The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-09

who lived In grand ana perfect way; on the con.
was hardly Do dissinsaisnsd At the Ssrinnins Of
his conscious existence rom the beasts that were
fG and cs1s scT me- NE
human mmiiy was developed BY gradual ascent
iife." Undoubtedly but it does NOT follow that the
human soul was development simply rom the
u, OIL, 81 an ape Tor there must stu have been time
than the highest animal-there must have been
time when In him the heavenly was first welded
made in the image Of his God. The Bible. we must
remember, has 10 deal with man simply as a
MORAL AND SPIRITUAL BEING.
and, therefore. as such, its record OF him is SUBJ
stantially correct; for we read therein Of human
nally, and OF progression in knowledge ana virtue
in accordance with the only plan that was admis-
struggle for existence. in spiritual as well as a
material sense, primitive man was enabled to
In primitive human society also we can trace the
workings OF this same law OF progress. Men were
nrst hunters they spent their time IN capturing
they learned the arts OF agriculture. Next people
gathered themselves together IN towns, and we
hear OF "fenced Cities, as well "fOlds for sheepu
and from town life and country life was begotten
commerce. "ZeDllOn dwelt at the haven OF the
sea- and was haven Of snps as early
we " read Of The 'MidianitisR meTchantmen
Snp complex get tSs orgs
cation OF families into tribes and tribes into
step by step under the operation OF this divine
LAW OF PROGRESS.
Pause now and take look at the grand PIANO.
rama OF the worlds history so far. Behold the
human race at length advanced SO as to be broken
up into distinct nations, and consider what is the
dia and China anu Persia aud Chaldea and Greece
history ss U" Of the worlds In part, the answer
ton 'ha Of material forces BY those %iSssS
pyramids which we stu see rising nom the
says that to ner people given the power OF re.
alIzlng ard OF celebrating this vast conception OF
more a nsn Of 70 s
they erected and speculate as to the sort or me-
chanicai appliances which they must have had at
India IS the source Of thought and the seat OF In
telectual speculation. There Is not problem In
there studied. and many Of the greatest and best
things Of the world have come from that patient
China is the home of the regulating faculty, and
of all that can be done by rule and precedent her
TO To Persia belongs the perception OF those
mighty and conendlng forces, good and evil, which
divide between the sovereignty 81 this life and by
times both Iascinate and bewtider the hearts OF
Cnaldea was the birthplace OF astronomy and the
land In which as,rolosy was studied 80 long as 1t
In Phanicia dwelt the spirit OF commerce and
enterprise. and certainly
WE OF AMERICA
should look back with reverence and gratitude to
the sea and to make commercial intercourse the
great work OF powerful state.
Then little later comes Greece, the home Of the
her people was given that intense perception Of
the loneliness OF the human frame and Of all the
ton unto the whole world.
In Rome we discover the worlds legislators
and to this day the Justinian code lies the basis
ola very large part Of It's best jurisprudence.
And all this while there have been small aud
hp
consciousness Of the spiritual in the midst Of the
visible worlds business aud joys and sorrows. The
gift OF the moral Ia " and superior development
OF the spiritual sense is The blessing which the
Jews have bestowed upon mankind. In the course
with all the great nations antiquity at the very
time when those nations had reached the highest
ali something OF their own religious development.
taking something IN turn, but never losing their
ns e Oa 1m o
Christianity, which was, so to speak, the concen.
trated essence Of all that was most highly spiritual
watched over the development Of the modern
nations of Europe and America; Christianity,
mighty and has planted itself with the tread OF
ALL ONWARD CIVILIZATION;
Christianity, which Is still developing itself at this
moment and which is kept back only by the un-
willingness OF its votaries to accept the newest
shall convert the whole world, unless the suicidal
determination Of It's votaries to forbid the Tree
itself in ali the modern forms Of thought
Thus is it that We are the heirs OF an the ages
10 our cRex S ~ IN our rS sS
latng the social happiness OF man; OF stamping
out disease and discover .ng the laws OF mind; Of
raising the forces 0f,nature and tightening the bur-
dens Of life. We are the living witnesses that the
law OF progress has been going on, and has been
things, until all things seem to be tending towards
more grand and complex unity, and 1t doth not
look forward into futurity we can see time-can
we not when men will look back to this age and
INFANCY OF THE WORLD;
for the arcana OF nature have Still to be dis
coyered the supremacy OF love and justice has
still to be es established, and the palm branch OF
universal peace has still to blossom and bear
fru that 1t may give Its leaves for the healing OF
one step more in this rapid survey and that is
the progress tnat has been and shall yet be made
speak Of the progress which the material universe
has made, or society in its various forms, we are
O. o e sp e man =
HIS eyes now are opened, as once they were not,
to behold the evil and the good, and he may know
whether ne Is getting more strength and wisdom
and goodness from age to age. Besides, he may
ally himself with that power-not nimseii-whic6
and thus he may foster or blight his own career.
Now, is there any doubt which OF these courses on
the whole, the men OF all past generations have
pursuedg Is not the
AVERAGE MAN OF TO-DAY
stronger man an fnan se was In ADAMS time
the standard OF morality now higher than 1t ever
was before? Do not we sit together here in
heavenly places in respect to ali that is OF real and
lasting benefit to the human soul? And with such
Proofs OF progress behind us, with such express
siOns OF the bessedness OF an unfolding life with
constantly increasing capacity TOR development
as actual development takes place within u.s. with
wishes unsatsfed and work und0ne and evils yet
to be overcome Is there can there be, any doubt Of
our personal immortality, Is there, can there be-
any doubt as to the power or the desire on thus
point OF Hin who holds uss Will He ever let
us goP Can any pluck out OF His
handsS Some would point us to the countless
n ha dnsf Pho
tribes OF savages who seem never to have been
the subjects OF any progress at all; to ".he back
waters OF civilization" at the present time, and
even TO the thousands OF promising and gifted
men who have been cut on IN the hover OF their
days and then, citing the analogies or the mate
ence OF individual lie, would ask us, "where Is
the proof that man will live forever conscious
and separate existencer' 1t Is enough to replV
perhaps to all this, "Where Is the proof that he
Will not do 80 ~ 1t Is not IN nature it is not in
Wisdom Of The world. At most the eyidnnce aft 10