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duke Of Athens, taught the Romans
how to die. Hear the Roman confcs-
siOns by Martius:
"This admirable duke, Valcrius,
With his disdain of fortune and of cath,
{ Captivcd himself, has captivated me,
And though my arm has taken his body
here,
| Ills soul has subjugatcd Martius' soul;
by Eomulus, he is all soul, think;
lie hath no flesh, aud spirit cannot be
| gyvcd;
Then we have vanquishcd nothing; he
is free,
And Martius walks now in captivity"
When paganism had brought forth
its perfect fruit, the fullness of time
had come. There had been conflict,
sharp and grand among the elect OF the
Most High, with error, ignorance,
superstition and vice. Sinai had thun-
dercd with voice moro terrible than
| Delphi. The vice-gerents of high
heaven in that most wonderful Theoc.
racy haG failed to unveil truth in all Of
her pristine beauty. Moses made mis-
takes; Abraham erred; David griev-
ously sinned and gricvously bore it.
But out of the chaotic darkness, there
lamed forth light divine. The 10
centuries had not rolled on gathering
/ strength in vain. Tho truth is incar-
nate at last and walks among men.
Tho center of light! The focus of the
ages! the dream Of human historyt
wisdom from eternity revealed, daz-
zling the world with its brilliancy!
the source Of being disclosed Nature
touched as by magic and its hidden
| secrets brought to light! The choir
invisible breaks forth in symphonies
divine and hymn the praises of the
matchless one. The wisdom of the
ages gracefully approaches and lays
| its richest trophies at the Nazarene's
| feet. The learning of the past is silent
when He speaks. The storm at sea is
hushcd as babe in its mothers arm,
at the majestic command of His voice.
The conscious waters see its Lord and
: blush.
He teaches men not only how to die,
but to live forever. Ho unlocks the
secret chambers Of the soul and sets the
| captived spirit free. But alas His fate!
More criminal we than Antony. We
who take part in His death and re-
ceive the benefit Of Ills dying.
Though far removed from master
minds, yet there is correspondence be-
tween us and them. AS all life responds
to the vivifying influence of the suns
| rays, so we from our inmost being to these
master spirits. There is no clear line
OF demarcation between us and them
AS twilight imperceptibly passes into
night, 80 our lives into theirs. CORES.
| pondence universal; action and reaction
If we empty here, we must condemn
there. An inevitable dualism bisects
all life SO that each thing is a half,
and suggests another thing to make it
| whole; as spirit, matter; man, woman,
subjective, objective, in, out, upper,
under, motion, rest, yea, nay.
! Here we find nature most hopeful and
economical. Lower life conspiring, wo
see In this correspondence between ge-
MUS and mediocrity the redemption of
the race. In the light of this truth
coming from the Eternal One, thread
ing human events with the golden chain
OF promise:
There Is no great, no small,
| 10 the Soul that makcth oil
Ana whom 1T comcth all things are,
And 1t cometh everywhere.
There is one mind common to all in
dividual men. Every man is an inlet
to the same. and all of the same. Tc
that is once admitted to the right of
reason, Is made q freeman of the whole
estate. What Plato has thought, he
may think; what saint has felt, he
may feel; what at any time has befal-
len any man, he can understand. Who
hath access to this universal mind, is a
party.to all that Is, or can be done, for
this Is the only and sovereign agent.
The heaven born leader speaks In words
burning with celestial fire, consuming
the dross of human nature, and tho
heart universal responds. Every great
reform; every advancement; every ep-
poch-making event in tho world has
been the result of the call OF the master
mind, answered by its obedient sub
jects. When great necessary truths
are uttered by representative men, we
are astonished at our own stupidity.
However, great the thought, there Is
room in every rational Soul to receive
and assimilate 1t. Our capacity for
suffering is immense. We endure the
burdens Of wrecked world in silence
for generations! The storm gathers
with the friction engendored by human
misery! Then leaps from the soul of q