Year: 1877

by the organic changes and circumstances that
around them In society.


WHAT ARE THE yAcrsY


II looked the facts life We should see that IL
s not true that like sheet Of white paper,
that upon their natures nothing was wrtten- Men
are like sheets OF white paper written upon with invis
bio ink. That which is written does not show itsof
until II Is applied TO the nre OF circumstances, and
then something did begin to show itself That which
then shown was some characteristic OF tho mans
that might be traceablo Inheritance from
nunnns back 10 shrss or ou1 ssnorson
was these inherent elements In man that 60 TO
the foundation OF character. affect his responsi,,
his guilt or innocence. The very form OF our
features came down 10 US from our collective ances
1t not II God were artist who invented


tor each man; the contrary, features lie
as types do In printer's case; every feature had
spelled out, as It were. from those casts Il tho
same with tho temperament OF man. Temperament
and ye; how much OF the misery and the happiness
OF life depended upon II. Yet temperament was not
IN all men Ass came 70 mainly 10 what par bur
brain or little ono; whether should have great
heart that moved within US like mighty pump or a
small one, whose throbbngs won't wheezug and iecbly
along through our system. That . question OF
fact and was not question OF whether wo liked TO be
born. Then this accident, as il were, OF the
conditions OF our birth, affected our moral
qualities and our our social emotions In fact.
there would not DO enough lett for US TO have any
Identity It would bo seen, therefore, that It was





Tor others to be good Both affected by the
influences that were acting within and without them
We don't blame bli nd man for stumbling so much as
we blame man for stumbling who has eyes. Men
who were born under circumstances OF continual SIN
were insane and should be subjected to control but
those who could control these circumstances wcro
subject to different degrees OF responsibility. man
born in Yokohama was different from man born IN
Boston. A man born In Africa and brought IN con-
tact with rude cannibal natures aud their debasing
influences could not be said to have the same chance
OF growing up In moral rectitudo as II he had boon
born In Brooklyn. There was nothing now IN these
truths; tho only new thing was that they should DO
uttered by thcologian and from the pulpit.


HARAoSzx THESE yAcTs.


The problem OF lie consisted In the hnrmonization
Of these conflicting courses. The practical question
knowledge society, but waat was our knowledge Of
the will Of God. II was well TO remember that God
was not confined to printed Bible. He has another
Bibc tor US 1.-The heavens declare his glory and the
armament showcth forth his handiwork." What we
shall know what HIS will Is. Mon were apt to say,
when looking supcrfcialy upon human lie from this
let a vase drop from his hand and it should .broak
into fragments, and, as no surveyed the ruin,
ho should complain that it should break, and
somc ono should say 10 him:-"Did you
not know that God had made law Of
gravtation?" and he should reply:-"I don't
want any law Of gravtaton 10 break my vase" The
only answer 10 such man would be that he should
have been consulted when God made tho world. In


very large way the knowledge these facts tends
should that more clearly We did not look Ut life
n iragmsn.ary way, ou. TOOK ~ Larger SCOPE Of
lilo carried great blessing, were, were, con-
s.antly distributing dividend Of goodness. Many
man had been tempted away from gambling saloons,
from houses Of dissipation, by having had born unto
him some lovely little GIRL His love for his child had
weaned him away from these evil associations
when nothing elso would. When men realized that
their misconduct would put the brand oil hell upon
their offspring they would hesitate before doing evil
Ii could have tho influence of their social rela
tionship brought up before them It would be great
restraint upon thor sinful nature We wero not Lett
to Imagination for the proof OF this The doctrine
Of individual sovereignty must be very greatly mod
fed II was not Tor man TO say 1t made no matter
what he did, that he would the conscQuenccs
Man could not control tho consequences OF his WILL
When God revealed Himself 10 Us In the day oil HIS
judgment 1t would be terrible record. To live
very serious thing, unless lived right, and tnen
II very joyous thing. II was very soiemn thing
did, unless y mans conscience bore witness to his
integrity.