, 1876-04-03
THE DAY OF JUDGMENT.

Mira. Corn V. L. Hatch Tappan spoke yosscr-
day mora!nB In Tho hall corner Of Qreon and
Washington slroets, TO 4 small andtonto. Tho
lady Is "tranco speaker" and poshaps II would
DO moro exact to say of tho disoousao that II WAS
the product OF Theodore Parker Rpoaklng
through AIRS. TAppnn. Aftor The preliminary or
ercisss, which Included 4 sor. Of prayer OF inyo-
cation, aud music, Mrs. Tnppan eano forward aud
said. "Tho theme OF this discourse Ia THE
Judgment Day and wisl, 10 hayo the name Of
tho speaker known. It's Theodore pa1kor"
Those poopie who expected to 500 A literal
burning by tiro, sl1eh as tradition had made pos
sible OF 10 be expected, would donht'ctg no dlH-
appointed. Johns vision In tho 1slo Of pahnon,
aymbalsms, DO interpreted not TOO literally.
To-day, With tho consciousness khnt no wrong
had ever Gone unre1uitod, shat every hidden
thing muat some tino bo revealed. mnnltnd pro,
moved on ns II there wore no agent 70 bsiuE to
CONSCIOUSNESS tho dolnRs Of man. tcience had
priod Into tho socrcss OF antiquity and 'uid baro
thiuEa covered up for thousands Of years. until
hidden from Bcionoo, and svon tho stars lad no
yoico that could not 10 interpreted. Now a.
length tho world bogiua to undarssand that the
carth holds nothing which It Ia not roasi5lo TOR
efo dwolt for ages buried in tho otacurity OF tlo
deBprt, but now scIhnoo las determined tho post
tion OF ber oities and has read lilo history Ut
their inhabitants; tho Sphinx oyon las been
made to talk mud 20 reveal tho eeore's OF tno
former ages OF Boiopce And lenrning. ..
II those wonders could bo wrought Win eternal
aud rnateriai thtnKB, II history could 10 uu-
rolled IS . Rcroll, what must be tho caao with all
h9 % Ro"of Of Tug sps Tnth but ea1e aps
covering up Of ill-deods. -. -
pass,Sg TO couRidss tho on,nfpotont po"or, OF
Nss tS sSeRs Psa bs as sns snsns n nsy
tLas compelled Egypt to bo buried for ages mud
hiddon from tho oyes Of ,non I"
What was Il but tho Judgment Day that COM
| pe,fed tho Oriont 70 shrink into q toy'Hhop Tor
entsstaiunlont OF the nations?
What was It but tho Judgment Day thht gave
to Gtceoo aud Rome powor to grow great, and
then compelled them to dwlndlo away and ba-
como Aa llAuBht2 ,-
| nude tho lsomau citizen docliuo TIL II bocame
possible for him to become slave in1toad OF
nobla
What was \ but tbs Day Of Judgment TINT ut
Aetoulas and allowed England to boz
What was 1t but the Day Of Judgment thas
caused England now to brood oyRt hor corrup-
| tion, and to mourn for her grcea1
What was 1t but tho Day OF Judgment that
| kopt llutaia Oh her throne and govG to Germany
her little dnJ Of EnpEe
What was II but tho Judgment Day that loi
| Frhuce from ftoadom Into slayery, ana Iaoh hgai1
| into Freedom
What was 1t bus tho Day Of Judgment TINT .nal.
Hk, Peter'B at Home tho great ulcer of Tho world
mud all who followed aftor 1t full Of corruption
What was 1t but tho Day Of Judgment that II
tho foundation Of . nation fastened llko d col
nbout its neck great idean and nads its policy
nnd safoty go hand In hand?
Ballshness OF tho ,ntul was the real tompka-
tton In every Garden Of Paradise. Tho maj
who know ho bribed ills coincidence Was atire Il
bring upon himself tho hure punishment OF tht
crimo. Tho surprise WIS not that justco Wal
80 swift, for 1t WAS sometimes tardy, but thu
men, with the discornmens, which nature ha'
giyon them, should dare to hope to escape tbs
Consequences OF thoir guilt. It uns not 3
atrnnga TINT wrongs should be done. ignorantl
perhapg, aB that luou who did them should OK
pcct by somo aubtcltuge to eBcapu the ooupt
Quoncos.
Tho roualndor Of tho dlscourso WAS devote
to presentation Of tho game trnth--thas tn
Day Of Judgment WAS something which hAt
always boen and always would be in tho world
in other words, that now was tho Day.