, 1877-05-07


to 6nd there Abssract statements Of morals and doo4
trnes Of belief but tho larger portion Of the Bibls
| reading public loves mofa and remembers better
| tho concfnto 1cssons Of tho aacrsd book-1essons
tAn1ht in pcrson or cvent-a Jewel In ia golden
setting. Following part Of the human race from
tho earliest date to the Chrssttan era, oceupJtuga
| sraeo OF tlme thonsands Of ycats In length,
| tho Blble comes to us qnlte fully
taken mp with tho portraits Of persons and
the pictures OF Incidents and scenes. Let sns all
give up this hour 10 the ssudy Of this book, m
volume not Of debated theology. bat OF pleturoa
from human life. From the landscape called lie
Garden OF Edon to tho visions Of 1t. john theEa Ia
continuous limo OF representations such that by
| tho time the render has passed over tho whole
ground, ho has seen almost all tho qualities. and
actions. and defeats and successcs 10 which man Is
4 the inov1tablt heir.
Recall FIRST how dependent the mind Ii npon sem
| dihid images. There arc few nen 10 each ago
who by long exercise IN abstractson reach At lat
m independence OF Illustration, and weary Indeed
II the writas speaker pauaes to 6pd in.tho heav
cps OF on tho earth sotne emblom Of his meaning.
II 10 not probable that MIL or Comic demanded at
last any smile to llcln their power OF comprehen.
ss w Tsey could look through I snl l'Ssa ts4oush
words as % child ean look through toy SHOP, ot
oos ons oae AL. Sdtn ,..na f1 Lex o o..a
grain. but IL il only tho most rarely ,gtftod, Of
elsa the nalnda Of long practice amid ahatrac-
~ thi,ss -. @ ssn 49, % .ec r. thn h"c1 tamph Mh
multitude Of which We all form part arc dnil Of
'ss ~ II
dlstinGt cosors iof illustration. onoe teacher II
rhetoric e xavs BIZ ei..s l.x hy yhsh ths m.moS.'
il Inc dsnro comes from tbo material world. psint
Il upon can.as and seq how II would look; Il
Ioa aase spoann o. ,,nr Jo,osn ~ nsosmy nankn
ssap'ss &C. Il not asa nese, @ nsa9s
rals @ tHe for tho guidance 9t oe9tnnsrs ~ @ its5s.
peadeni V II sfe upon some mstslial emaodiii
ot me aea 1a,., ~ ~ t, sne a hma
snd n wssf y 5 70 sp "a hs9n ~a AZ Al
oaf ns I hefcss Fl ths . 4sl
GGa Ga tsa = no Ps upn onI s,nth as e fant
INC Wot!a eannot complain ~ the n!'e o. ,osinR
aosttaeL iof y opens, ana ntoeseas ana tesmina!es
r. ss"S .s'a drama. mann il s s.seF L
aha ~ r M " ~ W., .asS NV Wy ~ ps.oro e ~
M hs ns - m daa H. , @t III M h,o mo1 .. . ~ 'ne Ross
g, ng1,ud eha splsltaaI, n ann paines!c aspssHs y
ss ~ nn nn hnta M n,
aaisthSnals .etense about asstso. q creation e
sonethnE from no!h!hg, bu. inas We niaJ see the
p,ss d9n. sgfy ns s1s N
nst9, whsn a. ee. pssntsa 70 more seoas n n
thS temple an1 paaee OF torslgn s.a!e. . aw on ~!
ns oWn iAnu. now IN sdsnss snea teals; many ana
.no - tnng n. s am ma
Sa WoS e 0sessd
,es wh gsna pow wS na nos pGeomo M n
past. A. hunv an Ia tho sacrsa wrt}nss, would moi
30 passed b1 Without 4 tear. The DlOss presents
kle worlI With nlctnrus or mnny OF IL trutbs
nlctmrs il IN tho moral world what crYsts, Ia
| IN lie mnterinI. When tho inyisibc sir or tbs
| jiould vstof became aolid thn urcoks eatied II
| krvstotlon, Thus the snvwIrop or Tho diamond.
like fcs became an OBJECT Vi length BREADTH and
ihfcknnss T,hun cna whniy Inyjsbjn cnn}i bc
brought INTO tGe domajn Of ht,nsn ssnse. NOT 9th.
eywigu Is 1t In the spiritual hemisphere for after
certain tdca1 hayo been floating around Tor rcncfa.
tions or ctntnrtes almost jnvIetblo aIwnya in1-
rasnrahie nni ~ nucstinn AHA vnIns ihcss i,isns
at list arc suddenly grouped Into = Muses. Or az
Abraham and become there tho III dncctaclo
Tor thai sge snd fot aIl ages 1bsabam w crTs.
tal OF fslt6. Thufe muat havs beun much trust Ia
ind in miiifonn of hcarts hsfnrn that Iift
ed m liz form before rnsnfind. Nntisrs And
children. husbands and wtyas I'D fathers and Old
had been snoHcn Il thc dcathbsd viii, I whisnern;i
bnns nj 2utnrs mostiny. in ali thcss .tShn ~
ths heart wonid huyu rsuainaa nnmnasurn3 mi
nnytnrrcssyn hnH mi nna rnns .inMr ~ ,rfhat III