, 1876-10-09
Mans Kingdom Is Limfticss Be.
tween the Past and tho
Future.
"Tae Proper Study OF Mankind
Is Man."

Fh tAE !Alkesk patkHAk W WY h!Ast VI AHS |
President, or tic Statesman Is tue reform Of the
condition Of the people, so the largest pursuit
OF the individual Is the reform Of himself. The
soul IS an empire. II is contendel bY many |
that the destiny Of d soll Is oi greater moment
than the career Of a state, because the state r.
earthly and temporary md the soul immortal.
While It ma7 he impossible to find any such
comparative values OF objects SO great, wc arc |
safe fu affirming TINT each human be!tE carses |
an empire Ia his bosom where hts strange aonl |
dweile. To educate, 10 reform, to save this
soul, is the greatest pursuit.. Let our theme !
thcrc'ron be personal Reform"
A. nations begin IN barf'ar!srn, 80 man begins
In at least negative condition, and hence. like
the onec unbroken wilderness ut America, he
stands To be subducd and developed into utility
and beauty. In the natural mind c'tlcr THE
wants are only animal, Ur else there Is only a
lore Of sleep, or else across the soul Wild,
wicked passions play Hike sasagcs fn the early
forests OF New England. There Is c]ose re-
scmblancc between the natural soul and the
wild country-the passions Of tie former being
much like tilc Wild Indians that hunt, and fight,
and scream In tho latter. To turn this Wild field
into garden Of nll the fruits aud blossoms Is
the chief problem In life. The wild orange and
Wild olive are untit for The lips. They He full
oil bitterness To have found the laws OF na-
turc by which these Wild fruits can be rendered
delicious Is one Of the wonders and trtumphs Of
scientific research. One plan pcrvatcs the world.
and hence to find the laws bY which Il humble,
almost rcpulsye, Eo,ll may hccome a beautiful
human creature, the picture Of God, 10 the re-
! search which should engage us all. -
In n1c4itating upon this theme mark first
w,at gtft God llas conferred upon sou III that
mysterious essence I'll tlle body Which Is called
| mind, or soul, or consciousness. One will nut
.1t,l&f1
lcas lie first marks hlS wonderful y is IN its
uuuIity md extent. II Is told In "Rlchter's
| iiie", {wrltten by tin,sclf) that when ihG
thought first broke n upon iln that he a,sa M
| fact. He llatl always looked outward bcfore
TINT hour. lie had lnnrked a living world, q
living tide ot men anl CT all creatures, but anla
thls oagcantry Aau not yet , So,e &c 10 selt, aa 10
! empty and he sat vt night gazing up Into tlie
infinite, lis heart filled up at thc sudden real:
ixatou that le. tuo were tut In the world u
being. IT, most Of you there must have come
thought that lese am In this realm OF Htt! !!
Oh, wlIat oi!cr nrs s!nulo the thoughtful inlnd
curry to the altars VI God tllai lie saw it, to
gut,!cs up the dust of earth anu tiIuke out OF II
suc1i m i,rn OF mind and spirit, to make out VI
It such self which can think, and smile, and
learn, md lofe eScrtnurci
In i moment of prtle Cyrus once said: "aiy
kingdom reaches to tic north as lar as the co!d
will sltt{ct man to Hive. at!d to tle south us lat
na t,,.. hra4 will ner,it man to make ILLS honu"
lie gloricd in a1 empire which lay immense
nelwec, Ely" nas au s ~ lin % tnccn'a ,imn,nIan .s
being one on which the sun never kctf, MID
n,nil such thoughts the patriotic l!cRrt in Persia
or In England expanded; hut atty hEinnn being
,s ,,',es tG 1eas o te tnr hrynn rarth. wiiosc
lsulldne ilrs arc afar OF III thu purple lInes Of
eternity. Ills Kingdom, lies ltnlitless between
the misty past an! the sApphire gates OF tho
~ .,cl, an,r,,u,, i.fnr,Imn il iii. nnrstion Anal
Tmcrts ,nat, thc moment he realizes tic exist
cnse of self.
cvnrvwhcrr eAI n,ect ibei tl,cre Is no excellence
vt,;ont iohnr Tho different wowls and Tic
t1fnmnu, o,,I aputs stoucs bctraY their beauty
o,tsr ott aetSa eyerlns. al gory Of wooI Or of stos
nl.. os ,.ot'sei..1 waItIt. 1r ia,,or t rnnc Tht
i1annnd 'I ilashes ontY after its irncr jishs i,as
ni I,nan s"t frrc ~ toii' Wcnre Angelo earg tia,
these tnE sp1 t fegsn! Enac e. ss t ie 'e
s1y.rlS - anil .1lscloscs tic inuost suul, liz
i;r"ns t5c " WINK Of ife to tic Glows Of ths
s"mintor's hammer:
M meI timhs mi mn,i.'ns @ n d. concetyrd,
III simn1o no farm onn IN hun,u;c clay achieved
. il iho ilrst jicn juto being Gfomsht;
Then, stroke on sttose, from out The 1lyng toes
: Aud into life form 10 graceful springs
Thatnone can fear Tor u fs'he.s faics' shoee. .,
Now such are the tncts which EiTes slEna'
canuc TO the word ''rcfnrlnh III. tic world a
large aud TO "convcrsion i" In thu world Of RI
| ltgsnn. Conversion IL Il turning from the low {
tic lofty, from the carnal to the spar'tuut h'l
for n,lr purpose thu word "relurW shall b
enough tor 1t embraces Tho religious ro.iyrrste
aud iii uthcr upward steps Of man. Such ct,l
yersbn ua is tlellncatel In l'anls letter to III
Romans tn whlcI, letter he divides tile patlle
:. man into two rrcat ronds, tho chrn4i and til
srrttlal, woNlu hc auple to include all the prog
I rcss ot society, but In our narrower and NOR
: prosac age conversion has ct'.nc to Enran th
: single movement Of a Heart toward Church q
! creed and movement almost wholly n,irac'
h lu,ts aud spassnoilc. Hence thu worti = reform
is better, for it IL broal and deep and tnyltcs
away from terms which lInve losttheir cloquet1c
IA dead roses lose their perfume. lleforin en
). braces not only the 1nnny-siIeu progress of til
:. Individual, bit cot.icssss nany n;encics fros
i lie spirit Of GHi to tho ssuly Of natu1
!. aud bt,oIe, md tie high aHsoratins OF business
s mud pleasure and dnty. 1t has been n, error
nsJt thr multitude to find its "nrw life" only
III. church, mud narrow church ut tint, n,
nu,l tjlu ideas Of only religion, a,,.l often
| talks ipcnn,netu reltgioN 1t WIS certainly nc