, 1876-11-20

CEbk }n9EVU$ ENL nv HkL lovely hDrlTlk fGHGIGH
even Greenland and hollis 1t II q long, almost
nixhlless day. To oven tho Chrlstlan Ch4rri! a..
e1n!tat!on III principles comes. 1t. hattlcs
aEainst adverse wln,t, agatlst sectarlan lcehesgs,
lust this spring Or suu,incr time Of truth will
come, and tho children sf shores now bleak will
oxnlt in THO hnln.y air and long sunshine.
Th!s tendency toward universal md most nsc.
ful ideas Is not the result Ut simply n cold pro-
toss hy which truths arc rlftel aa wheat H. win.
nowc'l from. tlla.f. but ie rcAult nlso III tho
iMet that as mind enlargts, II loves only. that
which Is rautiial III Us inncllsity. rhe pa1ntct
truo Than block or wagon or carriage, hut
!ccause l!o loves t9ecpy only the largest themes.
Neare!l IN the nineteenth century, Ills genius
subject. Hence for Ills own sake, iof tho hap
plness Of h's own spirit, 10 must sly down bc.
fore canvas upon whief. lo my deal With tho
wicked q man. 30 II Tal,gion tlsto i
trtnoa,, because ~ Tho human INTELLECT
groys larger, It wll', like the PAINTER, lovo only
from utility alone, not from simple, desIro 70
DO IN harmony with all men, but because It
loves nothlngAslnal any longer. Having seen
tue mSonta's S' + j. no ogs, contynt ,I.u With
forth. God las SO n,ulo the mind that us rapid
ly as 1t becorncs grcat within It demands great
sreiIc without. md will alwaye quit MI nnt-hlll
Tor mountain Or 4 painted ccilHg for tho great
Christ that nl;plc Ills lps Iiscourse uny Of i'm
Inrnsu ideas. lie could not love anything else.
A common !den would feed or forgive, Of bless,
lovo IN such IN cterual and infinite magnitude
tlut the notion ot enemy entirely disappeared
and was loat IL was So wondcr-lost III pres
n'a'nud, ana humanity 80 impressed Him
the little rauscs Of anger dIsappcareI
md left, nll men Ills brethren Oh ti,s ,insntu
pellcd Him % speuk only u great idcas 90 ali
| education Is building up III lnnn lhental power
which will at lust refuse 10 loyy thing not In
the likeness Of lta noblcr self. Thus by tllo
lcct will always by attended by lnrgc gullcrallza-
tioDs Of IDEAS. Tilu broader law, tic hroadcr
government, tho D5oader ncdtriuc, tho BROADER
theology. have hsf.cath them @ 20 rot only new
which will never ngatn love tl,u ANAL I'll all the
long centuries uf tho future.
1tmust bo remembered when one srcal,s Of a
growing intellect that ioyc is quality Of tic
Love once WIS wide enough to include only Its
own family. Thcn II reaehed out and took in 4
tribe. Then tintion. But this scntin,ent las
enlarged itsclf, Us II has lived, lust as river
md Is 1t has Grownlt hns demanded broader
statements Of law, politics, aud rcllsio1 Tie
human icart unltcs With human feasun in de-
and'ag astlss mercy libcrty es. that slHi
| own house il Wishes to take Its Institutions
along with II and bestow them upon tho people
II visits. It was easy for our remote iatllers to
condrrnn all tls heathen, fur they hated Tho
world 50 icuby. The Duke of Ava buasted
that he Ind put 10 dcath 81, 0o0 lerctya by o1e-
eutIou and Tic, Pops wrote a luttcr u him,
blessing hlu, fur helping mankind 10 bcttcrrc-
llgion and urging him to ~ on IN the blessed cn-
terprsc. iii days When tic human heart bent SO
low, when tts love was only tho INSTINCT of I'll
animal for its own young any kind Of doctrine
about thu heatlen or abont The atonsment Of
faith met tho full need Of the aoul. THUS tho
| progress VI love Is tho progress Of doctrine, for
out of an awakened heart thurc must como
Of hcayon, Of the whole oGlco Of Jcsua Christ,
| aud Of thu import Of Gods Word The growth
Of affection Is an evolution Of doctrine.
Thus aided BY many powerful eauses Tho hu-
which lurgcr muIttldea may ny for shelter as
| though iimu uuro coming when there would be
ons tola Tor ail and 4, isr ,, al orr Shepherd:
ernl laws. From Il tl,no when no nation had q
foundation Of idcas thu world Is moving along 10
time whom no nation will know any otllor
foundation than CERTAIN broad principles. Petty
natlous, bcca,lso they 1lnl IN d wider SURVEY 0i
things that the wuuts VI ilrtndtod millions arc
the sumo rs the wnnta of orc n.illlon. and th4t
!
most thrilling proof that VIC arc I'LL learning to
look to general TrEc!plus tAort t9lai TO Individual
men, for in th!s crisis when twu candidates nrc
standng equally near to and equally fnr from the
highest public otllcc, tho two ,nultitudes which
led them toward o!llcc by tho widest shouts Of
irlcnasli'p anu confidence uve for The mast part
become allcnt now, and calnily l!ppe that there
mark out what ls lust, aud with Justice blind
as to persons The majority of t!ioso who cast
their Votes recently confess low that thoy 10
longer worship tl.eif hero ha|f 90 1n1ell rs they
wufship JUSTICE that shall speak without sce-
ins tlu parties at thu bur. 1t will ba blessing
tAt tho mutton alas come to suc crisis II tlIis
crisls shall develop u Worship Of principle
greater tllnn tho worship Of party. While thu
ilgtiuns arc anlfng wider brotherhood, while
they aro grouping posty States and cities Into
mighty natioMs and nra tnllnE truths broal
slow but sure footsteps finding whltr broth
crllooa untl = creed Ut corresponding health
Men arc not lallricatInE creed, bnt arc finding
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