, 1880-06-07

}iAd VIC time u note spnlg nf tho qualities
Of the Egyptian falth md TINT oftho l'arSses,
W whai II . bedeckrl, d. beje%eIedr raSe i this
hit iin,s woalaa fai} ii IN - ss| atten,pt. W
need not wAner 10 {ar fI1m home, What |
ages. but thu attempts Of each aK,, to find
lovcd9 Evcn 'calvlaisnl, Whose beai!-
" lIns nInlost, lu,sscd away ,nr beei,
that some olte leaf froln tla tren Of life WV
GU tar toward tca!lnE tllG nations tlat sntter
from, snme certain n'alaay. rlh.se trees
WHICH .EotIn snw bore lt,avGs which WGFe Us
Of tiiselse must have yielded 70 tlIis iniin.
turn from legend to the gospel, lust ns wG
historians turn fr"m alnaxlAx stories tnwaTt!!
when his slpcrur mind with all ts learntnE
nMl acutenrss and cUnrlFr paAseh oyer from
CID Romnn!sm to u,s gwsF att,I stntniis@it, i.o
rn1fgH nrs acaad o. cGnteS s aivis n,!ef r,.R
ness, Just The few lslens he cspoa,sGd md PRO.
g!,ec, 4 nereityi Father .aupds them, II
Goro lie " peo,io alunx ruaoIy bit snfciy.
Our orn asks tor, some other .p1ase
OF Christianity, md It comes at tho
nskfng, for. Christianity IL an exrnnse 80 Wide
viii lie like stars scattered III tic b'lle--cach
star indeed being vl.st, but ns srains Of dust
compares! with tl.e axura nrouud them. Tho
Views OF Luther, tho itlGaS VI FenInn, The
spirituality Of Wesley, tho simplicity of VIII
linn Penn, the terrible Thoughts OF Edwards,
the stubborn righteousness of the rurltans,
tim beliefs OF the, l}altis!s aud NIL this com.
tic henri thal Wien t enle's llle artlla Of re-
liglon It hus ln.lcl,ett its boat not upDn n lit
lie artificial lake, but upon si,oreless scn;
md that ttlu water nntter its keel IL as hot,l-
Ing compared WITH that expanss vt whsrs lts
Of Of Goti and Of Jesus aiI Tic truths
We nll hold and loyu could sink alstl 10 lost
rs song-hIrtls flying iut1 q dcnso forest.
must must posscss 1Iis attributes, u.,t 10 fresh a,d
sweet when WI faint, and he only openhg Its
morning windows when death Is closing ours
for the long. night. ....
| most deeply fuel to be sltcl,-lust as that Is
home where tho lscart nctiinlly WIS In liz
that New England or Old England Is tho
pM tic border Of the lakss, Is tic p!ace wiiers
llo1uc Is; or WIS, or should be; for we lll
have some memory. within which marks
ollt, Just one spot Oh eartli,--a small
ways fatl. THUS In Christianity, that Is re-
Tiie wkio world u thought Is Indcol beforo
them ever against the hcart. uc:lee. MI
| 1snae Newton and n Grottus found thelr
spiritual food iii marking, the lnws Of ,etlItcs
| tllat interscet md u3lderli1 tic Gospels, am!
tho laws Of nations, whtlo. = poetic mind
would study tho visions Of john nnd IsaEnl:
The Bible Of the Second Adventist Is well
worn In. David and tic Apoealypso; tha
always be CLEAN niMl new III these ,paEes, bnt!
well studied III tho nlaxIus uf Snlun,on md
| III the addresses Ut JcstlS, for Christianity
asks each heurt 10 pluck lts own flowers. 1t
offers wide world In which encl, mind may
find n home. ....-
The choice Is not always perfectly FREQ
choice, lnndc with ull thu grand qunletty be-
fore the cllooser, but It is always y pleasing
lands Of llollnna nrc ns hNppy in their ,ntlia tlat
country rs tho SwIss nre niliang hills. The
acres Of suntluWcrs awaken rs fund memo
1se T. hf }d9 Oas, s ksa3 ss ns9es z % r ora s's i
forced upon us. III q sense. by nature, but 4
IL just III lmupY a!ui us powerful rs though
we hutt chosen IT in middle life In open
court Thus the EaIy,nis NJ IN u te siXtss{
ni,tl tho Wrslcynns, Of tho eighteenth. md
tho llbcrl!!sts ol tho ninetent!. resemble
each other IN pgrfect satisfaction with whit
cIenr import OF Scripture n1lI found a doc
irie, 1,e experienced happiness us real
nnd to him as IaTne, as came tY Xavier wi!o!
aye, Ia e1sba or tS anyan Wsn Wiz e 70 eoposed ss III
dren,n; and wllei. tho Westminster AS
suinbly drew up their digest OF doctrine
ductrles to Us lInrsh gnd imperfect, thu,
aiesu senE tic se pstS ot to G!rlsians, Il toi
would up tho lill, out Of the low valley oil
thu Dark Ages. All moral terms arc relative
terms, anti creetls Which seem deforinltl
| ,+usr.N 1tf1nt ~ fkSk
THE richness Of. religious thought and sen
tin,cnt nny l'e inferred from the, immense
,.ess Ut It's literature II yon Will cast you
thought uycr tlle arca coyered BY lettors, yol
will find that lnrEe part Of that area Is GOV
cred by tho arguments, mud experiences, a!lt
rrverics OF religion. All along front III,
t!mes Of far.otf Egypt to our own period
ts sInes senin,snt ttaSnS IL has ,a said NOR
Of ambition Or Ot love, ConlnK up GU
Of Chn'deu, Abraham brought .from som,
unknown source . loart full uf tnltll, Nose
ea,no 9Ht Of Egypt laden Wt thS stHdy
Iicl, In Divine poetry. while III all the Cruel
tlrnillas nil.i epics tho final ctfcots game "
from that nyatofioa,s s , Wofl4 Ivy, whore to goti
nnti tllo ln,.nortaIs dweit: Iil9 p9pniatrity t ~ o
tlfui rcstatonlent of tho old faith OF As!a
remind ns tint the religion Ut man Is n iEclt
OF vnyt extent.-a continent having ever!
J climate. and NIL kinds Of trees aid fruits ali.
Tho pulpit presents to. mankind but
small pi.rt Of the beauty Of fts own Clrlstinn
iky. It limits Itself too rightly, for It WIS tn
Incident Of the uast which made It all ana
lyzer Of doctrines, niM not the aosolntg dc
long tin0 III Il dark poriod, Ind entanglot
society In many errors Of faith aud prrsc
tice. md made necessary q careful roy!ey
trino. It Is not essential. but nccid6nta!
tint ior 1900 yoars the pulpit Inns lono littl'
but state ductrttle, III though 1t must spent
Nil tho runlalnlns centuries OF earth II
nulonding tho formulas Ut u foW. bluMlerlni
, monks. 1t IL permitted to sailors after
severe storm ut STU 10 run Into tic neAEes
hnrbor and tit w q now spar or mast, or Z
buy some new ropes aud canvas, but, It i
not oxpected Of thom that they will tic VI
their good ship thore, and repGir forever tAl
rikgnK. wl.iia the g,Nat l,ali my be rottin!
Should 10 put out OF tile open sen ngNi,,
J Doubtless tho puIplteors hayo bcen too lonl
| busy nendtng their craft. They pro waitinI
} masss. All tho!r merchantmen aid thel