, 1879-01-06

ttsihoU WIKI HuuHtutM ID NtGHe4tt HHAt river
'ongest what sea deepest, bnt In tho spiritual
world lie must throw astie his exact measure.
ments and 6e content with the feeling that ali
ls great and mysterious. Tho dust Of
tho universe is measurable, but not 10
Its spiritual things. It Il as though
the world, Intellectual and moral, wero
preparing Us to accept Of ths .nfnity Of God.
We're thcro any method bT which we might
compare together the leading ideas which hare
led the human family along it, great Journey, II
would beem that tho motive Of religion has been
most powerful. But there ts no standard or
method Of comparison here, aud therefore ne
H'uae content ourselves by declaring great
among the poNcrs that have moved man, Il the
affirmation Of religion.
A. sonc time IN history TINT gifted being,
man, must have begun to fcct TINT It was eou1e
more powerful being than he OF than all his
rara that had placed tho sun anu stars fl tho eky
and had made such str,cturo as tho costl,.
Tho Bible mentions far.off time when meu bc-
gan to cali upon tho natnc of tho Lori, and,
outside the old record, all through Egyptian
antiquity the mind Is seen dcilucing from thu
cnconpassment Of man, The fact nnsl presence
of Dcity. Jup, ono Of The ancient hooks, pre-.
acnte in tho most eloquent, anti logical. aud
poetic Of manners tho argument that carly drove
society toward faltt. IN tho Creator, When this
Chaldcan Job asks, doth the hawk tly by Thy
wisdom and stretch her wings toward tic south
Doth tho caufe mount up at Thy command and
make her neat on hight Who causcsh It to rala
on earth Hhcr1 no man Isl 0n the wilderness
wherein Ia no mnnf' he shuus the hlt.na,
reason fn the net Ut drawing tIcar to God,
The hundred or morn Of tlicso sharp questions
IN thai old treasure Of literature tcvcal q
natural theology not surpassed BY that Of
Acnophou, or Lactanttns. or l'aley. 1u the four
pcrlots represented by tIcsc fur persouagcs,-
Job. Xcnophup, I.setastius. snd Paley,-thc
Cha'dean Greek, Rontan, and English periods.
VIC perceive the best forms of season. following
| ono line Of thought toward the niue conclusion
tho logical necessity OF Crcatur. Whether,
therefore, n1nh canla 10 Ills reasoning powera ak
once BY a, instantaneous Ettt Of his Creator, or
eamo lhithcr BY long dcycopnlent fran kind
af infancy Of thought, he catno tu n iuIi convic-
| lion at Inst that there Was q ueing outside Of
| tho human race who was King Of kiugs n1d
| Lord of Lors1s. Il Is unknown 1t what time In
carth's history OF III naa's history this religious
sentiment sprang into life, but however
for back our students Of thc past 10 with
thcir excavations and their dcctphcrtng, they
cast up out Ut buried ruins or read from cn-
gravcd stones o. tiles, % otce the treasures Of
art aud oE religion. illus we infer that tho
same intellectual power whic! Eayc birth to q
l1uo art Ravo brit, also tp a rclt.fon-that tho
power OF loetc WHICH led to an architecture, or
en lmplcmcnt. Or = ssIencc, led also u u Deity,
for out OF tfIe sainc henp of ruins eot,o always
cnb!cms not only Ut the beautiful but Of tic
Religious. In the excavations Of Raby'onin,
GeofXe enlisa Ieaas 1to'u Tug ba11ea tlles
this psa!m; "Oa my l1tu, my trans
gfess'oh 10 great, hY slns many. ing
tlansRlessaon fom,nItteu J. Rno" not.
Rho" NOT the sin ! eatnmlttea psalm
winch ehows Us hnW the assufnca holi-
Mess u uoA ule" tHn9s ~ pfntthee run A'hn
thousands ol years eelofe DaVid wrote ltls peni..
tent!at Gsa!!n' .. ue'os9 w % nnnIeIl aainelea
snsss apltgaa a; ivEie.s =. tu tseIs.s. nnk w
necu III uEaay WET .Me auestiGu " t!!c unt!uui
" Of tnu RELIGIOUS sentiment. II appears ~ soon
as sno taun'an u. in!u , nppsaIss m"eIoven .' oul
seao'afs go 10 exnuse solt.G our1cu ety N!iet,
thcT u. w psese " Mtd!.'9 .a OF 4Tagmeht o.
tho pcanttu tnese sauy n.e ~ ~ nL,aae o.
dou aoo verse VI psalm, az tho1Xn y SHOW
" TINT wEieic thero i!as CONS TUG tntelll9cnco
that can Tfits poeM of frame law tncro las
eon!s tne 'o9'ca' po"eF u 'A1e' ''at "ah Hau
CfGatoi. ,,9'.o
When one of Our pubic men, public speakers
measi' Was ioand rSeHnt'y NJ at! aa:tson o. all-
tqueet b'd9lil9 u a'l Tue images ~ etiuitn re-
!iGiona 9e tio1en ht wsfc goliiR 70 Kn! Chfts-
iial.ty py 19o fsoieulo VI nsN atla inuguhDlo
ramtaso", a,, ~ "as oM!y pu,rAasnS suunaan. 4
eViaencc that iho human sona nus ai"ats psen
luIt ol tehdcF Fcitc!oue sentiment, that !ooRea
W LOT an c1p!aEatioh Vi tnSse Feass to 'n!l ~
| 1oy nnd Death Astt %oll!u hot ot'hg nina!c
as a,lct!on ail tue rams ho5us M that % onec were
nto"n arelnu Jeflelo. nor III! tllo snfia Pipes VI
~: or the tareG atfngsa nafps o. nleek n.efs,
- A'te sA sn ~ t'1'a ~ t'e ts."."i oo.
| he nscutnulatoa lasgo assortment Ut iesishcs
ana dlylnitles, nc VII! nave sfaao 10 approaeil
toward nby 5luiculo ~ tAe ieiigaohs lcelhE III
man. ~ III tne nooie sentitncnts pEcaA a"ay
lFoln cllilaltt paat' ahn rise INTO gffatncss, -
Tc!lsion wli1 Hni po elnpaFasecl, W WY small
ness o. H. GMtn"oou, ~ y VIII 9.Ge hteaaay
upon dfgniiaod present and aa unveiIit'E fu-
tuTc.
Aavtne tecn tho simple iact ttat thcrc - IN
inc bosom Of man rel1alous motive. lct ns
pass now 10 eonaotf some OF the elcsncnts OF
It's power
hrst clement OF tbe poMor Of thia motive
inay bo found in that quality OF mind which
leels CONSCIOUS OF thc fiaathcss anu wrong''ess
OF nctions. Whether TUG ttieh was innnte OF has
been acquired need not 10 debated here, but by
sumo means man h9a rcaehed = iuli conviction
that thorc arc things whieEi 10 should not do,
md things which le should do. aud which aro
most noble things to do To i'o done, nnA cut Of
tl.ls Utmost consciousness there eones the fcul-
ing tbat thcre IN aotae Creator OF tho universe
who IL looking after talss hadncas and goodness
Of mankind, te pun'a!. ths ons and reward tho
of tghtncss and r0nrlIexs as DQett all through