The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-12-03
FINDLAY,OHIO FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 3 1875

praise tliai -Atll sIr-Iy bur-t from tn
united hosts Of Gpi'- elect. a. tiIay 2
forth with crowns OF victory on thei
heals from c0nqusIing to conquest al
round the world: Bat how shall thi
good b. brought ab0utl We are not Ief
at this point to our own blindness. Oal
passage = at once baililT and preceptor
baiiiif TO tFrtsJ our headiong procee iin2
OF evil, ali pr-cs25or 10 teach Us the
methods Of better state ofthingS. Here
| in has been !oug Dbscured "A m ore preciou.
| principe than gold. As IL tile Apostle
had said, why are " dispD5ei to accept
| for yourselves - little, aul thus pinch
no an1 dwarf your souls. Are ya not
caraal: grant you all you have asked,
and still press uool you the reception of
infinitely more-''Your5 are all things. -
Take them; they were made for you; else
were theg not appropriately called yours.
You need more than you have yet re.
ceived. You absolutely require all the
great Proyiier has ordainei to keep you
from the stint of selishuess That YOU
have taken n part OF the great blessing.
Instead of the whole, is evidence against
you. That you mean to wrench it from
the gr5sp of others and call Il by your
own name Ii is thus, from the great
common, men select their little lot, and
throw around it a wall of prejudice, then
call it the universe; all beyond is Il waste
howling wilderness.
Yet God made man cosmopolite:
made him to be dwrller in all cities; a
traveller Of the uuiverse-over seas and
mountains and stars. And only as he
takes in the broadening prospect is lie
broadened III his life. The whole was
meant Tor every man; every man was
meant for the whole. 1t will never DO
to enclose for selfish purpose any portion
of the freehold meant Tor fiIe world No
scripture is Of private interpretation
Half systems, as half truths, are inccm-
plete aud false. To reject any part l
whole. By so doing / have no divine
religion. | have only one of nv own
shaping, cut OF divine material, but
human in the essential part-and always
just where my nature most needed the
workmanship OF Deity.
1t cannot therefore be true, as con-
tended for the present schisins OF tie
Church, that each one of the denomina-
tions has been given o. Col the especial
mission to emphasize more clearly some
particular doctrine. Any undue magui-
flying of the disjointed parts of system
is OF the very nature OF schism. Any
separation of u whole denotes that which
is incomplete, and hence, false and weak
standing alone.
This, or Christianity, is NJ system;
nothing but mere congeries of facts,
lying about loose. Then, any one may
be accepted without benefit, because all
may be rejected without danger.
But no. need constantly the effort
tc embrace he whole system, as does
every other man, to round my character
into It's wholenesS-whicil Is the Bible
holiness. This no partial or imperfect
scheme can accomplish. Men are eX-
elusive and narrow, tlen, because OF hav
ing accepted but fractions of the truth.
Aad here Il window opens on the in
ner chamber Of the ages necessity. The
want is alarming. The truth must be
confessed that mere denomination lack
power. Men now need the teaching
OF Paul made clear to them, pressed upon
their attention, tiIuudered forever in
their ears. Ani so, whenever we find
them claiming bat little portion OF
their urbouuihd Inheritance, we grant
it, bat still press upon them the recep-
ton OF more, Infinitely more-all truth
everywlie,e ani evermore Take it all,
ny brother '.Al things are yours. =
And this is the thought now needed to
feed the ages great famine.
Yours is the world; the whole created
universe. II is not bad world, as God
made it. He saw everything that he
had dmada, and behold. it was very good. ."
Every creature OF God is good, and moth
ing 10 be refused. You must accept it
all. Here let the pastor go before all his
people, setting the example.
All Nature is mine! Looking OH the
scenes about me, what beauty, richness,
grandeur snbiimityl See, yonder, the
blue vault. where rides, in royal state,
the monarch OF day, scattering light as
the gold dust of his chariot wheels in all
high course, up and dogn the SKY! Be-
hold the star dechei armament Of night,
the inlinite mea lows of heaven, blossom
ing over with living flowers OF more than
rainbow c5lors, tue pure touch me nots
OF til. angels. B-oal field; aud undu-
lating plains, IN Isical groves AMI moan
Ing forests, winding rivers aud charvIng
streams. foaming oceans an1 tlIndering
c1taracts, rock -buttre5sei hills and snow
crested mountains the fiuted Corinthads
OF the great dome of earth, These are
Gods alphabet, in which l learn to be
hold the beauty of the Lord, and see my
own worth. Tor whom such magnificent
temple was built. Here is the great
matter. How shall use all these things
to advantage. What improvement make
and ioy have OF them, to show myself
tr1lv grateful and glo-ify my father who
IS IN heaven:
All art is mine. Nine are the worn
Of tine pencil. chiscl and brush in every
ace. It's frescoes, carvings and paint
in.,s os ancient temples and molern gal
Iery: is blu>hing RaphaeliJe, Madonnas,
AngalDan scriptures, aud great historic
sketches-tiJd gave them all to me-
They are mine. handed down, improved,
varied by all the plastic skin OF modern
/ taste.
Nine ar. tia, inspired efforts Of the
tongue a.li pen, from ali the past and
present. For my ears old Homer sans
his niatchiess epics up and down Scio'
rocky isle. For me Virgil and Milton
wrote. Escbylus and Shakespeare played
| Dencsthenes andBuTke deelaimed. Seer
and evangelists recorded the sweet, sim
pie stories OF the kingdom Of heaven
The great tones Cf cultured learning art
mine to read, improve, enjoy. In thes,