, 1875-09-06

ihIts tho edsr group Of nations, confirm. 10 sou'o
WAY or smother. tho Hebron story that man bteaa
~ hts best. Tho modern scientltic tbeor5 ie that
man began al hla lows.t. Through all tbs
ter,otl ot c's.'c.i tn'1qusy shef' w.. poe.'ea'
7hsls are eloquent facts which conf, u tho
spirit and pr.nc,2les Of al ibis poetry:
1htre arc mhoe nations thst have naned
ssatlonary a. Tho tan'e degree ot culture from
others that have slowly pEogressed. .'-uhetons
that uaVo advanced for long ages without an7
pefcetstbfo eft.bsck. huch ~ tho f'hIneec, And.
thereafter, retnained hxtd and thus nsl'ousi I'M
mobility hAa become . ntc5ed creed, We also
roe tboHs nations sThich 1ero fos:ne,I3 tho most
pos erlnI. and endowed With lhe most splendid
civilizations, sucn A. the ERytt.ans AsHrsRns,
Greeks. and Romans. HOW IN ssate Ut decay.
Whit otheEs hAso wholly pAbaed from tho TACO
Of Tho eaEth.
In modern life. and tometitnes, when i4 cloao
proz,ul.ty 10 It In narksI Advancement, VIC viii
thl q community OF Stase which has gone back.
slo"ly but certainly. and HheEe there arc t'RLs
that such community or siote Will becoms ex.
t!nct, The AnB'ialtan trltes. The Indians Of
both Sprth aud soltn America, ara being slowly
ewept tram their hold TN sLo earth. Just as races
of tncn oetose theso nucertnbed to tie inssnion
Il hsPl hlgher races. Tie origin.l tribes OK
Europe wcre tlrss 1tlmuls,et! 10 civilization bF
IusmigrAConn from Africa anu A-,n,
and no doubt n'abs tbars1nal races were
swept ont Of e1's:s",s. Some one ,,.s
migration OF ttlbes," aud Is further Of opinluh
that ereyy great section OF hihtury Las Ftarted
from Aeme barbara INVASION. ~ aIho tha. the
mtsk nublg oiRRn'Zeu rlcea D? men Lave h!"s.
hal the greatest tendency to MGR Ear3le
has tetn thfeo different faces Of men. corre-
spending to the turee ecctous Of tho stone.
brouzs. aud iron agra, Of ehleh tl,s brunzo-nen,
who CARLO trotn great dihshuCe. nat 'ntlojuced
tho HuoHle1xe OF metals and ttcE "orLing. to.
Ii f3na nrf nd it,hy =
burning th. dead; whilst tho tall, strong. long
ltAdea men Ut ttls iron SEQ represent: tie taste
for war and cnn1ueAt. AMI brought tho tElbcs
nhlch preceded them Into aubjecsspn.
Mr. Herbert Spencer 4 tyb CIVILIZATION ID an In
crease OF adaptation ot nau 10 h,s environment.
that ". of A.s intcfnal puwrEa aud wishes TO II 8
external lot and life. jhia may be we'll Illus
ttated. sa.n 1ecen. eociaf phllohoper, by VII
la.e Of Ensll,h co'oni-tA a'd II he OF austria
HAT, natives who roaa, around .hem. "Ttougl'
they m.r fat short Of individual Anptrhiaps III
| crsia,n feata Of retty skill; though shcy may
| not throw tho tuoncrapg N well, ur light !lto
with car h-rttcka NJ quickly, yet upon the whole
| tho E0r}rhmeu eau beht theGl III WAg. h1Se
! n.ore means Of haep,ncse, moto lna rlne1ts of
| enjoyment, hare b0pks ntenH Ii. aud mactlliics.
AMI history con',rn4 that. in ali the outlying
aud unconttntcd d!-trictB OF TIN world, tho nho-
rgsua native Ges At the mercy Of tlo iptrud;ng
| civilization"
I Tlo pe-aimis.ic Interpretation OF hissory
which deulcd ptoSrchf. CONES TO its thezrF Aad
concIua:on By snir.akins tue form Tor tho sprlt
! o. hlstors. Before thu Oldest civilization had
declined. the neat oldest Lad taken up lts bet
l.fe-Indee.t, oiten tue decline Of ono wad 'he
| direct IeBult Of tho ptosresa of the other.
Egylt had not lost f;s lnrtiact Of ptostets
uutfl Greece bud woven ntu the vctT tcxtu:
! OF her thought aud life Whsleycr MAS valuabla.
or felt to DO valuable. III Egvft,sn though: a,'d
! life. Greece may have loHs valuable elements o!
her civilization, nut tho intrinsic element.
tho thing ~hlcn was best aud Highest.
alo Deposited II Tho Romau !fa and thought.
| aud 70 tho cssenco of The lift oF all natlotss
mnkcs M tho eesonce Of our civilizatlon. 1t il
| not truo tint ono age las preserved aud 10"
holds all tho yaluaole constituents Of tic pas!
ages, but those qualities have been conserved
and detained wnich 10 to mako ons tlmo urot
tic wllole tho best rcntu,y in tue uistors o1
snanklud. Progress Is tue n2rma' fact III b at
i society. 0ao btief illustration Of ulr rneA .nf
must snillco Tho progress Of the mihts1y art II
| tho most conapicucuh m hlstarv: hhpo'eoi
| could In in1leputubly hasc conquered Alexander
Tho battle array Of mankind. tho fighting force
| pt the human race has constantly aud .uEariatl,
grosn. md in this is seen tue easentihi aud per
Hsteut law OF civilization. Tho lIoEans "a
raltted bafbnriann to rauK and office. and inall'
tho Teutonic tribes cstahllnhed themselves II
tho Kosnan provinces. 6asasery dicd out ~
tie fresh strung blood toos up tue n,a1ne1s ant
culture of the Romans, until the toly-guArtl o
Augustus cane to bc lalge!y mado up Of Ger
mans. .......,
Forco has tended to concentrate iteel
moro and uoio IN cessaiu groups whlct
we csn "ciy'l,zed natlons." uefe is an
other .fae. illustrating progress IN th
seem to decline Just as military strength nug
1nenss Thcre IL an improvement iu tne MON
floIe of civilization. In tho a1cicnt tins trad
aud luxurs impaired tue youth. By thcse ii
tuodorn breed ls improved. and elest cities pou
foth .,old.ers aboanalug IN bravery aud vieor
Particular consequences OF civilizations may pms
away, but the vitsi forco OF civilizations Eross
The Aoman leGlonafles or HomcElc Greek
were aa superior to the men Of the ehell-mound
nnd tbs iiut implements "a tho Queeu'
Guards aro nupenor to Grechs and Roman
l have chosen this one fact OF hlstor
because in war, ESPECIALLY among tn
ancionts, every intellectual eau that one uatsoi
bad waa made uso Of aud invested ~ smother
90 That eYcn conquest improved mankind by tn
admfxture Of strengths. so the progress OF ctT
ilzAtiou Is rhe Gu mutation OF these gains oftsL
impaired to subiugased races Ut initiated b.
cumpettnK races. "Aud though soma Ut Tics
advantages may bo peribdtbso or iaim.sao'e. yet
on the whole, the energy of cisslszAuon grow
bv either the coalescence Of strength, Or BY tn
competition Of strengths"
I hare said lhia much ou general civilization
aud By Nay OF illustrating itB laws and It's mctll
ods. that may tlud foundation in history ~
! philosophy for shat may DO called the eYolutio
or DEVELOPMENT al ChrIstlanity. Dr.. John Hcnr
Newman, the most subtle Anglican theological
Las somewhere said that uasu ARE guided BY typ
| AIl1 AuE ~ fAIkAtAuukp-tu bku1E hUtAi - ID ~
lite OF teachers which Ia catching. not thej
teneth.
The Christian ora Was uahercd in by tho pawe
Of q lifs, which llfe became = type aud not
doems. Faith In thla life ~ 4 type Of humaD't
became tho wos4!ug aud conqueung powor {
The Atss Ags Of Christianity. rh'c
WAS therefore Al ago Of faitt
1t MAS the ufe OF chsist which constrained thss
about Him 10 hold to Him. For,ns. say4ugs, IN
miracles were not questions OF true aud falss
Talngs vol 9 not lookcd At through the op:1lt {
CRITICISM, for thele waa no such thing "a critic.
NO bod. Chrst u.n,sof wAH 4 wondar, mra
cle, a revelation Of God. and 10 reI r>ses,t Clr,.
and 10 rol eat His sayings the Eyangel,.a u. or,
~hoie III til; nlosl nasul u way uso slla lausuag
Of aoudeF aud ulrac.e. They tell ihs sto1y, {
faith -fa.lh at whte-hoat. Thero neyer ha
Lean il, tbs annals Of n,snknd sach authority q
tbi. whIch WAS lodged wholly III pc.sonatst
"Nu man over BrAke ID this blan.
1t Mas believed that tho k,ugdom Of God WAS
hand. that Ito MesslAh lad come upon tho earth
, aud eyarY hour lD the Ito Of tho Master, An