New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-10-07


Hartford at and med echoes OF whose name
have reached TODD even 70 the shores Of the paeG
ST. Paugs Cathedral in London. He saw ny craving
upon pillar. and he says: 1T requires some conpre
henson eye Of the intelligent spectator TO take IN
the various parts OF The building in order TO
observe their symmetry ana design Dut 20 sne ny
stones ~ psle pillar the joined beauty OF tne
The distinct use OF IFS parts were inysoe snu hV
On the suriscs OF the stone which ~
and precipiccs" That fly the pillar on ST. paul's
Cathedral Is indeed the likeness OF each human being Us
to nothing but yawning chasm or hdeoas oostrur
ton may ont the joining or cement that Dinds
together the fragments OF existence uto one solid
That dark and crooked through which VIC have to
crops In doub fear may bc ~ the sight of SUI
pcricr intelligence but the tracery OF some nea .
arch Everything which enables us to sec how tho uni
verse Is whole; everything wn9l shows to Us hst
man Is bound by subtle links with al o1her
parts Of creation; everything which tells us
how many o. the mseres on the "Gr n,o asr
s.n sSss j. &c, e os that 'y ;sc 1sy
e,li1n the uinite and Divine is NOT confred 70
iii tue religious instincts Of manknd every
thing which impresses upon us the eontinu',y
the sacred aud profsne-everything which teaches us
any ~ these lessons brings Ms n'o ta i,ans OF i1
which the Bible aud experience alike impress npo US
rs tie thing needn't for the hrs' prihs?ieS OF re
religion -
And lns leads to the third Bsson contained In the Last
words Of the Book OF job aDh0r myself, and re-
pept In dust and ashes" Io was called from
dwelling himself and his own virtue 70
feel that he wts in tile presence Of One to whom ni
earthly nicllixe aud wisdom seem Insignificant IL
WAS the same truth to which BIS Hlen95
had vanly endrayored TO bring MN, o . con"
not because. 10 20 happens with spernlatFe RISn,
iuenls, they combined II with conif'nicuon from
,ic, bs eonscienco and reason revotod. He was living
in the ASSERTION OF his own Innocence n tio''s
his an yet st he was AZ brought confess tAat
he had not THANKED Cod All These caliihlcs are heu 10
n srrigus and solemn view OF mortal con
dou Tnry bring Us INTO the preselIce OF Han before
whom We must Of sin anI uiifinity When
We fhnk of uiG fr ~ hOm nothing ~ hidden, ana IN
the light Of WHOSE conntenAuce our secret slh'
are scs mOcZ humility IL IA no teiI-lnneted oeSra
danon, but tho symbozcd expression VI orr most or
gb"nsd TO abhor ourselves and TO repent In
No doubt there Ia the iosness In human nature
that are made IN the image ~ God: We are the
masters uf desfuics; but still the self
aOlscncnt o: JOB Ia not less a necessary element
Of o t S'c . y n Dfs ed ehuPsh@aa
al g.nciatiD nsod O that hi abhOronce OF evl
n himself and ma loathng OF IL 81 Increased that
u his later DAYS the confessions Of sin, which
II youth had SEEMED 10 him exaggerated because
the sirocre voice Of hls heart and 3 moral mat
tefs bat intellectual matters also We le%ih ibis
need for humility. How often do W" hear i1io ant hail.
educatcd men, how often do wc near audIdous youus
men prunouncing dfficnlt problems Of science
and religion with certainty which 10 maiufer gears
seems absolutely ridieulons We al Of U.s. young and
old ncod grace of modssty humiIt the conyic-
many II perhaps most OF us, br: 1st
and asnce IN tie preeencc or me gl'a. of'"es ot VIZ
dom, IN The yatious branches Of knowledge whom God
has ihif og former ng' E, raised mp among uS We
Nil ~ ~, ~ al professions. sacred no less Than SECULAR
need thc Willingness, need the cagrrness. o. DE
corrected ~ those "ho feGr 30 tread where We rush
seves 10y evc1y nGht that can upon Is from TN
past or toe present, from Heaven or tsom earth.
GOOD RESULT OF DISTRESS AND DIFFICULTY.
And lastly aLd ourtnly this or the vastneSs OF
the universe thc mperfectiono OF own knowledge
nay lie us In som" degree 10 understand not indeed
the origin OF evil and suffering but ut any rate some
thing OF possible aud purposes. We look aroun
the world and cruel perpexities; see the us'
less remain, ths useful taken away. the young
aud the happy depart, the old and the mis-
erable lingcr We happy households broken
mn. We see the failure Of those 10 whom We
have been accustomed to look mp Win rryeronee
We look IN and 20 through th.o trials with
wonder and fear. We ask whcrcunto TINS viii
grow Yes. hut that ha' been gained
prrchance which nothing else could have
given ~. We may have gained through sheso suffer
rgs q deeper Knowledge OF the mind OF God, deeper
b" mere words uttered without undersi landing.
may have thus ., become parts , o. our
heGtd OF God by the hearing OF the ear. but now eau
aGlscnent before tho Judge Of ali mankind ctary foi
ohcrsthesa are tho gfts which oitrn re the best re-
May close these REMARKS Ivy an illustration which
once heard from The lips OF rough seafdrug mlu-9ne
some ten wears ago the Bay Of BiscaYt A.
soon those who had escaped from t"e
boat in which they hnd taken rc'ugr. in
the midst OF the raging sea they found their chicf
hut IRON tho angIv breaking waves which. from time 10
Time descended upon them, ANA against whiuh every
eve and aIud had % w1ich WITH uniDttcd AtteE-
tion. As thc .n1drs Uf evening drew on. 81
tie survivor told me- their hearts sank AT the Thought
that IN darAncss OF the night u would be Impossible
n see those nsdios breakers and that sooner or later
they would DO clugtt and tngulfed b. them. But
with darkness there came CORRESPONDING saety.
Every Que OF tacss dangerous waves las u
rolled towards crested with pnosphorescent
hight which showed iis coming far OF. ana enabled the
seirn guard against it carefully N hey had
1een IN full light Of day The spirits Of the little
revived, and those WAC from time to tlme-
tho towards and drsp'radoes an0ng tEom-wcre
turning back Ia the SNIP we're guided ny these eOrus
cations through The night. and Ia the early dawn they
caught view OF distant vessel ey which they were at
laat saved =
Of those breaking pillows Is the hight 81 DIVINE grace.
tho Bponsang force of Providence. In the darkness
OF this mortal life aud On the wave or this trouble
world. our peTlcXfes ana dangers abd 1IlrIs
bring with them may bIIng with them their own
remedy ON each bursting wave OF disappointment and
there be tho gince OF heavenly hght which
through the g Out OF DOUBT faith.
grief may come hope. and tn the upright and
godly dispoocd there rises light from dnrsness With
each ptation there "a 10 escape,
with each new difficulty may
panatoD. As ITO advances 10 does indeed sometimes
seem To vessel going To pieces, IA though
skin tho w'is waste Of waters but 80 long our
mortal existence lasts Wa must not give up
the duty Of hoping. The that kept back
in youth rom oil Incorporate giadness-that
same good instinct forbids Improbable sadness. We
must peIsevere until tho morning breaks That specK
tho distant horizon may bs che yessri by
which We will shape our course Forward not back,
the becomes q ship. Have patience and pcrseyer
aEoo and believe that there Is stu uturo before every
and so We shall ut last reach she haven where We