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


pingstones on which to rest IN passing fron one
sphere to another However low down we inay trace
our origin, we cannot 20 furtaer down than st Paul
or the Book of Gcness The latter s4ys "The Lord
God made man OF the dust OF the earth out OF the
rude nanmate PARTICLES OF the dust No tradition con-
corning tho origin OF can possibly affect or
destroy knowledge or certainty OF what man
Is now. II were told that because we
were once children we would never become men,
or. II, because once sayages we would
never become civilized because the first man was
Of EARTH earthly therefore all the higher aspirations OF
nature would also be earthly would make us OF all
creatures the miserable. This Is not required Of
either by philosophy religion When we ore asked
What man may fearlessly that we are not
ashamed OF our lineage hopeless OF destiny. Man
looks upward not downward. forward not backward;
and il ~ In the direction he looks for than In the
actual look itself that reveals his true nature "Do what
You like" said the ancient philosopher with my body
my body not me- and or myself much higher reckon
Uni, brings MS 10 the second part OF the Biblical &C.
count man. according to that division which we find
in the New Testament, and which has response In oil
human language Whnt is IL that lies behind the ont
wal frame OF the inmost type of man II Is that
which the Bible calls In the largest sense OF the word,
his soul the seat Of all those moral and intellectual fac
Mites which make him feel what is. When look
the face OF the living do not see ~ and II We look into
the face OF dead friend feel that II is
much in common with the lower and degraded
creation, while IN our nermost being bear The image
OF God The spiritual part Of man has constantly al
nSso % 6G r SaSSsd Physical n % on as
advanced immensely. The civilized man h far above
The savage aud tile Greek and Romans far above
the Asiatc Our happiness orr dignity our welfare do
not hinge upon what our ancestors were thousand
genius, which after all are gifts and ornaments Of
selves not OF these things, wonderful IA they
are aud greatly they contribute to happiness IL Is
In our moral nature on what we are on what we DO on
what admire, what we love- and on what VIC hate.
The soul that sinncth, it snail die but he who doeth
what ID lawful aud rig shall surely live. The moral
nature OF man viii outiast all the conyulsons OF life,
something greater than the resurrection of the dead,
and that is the immortality of tie sou. There IS some
thing greater than the Immortality OF the son the ever
II, ing, yviying and qdickenng power OF the spirit.
In being there are two three or five sepa-
in the character OF David we see il in the lex and re
ex Of the better mind OF Peter; IL IN the disrac-
ton and discussion In the mind OF Paul it In the
long history OF Cnristendom; IL Ia the old Adam
the old Adm striving TO keep its against the new
II Is this doctrine OF the superior character OF the
spiritual man above his physical friend, which, as 1t Is
safeguard against the matcrlasm OF the scientific
ism OF the altar and the sacristy When for thousand
years the Christian Church believed that the eternal
veal or woe of human beings depended upon tue INNER
sion Of the human body In bath basin of water
when the regeneration Of nations in the Middle OF Ages,
ANA il the seventeenth century, supposed to
depend upon the preservation OF the dead bones the
fragment of wood. these were all 80 many
attempts to sink the spiritual in the material
Wherever tie mind OF the wOrshppcr whether In Pro-
testant Catholic churches is fixed the outward in
stead OF the inward he accidental instead OF the essen
a the temporary instead OF the eternal there In that
proportion the original spirit Of the Gospel exchanged
for the Judac customs Wherever, whether In Catholic
Protestant churches. whether In heather Christian
lahds the naeea and unneeded give place 10 the req
beng to God from the rising or the sun 10 the going
uoMu Vi lIe lHoitI shV' IuS spiltt
ual lncense Is offered by which alone man can hope to
prevail with BIS Maker
To sum up sense and substance OF al that have
been saying; II tnere Dc any place on earth where inc
thought Ol such Il conflict between mimi and matter,
WHERE the hope OF the triumph OF the spiritual over the
material Is discovered, It may be IN TINS greet
city. When we look back 10 the very small
begnnings-the Dutcn settlement gathered around Its
humble church and fortress the point OF land
between the two ncosng Tversits humble palisades
Indian rib and then look nc the limIrabe extern
Of this Babylon Of tho West this endless traffic and
thoroughf.Tr of the world, It's trdmwoys which
than BabyOnian whlrl and stir roll above our
heads We well may feel how the human Intellect has
wrought out OF these conditions q destiny which
hundred years ago could not have been conceived
We how creation has been formed within tho
lifetime almost OF single genO alton. Accident, no
doubt has had her share in THU but the mind aud viii OF
man have done mnen NOR. rhvn srlie5 Win sr re- .
OF which We nave been speaking mas also borne us part
whether the midst OF this great Babylon there are
signs OF the Jerusalem which Is above.
Tho traveller who has come from over the sea ana re-
feels his conception OF the endless capacity of his
ncrease but he also asks himself whether there
has been and viii be here or in ais own country,
a corresponding increase OF that faith. with:
out which wealth and fame. and the vast
tent OF business Of necessity greatness, IL the
vast, ndonitabe Will aud inexhaus6ie Perseverance
long and cckered history OF NY native land.
al this nson. comes to our mind recollection OF
those lines OF the lyrical poet OF England:
"Sew times, new chimes.
But san Inc same Old GARTH old crimes"
But there Is the better of Christian poet who,
thinking only OF the duties and actions OF daly me- ap
plies them also to CHRISTIAN HE:
New perils past new sins torglve 81 ,,.,.,.
New sw 'SSaSa 81 s Of @Sm price
God Will provide for saorhc0"
When We think of the generosity OF individuals Of the
kindness and the purity OF the domestic hearth when
We tnnK OF tue higher virtues OF the AngoSaxon
whether this side or the ocean or the other, our
moIto OF the siate of New-YOrk, INTO which
the great poet Of Ameres has thrown brown we;
yet higher must aud shall the spiritual and
moral effort be made 70 Keep Pa aS,v Win bsr HhTa
wheels More strenuous, and yet more strenuous. must
teria destiny Of TINS world. Human courage must
rise needs OF human adversely put ihe noble say
cnp dlct delighted to honor Human virtue must
tho need of human temptation and OF human corrup-
Let always be remembered concluded the Dean, that
suc have spoken are futile unless they reach
10 individuals lie wuo speaks here Is speaking almost
his last words In this country: To every man. aud to
every young wo especially St sha' ds rsn9s s
would say, with all tho seriousness VI which |
he S0 Ta S hast nS SG poes es e nSI
mind Tny name shall be called no uore Jacob, but
God to prevail choose choose, whomsOeysr thou be to
these words como with any force choose between
interest OF thy life that the evil predominant; it is
the sweet aud sublime hope OF life tnat tho good may
nrSdominate and become thyse Thou hast Il In thy
power 10 slave OF passion. slave OF luxurious
living tho slave Of senseess party watchwords. the
slave OF corruption. Thou hast II in thy power Also
~ became the tree master OF myself the everlasting
heuetactor Of thy country aud the unIainS champion
OF thy God
AT TIT CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY.
DEAN sTANLEY's EVENING sERMoN-THE NATURE
OF GOD HIS SUBJECT.
The sermon of Dean Stanley at the Church
of the Holy Trinity last drew great crowd