The New York herald., 1876-11-06

new world in which we are porn All great things
come shout apparent effort The great workers IN
the world enjoy thcir efforts N successful, because
they feel that behind them a great work is accom-
psbed Perfection implies ISOLATION, aggrandizemens,
the attainment alter great things The perfect man is
supposed be better than any else but he per
feet IN proportion he comes down, not IN
propormon as ne lli,s ninse ABOVE DIS o,s,a, se,
IN his bulk though Is has sometimes been thought So
The perfection OF God does not consist III His majesty
How VAN people are OF exalting God, fatterns HIM,
speaking OF Him above all the world. "He sittcth
upon the circumference of the EARTH and the inhabi
tans OF the earth grassnoppers,' was the old
Hebrew Scripture. This Is tho strain of religious
people ~ proportion they religious IL Is pre-
csely the strain that ought not 10 be used
In speaking OF the distinction between ambition ana
aspiration the speaker said these are two Opposite
things not grades OF The thing but contrasting
means TO about and IL means as applied 10 poiti-
cans for II was applied 10 them AT hrst person VINO
about to solicit votes for himself In the aucient
cities II was customary for politicians 10 go ABOUT ana
hold their hands out the sunrages OF their fellow
citizens The politician OF 70 day does me same
Thing. lie goes abou, from street to
street, from ward To ward 10 registration
Offices; goes about by the help OF circulars ana
handbs; goes about by The help OF his adhercnts,
who make speeches with the intention OF proving tna
this person deserves all the sunrages he can get IL
Is a shameful thing TO think Of Men go about cajo
ing attcrine smiling wEcedling, IL So be by anv of
these unworthy arts they can induce fellow oeps 10
saw he is more worthy OF the ONCE than any else.
A who does that Is unworthy OF any oiice Am
btion is confined TO politics. Any man who raises
himself above his fellows goes about TO dol man
and leaves card from door to door, soicts recog
milton such and such circles, IN the hope that ne
can get the place he desires This is bad, but worse
than that is the who goes about 10 make himself
worse or better than his fellow man. The Pbarisee
does that lie will about long way to avoid the
Unitarian: lie VIII 60 about whole square not 10 meet
an Atheist; he will go many streets out OF his way
he may not he in the company or bad men.
But Of all is the saint who aoout 10 secure
a reputation tor santlness; who goes about from
temple temple, in that he may secure himself
entrance into the Kingdom Of heaven.
N
Goethe man perfectly cultivateda king in the
intellectual sphere. but man who was utterly IN
different TO the sorrows Of his fellow men. See our
Emerson-that beautiful shaft of polished marbc
How delicate his spiritual perceptions. How serene
and seliabsorped he looks as be comes up the street,
And yet Emerson a man who puts his name TO any
cause gives his strength any cause that Is the
cause of humanty--a man that would not DO ashamed
TO 20 side by side with any man. however iterate he
might be- II he gong toward tho humanity com
mon to them both
In closing Mr. Frothingham said that is the
most perfect religion that recognizes the humanity u
men; that afford to dispense with verything that
has distinguished religion hitherto in order that u
may show how righteousness humanity and integrity
adorn and benutify the world. IL is this religion that
inaugurates the worship OF the spirit in spirit and in
truth.