, 1879-06-20

] ao!,sst, ne most nu1acous. the mott desperate
Htln uhrrIEctnletl nf these fIcn Htn have lrcu
nrfcn 10 our shores to aprcnd tlIef in1scl,icyons
ueausion. ..I. not only among the foreign popuIa-
innrnzinlsts arc finding Out, among the
ronr OF those New Endainl iowns which have
hitherto been onr boast for tnaFals nn content
.nent, every one vt these mcnt as we'll n. every
Inefents. is capable Of voting and holding ntlyc.
NV j. Is not bY voting aud of1fccholti1nE nloue
li,ni ttlcy prutrusc To rule. They are tratnc!
~ sa'o,efa: lar'iiar with violcnco md bloolsle'l.
te'i{ without patrlotEsm. s!ncc to them l,e Static
!s ine me npHrnssor wtnn they have becu
taught to fear. With some vague n,1ll slladosry
'tos M 2. ;ent virtue they ar: lo.t utterly to
nfnc'plcn, while their loul ci,.mpio,,sh,p Of
the rsxhts nE II" pn2r as against siIc rich, a,nt
thc Erotns" u n millennium Of eusn md sclI-
iNinlacnec win: them a suriy hearing IN tho
sase lost men, Has tle Church Ut to-day, Tic
tl'lirc ns cx[sf+ t uNr midst, no duty ii, con-
f1ectn, with sncinl utease Ike thsi What
more fitting inscription could there be for ,lln
oafIncrs q Cnm1ntinfsttr procession thau The.
words: "JIlese aro t',ey for whom Christ ticd."
Onlekf, Indeed. it Wcro That oft-Iuotcd hul SCI
dotn hcedcl comMntl: "acll ALI that thou hast
An'l give 10 The poor.t' 4 few blc.sed so',Is
tllcro nrn In cftry Church who minister 10 tho
poor, md who raro fer their wants, aud to tlrAc
br ali pfnisr. But how r,any aru there among
pastors or people who ecarvn drep down among
i'c loutitlattnfl.slones nf the c1i*tli: oracle n
th,tiEh TO llt;d tle wrongs rum which THE evil
results 10 which they minister knringsl And
how do thu few, wiz, arc In my way careful Of
the puor, fDHp2rc IN number With thu millions
'Tlln nrH utterly rcdlcss!
Tie Ilfc Of Chrltt wis n great posvcr In tho
wor'd = ths fa!valto', not only or chiefly Of the
WeI'-bci,avcd ninl tic Ncltto-do, but 1t reached
down in the luwcst aupths. F." lniItrans nnt
tinuers,' II tDined Itself 10 thctn. "eattng nn
drinkll!." With lhe1n. that So tnen nut women
might bc plltckcd thercfron, 10 salvation. "'rllc
Common people heard him gladly" 't'hc carly
thlF:tl, tu!l Of the hnirtt hf Its Great Founder,
swept through The worlt1 like mighty !nsptra.
tion4 an1 everywhere the pour an. oppressed by
thousands i1ockcd to It's standards. Why has
tic Church of to-day lost its power ever tue
great masses Of Ment
still ihy lore. q Christ arisen,
;, Ycarn. r. ssacl, tietc soul: n n,tsou;
Down tho chosen NJ FIN and loss.
UIul1s the plutnflrt Uf thy cross;
Never vet abyss wns found
nccpre than that love could eeuud.
One, goes into the churches nnt lf.lcha to
weary pfatftudcs nihl ittne-worn dogulas nn
plsEo and nl-cmhraci,ly ~ the btuc heavens
above. which hTcattcs through, the sertnor on
TIC Mount; or Tor tn. energy which confronted
the Atsen!an philosophers on Mars ilill ant.
out OF silelr own t'lpcrsttt!o,ts and blind con-
tees,1rcs wovc the form Of tint u'nnprcsent md
a!l.scc!II- f;oa. In whom alo!le ye live and
tnorr, and have our being.
Ono looks ut the en,piy benches anil longs Ia
write over the p,l!ptts, "Go nut Into the lanes,
and bv-saYs. md hedges, an, co,npel tlIem 10
CONC tu, that my. l,oufc may be futl." One
looks away frotn the wcst!srssetl and sg!icu.n-
tlarcnt congregation to those dark scet,ea Ii, tic
tin!ueb oE ttcthSsnane. antl at the cross VI
Calvary, md wonders ii this ls ,ln true out
como Of tllut sublime sacrifice, or whether IL
llad also purpose ct'ilccrn!n.+ tosc poor. blind,
ifcon,pctebt. vicious victIns u their own
by-strecis, Our tenement houses, too often our
tasts ami warehouses, utnl from whose rnnks
the great a1tnita of Communism nse recruited.
Christ lived nnt! died not only for, but with
thete people. Ills purpose toward them Is not
Different today from whatjt was IN the supreme
hour Of His passion. 1t 10 thu eternal purpose
which must n,is will be accomplished, even ut
tl!c cost o! anarchy md bloodshed, asll tie ruin
Of existing institutions.
But there Is more excellent way.,
CAn0LlsE i, Conu1Y,