, 1877-11-12

"a, M, ,tffnk until they lad slain Panr1
:. OF t1lls we may be surn; tl,at the Creator who
has na.!c the universe In such ~tsaorI ilas not
left 81 grand n creation Ms the hl:nau will to 10
without motive. It must mt be fc1l II, ~
patf by bloody natl,-. Nnr tsit wltl,uut path.
Coming frum the t;p.i whn marie the sun anil
moou, tlIr soul las ts iaws III light anil warmth
au.! hta.soming a"l irnitsgc, and thtre lars
viii not bv jis2rarcfAl 10 Go'l nor bltttlenso1ne
10 .nnp. They Hllf lie like tue law Of Krhvita-
tion,-vast. sftnt. perpetual.
That nineteenth century, which has carried |
humanity away from so many errors anil fult!cs |
and inlo 70 ulucl, good, has carried mar or ta
trying 10 bear him away frop, the VOWS Of har-
bartans an,l IL set him down amid the ever.
lasting right aud wrong. The 'ycah mud
car.lloal principles, ami .t 80 far ~ in.1lviAua!
hearts arr mastering those two motives OF all
action and uotoctilt', ere fute heart. scaelting
II height tar above those who took ,t'e Utter
0aths nt antiquity. It IL right; will ITO It. 1t
Is wrong; will hot do T., IS the divine, law for
civilization all other motives for, nctnn f'ave
l,ecn crowded into the BACKGROUND, and this one
ems. Not thai all behold this sun and walk IN
It's light, but that, pblltsophically considered.
thts n the supreme e1psession OF tte tMWer
wh!eh should Influence t'is will iu our advanced
era OF u,nt,. Th[s Is the yes4 Jca, nayt naY, nt
Chrts.-tlat Christ idea which Carlyle re-
states Ia his Everlasting Yes ard No.
Wlat may harc been the vow Of the Psalm!st
I'm. tpow . ss IT.; " e Ss vii d. s ans s4oas
will not do, are the VOWS of God uron Us.
Whether We move in the street OF OH The battle.
field, or kuccl at the altar: VIC can only think Of
the "ysa anS no" q H., l3o%"9f' and 'A'' "fhy
THAT this great yea and nu may deeply i'm
press oil young irauds. Il 10 absolutely cssen-
iiat that they build up, tnsteud OF mere love
principles u action. 4 very large proportion
vi ali onr reading ami study is given to fact,
rather than 10 any svfyey Of the Immense field
of right au1 wrong. Literature fecds the mind
clothe thc viii with divine power TO say ycs and
no. ...
It has amazed manv that men like James NH,
and bis son Stuart Mill, md Hamilton tsir Stll-
| faR,(, md others, some al whom were dcttt.
tutc OF those aids 70 virtue which religion iswont
to giye, should all come 70 Us IN such !nstre Of
| fptcerity,-R lustrc which few Christians can
silrpass. But It Is easily explained when we
remember That tho study Of these iilnstrious
but tn ttc 1etd Of principles. To find the duty
Of tho ra.ion, the duty of the citizen. the rights
| OF man ut large, the neglected rights Of woman,
! was study which brought them face to faee to
the upright IN al conduct: Upon questions Of
right Their wills becan,e informed aud fixed.
| Nothing can bc said against polite literature.
In nil It's shnpes, poetry, history, and romance,
philosophy, natural or metaphysical, "a only a
goo,l continually: hut as man cannot lire upon
the flne arts, but must have such practical things
~ jot,d and clothcs 30 The mind cannot gather
from elegant letters all the strength It needs,
but It must brace up 10 powesa By frequent
and Penn. and franklin, and Everett and Story,
and Sumner wcrc ill students of the Des and n0
in ethics, and showed, ln their robust integrity
upon what food tbcIr m!nds had fed.
Aztec, and spantartl, llavc. oil been perfectly
conyersant with tho beautiful, and have been
wosshipcrs At It's shrine, remind us how power
less u such taste TO make nations great or last
inE. The study Of moral principles being neg
lcctcd. State Or individual hastens to decay
| A wrong Ia always poison, and aAi>olson taken
Into the blood, either from malar!al atmos
pliers or impure water or food; soon throws the
6ody Into disease, 80 3 wrong, be 1t In India, Of
ireland, Of Spain, Or Mexico, never ceases from
ia work Of death. The absence Of right Is tht
absence Of ait from the lungs.
Therefore, one Of the vows Of God upon ue Il
this present a9c must be found in resolut'
study Of principles Of action. The yo'ng wht
read only tho polite literature and who Civ,
their hearts only TO material forms and orna
! mentations will move OUT into society the cas
not tic flnc arts that most help aud save ncu
but 1t Is upon the stream Of right and wronI
that our ships sal! to triumph or destruction
Whit was the reformation of Luther Of th
Magma Cbarta, what the American revolt, ex
} gept grand yelling Of tile rtghts Europe va
, full Of beauty,-bcauty of architecture, bcaut
Of painting, beauty Of sculpture; It wis dcee
rated all over with cathedrals palaces, and basil
cas, aud arches, md With every form Of til
grand or lovely, but greatness or happircsa n
r fused to CONG from tho sentiment Of the beat
J tiful; but they waited until the right 10 y
J State was started by tha Barons, and until III
right In religion WIS unveiled by Luther; nh
! tbs liz ages called dark fcd, pierced by The arrow
! OF tho now aurora
! In tho old Roman Empire there came onco
: period Of supreme honor. Something, unsec
q BY Us 80 far away, throw Int the foreground ~
= = Was atnp1e security. Even prisoners Of war U
y der aentcncc OF death werc permitted to vis
. : lloE7e under promise that they would return
8 chains and ne gloom o. death. atat What mas Z
!, VIC know not, but those beams grow what melt
y |. or poetry nor tho arts had produced-a group
= 1ueu called to thts day . grand old Romans
= Indeed. man has neEcr loved the right w!tho
~ love the right 10 tndecd the regeneration spok'
Of In Christianity, and seen to 10 Tho cardin
= idea OF religion.
This, then. Is the place wherc the VOWS Of G'
i arc upon Us. We necd not swear br any Acay
y or earth; VIC need,taot promise nod that We "
q offer Hin, the first creature that comes torth
is meet III II Ilo will Rrant US succcss. Tho o1l
ii vow that need rest upon tho soul IL tho deep
,r olization that the great no aud yea Of natu
Il must hayc always our reading, our love, o
10 meditation. and then create our conduct
a Mark now that although tho age has cnrrl
.n III beyonl The {ormallty OF an oath. and inde
III | Qa& 0fGEtIiFDWu LlC vow pl tbHt AHA d!ttkf NJ
nj Roman, II bus not delivered US from all solen
ri and b!udln9 entabglemeuts. Tho pledges Wv
ri ri IN inc iulnokt chamber Of lecfst order
n knights are poor. weak things compared vi
a. the oath Of duty administered 70 Us tn
- - temple Of nature. Tho words from the Masot
tn pledge, ~ promise and swear that Mus'
of Sfasonfa secret, committed to mo ia such, sh
remain a. inviolable In my breast as Ln bis ON
N murder aud treason excepted Il childish {
m LEGATION compared with the VOWS Of God q
he krc upon VI from the cradle To tho grave. It
.I said that ura Morgan and one Miller wcEe
at cretIy alain by the Aiasons tor breaking TIL
In VOW; but shts VIC know, that individuals, cv
re- xllule companies, have been Aaiu openly WI
or they hsvo broken the o&ths Of God.
"a. This va1 aud nay Vi Christ "a VOW that I
nj poscs !tself. VIC need not 70 to some altar a
.ia assume It.. Hannibal, It the age OF years. v
nr led by hi4 father 70 altar. aud there he swt
NJ lifelong hostility TO the Nomaus, but this 10
-. Il not exsentlal 10 humanity In IT. large
lations to tAe good and the evil. The VOWS
nv God fatl upon cur cradle. We must
n. ceIye them " NC receive our Life. They aTe
iIx part Of mau. Stuart Mill, aud 8u1nner, 4
"a | Lincoln, aud all that great lfne OF mortAls,
,rc not gu to IN altar and swear to he true u
ri forms Of good, but the iuatant they percet'
IN the right 1t becauc All obligation which col
M not hsyc been strengthened BY the o2ths OF