, 1874-06-22

YA(lntllK AHluittCQ, Az IEH UIlbtlk-EV1N1SA AVptS
Hprng from dark, unsoemly root hidden III tho
brown earth, 30, in tho ooo''omy OF tho same
Creator, thcro is growing up out OF tile kingdonn
OF mon an empire Of tho human mind. where the
bo q sweee or GROWN than WAS over won whore tho
chariot rolled or ul1ero tho sword flashed In tho
sun.
Men In thoir aobor moments confcag that there
is no kingdom Of auy value but tue Kingdom Of
Righteousness. They knuw that our empltcs
arc ali nothing but projections against crime and
all forms Of dlshonor. Thoy aro built to ghol- .
ter nB from tho iron i1and Of othor States. Ihoy
happiness, but because we arc Ill; When ti!o
statesman or tho poet sits dow; to paint the
picture OF nn ideal country, lie at once tears up
tho book Of history, and speaks from tue holy
heights OF tho soul:
What constitutes stnte7 . T..
MOI high.taised oattc,nent or laborcd mound
not eiss s proud % Wh sres and turrets crowned
Not bays and broad.armca rorts,
Who're, laughing u tho storm. rich navies eide;
Not starred md Rpanglcd courts.
It Ia nlon, 1t is tho miud and spirit, that can
Rlono naka up socioty TINT offers my happi-
ness OF boinE, aud any aroma Of action.
Hero and thero in oil agoB citizona have. np-
peared who belonged to this new empire. Ihey
perceived tho gtoat ynluo of this new world as
traccd by tho finger Of Christ, md into ita boau-
tiful confines thoy joyfuliy etenpod. When Saul
held the ciothos Of thoae who stoned Stephen,
ho was fully in tho confines Of the old dynasty.
Thnt was what any Herol and Moro md any 1n~
dim Ohiot would havo done. That. upon larger
ecalo, waH what had been done from Cyrus to
Bonnparto. But when Paul passed over a cor
tain spiritual boundary, aud. weop1ng over the
mcmory Of thc martyr. began to persuade Jew
by the sword. but by human love and ontloaty--
his feet touched thu grand Kingdom Of the AL
mighty. Thus, looking ovor history, You mny
SEQ hora md there individuals stepping over into
this empire not Of this world. It ought to bo
that you would SEQ tho whole Church In all
this path OF spiritual power. wholly
loclining to wear tho attributes Of this world.
denied you. and me tho boauty and improssiye-
noss Of auoh picture, and along has oou,e tho
Church with the Gospel Of Josus in one hand,
pnd with the faggot and torch in the othor. The
blood that has been shed in the name OF po-
litical or scientific truth LAS been but q few
drops compared with the mighty stream TINT las
dowod down from tho fields Of religion. Instead
OF remaining such sweet persuasion up into
tongue Of Christ and Ills Apostles, II carly
graBpod the sword again: and for eightoen consu-
ries has advanced, half Christian and half aav-
age, as though tho thumbHcroW and tho raok
could be made companions Of tho spirituality
Church Eraspod At once the import Of Chr!Bts
Kingdem, that It WAS nothing but an ontreaty.
= movement from forco to friendship, not =
sought only tho glory Of ,yirtuo aud faith aud
hops a. Christ aud Paul sought them. 1t Is prob
able thnt not now would there be hn army III any
nation, or ship OF war floating in any hhrbor.
of psuiiyps sual aoiipsua SH tHu .rss. gun
II waa the misfortune Of Christianity that az
soon as itB divine Christ was ~ bis tomb It began
to attach itself to tho poor human nature, anu
in some wretolaed manner to form partnership
between tho Sermon on the Mount and the cross.
bows Of tho tenth century md the gunpoTdor Of
tho thirteenth. Had the Church only taught y lhe
bad nSFnF1 rt%6rn IN
simple story OF Christ; Ind it visited tue elci
and talked to tile vol, bad 1t confined itao!f te
tte hymn and prayer, its cross Of atonoment ant
GROWN Of virtue; had 1t, .whon thrones Yert
offered aaia Ny Kingdom 1opS Il ne T6 Of 11H as baqe
gathered about the altars,-.a glory that 'woull
have made the night Of dark ages impossible
It WAS the uuion Of gospel and empire that SO
Bishops were all Generals, and the succession
from St. Peter and the succession from Julii,'
Clnsar followed slong in parallel paths, and III
hands that we're laid on in the holy baptism 9
nnd from each school Of theology, mon cam
forth ordained equally for prayer and for slaugl
Ter, combining IN one person tho Office o. IL
quisitor Of tho innocent and preacher {
Jesus Chrst. No one dares look back and al
should have bee1, for God only knows what fSe
best aud shall be beat but, looking as far q
our limited powers may, we cannot nut cohclut1
ha lad this single pf1spo q Jssa' hssm ,1as
Tho Church from tho outset, the massacre OF =
bartholomew would have been kept from Il
page Of history, and oven tho story OF horyet'
like that OF 'JeHuB and Nicodomus, where in Il
quiet evening two hcnrts talked together aho
the way OF eternal life. Christ threatened
fagot8, but the two HoulH communcd togeth
dead he cano to tho tomb to lay Ais ofrerin
and eaoriAcoa to being to whom he could
longer oiFer tho words Of reverence and gra
tude. -....,
theao words which define tue empire Of Chri
and learn their blessed import, for we are q
students indeed if, from the terrific past
which the Church has tried oil forms Of fol
and cruelty tried 1t as d nation, tried It as IN
yiduals, wo cannot elaborate the meaning Of
words thnt ChriBt's empire is not an image
tho etatos TINT lay in such variety around
cradle and tomb Of Christ; The e. ante-Aon I1
Church wnrns us, for i battoa with The barl 2r
az d bandit, not as b kind aohoomastor.
Roman Church warns tho politico Churoh.
orywhere warnB us, for everywhere Il
eeaii oduats IN ana harvest e b noTss sos
culture. aud pioty, aud happiness. When
religious teachers wish you and mo to tli
well Of tho Church, thoy conceal from us Its Y
political history, aud point out to III - 30
pleading with the sayagos about Christ, On
tioned closely, the Catholic explains away
massacre Of st. bartholomew, aud the Calyil
explains away tho death OF boryetus = Or dori ~
deris!on comes from hearts not wholly FREQ II
the Inhumanity that once did MI these disgrs
ful deetla aud cautions the world ct onco
only agains. tho old religious empire, butngal
those who still yeaye apologies Tor 80 much
barism. .....,
All tho paet seems now to come up toward
comes in its confession Of cruelty, as Paul