, 1877-01-15

A hfon&aEnno or n Buckle nt n draper Will ra[so
moro inquiries In q volume than Christ would
have suggested had !fo lived nna Loved on earth.
ieE eEt ysF' .. Ss'a Is tSe Vii .fHn :s My
lister ani mother" Thus Christ turns away
from tho endless thean Of Thought Or opinion
,locs Ut wishes to do. In Ills kingdom, that
rAul nn,l Virginia tclnC s.,ring by the buds mud
slt,tnln by tho fruits, arc rs RortM1s =. the
witty Montaigno in his research, or as B',ckin IN
brings us tu our thcp1e-Optnlon ntnl Religion.
Itla mt ut NIL prpbab,c that by belief Christ
Implied my such acceptance Or cspousnl OF nrtt'
eles as Is demanded Ut rcligtontsts In modern
times. bu, b.; fatl, 1fc meant thc ntIccttonatc
aeeentar,ue Gf tiol, ur Of Himself ae tho repro
sentative nj tao1, or incarnation nt God. The
"Colne unto Mo " exclude. tile common custom
OF coming unto eet of tleas w''!ei Include =
the fate Of Lots wife. o"t the nature of Satan.
and, tnttuetl. n ranJu =. "a, '':.s'' which might
aptml, French epeyctops.list. i.aL "Cotnllng
forth as religion nf devotion to God OF Christ,
rather tlinit as religion Of many anu ,tnheml-
ing details. II Christ KNEW ANYTHING aount llls
the will Of the Father in hraven. Tho human
si,to of aalyation would 10 found In celebrating
from tilu ritos Of tle Ci,'lrcl, nn'1 frnm Christ
himself purcr soul and morn righteous action.
Christianity haze been, tat neither its Founder
nor Ills Disciples arc to bo seen as ptlrinR into
| 1t any grca& variety Of proposition for daily be-
lief: 1t WAS awful In tss grasp Of duty.
liow, then, eatno our modern rclfgl0na to be
| 50 rnuc1, q Innstcr Ut definition, Anddlscr!mtnn-
tlon, and ltoctrlno1 For II Is amazing what deli
milton Rnl elaboration of doctrinc is dcntan'!ctl,
eys IN tst a ap spR en WHO have
| scarcely character enough to tccrc credit Rt
| stnro OF bank arc ~ busy a. philosophers with
tho questions, What was, Ghrsts natural
what meant David IN the rsalmi what meant
| tho Rcyciatlonl what was the cxact nature u
the etnnrn,cntt what Is the meaning Of Trtnltyf
| The solicitnde about tho import of thu Ten
Commandments IL not 1lasf 10 tntcnsc or Wide
sprsai in our strange generation. No ago has
surpassed olr own In critical study Of cycn
| tioa's Word: no nce has made nlorcsu.e OF tic
HIt1c rs llnNtl-book for travellers, rAtlc'tnocu
uf all tncn for cara ard steamers. ana for ni'rcal
to confirm III public religious mccttugs the tita-
ttnns Gy tnu preacher, anil yet fow agcs havo
made less use Of tho great laws ot God as re-
corded In the Book. Familiarity will! the
D!blo bids fair to u,ltranx the practice ot that
will OF God which Alone nlakcs nlau tile brothc:
ot thu divine Lord. Man, indeed, is MI animal
that thinks; when ile becomes an anmnl that
ucts tightly, what q world WI shall havet
VI tAis linsslon for listlnctluns Ana meanings
Among holy words aud prophecies there coll,cs
IL tho surlncc one ADEQUATE cause, that Of simple
thinking. activity. All along thu temperate xorc
tl,eru Is more Intellectual llic than haa ever be-
furc been experienced, an.l this current l. carry
lug uluny III lts rapi1 depths tho student u
sclencc. the student Of nv.lteine tho stnlcnt of
politics, tho htutlcnt ct nrt, aud lonce ,atnonE
those tile student OF religion. Tue Bible d
undergoing constant study fn our Reckless
country. Not only do OUR gentlemen and la'ltcs
all carry Dagsscr Bible, but they nearly all
study French an'i ransack history Men ..!1t, who
over tho Holy Land. for llcua arc interesting DO
thu heart eyer 50 insignificant. III \ tlnn OF
universal activity eacl1 mind will run towatd MI
object Of interest, and while the deyotccs oi
science are rc-rcadlng and rc.'nterurct!ng the
pnges nf their rlicts tho lovers Of religion vii!
pour tller lrisuro hours upon their Muro sacred
writings. Tie Bible study Of tu-lay may thurc-
virtue, for man, as a seckcr Of tho hidden u
tic curious, IL mt niwMyA HlIn as seeker
VI q better character. Would that study and
honor wcro ono! 1!,at tho study Of rcgcla.
Il multltulo Of nof,'e mcn, women, and chill
.lren, indeed, NO should long slnco f,avc be-
comet ....
Pas*ing by tho tendency Of the tlu,es tossart
inquiry, more than toward virtue, let HB tss
WV tlc Cl!r1s,Ia,. Church, which started fro1
Christ tn,ier q tlag Of character, colncs to I'll
with tlag nj i.lea.,--a bannor a!l written ovc
with opIulonss On tho Roman Catholic at
there must he d thousand lcg!sions and lscriM
nations. Upon thu Protestant banner ttcrt
.nllst be d hundred Dr 1norB Of very valuable u
essential tleus. a candidate Tor tho Epglisl
Church must BlGt Lcraatn humber Of Articles
rertainly have i~en elaborated for C!,rIs
tan!ty whltn IL was passny throncl
these centuries whore all thought lay iu stltpn
t}uycrnmcnt. Tho Chu-cl, governed tho woritl
and hence II man of powerful Intellect set Il
an i1cn, that idea must oittcr bo Incorporate
/ Into tla Church htens or tlust h1 suppressed
fur an hlr,lpe'nlent itca tInplicd rival Euyeri
nclt. The carly centuries wcro ltlrd with III
i | fir,:A ot martyrlnn,. brelusn, tho Stat" an
Church being ",'e, uau With = new g ..!.'h
r WiI5 dangerous brtalub0 u crowd VI follower
| might spring up which might sGze the relns q
Empire. Therefore t!su m,iitseo Church wa. 70!
! htartjy declining what views 'Ini. might lloi
u antt wiat ones l'o must not tnrulhlsatc. lnet'cs
t Slate Church WIS busy layi1Iy down l,ou'arle
! wficru tho waves uf tho I'llcllcct shonhl con,
= md pause. II hrl It's ha., ii full>oI ,uslnea
whsn It cssased I" e! !n,i, H,!e ns" ~ iIanse ~
Q Luther. At tho appcaraslcr ot any nge with
i new Thought, thu Church AsseMbleIl it's may
y, - natcs an.l rrsir''i,el ti,o psoer atus hsp!l.
i luerr ,lDg,nas, and those. tus', the Church j
i tamwratr.l lnto itsclt, 80 ttlt, ~ thu tls III
:, ltul1un establishment hni renr,mi thu sixteen,
rcutl,ry, IT lIal l,cetnlu heavily aalc With isc.
:, from tic nature uf tho vlrynt Mary To Il
l. eulaslrat detail about llcayen nr hell. Lutht
X caitlr 10 urrcst tilts complication Ut this rus
i .Al hu lid check It, but tu spirit OF dogma a
" hctutp pusrrlul In thu prartica VI 10 man
+ hundreds Of years, und hu lett tha Church :.
y Christ still Wrllcl to u eol,eutclatton Ut upt
Il lung.
J. AL along this pathway of thinkers III
:. fubticltory there appeared men to enter
prutrst. IN the aettInl century Justln Mn
Q, tyr rpmp!s,u,i that m ,in}Mstancu WAS Il
l. Iny attached To baptism mt to ho fanila
II the Wurt. ln tho fourth century caiIle Man
- tn plead for Il nlors sptritslAliked religion, b
!. tl0 WIS Ilaypl alive, nfrl Llel T. NEW dccrco "
:" 4lled tu tho formulas. III tho sixtt crntu
III cat,lu quilts powerful Aect with n persistent
lc ttssl;,t to lcad religion lavk toward sluplslt
Il, MoslcIll,, tho Church hi4torau, says: "Th
wuEp fur rcsturiuy the ltfu pnll iltan,lcls NJ t
), Church to Apostolic simplicity; ttry maintain
!" that by tho multiplication VI external rites nj
a. ceremonies III thu ,lunl,Ilant Church tho truu u
2r u rrii.iun had .lc.:lncd;" but these t!ru q
W swsrl u1lu exiis stlclxu,l, ind thun thu truHi
It. uIIt Church publlsle,l sutnu nuw an! alditiu,
~ nt!nIons. THUS step by Btsp atwiety llas be
" It'd nIu,Ig until 1t hns cn1nu to that conlitl
Y Wien What t!,a mind l,1l'Is I'D MI !ca scrHls
u WDre yaIlu than wl!nt II alnen In lctpli. Fht
y ars tt!uusaud men watclin. Ideas fur q