, 1876-04-10
WAY, seeking information 40 tho hcart must turn
e1efy "hy in Ito Iongngs for tho welfare OF tho

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Civilization ia tic union Of two streams. a
learning That cannot be deceived and = soul that
WI not 10 betray ed Into nhurnantty OF tudtffos.
heatt along enlightened ratt,a. Now. IN tho his
tory oi civilization, tho element ot tearnfug haa
:r,nt GSmgfitat knowledge has always on!run lo1e:
non Sss11 p's s mere ,s ss = s1
haro been manufactured out Of the fayorahlo
memory which follows tho dead. Death sud the
ssu.h afe 90 strange. 80 full Of myssc1y. that
boon pIaeed under the nod. In lis Chamber Of
Death even tho aios Of Henry VIII,
Or Lord Byrol, Or Napoleon.
10 vase t!lat will hold long only tho beautiful.
As = Vigorous constitution throwa OF disease,
and expcls tho virus Of fever, and recoustructe
all tho tlasucs, and orders back tbs light to tho
casts on tho painful and vii foreet III .1o ia Ind
qualities Of the dead, loving only to hold in rs-
membranes tbs good words and good actions
OF tho broken, ondcd life. THUS It conea to
saa sass ee xoa epI rI sisda5 a1 s ps r ct '1a @
Its soiemntty had memory, With It's Partially for
only tho beautiful, will always Keep our nlches
fun Of loved imARes. Nothing il 10 powerful! In
5,uk sins na, a.. ~ e fer sas as
To confessed that the element Of learning, has
outrau the element OF moral sonsIbillty. aud has
Xiroo us world full OF learning rather tlan Of
human Aens!ment. 4 rcason for such condl-
ton OF thlnga B cnatly found ia the fact thatnAn
poasesnes . natural fouducss for truth, Curl
ostty about tbs unknown, but not rational fond
meas for tLo virtues. Tho pursuit Of learning is
sela.h; the exercise Of loyo for mankind ID
much as tho acorn p1eccdes tho oak the savage
hlmaya preceded the divine. those qualities az
man Will alwnTs CONC first which demand the
least OF tho d,rinc ns.ure. War has a!wAye en.
HNnhF mar Ft,n Ia
| gagged him. fio hna made bow and arrow be-
lore ho has invented letter OF planted vine,
hlan gathers scalps thousand rosrn before lie
paints picture or makes \ flute Or 3 harp. In
| tho long, long building Of civilization, learn.
ING ,csme iirsts md tho virtues Of the
| heart Jagged behind. Curiosity draw tho
philosophers along toward information:
Aristotle Ia said to lavo become sad
cauHed the tides Of tho sea. But no curiosity
maGo him ycarn for the welfare Of bis brother.
Tho blood Of butterflies, tho csfea OF tho slave.
| did not sadden hin. Cicero, Cesar, Soneca, all
met IN the Mediterranean shores. Ind reached an
Intellectual condition far beyond the culture Of
tho fine sentiments.
For such a Development Of only ons side OF
tion in the fact that learning gfatt-
fes vanity moro raadily than tho
sentiment Of bopeyolenco can crafty thas
weakuens. As . fact tho world cuthronetl
/ RutH{fuRGs anu tu0 1%uuEut Eltlupd NJ kuQIEl A6
were ascending throne. It las not been quite
| 60 wonderful q thing to be akind and good man.
What man admires most, IL OF course, man being
tho judge, the highest. 1t has thus como 70
| paBs that mighty learning hts been declared q
throne, aud goodness only i footstool.
Passing BY, however. tho philosophy Of a fao:
| that tho intellectual dream Of civilization has
lowod moro rapidly and with u.der and deeper
volume than has flowed tho stream Of sentiment
in tho form Of bonovolouco, sympathy, kind
ness. or religion, assuming thus fact
lot us pass on to confeBs the now power that
camo into tho world long ago aud gare tho
talns where no rnins have fallen Tor Thousands OF
years came at last q new asmosphnre, "a though
tho world had turned ngniuss the old dry winls
In anger, and had conpelloa.thom to catrJ water
thero camo magnificent storm. Tho stroam Of
nontimsnt which tay at TUG foot Of the Good
| Samaritan, 10 small that, tho Leyltoa and tho
| wibo men TOOK no note Of 1t In tbelr geography,
THIS stream alled up ths old channel that hs1
boeu dry. for cansuries, and eont the water on Ia
]oin the stream Of knowledge, broad and deep,
| in tue advance.
lie brought no now idcls but the world did
not mead q revolution OF thoughs 80 much as an
| insplration OF frellnE. One EaA needed Who
| ahould do a. much for msu's compassion and
pathos a. tho philosophers had done for bis ip-
| life brought The world lAy iu tho paihos OF His
career rather than In tho tsi!llancy OF any new
thought. TlAt nan was not q brain. bnt :
heart;, not dealer IN logic only, but being
that might weep. mas losson that mado nov
human racs. Plato could tcsson, and Cicero could
discourse NTH lips OF gold, but he could not
leAye tbs ninety and ntne aud saek the Que lost
ana suffering brother. 70 the young Christ all
tho philosophers came..-Alexandrta, With her
| ucptIciBEn; Greece, with hor political and
Hsthcuo wisdom; Home with her Legal lore, and
| said
| A.a they not enough for thes1"
Uut tho Shepherd yppllod, This ope Of
| mine has wandered away from Ne. The WAY
| may bo rough. and wild. aud Steep 60 70 tho
desert to ind My sheep.'"
1n this simple hymn ia secn tho fat and xush
| Of thnt stream and Hood which was to Join wtth
tho worlds learning and mako up the higher
civilization, Hero tho human r1oc began 70
| 1nd ohAnnei Of sentiment worthy Of isself
worthy Of that yaat information which tho agos
| wore gathering from tho four compass-p points.
| What Would have Rsaited tho wido Information
! Of Qu,zot, or an Edmund Burke, or d john
Adams, had there boen no Eroat pattiotlo or hu-
| man sentiments 10 thels bosoms which might
appropriate that Wisdom. and reproduce 1t In tho
| SHAPE Of the public welfaro? The great public
xcal roceiYes the heart-beats OF tho learned, and
thus, Whiie the multitude 10 blassod those who
thus blesa 1t arc perfected III tho,r manhood. In
said ho had flung his heart forward toward tho
! day TAen tho word slavery would disappear from
our country. Thus, With his heart givon to
such = causo, Il! tho information this orator
could gather from reflection or from FeiGop
OF from history. wont to the support Of thai
hesrt ia sts ssghings for universal liberty.
1t may DO tho philosophers, tue jowis.l rab
| btB. tho Persian Seers, preceded Christ In an
nouuctng Ill tho ttutha OF tho "Hermou on tht
Mount" but t4era Is department iu tho resin
Of tbo soul wl.ero Chriat 4lands unnpptoscha'
I bio.-ln tho domain OF Sentiment. Ii Clr!a
had said nothing, had He only lived His lie
slod Ills teara, aud died Ills death, all geaora
t,ons would hayo looked to htu III their so!en,l
ana great hours. Tho pathoH OF Christ va
what the world needed more than q 10,
philosophy. Tho intellect OF uEcece and Rom
and Alexandria needed tue toarn VI Palestine.
new humanity ml,st da found tAat should com
tho synpatny Of = ii. Paul or sho loving he.s
OF \ Magdalen, In Christ Garth found tho ne,
humanity, lnado up Of wisdom And love com
mingled. Let us call this now e!enent tha
cAmo NO abundautly through tho Eazarsno Ii
| uathQh Of mAu, all through tho c4funielea u