The New York herald., 1875-05-29

mingled with the divine soul. but the heignt
depth, length and breadth is such that IL u
simply absurd 10 talk about the BLDG
containing all great truths. You might %
well say the nnger board the road contains tne
road, instead or pointing TO II. Talk OF lne ActYi
" of a human SOU. It's thought and leehng and
the interplay OF both with wiil-tne whole world u
not large enough TO contain the sum OF IT, lne ls
Binle Is Ike the KEYS or piano. 10 Whcn tnere arg
no tunes, bur the capacity OF all tunes II you toucp
the rignt keys
is life ITSELF So tnen, mems criticism about
preaching and preachers you perceive 70 pc Very
narrow sometimes Is msn = ~ - 20 say he nsg
lects certain intellectual forms Wnlca were
yroven good in former DAYS aaa aceS Inish
ways. man may be poet and
not be forever reproducing Dante, or @ milton OF
Shakespeare. man may preacn tne Iuin ana
yet not reproduce dogmaS OF truth. luis - alee
true OF another element-the e,eme9t ol a.,o none
and love contrasteu with fear don.t heslta1e
10 say am speaking or my own views as 20 tnd
administration OF truth, winch have given rise "a
many very KIND comments, III Is sara navs cdst
out lear from my preaching and tnat a doctrine ol
love becomes mawkish, feeble, producing nrst
sentiment aud tnen sentlmeuJallH, anu snas 10
have doctrine tnat would
TOUCH ALL SORTS
and would nave GOOD, SUBSTANTIAL elcmont 0I
conscience and lear would be tue proper sort In
the first place. 1 don't give up conscience
preach them il you were men, not
animals. IL you were driving oxen ana vow
don't want 10 lab them with u rod Qaughterl.
When men are 80 low tnat nothing but lear IN the
coaTsess form wilf touch them / believe IN Iear.
Anything IS better than death. But wnen
the aptltudes OF men nave changed them We
don't 90 into bell ana bflmslone ana uahnaeion
to these be Jpe. see ths ear works III tue
household. we bagln with children by being ten-
der VITA them: then when passion Deglns 10 clog
out we be- gin 70 nep them, even TO the extent o.
u spanking uLaagater.l We make children
rad wnen we can't DO any better IA the Degln.
he viii ind them out ana spauk
them. Later they are AFRAID. but not because OF
which my mother mad forbidden, Dut there was
nurse in our family VINO had so won my neart ~
her kindness ana gentleness that when sue told
me to 40 any thing wonia v, tJ Tor love, even "a
the 'exteat OF not picking up the ripe apples
early In the mornlng when mao lalleu
one night, which i wonderful obedience IN any
boy tLaughJer.) Fer says you must not 90 Is
and l get up so early nobody VIII see me, ana 40
1t. Love says you must not, and don't rear
becomes III last a simple yearnlng after thlnsa
tnat are rignt, ana repulsIon Tor tue wrong.
Now, / undertake to say IL Is the leach
ing OF the New Testament and the idea OF Jesus
mat the power o. the Gospel was TO oe o
not W lear, not oy conscience. Iney were 10 oe
subordinate, but the actual potency was TO oe
hope aud cheer aud rove. CHRIST says;-" hence
forth ! call ye not servants OUT tfleuas. ior ser.
wants know not wna5 their master doeth." You
maY say tins 10 but single passage, out listen
TO tne declaration OF tue Master VINO says:-"foi
a righteous man noue viii be lound TO dei perad'
venture FOR a good man some one may" Hers
christ brings into anuthesis TWO characters, one
Just man and the otner a just man overlaid with
goodness. let your ignt 50 shine before men
ness-"snall gorily Cod" think there were
flowers in existence before Plymouth
church llved; but the love OF now-
ers mas been quckened by the example
of Plymouth churca. lt came about slngularly
enough. Quaker slster--lust as much Quaker
al the day sne joined the church. Tnat Is the Pc
cutarlty OF our cnurcn. don't care what demon,
ina ION you are, any more tlan care tnat friends
VINO visit my house should wear the
SANE KIND or BUTTONS
l do. Laughter TINS sister placea some Mowers
on my stand IN church, and from that day have
never been without them. But | nave never
preached botanical sermon, and you have all
learned TO love them. IL IS Tue sight oil them that
taught you to love them. That Is the Gospel.
Let your light so snlne before men
that ! .ey, seeing your goodness, shan be
influenced. Any church that neglects to instruct
men In regard 10 the duties OF conscience ana the
application OF fear Is a failure; out wnen you nave
these you nave not the distinctive element OF the
Gospel which Is love. Wniic they have a
framework OF truth ana substratuu
OF conscience, they have, superadded te
that, love, Joy and peace. Inat Is the
fruit OF the Holy Gnost. Tho lruit Is not got with
out the 1906 and the root Is IN sne ground. That
wnicn you eat - wnat the root anu stem ripenA
and tue iruIt is love. There are tnreo Things
which never change. SAYS the apostle. nope aud
1aitn and love, the greatest-the elected chlef-ia