New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-11-04

unpfontable It the fool who says in his hear, .
is no God or who says that God is such man q. ~.
sciL ST. Augustine said: God exists more tru,v ,s
ne can oe tSought OF. and he be thought OF ~.
truly than He can be spoken or" Some OF Won ~
naye seenln ono OF the great museums OF Rome a -
glc; Looking upon that fragment OF marble with IS
rigid muscles and sinews the Imagination supp,es ~
colossal group y Is said that Michael s i IN ~ s
gelo in the blindness OF his later .'' ys An,
this marble block, gaining by touch from the b, Eyer
fragment The inspiration Of the unknown wSs,se
master and he was the obedlent pupil. Th rs
is the likeness OF the human racs-its ma, ass
and gaining by faint touch glimpse OF the 1 A
Theodore Parker. who was profound believer IN too
power when In attempting to throw stone at tortas
he suddenly found his arm unneryed.
Thus FAR then, we are AL VITA job wrestling with n.
What is thy name' That is the question a'a ~
which every system Of religion, every mytholo,~v
more or less exact aud true. There m answer ses
many besides those which lind Land down -
reduce God 10 external likeness Of men Do ns
despse them They have departed aud lInger oply ~
Of cant names which modern theology has inyss s;s%
These NAV. have been useful as clews 20 tns
they cannot pass Tor religion There are two spf mSSss
IN which the question ,, ana answer on ths cub.
this story Of the visit TO Jacob. The inJiro ~
mode is that which Is seen IN the example ~
pressiye word. What we all want to know H as In
out in this perplexed and at ths time most dark and
look Il has been well said that the common SsDs n
methaphor gives US the word Providence which rsaUs
Being looking into the future Roger w SIgs%s
that eccentric, but noble enthusiast, called The
called it SO reference TO this very of the Bible S
cause he had there seen the face OF God shining upon
Tho whole question OF the good and evil nature Of re-
Rion must ultimately turn upon and resolve Itself into
moral aspect. 1t was Lord Bacon who said.
1T Is better to have no opinion, q Cod
Tspressated, was more Of q deyil than God:
Genesis is the Hebrew Elohim. tho Strong One,
the Almighty One, One VINO was to be an Almighty
and unassailabe Rock. Another word for this
Providence is Jehovah, which best trans
but everlasting; and here in marked popularity
of The old Jewish faith, as remarked by Roman he
aud how wonderful that there was image OF the Deity
and that the Tabernacle in its indermost shrine was
empty SfhSat anre or form only d win
YAH The next name gwen the Divine Spirit
Sao Ssd TIC was Called JenSyah sa5Saoth fSo Goo
Battle. hencefoth 10 lead the hosts OF Heaven and the
hosts Of earth He was TO be invisible eternal
rightly conceived must be regarded az the
God Of all the nations and commonwealth Of the
earth. Wherever the political aspirations have q
kindly. noble aim, that is love of the God
sabaoth where the political aspirations local.
full Of sefaggrandizement whatever may be the out
ward form or religion these the Lord Of Hosts is not
There IN the New Testament few forms OF direct
definition Of Divine nature they all in the
writings OF the Apostle John, who has alone told US
that God is Love, aud that He is Of frame Ike
ourselves. He said that God was Love, aud
Christ corrObOrates 1t. There Is story that
was told to by an American Presbyterian
minister in the Jerusalem chamber OF Westmin-
ster Abbey. He told me that in the assemblage OF
The Westminster dvlnes they came tO the consideration
OF making definition OF the Supreme Being, and the
difficulty seemed to he so overwhelming that they were
fain to seek the power OF PRAYER. The youngest
minister present was called TO offer it. OIL
lespe. the Scotch say lie was. began his prayer by
invocation which invocation he had hardly uttered
when the whole assemblage broke OUT in excamatioPs
and In the third arto of The Westminster Presby terrain
Confession Of Faith is to be seen this splendid
union OF the language or devotion with tho
Spirit The PuTitaDs eXcelled all others in this sweet
union of g0dness and grace In the only prayer which
Christ has left us-the first OF all prayeIs-is com
bined the union Of all the other names OF God.
He the Eternal solely, the Lord OF Hosts nor
the COnquerer, but "Our Father" That name was eons
Grated by Jesus Christ and has become superior 10 all
others.