Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-10-13


ing in the points of conveyance in
this vast space, in the foci of its
whispering gallery, our softest ut.
terapce became a rolling volume to
our ear.
There are points for the Appre-
citation of such an One as Christ. at
which the forces of His Divine HUI
mainly, seem to CONVERGE; standing
at one Of these foci, intelligent and
working determinations of Him,
will concentrate in most impressive
power. For instance, He is the
Conservator Of our ideas and feel
,ings in their intelligent and religious
capacities. He represents the in
alienable rights of the soul, in it's
very nature, possessing the germ of
expansion, in every step Of its pro-
gress. Champion of the organic
liberties Of the mind and heart of
man, such an one as Christ, belongs
to the fundamental order of things.
He therefore must ever be modern !;
He cannot become futile; neither
is He to be superseded. In His
guidance, we shall escape the entan-
CLING and minable blunder of
installing secondary things, for
what is primary and organic.
Are not those who have the am
plest range Of ideas, the most sue
cessful and reliable teachers? What
does the man of textbooks do for
his scholars? Is he the conservator
of their educable capacities? Rath-
er, he puts them into durance! Ct
want you," Agassiz used to say to
his pupils, "to leave your textbooks;
my purpose is, to show you how
you can learn of Nature itself, by
training your powers of observation
and discernment." Such teacher,
set the educable capacities into lib
erty! Here the other day, comes a
man from Massachusetts,w speaks
one of the plainest and profoundly
convincing speeches, to the as
sembled people at Oshkosh. Mr..
Adams addresses himself on the crit
ical issues of railroad transportation.
Why is his speech so mastery? In
several respects able, but in one par
ticular, most uncommonly distin-
guished. He sets the ideas free from
the local and conventional range, for
the time actually emancipates the
discernments, and leads them out of
the sectional limits of mere partisan
feelings, into the open area of fun
damcntal principles. Your COM
mon orator would have gyved
mems minds; led them farther into
the limbo of what is partial and
narrow.
With far-reaching perception of
the fundamental bearings of the
generic principles of the Religious,
how such writers as Charming Rob-
ertson and Martineau champion
mind against the audacities Of ira
dition, the schools, and the conven-
tional prescriptions!
Along this line of illustration, we
come upon the point of conveyance
for the most impressive appreciation
Of such an one as Christ. AS at a
focus, we may hear the voice, and
feel the inspiration of His champion
ship Of the educable faculties of
mind, heart and character. In no
local historical or theological sense,
but as the conservator of the powers
of our mental, moral and spiritual
nature. He says, "the spirit of the
Lord is upon me, because He hath
anointed me to preach the Gospel to
the poor; He hath sent me to heal
the broken-hearted; to preach de-
liverance to the captives, and recov-
ering Of sight to the blind; to set at
liberty, them that are bruised; to
preach the acceptable year of the
Lord!"
Immense wrongs and desperate
crimes have been done in the name
of Liberty. But Liberty, is crime
less! Therefore, it ever survives
Christ has been travestied in the
name of Truth, and He has been
costumed in motley vagaries in the
name of Evangelical Religion, these