, 1876-11-06

10 he The EhntUw III En0ll u come, sthtMl-
rather than into It's hciglt and depth. 1t per.
cetvcd the simplest waits Of nInn, his need Of |
olives and t!gs, but did not discern big need IT |
education aud freedom, SO, n eo callcs! heather
making no preparation for an EXALTED future.
At this crisis tn the career Of principle there
came new bclng ,u''o'! the ataeo with Infinite
ability of mind and soul. and ~ eams IN TIC
In Ills presence tho Hebrew law about fey
olives and sheares and the Roman anu Greek
rays Of l;nlnc*s grew din. Ihc eonst-Iights
Maxim after maxim fell from Ills lips, such that
in His slrst discourso there were principles
enough to have. served ns constitutions
of all tho Htatcs Ut eart@ Ills love rol'cd out
mother u sister, mud Ills brothers were In al!
clitnes and OF all conditions. Greece had
studied art and var, hut tlis Being studied only
tic love of man for tnan at,u GOD Tor inat1.
Rome had gathered up customs and had reached
Law, but this new form Of life and Thought
studied only kindness between human souls.
Muses. hal loved hs friend, but iii tlls new clo-
an eeey VI a 70 .he n9SS a @11
might 10 10 impressed tl!at the lesson should
never DO forgotten. this Messenger from tho
sky wcpt and pleaded and p'aycd everywhere for
everybody, and at last died at once for those
wiD were cructiying Him, and for those who mad
bathcJ Ills feet with tears. All that crowd that
asrcndcd Calvary, fron, the Rosan su'd!cr to the
disciple, were gathered up IN one mercy and a.
fcction, and the morning sun Of that tiay The
morning hrccze TINT m0vclthe olive trees while
the sad procession va. tlltnE along wcrc NJ
broader, were 10 more willing to touch gently
the cvll aud the good than Vas the charity stas
poured forth from this unmeasurcl licart--a
sunshine, q pe.funcd gale escaping to earth
| from the open windows of llcayer. One OF the
Grst results of this new philosophy was tho
overthrow Of caste, the reduction Of NIL men 10
one level. It came with only one altar, one
| communion, otic baptism, one cross, one taitl,
unc conversion, one sanctuary for high and low.
Thus making men 10 be one In the prcsgncc Of
God, they began to bs one @ 10 pfSsenss . o. each
TINT forgiveness, that death, the worM had
| never seen before aud will ntvcr behold again.
1t was grace moro than humanity deserved that
hgu1atlon Of el,artty that now covers With im::
moFtai flowers that Calvary ot skull anu of
blood.
One OF the early Indications Of growth in thIa
slaves II brought. Mr. Lecky has learned from
old anuals thu, the anniversaries Of Christianity
were made beautiful by the public aunounce-
nents Of great manMm!sslons IT. Mlanin M
| and In few centuries 1t became unlawful to
sell men; and, notwithstanding the coming Of
dark ages, slavery died away III Europe by The
simple power Of tint Being who lived alike ur iur
In the Mosatc code II a master bent slave SO
that he died. hut yet 90 that hc lived day after
the awful cruelty, tic master was not pullshcIl,
i being presumed TINT IN TINT day u Interval
there might havc come some other cause Of
death. TO great being was the mRs-
tcr and 50 Insignificant Q creature tue snvc
that tho presumption Of the law vas that
some otllcr case Of death hnt interviewed; but Ia
the Justlnfan cude written In the light OF Chris
tfanity, this twrlrc-hour lingering 10 longer
protected the musteF. and, as general rule, the
aet 81 crime or yISe became tue fan sane III tue
$trna frY nf HR1tNbr t1t1re
became little In tho tenlplc of Justice. Thus
under tho charity Ut Christ, inc code of Justin.
ian came along tu complete the overthrow OF
the temporary morals Of Moses. under the
form Of oppression, slavery, has passed grad
ually away YntA 1t exists on|y IN tho tslnnt OF
Cubn, fFotnfwlose shores wide ocean has kept
far away the light and kindness and whole
crilzationuf Europe. An nccan sometimes be-
comes fortress against tho attacks OF bar
barians and foes, but sometimes nlso mn ocean
shuts out mans true and only friends aud
lcavcs tropical Island to lie for centuries uu-
affected by single noble idea of politics or re-
1igiou. Our owl, Constitution up to 1850 built
up wall between Free md Slave States, and q
subsequent law shut out literature aud all phil.
osopl,y that touched tllc relation between mas
ter and slave, but tue fragrance of ChFistian be.
,cvolcnce was waited over the wall like per
iume Of flowers, AMI tho oneness of nlanktud
which las followed the cross Ia all times can.c
at Inst to Carol!n, nnl Tcxas. Game not iii It's
dead in field OF in cabin but that Dlvinr princI.
pic which ctnpte.l Rome md spaain Of its slaves
and which made England elnnncipatc her bonds
men, will gradually plant itself evsn In South,
Casoiiua, aud the tree Of perfect liberty will
grow slde By side With the oFangc md the palm.
Thosc modern Ca,.utcs will yet move back their
chuIrs Of power betore the rising tide.
This survey of the history Of charity as /. has
expressed itself through bondage ard freedom,
is useful beeausc in tIs one detail you rau mark
and measure the general progress Of tho Idea.
WEEat W our mother lid f"r us ycstcrday WIS not
the exhaustion Of her love. She comes back to-
day with lev deeds anl stands With heart
ovcraowtng with new Affection for the tnorEow.
special mission among old Kotnan eaptlycs Or
American slaves. Th0sc seenes only illustrate a
principle wl!ich is wider than prison or q cot.
tun-tcld. No decd III yesterday exhausts It. It
heart, ready to eInancipa.c u race or take ap a
little child in Its arms aud bless It with elucn-
tioti, anl honur, and p!cty. Charity is tile sim.
pie oYeraowing Of uohle soul.
| But VIC have exhausted time enough over the
history Ut the highest grace In the Pauline pct
l,rc. Let us puss tu sotne further esfiinate Of
the DOCTRINES practical WORTH. NJ one knuwa
why It Is so b,lt 1t ia historically true that out o1
the love Ut tllngs comes stel MI nction Or such
nu impulse as nu indifference or hnte can eycl
show. The naturalist SO loves tile external world
that he rambles all over It il, bis fond quest Vi
It's wonders Of lie or form. Tue lnus!ciut &c
loves the i.ar1nonics VI sound TINT night and
day Ae ss fastened by this inlissuluhlc bond to
his pursuit, Now, what !n the rroaony of God
Ia charity except positive affection that should
fastes, each high intellect to tho human race
TINT the soul may wander all over II, .dndng
/ everywhere the worid's nrcd and wusth, an4,
through tue help of these. its own usefulness
and dcyelopMcntf
: 1ll-will sllus tho gates between that within
us and that without. Let paln ur so.row rack
, ouc, and how empty Is the spring or summer,
! the btrtl-song Or the blossoms; but let tue pain
or tho grief MI pass AWAY, and how delicious
IL thu landscape fsola THE window! Thus III.
!. VII! shuts au, tho great human universe aud
the narrowed heart scuyua the poetry, tho MT
thu lcurlug, the thought, the condition., even
. thu fr!endship oi mankind; hut wen thr broud
lore OF fian fully possesses thc SOUL then u1,e
llrars with tvGhi tho ptatte Of t,lc infant Vi
the uoralizlnss Of even tho hcatllel, aud tlntls
su,nc beauty in religion not bis own, and III
, lands under foreigp aag. As prejudice closes
tt,r sntnd and mukes mai a dwctlcr III cave u!
. u Diogenes tub, shuts him out trom mankind
us BY sea of tce. 50 cAnrity Is tho opposite
faculty uad transforms u DEL. into palacd
: nnd peoples that palace with the MUD:
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