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then must We a, upon some heiiocentnc point from


The Cosme conception which Christianity bas given us
lie God in history and the moral perfection and
blessedness of man Its end This CONVECTION has been
formulated by scientific hstOrographers, the beet and
bravesi men of our species.
THE LIFE or AMERICAN NATIONALITY
When the National Assembly Of France In 1889 ISSUED
is declaration or rights unhappy the autocracy Of man
was made its central idea, and Cod was eXiled from ME
own creation How the supremacy OF God and the true
autonomy OF man arc combined in blessed harmony,
through the agency Of revealed religion VIII appear ere
close ht whole American fabric rests on the iuhd
amenta principle, God the center and the pivot ana
personally related to Him in true loyalty Inn II
truth not TO be whispered with bated breath IN the way
Of an apology. We stand on ground where u should
he uttered with firm and fun voice ne the
keynote OF history. The very ar
Ia be filed with the spirits OF our fathers, smiling
upon make the announcement that the Christian
religion is the very life OF our American nationality The
Kingdom Of God among men, az that expression II en-
poyed by inspiration, vague and indefDable object
the synonym Of mysticsm-a spiritual aurora IL tha
object for which history has shifted all its scenes and
personages II that imperial dominion IN which equity
and charity and bessedns at length shall have unqnee
toned and universal supremacy lDspircd prophecy ne
held il through the gloom of many ages and ~ she sang
with minstelsy that has charmed the world OF the Tune
which was sure 10 come when the Prince OF Peace
should reign from the rising 10 the setting HIn
80 stirring were the that the harps of heather ds
responded in unconscious vibration. The Polio Of Virgil
is but the fanest feebes echo of the sublime predc
Ons Of the Messiah by the Hebrew seer That klnguoi
Of the Redcemer, which advancing ages nave Deeh
steadily unfolding which has the sure word OF God az the
pledge and promise of s ultimate extension and which
is destined confer the highest happiness on manthat
is the object which gives unity 10 human history
which, notwithstanding all delays and reactions measures
the importance OF all events and which ere time Shall
end will wake those songs of earth and heaven which
will he as the sound of many waters.
We have now reached point whore II is pertinent u
set forth the ethical and Christian principles which were
at work Revolution and which Justify that whole
procedure from the beginning 10 the end. The word
Revolution" has divers associations III many minds
With it il only object Of terror and crime THO
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries have been ohc M
rvontions some OF which like toInadoes whose path
is traced by devastation and ruin have no wlsh al
this glad and grateful hour 70 Wirodnce one Y9r1 WAilh
might tend to disturb that healing PROOFS, that knitting
together Of broken tissues in which all parts o' our
country ought now TO he engaged; but sec not no"
it is possible for me 80 avoid all alllSIohr 10 lDa'
recent attempt TO rcvOluOnize our own Government,
from the terrible effects of which we are Just now re-
covering inasmuch the claim was made ~ nome ana
abroad that the principles at work in tins late rebellion
were identical with those which prompted the American
Revolution Was the failure of one and the success oi
the other accidcnti or did one succeed because
il was in accordance with aud the other fail hecase
was in opposition to Divine awsi IhaVe undertaken
nothing less than TO cXponnd those Laws W thrsldh
ethics which nstify the act Of our fathers in "vfnuE
the Government under which they were born and Wch
the time fr0wn upon and ctnsnfe an rpeLohf
and revolutions which are gratuitous and unnccoSsT!
Some have expressed surprise thal the bnlG contains
so little of specific instruction concerning clN govern
mrnt who afterward, upon more eOrous induction 81
facts, have felt grateful surprise that II contains -
CONVENIENT MADE FOR MAN.
First Of all. Revelation asserts that government ~
Divine ordinance "The powers that be arc ordained {"
God whosOcve therefore ressteth the power ressteth
the ordinance OF God" Here is doctrine get forth ny
,Iicn sofa
preached by visionary like Rousseau, rcpreSo niing
civil government to be " social compact the
creation OF individual wills. 1t not of mans choice tha
he is born subject Of govern men any more than that
he is born member Of the family The family Is not
more vine organization than is the State Civil govern
mept-I speak not vet Of st. several fOrns-ie All sso
lutte necessity FORM and is to he pronounced
divine ordinance without it civilized society IL an i'm
possibility Anarchy. the absence OF all Governments
every doing what Is right N his own eye come h
the imagination could conceive GoVcrhiheh d
most heneicent institution for human pTo,teaot
civil government if contained ~ that INSPIRED prtctp
which directs us TO pray for al thai are N ahodiS'
ness and honesty" Verify there more truth CONCERNING
the domain and prerogauEes Oh hI ,h IN nv To
umes. in many languages, on the same SUBJECT ,4h
maj many have overlooked it, Government has ever
sumcd more than belongs to IT, Nhat more 90 We heeu
to conccde concerning II than thisi government or.
dained God for the protection of life and property so
that we may lead quiet, peaeeable and honest lives.
While government is in this SENSE proyiden-
tial necessity and Divine ordinance, Revelation
does not prescribe the form IN which
fne Hebrew G"mmonweath Of Which God was himself
the Author and the Head but this theocracN designed
for special purpose obviously never intended ior
universal imitation At the time the New Testament was
written the world was subject to Roman IMPERIALISM
kings and emperors were then The rlng powtrs
aud Christian men were enioned by their religion to
honor king and render unto CHsar the Things iha
govern Yet this is the faeehood which for these many
ages has oppressed the world III connection WIN mn
whole subject OF civil government The divine lgnt OF
kings is expression which is embodied III lhe IAN
glage of every nation. The idea which II represents rs
that kngsOnly reign by divine law and hereditary flSS
separate order Of men, anolnedOr COD Tor hS purpose
This the idea formulated by SIR koDert flIHer III mr.
book ON Patriarcha Government, which called Orh the
indignant protest OF AgernOn sidney 1th lHtdc 'dIo"
preaching the return OF the King Charles IL, tNpd-
hates more the knCy prerOgavcs than on the peace
and safety which Ia he sought ny every FORM VI C
government. LGtdi c'eSt moi" am the state, 9ild
Louis the Fourteenth as he srOde before ms col WIN
hs riding whip in his hand The ASSOCIATION between ths
doctrine the divine right OF kings and passive Obtdi-
ence TO their absolute power Is close anu i3sI IN to
reign Of Henry the Eighth, for example the liheriH the
indirectly, the control of that bury and passionate
monarch But this is theory of government as lar re
moved from the doctrine of the Christian scriptures ~
one formula is that the design OF government
peocdaTe lives the other that he possessions and the
lives of the people are subject to the pleasure ana a
trary power Of enthr0ned ROYALTY When such noiioh
as this sstnamed il wrought into the life OF nation II Is
inevitable, intelligence increases that Resistance ana
our ancestral land, in the days OF King JOhn ia Whcn
with varied fortunes successive m0narcs WIN 10
pronounce their will and armies TO enforce it, had so
long held the advantage. at length in the great Ieyo
tion of 6ss eliminated IN the assertion Of the true prn
cipe which gave iAat event all its spl 'ndor-even
this that the object and end OF civil governments j.
the good Of the people. What have we mere
but the resurrection after ages OF gloom de
preston, and suffering OF that simple theory
Of government given il the inspired scriPtnres-
Government made for and not man Tor gov eIlllntut
Thus have reached with cearest certainty the ethical
and the Christian principle which alone ushcs the reyo-
.f MT IL
perverted from that and purpose which Divine Be
nevolence proposes 10 be agent Of wrong, of Inn
and oppression then giOn not only permits nut
eniOns il government cannot ne reformed aud reclaimed