Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 5, 1875, Page 2

imbitious, thoroughly-organized, can but menare the civil and spiritual livertica of tho Rojublic. A freo Htate. a frea woralup, # frco roason, a freo prors, a froe civilization, ave not Tomish firat primapien, but tho oxact roverse of the Catholie elzim: and 1t e nlike cloar on the seure of lozie and hiators that tho Chureh whilou'y pndura thesa thingsuntilahe can curs them. o makbato voluntary concossionn, but ouly son- atrained onos, lu ufin direetion, which horaupplo virtne, howevor ¥olemn her pledges my tfvo heon, will allow her, without detrimont to con- poiones, 0 annul when noliey may dictata, Cutholieism, when shio had her cholee, never vob favored any typo of civil or ecclesiastical pov- ermmant gm ahsolutism. And, if we takoe Tier at har ward, thin is hor attitudo in Amn!!cni for we have the sords of Hishop O'Qonuor, of Pittaburg, that ** licligiona liborty in moroly en- durad until the opposite can bo carriod fnto oxe- eution without (.cxil to the Cathiotio Qbureh, “Another Bishop has snid, in aa leval a rentonco an Fiotoric cuuld construct, * Catholocism il onn day rule America, aud then religious liborty will beatan ond." It is the voico of tho New Yark Tahiel Wit tho ** Catholio Churchicartics an anthority that vo Stats hes aright Lo rosist.” There ufe lamish pretonsions right AMong. \1}!; and do thoy not foroshadoyw a trial of tho Rapublie: Tor Jot it bo romowborad thay ta-day Americn i Twme's Nopo. Crinpled in Europo, with her wolcomo gono, atio asplres to rejuveusation here, In uo country, ot the presest hour, is ber ambi tion 80 unbounded, ber oaprit de corps #o teneo, hor promise o choeriug. And probably our insiitutions, from the freo schoul o tho domocratic State, nro not 8o obviourly monaced fromn any ollier soarce, 1 have thus, my frienda, turned asido from tho ordinary oulogies and cougratulations of tulu dny of commemoration, aud snded_gotio notes of eriticism and warniug. Aud now I havo to eay, in conclusion, that if my woids are wn- ealled for aud my fears unfouuded, no ong can o more henrtily glad of it than myaell. I do Dot forgot the Lonor of our origin, through tho fove of liberty in Puritan souls, o not forget our grant rovolution in the intorest of eivil fracdom snd gulf-rulo, 1 do nat overlook onr Lundred yoara of .prosper- ity ; mor forgat that wo havo just coma out of & fumace of trial nith onr banners unburned and fiying proudly from ovory masthoad of our shipe, aud from all our forts and arsonals, aud abovo all our Lalla of Iegislation. We lave muoh to glary in, 88 you will learu in tho next tivolvo moiithe, Dt I have chosen rather, for this Tionr, tho tmwelcomo, but 54 it sooms to mo not unnecdad, task of forecasting the mlverse tides that we iuay be called to #ail through, aud thse alormy capes wo may be obligod to coast aroun. Lol us pray aud Jabor in such a kpirit of trna citizanship that if tho porile 1 Lave hinted at do romlly oxist in tho tendencies of the time, they may bo avortod in tho usfold- ing of history. et us adhoro to faith in God 88 tho fitat graco of lifo in all ity rolations, piritual, social, civil. If we will bo rioh, 84 wo may warthily, lov us not forxot tho Htato, whose viriue aud power can alone make riches of value, Lot us Jove tho high-minded, and hate dem: gogues, who will weaken our secaritios to thie - extent that they follow their own dovices. Ina word, et our renderings to Crosar aud to God he 10 onr honor aud their glory; and then wa can fitly chiant tho graphic song of Louglellow: | Hall on, O Bhip of Hatel Safl on, 0 Union, rrong and groat] Jumantty with all its tenrs, With nll tho Toper of futuro yeard, 1n Langlug Lreathioss on thy fate! Wo kuow wnat Master lald ihy keel, What Workmen wrought thy ribs of ates], - Whn mado each mast, und safl, and rope, Whot anvils rang, what lammers boat, 1In what & forgoand whiat heat Were shaved the auchors of tby haopel “Fear tiot tavh andden sound and sbosk, Tris of thn wave aud not tha roelt; *Tin but tho fapping of the sail, “Aud not a rent mada ly thogale Tu apite of £ock and Leipeal's rosr, 1u Ayt of false lighta oi the aiore, Butl 0n, nor fear (o Lreast tho seal Our Liearts, our bopes, ateall with thee, Onr hentls, otir hopes, car peayers, our tears, Qur fajth trfimphant’ oler onr fears Axo all with thoe,—uro all with thee! —— THE RULER 'OF RULERS. BERMON DY THE REV. DIt LOCKE. Tho Mov. Clinton Tocke, Rector of Graco Church, proached yoaterdsy morning, taking as bin toxt: For tho Lord is our Judgs, theLord s our Law- giver, tho Lord fr.gur King, He will save us,—leaiuh Tzt 24 They aay all over tho world that wo Amoricans aro tho groatost braggarts aud blusterera in tho world; that no peoplo aro so bliuded tothe beanties of otlier ‘labds and-othor sysloms of governmont a8 we are; novo so unwilling to ao- knowlodge that thers can be linorty avon thongh = King rolgn over you, aud resl freedom with » House of Lords. Thero mmy be somo truth in this,—I oxpect thoro iaa good doal,—but ono readily pardons s man for boasting when you know that e Lian something to boast of It is the empty boast, the Laseless amsnmption, which men cannot tolorate. The world hoats casily with our bighflown oatimate of ourselves and our iand, whon thoy wee what is truthof our speech, on what an empiro our fcet aro pisced. Itisno bosst to wny that ever since the world was made did God ever give man 6o glorious an owpito a8 ha bay givon us. Turn to Romo, when her eagles glosmed in the vinoysrds of “Franée, and among tho palm-trevs of Afriva; tum to Spain, whon ber Kisg sat fpon tho thronos of Uermany, and Spain, and Burgundy, and sl of Bouth America, aud had bis hoir mar- rled to the Queen of England; turn to England, although thero {s not s sca whero the Cross of 5t. Guorgy is not floating, nor a land whero you will not lear tho pruyor vomowhere, **Our sovoreigh Indy, Queen Victoria.” Qo tho north, tho eternal snows mork omr boundaty. On the sonth, the orauge croves of Tlwide drop thelr petals in the sun-kissed waves, On tho cast, tho ships of tho Western world growsl our ports, Ou tho wont, thio wave that hay bathed thelsud of the Celostinls, breu'ts on the beach at San Franciseo, livery woil, overy climate, wvery production, fs liure In ita worfection. Art and skl labor togothor with ature ; & network of stecl onfolds 1 in its oo+ iching wieslies : glgmntie 1ivors thread in and out wilh bouhdless tertilization, The neeidents of natnre in ous pluce, arn compensatod by her . rich outpouritg in another, A grauder musio echoes throngirthis_ompire than the biara of efiyer trutngots, or tho srash of rolling drums ; 1t is the-whizz of counticss wheels of intustey, tho butn of futonko und jovons labor, Uthor lands, whose whole territory you could eub- mergo fn the lako which fringes this eity, rosound to the tramp of over 600,000 soldicrs,” vilo aud demonnlizing, ‘We feol otiraélves sccitro with o faw thonsand, whoss pretty uniforus aro srarco iover sojlud by dust of batilo. Wo choose onr Judges, our (Governors, our statesinon, our Ohlet.” It® within the poiwer of thu meanest -c{hzan 10 do Lis part towards the removal nfany ollleral whowe elicluncy or whoso integrity iy in diupate. Above all, ho fotters are Iaid apou our copdolences; uo creed 8 put to our lips at ‘$he pulnt of bayonot or the altor- natlve ofwdungaon. 1cou kneel hore and pray in thie venerable forms which wers bequoathod by npostatic tegacy. .1 can burn incouso inn California joea houso, 1canif Iso choose put up in thomost public strect a templo to Jupitor Tonans or Venua Viotrix, and offor sacritices at moru sud oven, and uniess I tranagross the great laws of social morality, the whole power of this land would gotlier around ine if soy one altemptod to prevent my worshipig, * Let him alone, Hohas a sncrod right to pay his devo- tions to_whutover (od ho ‘pleae.” * When e ndd to all thiv, magniticlent citics filled with a- bravo and hardy people, miles on miles of wav- iug harvents, and all the pricalesa storea of min- orals and foronts;snroly wo well may hoaat.aud fool that facts bearont our boabting. * Wu areindoed the flower of the xge, vowao dust on our snpiwy petsls, somo wly specks upon oltr glowing eolor, some withored leaves {n all our ivesith of preen. ary, bat, desinte of that, *‘the tose snd ex- peotancy " of thia fair world. Aud now, to whom dowd this laud botong Who rales it, who judies it, who i _{ts buad 7 Who {8 thewource of w7 [fait Lhe Presidont 7 Go aird usk bim, He ls not » wuan of circum- Juotitfons, and ho mittell you plaluly, **No, 1 ww only an adaivistrator of dulégrated nmhonl_y. Tho Qongress of the United Atates cau dvposo e from my high pluce for_malfeasance in of- fice,” Assemnbly then tho ,Suhistors and lln';lm- scubatives, and put to the Conseript Pathera | goestion : ** Ale yOu the sourco of luw an Jrower 1" “No,” la the uick mnly' o wo are the représontutives of q‘ o pouple.” Go then to thewm, gather thew iu the town- palla of Maige and Texas, lot the question ring aut in sl thelr éars, * Whenco yot you this fair 1ad 7. Who in ite veal owner and Lord 7 There woulyl be no Liesitancy Inthoreply, **We got thiy jand by the graco of God aud the muskets of our forcfathers, und its real Lord sud Hovdreign is, Gmlhux'nl'uhcr Almighty, masker of feaven and eavth. axth. ‘Yhank God, wa know and_foel thero would bo noother reply thau this, Thoro srosncems at religion In our public Lrun- thure sre wen of ed- Tcstion and caiture <bo catl themeclves utidelu; there ia » little band of blatant Communists W would like to put & lorch to suy churol, and rope around suy clergyman’s neck, buf, join all thelr volces together, and iy rould. be Jike t‘. faws cry of » mew-bora buve sot Lo opposition to the thundorous roar of Niagara, as the shont woull go up, **Tho Lord in our judre, the Lord fw our iawziver, the Lond i onr King, Te sill #avo ur.” Iii- I8 no mero |;ll||dt boaat. Ervory ono hero kuown that 1t wonld o the voitd of tho trio and sincaro, the gondusss, and bosuty, sad teuth, of thia broad taml. ‘Fhis snswer. amd this alone, has boou Lo satirc of roal power from the very first. Wa wonder at tho wondorful Empiro tho &ld Romaus built up, startlng from n littio vitiaga on a bill, no bigger than & tmndied othor willagen aronnd. 1t was becauro tho fnda- montal Inw of that city was that a (iod Almighty (uot fudeed the trup God sa wo know Lliw i ilia word), but still an Almighty Being, Juniter, or tho goning of the oity, the mysterions Roma, Which evory citisen Boro in s hoart, —tliat fie wan tho Lord aud Bovereign of the Biate. o inemred tholawa, Ho gavocouenge, and atrength, nud power. He calloed for honor, and virtno, and purity, and o Him an account must bo given, As lane as lloma held to that, her logions maved on with resivtioss cuergy ; when sha fore it, she meltod Away in An - ocean of Jawlesa fi':m. 1t in tha necret of England's grentnens, and aione explains how from thas littls and in- olemont faland jssue the odiets which govern ¢o much of the world, 1t 18 that feoling Ingrainod i the very blood of Englishmen that God is their King, and_inw, acrod, holy Iaw. is to Lo obaved bacause it ia the law of (od, ‘The for- potting it haa boen the bane of Franca, and bng lod to that wild witohes' daneo of Kinpdom, Em- iro, and Itepubile, which 1efoot yot exhausted, ‘renchmen liavo forgotten thiat Iaw is & lioly thing, whieh has her asat in the bosom of Gad, and hinve Jooked npon it as & mors haman sre rangemont, which had no cotnoction with the Diviity they adored in church, Tho helief in 1t 18 the Koy to onr own wondrous progress, for wa roight linve hoon as Mexico, whoso ciimate ia uultll and whosa #oil ao fertile. ‘Wo mmilo at thono words of old Fthan Alian, whio, when the astonished coramander at ‘Ticon- doroga rnbhod his dazed oyes snd thundered ont, “In whose mamo do you msk me to surronder?” replied: '‘In the name of the Creat Jobovah and the Continental Congress.” Wo smile atit. 1 may, but it strack the kev-noto of Ml that wo bavo become. 1t was tho rude bat prompt recognition of Iaw-serving undor God, God the suprema Judge, with & right to command and to onforco command, rnling our srmies, tomplring oul prowess, auis mating our poople. Congrees, only the rorvants of God, organizod to ckrry out boltor His great {an and to help on'tlic bappinesa of His paople; Prestdents, the oficors of Honven, and fevpon- pible to llanvon for tho trne dirchargoof duty; courts and Jndges, (lovernors and Mayors, rlers under & lllighur Ttulor : A Hepublio nnd yot under & Kiug, o King crowned with glory oternal sud aceptrod with majesty illimitabln. Now, I o not monn to say that ting hosven-born truth which beat in tho boarta of those whose strai- ing evea n hundred yoars aga watched tho sorried column of tho foo ns be climbed Bunkaor Hill, Las diod out from tho hearts of ur, their de- scondauts. God forbid. But Ido moan to say that it does not burn with na clear and puro a fiamo as it did then. Thera is n heavy smoke which dulls its brightooesa ; it smaulders, it flick- ors, 1t glows not with that white beauty which lit up a century sgo tho shores of tho iladson, the Counocsicut, the Dolaware, tho Rsppaban- nock. Luxury, great mnterial prosperity, tho inflnx of much untomporad populasion, the splondid succenges of Amorican jn- vontions, confusion of intarests in an awfnl sar, tlieno, and o subtle spirit of the nge, hava tonded {0 overlay this all-powerful brutiy with too much traat in mere human power, too much reltanco ov moro mortal brain, The rulo of God lna boan obscured,—not obliterated, romember,— obscured. 1t s thore iu our bearts, and in the whirlwind, and tho tompest. I fecl sure thesa cobwebs would all be blown away, and tho great haart of the nation_wonld show written upon it, };l;lm I'mnl {s our Judge, our Lawgiver, and our uler.” Itis not then to teach wise mon trath that I smspeakmg. ILis to rovivo the memory of one learned from our very iufancy. Itis to re- touch & woll-known and @ broad picturs, to light -up o fading text #o that it will glow with its old brightnoss, This is the day for auch » task. for it is the saored fostival of Cod's gracious enr- vices to our beloved country, too often, alas, de- mraded into an opportunity for bhigb-flown rhetorio and empty braggadooia, too often ofton dofiled by low eaturnalia and domorahizing wit, but monnt by those who founded it aé a solomn tentimony an the part of this whole poople to the rulorshipaud Ringdom of God Almigity., 8o ubed It to bo kept. s ought we now to keop it. Fill it indeed with joy, sug mirth, and happy greotings, but ennobla it with tho rocognition that ouc real King is tho King of Hoavon, . ‘Tho toxt indoed is ono which should be writ- ton on thio doorpost of overy American home, Wihen_Dossuet _and Masailon preached befora tho French King, tnoy addrossed their arguments, their plendings, 40 him alone, for Lo alone was tho sonrco of power, They besought him to remomber that ha was responsible to a bigher Bovereign. Iam proaching to a whols asscmbly of Kings, Weara all Bovarelgus, sod chooso what wo will as our Inw, and whom wo please to ‘oxecuta if. There in 1o appeal from bur decision, and wo are not playing at this privilega liko freshmen, who cut their fingera with the new tove they do not know bow to bundle ; wo inhorit Our fathors and our futhe:s' fathors liave exercised this right, and it will requiros rovulsion 8o tremondous that no man s yot may dare to speak of it, bo- fore we cousent 10 givo up into the hands of any crowned despot the splendid privilogo of mitog ourselves, Who can sy that we have not exer- cisod this right with diguity, and in moat cases with God-feariog discrimination? Oar system in far from perfoot. Itis burdened with the im- monse defect of upturning the whole machinery of Htato evory four years. Butl d dovoted Imqurinlm to fanlt ita grand and uoble privciples.. Whatevor it is, it certainly throws s wofut responnibility on avery eitizen. You aud I will bo held accountablo at tho bar of God for our nbaro, at lcast, Ia _tho admiuistration of our country's mission, If Iforget God to be m; King, and you forget it, and vour neighhor an s ueighbor, there rolis up forwith o vote, gath- eriug cach moment like gomo awful avalanchs, and bursting into the unhallowed eholco ot men without principle and without God, set by us to administor the laws of God, impure Viceroys ntder o puro -King, unkoly Knights undor n holy Bovoroigny Licutcnants wliose hearts are strangers to the cross uf Chirist, et to sorve unider the Captain of our salvation, Qur rulers will bo the expononta of ourselves. With a maoarchy there might bo a God-tearing nntion, and » Godless roynity, becauso the ouo was 1ot the areation of tho other: but with us our lawgivers, our Ju'li@o, our Kings, are our creatiou, \Wo mokp aud wo nomake thom at our own awoeot will, and theroforo if tl:ey tulo with- out God iu their hearts, it they judro without God bofora _their oyas, it thoy make laws which breatho nothing in them of the Sormon on tho Mount, the sin” comes upon ud mnd upon our cluldron, A great Dishop of our Church hna aaid, **The simpla conviction timt wo neod now moat of i, condensiuk as it does all the lesaony of instructive experianco, 18 this, that God gov- orna the world, I’lans areours, but their prosper- ing or overthrow iy with God, Begin ours, but nat the and, Courves of lif totns of policy that move are undor kum auce, Many yoars are brought opat Yrovidential catastropho. Tho little that mor- tals cau do, in_bullding or governlug, is liadged aboul by the checks and limitations of Ommipo- tenco, and, If not otheriwiso, at least by their iymbility o account for hietory by what woknow, we are driven to beliove that the nationsaro flldll“‘l h’ Uod, and tho Courts depondent on envou. Uitizens of Americs, and tho wives and dangh- tors of citizeus, wha aro slso citizens of God's ojty and mombers of the Kinudom of Christ, upon youunore thau unan sll othiera rests this roaponkibility of yemembering God to be tho Bu- reme KHing, .for yoo, above all, profess to bo- nova that, and to rest your lives upon it. Yon naro about to draw the noarcet to that (lod and Ravior In thoe covenant of tlis sltar, and to affer up thesa prayons not only for yourselvod, but for all conditions of men.* Ob, to-day let your most forvent prayar bo fot your own dear land. Trom every heart lot thoze go up the cty, 10d blony America. Ood, mako ber men trus snid noble, her womon .pure and nnselfish. God preservo lor aploudid dblfl.l!l and make bor, in very deed, the Kingdom of Jesus Chirist, LES FOURT H ELEBRATE THE FOURTH OW T CELEERIOAY. 1 BERMON DY TIE BEV. JONN WILLIAMBON. The liov. dohn Willifmeon, pastor of ine ‘Wabash Avenne M. E; Church, preachad the fol- lnwlur sormon o hLis cowgregaulon yesterday morvlog: \ ‘This is the day which the Lord Liath madae for man ; wo Wil rojoicy aud be alad fu ft,—Paalue, ezeii, 34 ‘Tha the Fourth of July éhould ever fall on Sanday Is regarded by uowe as a national calamity, Just ldw ‘o have a proper celebra- tlon of so remirkable and glorions au snhl- versary op God's eacted day is not, to atl, cloar. In an intoresting wonso my toxy may refor buth totho Babbath snd the Fourth of July, Ged Liath surcly made thess days for mau, and wo will rejolce aud ba glad, We msy bo allowed to colubrate to-day iu ways that soem to usio- fipitely tho best, ‘Tho plan of celebration I mean to suggest may not meet the jmbflat spproval of all, Thera will bs no gubpowder in it, nor aty parade of Lasmlose militia Tho proms will nob Lave, ou ofy the mast | account of It, #uy frightful array of jujaries to reconnt on dMomday, The windows of overy une offentiog hamtot shall reet intact from the violent exultation of raral Artillary. Rustle swiina and domscls may confide in oach othor's mmims and feast togother npon tho naresisting orango in hlisaful quiotude. We woald divest the day of its tendancy to heenso and drinkon pood linmor. The eagle may use his instincts, or rofrain, a8 It may pleaso him. 1f yre shonld sen, again and again, tho old flag to-day, In no wize would we rogard its musical rnstio as frrov- orence, or ita gracefnl economy of tho breoze ns # doscoratinn of tho holy day. Tho flag of these favored Riates ia fit to float in the purest air of God'a purcst daoy. Woé may to-day dispenso with the veation thnt wo wmay have tho vormon, and with tho historical banquot that wo may one joy the apiritual communion. The ** Deolara- tion " might with profit e mislaid for a decalle, and tho exhilarating tonst bo roplacod with the social conviviality. ‘fho bost golebrations are purely mental. Thoy are begun and continned in thought alone, Lach pattiot may this day hold a grand Fourth of July colebration in lLis own soul. We ought to rise abovo the neccasity for external ceromony to oxalt our patriotism, and assort inatond the wise and beautful sove- reiguty of our spintn. There aro botier than tho usual ways to observo our country's uatal day. Weo nshall, of course, have ss many distinct colcbrations as we have patriots, Iach jubileo shall occur within the world of each man's con- aclousnoas. This world from all observation is faithlully sereoned, Dutonooye canlook into the workings of anysoul. Proceseions and pageantry ura {oipressive only to the spintually nntutared, ‘Thoy are some things which it is idlo to onjoy, Wo nro not educated fully until we havo learned to enjoy only what is really valuable, Patriot- ism ie & noble rifeclion. Thero is, possibly, less of it among tho masses of our people then we suspect, or than {ssafe. Qur usual Fourth of July colobrations do potblng to cultivate pate riotlum among onr citizons. “Thoy have abuude ant bilacity, bt o strango dearth of conviction, 1 think, a8 a rule, mon are profited in proportion to thele thought. Inotpeasivo tlings sro of donbtful nitlity. Tuo mtandard of our F'aurth of July extravnzances shnuld be raised, and made moro thougbtful. nnd this Habbath-day is a good time to begin. But, you inquire, Why celobrato the Fourtn of July atall? Iias not this annis versary lind its logitimnte run? Dirthdays are always timos’ of slenifichnco, To obscrso a birthiday is to hesitato suunally in our uxtrome preoccupation to dwell upon the merits of the Enny intereated. Wo do not meot to criticiae, nt to congratulato and comment, Would & man securo from Lis countrymen tho observauco of tho anniversary of bis birth, Lo must livo at an opportuno time, and confer upon thom an - precedentod benofit. "Tho roasons why Washlug. 1on's birthday shotld bo obsorved nre, I foar, fast fading away from tho memory ¢ thia gener- atlon, aud maluly beeauso of tho materialiatia fashion 10 which its return bas beon noticad. Tho 22d of Fobraary las been aunually romem- bered, but nog 1o such a way a8 to make moro {mpresive Washington's charactor und work. ‘Phero mold-wintor fostivitics have never ailed to gret popular attention, and yet the number of otir people s rapidly lessening “who can tell you anything intelligontly of thin peorleas patriot, ‘Thio real purposo of Ruch occasiony s not pro- moted by simply holding a:10lsy Lime, or by in- flnllzing in an‘lndecorous wolf-congratulation. Thera are many reasons why our natfonal birthday shonld not be forgotten. We sliould givo at loast one wholo day every yoar to patriot thought and omotion, Our couutry is not as good ug 1t shoud be, nor Aa good as it is destined to be, if we do our duty. The Fourth of July should bo made o great natlonal blessing. Noth- ing but the buthday of onr dear land s large ouough to arrest and turn onr pursuit of money into momeritary attoution to tho claims of pa- triofism. 'I'ho’country noeds tho unwoaried at- tention of Ler citizons. The msjority of our paaplo aré pure enongh to make a very credit- ablo showing in political Aolf-rule, but they do not cato to beat the trouble of tho effort, Wo cannot do much for our country until wa love it more, and to fall in Tove takes timo, It tuo Fourth of July should bo celebrated, why not du. it on Sunday? Thoro ls an intercating senko 1n wlich a propor observanco of tho day i © work of national vecousity, Some things must Do done oo Sunday, and {ho right use of tho TFourth of July Ia ono of thoto things, A ‘Tho Christidu Sabbath holds sowo such rola- tion to Clirist's great Kfigdoui oy the Fourth of July doea to the Kingdom of the American Ro- pablic. ke Kingdomn of this world gots all tho ouotgy, both of our roliglon aud our patriolism, oxcapting tho tivo days to which we refer. Oue day in kevon s preity woll dovoted to thoughts and work for the Kingdom of Christ; aud the Ttepublic I8 not forgation on at least one day in a twolvemontl, Ihero can Ls no romsunable objoctlon to remombering tho Foarth of July on Huuday, unless wo rnmnh ia doing it in tho usuul way. Mo ouly volobration L Lavo hald for many a year has liccu a mental ouo, and surely such aro_{nnocont cuough for the Sabbath. The soul {4 tho truo area for the display of geuulno patriotism, Wo could not on the Subbath, nor on any othor of God's days, excuso the coatly and dostructivo nonssonso kuown o n “ natioual celo- bration.” ‘I'his iy indeed a rudo way to glorify ouo's nalifo land, Let us, theh, celebrato the Fourth of July by givlug to our coudlry our highest thought.” No olhier compliment v0” groat sy the affectionnte bostowmout of our thought. o can give no other gitt of halt the value. Lot us to-day scek to enter iuto the llgvolution- ary patriot's state of mind. Cau wo nol to some extent recall tlietr disutlased cpoch? Wocannat rocdll, but we can (magino.. What was tho prac- tical yatriotism of 17702 Thero wero in thoso wondorful dags tany intorests besides tho coun- try to cars for, but, sinco wo are to-day mainly Interested in thé country, wo only seck for a just conceplion of heéir abundant patriotism, * I'can bardly rogard thé patiiotism of the Ravolution 08 ominently uvdolflsb. Tho Calonles weto too new and too politieally discordait Lo inspiro this lofty feeling to an oxceptionally liberal extont. ‘The Coloalats ligd a remorkubly keon notion ef politieal Injuatice, . Thuy rebelled moro to gaina rodress of rummnl griavauces than with thoin- tentlou of foundihy a now Ewmpire. With the oxjpulsion of the Freuch from their possessions, and now that French ltriguss wera no lobgor to bo feared, {lié Indians mado poaceful by valu- ablo treatics, North Amorica boped for a long and prosnorous pasce, Hms Goorgo 11, hud Just ascabded to the throno, an Bvuri’ oinon was full of promiso of Colomal trauquil lt{. ikt and Walbole, though prossed to tax fhe Colouies, with charactoristio shrowdness,deelined to do so. Walpolo said *that Lo would lease thad mena: urs to somo of hin succesars wlio lind more cour- sgo thun e had, aud woro less [riendly to com- merce than ho waw." Urauvllle bad tlio kind of courage Walpols confessed he lacked, and bo risked tha lnitint expunimont. ‘Chis wad ten years Lufore the immorial Daclaravion of Indepond. ouce, but it was the boginujng of that policy of stupidity sud avaice, which, in tho eud, costtho Sngtial Crown ita brizhtest star. 'Tho taxes al- ready borne by tho Uulonies hiad been oub of all proportion to those sustaluod by British subjoats #t home. The French wais sud tho ceasclias oontlict with the indians had imposed burdeby which wore positivoly offensive. ‘Tha Colonists wero willing to dofend themselycs snd earn a rugged subsistence, but thoroughly unwillisg to aid i payiug [ho expeusos of a home yuls which thej woro pxeluded from juflucncing by a soli- tary represontative: Such was tho origin of the great dissant whoso ubilization floally was tho Atnorioan Constitution, % Weo aro wnllr able, and without espocial ro- courso to the imaginstion, to cuter ‘into_tho Tovoluttonary patriot's exaet étato of mivd, It tho uspiration of hisresislanco wasan undm\hy to m?us aid unfalr tazation, Taxation liaa Doen {ho debiphit of crowns aud Congroxsss, and tho dread and evasion of tha poople, in il the ling of tho centuries, Among the oarlier elvill- 2atlons taxos were fizkd by the wmill of bhe man, I'huy the rosources wore readily nvaileble for the construction of mich wayniticent follies &y the Pyramids, tho palaces of Bounachtib, the walls of Nivoyap, the gardens of lmaxlun. the Artomésian Mausoleth, and tho Athonian Partheiou, ‘Those,were slegant aud fabnlonsly wxpousive oreatlons, uot epringiug out of the general prospority aud enlightevwout of the Pouple, but.out of the sibitious and dastructive policy of crowried usnrpers and scoundrels. The inonoy was first raisod by taking it, thon the skillod Tsbor by tuking It™ without reoompatise. 1t a sufllelens number of artisans could not bo found, thoy were soop produced, tkrough the uwmo relentlogs conscription, Futoriug into the Revolutionary patriot's atate of mind, wé becoms possudscd by au outhusins- tlo_congeionce agatust uujust and burdensomo olit) n? rule. To galu and gontiuue such a nind {6 worth to an Awofican voter, aud to the tlag, ungmmcml sovo by Lis soverulgaty, a thousand fold more than all the rhetorical Tuy- tian and’ sauguinary bravado of the century siuce Bonker Hill.” dovernments oro just oy auxious a8 over (o got their subjicis' monoy sud BOTY Wo ju_Auierica believo tlst those who bay the. taxes should oxpend thou. 'This was ‘. @ simple and just faith of tho Colunies, They bled ta mrlm pravailiug their opinion, We cau- ot avoud a goodly \‘;; of b onco aacred and patriotio dey ko battér puipovo than fu the THE CHICAGO TRIBUN ‘Erouud tint of JULY 5, 1875. hoty endoavor to adjn-t the Colonial patriots® groat pomplexily to our timo awl chynos. Tho nusaror wo ara to anv dexpotism tho ?uu! forbld- aiog ‘ila really ropulsivh aspecta apposr. Dut for this bausvalont I'ruvidence, wo_should dls- tingly seo, 8 In tho far-off antiquity, tho “rulors who are blunlening the pro- plo o make imponing their ~administras tions and to encich thoir londing partinans, imperial autocrata still throng our beautiful but Bardoned world. Thoy reok for taxes in the Na- tiong, the States, tha Princlpaiities, and in tho yoxod and intolerably Iadon Munlcipalition, [low to sustain governmonts, of all prades, without flllbmu“nr to o vittual conflscation of hin earne ings, wonld seem to bo the fast-maturiug probs 1ewn of the goveracdy . 1t ls not clear that popular roprescntation in any mora satisfactory in n ropublic than in n monarchy. Usurpation {8 moro easily acooms phished by fraudulent ballota thao by tho obedis eut bayonet, 'Thero ara moro conpresncs aud leglalatures and councila In which you Lave no vepresentation than you suspoct. It is hard at nn{ timo to eco Juet'how & ininority lina a roal volco in any govornmont, but when the majority rules by tho nunrfinunn of impuro Lallots, it {3 eansy to aco that tho pmmuufi minority {s ens rlavod. Tho casting of ono illegal voto at any election excludes all good citizons from ropre- mentation {n whatovor reanit sich oleclion was meant to securo. Thin will be a Sabbath Fourtl of July, celobrated to prrpase, if any of you ara led to reaolve with the aggrioved colonles to ba fully roprorented in the l2aues of every election by tho oxclusion from It of every corrupt suf« Irace. Wo may also thank CGod that, in this opurse of His wiso order, tho work of uationsl one franchisoment was comploted before our day. To hava gained tho praud boon of Nationsl lo- depondenca ouraclves, might have been vory filerlouu. but, [ assure you, i8 would also have 0on very embarrassing, I think thoeoparation Diad to come. If it had not been accomplished in 1776, it might not bave been done for s hun- dred yoars, but the unwiro mother was bound sume time to alicnato hor intractablo offspring. Ovo element of our Habbath-day celobration, thon, will bo hoarty thanksgivings to Almighty Cod Tor sparmg us tho necessity of taking any partin the pood-linmored but~ ignificant riot sgainst e luckless ** Htamp act,” aud odious of« figy of Oliver; If tho intrepid movemeuts of col- onial patuotism against the bnvum§ * which choers but doth not intoxicate” had to bo mnde in Boston hntbor, we aro giad that it wag il olected to oceur boforo our day. 1t Is just possible that wo now pay s more op- prossive oxciss upon the deligntful drink than ha impetious colontsts wero fnvited to do then, and, aléo, with even loss than thelr voico in fixe Ing tho tribute, Vo have Lsd somo very un- ploasant things to do siucs tho Fourth of July, 1776, and yet wo cannot but ostoem tho rajole« ing pattiotlo that indulges In solf-congtatulation that Columbia was freo nnd indopoudont whon our imitial morning broke, Are wo, then, deeking onr proper incroas3 on tho uoblo ofd patriotisni of our fathors? Iero 18 an {uquiry fit for any day, aud one by far too raroly mnde. We havo beon iu possession of onr country for 100 years, and onr love of tho samo should have correapondingly increasod. "Tho Jonger we live with augthing worth loviug, the stronger should our afTection for it beaomo, elao thore iy somothing wenk or wrong in us. tteal love I nover strongest at tho begivning, Lut nearest tho eternal parting, Wao catnot become no accustomed to o genuitio lovo as to grow indifteront rospectiog 1t. Wo may not ba Abla to love our conntry aa strongly as did Han- cock, and Adams, and” Frauklln, and Wasbing- ton, and for ths vory roason tlhat but fow of ua are such merchantis as Haucock, such sclentista as Fraukiin, or suchi cconomists ss Washington, It taok & man of exceptlonal genins and outhusi- asm to any as did Bamuol Adamyin tho Cunti- nontal Congress: * I should advise porzigting in our stragglo, though it wera rovealed from Hoaven that 999 word to porish, and only one of a thousand wers to survive, and rotaln his liberty! Onpoauch frooman must jossess mora virtno and enjoy more happluess thana thou- sand slaves;” and lot him propagate his like, and transmit to thom what ho has so nobly presocyed,” Upon thnflfimulotlnm of theno dls- - inguistied man anch ordinnry ouls as we noed not hopo to Imurave, bzt wupon the men of our levol we ought to greatly improve. I cannot grently reapoct, nor can.l heartily commend, a patriotism not occasioned by substantial rea- ons. 1t thers woro ronsona for loving this land in 1776, therp aro etrougor ronsons now. la it o fact that with more abundant roasons for Ioviuss our country, wo havo rcally como to lova it loss 1fos tho marked growth of our philanthropy ro- onr patriotiem 7 s not our leased Christianity, in soms degree, inconsint- ont with the restrictod claima of country ? 1€ we havo the spirit of Jesus Christ, aud are bent on contmuing the work Ile Legan, nro not all 1ands our empiro and ail subjects our brethron ? \When Christ's Kingdom sball Lave fully coms, and 1fis will shall bo done throughout this groat carth, what intorest shall 8 rodeomed race feel in lines of ancient political and territorial dis- crimination ? Are uot all nationalities to dinap- Banr to be oternally unitled undor the supremo anner of the croas? Is not our patriotism belug tnerged into our humanity ? This may all bo truo of the remote tendency, but bardiy, 1 think, of tho immediate fact, \Whera Chris- tlunity is mout securely influential, the 'ove of country sooms o ba most genoral and command- ding. "It is conuistent with tige plans and pur- wose of Christ's coming Kiugdom to continue hedominlon of luman ompire until the ond of the world, When Jexus shall reign supremo in all Learts, Kinge and Prosidonts nood;not bo disturb- od. Natious will no longer shiod each other's bluod ko caerce torritorial coneesnions ; but thoy will forover continuo to guard axd guide thair iudustrioun fmb{edfl in all tho arts of an unbrok- e peacn. Patriotism will not be nooded thon as 10w to defend our national lite, put will bo more than ever to consummote tho refl purposs for which govoruments oamo to exist, Uhrisi's Kingdom, Lowovar, is uot about to como. ‘Tho algns of the fulluess of fta approach aro nob, to my uight, conspiouous. Tho bost Christians in 10 aro still tho hardess (ghtors . in war. Tidko is no difficulty in gaintog tho indarso- ment of the Church of Christ to the most san- uluary mossures sgainut the foe who ores ~ to wwmite its national flag. A« notions sre masaulted thoy must finhml, uud we they aro affrontsd thoy do-defond. Nover bofors Iu huwan history wero so many mon under Arms A4 LOW ; DOT WA OVAr 60 RIoAt wealth af intelloct and mouey wishdrawn from lmncn(nl pursuits to preparc for way. OChrist'a Kingdom 18 slowly coming thraugh tho conqueat of human hearty by tho grace of the Gospol, Our lofticat patriotidm, thow, is bokh neaded and virnons, Wo have not lived to do our wholo duty untess our Tnflaum oxoeod that of our Iatbors, Thae only tost of this advanoced patriot- ism which 1 at a1l convinciog or Impressive is sorvios, There ia now, happily, no cheuco to fight for our country. She doss nos call for woldiors, but voters. Attantion to the yum( of our oloctions is now the tirst daty of Amorican patriots, It aur slections whall succoed aucord- i to our republicon bope and tusory, might d porpotuity aro boforo us; If not, the bright- oat pages of our hiutory biave already been writton, I'bis Babbath Fourth of July Il have been randly colebratod Ly each of yau, if, in suawer 0 prayer, the Divine Spirit ahall inspire you to guard your couniry's peace sod purity by supo- rior zeul with the omuipotent ballpt. Patriotism, to bo most effective and sbiding, should Lave for its accommodation thy reptings placo of lln\nal_cnaunl experionco, Yoa oan- uot colgbrate this anpiyersary more profitably ‘than by attention to tho indlvidual ouo of whoso gracos is the patriotis impulse. You canuot laye patriotism without haviug womothing botter, Moral accomplishwonta shine iu goustcliations., ‘Their firmamont must, ba the wide, profound, sad_substautial azuze of s ro- liglous oxporionco. Morals fn timo siand for m substance of thie soul. 'Iheso are the fruita ¢ roveal tho matura of tho treo, ‘(e himau pirit cannot be idle. 1t must work or cease to bo spicit, Deeds are tle servico of the aoul, ‘The riature of ‘s dood 4 tha paturo of the soul lium whom tho docd procesded. 1iad desds witl always bo doao through tho mislakes of judg- ment and impulso, but never, If the Loart !iu suved, by fhe of corrupt Intention. If, o, 1 wean, obaracter, pu then, patri ammlacn valuable affectior lioncelortb, ta look for its best existence wituln the douls of truly Christian men. Htudy to make your ustive lsnd worthy of your patriotlam, You love your country, hut does your country doserve such high aud purore- ard? 1f your country is uudeserving, whoss ”ulllt lait?” ThoBile v ouly its citizous activ, in law, and are not yuz one of ilw citizons ? x E‘uunlxy governed by the T‘mnloouqh tobe made ¥ thio pooplo warthy of tha people's love, Geus nn!lfl o possible objects of our affectjon aro Tovable or not, iudemndem of our ability to in- fluence shem. With our country, Lhowever, the caso is difforent; and whether (b 18 entitled to our eateewn or not rosts with ourselvos, Either by sct or omisslon America is, to-day, tho roal Judgwont of 1ts citizeus, 'To make our country worlhy of our patriotism, we, its sovereigus, uhould secok to establish it iu at loast tho three- fold excollonce of virtus, education, and tewper- anco. Tha only wensible way in Which to fuv ouo's country {3 by tha unwearled effort to oxalt Lior ohiaracter. ‘L'lie couulry cannol be grateful for suy fervor of patriotium other than that which ‘proposes to ake her beltor. Vistue, edugatiof, aud temperance aro not nutural to our ‘lmy are not natural Lo our meu. §: al virtas, -dmmlfn, and temperance can securod ouly by causing these yrsces ta pre- vall in our own hearté e, then, b the {zue and practleal patriot who doea what ho can to mako liis follow-mrn and Limself pucof, wiser, and moro tam; orategBunday 18 tho day whon, by the commiou con of good mon, spooial work {8 done for Luinan mouls.’ The purposs ot Anuday, thon, 18 to croate & natlon worth laving, by morally influoncing the pooplo who eomnora 1€ to virtue and religion. 'Thin shonld be & good aliaro of the object of the Fourth of dnly. Unit- Iug theso days, an bow, wa should have & part of tha ersontinl conditiona of a most fruitfal nnd appropriate uvational colobration. - It iu kilo to tatk of making a bottor natton bhnt by waking hettor men, If wo havo any rogenarating forco ablo to make man whnt thoy ought to bo, éffec« tually using It the wnntion ot once bounds toward porfection, Tho plan of tho Gospel is tho ouly one #uro to save nations by trst saving mou. A most practiesl way of xlulnr good to thosa wo loyoe Is Lo rotain for thom valuos thoy cannot afford to rpazo, You aid mo to hold my reputa- tion, and_in dolng so have scrved me substan< Gatly, and. possibly, to tho utmost. Or, whon my hold upon sha financlsl futurs caro to Lo al most hopelessly rolaxod, you woro tho inspiras tiou of ita saving rendjustmon® To do on¢ country an etornal bonolit, Lelp bor to hold oy to hor distinctive and romarkabla institution,— the Babbath. . If tho Amarican Habbath should, hecause of this 8abbathh Fourth of July, comd moro gouorally to influonce the ruling Amarioan wiod, what eld-fastioned coromoninl aud mare Ual colebratjon would Lo comparable in ro- aulta with this psorggd and puroly mental one ? In my judgwent, tiia great Bopublo osanob liva without its Sabbath. The Chitatian Hab. batt is & native-born Ametican. It might and it should univeraily pmvnil. Lut always as in- digouous to Celumbia's kncrod goll, A spleit of imvported liconea s arrayod against our Habbatly whoao Liontihty wo must dofont and disarm. This day of our maturo hopo auod vigor s, howovor, too brier to do foraur conatry what ehia ia needing to have douo for her by overy citizon. Our childron, and our abildrou's chile dron, if patriotically instructed, will make our poble molicitude imwwmortsl. True maubood I8 sure to be influential Lill tho death of time, il 1ta traces distinctly. mark an imwmodinte posterity. Lot ne, thon, this Loly day, impross upon our sous and uaugltors the doopor mosniugs aud moro siguillcaut bistory of the glorioua day we colobrate, May aur sona bLe purer men and nioro ardout patriots than wo ; and ourdsughters more beroto women_aud moro,self-denying nas tionsl inepiratious than the darling girls wo wod, Let Americs bo lopt American. Qur fiioailng (0 foreign mon sualt bo foravor warm but etornal coldnaya to foroiga inatitutions {a our sworn and iuviolablo covonaut. day tha earthly immortality we caunotavert, through the cenzalosh porsistenoy of our postority, bo made illustrious by the grandenr of ils patriotiam, tho obudionce of ity picty, oud the suprowoe glory of ila conscionce. —— VITAL FORCES OF NATIONAL LIFE, BERMON MY THE MKV, DI, POWELRS, The Rev, II. N, Powors proached vostorday morning at 8t. John's Chureh, AsbLland avenne, on “Tho Vital Forcea of Natlonal Life and Stability," from tho foflawing toxt okold, thon dosirest truth In tho laward parts,— Paalin tis, G, "ln lr.iuhlounancu shalt thou Lo established.—Tsatad .y 1. 1o soolte as followa : Tho wolfaro of & nation {s Lssed subatantially upon tho samo principloy that insuro the prose pority of the individual. As wo do not judge tho charactar of man from Lis mero external condl- tion, 8o wo are not to measure tho real lifa of a vation simply by its material resources. In oati- mating tho best and most hopoful olemouts of tho Republic to-day’ it will not be sufleient to take into acconnt morely our population, our ter~ ritorial advantagos, our commorcial and indus- trinl activity, our aconmalated capital, our minos and manulactories and rmlways, tho splendor of .our citles,—in a word, tho various tokeus of our physleal good. These may be oxprossive signg of & present prosperity, but wo must look deeper for the olomenta of vital national lita and stabil- ity. What are tho controlling foroes of hiuman effort? What is tho nataro of tha [uspirations thiat work doepost within? What is tho prevail- ing principle iu feoling and ambitton? What aro tho idesls of those whose intluonce ia preatest in national oharactor? It in hore that we got tho ovidonce of a peo- ple’s actual status, the sigos of its diguity or degenoracy, its perpetuity or decsy. Tor healthy aud euduring vationnl life, then, cortain vitalities ara eencutial; nud [ sbalt brietly #ketch nome of Lhew we appropriato to the re- liglous commemoration of our- independence as a freo peaple, * Aud first, I mention an enligbtonad natriotiam. A love of country, an atlachinont Lo it iustitue tions, n pndo in tho chinracteristics that distine gulsh it, is an admirable senttment. Iu the in- tluenco of this passion thors is lardly anytbing that mun will not ondure to insiutmn their tra- ditlonal glory,” their endearod terrltory, their customs ani usagen, and national existonce, And yot it iseeen Low great may bo their dolusion, fow misplaced tuoir affections. For, through demagogues and tyrants, the patriotio fecling may ho wo parverted, the consciouco so darkeue and dobsuched, shat the peoplo shall blindly tight against thelr own iulerosts, aud uphold tho malign poser syhuch steals their saored rights, and crushos them into a degrading sorvitudo, It iy patriotisin thut is 1nspirod by m rocogltion of tho blossed priviloges of freo citizountup, ibat rogards tho dignity aud dutles of an oxalted manhood, that is dovoted to the bigh service of humanity, and comprohends the valuo of ra- tioual liborty and tho necs of human life that be- comes 80 great aud l}“"""’ an fugredient in the Deiug of & uation, When men lava tholr country bocause it is tho nurse of virtuous eaterprins, bocause tho arbitrary impedimonts of individunt davelopmsut arc unknowi, bocausa its traditions aro #agred with the momories of herolc aud beau- tiful deeds, aud lives bucause its lnws aro just, and its policy generous, and its svmpnthios Lu- mano ; bacauso thoy enjoy tho facilities of mak- g the most of thomsoives by every mothod which God aud nature afford, thore will bo cher- ished the most prids in the country's honor, thero will be manifested the most practical inter- ot in 1ts prosperity, and there will be most earnestly maintained the principles tLat proserve its intogrity and perpctulty. Thore can indoed be no such patriotism ae that which appreoiatos the true clomonts of natlonal oxcellenc, whiok undorstands the value of civil and roligious lib- erty, which takes a right estimato of man lu his capacitles aud unos, and plagn in the universe, snd which seos within its torritorial domain il tho sdvavtages for human adyanoemout mud wellare, Thin spirit focls it kinship with the Luman brothorbood ; it gobd ita ardor in an ap- prehension of the glorious priviloges uf freedoim to suok, and enjoy the good fitted for Lumen wants, 1t is strong in the cousciousnoss.of great trusts, and sacrod rizhts, sud a procious ins neritance, Its roots aro virtue, and bonar, and love of wan. Where'this enlighteucd patriotism provals, thoro will _doyotion to tho publio interestay there will bo & jealousy of tho publio roputationy thore will be zou) in tho maintouance of righteous principlon 1u logiale tive onactments aud tho public adminiatration ; thero will bo an alactity of service when danger threatens Lho State that no parsounl torrors can intimidate. A peoplu iuspired by sucth » sentl- ment will bs av quick to corraot tiio avils of their rwu governmont, when dissovored, ss to revant he assaults and usurpations of an cnomy. They will bo a8 raady to adopt wholesome priueiplos of olitical sciouce a8 to l‘lllY auy sdvaniago from he wise ang benovolent doctrines that have borno tho tost of a long experianco, Tholr very euthusiram to soo Lheir nationsl tutcrests advance will lead them to adopt for this ond the B’I‘l‘t metliods, and to secept tho wisost counsels. And #0 with this intolligens approlionsion of the pub- lio good. T say thoy will bo stondfast in the _maintenanca of tho great principloa that under- lle the welturc of the Htato, and will give tho Hiate tho dovotion of thoir loyalty and thoe Jargoss of their sorvice, But all this fuvolves the facs of righteous liv- ing, virtuous character, Ho we tind [n national virtuo n vital force lu the natioual life, What is eudential for the prouperity aud stabilily of a peoplo s that tifo poople should be utrong ju woral priucipl that _their souwe of justice, of truth, of virtuo, should be profound, thab they should set from » love of the good which fa ita own reward, That the actunlization of the Christian religion is pro- duotive of such a character nouo who kuow ita intluouce cau fairly deny. Ido not now mean what iy marely convontional aud cerewmonial_In it.—~(ta objectivo routine and observances,—but the wpirit that renovates and eunobles lifo, that fnspirea bouovolence and charity, thas moves the soul to gracioun deods, that exalte and ine teusitios tho idesls of duty and raoter,—in Lriof, that follows the evident plau and methiods of Uud, Religion of this typeis au inspirer and conuurvor of virtuo, Itinakes (Lo whole uni- versa ssored to the obsorver. A% begets a de- voutnoss of mind iv which the diviue seems wevor uear, aud in whiok existenve is hallowsd as In phie presence of tho Almughty. In its ardors every utroug quality of maubood ia fostered, It wakes tho soul act as for eternity, Where this wpirisusl clement is vigorous and sative, 16 is evi- dent suat huwan clinracter will tako a corrgspond- lug digoity sud elovation. Morality will be & watter of principle, The mav will nes his inter- ety innrelation W tho brosdest sor.pe and the Lighest igtentions of his being. Mewill messure liimaelt Ly tho higheat standards, ITo will be the aubjectof tho deopest conviotions of duty. 1fe will'bo apan Lo tho tost disclosures of trith, I1s will bo mont dovatod to tho causcs of fustics, and right, and brotherhood. 116 will bo fespone 8ivd to tho mont wortht influences, Howillarray nimaolf on thio skl of the gooil Ao far as hio rec- ognizes ita requiremonts anddomanda, It is plnin enough, thorefaro, that tho pro- dominanee in a nintton of anch a enirle of Ohrise tian morality would bo n vital factor in tho na- tlonnl lito, “Thie very basia of the pablie poud would bo asmured in the righteons principlon amt humane sympnthies that prevail. Thore could not be a genoral dontietion of the mineriority of Apiritual thinga, a high tono of public feoling. o condclettes smong WBo pooplo tht vas (‘uick to dotect the ovil thing and ropudiate it, a love of Justica wido and sirong, s loynlty to tho rights of man made sacred by a sonno of bis valuo iu the night of God,—1 oy thern could nob be-muchn stato of moral fooling aud living without giving 1o the nation good laws, wiso tilors, a bonaticent polieys withont umiting and comenting ils strongth, improving Its rcaonrcos, advanemg is glory, aud intensitying the forces that insure ity permanonce and prospenty, Aud the moro solf~ rospeos there is among the mosues, tho moro Im- prossive the mcufiumion of the graudour and ro- sponsibilities ot life, the highor the ideals of manbood, tho more just aud truc tho souro’of Tman duty sni desting, the more oager will bo tho concorn of tho Ynopln in having the Uov- oimment discharge ils proper fanctions, tho strongor will ba thelr love of tho country that doca 8b much for ita children, and ths wors con- sorving to tho public good vill be the influenco they oxort in thom dally lven. Ono “of tho vital forces, tlion, of prosperous and enduring na- tional lifo, v that u:qrhwx morality which i its Iifa ansl powor in anaffacted ploty, and which, being the supromo influenca in tho individual, must act asan important factor In whatevor coticerno the great interests of tha public good. Another element eonduclug to the samo cod fs that education or intellgonce which Lecomos practical wisdom. Of contso "thia is Inthnately connceted with tho morality aud roligiou which 1 havo briefly descrluad, 1t inolados moro than mero Joaruing, tho oulturo of tho intelicetunl facnltion, an ncqudintanco with facta of history and sclonce. It is ull this. with tho addition of an enlightonment that kuows Low to uso facls of overy usoful kind, sud docs uee-them, for o blossod and. It is knowledgo thich has ita firat forco aud fruitage iu ctinractor, 'but Avhich does not disdatu to utilize evory gift of nature und providenco that, can - bs mado avallable for tho wolfare of mankind. Idonot need omphanizo horo tho importauce and valuo of education, to daecribo its advantages, or to picture a nalion which ‘without it dwelis in barbarisin. You know Low tho world Is indubte:d to the discov- ories and inventions of nehoulare and thinkors, and 1o thoso who, Lave applied #cicuco to prac- tical ends. You ‘liwow how liberal education widens & wan's horizom, eurichey Iug undorstanding, amelioiates tho sheritics of his sad experiencs, unlocks s facuities, givea him richer rosources and o bettor npprociation of hiy piace aad privilegesin the world. Wonay, thorofore, oducate man to tho bighest pitch, if posmible. liducato tho maes- ea. DLriug to the humblost the knowladgo that aliall show tliem their owa worth, the possibili- tios of their own natures, tho nights and duties which pertain to their maonhood. ~But with all tho training that sharpons the iuteilect, that fur- nighes the wind with riehor waterial, that givey fresh impulse to thonght ana entorprise, do not omit the aducation of the conscienoo, tho affec- tions, the soul, (hive tno wholo man tho moust hatmonious dovelopmont possible. — With only ono sldo educatod, ho may, attor all. misusa hin learning and bis gifts, —yea, abuse thom all aud £o ruinouly astray, Bat whoro knowledge boar- ing npon huitmah Intereata i thorongh and well- diffuged, it has & vast influonce wpon human welfare. It isa cure of some of the worst svils that afilict maokind, 1t s a disponscr of wome of tho greatcat bloseings. With ndoquate kuow!- edge among the’ people, you cannot onslave themn. You cannot tnpose npon thom wiquitony lawa. You cauuot divert tho proceods of thoir industry to political oxtravaganco and cor- ruption, You cangot make them the tools of tyranuy or the dupes of impostors and knaves. Understanding tho prinoiplos that in- sure ruccosaful industry, tha functions and di- tion of govarnment, and ' the roal slomonts and sources of untiousl prospoyity, they will not talorato unjust restrictions upon commoree, will not endure the burdens of nnrightaoit luposty, and thoy will be suro to reject for rulers aud loglalators thoso wlio aro profligate, aud in- cumpetent, and corrnat, Moreovor, their lutel- ligence will show thom how best tho eauses of poverty, and vico, and intemporanco caa bo avolded, how governmonts ean ho tmost econon- 1cally administered; how tho energies of tho pooplo can bo best utilized, how tlio oanscs of war, and famivs, atd {utestinal broil cau be pre- ventod, aud how, in a wosd, auy provalling ovil may bo abolished’ and tho publa pood bn pro- wmoted, Whon the oyes of men are fully opened to the fatal results of certaln courses of pablic conduct, thoy will opposo thom. \Wheu ibis placad beyoud a doubt that the intorosts of o country requirg an abandonment of ono policy aud tho adoption of abother, thon controvoersy ends,~unamnlty is the result. Givo a pooplo anfficient lateljigonce with an oduosted oon- rcisnce, and their natiounl stability is sacared. ‘Thoy stand, uuless oxtirpated hi! o superior fou, Fhe world has long waited for lizht upon many subjocts of vital wmuportauce to tho pouplo, bot™ the ‘light hns m slow In foachung them. -Interasted parties hays shut it out as thoy aould. And yet it has shono on § nover so clearly ms to-day” do tho peoplo at largo so well understand the principlos and truthy that ara tho foundations of thelr aarthly gond. But there fu a ant doal for them yot to leatn, And so wo sny lfilfln. Open overy avenus of eulighteument ossible to all classos, Lostor 1o public seuvols. fake aducation compulsory, if necossory. Uso tho higher iuatitutious of losrning to the baost advsutage, Diffuse praptial kuowlolzo by every legitimato tnstrmwoutality, Kucoursgo zealously all studies that promote politioal sud noclal sclenco. Honug tho anostles ot truth who point out the eauses of luwan misery sad thewr cure, Intorposo no hindorance fo the acquire- went smong the people of tho kunawledge that shall show them their rights, their dyties, the usos snd hlwnmnu of lifo, aud thu rethods of its real suocess, but ratber compel such pursuit, In sgnorance there is dvgoneracy aud slayory ; in Lknowledge, progress, froodow, j:ruspority. Whilo & peoplo not from enlighitened econvie- tious, while thuy enjoy tha liverty to pursuo tho legitimato work of lite, animated by virtooas purpoucs, and in thoe light of adequate litawl- edge, thore nood be no fear of theit docadenco and downfutl, Ho long as a souse of Lonor aml Justico, victuo and humanity, provails,—so loug a8 they knowand practice the truths that are tho foundations of sucoesaful oudeavor, so long aslifo i8 rovered, and God honored by the use of His wethod, just so long will the vital forces of national prosperity and advancemont overate with benoflcens power. The notion's atability and wolfare is not insured by esjoling the popu- lace with shows aud thegowgaws of power, by succesalul conquest, by the opulencaof tho few. Ly the arw of urbitrary force tbaé guards and smites at plossure, but by tho conserving nitd tacious eloments of the papular life, by the -love of country that gives rightoous liburty to ita children, by tho virtnes that {linatrate noblo liviug, by tho proporty. that attends Iotelligent onterprise, Ly t8e wense of brothorhood that racoguizos in ‘every man the image of Olirist, by fidality to God whioh scoa 1n oll Hin gifts a oail tq’thmr improvement and a bond of obligation, f our gwn nation gurvive ihe fate that Lnw overtaken thoflmmleu mavarchics, it muat be Lacause these lealthy vitalitiea of the interior lifo contiuue ta tourish, A view of some phases of our uatjousl oxperience, and somo featuros of A.mnxinu Lifo, is confepsodiy discouraging, But ususll {’um womss comes 0 the surface, Qer- taloly by Its offrontery atid nolss 13 attracts the wmuet aitention, Whiia there in much over whick 10 mourn in thae ofticial greed and corraption of the timew, in Lo jucompetency: of public mon, in the bod uses of weslth, (n the vices and crimes that dingraco clvilizatlon, and in an irreli- lon that in ronie quarters)is fesrfully dunoraliz- ng,—takingall tuat 19 most daplorablia into viow, —L, for one, do vot despair of tha Nepublio. | beolieve that the good vastly propondarates in the influences that etawp our nutursl character, Aud yeb thare is dluru[nunuuh to admonish us, to elimulata the noblest exertiva in tho liue of duty aod patriotio dsvolion, Tho mora) eusrgles ot (ha peoplo need recruiting at_their fouutain, 'U'hie senine of individusl respousibilisy wish refor- ence to this pablio interests should be deepoued ail througu the land. Eduoatlon should be moro thorough and tora widely diffused, Tho bloss- lugs of a freo citizanwhip should be more pro- fanndly apjiraciatod. ‘'be id-als of Lfe's groat ml\‘llngel aud obligations should the raived o sudards. ~ ‘Cha blossed verities of ingdom sliould be toors expressively aotustized ununfi us, No man canshirk hers with jopunity, Noue srs loyal to the country who refuse to give thoir individual support to what makoes it good aud great, sud u{mcuuy in the fawily, where the svcads of virtue and patriotiem aro mosb sucoessfully nown, It is in vain for ua to recount iriumphautly the heroic doeds of our aucostors, snd to boast of our civil liberty, if we show, by our conduct, & disregard ol personal bllg}lllun to serva our coguiry by illustrating & virtuous “lifs, 'Phe character of the people mhall detormins our na- tionsl longevity, I we decay nt a ustion will Le by violatiug the laws of QGod, aud abusing tho privileges of out free institutions, . Bub with “intelligauos, vixtue, and patciotiam predominant thers will be umty, stability, happiness, Wo aro thankinl to-day for the great blessinga that crown tho commonwenltly, aud wo tejoico in tho froedam which §s piously commemorated throughont the Jand, May wo nud thore who follow us prove worthy of onr ancestors, and, by the halpof Gold, tranemit tho ark of liberty strengthoned aud beaubified to tho goncrations yot to conmio, Each patriotic heart can tako up tho strain of tho Hinatrions Bryant ¢ : - But thon, my eountry, thon ahalt never fall P Hut with thy chifdren—tiy matsrnal oare, Tay laviah lave, thy blossings sawerod on All— hene ars thy fotlerr—sena and storiny nie Are the whin larrier of thy bordars, whero Among thy gallant sons that guard thes well, Thoni Iatli’st at encinlen s who shinll then detlare Tihe date 0f thy deap-founided strehgil, ar tell How Lappy, du thy fap, the sous of men aliali Awell 3 —_—— . PLYMOUTH CHURCH. DEDICATILN OF THE NEW LUILDIXO, Tho dedicatory services of the Plymouth Cone gregational Chureb, cornor of Michigan nvenuo and Twenty-sixth stroot, wero held yestordsy moruing In the presoncoe of an immonse cougré- gation. The boantiul church wan gorgeously foutooned snd garlauded by tho ladics, end o hinga pyramid, composed of the faltoat flowors of summier, was displayed in the ccntro isto. Aftor sumo fine otean masio, eloging of hymns, and reading of Scripture lossons, the Rov, William Alvin Bartlott, pastor, proceeded to de- fiver the dedicatory sermon, taking his toxt from the fourth chapter of §t. Luke, elghteenth ond ninoteonthh verses: ‘*‘“Lho splrit of the Lord {s npon me," ote. Thiat, bo said, was & day under auspicos poonle iarly bonigo, It Lad under its mgis religion, patriotisth, and progress. It ropresented thelr falth in the hebdomadnl of the resurrcciiony ft roprogonted patriotism in helng the annivorssry of the Declaration of our Independenco, and al- 0 in being the centonnial of the Revolutionary o ra. Withont considering those inspiring matters st all, it would still be sufliciont that they atood there on uacred soil, conaccrated to God's sor- vico: Dbut, taken In conncetion with thes glorl- ous nationnl hollday, it was an occaslon of pa« wullar joy and lovolinoss. Fifty yoors after tho signing of the Declaration, ou that very day, the wplrita of Jofferson and of Adsms pasied sway from oarth, and, fivoyoars later, Monroo followed thom to lis voward, It was therefora o day pars ticularly halluwed and sanctiflea In the nonals ot tho nstion. Hesidas, thay waro llving lu & con- tenmal yonr, fu April 100 yoars agg, * the slob beard ronsud the world " had beeu lirod ¢ Lox- ington, and re-ecirocd at Concord, One inndred years ngo, on the day preosding, Georgo Wash- ington drow hig nword a3 gommacdar-{u-chiof ot tho Amorlean Arimy ot Cambridge. It was in- deed n yenr that arashed nnd cchood all over with centsnuial listory,—trith tho momorics of gront doeds, and of nninatched patriotism. Around that contounial wore anchored tho traditiovs, the glory, tho hope, of the American hoart, sl tho prida of tha Aincrican jutolloct. It was like tho City of Athous, rich.in art, in treasures, in geicncs, in liberality, in ontighton. mont, and, abovo alt, in progross. It was thy foundation of sl tunt Awerica was, and of all “that sho hopnd to be, * ; ‘I'ho preachor thon went into s6me mora clao sic compansons, not forgotting the glories of old Jornealom, the graudons of tha Alpina hoights, and a8 Momuon's stutuo of tha Niio spoko whoz Ve pun of Bvph rons upon it, #> sooke the ge: nlus of Amevica whon the rays of the sun of Iborty tirst foll upon ler eoll. Woll, thou, migitt ho_wvay that thero thoy bad patriotism, religion, and progress anchord in the toxt. It wes **tho nccoptablo yoar of tho Lord," tadon with atl that was dear and sacred to thoit hoarts. ‘The vory toxt which hatd boen quoted by him was old ovon o tha days of the Prophot thoiuh, and Jesns had Ifimaelf road it to tha Ji 1Is bad taken up the Iv old toxt and wivon it » new and fuller significanco. It wia utrange, but tine, that everything devolopod in modvrn seionee, in'modern thonzht, halits koy and ils inapiration o God's holy Lok Bvorsthing in tlus great aga was advancing. Goology, physiotogy, philosapby; all were aidin 1 thelntarprotalion of the Seriptures, rovoalinzg moro cleeriy tho meaniug of tho inspired wite ingy, aud swooping Away tho nust« that had g lonss obsenrod Lie ooy nud #ouls of mankind, Lvory man had " within his intelicct o koy by which Lo conld unlock overy star. oveu as ho mizht unlock a trossuro-chiest nnd take thorofram the mus precions of jowols. Thoy wero, oven now, ohly in the infaucy of groat digcovertes, Obworve tho ohangos that hal ivept across tho faoo of tho world in tholawt hime drodyears. Why wasit? Docauscthd wiad of man woa disenthralled. Luocauso liberal idoas Lad cmanoipated tho brain aud_brought tho intellect of man out of darknoss, Labor had beou light anod. Naturo hersell had Leon mado subssryie out.to the will of man. Ho controlled tha elo. monds. ‘Lho time, e preasier bolieved, was coming whan thn ecientist would draw the vory lightning from tho clunds to make it a help to man i taking tho Lurdon of lubor from big td, It had already been pactly utilizod, ’ showed its capabillty of beifir farihioz winod to lman sdvantago. Man, In this aze, dured to inveatigate everything., Ha had uo foar of Lolts, uud bars, aud whipa, for ade yaneing knowlodge aluny the pptlis of seienco. Whon wa had venched almost cortajuty in furae tolilmg weatior, by moans of maleorle obsorvas tions, thora was no waying what sxenco might not attein, ‘Lha proacher plivded to tbe discay- * eries mada in tho' planetary nystem witiin a short tima | to the improvements in the taieacops aud in the miejoscope. Man would, ero many gaueratlons, be familiar with everstling fu th air, iu the water, und in tha bowels of tho oarch, Nothiug would Lo witlleld from Lim. and he nrgucd that-the-Bible, upon which all falth wes foundeil, was the great ully of man Ih working aut Lhis groat end. s Dr. Bartlott zavo many iNustrations of this, nod contlnuod by saying that tha Church of thi age wns & Uhusel that was practioal, ard thef grappled with the ’,iren.‘. wants of the day. They wantod a Chnroli plain and serviceablo, not gor- goous and mvstical, lustoad of %n'mg tnto the pomp, and glitter, and show, of Holomon's Teus Plo, thoy should begin whora Joxa dia, —pracile . Tuoy should havo tha Citurgh an anghor in the bed of faitl, a powor folt In the com- nity, a recognizod good, & vital privciplo, ot a tolorated Snuday miiknuce, . Vhen Christ spoko of tho Church He musl Dave weant it not in the seuso of a bulldivg. In the arobljsctural viow, Hia church would bo s syuagogue, Church meanty literally, a commt- nity of poraous lx~lnnglu¥ to a certaln faitt, uol apere tigap, or shell, of stong, and mprfar. It derivation wos fromthe € ‘Ihey might eall o builifog 8 church in the manner that they mizhe call (ho body a may, ‘Alhm{;:ngu‘u only the' tetaple whoiein mun wolt, “I'be arohitectaral point was, howaver, only ¢ socondary coneidseation. 'Phero \réra, tesllt, only two gratl siylos of sralitesiure—the Gro-k and tho dotlio, (AL others woro but modifiea tlons of thesb. Thoy Led au ccleotic ago 8 architocture. It liad ‘bocows a Lind of giganti¢ tailoring, made np of many.pleces. For nin part, be’ mofeprad simplielty, good acoustics, obd frop ajr, rather thau claselo incon wruttioy, . amd, oroamontal obstructious, which i1 [i mado preacbiug & fallure, producal s nuphixiated _pastor, and A morthand cor frogation. 1o hopad that the ' simplt snd excellont conditions mentlond oxisted in their now bullding, Iie foit no difie oulty i speaking thoro, and he hioped hia sudl conco had no diffionlly in heariug him, ‘Fhis w » great objess to gatn. e piveachot tlicu eloquontly allnded to bold, treo, wanly fufluence Awerican ides: tue sprosd of llberty had upon tha human m! to-day.. A buodred yonrs ignoranoo was » yrevalant, evan’ among th gllaly uriatocrst at a Duchipss of Ledtord, on reading that L¢ world wad. to bo destroyad. jn fhroe youi exolaimad, *Very well; T pack B ! my things and RO to Clus: ' And he had read of & corain Dichoss of T wylvanis who, & cottury sgo, JAmontod the 1% Lolliogs fendoncles of “{ile comun |ecrit Lecauso, 1 tho days “of her graudmother, »bed » wol dayoams, that venembla lady, Lioss and thin slippors, could walk dry-stiod 1 the ohurch-door over tire oacks of Lior pro¥ trato sorfal Thauk God, such days had o pavs. lan now siood ersos, walked on Lo 8! as Qod intended o alould walls, aud not oo & fours, as Uod did not iutend he should wulk. 4 1o cgred more for the aplrit of the Chuk} than for the beauty of ite jutsrior or of it 4% torior, 1t was rather slvgular that “m!h'; formus nover bLogea in spicndid edilces. ™ sbiould hiko to Luve the dimeusions of the bt¥ room where Chiris o chosou Twelte ':' whon Ho blessad (he bread and wine, sud whert thero was & rushiby sond, as of a mizbir 5 ost, and they wero filled with the Holy ('h‘lhl 1o should lilio to bave the dimeueions of 3 taboroaclo fu which Jobn Kuax prescheh 80 of the little honse in Bedford trom whicl at_l“lx wont forth tbe Pilgrim to ttavel throuebo™ &y yju.u:;., aud all conditions, to bifug light * oy to all. ‘Chrutianity, e contended, wan tho leare 13 would briugout ull the msetlect tuat ther o, I way the coutral syulerm of every and arouud 1t all that wos good, Liud. o and noblo centerad. Ohurchen wero wbr® teotive of socieby, of lile, of yroperty, migltiest of pollce fots 18 Clrisl T wibed