New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-28

etant and supreme Is selfeyident That IL is pure and
sedconroed and righteous and just need not be sads
hut that lie forbearng and kind aud selfsacrcng
hearts testify That this conception vas new to the
world clear 10 the student OF history Notwithstanding
ell tina quotations that made from oriental sages
which supposed 10 match or surl'asS the word OF
Christ the living example Christ is confesscdly org
nsi Il, was not SO much the words which Christ uttered
the Being who spoke and lived them that brought 10
should aim attain and might hope to become. The
Old Testament could only suggest rude sketch of the
ideal true enough IS lar ne II vent ana irsught with
hope and suggestion but only sketch. here aud there
line now anu US color socrates HSd some a ,g S
heart ~ man. but OF its moral patLos he ad no adequate
synpethzed with its Justice and its considei8ten and
had prstntnent Of ITS pity for human fiaiy ana
,ein conId sobry propose 10 himself and successfully
realize the ideal OF which Paul skctched the salient foa
Icon into the human love that is stronger than death but
the cryent and patient and longsufrng moral ection
bones and watches by thousands OF sick beds, was
strange 10 the puest and locs records OF It's magna
on The practical exigonCieS of life have suggested 10
the sharpsighed and benevolent teachers OF al nauohs
%say pI@ceal MAXINE and OF aed is,TsS but Su christ
alone first introduced TO man that iuedI vi
move wnos sc d2S Fe @ 6
isuc sentiment of Christianity can never be improved
man nature which higher than this There is no mag
nSble condition Of spiritual beng where the Jaw OF rove
n not royal law II Is recorded 81 one OF the most not
ahi sweetest writer's OF The present 6,elal9h VIZ w,
seemed 10 gropa after Christian truth 10 the end az ms
life without finding IL: After standing long III silence
Together gazing at silent staiS, he would turn nom
fbrll mdgnnctnct VIII siCl Noi,i'
Lave must he better than hate in all worlds" Tins
idca IL the oftest and the most attractive hat can o
ISar ssk o. God that he should love me ana pity me
and for me and comfort me. Ihe.e Is t noui'nS
fellow man II the union OF the Creator ana inc teH'eu
boSscs me with this sunshine Of their love aud susan
me nv their uplifting arms my bessedness il complete
only reflect back love from my own oVlnS heart
Fur the conduct OF my lie IL would seem that nothing
tnore il r0nirei than that manifest this love wisely a.
an Instructed by experience aud refined by culture.
How tbcn the Christian Ideal ever DC aDlnuOneu vi
dispa,edi what evidence Is there THAT tins NOS. Pre-
cO gift to the world IS in danger OF pong loSt ~ c
formally be Displaced eACee rs hen oVvuo "a
utterly degenerate TO neglect al Thought OF ud! Al
Cooiioss or earthly and sOrdd as TO glory ID thtl
ehane 10 NAV however, TO ONe,ouhtu IN tuo nv ~ ~
soue ornl virtue. even though TINS virtue Wa
bcsaty under iis fostering hAu. And this is pre-
es.Iy ne danger 10 which Christianity il exposed rom
tire by science, by letters ana by art lsmr,st 10
selushness Crlt@re, w9e9r tS ssi'n Io sfeira
tiou II may easily become seinsh even Wnon
prosecuted N tne name VI oSD au f cfnrn are orc
e1artiag be useful to his ell0" man to PhusoneI
che nan Of letters the scientist and artist must Gole,H
the,seves each with his appropriate WORK ne murI
Ssm reputation. for reputation Is great power 10. good
On he 81. p 1esty 70 b. enhcn useful distance
all bis competitors that be map use tH io" O. OIL ms n"ho
srSerate= artificial seutinnent,lis'n culture re
PECULIAR ~ itself creates new TASTES when ar otd
refined 10y qualification TO Sniu eAc'ss ny ma ~ ,nc
Christian community, which owes 10 inc IinoS
Love f al rskc men all its we'll ordered stale It's equal
t.. 49, xelI4tockcd bralies its schools ~ college,
~ .al,es and It's hospitals, Ii so occupied wth tho
be tree mt il iofccts The root nom viii 1t ~
poufishcd II even becomes assumed o The odiSh9hGd
nSwr of Christian goodness. 1t goes back 10 stole ideals
Of perfection better than the love when SOCKS O h'
own is not pufed NJ, and tlinketh DO o. a. Men oi
iet,ss hr tncir private cotico men O books set up
Their SentiOna Ideals si'a,.s Aul'dis r' a. I'M
Jesus; Is preferred t" iHl ana JoAn. Il, SJ
sasm Of Christian love Is pronounced unworthy Oh coo
beaded critic and Weread philosopher OF q p aVte d.
snan of affairs Tho is retained. not - symbol OF
LIVING sentiment tAat Ia present put o. seh1,h
VA Is P1sl, ,tod Min evil but snecrin courtesy,
The studied civhty ~ which nnporecty Cohreds us
Of broad miu.l study of man IN his best possibilities,
but tire signs Of deterioration IN our moral ana sia!
de highest scientific spirit the most truly catholic
lieFafy culture. Would these modern "mgn-l9h,1
stccs who are proud TO be LuIlai OF these ddiy
and fined barltes who are so hshy as
% hold that taste Is above dHy ana az rs n < eil
life would they but study thC chaiy OF tle Ne" iVSH-
mint hey would find tnat in is adaptation TO every con
dtiOn OF manhood II aOdeth' forever.
III charged that special notions OF Christianity
err being displaced 10y the progress OF science ana OF GU
tre We contend vat tey are as npc % 1 a forces
that they personal a. distinguished from ttc ah'if
tons 81 Inc rcirctng nrccctsnd tie brilliant pLantasus
o. s'r lated Imagination. Christianity eninices upon
Tnsns the natural orier o me universe no,
the conception Of eefeauincng ,"Fr Du tr .iVnS Gu
and tir plying and loving christ II alPthist 70 our iH
atty t. the one and our ertitude 20 the otncr ~ pu,'s
90 immortal ne and th's tiSilsneu g Inu oI,
oar irf AMI uncertain mortal existence These motives
are not o h. Viii the cen er and sprne
Of hi- personal and individual beng Christianity s not
hsu-iol adaptations. Christianity Is more han lVe 'o
man 10 H. loSe God and love 10 man Tor Goa ~ Is
rrlfos that brings each living man INTO pei sona ni
mons with "A personal Cod wt, his individual cOn-ceice
80 b,s avn iltgr life II j. jrre this religion the
L.. ethical fnr tins reason Il ethical IN its authority
e,i eucal IN ie results. Gcd does not command Us ny
tbs elt of Inc strongest the uscrlebo mystery Of
lbs srJyisiepcs Christ does not us 10 nce emo
tou which is diluted into quiet oI e6cad 70 Pas,
sion lie scntinent.li,n but 10 feeling ennobed ana
tnvr,ratad 10y ddfy An Immortality OF s'iLsAheSs ana
passion would neither dc-ern nor kld"oh nope o. Htd
tude But whit tine authority ana tie excel nee ana
The achievements ~ tie gospel are pay ilc MS emo a.
T. euphatIcaly personal Tie necessity ana to ""t O.,
tha ronsl influence nom heart to heart ana ii I'D "'
u man must continue Tor ever ~ long as personal htt'5
NJ. higher than the intellectual and ~ lons as cna"sof
h Of more cOuse1 than nl"icct 1"ees .hu @
rient and above ALL long tnah is thc caGIc ana
fne finds h, strcngta and his pride IA oyal OLE,
Cicnce 10 God, hs iHhtiW n NJ anu II n''ou - P'' III"
fOrsl3 cnoas by having been htnaef forgiven
An are Of culture is an age Of abstraction and 81 s'n-
erliz ltion-an age Of Imagination aud rhetoric II con
ESQ \ with principles and laws. 10 constructs the
ONE ~ Tie universe and theories cf rc-lon ii strives
t. md t.ol ,h IN everything. from the Development OF
tbe urves L. the crsallztd snowflake when iuots az
itf It's In constant dang, OF forgetting tLa every
art m Il. to ss Ld God. This natural order 10 invets.
upartouihes IL distractions ana thcn W"isil the "olA
OF IL hands Each one 81 the chosen ueS ol ,l'-
ture b,Dss its separate piece OF goa SLca no haS
wlonght 70 some oinnrt his r,est AZ Inc @i 0i
teoctua 'dOlatly aul Wheh nny arc C's ~ WI 49,
there coles many golden calves and we suomi
goss up foi The mon rch Ihcseb be my fous Cd is,yi
lOrce mere ahsttwu0n INN enough 10 De ~!
and psr1aiic enOug 20 reject the paficoofcd hnS OF
lively fancy wo;slyed the unknown and nnku0"-
able God which is capable OF indefinite tfisl0IlnatDhs
OF matter and spirit, but 81 no creation Of either lbe
mcil2d and plan ter which tie dlNho lihher ac's Is
erated into pcrsouied but personal energy called
evolution Law Is substituted for the mwGiNnS ana
higher grca, moral person or Thought 70 be
sufficient without linn lie ason' met n" sooner as
cVfrs new though Of God than he thinks TINT he or
ms theory made and controls the universe and that u Il
the glory has ysm which the heavens declare ana ms
handw0Ik which the starry armament SLOWS forth ILe
political philosopher the tOca iheyrstthe c1ilc III III
erAiurc art each loses sight Of the living Cod "a some
fAvOritp theory law prr cip!e When Christianity
comes question 1t Is the Christian temper ana char
sctcr which are recognzed ana NOT te PEI 'o,;l Cr,
has established Christian ideal in the world of onor
this ideal has bccn accepted 1t Is o. no e0rt 81
what tie Of science thuhN Oh CuIlat