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slowly towards Himself. As tic Hover r. opcns ss,
| its leaf, 50 man. 40 sU'cty.
| The inner nature uf i,au tnttuasts that lie
must Come io higher state only by painful
md woman, a1l truth was t.a.t down Icfore
them as ncarls lctore swine. God, virtue, truth,
Tie taste ot M apple oatweahed tho
favor pedt'etss II Co., IL. satsf'eF %"s ay az" n
read before them. It was necessary Hnr them
to Withdraw from such an Eden, and TO seek
one tl'a; . VA; sapproaehatis By degrees. They
street 81 ExnerIenee: The iirrt Ellen d was sl
closed, the garden. tcIl rapidly insp dceav, Be.
Man must not 6cain hss career by paratIlsc;
Of Infinite {, ,.tFugele' Il little mattcrs wllere
snen An Eden Tns located, Or wficro or what
son IL tho same: that tho true paradtec nf man
kind Is iIut ty his cradle. but by Ills grare,-tho
serpent to speak III tho beginning. angels In tho
| end.
In presence Of this large hypothesis, the Ills
Of the world form a pnrt nt It's gool. The d.
tcrnately sweet and tcsriblc experience OF man
gre on!y 80 many powers ssar5yt!E together thc
right to assemble Ills children here in conycn-
ton, that thry might iHd by their own research
the ,aws Of the great en3p!fc toward which they
Te1s e 9 uf nyT; ars .a
| they mas move In space, There are stnrs whose
light has been million Of years In ruachtng our
earth; but It mnt.crcd not how Wide was
but III pass over IT,. Itswas here long te-
| fore man pointed the selcecope, or bcforu
nnY sailor loukcd to the midnight skY
tot guidance. We @ a.! hasten bceausc our days
struck shree-score and ten, wo suddenly quit
this scene, and, fearing It Htay be all, VIC run to
and fro Impatiently,, B!s 'vlti. God there is
million years wide is m emblem oi Himself
liz Is carrying society In Ills arms oyer space
tn us oil ilcasurclcss. The many centuries of
eiE0rt, OF trouble, ol mingled snrruw nnl hap.
pncss, nrr only tho fours OF convention. In
which questions arc discussed and conclusions
reached, hours In which the human family is
laying the foumtat!ons Of tllnt Kingdom which
bears that title Of excellence, tho Kingdom Of
GM!.
Tho American State has been more tlan
century tn tho building. Many generations
lived and died ar0ulI! that rising structure
nai whs y ses ~ st Enan4 Ih% s,, proqna m t19
thu ngcs of earth have moved In great mud
wise industry. Abraham, aud all his followers,
David and a(l who snug psalms after him, Soo-
Christ aud his millions u disciples, ali tfs long @
line must 10 viewed as so many workmcn Ind
lug In the Hills and dragging tuwarl fertile
vale the marble ot great temple. Already tnu
ible. The ideas fail tnto words anil sentences,
rs tho frEts of cartl shape themselves nnl rolur
ttenselvos toward tho close Of summer. Tho
Golden lsno stands forth; INDUSTRY appears not
rs tho misfortune vi a siaye, but NJ tile priyi.
!cgc. rs II freeman; Righteousness Is to,inl to
bo the basis ot stats or home, or Of Individual
pruce; tho pleasure OF tho mind ls revealing
Itself as beii.c better than tho pleasure Of tlU
bosiy; peace better than war; from hundred
conflicting clans fighting like robbers Or Arabs
at midnight nlong luue1y paths, the human
fanily tends toward q brotherhood which shall
recall the sword and Say tho bloodriyers Of tho
Nater'ooa ana the scllpkas; friendship rlses
up "a ylrtuc, and the wider and trucr It ia the
more URINE Y appears IN Atal!tYi thu external
whieh acllShtca baIoarlans elTes pfac9 to tho
mental anu spiritual religion itself simpliacs
It's tenete, and easily finds one Savior for the
t,s,n M hnn,an race; THUS the iaws OF tho futurr
Kingdom GRADUALLY appcar. They comt In dim
marks At first, like letters nude by TIC old
savnGcs upon ooncs or on attosetta slab; but, as
| the centuries pass. the words fall intO posi-
tive anil deep sentences, snd blaze forth IN
letters q goll.
| Evolution thus comics to help Christianity. It
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