New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-21

lively hope by the resurrection of jesus OhriS'
from the dead" He said In part:
Humanity has always refused to 6e,eye Of Of the
annihilation of the soul To the auest. o aea,n9
patriarch III die shall ne nvT Nm Sa an
Their , away atrm % answer The soul by is
own constitution refuses 10 DeneNe IL. .o,,s canght
by of its own destruction. II mas a!"SaSdi ort m
a glimpse of beckonng hand s'ret to higher
it from the great unseen lnVltlns ~ ~ than that
Which characterizes it in the life mat nov hs,,er
There has always been NOPE 81 G,se,f in a form
rnissore a. in the case the barbarous Zulu' OF
4 co1he rse in ca the fUrhs e Cultured Greek
pnd PERSIAN This hope. though the outworKine
OF ,hay Of the Christian dead hope because 1t
rests on no solid and rational founda, psn,ded by
other authority than its own fancy. me h ,n ,n
imagination has yielded to the cravings on tl
drsfructible spiritual nature, ana mas
for itself out OF its own preference hsrren
o of ali comfort and empty ali nsPratGn on ne
these merely human conJect urrs liz H. w. rho
~ ~rsv Of our buried dead the soul of man ere
out for somethin more supstanttia' i!rUstle of
wing TO this souI-hunger there comes teschnss OF
clearer Rnrer n0Pe here aone o do we find hope
mat is satisfying resting on FOUNDATION ul''
let Ms ask ourselves. in the first place wha a., -
the nature Of this satisfying hop I'm 't", no sin
Bnef in the immortality of the soul has awnyS
existed. Hut of the nature ho o i'm ignoran There
i little if any satisfaction TO the uuIy me ~
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simply the proongaon OF present acuthi' Wherein
long Tor "a new heaven and ne" earn end If
he ryerlastine contest waged against the worin,
the flesh and the devil where me noh f " r,tn
the better higher and holier impulses OF ~ bnno
Here CONES Srrn w'I mo faint and where
the power Of sin is not felt What hood Of lis'
Where h@t fs sGa Sc. ,mor
brought 10 light by Inc i iospfrpton that is
whai we need TO know. The hope which is heid
out to as Is Of n Ls ~ ~dn in those mitess
activities of which IT IL capa bic and me imp t
Blessed hope to the weary wayfarer and tempes no
tossed saint Of an existence where thI mr. Longer
bound where the shackles are stricken from g ghe
mind This hope in the second place Is OF a
God i'm whom there il no wrath Reasoning iroIl III
what lies back OF nature. it is not strange that me
natural should have ascrbed TO the goo sn OF
malevolence. The existence OF disease disasts1ri
gious life is to pacate the Offended deity. ~, III ms ms
moment when We stand in his presence to giv Os
IAN account of the deeds done in the BODY or
srized the He in view Of the fearful fact that
everything stands naked before His eye
How sad a commentary on the degrading nature
%, n Of @ hretanIty chat man in the absence of
that has Ind 6u no fsh Ever wan in O. @hTaS
10 fall into hands OF the uNIHg zoo NOV 50
much because Of what God himself Is. as what
W. "' ourselves are Even the wrath OF Him who is
so tender and gentle that He can be spoken OF as
The Lamb II so awful ma nifestation as TO cause
The offender to call upon the hills 10 fall upon him
and hide him from it, Even to-day, living in the
splendor OF the divine revelation. do we attribute
10 the Being whom worship the characteristic
OF arbitrary and irrational wrath Not yet has the
Church of the hrst-born assembled into the truth
that TO he redeemed every touch or the divine
hand il one Of centeness and every accent of
His voice quiVcrs with divine tenderness. We
make. our God works of Satan and regard
death. which Christ has come TO destroy. as Goa
-ml~sary over against this eXcuSable ignorance
Of the natural man and the ineXcusaDle ignorance
OF The redeemed man do We place the hope which
the Son OF God holds out to Us OF forgiveness. II
this hope j. well grounded then even now and
here much more then and there. may We grasp
he fun meaning of the profound revelation that God
j. love. In the third place. the Christian hope is
OF Il service. in which there Is no sorrow. II does
not need the culture Of a Christian 10 cause one
o attain LOFTY conviction that
life il NOT selfish but altruistic The followers OF
J.sus have not me monopoly Of Observation-Disclosures
In all ages OF the world and among all peoples
md the recognition OF the law OF life-that
must live for others II may be merely the pro-
vision which q man makes for his posterity
Tie OutWOrkng OF the love principle which causes
him TO engage In deeds OF benefcence. II may
show itself In that nobility OF spirit which
man % Law down his life FOR his friend
may take unto itself it's highest form. when in
Imitation OF his blessed Lord the saint OF God
takes upon himself the work OF laboring Oh behalf
OF the d.spiscd dOwntrodden and degraded. who
reward best Efforts with their their
SCOTS and their snecrs. But of this service.
gladly and fre,, rendered. who may paint the
SORROW the anguish. the heart broken dsappOint-
menf which the daily companions OF him who
engages in It? To all such burden bearers there
where the burden 81 light where the yoke Is easy
where the sci.i,e Is sweet Who cannot easily be-