New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-07-05

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profession IL mi ght be thought that wold mention
hr3t and which on that very account only glance
NJ lest I should seem 90 give undue proh-
ncnce TO that profession The state OF religious
feeling in this country more advanced to-day oy many
and many degrees than has been IN any period anterior
20 This When the Ohio River, Che mountain snow lhei
ina scIIs mn 70 The measure OF its banks and begins to
overflow and overflow, the big Miami bottoms arc one
shcctei field Of water, and where 1 once hIcd-lh
Tov,rrpceburr Ind!aua-I could take beat ana so 70
miles straight across Che country, 20 vast was 'oo
volume. Now. suppose man had taken shih anu gone
out over the fields aud plumbed the Coptl ana Iou"u
only fcct Of water and had said Al only I've feet ot
water and he Ohio had forty feet Wen the ONO ms
not shrunk one inch. There are 10 feet there ana 'e'
ale feet everywhere else. Religion used to DO IN Inc
church pretty much and men used 10 have TO measure
the church IN order to know how deep II was put
there has been rain the mountains ana the moran i'
ing that exists in Tire community Gnd IN TIC "o''u
has overlooked the bounds OF the church, and you can't
measure The religious life the religious impulse OF TINS
people unless You measure their philanthropy thcH
household virtue and the general good VIII tha pf'''s
between classes and communities Ihe chuIeh ~ no'
les, than it hss been, IL is more than IL ever "a va.
outside OF 10 alsO there Is vast Nniuhc vi I'M.
which can be registered under no mead 80 "oi
nc under that Of religious influence, "Mch
,c,or cyiS.ea in old days gone by to the
oytcDt 10 which IT exists now. am one who, although
an, q Serylu: OF the church, minister Wi'hlh het
hounds whenever look ont or her windows ana see nun
drpds Of GOOD men outside am not sorry. thank Goa
when | see a better man in denomination tha - not
nv own than sec in my own denomination. thank
God when see virtue and true picy existing OUTSIDE OF
the church. rs we'll when ace it existing inside oil
tbo church recognize the hand OF God as being
a., hountiul, and | recognize His administration q"
letug as broad the rains or as - the SUNSHINE
God does not scud Pecskil just much Sunshine rs
you want for your corn and rye AID wheat u shines on
.tta.. apII t~I
aud heat down upon the mountains and rocks and every
where God rains by the pint nor b. The quart hn'
by the continent. Whether things need or not lie
needs to pour ont His bounty that lie may relieve HIM
self Of His infinite fullnCss.
And sol i, in the community Never fore was .herc
e, much conscience subjects as there u 20
day know there not enough conscience 90 90 around
ALWAYS. know there men W. 'e tonscieh'c5 are
n1rm on certain sides. know that IN the various pro-
ons there are many places whore th,rc arr gJI or
whore The wIll5 are low. But h6 cultivation ~ con
science il an AIT Conscience j. I'll tact ~ learned
N1llan has much more conscience De IS framed To-
So the minister has hi, conscience; u '''dihS 10 zoe
trIiuE. that be has had end 10 ' ut TO ie iaIf
for Inn % hunt brother min .or h''e-y'
thou-h it would not be ilg for lin TO hni ioI any
thing else. lawyer has III, coGsciouo is sometimes
very hIgh and times o. i-Nciy low an average
it IS very good. The doctor has his CO ancc and MS
pali.uts have theirs Everybody has 'nsclru'r ana
every BODY conscience acts aecord.ns cran lihe' u
which n, m, been H. He'd lHd trained ii-ht anA wr'us
the great mass OF men rs letters aud words We
learn how 20 spoil and maa spells wrous. and was
fought in that way, nevertheless u f. hi'
way of spelling. aud 30 10 il With mems
ccp,eicncrs. Now, ! aver that mere lc-.'i'ti'e
Coincidence is genius. Not man in q million has
sens, o. what o. r.h' aad wrong except rs the result oil
education iud cxp tricuce. No IN complex cifram'
stances has conception of justice and rc,itule nj
r
and the tlushtarr Obliged 90 depend upon the r'yeia
o NJ experience 10 enable them 20 determine what is
,h aui wrong They have 20 set 'h,ir toHsren''' by
tho ri, OF the experience, which they have some
through
Now Iavcr not tina! the con .cr9cc ~ tins people IL
n,,l.f conscience and NOS U,, 70 does not need great
deal OF education. b' that, such o. 90 g. s better anl
nj cher and ulpir universal 1n D. was % 1uy Other p'-
Rod % TIE Hundred years taIt have just gone hy
would rather trust TIE moral sentiment % Ill, c1mmn-
nifty now or any question NJ domestic policy Oh any
question Of legislative policy tLau - any p'r'oi 'uef'f
10 i., history Of Au,ro. would, within the D. oIis
OF their Euowlciy. rather 'lst The moral I1i men' ana
common sense o. tAc milo %. tar common people iA'a
the ,rerill kuov.cdrc o, lly hundred oi th' best
trained gruiu7es that there atc 20 the LHi.
This IS not true ia respect 10 those departments o'
knowledge which the common people iAYr n''cs reached
There is no common sculs Do astronomy because there
ia no common ka1u!cd.e ~ astronomy. The same Is
also true 81 ring. but m that ghog vast r"t oi
qiie,ti1ns which do come down g. mons board AMI
lo,os tie moral sentiment OF tho grta' mass Of the
common people moic reliable than. th' judgment ot
the few Ia an those questions there i' common con
scienac and common moral Eorsc aud SO that the
prso moral sen.s AMI conscience o! The community
never we're 40 high they are toayani to'1y at 'nch
b-i IL e common people - - be safer IN them than
in any c,as5 in the community. TINS sreAi gain IN
tHs last hundred years.