, 1877-01-08
Shall ! not see thee waiting stand.
And, whtft hgainet the evening ttnf.

1t may, lntlectl, he TINT spirituality Is always an
l.tkeparntle part uf rellglHn, but y Sc, religion
soul tn MI fts best hours Of pure Joy aud deep
thought, and deep Madness. AMI doubtless The
''cf!nleinn ahol!ld he cxpnnded until Within Its
wide slo'nnin there shou1 1c roon Tor nll thore
which ttlcir poor hearts kucw,-a lIato studying
eternal beatty, n Contuctua reaching nj, tnf the
highest, Joseph of ArnatIlca cOtnIHg tn a
h"ly to,nl, with tic apccs and oils wlltrh might
though the bounds OF religion arc. and fnlrnhc
though tho wori OF one theme may he, yet NJ
doubt, could oil hearts of the past Gc weighed
md mcaurcd, there wo,,l,i DC found In the
richer, more pleasing tn God, than The sotsslv,l
Inns proclaimed along the streets ni Christian
lands. In tho power TO 1nok up with love and
Henry VIII. judged by the prrscnre of spirit
unlltY, religion N It's true sense Is a. old and na
broad ns t'1c historic race Of man; 10 lc
stirltnal!y-' must have been life In the
Let US seek for further information abo,t
this grace by recalling the names VI tloac coil.
fessel 10 possess the virtue. lscl"sci ''nmes
the highest and t'roadrst i'leas: Il docs not y.
trntle upon mankind narrow definitions which
please scct and nlrcn1 world. tiscrcry-
lnhy's frienl. Calvin comes. alonr with h:
alIHlt ull4 AliaA4 tlEAt lHlHl4 uIH NIEAA5 IEil
of the world by Ills sharp aillrMatiuns aud ds-
nials.. 10 cones Luther. So come Edwards
und Wesley. Theae are nil great und useful
men indeed, l,,it tlIclr valus Is in The fled u
perpetual peace: Calvin was natlc great, l!ko
Urnnga Or Wellington, by battling ugadn.t tllc
foes VI tho human rarr. Hut tile battle oilrc
over, Calvin and Luther did nat remain tho
They were sent t. n'at,age wnr, aud not 10
mold the peace. The makers VI ercGts sa1ile
part Of tic world always hates. ffc who builds
lip philosophy osfcFds tho i,ollcrs Of oil otler
systems I3f1t when spirituality comes alunE Ala
love 4 becauec II moves along above their lonl
gueetlone, az the sun puure uut ILLS fgh! on the
cYil ami the. gsHl. Anto'line tho iiout. all
moral tnln,la love regardless of dcnonnattons.
ant, all quote from, the great Roman En-
pcror's "Aiedlatiuns," bccnusc III them tic
soul pours at0ng not rs n culd dserIininal!nfi,
hut M a love Of God md man. Tho 'Mctllta-
as broad a. the ao1Eo1uy OF 1la,nlct Or Gray's
Eiegy. All hearts find their delight as they
find It in Nature Of IN friendship. Ahtonnc
breaks away from the body md pours out NIL
Ills thoughts fn the tlaItle ot the suul
But more deeply spiritual Is Thon,as a Kcm-
mis-. The ltoma1 Ind only an imperfect coneel,-
tiUn Of Gn, and The future he faenl with rcslG-
nation rather than with belief. The spirituality
cluuded day and night; but the u Rempfs
stood In an uneloudgd world. ntid saw clearly
God aud Immortality. In Ills great book there
IL little trace VI distinctive Innlan Catho!tc
iI,c 1ucstions tint rck tic Church. aud which
make the food Of ambition and strife. were far
down IN tho noisy rslc beneath the tlrcaIncr's
feet. Ills hook, like Ills cell In thu monastery,
ia II solitude acruss whose pagc no being but
Hod cau pass mud repasa. As for seventy years
the gates of tho convent shut out tie WDrlu, so
that a. kcnpis ktluw not and cartNl not what
King or put,u WIS buried or crowned, 50 the
rtstt$s 61fa{f-
mas and disputat1ons, ntnl LETT the book opcii
only for the footatep Ut God and the soul.
Aiany falso Mottoms accompanied this old salnt
wlcn hc was horn into tls world, mud they fol
auorns grca,ly tic roll Of hprItual nnt.cs.
Or lbis school was Buayan. liz was full Of
speelai dotrno Indeed, b1t ills H. doctrines & nFs
Christ, nnd these are 10 covered up in 1netn-
pnUr that they O{1cnl no Une ut whatever SECT.
Tho bundle u sin on tile ftlgrjIn's back docs
not eccm TO oc the dcpravity announced by the
tesa themselves to 1c carrying. Tht entirc
erred Of alE tho churches might lie III tllat I'll
| Erim'R Progress without awakening my pro-
| tcst, fur rio doctrines are SO soiteDGd by
they arc not any lungrr the dugnlas VI schools.
| but picturcs III the gallery vi life. III Juh1,
Bunyan's han.t religion bccnfnes exalted, IT.
t,'t ~ ~ -; ;oiin,~ .rh., Ivt,t - -. ti ro.
"iy u ,.as:,. tio 1ia.," I,'M,SitI ~ ~,
!gc5aolo -.S's ,.I,i s'c =, 4eo t, nuauiutt ~ tno
~ !.nat.v ~ .ehe ,,e.t s.eat aslo' H.
t. .anu @ '; T. ~ ,,,, IT, 'a,.i.isa ~
.aeet1' au ;. .oo, ws III, ., NV my rtr,. ~
HELL A!one ha.h ocuats ai', !oess, a.u it'tt.
alGm WV neny t'.., =, sE 'i,,r a9c rsf.stt ~,
m..t,s ~ sso ,. ~ '..,i1 asa Mss, Ime i'
nu,aA at, Hasn WV uet3 ~. TX Ts,a m w,
neaets ~ 1'T & ue.'s " t"n faes Mun t'I1t M hn
Nest!ip , 4'a' % ~ .''a -, ~ % ~ t
@ @ a"u s,.ar. .s : w. mIeus ~ a!a ~
iuses' s ] anu M',ia! , tea.ts ~ ~ au{ w.
W!lnt you Mlsh au',u1 otlno.'oay q ttesooSy
or lis OF tnat s,eea' shls !" tne iaeslns rug
reHh ~ ID l'tlsl9lt..,
r, ~ lhese aoa rGneton nut 'naHaM unyol' anu
| 'cofee Fo5. aia tho poet CoNpes, ana yo.1
naYa uthcs ieupetS y INC daten aha poweflnl
| splt'tual stuoo': VIII tnens thlistla'nty ny WIZ
traisnSufeu " lts shIlthG Eastuetits. lnithei
nnst we ook y " s'tms!i sco tie inner quality
ni sncli aoly laltt insse hailiss Gnly aWhIcl
memory 9! !assv 1hnit!tn4e WY !'ave ShGWn
tlat spiritual sn!hleahc'S "a1rh IL lHc. lht
great name w. haVe pronounce, arc OILY icai
erb, WnUso voice anu example large urnly lol,
lows. lhcfc ate Acn ~ a!i oentf'lltia''ol.s apq
ttnlca WY, ensihs 1tt!e loF tt1c 1orhsllatc
wontss ol thc Chossl', Art hntssnE IN Its highest
| sighl!irhHe Religion the lllEkest, s4lFatlou
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