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llloles AMI In ca,laa, the bleeding feet Ut tho
nissinnry tracked Tue wilderness III utlyuilrH OF
ths soldiers of tho State.
pass to another prIneiplc y Tic mind, that Of
conscience, ntitl wc find still higher indication
~ some great moral workman. Not nny docs
t''r Inv of utility fail ~ explain the shfr Of the
ins.ionary b1t It utterly ,ai's to explain TIE
sorrow il Tho heart wien tho heart t,ns commits
ted u had ncs!o,,nnl tc pcaec nnd 10y in tho
soul When 1t 'us tlonu tl,t. right or the noble
tced. Hero Is sentiment a. universal rs The
lnvem tho leatltftu], rus thc lave of money
otlier sentfncni.. As The Inv Ut gravitatiun
hpis tile ktnrs III their paths, 70 this cfnntfDn
en'ish con'Gtenrc iss been tlic ccrtrlretal forcc
ot tue mosal career Of nsnn THIS Old dratnns
ate full q The happiness OF sorrow ot con-
scctce; the oil PHILOSOPHERS nrc full; tic mol
crn .rh1na, M Ito greatest productions, Is foun'l-
cd upon sc tintnenfe. rlny OF co,ssie'ice ~ tue
and church. II, then, TIN universe nos;
sessca d moral Creator, We might well
universal, moral sensc. We need not expect
some burning busl, as to Moses, ,,or IN some
vision ns to Ezekiel, hut wc si,u,,ld expect him
to e''lno IN ss,nc peructual truth llko tin: Of
snnsstsncs .,n from wtoso presence no Mind should
ever escape. TA5 wDlltl be tho "burnfng
hns" for tot MI nykltinl, but for The num-
bcr!ess mnlltttpcs uf nil ages. When the light-
nlngs artl thundera tool possession uf Bii,a only
II few anw tho spectacle, and thpy aou,. tNsssel
away au tcNk with them their testimony IN It's
beat form, And gu With oil cyettco Of t'od fly
miracle. Tho Witness thus lIornc Is loeal nnIi
temporary. But wllcn onc looks into Ills own
suilt nrd aces the moral sentiment lying there lto
bchol1s II witness that follows tic iulman r,cn
everywhere, arl everywhere speaks with sal ar
happy cloaucl'cc. Truth is tho lai!y slalow of
Let us pass by this form Of tho inquiry and
SEQ IN all truth 4 mediator bctwcct man aud
dol. Instead Of appearing IN pcrson 1T the
world, God semls His representative IN tho form
ol truth, nd loes through I'LL agent what lie
m,g, Lay naXo 4 1ors & trna , ll!nsslt syl,
pRGhon'ena OF our star, nt huslcc carres within
it Che advantage vi being the hest explanation
81 tact. THIS tleory will exp'al bow It comes
IongtnE, for the truth. lrltl lavIng bcsn sent
as ll!s Sav!or, he Is pcrpctuaily to seek It and
yeila tlat conyca! !lis God, Not hcing, ndle to
led ii, tllu dcyelopmcnt OF dolls golden rule
si9 t II bt,e te strqgSs gtn for nsp'rtl oH
declares that tho law Of tho Lord cnyelops tllo
world like the light Of thu sun; thas It comes
shining Ike tho backgrounds Jumps, that all
tue world lies under its !eht anl warmtI: hu
uttered truth which MI tile ages and nations
ars % %yeTifying,eyen beyond tl,c rsnlmlst'sdrean,.
Thy truth" h. uttered u prayer whose answer
| 10 AoAHN VI MI LHG HluG uDlllan Oh snAi(+ llGfo
We arc in q world where uod is invisible anu In-
tangible, but where Ercat laws are spread out
carved upon tnpcrisllabie tabtes. It Ia rs though
q lawgtver Lad, pycargus.llkc. composed
Sparta, had himself ealiea away in tho night.
/ Tint this Is the fnct In the case would sucm
probable from tho event, for n,an Is always seen
rising to tho exact degree In which he develops
When til Drahmin ignores tic philosophy Of
earth, dcsplses carttl's MT aild Industry, and
politics. aud stands gazing up toward his iut, he
tades IN mind md soul, anu really sinks nway
seeks to reach 1t. The explanation Of such fail
1irc tan be found only n tho fact that God l,as
ma!to tho trut'lo Of this lfto tho agent Of Him
sell, tho incubator bctwcon Himself and min,
Truth. llcncc tho nystcs In the Chrlsttai cul-
| turtles utterly. failcd rs Christians, as men, us
thinkers, ~ friends, or us dttzuns. The central
| Idea 81 mysticism being that 1t communes with
God direct, 1t rides. over reason and labor, AMI
dissolses tho partnership between ulan and law,
| HUN and truth. God docs not sanctffy them
through Ills truth; for they. trutnnlc. Il under
foot, ana on the ruins Of industry and beauty,
hnd politics and social duty, stnnd looking up to
sec their God. No clues Of mind has nl0re SIR
| nally iuIlcd
Very closely allied to tito Christian mysticism
Is mnch u tho modcCn splritualisn. II sop
onco into tho spirit world. Tic huilan r,,eo las
I'LL nl1ng been compelled to 1l1ld It's oratory, and
Its skill, mud Its information, nlong tho path Of
investigation mud toll Thus De,nostlloi,cs anl
as sculptor, thus Milton bis learning and la,,-
guagc, thus franklin his wisdom. Between atl
theso iilnsfrIous children Of carth Gods laws
have carried His blessing. They learned tho
wese free indectlh But In modern BpIrltllallsll
tho mind falls into II trulrc and Ia eloquent
without labor wise without study, clairyuyant
mi fJ1uNk fruSynl r1F !