, 1879-03-24


Of the white ncn still willing TO ecr,lre hy
violence and deceit tho ends wfie', II val.'nblo
Should come only by i1!u.sry md ,nnor:
Thus TIC bnd deeds Of each age g go following r"Mns
hasuls, md check, unl forehead, whit the iirsh
holds tl'n spark Of 1lfc. Thus slavery came
with its dark lines md tatsooet tsio statesmen
say what they NUT. there nro 10 bc tecn stlle tlc
aann tln,irea and enbIclns, nin! letters ~ their
souls p.,t there IN 1n1ta lux by o,r mistaken
nntvkturs.
hut ii lsnotonly ,hc I,alans under Tho Cnsnrs
and l'oiles. anI ireland under nrtstocrats, nd
t1t' South Under slavery. il,ht We seo ee ecns-
sfvcncss of Saccfy 10 a1l external III. but IN our
tnCrapl.ur's plate ali thu mean passions which
stan1 before that strange mirrnr. the heart. In
lie common mirror Of the rRrJor tile image ts
gore when sl,at Which nalc Il passes BY, but It
When anything beautiful OF llrformcd makcs its
picture OIL the soul nntl pusscs III IL does not
tnkc It's imaGo nwny with 1t but leaves IT. to be
thprc through long time or fGrever. THUS tic
scnstslvencss OF Society becomes MI appalling
quality.
IL was MY purposc to-day to al1udc only to
the everlasting influence OF good deeds: These
Society IN It's extreme senaihility catches anil
is ss i Il hs Ss ,s Was .a
dctorncd. that his eyes wcro 30 weak that he
could seldom enduru the tuli sunlight, nnll to
these lls he added tho sulfcrInHs OF sconrCfllEs
ind at last hu was led out to crt,ol block 10
an end cxccpt h!a many eo1rows; bis works
hnve come nlong. aild arc yo,lnI and frrAii. ntt
heatltIful at the entl ol many centuries. EaFth
to-day, MI through ItH civilized nations, Is better
few ycnrs with Its love AMI sclfsnrrlfirc.
Nor arc we to suppose Tint literature, anil
art, An'l sc!ence, an! written religion arc thu
nnsy works. which remain III the world after thy
hay fILr rnEt
Is that there ase unwrftton. unforrnlated ideas
and sentiments, works never carved or painted,
which help form asi a2c, mud which 60 on with IL
just as influential q. ts.e literature OF the sclos-
read Or heard cioquclica OF fhe sa'nts The
,Mot!lrrs of sls nsl, mothers jcrllaps who arc
dead now, lett In no literature, no Arts, l.o
sciences: they composed no philosophy, mn!
set onward comes tIeir po~ur not HItcl nbated
ly any htock IN tic cemetery Of thu city, Or n
ifte curelyar Of ihe village. Thus with all
those in1uc,.rcs which affect society. They arc
mt MI storcl away III those ur,,s which VIC cali
bio lirlia, 10 ofhan.cntca tndcsl with exquisite
workmanship, there fDves and ratnhles, nnd
marches, and advances, tic good OF the past, n
tlallny. fragrant south wind coming from flowers
from gardens that belong to no ono man. but to
II grcat troptcnl zone. Dcar to an age ara it8
books, mud architecture, nnd paintings, al1
statues, n,l religious crec,ls; but these ro eniy
cuE,lu the occupant Of bodies. Outside Of these
i.,carnatloils t,rrG arc forces filing the air liko
tho inytsiho us1gcls which mnistcred 10 Christ
in the wilderness.
On 1nany ucco,,nts It Ia we'll that there Is
always passing around through Lie common aIr
m nIurnce distinct from that embodied III
hooks; ttr IL Is often much truer anil letter
than that, firmly SGT ia, letters, and hardened
into crcetls. 4 liberal clergyman In this Statc
ilRs lust published pamphlet showing what
nwful doctrines nro >ylgE Upon the tsnGes Of
PRESBYTERIAN phiiosuphy. lie has viii. deep
pain discovered s'ictl words us tho following:
'}y the lecreu Of 1od, for the manifestation ot
Ills glory, somr linen anl angels AEc prcdesti-
uuteH ulltu everlasting life, uli others fureDr-
tainc1 to everlasting DEATH" atMt the number
of cucll Is ''so certuin al definite that It can-
not be aLtller Increased or dlmintstled.h
"Otthets, not elected {tl,at is. othcr infants,
other mtN and AnGc!s, and othcr women, Is the
pain, logical inferunce), "nlthough they may
lie called by The ministry Of thu Word, nltl may
yet they nrvcr truly colne 10 Christ. nn, there.
| lure, cannot he saved. Much less eau men uot
| protesting the Christian religion be saved III
any otlIcr way whatsoeyer, be they never 50
t!iIIEcnt to frame their 1lyeB according 10 tue
| light ot nature nnl tho law DF tint religion they
.lo profess; md 10 assert asld maintain TINT
| they may hu sa,rd is very pcrolcious nnd to be
] 1etestcu,H
| Now these wouli. be sad words In tho extreme
II there weru no rrcshytcrat souf, anl thought.
n,ml feclluy bestles what these wortls contain.
Ant! certainly ttose statements should Mt once
he stricken fron their doctrsna books; but 1t Is
comforting 10 know tt.at ti,eru is human soul,
even a Presbyterian soul, ttnt cannut b. I'M
prlaoned In such dogtnns, but which wan1crs
uut IN Its owl liberty, ind no moro believes
that au infant or On honest man Will be pun
is|lcd ts fc! than this writer ur even Mr.. lnEcr-
soil bclisvcs In auv such iatr Of childhood Of OF
honesty. II Ia greut misfortune Tint the
churches do npt boldly rise u1 nsN! create liar
mony hciwceu their literature mud tl,cjr hearts.
| but, sf.,ce they ars uuablc to do this, lei us
rcl1Iru ,llt there is swcep!ng ulong an unwrit-
irn Christianity that Is fur truer uul swccter
than tic onu That was long ago crystallxed into
body.
! Asa nroof ,hat thc wr,ttnrs NJ men do MT
contni nj nf ria IN u,,or"tM; roo,t If ~ tfm' a"r
mar,s t,,r tonlurt .oi CathoIic nnH proica,n,s t
IN thrso inItcr fiavs' T'hr Arcnhis1nn of Fin,
.rn"ti III thnts prntcstants uni EotI"ies rnr ti,rir
swn'nathica mi mfin'lss r. tlsnsr NJ na1iirr ~,
ilrinEn lima sh"yintS t,.t ~ tn I'm y hcart ~ IN,
;a, ticst f,,I ~ .orrn, md III, Iinrofn-. 1 ~
;,nm,uitv' H." i,rntrstan,s hnvo NJ ~ ,.at - rni,v
;t.., ,,,r ha hooi:s sv,, n,vvys ~ rn'1n I -. ~
ii,t",s ami njtbn,r Tia frm, ;r'onsi ,i,e !"
,mrmt,.i ' is,n" a Ntshnn i, ,mri;bm. IT, a;1i,, ~
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