, 1875-10-04

confess Tho name OF ,1estls. Upon sucl, n crazy
Ilatfotm doca II stand to rtcach rcnent"nce and
s 'Ss. 'i'' ny seemes ri reih H." f' cr i iGe te
Jcsns: "Tbon art. III, son Of n@l." r"al
sail. "Iho life which now live aIso y tho
faith OF tho Hon Of dol" .'olln said, "Wo nro
Earsed f5 a.;o sn unto ~ srt ls F,rr'n tra RAM
iun 10 Fay that tlloso rctaurH who honnr Chrls-
iiantty aa hnyiuE fcv rhss OF cyitlot,cn Az to
tho historical reality Of It's fdnn'lcr aud catfy
Of faith in believing Tint Jesus Is no myth but
n vcrlta!le rersat, are nut nearer, "Ahsonlo
truth" II an,hol" knowa what that torn means
.-tha,, lob n,ui lraa!i and John anil ranl. hut
i!,is only. tltat ily R,ch convictions NJ stirred
tho l'rartr of prorhets md arostlcs: Ia . King
dam of uoh pospihIe III t1,is wortd.-that thu
,nhrlirf whrl, tiorH not deny, and the fatI,
Which docs NOT helteve and tho thrlatiantty which
iH witnns nusl,stticity, nro M cletncnts IN that
I,ore which tnlln tho l'atist hcrnlted ard That
great i'oon which Chris: camp to conflrut unto
lncn,--a Kingdom Of tod III tl.fs world.
1t ia rot- therefore. a mntter Of f1IrrrIec that
men With strong reliEous roHycttona. incn who
lav hold on tho Gospel as great snIvu.inn, an
tween - nntnso" and "grace, matter ami spirit
The earthly and tho heavenly. tho hefra nf tIIts
world anu the heirs Of tho incprrnrtfb.o IN
!1eritanco wh!lo those who Iny hold Of Chriat
Ilrlstlantr. atrippcN OF sutnc offensive foatutes,
in moro plnuaible than my other religion, dis
like and avoi5l all discrimination bctwecn ttccency
and retv civilization aud rcliEfon, nnd nbl1vfoits
to the whnln philosophy Of mental fral.bfnrmu-
ton. put faith away III tho hackssnunh NJ among
tho weakest Instruments OF SALVATION. TherG is
logic in either cotirso.
Tho question Of tho Interpretation OF Chris
tfanity does not nlnto this wide difference. Tho
ilonanist lias onc interpretation. and goes abort
Ill hih own wny 10 establish Kingdom Of God
TAu Anglican has his interpretation. and IL his
uar goes about 10 establish Kingdom of God.
among tho no!'-pteiatical Protestant. the
baptist, tho Methodist, The Presbyterian, llas
earli his Interpretation, aud labnta iii his own
way to eAtabliAh a Llngdom Of tiod.
What nov does the Christian nationalist do
Docs ho endeayor to effect return from SUPER
stltion to sound Now Testament Wow Of things,
visible and iuvlslhlo That were good Chris
tah work. Does ho sock 10 reform theology to
tho Now Testament standard Of doctrine. de-
notncing all traditions 0f men which sat thetn-
Feres up a. tho Commandments Of God? That
we're Il gool aid q Christian work. Docs lie
Reok to correct tito utN!no prominence snme-
times aud inluuousy given to d certain class
Ut Truths That wero Il good and Christian
work. Docs lss aim to promote real ayntA-
thy among Christians thorough good viii, and
community oi HAyd and tueana Ut bringing tho
world tn tho feet of Jcsus That wcte good
unti Christian work.
No. His work iB not tn reconstruct theology.
or the Church, on tho bnsfs VI tho Word Of God,
hit tn reconstruct Christianity itself; to rnako
need thnu its own records mike it; to wood out
OF 1t tho e1omouts which, by somo grand orror,
as Ito thinks. havo beon III power for l.S6O
ycars Antl to throw into tho shndow Of sciunco
solution Iy Jesus Christ. its occupation
is to chill, not to inspire, tho religious life. TO
establish tlIo reign Of unisersal doubt which,
instead Of bclnE tho work Of wlse dtsciplo, IL
a Te6t ss Of snea n1 on e1%ssa saa Gnf
bear with you, o 50 Of little faith ? !"
Int it will bo aaid the nationalist Is putting tho
Erent practlenl virtue, the common.scuso view,
uf life In tho place Of II snarl Of doctrine. All,
my friends. hero, nj ofton as elsewhere, tho
gian OF truth is outweighcd by lilo hundred
weight Of orrors. Tho follower OF Mohammo1,
and especially tho follower OF Confucius and
Dntdha, might say the Hamo.
would not be understood M lnvolghinK
ngatuAt wade aud catholic aud Eoformatory
spirit or ogainHt rosnt't from tho foncod pas
tlire-gronnds Which fDw men now nsaumo to
own, to the E1cnt wide field OF Cots Sou. Jesus
Christ Only lot man be1ieyo In Christianity,
1t Is by such q rea! belief, alone, conviction
reaching hia vory marrow. that hu can outer into.
aud labot for, tho Kingdom Of God
Our Lord directed tho attention OF Disctples To
tho real founlations when hc aail "Tle King
dom OF Heaven il within you." Neither Bishops,
nor priests, nor prcachors neither litarges, nor
vcstrnentB, nor theology neither the temple.
nor tho Church enroilmcnt. nor the Church
Court, mako tho Kingdom Of Heaven. Its ca-
sonttal tloa lH heart rcconciIed to God It iA in
it's extension nlatlo OF mon i'll whose hGattH the
throne OF God IL set. Eacl. lifo !s world In it.
sclf. Behind every pair Of eyes and every pair
Of banda nro Wide thorouGhfarcs, vast fields
great rivera md eeas mountains. vniloys, cavo!,
forests, all pGoped With deslres ambitions, hopes,
and fonrs, When God comes into that lifo, 1t be,
comes Kingdom OF God. AMI to soy to TINT
man, ' Lo! here or "Lo! there" as thonGh
under s,irplice, or in preAbytory. Or IN a