, 1876-04-17

had ordered TO prison mon sud vomon had
besn high churcInRn At Ito death OF Stephan
DAMASCUS =; but Ill shle "ponp and circuu,..
ptuuce had beon dtlvsn out OF his soul by that
beam Of heavenly light that shone Into hia
tp'rlt r these eases: The Scripture jllss rea
tho1o raya fall should nsvor ''wn3x In daskt,ess
but ala bare tho light Of lito" It Ia, therefore,
historically Just 70 spoak OF tho Christian sen.
been teaolinE tuss these ideas that enter In thai,
character under rorfew. 1Iut = there are now
it, The world cB!tmhbio men Of tho paaiilno ou.-
limo who yet dsow nothing from Christianity
they are 50 raro aa to DO wholly unknown. mn
eocn, md from thoughts Of them wo n,'lat tnfn
10 those vino hayo grown up ont OF MI osi,ouhai
Of ChriBtisutt}. These ara tue most humorous
tho most visible. tho most powerful.
Let lis mark now tho !nIncnce upon society OF
tho being called tllo gentleman. So1uo "eeKs
,aEo NO ali thought tosotl,or about tho influence
OF pcrtons. al distinguished from a1slfact
cd lesp by tho nerds Of man tLan by tho ,a snints
Of all nEcs. Such being tho fact let us d,vido
up th!s personal intlioncs according to tna
quality Of tho persons aud find where TO ascrne
ctr gratitude. Well, those qualities ara n1lli-
sary htoIary, philosophical. religious, hcrolc Or
rocIal Such arc Honlo OF the colosa OF tho light
that falls upon uh from tho face of nsn,. Now.
the inllucnce of geutlomon upon society is mAue
tinod. In them thought ard rclig-
Ion. and ecnt1nout ana soclal power blend;
At.d vl[to no QUO quality Ii u1mcnao, tho l'lonu-
lug Of ali makes up nn enchanting mt'4c. Tho
trumpet Of n herald may move largo army
moro suddenly than tho lips Of an orator may
awaken men 10 moro tlariug deeds, but tue elo-
euonco Of upright mon and women Will Movo
tle multitude longer and farther with less rcac-
tiun anu less orzor Of march or campaign.
And theu tue power ol tho Christian gentillty
IL nil available power. Tho sants and 4erocs
aro few. Thoy do not como to us in our forms,
two years aud attend as morning, noon and
night They ngo too far away. Their Worda DO
not rcach liz. Wo canuot tako tLor hands:
Joan dare, nnl' Orange, aud Washington, md
e 1o nhInng ones Of history. & n1o as Too fst away
Rnus, indeed, OF imuense orhit and bEilltancy;
but fire upon ono'a own hearth may le botter
than aut on the upper depths. All through
these genH.tire, modcss, gcnt!o aouls reaching;
all. ahd moulding tho lives Of millioAa who will
norer geo Bigantlo hcro, Co!ossCgao Eir,
t,lo. What society needs !s q widely y-dlGneou
railway lamp; not q sudden fash, like the light
1nE, but q luminous Atmosphere hanging over
tic multitude all day long lu lilo lives Of Chsis-
tian mortals, whose intolfects nro oI'iEhtenea,
aud whoBe hearts arc warm and t}rona tho would
comes very near anding this warmth nnd light
for oyorybody's hearth. Whcro Hcicncc, and po-
ctry, ani orntory, md ast, cannot penosfate. be-
caso tsso nse9" M .oesv aee n ascae apon
Genteness, declared BY great writer to 20
.t,noro powerful than Hercules" Ia 30 not only
in osHeucc, but also bccouBo It can nlovo among
mon too poor to buy art mud too far ro-
moved from poetry aud horoes. Its ilold is wider
aud moro perpetual than the ono over which
1loIcuos swung bis club or Art reacheH out her
scoptre. 1t ia tho ouly power OF eertl that can
enter alike cathedral aud etrcer-car; can stand
at tho Kings throne and IN u marko:-placn :;
can, in tho pasor. among friends. or n tho
street, among strangers, lot virtue 10 forth IKE
healing from tho garments Of Il Christ, II IL
tccause tho realm Of tlleso human aouIa is SO
wide, no equal to oil society III extent. thnt lrto
tho character OF tho truo Tci1t!eman m secinl or
religious ueito~ncss eau conc. llowosor much
9 narrow mall might desire u Fass as perfect
gentleman. Ills succcsa vii! always bo very limit
ID A narrow mind III church Of n5cla life is COM
poltcd to exclude 30 mauy mortalp; y cnmpclsod
To- hold anI toacfl 10 a',ny ttlcas tlmt belong
uos 10 n,M,l but rator to himself that ho nlueal
Aia world 6l,rlu!; into The proportions ot ouly Ut
iEEaui, ..nl tho 1deA of Gcnt!eacHs IL uoSatlFed
by hiA oeot!E1n.
l:eca1!ipg therefore,, tho wldoly-moy:ng, wilo.
ly.,oacllinE power nf tho Ciristianizc1 bullt, We
may woI' onrludo that thoy nro tho arihy which
chiefly hold, tho wlckol world In check Could
these mortala wlo arc neither poets nor nuthcr'+
nor Eeniuscr. nor nart;rs nor heroes 9 a,
march into CIR Congress and Cabinets, Ind lutc
R'i places Of trtiBt. wtata trall1torMasiou Hccnt
NC eiloutd behold! Society ncct!h no longer tut
guidance oil only military cl,ioftaina. nor tlt
scryico OF my wllosn lcroisnla boundud only b,
Eot; Int oh, now II dues clsnor ior gu ago which
nua cla,,so tho fnshop Of ,ta ltlolatry, kad sLal
tear uonn tut attuts at Which it laB "ordhipet
nruteutlers, and orccs nav .altars 10 tue KIND ot
nlapllocd tcl,ncated in tho New Testament. 10.
thou=ands of years tlc world haa admired &Lt
the bcautifnt. 1t las ut laGt Eotten the aussSo
CT its prayer. for oartA Il full OF tho rich md
rowcsiui and tho talented ntu tho beautiful
l}It from tho contiitiCN OF Eorarntncnt every
whcro, and from tho triTitual condition Of 10
c!cly it would keou1 that soNlo petition has beer
onl,ticd from tho long sossicc. 1t would soen
shat tAo prayer that Heaven would send "
neaB or tioprayity boon Htrckop from tho publl'
lsauy. What fatal hoTety Tas thia! No 70
voting clusGhmau ever Mado 20 tnthl nul!1
ton Of tho tooE OF "Common IEsyer." -
lltlo have good lncn been sought for aud 10 littl
appreciated ihht tho supply ,haB for yeara becl
1.tninibtius. and to-day, whon wo think OF Web
Eter aud Doggett, Of thor hu1lDio tonbs, th
city feels that TUG loss Of only Two moi. hns iei
1t poor. But. indeed, tho city is NOT Eoor T'llor
ure Christnu gentlemen all through and tl1rousl
tho land nnd they will appear iu all tho leaut
OF thai character as soon uB tlie country. AHak
iut, from Its folly. shall uec!aro that 1t want
a,iu will haye cnly noble chaIactarH for it
.suldcH.
Society was dcfaca some years ago 81 hGin
tho war Of oscrybody ssalu.t everybody -" 10Y
llin ompiuM inter otnnts,o and such 1t still il
Except Ho far NJ Justice and intelligence cnmo il
to qnoll tho immouBa riot When Officers an
rulers themselves HtoRl. tho people aco no louye
any motiyea tor virtue, aud y tho war or Vi
against all" increasos ~ violence. All tina
bracca IN our country today agaauht the rccklees
pess OF plundorors must be found IN tho fas
that education and rolEton haso located in III
Wallis Of p,vpto iito an army Of humble, hot
est NTH who quietly hold tho Tnrll III clsee:
An old faet says that Tlion 1uad crowd Is llls
Ing rocls 2n1 lirsbranly. tllcl. anger maxim, y
urythng Into weapons, il tloy suddenly Il
some man rlKs 10 addrGsn then,- man reuow
I'd Tor honor,-,ho tun,ult cgaaea and they hs'
upon his worla with deop silsnco. In thls "
Of suciety called government. .-Homotilnou, pt
naps, 10 irouy.-wlat tito pooplo Wish now to i
is not nlau WITH q swnrd NY Ills sl1s, nor u III
traiued in political intrigue but = man geen
this picture Of Eilg.l, "las!gnum pletata." ,,o
branches OF onr thought. Our city bus .ju
cotnlnittol to a4a grave two Huns IT coald Il
llfora 10 surrender. Through tlesa thu cure
oil lifo flowed not na through tue vain HplritH
ro,lt,uorors. not Ut through the unolsy son!B
1estosp, not y. through the uDprlnclplcd Aoar
VI criminals but us through tho warn. 90
l!o yeinH OF Men who perceived every rs!