New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-07


morrow the SKY lifts and widens and by hidlhs oul
iaitn In orr ne may be as our good ST. Peter WHO
never denied ms L0fd-who can tell 49, ~,
think OF such life, then. rs something Ike uIost
grand old places we 90 to In my mother LAND ~me
In, and protect those he had 10 send for tower VIZ
well In IT. heart Then his son built hall ana hsl-
for the children that would let In the sunlight on the
ana MS gr'inason, may be-, bower Ior ms oiaV. ~,
one threw out gallery and another bhiit ,,'T
and In time the old place ripens TO a periecuoh %
beauty and grace which leaves nothing for deiiIe.
noble and beautiful home place but there WITHIN u hi
heart may life grow beyond all our plan, and
dreams II this Is the motto. that We VIII dr'ttNc s
with Him who workeh In MS to viii and TO 40 OF III.
good pleasure and TO confess. when tl> y III w. W
crowns all it IS he gift Of cd and ma not 90 OUT ,bcn n
work, In the good fortune when comes DIV ~"
good endeavor which Hes not IN ne no mean
ness no filling In with rubbish no mortar IN thiH soli ;
building made ont Of mud no cheap m;he'o eHeI' "'i
II comes to to think Of them as watching Us
from above. then. to see what we WIZ manc oi , pud
life through this awful pOSe Of the young man iree
will-for doubt il he have one nftcr for;v-what We
will make OF the forces have come to cail hes.ty
and environment In this life we have TO live; Amu
then they see This heart In u.s. this wfuneSN to become
sons OF The commonwealth OF God on ,dr er' Co., u hn
down there pile up motives for him. ehdOw MN VIII
splendid aspirations" And so snch u, grow W.,
over the water Of the youth who would trim lam.
and set II In the window the headand over as',l,,
the ocean and then the came when the lamp ma
grown to lighthouse on thc rerf with great bnrnhs
splendor for us crown that went flashing far ana VIDE
over the dark and dangerous sea
ALL THINGS TO ALL MEN.
And now Is that all1" you say AEd answer
frankly. "That is am as ripe ana NOME wheat ear
il the germ Of all the harvests We can ever reap
there 10 system OF doctrnel7 you say again, "drawn
from the Bible and no creed can accept rs The very
truth, and then take no more trouoic icS'
answer there Is system Of doctrine diawn from the
Bible and creed YOU can accept, II YOU need one but
your creed can no than the labels on so many
packages Of seeds You have got to SOW them IN
good and sincere heart and the Bible Is what you hs'o
Of IT, that and no more. to You ara me. III JUS
poorst cottage, Thomas Carlyle says. sis one BOOK
wherein for thousands of years the spirit OF man mas
found light and nouriehmcht and response TO WHAT
ever lay deepes; in his heaI1,' aud | say, now ana
always TINT 10 nv mind and heart there IS no snch
book besides for the help Of and the Inspiration
of mankind as this old sacred volume the masterbook
Of the master races now on the earth
But IS not this the truth also, should DO as brave
to tell AS ever a socacd inhdel can lay Our hands
on that we have drawn from the self-same book tho
words TO save mems souls and burn their bodies 10
make peace and to artillery TO be saints Of the
nobles type and bgots Of the basest Is 1t not true
that the Bible &c the xtbook OF your stern Cd Cal
v,nism and Your sunny Unlv@salIim. and out Of II
YOUR Quaker draws food for his qIuetness and the
Nillcrte for his craze 1t wa! the cornerstone OF our
great Puritan foundations Hcrs ana the BOOK ron IRON
the oua@rs and Danish the Haptist,. while the
adv.ate Of slavery III ny Time i9"6 the and ST D IL like
Garrison and Cheever that it was accused Of ed ana
And when we ak after the reason for this II IS not
hard 10 find II les here that do not cone to the
book for what should lind, but foT what we want to
rd the appetite H. there. and expect the BOOK 10
feed IT, the same book gives eyes 20 one man ana
brings blindness on another makes melody ana fosters
as unsunnei crabs brug 10 i this apYeute 10y
what is most noble and divine or for what VIII not
s,A th. n had Good
i Tnnsd az" Tor p ner eornpain, that 4 heSs
ns i text the holy RS et ' nS w@s
II IS the matches book In this and all other ways that
It vast and various in rs divers treasure mat II
ligh{ on inst the word We want to find and n. when
we come TO II with Ms heart IN us have tired to
generous, hopeful. helpful and loving and stand tr1c
once more that in an me world he knows n no book
40 helpful one he deems 30 divine. Applau'cJ
THE SUBSTANCE OF 1T ALL.
And within the book this word. II is told In the
Tanud think how n laugiTcr-lovng Greek, on whose
face the down not much more than that on
peach. entered the study 81 famous rabbi. and
eing the books piled UP 10 the ceiling. saia. Tell me
AL there Is In those rows whlc I stand on ono beg.
Up with your foot" the old man answered ready y
" Yo- ready "wcll. now listen: Whatsoever We
would Others 10 do unto y0N do yc even 10 them
Your f1o down That l. all In the last essence
find In all my books II l. the whole truth. can
tell you. made great and glorious by the Master
" Thou shalt love the Lori thy God with all thy heart
and thy nclghbor thysci" and. rs say 10 each
sometimes. " Don't YOU forget it, naughierl
Here Is tic spirit Of life. # that which crowns all
The young man In religion and religion IN the young
man. 60 where you will believe what You Will: am
not here to make proSelytes. but 10 help mnkc COOL
men and true II any poor word Of mine can b" ~
virtue 20 this end. And now I viii end a, / began
with a word from tho leart of that same old Scotch
man.
Onward md upward,
That's the true plan. boys.
To put OF rhr brute
And 10 put on the man. boys.
Il Won don't rise,
The skies will not bend to YOU.
Downward and Downward
That will be the end 10 YOU,
And don't You forget. boys,
Forever. and amen
Grand words. which / Will add soma lines OF my
own
Dc Gods true man.
And devils Ia key
That j. the doctrine
or John Stuart Backic.
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