, 1875-02-22

pbFcEol3ey.
To sho souls deep qUeBtiu.i comes back ever
tho selt-nane auswcs. - mn, that Which I a1n."
Truly. "hucn knowledge Ia too wonderful for
Us; It, is high, NO cannot attain unto IT."
Ooctio'8 word III l'is Faust mirrors, tho tu-
enlightened CONSEQUENCES OF the race. When
Marguerite asks him with 1evous solic!$nde.
DO you believe In God :" Faust replies:
Who darn e.rrtes Yf,r,
Aud wLv tlare rytl.s. iItu,
say!hEi Esafe in HIM
Mff'. ts,ing, secinef
Deny 1ila ht'n4.
h9SinR believe Hin uots
ToIds and nrl,ojs lie not
!hte, ne, lliuisr:t?
Al, rb.n ,non IN III w.. Fsn,tn4, 1t..!!,d
CHI It thea What tlsu viii
Call IT uu,s, liesrl, Lnre, Col.
fh4se no n41as to Cs'utt.
Yes! thouyh ne csupot ornEn the thoueht NJ
Gnd A. liz i, in Ui,nrnK ro fenl .s.,rod tis+ II.
IL Infinitely n,oro tlpn ,ho bc.t helioyo ar tin
Lanpjcst homo. On ayery hiIs coma to ~, lin
loye, md holiness. Far liat wbci, she inteijoet
cannot fnthom ia r~vc,ied 10 tl,e bnlirv,n1 hcnrt
And hits loads ms TO gay In tho uext plsct shat
We bcficyo:
Fourn-In Eoyetnt,on. ut.n nncrseitr IN t}c
Divine Being TINA to rnvcai Hi,nscjf. AZ tho
light must siiuc bccnuso it il ljrb. 20 God mas:
i,nEart IiIn ;fo to Ills cre.urcs for in Him Ihay
all live aud move sut uayo their being.
We do not, Lowoycr, bclieyo in a,,y narrow
tiscIoeos His ,,r,,,so lnro AMI tcr Ia fnynrcd
indiydua or uation. caryeH ii,s ,j,yit,c cntn,nan
mcpts with Ills own fiucor on two tnblcs Of Arnb
graniIo, or Hoa!s Iiia message to humsn hearts
btayo liz. tfs h., rarcalcd Iil,nsor ia ~ o,ec u
nhd for all tj1ue, We bclioyo rather in tlat
larEer view Of tho TACT Of revelation. ult;ci,
,nakcs tho diyine inspiration copstnnt aud f,.r-
retual.
Eers..,.oa 1, mt ,c,t,d.
tn7rnr;nr ,,,,to ,n.,,. a,,J.,r..
Tsa.h nd :tssI: tn are nii' xii ssYet;.el,-
Thas ru!c4 caus to anclea: ss;.s,
.7!., Hreek, barbarian, l';a4u. Js".
"shr,s sh.. n ,nt,s .as neasn. fato. "str nsced'
As> ''' '0.'''' ns"'
Tbs God we worship Ia imminent In uia ere
ation, and M oil things lle Inaao lilo Inspires for
over. Tho measure OF that iuBrtratton IL tue
measure OF our personal endcavor aud desert.
The discerning intellect and tho puFe Ecat ECO
God: hos! rotentlT OF al 1lo reveals Ilin1sc1f
i'll tho Bonl Of n1;so: Ior te is tho indwolling
presence. the inner light, tue answering Cad.
This implies tl.at NO bciiovo iu prayer. 1ut not
to compel tue aru OF Dctty-to forcs Him to
arress, aonut or supplement His divine toc.ees.
Wo 70 not believe to praying for ;nntesiai goods.
for tue curing Of tho SICK, or tho changing Of
tue weather. Prayer with ua Ii All sct OF
devotion, and not Of aclf-seesing., We pray bo-
cause wo foci It splritua! necessity TO utter our
aloratiou, p:aiHo. End shankfn,ntss to The all
perfect, all-iovinE fatheT. We pray to melt
@H1J WIZ AtAU7 ~ "ottNt4s nEA4oA AE.oAADs AAA ~
bring our natures into obedience nnd harlauny
With Gods will. And this prayer nc find to To
q "cll.anprored method OF spiritual tnsigosa-
tion-for thor that aux fcceIYo, and they that
sbek fluid the blessing.
Frh-.Aga!u. vc belioTc IN tho revelation Of
il,ltnan history. ln hl9lier Henso history is
only tho nns.als Of Providence. thu record Of
HoaI dealing with lMau, tmrresslvcly tcAchng
tic suasennas7 r Of Ills lsSs 1n snsSrsng oee7
aB peoples.
Once more Vo believe that tho material uni
ycEuo proclalnas Gcd. There is gospel OF
beauty III clouda aud ata1e. in towc1B and rocl:s,
aud the nsti.t working ~',h pen or with pencil Is
tho apostle who ia appointed to Ioycal 1t
to III. But granaer htill GRO tho dis
closures Of iudueine power nud wIslom
mado TO Us In tho laws nnd facta Of substance.
5hore Ia now tsEeasatso1l Of science which
rcvealH ths God whom, ycs 1t will no. nnnc,
Darwin and Tyr1atl s1,d Efcaccr n1e among tho
rropl.eta who toll lis tlG story OF the Divine iu-
teligence, foresight. and persistence. True
they ara concerned chiefly with tho factB Of
substance, hut read between tho lines Of their
communication and YOU will discover tho iu,pos-
lug truth that all nature ID instinct with life and
vi. 1fo is controlled by Ian. Nothing il lifocgB,
uoth!ng Is lawleas. IAa explanation Of thcso
two facts IL found only III tho existence Of tho
Diving DoiuK. Ills will IL tho life, His perfect
intelligence is tho iaw.
Laatly, wo boiiovo in tho revelation Of tho
Dibie. Not Ia tho old sci1so llowoTor. We do
u
fallib}o orac|o Of God. Nc Discriminate basueen
what permanent ard wha. Ia transient. between
whnt s valuable e,1d Tl,at n Indifferent in tho
scriptnsos. Wo distinguish thai which Is universal
and spiritual, from taat which n duo to 1Lo aGc
aud personality Of tflo writer. We refuse TO be-
iieyo in the Divine o:ign of tie present canon,
or il, Tho cut,al ya!uo 6f tho different books. Wo
subject tho Dhlo tu lilo test Of reason and COLI
ecIcuco. and appIy to it tho same laws Of literary
yalna whIcI, govern ptltr buakB, Ko do not a:-
cent any crude ideas Of the origin aud goyeru-
ncitr eIs e'mny NV because wo lind tuon II, lie Il i!hs
Nc Cannot bclovo TINT tho reading Of tLo tlroary
c,,ronicio OF lIpbrow wars. or The dry dctalis ri
ti,o iryi.;cal lnw ia p,uu,otiye Of BnrItuai cdi
fcation. Nor can no Loll that IIybIcw lnyo
mem lilo lilo .'Song Of Holomou," or Tint tho
3nntnatical aul fanatical 1}ool, OF Hoycirtiou il
Of en,al inspiration with tho rna,as Of DayI
And tI1o Sermon on tue atouut. IL I,rtef NO tlo
,,ol beljcyc thing to bo true etun!y BECAUSE il
in In The Uiblo, b1it o rather boioyo trt ii IL In
tho Dtb!o because 1t is true. ''