, 1876-03-20

along rapidly enough. % meet the demands Of
tho hoast's deep friendship. Into tho moral ht-
sees md e'othe. o 1.6 porer rhob s5-
pass that Shakespeare Ia more road than u kuy
philosophy OF drostua OF Lord Bacon: Tho
se0Ts pon piso srs
ss dad ~ thu bounded Articica Of ctaed but
tho paEo Of Hhakspoaro IL = nsege, and eghfnnt
sll our resolutions and wtl1-poHef OUT tosts CONS
ttks rain The hcs1t Koen ous towards m porsona:
no love, Hence ths mighty books tlat f,Avo In
f1uencod mankind hayo bean full Of human bo-
in1a from Homer to Dants, aud from Dsnts to
shakapesro Those books Ill scs us down in tho
n1fdst OF hearts, We Are not among Broat aud
beautiful ideas, but among great and beautiful
men and women. We al Iowa 1T. John sud 1T.
Paul more than 70 love tllo eatochisu and vs
love tho BeAtrica Of Dante and he ETangellns
OF Longfsllow letter than vn lows tho
liioas Of Lord Verulam OF tho morals Of Frank.
lin. Truth ia OF iittle avail untesa there comoa
along With II soIne 1,ovnr 70 waka up tho pow
ers Of tho soul. Tho point 1t which va al como
oos ii Know soat dsat bn
DO not measure tho word until some neat ono
dies. Thon tbs import Of the word breaks In
through tho wills. 0fton when muBto wakes np
the saeptog faculties, tho mind enjoys great
dosd aud forgotten. Often rhilo tho orator Ia
speaking 70 a. he wakea us. and ws 1y sway in-
70 worlds above and beyond tho thoughts that
Aroused IL. Thus, pefsons like Paul and John
and Aurelius 4nd beatrice come like music OF
sIoquonco, aud upon the wiuga OF our lore carry
IA 10 mountain height, from which for the tirss
hme NO 500 tho outsproad world.
Grand day for religion 1t Mas when elas
matchless porson catne into 1t. Even could no
have had I'll the tsnshs Of religion ~ ~o bare tdom
NOW In tho Gospels, yet thoae truths would hare
boon like birds without wings had not tho "chief-
est among lon thousand" eutorod into tho midst
Of tho ldeaa, aud turnod human hearts toward
them by turning them toward Himself. Tho hu-
man race, mado a. It "a, muat alwkyR know OF
sono forotoad ovor Which to opon iss alabaater
boz, ooue feet to battle With It's toars. It Ia not
haro ow0rahip, for that ia laes refined sentiment,
Hero-wosehjp 10 great dszzling light that glAros
!tko \ red light rather than shines like tho SUI.
It makes ua follow the chariot OF tho
conquaror; It trsnbhgusos > CGsar ia
shining garments that become only b saint. It
is tho loyo Of pcreons not yet purified. bus full
OF tho wifduess OF tho wildorncss. Much like
this hero worship, but boiler, ia that attachment
to pofaous, which c1inges TO friend, or to all
meu. or prcssos forward to touch tho hom OF
moro divine garmonte: Il is not heEo-worubip,
for many Of tho rast cloud Of witnesses wero not
hcroce. Our mother waa not heroine. Mag
dtlon, the Marys, Deatrioe, MasEilloo. woro not
heroic Thoro Ia sentiment broader and purcr
than tho worship Of tae grcat names in uar .
heart, md 1ouin9 backward be- dews With its tcars
all tho dowcrb aud grnsd Oh tho tombs. however
humble, whero the good and beautiful sleep.
Hence II Ia that tho appearance Of Christ IN TO-
ligion gave 1t new momentum.
II ono should follow the Roniua Of old ortho-
dp1y aougt he would find all the merit OF Chris
tinnity in . commercial transaction betweon
God tho Father and God tho 6ou. Thoro wsB a
debt to bo paid, and Christ paid It. This need
not hare been accomplished upon earth. II was
mt racAanaru auriF ahnnt1 nvar 1tnxa nanf, arv
Savior In human form. But TO auch IN intorpro.
tation Of tho orAces Of religion An oud ia COM
Ing. aud now TO all the old conceptions OF tho
atonoment the world Is adding tho persona! 10
man md God that grows out OF human love
flowing out toward Him of tho Sermons aud tho
Croes. Before RICO that loves al tho votccs
that thavo spoken 10 it In loso, that will not bo
appeared. this Christ. barring tbs good 81
nll humanity and ct Heavou, too, In His
ono divine heart When, therefore. you arc
measuring tho Influence Of that ono Being over
hoeiety. 60 not Gully to theology for your In
hon 1t IL slusya eooking friend to guido 1t in
lifo aud to support 1t tn death.
9on1e yoarn ago htr. Ffouds published N
essay Ia which ho Expresses regret that the
PROTESTANT Church doos not possess any caleudaF
an edvautago Of morals in its long array Of
saosod na1nop, reaching from st.. Mary to St.
Dotnnrdt and onvards. But, on tho opposite,
We love better tho Protestant idoa. Wa Ill havo
onr saints but shoy sro placed fn tho grcat air
above us,-nos By the acts OF soma llttle eoun-
ell, nor by tho money OF rich establishments,
but by tho slow yoieoa OF ali mankind, by tho
apotheonis Of tho centurios. Wo ask not q
ropn to enBrino for rs tho supposed
worthy. Ali creods, all churches. .ail the
generations acting In harmony, ARC callfnC To-
gother around us cloud OF witnosses full Of
1n,prnaslvenecs. What we noed moro than
\ ntI..k-
that mil mako LII willing to sec and hear In all
hourB tho mighty witnesses in tho past hlstoTy Of
Cur race, Gould tho absorbing caro- Of tho p1es-
ont. could tho worahip Of to-day and the reck-
leBs snticipations Of tomorrow, onIJ bo broken
ono hour Of tho rech, that for n hour tho ga.as
Of history might stand opon, wo should ind no
sanctity Of SAINTS In the great tonplo Of yostet-
day. All those walls Aro lsdon With thoir pic
turas and statucs, aud tho marble door ln en-
gEaved NTH tho story OF thetr virtacs.
Right horo tho young-those who arc Just bo-
Gtuniug to read ID the worlds uunbnrlots books
might mark whore tho literature OF history
should bo plofcrrod 10 tho atetatuse Of romancs.
History Is Tho picture Of soooty IN It's great and
awful houts, society in its stFuEglos and victo-
RIGS; biography III tho ptctora Of the great NOR
tails along only somo great path, whereas ro-
manco Is tor the most part only tho grouping OF
Incidents that pnascaa tho clement Of s3cltofnens
rather than OF worth, tho pageAntry OF fashion
rashor tho wonderful scoao called man.. Ya!u.
kblo Rs some works. Of fiction arc. thoy will neyor
date exclude the study OF tho gEeas morta1a tlat
had on Garth = real homo, and a real lite aud 4
fo.l . , ,omb Ill.,. 3nto sioersph5 only heroes = come
lovers. At leAAt lei u AlxAyn place
thu, highest value npon that literature
that places bofore us tho cloud Of
witnesses that Paul saw IN his glorious asy.
como the impeE1onetion OF al tbs truths that
haya been elaborated by tho hearts and 1ninds Of
man. and sTormoro to tho truths they reproeeut
they Add that strange forco called personal
It Ia impressive. The soul that held It eavelops
it and sanas It along 10 mankind al cleaning
With light. Thus patience oomos 70 III wot with
the tears Of Peter, and With tho goidon hair aud
hohyy oyca Of Nary MAgdalen. Tho truths Of
virtue come 10 ua from the imasos OF Christ.
And Madonna, aud Beatrice. Wban tho light OF
morals pouru upon Us from the aoul Of man. It ia