New-York tribune., 1877-01-01
rI-rI,RE OF TIE NATION.


y.- mn, I'm, Min ,'lur-t
SiDa lrrye.It LU1gtpp1N.
The Rev. John Cotton Smith, -. d., driy-
cred Yesterday afternoon the as lecture hut one ~ bis
cprrsc anon the Past Present, and IdtI.r ~ hc Re"
uuhc IN the Church Of the Ascension al Ff.ha"" "nd
'I,uil-,, The subject o' , lecture was iHc Coming
Republic" If. said substantially:
Tncre is one r!c9. li.a wncu | desire 10 illustrate hy
these IcctIrr--lat there grand mission appointed
10 this Republic and it follows that there arc srca "h
cations ro.,u-u upon each Individual of which Is COM
roscd That which chiefly inspires confidence m tbc
uturc of our nation is the science o! history That
science has Instituted great researches which prove that
tucgc ht. been plan laid ont by Divine Providence Tor
au nations, and wauu Wc look back We cu sn"
ITS gradual Development. The course oi prngi. i.'''
beginning with the most ancient A>lliit nations has
b"ru constantly westward II !. has n'"n at any time
interrupted u has only been ius short period ii would
seem ttt, riding 10 The "a" 81 h-foy pto-r> : 20
have 70, ua perfection in this Western World There Is
something startling ia the theories winch have been pre-
-gucd ina, lhr last great ROD or t'r eart existence
has begun i is certain that "G NATE reached ir!-i
tional critical ppi" We have rosr.'f ourselves OF all
;hc land that - lai' ana the Pt"o.,, @ t'.-'''.iE
H. soly -;l, tide haa turned back TOW tid Imopr. jhe
period Of ccnttuctnn has br-nu The only 'c'y "I
nations against destruction ~ thr'A'r'h 81 interior
racc, ihrlW 0i sci" rcstrNdtnh demands IT, 'StheaW
ofnaurc. Tic h,Ggolian and race, must bSeclud
ed ~ time passes ih"mG-r" W 'th me Gun ia. ana
tl Indian Ge- VIII be- >uy ed pN ~" extinction OF the
rae, We sioud moi AID their cNtcrmnaiion by p'pctu-
1tnE the system OF frhid which Is piray ~ cIu'r
BuI IL Is imperative duy 10 prevent TIC Immigration
of NtongoIans by law. II be proved by hisorI that
the blending or an liti1or rc WIN Solu,I !? diWHs
detrimental J the latter causing lt' degeneration WIZ
out bcLcftng the ilfNt,
Another gical question Is Iha Of Public Education.
our .orcahcs taught tie CHRISTIAN religion IN the pub
he schools Gradually, with the SrOwt! o' thc country,
rluur., IN luhI, opinion have been Cift'rd bV the III
rrra-t I'm tine number Of taN-p2yng CIiil'ns who have
different ideas Until at the present, religion COnHcC
,on with education has been almost abolished Ch!"hy
5rID tr IaplstS the greatest vrilS TO admins
tripu cannot see how ther" can be Sy.trm OF pub
lr education recognizing God ana no religion. am
aware that The rise hlghrr than the agErc
g.r az ihu~, who compose Il. II axe Obliged TO ac-
cent state u thing. when believe 10 hr wrong,
must dO sO bI never admit II tu be rghtthc cOnsc-
uucu,rs are too terrible nation never east loose
from God Ntruay rirlcs the idea 0f a union C Church
and ~tl.p. Ar, trrc no divine Institutions, such aS the
hone aud the chuTchl r. not the .ate similar insttu-
! tlcu u! This social ORGANISM Of InaU matter low
formed divine Or.u. Nothing could De better C1l-
CulltrI tau q system Of education without religion 10
make the Young believe that tie Latter hes nothing 10 do
Of lie. III l. not among raised
TINT heroes 10 BE- fuJud. lhc nation which en-
couIag"s such system VIII 5mk by degrees until de-
muraZIol bcCDncs general, ana upon the walls o i
structure hIlt uOn uId sCcuiar success alone VIII
eventually be written the words, hcnc, mcUe tckCl
upharsia' Religions qU astons the most powerful
forces 0f su,rt and Tor that reason the youth tgOUd be
educated IA them. IL J.. rGtIElDuS question Which h
| now shaking tEs Continent ~ Eurupc TO ils lOUI-
! datiOns We cannot permit the Romani,,s To- cs
! can permit item To appropriate any portion
Of the Ia their schools. By doing Woud pr
giyiug the sanction of the state tO the spread that
which the larger portion OF the community bc.c' r5 10 bc
sur,rstOn would be- establishing rDil zion
biblical and give amctiUn 20 condition or affairs
essentially uu-Amcuru. u any thnG could cause oar
UItidEyls 10 from trs graves and rcbuHc Us 10
would br such alterations IN educational y stcu
are Proposed iy n must make concessions let
u make thvm slowly, and when /, comes excluding
pressure upon syStcu rs RpmHni,m VII eventually
tend 10 cHilse union o. al Protestant denominations.