, 1888-01-05

let's upon the limbs the form, the feac,
ures all perfect as In life; as II lying down
to slunte at the SGT OF sun, he had been
showed In by the gathered dustmotes Of
the centuries, aud sill renamed asleep.
They opened the tumulu, To the living,
whO'esolne air, and 10, ohaugel There
was treinor on the giants body, particle
separated from particle, and the body be-
came dust. So when the light of Gods
Truth, the breath Of Gods spirit in the 4
son of Mary moved upon the gigantic
power and opulence OF Pananisin, 1t
ctunhlen under II like the Etrurian giant.
For the power of His presence was more
than electric, niore than ulagnetir.-a pow.
sr like that silent stream OF elemental
force that lights the stars of heaven with
| its everla>t ny torch, and rolls the orbs Ut
| morning and evening nn their way.
| CHRIST came. He came to his brethren
so fallen iha, morally they did not know
their right hand from their let. He
touched the fetters aud they fell. lie
poured into the blnsn heart, wherever
1t WAS open to receive him, the ,tIiuenco
OF heaven. His healing touch was full W
balm. The souls ~ me,, walled in by
fold on fold ~ imbrut'd flesh, thrilled
| into life again. The power that went ous
from Him was benriant ~ the day; Is
quickened the morally deaG, purified tho
| living, and kindled lie disk of new
morning upon he darkne.) Of the worlds
despair. Before Him womanhood he
canIc more pure and swee., childhood
more loving, simple and true. He came
tn the tollcr, the burden bearer, the ple-
biau; lie drew forth, IS IL were, the stony
Carratdes. who with heads prone, upheld
the ponderous social weight, and trsrs-
| formed them into winged .cherublIn, hv-
ing all abroad, sounding the eyangel of
| reform.
Al His look men cast away tlieir fondly
| cherished evils, as one might an Impure
| garment, and trod up the heights Of hero
| ism, and met with death ~ tie BRIDE
groom meets the bride. He lei men up
from moral hells Within themselves, to-
heart-uhiOn with the Father. He trans
| mitted the wiue and milk, and fire, ot
His own lfo tn til. afflicted who gathered
! around him, and "a withered limbs cauis
/ strength; to bur,ened hearts relief. L
| sick ana shrunken veins OF the world
felt the thrill ~ u lew hope. and the pulse
| of new lie. and humanity went ON its
| way strengthened and seeing.
But when all is said, what avails IL 70
know that in the mid. winter OF human bis
tory, Gud once spoke directly to the soul.
| II We do not believe In n Divine speech ex-
taut in humanity now and fUreverl Alas
for ,ls. II we do not recognizes the pre-eus
voice uf g d! II We believed that He once
| spoke, and does not now, endcs-ly should
We deplorr that we bad not been born iu
those old days for We, too feel lthis heart
| hunger fter God. We, too. nili-t cumi-
mune with Him, or dir The heart of the
disciple asks IL the son OF man is still
presence in the world, or merely IA senti-
n4nt and II tradition? And "Lo", he an
swered, "IJ. I AIN with you always, even
To the end ot the world,'
That bodily organism through which hs
worked his healing gifts Of love, has Indeed
disappeared frrm human sight long ayes
since; but the risen aud assembled Christ
the Christ of cpn,ci BUSINESS. the Christ of
humanity, has entered AS IA moral turce Ia
tu society, and belongs to the determining
anl decisive pbwers of the world. Wher-
ever man IS. there it has place, and works
b it, qutckening effect M time changes It.;
/ u" iurct withstand, ii ii enters thc soul,
( like love ar pity, without our knowledge,
/ and even against our viii, for 1t he &
! golden key to all hearts, and il works will ~
! in us as resurrection and lfr When ~
come tu know the universal nnd sl,Lttv ~.
Christ. we gladly say so whom elssy
shall we gOY Thou hast the words ON
Eternal Life lp
He has never left our world. Had Jesu,
Withdrawn his spirit from humanity when
| his form oi flesh was taken from the ght
I OF men, christianity would have withered
into tradition. The high and pure moral
! tiles OF christian life could not unfold them
] selves IN the world with the spirit of Ch fS
absent from the race, any hIure than tl->
flowers could 90 on blooming, and the
trees open into ffuiiage, and the summer
grow upultnt with harvest wealth, in the
absence OF the sun. lie Withdrew himself
from the uutw ara sight To olen the inner
IA ,tilties of man. He ceased to influence
his disciples through tue senses and upon
self to theu from the spiritual side, and
speak more directly To the heart. He keeps
tle inward passover with all his brethren.
lie approaches not lew peasants aud lish.
eTnen only, not one tribe or natiOn---hlt
The human race; not outwardly aud iinilsd
| by the narrow conditions Of personal con-
! tact, hut from within. drawing nearer aid
nearer tn the collective beart Of mankind,
! HIS influence descending first into IA lew
receptive ones, WIS to go out through them
/ until 1t should I'LL the crystal bowl Of all
the world and inuudate humanity with the
brightness at / is coming. From the time
| of the advent, our race has advanced slep I
| by step In moral evolutipn. The ~piriuai l
| CHRIST Is seen by degrees twining hinlself \
around the fabric ui che whole world. in
weaving Himself, as IL were. through all
subs iniiccs, all space, all Institutions, all
souls
There are m n.y. In these days. who talk
! In n dim, vague foolish way about II cotn-
ing Millennium. They are asking show tae
! Millennium is to come" Look up, then,
and see! 1t IL surely coming; hut not
: body Oi any ism. 1t comes to all faithful
mothers and fathers. IL comes to all trns
youths and maidens, 1t comes tn all re,o.
! la q seek er- and doers OH the earth. 1t comes
wherever justice interprets law; wherever
charity fellowships the poor wherever
ph lanthropy lifts the iron weights from "a
the burdened classes of the world. IL
comes wherever there is an ear to listen. II 4
comes wherever there is an eye To catch tbsf
! glimpses of the descending glory. II cOnits
wherever there is n heart to ptllsate wih
the love "i humanity, hands t., scuSN'rySi
| free benevol.nce of God, and teer, tg 10
he led by Him. II never will p,Ilvg Npy
other manner than this never, nevels r''s,s
The lille Of this lowly iaborer is the moraf
/ insLirutinn of tho Mnrld. and tlIe GOrlu