, 1879-06-09

It's Chief men nftti nUbltA 1Dt[oWe1 tho ItffferH
cortcrc. England crowned il'r co1d brow with
tmmortelles, ami laid The sacred dust In tho
satns mausoicum whcro rest tie aalca of plon.
taQcntts and Stuarts; In t!lRt magnificent AbfNy,
whlc Is 10 England what the Pantheon was ii.
tended 10 bo 70 Fraogo, and What 'io Va!halla
Ia to Germany, they laid tho mortal bar Of enc
ono who hsd deserved we'll at tlie hands of the
world, becauac, 10 uso his hTn words, he had
sought to heal tho open sure. conlrontnE It III
drcary Africa. Nelson exclaimed. on memo
rable occasion: Victory or Westminster Ab-
bcy.n David Livingstone won both, and scsts
from his 1Hbors.
''In tho great Minister'S transit,
Whcre light likB gloties TALL
And .'e sweet eoI ling, - and # ths organ f'nR''
What had hc done to cntitlc him to this Dleh
hos,os1 lie wa no ueacsa', no statesman, or
economist lie was simply Scotch boyt born
On the banks Of the C!yde WHO Ast dow to ill.,
terpret the word "hrothcrt !" md who roso from
his seat rcalgtng that 4 embraced tue most help
millions had been exported aud sold Into slavery,
alld vim, By sons philosophers. had been ru.
Eartlrd At utmost soulieas. To devote himself
TO such class elected tho approval OF Roynl
England and Republican America. ll.ey agreed
law of husnnn duty, aud atnen" also have tluy
pronounced on other men who Initiate Ills ex-
am;As.
We should, therefore, be prepared to acknovl-
NtAES t4hk Wo AttEt3h ksHtA0t S'HGf III AOtla
or abrond. Wo must ieuore The barriers which
sel|ithness raises between nan and man, the
barrlcrs OF rank. place. and wealth. Rising
superior to them, NC must deal NTH men as they
are, nut fixing our esttrnate. upon dress
We m,tst tlc. directly will, TIC pertonatity,-
with sl,c soul within. Tous the mndern Pilates,
NicoleInuses, and MagdAcnct must not signify
merely high of!iee, !easnlsE. aegEndatIoss. OF
abasemeat. bit they must each stand for i'm.
mortal spirits: a fraternity varying IN states OF
spiritual life. II ne arc thus Impressed nc Will
nuTcr ncqniEsce In fle lnhuman dogma tlntm
or races are tncurab1y bad Or degraded, but W.
.a x t,sa q @ e ] 1Tsst Ss 81 ss'ss en s"ea w t4s s
be 10 depth Of shame or hclpiestneas, but Will
furnish plea for consccrased labor and for sym
pathY and personal toll.
Il Is we'll, IL Tho second plaec, to consider
seinshnoss must be extirpateti. Alas how po-
tcut has been ttts rice In the councils mud In tic
history Of men! 1t has presided over the coun-
cl,t OF Kings; It. has Gronn4 down The manhood
Of merchants; 1t has cliInbed tu the judgment
scat und perverted justtcs; II bath clothed nse1f
with tsosy. vcs.tnents nnd perverted rclIetot!
for handful Of gold: and 1t has blemtstIcd
charity with oscntatton: II has degraded friend
shiD with hypocr1sy; II has persertcu patrsot-
Ism with partlsanskItp: aud. uuless1t be stricken
down, NJ! cur efforts for the renovation Of ST.
cirtv will prove detusfon an.l futlure.
We nrc to follow the example Of Christ, who
denied himself and was patient even uuto the
death Of thu cross1 It Ia written Tint Paul
filled up that which WAS bchndll.nd Of the sui
fcrInga OF Christ In his tlcsh, ue did not how
ever, mean that he shared With the Savfor iu hts
nntouinE saCritcG, but rather that he walked
with him 10 thc pain aud tsayall Incident to
philanthrophlc efforts for the wor4's retlemp-
tion. It Is recorded OF one Of tile worlds gifted
painters ilat lle stood before tlle masterpiece
OF n great genius, one l,o could never hope to
equal, and ret The Infinite supcr1orfty only clc-
H.
felt D. spirit UNNECESSARILY snpcrtor, md
an paInisr." So. before lie uneaual Offering
II We wu,ld fulall the Inv Ut duty to the ~hu..
man world, We must not DO discouraged by Its
superioritY, but stimulated to do whit We can.
Thu questlon, however,. may arisc, Has tlutv MY
| b0unds} Are wc to deny ourselves wholly, MS,
for [nstnncr, ot,r liE1lcat naturc, reason, and
answers m. Ito nercr taMinrcd with integrity
or conviction Of right to oIclse or earc any one.
Neither can We. TO be false to conviction OF
duty In the expectation that, br so doing, wo
viefous Md dcluslyc. People whom We thtals
we aid by such cltcanery ire ony make tut1
times moro tic child of tic Devil by our pro-
solytfstu than they lsero before. There Is
nn.i ylrine; bodily passions,. icsiros, Interests.
cn!oYtucnt (sofna Of which aro right enough,
such a. property, unors, society, frIen1s, retar.
ring mainly to Tits lffe} NAV bu dencd md held
things arc not wrong in themselves. nnd eau be
abandoned Without tndAnGerlnE integrity, and
rs rightly be tctnincd II no necessity Ia tho
wants ii others require their surrender. Things
Inherently sinful aro not TO be considered. And
casLIng them astlo il mt TO he construed as a
mnrk Of aelfsarrtAcng inYe. Hp who .Eiscs up
sin, such hs drunkenness or llruniousness,
Ieei not regard himself as martyr, when be is
| abandoning that which would dtg an ently gfnve.
Life Is sacred: IL Is not lightly u be held, and
Is not carclessly to be thrown away; but thcso
nro thlugR more soercd, such as lonDr, honesty,
truth und lovc, alt.t II IN their maintenance fur
tho veal of tho world life has to bu sacrificed by
alowly consufninE away, Or BY cruelty Of those
moro sacred tlsllIga. It must bc freely gtvon up.
Tho patriot must willingly be sacrificed for tic
public wcal. II II is !mperatiyely reccs.
sary, rather tlan save Ills lite to tue dcirimeut
dungeons, every salut enduring suffering and
toll In tho cnlixe Ut religlon aud civilization,
every martyr whose blood Is alled Ms 4 seal ol
tie holy Iaitt,, are but illustrations Of tho su'
prefne dignity 0f l10nor, truth, nnd lore.
Nov. I'll conclusion, Let US estitatu the utilitr
of thus giving ouEseIycs for others. Our age ID
utlitnrau, mud, 1t has bccn said, the 1nulttpllca
| tt0n. .tAblu tnolds unr life moro than e1assis
,bclr fe!Iow.he.xs ready to sscrlIiec mud eaiEo,
] for others. hardly refrain from making. What
will all this pro1ltt Suppose you ptant tic
cross IN tho wilderness: supnose, you anchor
your ship In y" rcgfo'l "f tho North po'o: sup
| sako of establishing '.ttssons md asyluma
among tho wrctchcu aud lestltute OF oa,
uwn laml, what will Il ultimately avail
Would II mot be better tu lpt ever,
msn loak aftss h's oS', w.. m interest !'.. 4
OF labor, may not the material results be more
| apparentf Thcso Eentletart, arc mistaken. 'rhs