, 1876-12-04


Ernpli which rassc. along under thu naI,o OF let
ters- Hcc1nse man lsAs no balances by which he
caii measure tbs INFLUENCE Of caeh Individual,
tnlsk nut tl'at IN tlle . wor's building you have
that come Under nal.'s arithmetic. lie eua
lay his lIno upon piece Of land, or fathom a
stream or pond, or tai, .wctgl, q measure OF
wheat q leaslicrn tag Of guild dust, but Tor
t!,ous lftc Ito possesses no weight or measure.
!le cHn sec and Rcccpt great results like tho
Reformation but he canilnt tell tho exact worth
aance ot lie devils at Worms. llo Is trankial
tnr tho American Revolution, but he cannot feel
that cacl, drop Of blood on Bunker Hill fur.led
~ essential part Of the 'nsl llberty. lie iccls
that this or that so!tltc. ,ay llavc Gecn uacleAs,
this or that natioual hymn foreign 10 thu glo-
rtlls ottcuinr. But this comes from tho flct
that man llas 10 power divine enough to enable
him 10 sncaeurc tho rane Of a martial drum
cares not for mems detective powers. it knows
tonwcll TINT al tho multitude on Its bosom arc
olti'cr testToyers or builders, md that at last
they VIII drug It to moral ruin or else will pre-
sent Il to uu4l nil redeemed and rcgeneratcd.
The l,est Influences nf earth noycr s,iifcr thcn-
selves to bc measured.
What yo,1 obscrye in the worlds literature
you may find confirmed In tho wnsl's law.
Man has been and should bc builder here.
laws OF prirasc LIE, should bc t,,llt up In new
beauty out Ut tho rich materials furnished by
the Varied cxperienso ot yesterday: Iotten
advancing structure, md tho new, well.testcd
oak and n,nr1le Of today should bo hauled TO-
ward tho masstrc building. Man IS building
here: :, The law was rct;e1'erafcd BY Rotne, then
langcd n child for stealing a loAf Of bread las
long been powcrlcss IN English colirts and ,Atiy
etatutes which sprung up In days when 1nnn hail
Just begun the builders trade aud WIS nut so
mitch an architect as q laundering apprentice
thu subsequent builders have swept away. De-
tcctvc as modern law Is, one will pass By all I'M
perfect ous II lie will only no.o how the genera
tlol,s l'nyc labo,ed ut the great task a',d Whit
gifted Of inteliccts: When you remember wlMt
mistakes were lnadc by Seneca nnsl t3rotius,
and Matthew llaie, each reaching some great us-
s.iriittes while earnestly seeking the light, you
will confess that in our mpdcrll LAW man has
been tho builder OF reformed world, the agent
Of q great regeneration.
From law should you nass to the fine arts you
Tould find tnan ngan acting Us a creator. Tlluse
four great fine arts: architecture, sculpture,
painting, nuslc, arc tic result Of tlo noyer.end,
lug dream ot tic beautiful. Into these four
rivers all sensitive hsarta have gmpt!cd t1lclr
streams or drops Of love since tho world began.
To mako up tho musical art, tho harp Of Jliluh
rcaclling out toward the organ and pinno Of re-
cent tunes. To make up tho architects sclcure
and skill, the structures Ut the first altar or
tabernacle IN tho Wilderness have joined with
tlral Of today, IN storlng awny the thoughts
and emotions of society as 1t canlc and won't.
Each cathedral Is the gatheretl-up sentiment Of
1900 Years.
ton TINT man was created to bo q builder, aid
that What his Lord would have him DO Is tho
prime question Of all these days. Having foun.l
mans high Misslo.l 1t retnans TO ask, What must
10 bnlldt All thinEs which arc good indeed.
from good ngrlctil turG to d guo1 house aud d
good plow But religion ronlcs down into this
variety and makes h dceldcd choice. Looking
Into the faec Of Its Master Christi 1T says:
They that follow me In the moral rcgenera-
uscf.,lness and happincss-twelyo tl,rones." III
the soul Of self aud In the soul OF society cnel
man must be . builder, a',d help to rear = moral
palace who4e turrcts and porches shall glitter In
away from sin uF tdlenc:s, TINT shall crase to
destroy, and join Christ In the building
up Of a moral world sllnl be crowned 1t
last. Mark what builder WIS lie who uttered
this text! Eighteen hundred years Ago Christ
dropped upon Garth rs from tho sky. Tho
watcnful stars must haya seen tho lIttIe world
tgembta wfscu that Being 6trfca It's Paicstiuc.
That night the Mediterranean must have innr-
INJURED 3 ntusc deeper tlan the Winds can make.
Into tho nloral sccnc lie advanced, anil like
Divine King H. pro,nulged new LAWS OF Stats,
Of religion, nf private ii!c. He saw that iargo
world could not stand gu a small foundation.
broad ideas which should always he Insialtc md
lc tho. foundation of any structure, llowcvcr
vast. He w.s, inIeea, tho Savior. Ile saved
make aan: liz 'a1 ' not pick q Up aeS low 70 sous
Hlld carry them to Heaven. away from Tho I'LL
pcndng ruin, hut lie set to work tho agencies
Which nl[gllt save man hero and 1uake this world
ccasc to be IN impending or actual calamity.
There are tEosG who teach tint the mission Of
Christ is to select Lcre and there human lctng
aud hear It away to heaven. q brand from Tue
burning. But silcii Eospel leavcs the great
fall into by millions. Chrint eainp upon d
Erandcr e1rand Than vas eyer dreamed Of by
such Mcofoglans, and although l1e plucks
brands from The burning, yet Ills dyiaest errand
for tho consuming OF nations and men. IIo wns
not simply to pluck out brands, hut to stop thu
IRE. lie was to Ravc Mcn by saving those things
which make men. Hence having strl'ek tie
statutes waved tho golden rule; above tts des-
aboyo Paganism arosa Ills idca of tho Heavenly
satsio faass in I'd pf'esS esser q efSy ty a3. ssa m
into Ills arms md denounced n Gn lin
who Should ever harm one OF those little ones;
over n world ot vico lic wrote tile maxim
Dlcsscd arc the purc In heart; over the grave
daskncss liz wrote thu Inscription, "In My
fatl1crfs house are many nlanalons." Thus
Christ tcean,c At oncc savtnr BY rebuilding
tue WORLD which shnpca hu!llAn itte. He did
not dix W and carry away 70 q remote paradise
sll tho langlisIlng plants OF earth, but liz
threw In new soil at their roots antl threw upcn
the larkened windows that light and mir might
ploy uro,l,i1 and through tho neglected liiirs
md roses Of man. It VIVA not long after this
Being touched Garth, when society began to 20
to bettrr sanctuary, 1egan to read Butter law
OF conduct, began To chertsh warmer charity,
hcsam to feel tho blesselncss of rIgllteolsncss,
began to look into the tomb with lopu. Iustsaa
Of trauspaanttng. be changed the climate.
Just what quantity aud uua'lty Of Chr,st's
work for man are gathered up In Hls absolute
dying Oh the cross canlsot he dctcrmlned. No
hour Of ttIls marvellous itfc was worthless Of
without t1nmediatc i.eaving npun tho rcgcnera-
tion of thu Individual and IT society. .ts to tho
literal tool" nt Christ. 1t lever was sized. uc
WIS not put to death IN the lnailncr Of tho sacss
h.IAl la,an. No blood MAS shed, not even upon
cross, much less upon a,ly altar. Ilcncr the
phrase, s'1tvol " Uhrt.sn must bo Aglre cu,-
lracng all ths acts u sct.lel.Ea that sI,rans IN
between the nlal,ser and tEie toni, In l1c rock.
That tho dying of Christ rosscssel soma virtue
or sustained boIae relation to human rctlu,uptou
more than tho death Of u hunlan hero sustatHe
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