, 1876-06-19


generate man, It must he confessed to b. the
6uu,l,I,nid Ui Grace. To the educated mind sin
hccnncs nllDus An et{urAtEl manlouI dis
rurls yicc. IIrnrn In the Human md Greek
t}ye, when there was little light. of religion an
en- brralnc n'ornlly hcautinl by tie powcr Of ~
tclcrt,al Development alone. i, would 10 tlIf.
icnlt In tho gallery of history t find r!r',ssrs Of
pnrer men tIan plutarc c;ero, viraIl, and
away from Sill, carried them up !nto I'LL Rt,nOs-
pcrc very much nktn To tho atmosphere q re-
tigo,,. )n eincatlah you thus perceive n divine
ip,wcr. II It tnnnnt lend sDuiHty into the new
ifc II can cnticc It Mt least to The door of Gods
temple, where tho chr cal catch tie rAvishlnE
music nnd can hear tue Voices TINT spcak out o1
the near-hy eternity.
snrruw; add the .eatlls ot t"lr children, our
friends tllc breaking up of thu hnmo ctrcte; tho
grcnt nrrny u desappo!ntnc',ts thai follow each
Heart; tlcl, to these n.lG thc constant nnproach
cach heart In IT'S lonely hours; and In oil these
experiences ynu f'At1 the strange cllcmlca! that
dssolvcs THO rocky lcart md makcs II at last
loving worsiper. In the midst of n hundred
nrw creation Of the soul. As Hn'l conles To- our
scnse through tho external world, fnlllng down
around ns iii tic light, whispering to ,s In the
zephyr, calling to US III the thunder, moving
an.ong us Ia tic incarnation, 80 In ,1lu eonvnr-
efol VI tic heart the Spirit comes by tho el0-
qucncc Of the pulpit, or w tho higher thought
of education, or by thc hGlp u the midnight
solitude, orfn tho black rul'es Of onr sorrows, or
In the great s1latlow Of coming death. Many
threads nrc woven together To nuke for ua tho
robe Of ptety.
Theologians make distinction between con-
version aiid sauctllicntion. They for the most
part declare that conversion Is the work Of Il
ino,nrnt; sanctilcatIon thesubscquent progress.
The distinction does not seem we'll ta)ten 1t
has worked greAt Injury. It Inns encouraged
persons to look back to some hour III which they
found Christ. 1nstead Ut totl!nE to find
righteousness, they gAthcr t!ietr virtue up III n
memory or lii MI old Churefl-roll Sonc Of
these persons will In the present violate, every
law Of the dccaloguc, md will all the wn!'cwalk
about IN snncity that Is not actual, but his
toric, II would actIn better fur to abolish the
theological discrimination here and expand the
word conversion until It should cover All tic
days u the soul. We are not converted In Hny
BciIsc II We still love sin aud prhettco gcIernl
mcnnnesB of life, Instead Of looking back to
some far-oif year when We found religion, wo
would bcttcr ca!l the past fnilurc, alld wonder
II there rcE.Ains enough OF l!ie to us IN which
to find The pcnrl Of grcat price, Looking back
looking back twenty years to find our honesty
III business or our nbilty to read or write.
"Cnnyrrts" cuilnot be counted Ut the close Of 4
meeting or iii tho tnqu!ry.rooln. They can be
counted only at the t5raYc or III the Judgment
day. These conditions called fait1I and cOnver-
know nothing about thcin except by their cxter-
nal phenomena. To cali wicked ,nan colt
gcrtcd lnau because hc once joined some s0clc.
ky, would he like calling n man Il musician who
once tecinrcd Its fontncss for music, or like
calling him q philosopher WHO unce attended
painter Is nut known by his profession, hut by
Ills canvas with his colors all on 1t. And 50 The
convert Ia to be known by himself und his
friends only by the purity Of his lie