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plation Of death, these with Sophoclcs,
duhn OF Athens, taught the Romans
how 10 dic. Hear the Roman confes-
sions by Martius
"This admirable duke, Valcrius,
| with his disdain of fortune and of death,
Captivcd himself, has captivatcd me,
And though my arm has taken his body
here,
Ills soul has subjugatcd Martius' soul;
by Romuus, he is all soul, think;
Lie hath no flesh, aud spirit cannot be
Then we have vanquishcd nothing; he
is free,
And MartiGs walks now in captivity"
When pagauism 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-gercnts Of high
heaven in that most wonderful Theoc-
racy had 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
llamcd forth q light divine. The 40
centuries had not rolled on gathering
! strength in vain. Tho truth is incar-
nate at last and walks among mon.
Tho center of light! The focus of the
ages! tho 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
It's richest trophies at the Nazarene's
feet. Tho learning Of the past is silent
when He speaks. The storm at sea is
hushed as babe in its mothers arm,
at the majestic command of His voice.
The conscious waters sec it's 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
captlved spirit free. But alas His fate!
More criminal we than Antony. We
who take part in His death and re-
ceive the benefit of His dying.
Though far removed from master
minds, yet there is correspondence be-
tween lib and them. AS all life responds
to the vivifying influence of the SUMS
rays, 80 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, so 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 half,
and suggests another thing to make it
whole; as spirit, matter; man, woman,
subjective, objective, in, out, upper,
UNDER motion, rest yea, nay.
| Herc we find nature most hopeful and
economical. Lower life conspiring, VIC
see In this correspondence between ge-
MUS and mcdiocrity 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 all
Ana when 1T cometh, 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. lie
that Is once admitted to the right of
| reason, Is made freeman Of the whole
estate. What Plato has thought, he
may think; what a saint has felt, he
may feel; what at any time has befal-
len any man, he con 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, pnd the
heart universal responds Every great
reform; every advancement; every sp-
poch-making event In tho world has
been the result of the call of the master
mind, answered by It's 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 geperatlons The storm gathers
with the friction engendered by human
misery! Then leaps from the soul of a
: liXinitX annninfnd loalon tho Doltn oi