, 1876-06-12

noes 'lot reign supreme A. It did IN tile uittl,lls
century. The p'rasnrcs of tis iic, tk.emsa tke ncna
81 eternal slccp the fnaty conclusions Of sy(rmc
tlic pursuit Of riches, tho hcwlldermcrt Of ill.,
1ioKy, haye come a1ong to abnta tho zcal and
!lEfn tho vision OF that beautiful fifth wlo stnSi
looklng UP from, tho old streets and homes 1 au1
thrones Of earth. A
In snch crisis, when Immortality f,nts such
~ fiTAl IN tho oblivion Of eclencc, and when
nod hnds s,icl rival n the protop1as,n ol the
Il Will be necessary for the God OF tho Chrstiu,,
to ''e l,r:'lght forward III Ills most divine 4naij.
ties The '!ccs and policy Inscribed tn the Cr,.
9!.,r 9tor when Henry vli1, "nd Louis XIV. md
the wnrsllii III a era tIiat produces s,,cl, suuIs
rs the Atlntnsce, tho Eyrrrtts, tho SurIcrs, tls
tacrrit sl'lltils, the Chases. Tic garments II
Petty must llow more beautifully arcor,lltg rs
tioA and ~ The, development Of the reasoning
faculty. The picture of Gutl being wholly fD
possible, It les, therefore, forever rcaly t, t.,
ce!yc tlle new color and fcllneatton Of all tic
most lart tic moslers, Churl, in nil Its yaria.
tt.ns hns reached mud docs preach IN isa pu.
PITS new theory Of God, hit for the most init
nsa It y nirad to confess its own progress, md
~ a'iie!t!ai policy continues rcasscstng Ills d.
follon u tl!e nlu statements Ut doctrine. Tho
0utsltlc world feels this devotion to lie true anil
remains away from the altar, not knowing tint
there Is in tl>sc Ea'lctunrtes a religion BWtcet
ana better anl trncr than tho standards
tl,elr crecsls, fur tho creed brlongs to one @ cen
tury aud tic rrenctcr to the next Even tIo
Aonsnn Catholic, nftcr every provision hus been
nnue IN Ills creed for the danlrmtion Of cy,ry
oestant. Wy Il II M sscss :, A. s"nsls!y
present Pope once told trcdcrika BryIncr tint
nc felt quito sllre she would gt, to Heaven; tus
n II inpn,ent coi!tradicttng every dogma u ths
Ko11nn Church for a SWEET girls fakc. THUS
ffIF n ,7f,for ri milf
the lust uny, contradict NIL the t0gnna Ut these
ssartliiy tllcolosfane, Catholic mil Protestant.
What tue people did, ni1 The clergy, with suntc
ssSecptipns, ar; doing. They aFG preaching
allows-tlle painful part Of the favt being that
THESE snrio speakers arc either unconscious Of
fher ndvance, or clHc nre 40 deeply ells!ayGh by
tiicr Church TINT they dnre mt give their llrara
b. this as 1t may, there Is In al modern church.
cs y religion BROADER mil trlcr shan the creeL
aAd builder md grandcr than the 1nnn TINT
stastla 50 t!n'illy by the greatOpcn book. Should
thu day soon eoiI,c when tile uicn Ut the temple
shall lave found the King IN his beauty, ind
shall have found the courage to tell their au
Atcneu TINT each century Eecda It's new study Of
Christ af!'l God, It is lnnrc than probable that
lAlth Will cone to nn,ly henrt that Is full u
darkness now. In olr times It IA necessary tial
sl.c bga1sty of tic Lord our God be upon us.
The distortion Anl t1efnrntty OF tho Deity lays
long enough followed mankind. Tho 1norl1
ocuuty Ut such being should be above Us, and
III lHan'a llcart Ind life,
Lord BncUM In ono Of his minor essaYs, snys;
1t WGre better t0 have no opinion Of God Mt all
than to llnyG aucll m opinion IA Is unworthy eI
Him." lie quotes from Plutarrh these words:
~ :" would rather, a great deal, 'nen sho'i!d say
there WAS no such man ns PlutarCh than that
tfat they should say there was once plutarct
who ate his own Children" Dncun thus attempt
TO show that atheism, the denial of God, maj
DO mankind less harm .than religion whttf
wortq WITH 1 oqa yor sstats oi RIy @ int rs esssy
on'y ac!luce from It tho Inference TINT tho vum
Of religion IL to be determined not by tic fact
ofg God but by the quality Of the, tod.
=. llving now stated the ease, let us advanCt
to some thoughts about tlc " this beauty Of tlH
Lord our God" 1t can,,ot be measured to til,
full, but tt must he there arc sides upon wllck
It Is approaclluhle. THIS ''beauty" may III part
be sccn In the assumption Of long day for Il"
i erS~s st tic a's h'sy d into few s uai 'ao4t
hours or into the limits Of human llic, 1t mars
the image OF the Father and We have only pool
human conception litt!e bcttcr than the stick o1
stone Of tho pagan, When yon see nn honest
IN tnfnt,t die, you hare not seen thu pr"vt1cntt
If tod, but you have Hcun only one event IN
scsics-you have heard the single tick vi tim.
piece that II to com. lts hours far away Into
enrh evening to sum up wlat tale I.nr,l has done
tint tluy, it will 70 from grief tu grief You
rl.,,,ot bring tho Infinite Into the chamber Of
sick cl1d to measure hin. md pass Judgment.
verdict inr or agalnst tic Rulcr of thu world.
Backward alM! forward r,lns the urcna Of uCs
Lord, md It II only Wien the hcast says With
the psat!nist that thousand years aro hut any
n Ills sight, It Gun CONG anything near reaching
tho peace Of religion 1t is possible tlsat hun:
drcd thouaand years OF cartlt's History Pnsscd
before stnglo blossom came to its rock, Ut u
bird tn its trees, or soul to It's Eden Thcrenra
stars where Light hatl been flying niong million
Of years before tho soft ray calHe to tlat planet
called earth. Indeed, when thu ray started
from its far-off sun, our little globc nay have
bccn scattered, dust Just being called tnto form
from thu wide chaos, alid while that beam Ut
t W. stil nT M1aa Wor may aga
hayu scel, thousand generations Of plants and
animals couc and pass nway. III presence 0f
Crcatnr whose times are 50 amazing, the sor
rows 0f the INNOCENT n1nl tlIe good nj! diminish
nnd may be fund to mar only ~ It were ilect.
Ing snrna u the eoul'a Ercat life: The n'an1
problrnls Of Garth may tlnn Il beautiful soluttoI
III thu large arena Of thu Father. As st,ne O
the little dark facts Of a mortal become bright
tho humility. Of \ L!ncoln, Us the Envcr
ty OF Franklin, anu the ul,seurity Of Il Wash
i.ton pass away anu leave the seeuc all c.,vercd
with greatness al,l triumph, 20 III the tlnnle.s
hulnan being casl move away and leave the sk,
of providence at last bending over the soul
without cnul to .llIu its stars. 1t IL perfectly
vain to seek the "beauty Of Cod" III the few
tlnys that surround 'ann here. 1t IL llccessurJ
tu chant the wurls Ut the MD anthem from
everlasting to everlasting thou art Gml." 4.
we cau,lot tnkc up II drop Ut water froln the At.
lantc nid find in tlnt drop the flow uf the tlrN
the lifting up Ut hllluws, the power tllat iloats
all the ships OF thousand ports, md the soft
untl loud lusic Of calm anl Storm, Us to The
ocean we must grasp it a,I IN Its Fncsy hcd bur-
tltrctl by continents, Ru VIC cnnnt III tho fac:
OF dying infant or In this adversely oi Il guud
man scr the government of lore Of tiMl. II hal
boundaries wider than these. We must walt,
md, what the lcetng moments Of nun deny,
Of thu Mind, the deep music Of human watcrst
Cannot hc seen In tho drop Ut life.
j. q seeking the qualities Of l.oyaLls tioe.
It will be necessary Tor tbs nlodrrt times to
limit tho wrnth of thu ruler tn tlosu Who trnns-
grcss thu aws nf morals He'll must not be
pictured rs cunning by fato or misfortune. hut
Us tho penalty from tntenlpcraEcc co1lcs ir1't!
the violation OF laws. MciI all knuw at lust that
thtsc Is punishment tlat Is dlsgsaeeful to ihc
being wllo lntets 1t, u,lh not to the eseaturo
that suffers Il. Thu dcltt 1T Gnlilco, ot tsaH-
MIR, ot st. Paul glori!ed tho sufferers ani t;-
graged tho powers that tnrne!l their wrath
fhrsf. tn,,frat,t f,1UA. The trurtxDu