The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-06-21


mutual excellence and a. mutual success,
Having thus reviewed the business enter
prise and the educational schemes Of our
6under, approach
MS CHRISTIAN CHARACTER.
Here we have an element not yet consid-
cred. Our christianity is o supernatural |
system. The original revelation was super |
natural in its communication. Its attesta-
ton by miracles and by prophecy was super |
natural. Our divine Redeemer, its central |
object, is the great supernatural fact of the |
universe. The Holy Spirit, as the efficient |
agent in the diffusion Of Christianity, is a
supernatural force in the hearts Of men. ,
Us sacraments are the visible signs Of Il SUI
pernatural grace, and its ministry claims
supernatural assistance. From the promise
of Eden to the trumpet of judgment, and
beyond, to the eternal perfection of glory in
our Saviour, the whole system in its origin,
its essence, its development, and its consum-
nation is supernatural, while yet taking up
into itself and controlling into harmony all
the ordinary laws and powers of the uni
verse.
Now our plain, shrewd, practical Founder
was an orthodox believer in this superna-
turnl scheme. lie received Christianity as
crystallfzed into our Scriptural and Apostle
lc Church. lie adhered to creeds, articles,
Offices and liturgy. He embraced our pray
er- book in its unity and entirety. During
nearly fifty years he was connected with
our church, usually was an officer, and for
much of the long period was constant and
exemplary communicant He knew little
and cared nothing for the Radcalism, Rit-
ualism, or Rationalism Of our times. Ger
tainly he was neither critic, scholar no theo-
logian. But his plain sense went direct to
its mark. His profession meant belief, and
his belief meant practice. Like the silent
light giving bloom to the world, his faith
had a vitalizing power. He grasped the
truth of Christianity and the position of the
Church, and showed his cYeed by his life.
1t was the invisible aroma of his piety that
after all gave the charm to his career.
remember at our first interview | repeated
these dying words of one loved and vene-
rated: "Without Jesus, life would be a blank,
indeed" Then | recited the lines depar
ing Christian had spoken:
"a guilty, weak and helpless worm,
On Thy kind arms l fall
Thou arr my strength and righteousness,
My Jesus and my all"
From the moment of that conversation
believed that Judge Packer was living
Christian, and the testimonies of his rector
and his iriends-and, more than all, his ac-
tions-prove the impression to have been
correct. The tree cannot change itself; it
has no power TO revolutionize its juices +;
its LEAKAGE, its bloom, its fruitage. Given
sun, soil, dew, rain, air, and the result is be-
yond any radical interference, by ordinary
natural agency. The Omnipotence which
made the tree alone can change the nature Of
| the tree. And so the heart of man must
feel the mighty influences of the Holy Ghost
before the celestial graces can adorn terres-
trial character The image of our Saviour
! shining out from human soul is a Divine
| creation.
Our Founder might have completed his
railway, amassed his fortune, and even es.
established this University from a merely
selfish motive. Love of money or of power
might have mpelled in his business enter
prises, and passion for fame animated in
his educational schemes. This institution
is conceivable as stupendous monument
of pride, yet no man ever attributes to our
! Founder any but benevolent motive. His
face was the mirror of his heart. You read
there only a humane and exalted purpose.
In the hard contests of life, in the battles
with the bulls and bears of the Exchange, i'm
the sharp encounters with financial sharks,
in the perlous struggles with rival railway
kings,in all those keen controversies nvolv-
on1 Sy6oro o,l,, Cnrss;cLt o,d conrc,e ovoiI
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for the proof of his character. How placid,
how restful, how benevolent, how radicnt
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