, 1876-03-06

fourteen years. al Wal. tHo Oh .uo "ntn ns.h
Wonderfully full Of all the forms OF lInna! SUI.
fori,,r, aud get those two wn!a lilo on the EfeAs
cont,tsy pnIy rs small clouds on s,l'nsnot slty.
enoti after tho dncarntionn Of rtace tho ht''!one
or rcuplo resumed agasn ts'e nsual napP'''es' o.
Tho lcars.
In ,l.c:r haste, the sentative aud also Tia
fr,tti,,t,lu. complain TINT the heart 10 soon |
inrso.4 lts trouble md after few days Of ntttor
.rar1 .raanea its bhbincaa and even 'ts tosmot
s,n,c Thrro arc no doubt instances o. great
eoIlncs, and rudoncss OF netnro. Hut tho CON
ia! rnrsuu Of mankind 10 sse rapidly from ny"
verify In un~ TINT conca from Hlho nnu mfotca-
fni gc 4 t sn 81 mo tbev
cumulative, growing deeper from, nEo to nEn,
wo haA a;t long alnco dlsd of broken
hearts, God hns nsde the world ercli thns ideas
tLst thai grIof shall bo individual and, por'atabtc:
Encl. morning shall restore 10 us tho truths q
iast evening, bnt not nu troubles. Thoy fade
away In the night: Nature IL asTaya ready 10
Revolutionary War haided us tho truths of o,r
fAthprs, but not thoir su(lcr1nsp. Tho hunger
and cold Of Valley Forge did not come 10 us
nothing caue to us from those heroes y, III. oIs
s',0taf pns q III IL. our sro o'is Il asso 70 ee
Is tito clouds Of night sre pictured
aa hurrying to eecaro tda ht'sns ns,""S 0,",'
# Autola 40 tho ills Of man mase HI1eH h.nut't sIs
before tho driving, powerful, saa o7A"'1'"'
TIumnn nnt,,ro ia always llie game. md hence,
In ali lhoso days which acenl 10 ~ 10 have bco'i
fosloEn and even ss afsad.a I,Isus ust ts.e on
loved ITO nnd thtir worship in atoh q dcsseo Us
iarhars would rive tho ninatnenth century 40
irsat reason for looking baok With pity. Indeed,
| whou tho carly proachots OF Christ 50" tue
srcas % temples Of tho Roman and Crock gods
Eeoamo dcsorted. mud raw tGo pannof
Of ,hs Cross rising higher md higher;
whom tho people found q rctiEion lifted 70 tllor
mood horo and hosoaftcr, thers must havo boon
rrcat cxu1tart souls In tho homes OF thnt poriod
and tho skiea at night must have been full Of
| tho words Of Thanksgiving lying upward to uod.
| In the City OF ltomo In tho tlnfd contury thore
ware forty Christian churches. somo 81 them
| large and magnificent. lone tnon had ponu.
lstion Of shout 9uo coo. It B quito probable that
no forty churches In ibis city contained much
greater amount Of Aspp!o's bath ss nd to 5 eaft1 ~
Christians In tho Roman Empire.
| It would be q t}lankicss nsIA hopeless, and
perhapa unreasonable taak. the effort to show
The snua Il y tbs D
H. al"h5s onig pro propo.ttisn sES''' Is hs! sst
cure should bs takon lest TIE do intusttco to The
by-gono da7, and load It down with miaeFles i !, =
whicl, i. never endured, and caro- shond ho
taken lest wo fail to mark what Of good ind JOY
ihero has always been found by those
whp hayo followed the Christian leader.
We dara not underrato tho sorrows OF tho
past. We all must tomembor forever the agony
Of all tho martyrs. Not q tear OF tho early nRcs
1nush bo Ignored by our hasty intolloet, or troat-
cd with indifference by cur tleartn. We n'unt Meop
fully in mind tlo c1uoltes from Mere TO uas!.os, =
Inc do iledici. Our memories should retain I'll
tlrough life tho touching prayer OF alllton'
Ayc,,ee O Lord lhy slaughtered xs1nts, whoao 1onc'
Ito scattered on the alpine Mountains cold.
But willis no tomb Of tho hnmblest marty
should be neglected, We mist faithfully romeu,
ber that God is God Of happiness, aud that al
around the dark ages that burnt martyrs thor
lay days and ycaru Of swcstest sunshine. Il
tho jnstics Of orr hcarts, tho tcars OF old grto
and tho tenrs Of old Joy must weigh equally
W. daro not be tho pastiaans Of either sunshine
or shadow. Ho must bn just sudents, nnt
must mark carefully how they hnyo boe1
blinded.
'. Lot us pass NOW from tho mental and apirttua
! injury rcsutstng frou fa!ae doctrine. Hero
larger, and brondcr and deepnr III felt upon man
, kind. Tho garments saturated With pitch which
! were put upon nome Of the early ChrtatlauB an'
which gaIn.an!a wo5o & then sos On 'fI 'fe; wSfe
the Church dressed tho minis Of ita cht!dron II
! tie long dark agoa. Garments OF pitch burn bu
! NJ fen rnomouta; Degrading crrors tormont for
thousand yssrs Mo Sa nGt a., s''ompt napa 10 @ po1
Q to srcioty by tho way Of false teach
i ing. But all clouds, the ,posta tell uE
d arc light oil ono Side. Let US find the eave
+ iininS Of even tho tenth or Hftoonth century
ii Iay frst in thus that whatever 10 tue boliet
. Tho church, the heart will seldom allow itself t
. be broken by It. Tho great river Of youth ~
i health and OF animal sp!ritg rtll tlow riGl
ho sSnS tiseosaa 'Tss g tho S pos
ever 10 rigtd, bo tho thcologiau evor 40 sonlbrc
t human nature will always show its face. and vt
aluaya gather houoy in O fold whore oyor
+ flower would sson' full Of poisol;, Luther llye
in the m.dat of that dark era Tho osr at time
seemed to ht,n fun Of devils aud yot Of Il hun
X dreu mou Of study aud caro- in our day no
], one porhapB would cqual tho old Luther u
i tiuliug happiness In life. The Popo uas in1oe
' foplist, old tyrnut, and yot Luther had his dni
Il laugh over nli norts Of ovents aud anecdotes
!, Lutler hated the ualo Of udulgencos, aud detsl
u mined to throw himself against all suc! peddlln
= out OF salvation, but in the midst Of ali this Ii
% diguason he had timc for atudynK music Al
q for composing glorious chanta for the tofnlle (
o God. LuthesB wife waa beam Of sunlight, ut
d in tho century Which hns become tho religion
d synonym for religious blgotry, there stood Ii
" tlor's home AZ full of laughter and cheer az NJ
i. homo Of to-day aioug tLo Rltue or tho l1udsol
II Not all were pnor forloEn souls in that gay ~
B. Oathcstps do Bora, who married Lutaor. aba
- doneu tho soloulnlty, OF the convent TINT 81
ii might laugh and onat a. tho wlfe OF Luthor.
iY said Tint katy, tho wife, waa 80 consp!cuo
IL Ia tia. ago n. wAs Martin, the Ne!ormer.
q tho doctrlnes Of our ago over 60 severe. tue WV
10 aea Of ifo will daily put on ita smile. II is OFT
O. a lamcnt Of tho present that men will teach a.
O. hold doctrines without coming up ~ them VI
il, q full personal obrdisncc. When tho doctrine
Ut ono Of virtue, 1t is indeed mattcr Of groat I
e Eret tint mon n1t Say, " DloHuod aIo tho pure
10 heart," and rot 1einain destitute Of pusi
el Thus 1t III indeed 1Alneutsb!e that an ago can
10 neglect its own philosophy. But this quality
to human nature has also its brighter side.
to such centuries al those besTenn tho tlfth Z
Oh the sixteenth, 1t was fortunate thas tho nj
an could ssy QUO thing aud do ,nnoth
e. the natural choortulnesa and huoyat
ics Of tho SOU! could carry society ooun
ers to itA csocd. Toachtng that pordlston Was
largest region OF tho univarlo, and thht to
'or, neasly al! tho human fa1al!y lad gone or We
:ui- going. Ill, old and young, still laughed 4, 4
On. played, and lived along sweotly. thinking Ut
Ne Of tue gloomy prospect painted by roltgt'
to Noading only tie theology ot thcHo Rgcs,.
Ida reach Nh Incorrect estimate of tho public u
md Ono may tuu in religious eystem soma outl
IL, ot tho people That hold thn Bystoln, but no !
Ike .caBu1onent Of The domeAstc and noc.al lIfe Il
.ud accompanied tho creed. Even Calvin liuas
ark cannot bo naen In Ills books and public n
On alone. AuRy from hia sys.cm ran tie curre
oro Of bin l!fo full Of l!ghta and shadows auch
len movo ACROSS 1nodeln thresholds, In h!B lot
il abont Ills wife, and IN ha sorrow oser Lis d,
rn child, it was not "Glcction" or '.1oprobstlo