The Progress., 1893-12-23

.The PrOphecles VI '"e ""riu Iair'
Made of One BIood-Jesus Christ |
n. Christ of All Mankind.
rvw YORK, Dec. 17.-Rev. Thomas
o.-on Jr., preached this morning the
18th sermon in the series on THE
n'onbecies of the Worlds Fair" The
Sioct for today was The Dawn of
T.ternational Life"
pa reviewed the international char
ITO, of the exposition as one of the
~ indications of a real world life
.sst is rapidly dawning upon mankind
uoaaclared that the closing days of this
..utnrv were heavy with the promise of
-osistless fraternal internationalism,
,;dened for us in the supreme cosmo-
,ol,tanism of trade, in the annihilation
% continental and oceanic distance, in
,he nrogress of engines of war, the nee
..sarv growth of international laws,
Az universal fraternity of science, let
= .ors music and art. He appealed there
Gore for broader sympathies and the
.loser federation of all national life,
ssnecially among the English speaking
people
n Revelation-''Andt there shall be no
more sea.
The thing that distinguishes the civil
Hzed man from the savage is the degree
nth which he recognizes and lives the
a;v;ne fact of the kinship of man. In
rr;mitiye savage life every stranger is
mortal enemy. To meet him meant
rsnallv war to the death of one or both.
lust in proportion as he nowbecomes civ
.;I;zed-that is. humanized-he comes to
,ecocnize the mutual obligations which
hind his life with the life of his fellow
man of whatever tribe, race, national
CIV creed or color. And as he ceases
10 he a savage and therefore brute, he
obeys those obligations. True celebra-
Hons. then, of the advance of civiliza-
ton cannot be made save upon the
measurement of this standard. Prog
ress is never by the process of isolation.
Progress is human. Humanity is never
local. It cannot be national even. II
IA universal, international.
MAN MADE OF ONE BLOOD.
Why should it be so hard thing fol
some of us to believe that God has made
man of one blood? Natures chorus
sings the harmony of all life. Th'
higher birds and beasts seem close to III
in kinship to the sympathetic eye ant
heart.
lam personally acquainted with SOM
dogs whose love and faithfulness, capaci
ties and powers. seem more than human
DR.. Junker, the scientific explorer
Africa. tells most wonderful story o
two red tailed gray parrots that becam
yery much attached to him. He say
that one day the king bird somehow fel
from his perch and received an interna
injury. Meanwhile the queen parrot
who had probably witnessed the accl
dent. came in and began to behave in
most extraordinary manner. First sh
initiated to the life all the movement
Of her dying consort, then she crouche
at some little distance, changing ne
position whenever he did, signing, lay
ing her head now on one side, now o
the other-in short, acting exactly as
she were suffering from the same II
jury that had befallen her mate.
IL kept my eyes riveted on the insel
arabic pair, D." continues the doctor, " an
nv amazement soon changed to a fee
ing Of deep sympathy. The paroxysl
Of impulsive imitation lasted lor
enough to produce marked effect
the organic functions of the little ere
ture Her grief, or whatever Inc
plicable influence it may have bee
caused such profound disturbance
the system that the vital action sudde
ly ceased while she was yet mournir
the loss of her companion.
Without needing the risk, she ID
drawn so near the fire that i was oblig,
at last to remove her to a place OF sal
ty But the end was already at nan
She refused the most tempting morsel
and within 90 minutes of her partner
death she had breathed her last gasp.
CHRIST THE CHRIST OF ALL.
George Macdonald may be right
bis hope of Immortality even for I
animal world. 1t is dull mind
deed that, fixed once upon the thougl
cannot perceive the unity of the sentie
universe itself. And yet some OF
have always had our doubts wheth
some people have a soul. We ha
again and again doubted If certa
people with strange faces, customs a
color. though made in the image
God, were really human. d,
Jesus never appealed to national
race pride. He did not glory In pei
sJew. He gloried in being man. >,
called himself the Son of Man. 1
angels that heralded his advent W
earth gave this message OF divine
manity to the world, peace on ear
good will to men,"
Whether we like it or not, Goo
bringing about this era OF a worid II
Especially is the American city oeco
Ing the incarnate cosmopolis.