The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-28

Il lot tne heart oil man bub or It's moral
pathos he had no adequate conception,
\ rather no conception az an. Marcus Aureius
Synpasahea WIN its lasseG ana Us t
I human irailty and sorrow; but Ii never entered
4 his thoughts that human being could sobefly
propose himself and successfully realize the
I ideal OF which Paul sketched the salient features
4 The great tragedy opened 70 man a momentary
\ look into the human love that 10 stronger than
death; out the iervent and patient ano long-sur
4 ierlng moral aneeuon that at this moment blesses
\ ten thousand Christian homes and watches "
thousands OF sick beds, was strange 10 tRe purest
and otiest records Of It's imagination.
i ROYAL LAW,
There is no imaginable condition or spiritual
4 being where the law OF love is NOT royal law. IL
i Is recorded OF one Of the most honest ana sweet
est writers OF the present generatlon who seemed
TO grope after Christian truth 10 the end OF his NE
without finding IL, after standing long IN silence
gazing at the Silent stars, would turn IRON their
i oppressive magnincence with such words 40
worlds.n Culture. whether in science or art IL
necessarily self-absorbed Ii tends to self occupa
ton. IL NAV easily become selfish even when
prosecuted In the name OF love and duty, as life
becomes more artificial aud the demands or cul-
lure are are more eAactlng. Even moral culture
aliSm. Culture requires special seli-oceupation.
IL brings many dangers peculiar 10 Itself II
creates new tastes winch are over refined by graf
! ilcatlon TO sinful excess. BY ana by the Chris
tan community, which owes TO the sclI-sacrfclng
love OF CHRIST, IKE men, all ITS wen ordered l0fa
ries it's schools its colleges, its galleries and It's
hospitals. is occupied with the fruits Of the tree
Shat IL forgets the root from which II IS nourished
SCIENCE AND CULTURE.
| IL is charged that the special notions OF CARTS
\
science and or culture. We clain that they are as
4 much needed ana are a. powerful as ever. Chris
uanIty enlorceS upon mans attention, not the ma
ture order OF the universe, not the conception OF
4 selfsacrhcing love, but the living God and the
/ plying aud loving Christ. Christianity rs not
| system Of ethics, albeit with the Hottest ideal
/ aud unexhausted adaptations Christianity is
more than love to man, it love 10
1t Is q religion that brings each living man iuto
personal relations with Q personal Cod with ms
Individual conscience and hs own future life. An
age OF culture ID age OF abstraction and OF gem
eralizaton IL concerns Itself With principles
and laws. 1t constructs theories or the universe
and theories OF religion. 1t strives TO lind thought
in everything, from the development Of the uni-
syerse TO the crystalllzed snowflake which melts
IL tails. 1t personifes It's distractions and then
4 worships the work OF its own hauas. Each one OF
the chosen tribes OF culture brings its separate
| piece OF gold which he has wrought to some emil
nent high priest at the altar OF Intellectual Idol
airy, and when many are cast into the IRE there
\ comes out one or many golden calves and the
snoat goes up Tor tne monarch. .Lness be my
\ enough to be mysterious and prismatic enough
i 10 reflect the parti-coored hues Of a lively
,1nSy wors1ippea as tne ankhow1 a, ana n
definite transformations OF matter and spirit
but OF no creation OF either. me metnsd
into . personifed, but nor personal, energy
called evolution. Law - substituted for the law.
giving and aw-abdlnK GOD. The distractions OF
ethics are lifted higher than the one great moral
Person, TO be snfncieni without HIN. The astron-
\ omer no sooner discovers new thought OF Goa
than he thinks that he or his theory made ana
controls the universe. and thar 1t is the glory Of
handiworR which the Starry armament SHOWS
FORTH The political philosopher, the historical
loses sight OF tse living God in some favorite the
v DRY OF law or principle. When Christianity comes
into question IL Is the Christian temple and char
acter when are recognized, and noe The personal
\ christ. rRe only wortay position which wise
minded man can take, is NOT TO care for II, but TO
4 lie above all concern In respect TO it, Indeed hs
may even question whether continued exist
ence would be worth accepting even Il u we're
our departure is al hand 10 say 81 nave fought
good light; win pass into dreamless sleep.
Henceforth my existence shall be IN me thoughts
4 which have evolved aud the impulses which
have impaired and the imaginative creations
I This is the soealled religion OF hansnity, the
only religion deemed worthy Of scholar. tue
very designation OF which reveals It's emptiness.
RELIGION AND REASON.
We Know that religion. witaOut personal force,
cannot satisfy, because we know that man cannot
\ be or make God 20 himself without being in the
end q selfworshipper, and tue worship OF sell IS
s u 81 ssa rah, inc IN Sss
OF speculation by tae scientist aud OF the personi
ncaton Of the IMAGINATION oy NE Literary critic Is,
not last because Il neither satisfies the intellect
nor nils tue heart Science, II true 70 ITSELF must
i come back 10 a personal God the best solution
! OF a universe IN which there Is thought. Litera-
| lure must acknowledge that Christ and an INNER
tai life furnish the MODEST and the most sustained
4 inspiration. 1->~ss
THR LIVES or MEN.
IL follows that Christianity can demonstrate Its
/ living men. AS tue Gospel acts BY means OF per.
| sonaI agencies 30 Il requires living belieYers
through whom IL may manifest It's power. IL
calls upon the Church as tas time, aud especially
on educated men, 10 see thar love should abound
ia knowledge and in all Judgment II Christianity
Is from God, all these things should be known and
approved and mastered by every oehever: Whas
spiritual realities Tor which we pray tnere came
revival OF Cnrisrlan morality
EDUCATED MEN.
These considerations appeal with special force
20 toe minds OF educated men, especially 10 edu-
Gated young men. They are forced TO know some
tsing OF modern doubt and unoeilef to confer
minds and darKcn so MANI hearts. They are ia
miiar with the achievements and promises OF
science In all It's forms, and are sensittvey alive
TO the re1Hements OF culture, literature and
Tney know now blessed aad exalted condition
best measure the greatness or God and the con-
descension OF CHRIST by tne vastness OF tne unit
verse and the insignincance OF man. They 90
forth TO occupy places Of influence ana power az
time when ideas earnestly and eloqueRtly, or
iaisey ana plsusibJ SET forth, rule the world.
AN APPEAL TO THE GRADUATES.
! commend tHcse considerations 10 you, young
men Of the graduating class, as you 60 forth 10
principles are iamlliar 70 your minds They
have been ineuicated IN your class room and from
truths OF Christianity lar from being incon-
sistent with scientific truth that they confirm u
and are confirmed BY it, ana that the practical
enough 20 support any suDerstracture OF ndl-
vlsual or public life, however elaborate and
TO clothe mat ediace with ever-growing grace
aud beauty. You have learned " preceDt, At
least Il not by example, that ardent devotion to
the Kingdom OF God ratRer favors than repreSses
generous culture sna refined tastes, and that
the consistent AID fervent Christtau scholar Is m
no way disqualified FOR the most fearless allie
ance 10 science nor the most successful
culture oil letters. You have felt that the control
ling spirit OF this zeal OF science ana culture In
theory least IL the spirit OF Christian faith
love and progressive enlightenment. standing
where you now stand for Q moment view your col
lcgc lie in ita relations 10 God and duly AID tue
Immortal life, and, casting one nqulring ana tea
der look upon It's opportunities now gone by. 10
may pc that you regret that your own faith IN Goa
and devotion 10 duty have not been more fervent
ana progressive. similar regrets and wishes will
I often come to you. lou 60 lOrth IN life at time
when the current Of modern life threatens TO take
every man from ms feet whose feet DO not stand
upon duty and whose hands are not sire tened
forth toward God, TO one ambition there -
a certain prize-the ambition 10 follow Christ
IN unselash love, and manifest that love IN an
enlightened ana cultured ChristIan lie. culture
may be achieved ana literature and art may be
enjoyed. But n the soul Is only refined IN ts
tastes and II not redned In its cOnacenca and In