New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-03

human snulncss, but nober cuoay on Hunan in
than spoken was lhai "IouEih i, 1o"ehs ~
God The rector the parish churcn' ne ~, d H.,
mission which moulded the m0ial I'lr y. w ,tIe ~
nm rv,rv serord man was L0ar IN the Eoi,'"uo p,
his study he dared to ques00 tie ialtn VI hEo'; ~ %
himself on spiritual ceftJiniies ana 10 Danes n i ~
I'm tha tranquility Ot reason, aRnlhsl 80 lilo, NOR
church nunority. Apparently neither S'.H'E r no
shrnkn from contest. DC SIM, ,pno, baroav was
with tremendous aratheuas az llr VIZ, o. tbe
more ndinus than treason, ana Whrh ItFe' ~ ,os.n
Punif the religion OF Chrl-leh.uin. tv ~ The
tive prcsceuce he saw tue nmeuse olPVi ~ bu,oind
time: ard living an age wien pictVf W. oo,.nr of
and armies wero nwed before M @ rcirc for
Rome, without helmet or nj re e so" -, ~ n tnteec.
pnre freedom Of soul. He WIS equiIy E ~ are,, ~
tna oreo and in the more VIA aa srosy went ino
with utter consereaton IL was AZ ,,si"
made him momentnus force in the great itn
and stir OF his time IL this which set nm I lV's
fsow.hp with great souls Of the past rSsnntnG
Tho freedo nI.nylug arehbishops OF England ha ~ n
npselaca successor Augustine m haI ,nas
6nunas Peter I0mbard-ih~ir th0Ight NJ utu " ,
tered aud wherever their spirit had been nost otS nn
also had felt IT, Even Dlminic a9d trnci. nu Cnrcb
found IN tins priest Of Norman decent the sympa s
champion 81 its ongstrngslnr ann & tbc reach
which Transcend the limitations o. in0lVdum iVrT;
which belong to essential moral powers II ae
mpesonated never DESTROYED, and az nome III All "so''
REFoRMERs WHO FOLLOWED wYCLFFE.
The years winch followed him IN MS own country were
year. Of darkness almost OF death, TO the cause WIN
which be Identified his life. Almos slngI' iof "iHe'
he had held anagonistc forces or bay hltn ire wiz"
drawal OF his grand person alty the powers WEIGH "c
md arrested and fought gained volume ana Veiociy'
and learned new cruelty both from previous icaF ana
from later success SO his followers were scattered ana
multitude of Them were ruthlessly hurled to the hood
or the fame. In the COnvocaOn Of a ID. l4OS II was
forbid Ten 10 translate the Srtlpl9feS OF ~ 81 % con-;
book composed his time hier me 'onD u " hVl
stance, know, his bones were Durnea aou ,n1
very ashes strewed ON the streitn thh, ASo. u ~
carry them Severn and Severn 10 the sea out IL nhi
A. his disrpies said. mat the rid might De MS @eiu
chre aud Chssteudon rs coayert Inrre cam t
England when the fatal laws agais 81 MS aer
fell dead t1er places aud when the a.lIs' qua
chic frenz which attended tie long wars OF inc loses
gave way 10 peace ID Whcb ~ rtS tnrfeI u = ~
fir time for len hi~ quckenlng tnQught hau III ~,
and having brooded silent IN the air tnel Dutst mi
voice II touching Thousand SOUS q, o Ii- bd
cal lier the Continent IN Bohenla nnu Ia laly nv
been felt his vast impulse John Russ, JsrVpo, VI
Prague Sayouarola, repeated ne oh@ee d us bis
spirit the system when 0ppOsr1 'hen, WIN ~
differing powers. with tneir equal con.eernon ana no
ianin in The old Husse LuTey % tho library Of the
hands. wychlo Is pictured at thc top lighting spark
Huss below him, blowing Is to tame L9tnof, s.ad
lower waving hig0 the lighted torch IL - lfuc
picture Of that succession, in which others lol,we
Reformation" tll the sky glowing through III lis
arch with the rsIiancu OF The upspringng lghtI
whose ample brightness il around IL lited England
to its great place III Europe II wrencngd powerful
ta5e 10 r spr t and dR housnt il cd this ard w
Protestant colonies IT. opens TO MS opporlhty anu
those who followed that our liberties have been
Inn. deI. They are not accidental Tney Lave NOT
been based on diplomaccs. or on battles, how;
tnrnl. They have not been framed. IN thrlr SOLO
strength by the theories OF philosophers or the inven-
Bible, made common TO all. They nave o-eh wrought
10 their vast enduring symmetrical proporons-uiore
lovely than palaces, stateIer than catnedrals
by their wisdom ana patience VINO na ia
authority over conscience, that man through VIris
has Inhei tanee God, ami that by reason OF h,s I'M
mortality he mas rlht TO he helprd aud not hindered
by the Government which Is the organ OF eucleiy II
the England of Victoria dfrert from that NJ Richard
H.; # the present Archbishop Of Canterbury IL u
hov APOSTLE by the side OF Courtney sudbury, Arun
del the story what the kingdom then wan appears
20 en gnasty dream 1t Is because the klbIe as
made through toll and strife and agony oI Blood he
common POSSESSION OF tne realm
God nat the Book winch AZ oxford qua at Lnt-
tprwurth was transferred III its wnole extent 10
the English tongue, aud for whose flnal revised
translation now arc lo0kinE has Dten ana - ana
snail be bencefOfth, the American llhefitaucf-ex-
pounded from The pr pr. taught IN the housenou Al
home IN the school isnOt by our own effort but
by the struggled many generations. is not ours or 0uF
own time alone bus Tor the centuries thai shall follow.
The half-mlemnium WHEN has passed since Wyclne,
fDe millennium since Alfred founded his dOom." on
its eOm mundmenjs have NOT wasted liz force WIN
III ENERGY il works today every hand for grace
and greatness No future Will cease 10 need s Law
To ms ia gwen tie lumber work OF making il general
ind pernianent in the land, Others for have
made In the measure Of our Indebtedness 10
them are we respo,ibe tor tnis fuure. Let
unmiudu of thu great oDlga'iOnl Let rs rival at least
their Z freedom. their devotion 10 ruth we may
moi rival that supreme and unfarering courage which
snrank not from prison. ami friendly with Death
that these years noisy whlr may have IN them
stIi the moral forces which gave thelrs majestic
uowu; that the frame Tree Government and Of spirit
ua worship, bnilned on their tmn orta foundaons"y
be worthy tie grand ana costly lr which cemeuied IT'S
base; that the latest age American history may sui
repeal those words or Wyclte. written amid the heavy
gloOmA which scattered, anu IN the 'front.' 81
nentolng perlis which now are nOt am assured
that tire truth Of IN" Gospel may indeed for tiGc be
ebide in silence in consequence II the rhr,ats Of Au-
CHRIST; cXhugushed II never can be, for the Truth
tset has said Hraven ana earth shall pass away but
IA stall pass J."