast,
Opening tho Bible, you eao nothing clso but
tho pash tho human lac9 has takon in itg terrible
but wisest hours tu hy from tho storm OF Bin
atd wrash that uocns long ago to havu burat
upon this family OF mortata. TheBe tcasa Of
Ienltonoe, these wurtlu Of jesus, theao letters,
tnoso Goapols, aro tootprintn Of l. mighty tlloory
which hnye Aod Tor rofHso ~ Ercat Rocli, limlY
aecn in tho Old leatanlent-piuiniy seen in tlo
New-siti sorrow, mid ni,, aud tho tumb proHstuE
toward their apiritu. Hero is tho record OF thor
flight aud oscspo. With tho 1a,nn sorrow nud
ain around You. a.,tl tho aa,no tomb boforo hero
in tho riftcd lloeli that watts for you with its
welcome till all Btosn,y be oyar paat,