, 1876-06-26


M for the great Master lIinsTef only tw, ,uate-
rial FERNS eamc from Ills cxprcsswil w!ah. III
Him the primary education 0f man rcssctl nn!l
the higher rErce ol spirit ualfty was announced.
by rude erine csa,!ae pence wnnl,t hare tl3no It
ton slowly; tho light nf The Turin null Thuti,-
min wns carried away to make raotn for the
light o( huu'an Thoughts; tile mercy scat and
soldiers hcrausc the mcrry-seas ysas hcncsiorth
to hn oil over the world nni the elerulhm Of
0Ml's love were to how In mercy every
where. The holy Jerusalem wis dc-
posses: alike thc presence Of tlMi, mud
nll klntlrctls aMi tsfhes were to be Gods faror-
itc people. II must not lio supposed Tint tic
Gh1,fcll would nt nirn throw nWay all crnl,fcns,
Human nature will always cling To thcso yast
o1'jeet-tcssans IN religion and out ot #. But
Christ was above human nature, md hence nm
1,1nEccd n religion l0ftrr tan man, and which
wUlild aaisfy inan at the end of t0,o00 years ~
perfectly ns ut tho end OF os1c generation. The
more fnr.ns therc. arr In a religion the sooner
wf1t mankind neglect eonic pnrt Of H., nnl thu
sooner will tas!ion make havoc Of Its ritual; hut
the simpler anil the more spiritual It Is tic
longer viii Il folnw the soul, however rapidly
It may develop, Tho ngc Of q Constantine may
cottc nnd may bs,il.l up n RoMnn church almost
as external, Aild material ns thu old Nusaic; and
that gseat machinery may rrvorye along
through centuries, and yct III tho sixteenth nna
eighteenth and Nineteenth centuries the sptrtu-
above tho cnlbly,nt, rratty Ia Ng ,lIyorrctl frum
them and tn scanlonnre 4 simplicity tllut ellall
puzzle the skertc ANIL cheer tle most cultured
ln!ntls. Christ stands III such n divine simple
tty that ths higher civilization becomes tic
linrc dcenly will 1t lovq lIim rs It's frenl nlu
follow Him as It's E,lIle.
But lct us return to our thcmc. Tic two ey,,-
bols of Chrlst--lapttau, and tho suppcr-stanl
Us mnter!alizatinns Of twn important hlyas-thc
publication " thu heart and the communion OK
ttcaoui with Gol. Tho water sprlnElct, u1,ontho
forehead, or p}iset al OVER the lto,ly t3r Towing
all around #, ~ fl Immersion, representing tic
washing white of the mind, tr washing nway Of
tho Wicked qualities and bringing hack tlo wliltc-
ness nf VIRTUE; atpi the communion, where frfoufa
meet to remember tho Ambassador from Tic
oktr., arc symbols which STAN, for |lcns nre u,,
enduring. Grcut In tic outset, tllcy l,ays asTm.
mulatesi ,norc puwGr ii, Their ipuE Installation.
THEY arc solcrnlzcil uul dcrorate,l In thn cirb.
tce,i centuries When an emblem etal,tis fnr n
yalunt,ly idca, and Ius bcc,,a,c tbu centre Of
historic ASSOCIATION, then it co,nes to the hcnrt
to the lcnst degree religious, with yalt,o Unjust
incsttmah1c. Suct, urc tho two unLclns.-ljap-
tlsn and the 1ur,ls Supper. Standing for VII
uaUIo jluctrinra in tho tuorni,l~ Of tncfr llfr.
flowers VI !ssocintton from every 1n,,,,ntaf,, apd
p1nin In the t,la,ly Christian generations. Frmn
the day when The futirneyfuE slave suii, |Ylut
doth hinder tne tn bc bnltIzctll''to Tic wear tat
now passes over lis, our f,rutl,crs old and yurr
high iu.i low, have bowcd to receive The sacred
emblem Of publication; urld from the tlav when
the disciples first puskcd nrot.,Nl tho bread mud
tic vine to this far.ofr ngo, when Christians ron
or tle lakes or by lie Pnitlc s,lcu u,l wo1,,cn
and chiIJrct sonic wearing crowns. suuc in liz
| almplc garnonts OF Iovcrty, llayo come III n,ie
| uuhirokSn ptocessto1l 10 rcsctyc thc eytnbns ri
| the Death and the Life Frun ills i,,n,r com
mnniun spread upon tho tuttc now (Sy 1,SlU
years, what NJ, ar.ny Of loving 'lcnrls haye gonc
10 tic tuHI-t1iat tyrruIn,ls It Mi Tic c,nhirms
Of ts wori The ni that II oeks i Ut tG.se
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