, 1875-11-08

= No. aud suddenly the hrna.n garments f.N
ts..Pa ~ nd man cried out "oat fathati Our
:, Thus all the great truths Of sooJesy move IN.
er cloud, Al Ike. waiting lot 10 Eunsn iptei.
ect 10 gather strength. sHd tho heat To psttst
yissue. When mon first began 10 uss tbe Nurd
nssbssE %Sno osy Tue o, q se soa no.
meant tho rights OF tho nehrewa. Tha
upon .he love q man OF God. When
sSs ssst 1sssts H.. ssa Ftat the Eed
Home ussd tha word, II meant tha equality Of
h!alt-oofo Romans. but tho word admitted tho
EroAa: OF snt!l'oua OF siAvaa, tho blood Of cap
lho word very n!ow.y camp 10 moan the ftcodom
o. woman snd the tcuder rJghts OF 10,
.neant eb,ld. thus the idea hegan sssa.
generations came Anh pAlntol 10 the dstas Of
,thmense p;cnse. As in.o tbs palaces Of the
JAouyse and fhto tue great temples Of Rome
eTeFy aSe catno With its new Vosxs Of SIT. uutn
at last the aunu htands Mnaze a. tho gathered
RlorIas OF the r.ch antiquity and tho richer
present 50 into tic open Nati lttcrty have a1t
she Reoorntlons a, empttel thotr nav stAa,es and
has become An ocean vast and daep on1 eternal.
Out OF thiH fact that tho lisA Of .he i1oAveply
rather hss come SLOWLY toefs,i lts prckent beau.
" there sllouid spring ur several delightful re-
Aectlohs. UDe capnot bnt lcod Upon Tie heatt,eu
world NTH u'olt III n}ntation, aud ct ho,,o
wheu he remembers tlAt all the deeply religious
Of tbs oia desd ctnpilos we're ~o1.t,p.ag 1t she
eame attafs that hold cur .Icenaa ts.tay.
Some OF tho Christian Fat4ers-c,emeot Of
Alexandria and Justin aArtyr--leave ia soma
tonching thoughts a. to this oneuese Of religion
descending from thc ooencaa Of d,d: Ciaaant
ia suopoaed to have beea l. co,npAuloa Of St.
PAUL, md Justin cano from pa3auAm to bo-
como marsEE Tor ihe uAtne OF tuttat. Both at
thc@, stanttnE 10 tho h'shse light of Christians
WHO wore praying outside Of the now lsmpss
Of tho Gospels. "a II IL cloat," says this CON-
panion of Paul, " that the God to wn,sn va ono
tba ola ead tue Nss Tesssaaant gaye tho urseas
among tho Gloel&" Justin Maftyr. il n,s
apology for Chrial, numbors HeEaklatos tud
hocrsssh among .hs c1r.st'sns. because they
afterHsfd to b. the Christ.
| " what philosophy any mooezn Christian can
ehut the gates Of heaven agaiass the p!ous ofthe
acaiesod by tbs doctrine Of Calsinisu,. or Of Vii
osthedoxy for IT Joo Ess unable to distinguish
| IN bis tnd thu 9onship Of Chr4., aud il Abraham
&new n9tans ef . Elnity, and yst thosc two
rcmalus no Discrimination that cau work death 10
| d Socrates and Aurolius. II Job aud
| .ablallam reachcd bliss without pcrsona,
CONSEQUENCES Of Christ, it would be too raah in
| lla to hupDosu that Socrates found poruttlon By
tho Bltus path. 1t oti9ht to be cardinal llcA pt
CAris;ianity Iliat God will not damn soul ultb-
out very great Cause. To be etclnailf bald III
| the mind Of mind. II csnuut DO s1.sll matter
IN tho tenderer justcc of God. To bs born in
word Ut ig1luraucs and Elm. to Bee6 daily for
light, to p. ~ morning. noou and evenings .as did
| hrs1lus. s1td then 10 fl.a and sink insu ctefpul
| tofmcnts, Ars teaults that sLcuid be attended by
| an oxrlsnasioh sroatcr than that offered by tho
| difference bstwecu tho God Of job and tia God
| Ut Ause!tus. II utrn-ortholo1y should cay tAas
| the God Of Abraham. and David included uithin
tue idea the Afld!tonat IDEA OF an ntopeulouL no
ESCAPE from ths diff guilty woald thus bo found;
tor tho stonomtus os orthodoxy proceeds
Inn and f~w
man aprsec.atson o; consciousness. After tho
| orthodox would haya saved iufants t,y an atons-
ment or Which thoy ate uncauHciou4, II Is too
la:e to doom religious heathea to Ael for not
beuG yersed iu sile vlcatious daeulas.
Tue lvee Of Abraham. Enocb Danicl, Job,
| and thosc Old Testament w,rtliee, teach us the
grand lo.sou that Vba:syer tbs d0smaa Of mod
Usu churches mar teach shout "s.sing" wu1.
nhlp. Tod Himself accepted tho hearth that
brought Him "!urAhlp auco,apAseed ly lutel
icesual clouds, only tus assatt Ma warm toward
heaven. such as there is do'ln4a in thu modern
| G.oodA i.l.lhiis in j1st!ce. goodnoss- and trntu
we tnar III assln1e suat on His broad empire Of
etorn.y 10 SOU! nil baud III holeiess agony
not seeing in tho Father the COM
ing soushtp OF Christ. ruuishuaent for
nuch an error would dron, 70 perllt,on alise
Noah aud Enoea. Job aud Daniel, Socrates and
Aurel.ns aud i:,,,.nl NIL the holy oues that evo.
| lived in t4s old twilight not ot purity, but OF
erati. OF cpuraa 90 rot bslievo in rellgion
that ua1aa heassn and hull depend on narrow
| rauee OF iLess on tho one baud, aud upon Tho
Other upon dsgrated God
But tho tfonbes Of an uttra-saIleion OF worda
do not cud here. It is the central Thought Of
fy Him with tho Father It will admit OF %
ambiguous words here. Ihsy uluat be plaln A3d
unequsvoeal. This heln9 SO. this strenuous ar.
t4oaJsy ls shut Up to the confession THAT when
porahiped tho Suu. Tor Christ Ia :ho Mighty
Nakas by wiionl aud through whom arc
ali things. II true Chrlssaan dare not
.nsso S ess,nGG = nermesn .," ch5tss co. Goa, M II
| discovering tho difference. Justin Afars5r con-
feraed this dtlenlma, and hence hs says thAt
siodo wno aay " tho E1ca: Lopos." hefofn Christ
. cAlue were really ~ much Christians ~ thpso
, who knew ths incarnato Louos OF 81. John.
TA;s reflection does not ofer man some okher
wag Of salvation than through the MedIator--
Christ. Far from It. Tbs only deduction from
these thoughts is thus that tbs Mediator moves
, over tho world, aud has moved ovot it with =
Iose wider than the Roman Catholic Church.
which saves Only ,taA own limited shape Of hu-
nauity.-wider than tho old Protestant Church.
which sarcd ouly those Skilled In . set ot doo-
| trnot wider than man has ever hseu wider
| than all except God. The sublime oneness OF
religion eeea under tho varying phenonapa
Of human worship may lsad the modern reflect
ing loast 10 fosl that God h2a also bsau Ono
awsy over His woFshipipR child. and that Tho
Mediator, who appeared IN Bethlehem. l&a a.
IT,
That madlstlon became invisible u lsst IN p4tas-
tine, but before tho actual crosa was reared upon
Garth. 1t was eearcd In tho nnchaus,ns loyo Of
Tod. and tho tcaro that foil for 1asn iu tho o!ivn
garden must hare bean fAllog IN alt ssss opon
tha foretea3la OF the penilent.
It were dreadful it ihlllions Of fouls have been
lost simply bscauae thuy hrcd before the At1ita-
| tor cAn,o in the 1oah. this would sepsrato ke-
wards and puntnhmentsfr from s!ssuo aud vlcs. And
uaaka taem depend upon tho accdeat Of birth.
Aeneo wo must placs The Mediator back Of
| ths humau race Ia all It's c4rat:, odsnog pardon
| and happiness to Ill who IN earth'a morning Or
, | uoou cano III sincerity to the alssrs Of God
! know not what may b. the ro'atiso happiness Of
! this or that quality Of soul upon Tho dismal
, | snora; but this tnoH. that when tho pagan Ia
leap SINCERITY and in hstmoay with lls life.