, 1876-09-18

that (4Gl t1ues not demand human suHerank
interior OF nearly every Christian llomo Las Di
late years been blessed by new peace s..
clleerfulness coming with the sunday'mofn'ps
iiut with The changes that have come from
the new study Of DOL as love you arc aIi LIZ ~
mil[ar Wiat pnrt this philosophy has pet..
formed IN the liberation Of slaves ~ a!'G ~ II.
Ing q scoo1s a churches, , ~ ohsviE sva ionr seu
ri vraf'Ss So,, a,, 'I et " pass therefore,
moi not 50 frequently pointed out Whether teae nas
results are favorable , or xaivlnr s oasson
nUs ,e essts arc thcseyc. 10 e see .,,,c,op
-" learning checks al fanat!cian n se!g,o,m,
II thcro 10 much pGty III ~ our aks .,ss tsel 50
lDn.nirs. ioret Uniform education Is spreading
,ycr 'tSn Christian world, aiitl In presence u.
knowlcrc tic feelings nceo1ne 'ees m9,sy. noS
sss dssfp; fp,;oI No os reE0 sl"ves TIC tonght
1inas tnH masratIon does not impede their prayer
and song and enee often ~ 1igt ;,a nG lug n
bnco South w 1aVe sr,na l,Su III ts nlt"rs f
b' haaI' ot ra"ottsisn ano ins always demanded .
iou, If%n,,nttn,, n1'lf of iguoranco, Thc, n'arel.
ng agelan:t nri'pppenss Gi,pp,ns o 1in o1 q
each ots. tast " 10 @
~ tf'niv sculllrhrc, sprang up In times when
t's tne neoi1e chcrisheh only one idea, and poor
tlat and wGn t9 rcqs1n,"g Gps,m3I adf,y
"nv kind 81 conclusion. The crusatles them
n11 sa,vcs teach tllat there inay DO mighty rcl'g-
in,,s disturbance and emouon wl'ere there 10
'ssa Information tho louder 10 the xeul and tho
narrower the intolerance. The Cr1Bades M spranE
I'D frum pous inpulse, and yet 70 little was
there Of rtaes!on aud principle, IN tue ,ea, 1eaers
hUjy tomb from inlllels, tic crowd often acted
jlkc Inlldets ard atheists while they we're on the
| ionr marcll. Tcns Of thousands OF Nun who
sct forth with the zeal Of sants turned Into
/ mn thu R0tl GklOll.
sa,ltls Of English women who set fottl! weeping
and praying to redeem Jerusalem entered the
Dro,Ilcls Of cities Oil their march, and occasno
wholly Lost In viec. St, Bontface wrote to the
EngIisl, bishops, begging them TO forbid these.
llvIy marches Of wOilleu toward the tomb 0t
| Christ It would appear from the testimony OF
history that as the accumulation o. a. knGwleosS
comes between It and tho calanitiGs Of an cx-
tretnc fa,lattclsm. Though the religious men
aud women Ut our generation may be lcss g. ue-
Ss ds IL nIf and JSssaa" 3 eee sas
which arc lnorc honorable TO man mid God than
tile ptcty Of the old ecntuFics, which Ia dread
fu manner combined prayer md vice. Which cil.
bosom.
Instead Of possessing now civilization which
may have less pirty IN 1t than the plcty that
marked former centuries We may possess 81
puisive than TINT which went before. II, as
suluc lna(ntDtn, only the carly agcs Of q nation
nuke puets, because grent lcarnlng sobcrs Tug
mnd ind clips the wings ol Imagination. a,'a nv
o,lt freely into tho jcweled cups u Language,
and uniform sprcad of knowledge -
aiItncing the lips which werc once !, i,t,y noisy
the nn sentnent s' ui tho old lines, That "siaiow
drMughts intuxlcate the brain, while drinking
lurgeiy subers US agatp," y revealing Its truth;
fulcss, not in tho Halls Vi The statesman OF pill
| mi Nt,t tu tfR fnnln0E M l3Oflx Ana
il Tiers bo a place to Which knowledge should
brug the humility Of science and tho modsra.
tiun of Language ind pnsson, II must % b. tlat a.
being into whosc presence the angels coinc with
! faccs1ycIgd. QUO mny at least hope that this
: ago does not come far short in its Christian
faith, but that Il grove less expressive ~ tne @
litical, religious. Such may be our hope Nui
no one nced claim that ls Farming is rlety, and
that the age Is plous; for the truth is the time.
ryIng Goug In silence ns much Christianity as II
: carried in the days Of more OF the external en-
bloms ot. god'incss. It may be that many M t.i
J, is vet bearing along within hs soul light o
iIio drawn from Christ wll1cil Is more powerful
+ and enduring tla.i that Which inlamed many I
fanatic Or dcyotcr III tS more passloaate o,'aa, hass
G swoonsl what acrcamst what dauclags have
= passed from the stage into htstoryl Iho camp
# meeting remains Indeed. Having withdraw
Q awhile It has returned. Built returns modii!c
d by IN educntetl clergy and an educated poltl
@ luce. It rests not upon q love OF q
nRen love 81 naF9 sou
10 public love III the 20 years gone Th
woods and fields have found new friend
Is modert, culture. God Is there In his bcaut,
The y Il o ta nfsy esS n9w t
70 dlnry, upprcssivc churches to ask The grass un
q trrcy, md flowers to help Y find Him whom u
lo soul loves. Tho congregations which thus u
T. composed Of tho tes. people carth possvssses
n but pcoplu who have learned tl'c bcauty Of y
t. great hymn sung In tho allcnco and amid tn
1t scenes Of nature.
would b grsat oversight ,as s'sn Il f. 'nasx exa
" ritnrc, We should fall to mark the new fcelil
N of tolcratlce-tolcrAsice 10 too weck term
brotherhood that ILLS the Church Of to-day. 4
at learning shall udvunec In tho future this bond
a; brotherhood will only grow stronger; Only Il
of ,ncn Ut o1ic ca cherish violent cnInit!es. Gus
10 bclongs to 1la alId loves a1l uncu1turrtl land
r So tho caste founded upon religious hleas fad
e Of tho soul. As light hn8 advanced and M
10 huve seen better tho fuces of each other th'
~ liuve rcache.l out thu baud. In tho night
~, ~ will run trotn the sl'adow Of 1riuna iof ,s
~ peoples the very air with tho cte'u!cs ol o1
10 homo usl,i our PERSONS. Light makes n.
'!o .is!,utncd uf their lust nights fear, Donbtlc
20 the Tins Is coming When the only caste of sar
he viii br that made by virtue and vlce. THIS
- thr ouly division knnwn to God lie las nam,
he the liuccs Of this distinction Heaven nuti lie
ne a,4l .as placctl between them tho only gulf hi
nc | will Mt lust cunless. ~
irf nsCiSi ts Ciristiaa f ssitmonti Tcre daugsr
10, Blall do well to avoid. II is sud that after
~ has travelled Tor manS ycass one DTeSs sas Up e
rnl noulfcsB, uuu lulygs aIWays to bu carrled eli