, 1877-12-31

HuI RTeNtHEsd Hh GHlckly III a LHIift as II CuE
find I: In poet or t;cncral. 4 wouh! hare long
since have csnhlazoncd forth tlfa 1esus as being
not onlv lricnl, virttoua hefn9. but 40 being
an intellect Of tm'nc'!*c outline. Fur II "
ccrts won fame by HI. code. Il iMfrtn,lort nnd
orotins In t'crmanY and Blnck.tono IN England
revealed greatness of tlantool when they
complied tho best 1cssona Of all The
tlc same Intellectual greatness belongs to
Him who tnatle the att1fcs Of the sermon
on the sLnunt rise up like sun ont Ut a mid
night. The mimi whie', complied the laws In
hut rofeu forward like the Amazon. Tho fcni.
nine virtues of Chris. wcI, burst forth at
times H. tears were only The onc-halt uf His
itatlrc, lcarnR another hemisphere of His soul
Compared with this Jesus, ,1nstiaian md his
companions were on1y students OF principles,
leaving the stan of t'alilee to stand forth the
most penetrating law-n1aker and compiler
rcc,,nl. How lson,un confusion fed when Jus
tsrE1n entered upon his worki Yes, aull how
Mosaic custom and Inv tlIs.nlvc.! when Christ
turned over the pagcs Ut the old Hebrew Scrip.
Of Jcsns, anu hen It ea1aa ont # was either
ronan.!ch to dust or Transformed into light.
Nose. had himself conle in tte wis'ion,,
Si.,, ef tho EEyE;ians' % aMl then In, n sti,l
nlid psalm and Solomon with temple, Int MI
this group wan fnr t,eE!nd the mental stntus of
Christ, fnr out Of tho law IF Moses and out Of
the psalm Of f)ari,t Ile east many bal ptinei.
Dol present everywhere wherever tho soul wero
fo.,nd. Every step Ut .Jcsus wns toward 4 great
inv. lie saw al rnt,tiuet Ia tho full light of Tho
many yeara 10 co,ne. Our fathers co,ti not do
this. Tiny bo,thl up slavery III our Cnnstlsn-
tEon, not knowing the injury It would entail
u,k'n agriculture of NIL Industry and morals;
tlcy demanded no qualifications for iurors or
ecctDys; tl,ev enforced to public instruction;
hat n
fccttre s'r Injurious; but In dhrkrs Ecrlosl.
previous to precedent, the stnnlc Sun Ut a car-
penlcE stepped always toward the highest truth
III every fell Of Hts thought. lie lookei at the
marriage relation, md t1used the many gates Of
divorce; he looked at tho foolish obligation Of
vUws and said that tho rfaht is the ono atlsulll
cfent obligation; lle lacked at rescntmunt
and revenge, and declared then, unworthy;
lie saw the love Of scots and tribes for each
other. and sad such a lore was not sufficiently
large; lie heard tho FAurisres prayIng in tic
strrcts, 1lc invited thc1n to tho clt'sct and lie
shortened ~ Their prayer; il9 !, eaw men hGa.ttnE
left hand know what tho right hand duct1.
THUS tlat exact shape Of mini which llas In Nil
eras gathered fanlu lot co,sntcfor, or Judge, or
legislator, Is sect, In Chriat in an unusual full
ness. To have detected and l,ayo set forth tho
principle that resentment AMI ltkc-for-llke were
unworthy nobte mind. anu that forgiveness
and mercy would a!waya YIELD to Ito one
wronge4 fiei,er harvest of happiness, !. pre-
gather up ull those now living who In any way
sought revenge for wrong and who pprfapa
killed or injured tho offender beyond doubt I'LL
over whose deed few years has passcl would
say: "Uh, that I had restrained my wrath and
had left that cHcnlv to bis own homo anl
10 his walk OF life; ttcEu was room for
both htu, and me-" Kcilure our time to only
onu hour and revenge seems sweet, but let life
10 ylewcd as ten, Or twenty, or f,fsy ycara anA
foruiseness stands forth IN ralment OF light. It
can tako up 1uoFu years atl bless them more
tllan amy other virtue ia tho divine catalogue.
Thus Christ detected principles that went be-
yond tic hour mud played amid tho centuries 10
Wind among the trees. liz saw only the vast
a,l The inpcrishable.
Thoao n,.nlltIcs 10 Chtist which arc cat.cl
fctnn!nc spranv not from scntin,ontality nr
cc,ninacv, but rather Gru,l stun oltclty nuti tho
ahseuce Of yauIt,ug ambition. There Is Muyh
of popular fna,,llood wItch 10 nothing clss than
pS1snnsl vanity. n Thur has been many
une, who would not b. found in co,apany with
little children, nur the Masys and AIartl1as:
not, however, because they wero TOO
great, but because .tllry werc too proud.
lii order for Christ to reveal tho
firm ri tnanbon1 uren tn n f,ic,r, or n