, 1880-07-26

1lty lllt {llE GluEF, N'Hfilln hl1 NSD llV
frown OF 'crror, bit full Of smiling flowers,
crest Is resti,,!g the LiiF!it cl"lla of Diyine
gl.ry. T!S der, Of this oyY W. en- ,',,ys nsysr
Maniiur along tic bright SHIRE. ami step i,
little wny into The glistenng, tlood, while its
fathonllcss depths evSr roll ~ in mighty
na}esiy hofore lis. All attempts to compass
sUrya to convince us % our Impotence. We
caii only exclalm als in adorlnY nWo we gazo
on t!,e great eyrllt 81 thus ,inlyHrsn-"n event
Ing ntars, l,url,u alOft Hll inspired song, md
hyinIed by ANGELIC ctl0trs-tn which lie,
VII" had L., b!rn II the b. bosom. ct tie Father:
n ny os w ~ tiYs ~ x Ws5e snes efeste ,rnr " %
% tS,f 2eS sa ss'fssl ofx s l'S s III es s
deserving etcrnnl ,lcnt', might have eternal
G%:'"E Eo t|'s' lie aspi sf'f ts &s fsss fe s!x
t!oti,s love to IT'S III Jesus ChyIstl''
Wstl might ho who estcenic!! himself tlle
but y - also because tue Cross roveals ~
exelcfse1 tp saye meh tint tho Apostle
exm!etl In IN T. ll"w eam A. n,1 b. rs:;"; rescued
Oh wlt.se snlution hung tlo dest tlny, Of ol.r
tlo exorcissofit lis hlsl, peraqa.tvo iins chosen
tn f0ranke God, to itrcai away .froan Ills 10y.
to ;f rstarn 70 tie lie FatIsSs boson ei Of % %ts oSn
accord, without ytolcncu Uhe to Its freedom?
Inv shnll, being 1aale tn the Diving
iinARc, with ap9tless IMor.l nature. and
onco he Inns !npsed from perfection, md bis
moral constitution is corrupted, uMl his
powers nlp ut disgorl.-:how shall such II
himself, md !ike i oilco precious vase now
polluted nlt shattered, be restored to
difficult sllI-;llow slnll all tls bo t'oie. nnd
mil Whose voice Is tl,e harmony. of the,
| World,' be 1natntntnetl ats4 1u1land?. How
slnll tho !myrials Of rational lntelllgences
cr0wtlinE the universe bn kept true to their
tielnaniing peT(cet obe'iie!ice to !he Sovereign
| nlny le trnlnlilctl under foot with impunlty
mt! the offender restnretl even to high fav9r?
From the solution of sacll,, q problem
! appaile,i. iniinif WIston alo,lc could IL
ylse scl,elne perfect III every rnrt By wl,tcl!
man be- restored to favor MD, purity. WHO
III the mysterious blending OF tho Divine
| and the human IN tic person Of
| oqr Lnrtl,-ia, nature Which, wllilo
It laSs ltohl of humanity, towers to Deity, 50
DMt thu execution Of the retlem}ftvU plum ex-
| lihlts no less wisttp1n tlIan It's conception.
| What degree Of wisdom less tllNn lnliuft
could l,nve SO fashioned md arranged every
combined shall cOntl!lce to the development
aild conslI,nnlatlon of tho plan Of redemption,
could have made all the ongonGs Of
Nature. M md all M t!ic acts Of Myrlatls of hntnnn
ErsilHl result, so TINT the history Ut Nature,
md the history. of man cnM!,lnnd, Is hui tic
history Of redemption? flhw u.nnz!ng to
lun,nll ken Inns beet the deyul0pinent of this
/ tnt HntStl f}HnNFIi fhn ntYnx} AMI II
sliNil go on unfolding iiself through future
nges, lnyitg under contribution every net Of
our race, i,Inktng even the wrath ot nan tG
Md lis development illustrating more AMI
sGArcln,fu riches OF DiyinH wisdom, llntIt, iii
its glorious cons umnatlon, lmsinE g:!tier4d
n!l Its tropl'les-an tnnunlerablc multitude,
nnl pe"ple, and milton ""-it siiaii, bef,tre i
wondering universe, place them. spotless be-
foro the eternal tllr!it,el, Now, iii this plun
20 rntllnnt With Divine wisdom, a, rr'tcitctl
Alphn n..I on|eaa Of tho system. It beglns
nn.l ends II Him; From Ills Cross strcnn
VI W5sy y" MS n@ afs e s p pvtd III, ti,prst S Il te @
nlanl THEFT. grand md fatal defect his ever
been that they address themselves u Ills
Intellect, his taste, lis Imagination, his
sf;S seatre Of Ut @ nsysF a asfee.& sIs .es ts t 5
purpose Of Ills. sonl. But sincg, the
nlnrul character of u nsan lies not q his IL
tefiect nr passions, bt e.. his wifi, It that Will
bu unchalged, Ills nlorul condition, must re-,
nsin unaffected @ by wlntoyer trnppiin,s nf
tho moral result IN men Of tho iluitltuilo,,s
reliEioMs which they 'laye devised Jug been
knowledge Of tiieir 1ncth0d of 0raratiu1:
These religious have been rs rowerlcsss M
worn. They hnve expended themselves on
tho surfncc. TlIe Divine pla,l lAs nImcd d.
rcc1|y Ut tho renovation Of the l,cnrt; because
out of It 'arc tl,e issllrs Of life. Tho lnam y
made pure within, n'id from this purified
foNMtlin ,0t Ills llfo all tho stleultls become
pure mud hea1tfful.
And this brings to view a. fourth reason,
whie., led tle Apostle tn exuIt Il, .the, Cross
Of Chr!st,-sil!eo tho Cross reveals III rlenrcst
light tho intinlt power OF Gntl exerted tn sive
nlet,.., Attacking first of nll, and enrryl,lg
tho cltade! Ut the life by,sweetly constraiii
Ing love, tho pDwer, ,sttep,nfng from tho Cross
COMES ut length t.. take possession Of tic
whole IluE aud to diMet I'LL his enurgIcs.
Hitherto he has bsell living for self, MD iii
the forces of his life hayv been nnrsl,njDtl I'd
attain .sels!, entls;, now llu begins to lfvo fot