, 1874-07-06

inge wore believed by force or by birth. Mon
can bo born into Mnho'nalodaptsnl or into Fan
tlloiBa1, and thuro they mil ro,iatn until nosno
sal education, and universal froodom Of thought,
brought ut oneo lllo por Of agonotafnow inquiry,
md EXPOSES us MI To tho snrinol Of q removal
from tho past into . future. but,
notwithstanding tho trouble somo hnffer,
and tho aRrfn many oxprnHa, so teem to SEQ tho
grcht religious house undergoing ita removal
and ropnirs without much BORROW to tho In.
matos: It s oil tho while t]ioir homo, Will, good
aunight on the sill. md fresh roHes IN The win-
Tho conditions which lay beneath tho old
churuheB--contllt!ons OF public ignorance, OF
superstition. OF bondage, a1ld Of Union Of church
aud stato-llaying all passed away, tho oroeds
accept Of roviaw from times TINT hayo escaped,
IN part the onuHea that onco wero adequate to
tho crcatson Of such formulas and cuatbInB. 10
me, speaking only for Que hearts 1t appears that
tho public education and Freedom OF our land
hare in thotr rotations 10 Christianity passed
thoir day Of greatest conflict, mud that por,od
Of creator peace is coming with tho llfo Of Christ
from tho Sermon Of tho Resurroction, for tho
central soul Of our whole religious philosophy.
Its Influence III favor Of m atheism for tho
pooplo they tontl toward tho Sermon upon the
Mount rs to q religious policy, aud tho moat ul-
tia mon OF science arc mora than willing to con-
bsno tholr theory Of tho worlds origin with tho
Shall we dismiss o1r tlemo without romarking
that nothing can socs1re long life 10 this nation
except tho morality Of itH citizona? All tho
crumbiiug columns OF old citios aro tombstonos
pointing out tho places whero virtue dlod. fho
rnins full as sweetly upon Italy,
thoro. as fell the rain Or ahone tho sun when
hundred oratora and poets passod daily out aad
,ninls aud hearts aro all gouo. Cicero Virgil, all
that lonE splendid roll. Inns paaAod away as q
acrull whom 1t is ruled up. Tho eluldron of lug
ury aud idloncga took tho path OF vice, and, conf
Or tle aieument Of 1ully, tlioy aot,glt tho am
ia' T nght Il Wers,or e The maiS s0R ea ss
olnmGlel man has fallen 1ret., God ID porpet-
ual, and the sunshine, md Bprfngtlme, md tho
nightingale Of itnly lro everlasting, hut man
Suffers his gloiy to bo oaton up BY vico, and
makos himself ephomeral in tho midat Of the
everlasting.
Behold in your country not IN arena Of civil
liberty alone, but OF apirtual freedom, (recdorn
It a valuable only for tho culture, mud
yirsne. aud happiness 1t brings. us md
! our children. The moment we turn from indus-
tiY to id1enesB, and from God to vice, all the
cities which new exalt tho mind by their life and
bplendor will crunlble 30 as to po,nt out by thoir
sorrowfnl rutua tho placos whore tho soul Tas
ruined tirBt.
Tho flag wo love must 10 porpotually ontwined
tianity F.; tho rcd stripes that emblem our state
| must be no dearor than the bannor Of tho Cross
which eulblema mans virtue mud Clriats
| love. Well would It ho It this
day Of God could always como thus alongside
tho day OF our country, for OUT fatlerlasld dtawa
it's life equally from Atnoricn aud Palestine
from tho life Of our own fathers and the life Ut
| Christ Tha mauy-ai1ed life canlo not from any
Independence Day alono, but from tho days whore
science began to hope. and where Ohriatianty
hmm To 1t1r knft0n n0t bp an