Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 19, 1875, Page 2

g ¥1lnal, a nelf-stvled Frofessor, knows anything nbout the conetruction of first-clasa halloons, Lo must cortainly be awaro that the matorial ured [ Prof, Nonaldron's balloon, and 1o which he and Mr. Grimwood mado tho arcension, is AUCI STRONGER THAN 811K, having been thotoughly tested, and found to rtand & strain grestor than tho milk geverally used. As to tho rottenneen of the balloon. I have only fo repent that Donaldson ‘aa tho Judge, and could bavo ordered anotlier, orused the ono in which Mr. Thomss mado & ruccensful voyage on Saturday. 1t s worihy of nottce that Prof. Donalidacn bias mado MO BTCCEASTUL VOTAGES than any living man, anid his sleo carried mora poesongera and lanided them safely. It remsined entirely with bun whether ho shonld nsk his own lifein an uneafe balloon. Wo would have aa roon thought of dictating to an experlencod Capiain of a sbip which wo had chartered a8 to ita managomout, aa to ray ouo wortl to Prof. Tonatdson regarding bis asccusions. That we #hould bo hold accountable, 18 SIMPLY RIDICULOUS, anid T beliovo that 1 the viow taken by all une yrejudiced poople, Wao consider Prof. Donaldson the most suc- consful soronant that ever lived, and that is tha apinion of the Mesurs. Goodeell, of the Graphic, who uave had hundreds of lotters from acronauts from sl parts of tho world. Stoiner wo kuow but lttle, and nover heard of wntil his unsuccessful attompt st an saconeton in Milwankeo s ehoit time einco. Hin oppor- funity soems to bave srrived for temporary uo- toriety, for which hio {s evidontiy secking through Lo nawspRpors. Bteiner bss taken pains to circulato on the stroots and oieenhers contradictory siatements with a viow to bring Limrelt Lefors tho pullic. According to bia own admizsion, HE WOULD NAVE ACCUNPAY Prof. Donaldeon if bo Lad heou here and had Teceived an mvitation to do #o, Fraf, Donnldson did not Tequire tho advico or axsstauco of & comparativoly unknown seronaut. Btoinor states that **no balloon was ever con- structed that could havo withstood tho etorm of Thutsdey night.”” As to the mattor of -econumy, hod we practiced it, we could have Lired g aoro- nant st from €40 to £50 per week, and who would havo contracted to inflato his Lallovn with kot air, not to excoed £10 per day, and add s per- fermance on a trapeze, with -hia_wifo swinging from the bar as the balloon ascended. Durivg the Jawt winter wo nd two such offors. Ono of our preeent porformess, e Liazelie, insisted upon dolug daily this perilous feat. Wo would not lLieten to any of their propoeitions, regardiog it as » dangorous, hazardous, and foolhardy perform- ance, ond preferred to engago an experienced gaontitio gontloman at a large aalary, and use gas for our asceusions, at on expe 8150 to £u00 per day. This without montioning tho ex- penso of councctions with streot maina for our gas. and mon to ald tho {otlating, as will be read. ily testificd by tho Superintendont of tho -Gos Compauy, andtbe additioval cost of ‘bottor bal- lovus. Axto TINE FSCAPING OAS, if the amount that Bteinor claime ‘had escaped in 140 twents-four hours 1t stood inflated, the Lalloot would ave beou nearly empty, and cer- taly enoughi go to have pravented {te nscon- son at all Theso are matters that never occurred to um until Stciver's con- tradictory theortes wore read. How does ho acconut for the succossful ascension on tha day provious with tive passougors, when it is well kuown to the thousauds of visitors that the bal- Juon Liad staod inflated twenty-four bours before tlo uscousion was made? Why did wnot the lightor gaa cscape, aa ho claima it did, on the following day ? Steimer is ovidoutly iguring for notorioty, tu which ho has auccaedod to aome ox- tent, using us as the cata-paw. Wo will not ao- cuso him of % TROFEHAIONAL JEALOUAY, not knowing him, excopt from bis following np nd thrastivg swolf boforo editors and news- papor roportorn. We linve not visited an aditorial routn in this city pinco 'rof. Donaldaon's voyago, aud caunot juntiy bo eharged with merconary mo- tives, Winle wa foar he aud his companion have porishied, wo still Lopo that thoy bave beon PICELD UP DY SONE VESSEL, or landed in gume inaccessible apot, and will.yet roturn to giadden the bearts of all their frionds, ‘I'ho public,in timos of acalamity, arotoo ready 2o roizo upon anythiog sot ofloat by fanutice of scemingly'ordinary wtelligonce, aud the excite~ mewnt 1 casily increascd with the assistanco of such & rman, whore voice and opinions would Luvo bad 1o weigbt umder any other circum- atances. Wa wouid ask Stoiner Low mapy bal- luon asconsious Lo bas mado and the pumber of L8 tailures, snd et the public comparo them with F'rof. Donaldnon's, who, Steiner claims, wan without srientine knowledge, Tho comparisons mado _with _all _other neronauts prove that Prof. Doualdson, without scienco, bas Leen tho most kuccessful aeronnut that ever lived. \When such men o8 Prof. Holden, of tuo Loston Journal, I'rof. King, and “"“f other uerounuts, did not hesitato to risk their livos in L keoring, and of all noronauts in Amerion Doaaldaon was selected for the Graphio experi- wow,», after I'rof. Wiso's failure, s proof posi- tivo that Prof. Donnldyon wasthe right man in the right place. Sinco writing tho shove, wo ‘have beon in- formed by s relablo gepiieman of Blewer's ridicuious failute aud hasty descont from a great Leightt. over the City of Pluladelphis, by tho bursting of bis balloow, » few years ago. Itia a watier not forgotson by tho inhabitants of the Quaker Uity, of Btoiner's sudden arrival on & friondly shed of an old Urick-kiln, which was the meaus of broaking hin fall aod saving bus life, ‘Wus bis ballovn sotten, or was it ono of thore unaccountable sud unavoidable sccidents of which we read? [loase rixe sud explsin if you exposed your life in o rotten old basloon. W. C. Coup, Manager Barnum's Hippodrome Company, SUBURBAN NEWS. LAKE. The agreoment betweon tho town and John 13, Bherman, Jobu K. Hoxie, G, Titus Williams, and 1ves Coy, 1 the matter of establishing gas works, gives tho Lake rceidouts gas for &3 per 1,000 oubie feet. The graut is for thirty years, and compels the Company to lay gason rll atrocts where ths smount of gas will be gusranteed to £25 for every 200 fect of pipe, sud to have 6 miles of pipe laid and in operation by October, 1870, Tho graut includes the district bounded by Thirty-niuth, Boventy-first, aud Btato streets, and Wostorn avenue, ‘I'lie capital stock of the Company is $200,000. The Trustees Liave flually agreed on the follow- ing a8 the aunual appropristions, snd justructed tlie attoruey to draw au ordinasice iLcorporating them ; Iuterest on sinking fund (ordinance Mareh Lobectar o ki G Grdiaaios Ao, B0 2 W 1,609,712 174) . seeers Interest on sinking 11 s Town al sud prantiug. 3,500,00 Eapenucs of b 4. 0w 0 Expensea ta carry out the o 4, ele’ B00.00 Yolica fund. 12,000,04 600,00 Dipes, Lyt Operating s Tepudring and cloaniug roods spenaea of Joi - PR Tepairing sud cleaniug dral 'l‘onr;: of Lake's part of cash of two {ro dges. .. o3 piins v disne 200000 THoso aixd Tepairs on hose-catts, elo 2y ¥or makug the general asscsatuont. T Balury of accountaut, 1,000,080 Collector's oftice ¢ B0, Election e3pen 100,00 Town Ulerk, 1,500 Ty pay old 23,260,00 *Fo refund sinonnts misapprop 3,000,00 Cuntingunt SUlteesereess 5,000.00 3r. Willisw O. Pidge, in & communication to the Doard yesterduy, statod that he desired to become tho Town Enginecr, snd offered to do it for 1,600 8 yoar, 1o thoughs Liv offor very Tibora), 1u comparison to the prescnt ookt of tho office, which ho yepresvuted as followa Engineer, Awnstaut.. IR $1,800.00 0.0 510,00 240,00 I¢ Mr. Pidge can_do the work that st ‘:;llont couls the town €3,840 for 1,000 s year, the [:wpln are inclined to lee bimdoit. Tue Bosrd, owever, Tefesred it, and it is Lable never 4o ze- tuin. Mr. J. §1. Brayton hes been instructed by the Bebool Board to take the census of thoe district, zl'l‘ll\llh. it is eapocied, will be finished by Hop- ef SUCIDE. Special Dispateh lu The Chicage Tribina, Broosnayos, 1., July 18,—August Hickman, & Germap, " sttempled suicide Pridsy night & miles oaut of Hudson by cuttiug hin throat with # 18z0r iu thres places, Destitusion and suffer- ing were the cause, . THE PULPIT. Dr, Fallowd on the Canso and Cure of Skepticism, (lontaining His Answer to a Trib- uno Correspondent, The Rev. E. P. Powell Discourses on the Divinity of Christ. Sermon by the Rev. N. 11 Axtell on the First Miracle, CAUSE AND CURE OF SKEPTICISM. AERMON DY TUE REY, DR, FALLOWS. At 8L, P'aut's Church, corner of Aun and \Wash- Ington streots, yesterdsy mormug, the Rev. Dr. Fallowe, of tho Leformod Epincopal Church, proached tho following ecrmon on **1he causes and curo of skopticism :" Wherefara dldst thou donbt 7—Yatfhere, zir,, 31, Qoo very fruitful sourco of skopticisw In misunderatanding of tho sititude of evangelical Christians towarda tho progress of scionce and the race. I use tho word cvangelieal in tho pop- ular senre of the term, mot na applicablo to a party In the English Chiurch or in the Profestant Lpiscopal Church, but to all who beliove in the supreme divinity of our Lord Josus Christ and in His atonemount, It is in thia senso evidently that tho gentle- man takes it who did mo the honor to criticlso in a frioudly spirit my sormon on * The Righta of Bkaptics.” He saye, *1¢ by the term we are to understand tho system of dogma, thofailh catled ovangelleal, tho dootriual, teliglous be- lief, provailing in what wo call Christisn lands, ten I do decidedly tako issne with tho state~ ment that Chiristianity is not intolorant and not liontilo to the progress of science, and of the raco.” And furthor, be ways, **It is certainly this 1atter dofivition of the word that the cleigy gonerally accopt when thoy bonet of tho en- lightenmont of this centnry Lrought about by Chrintianity, and point to the wonders of steam, of the electric te cgrn\)b, of prnintizg, otc., ay fruite of Christianity, though they really all aro fruits that bavo ripencd 1 spile of so-calied Cliristiavity.” T'ho {ssuo which is thua directly mado Ly this gentleman, and he is but the representstive of thousands of skeptics or doubters in our midat, I an very glad to meet, Now, 1.am free to admit at tho outsot, that many who hold thoeo two great facts of evan- gelieal Christianity, interpret them in connection with somo peculiar theologidal system, in n man- ner very diffcrout from myecif and othors of kindrod beliof with myeelf, and in our view suclh iuturprotation is erroneous, 1t may be, that auch intorprotations or views, it pushed to thelr logical coarequences, would acem to be out of harmouny with the advauces mant of science and tho progress of tho race. but we all Lnow that lc s tho most {llogical of all reasonug to hold » man or & system rosponsiblo for tho logical conse- quences of the undorlying beliefs or principles. The religions organ of ouo of tho In:gest, staidest, most learned, and orthodox bodics in our country, published a few dass ago in thin city an articla’ in which it was stated, * Thote is no d:fiiculty In accountiog for bumao misery when wo bear in mind the terriblo fact thac tho raco is under tho curse and tho wiath of God. Tho only wonder {8 that tho misery is mot groator.” T'o which another religious papor of Clicago, tho organ of one of tho most highly cultiv 4 intinential, and liboralevangalical denominations m tho land, makes reply, *''Thoso who do not Lisppen to bave been brought up on the *federal beadship ' theory, muet havo been delighted to note how a singlo touch of nature makes the whole world ki, and this particular writer wondrous kind! It ocenrs tous thatifa condensstion of the articlo bad been deewed de- sirablo, 1t might have bean gainal by substi- tuting for the major part of it tho laugusge of the poet: In Adom's fall We siunod oil 1 in's murder We sinned furder. The theory which is Lers combated with its limited stonamont, with its unconditional slec. t10u snd seprobation, and its practical denial of the freodom of tho will, wonld seom to make God responsible for ein ; would dony man's con- kclousness, render s nulii'y bhis identity, and paralyzo every effort ho tight attempt o make for lus improvewment, Tuo opponents of ihis theory do somatimes chargo home anjustly thuse logical conwequences upon theso whbo advocate jt. But when wo think of the intelloctual giants swho forged out the creed ; when wo think of the mew who have been smong the peerlees I'rinces of tho pulpit, meu who have preached with fulls news, richuess, tenderuoss, and cersunsive povw- or the Goapel of Clrist, and lavo brought myr- indy into the life and liverty of God's dear Son ; ‘when wo think of the men who have been fore- most in every ontorprise to alleviata the wants of the race, who lLave helped organize s co- loesal charitics; who have fought tho battles for meontal aod epiritual freedom ; when we think of an Edwards, of n Whitelicld, of a Chalmorn, of s Yayson, of a Guturie, of s Beth- uns, sud other illustrious wortlica of whom tme would fail me to tell, wo canoct #ny theso men woro fataliets, or that thoy helped to fasten o ball and chain upon the fuet of tho sace. The, great, glorious facta of tho evangelical system etand out independent of our poor philosophy coucerning the facts. Wo who lovo that systein and beliove it to cmbody tho trutby which are to save fully tho souls of men, sccord to each other tho privilegoand tho rnight of in. terprating those truthe according to our intellectual preforencen, aud tha teach- fugs of Vour judividual consciences enlightenod by _tho Holy Ghoat. My roviowor saya s I bellove that other chum- pious of mo-called Chretiamity will Lardly in- doruo such covceeeions of Mr. Fallows, In fact, tho world s o right to_claim that Clirstisuity i8 to be judged by the creeds aud codes !:m- uounced J ita ~ecclesinstical authorities, preached and enforced by ita pricsts, aud gover- 'hf' accepted by itd votarios.” think he f8in error_here. Even Mr, Ducklo, sud Dr, Drapor, and others, who apposr 1o oftet to confound Cbristianity with its corruptions, aro compelled to muke s distinction betwovt them wheu uann&uvxmm ¥ teir positions, Wo uwe o vaut debt of gratitida to 3z, Buckls for the lucid and comprebeneive msnner in which ho lian treated of the relations of Christlanity to tho difforeut ntuges of iutellectual dovelap- ment found among tho uations nt tho timo of its reception. He hes carefully distinguished the priuciples themsolves from tho wyutems i which thera principlea wero Imprisoued, systouns full of tho cruditivs, paganisms, projudicics, and pas- o0 of men. Dr. Libintbal, tho distinguishied Jewiah abbl, in one of hus Sunday afteiwoon leatures Loforo the Freo lleligious Aesociation of Boston, says: * It was a glorlous, divine, aud providentinl nis- elou which Jesus of Nazareth bad to fultil. Ho tried to emancipato His followets frow the potri- faction of ceremonies and 8o rekindle in thew the spark of spisitual truth snd universal love. Dut Christianity did wot cscape the futal error 1o old religions hind made. The plaiu sud sub- lime truth taught by Jesus was woon replaced by the symbol sud petritied into a sectanan creed, and soun the Church boldly sesumeda the all- sLeotbing govervment in heaven aud ou earth,” Lr. Diaper says: * For centuries aftar Chrine 1isality was the established 1eligion of Eurupe, it falicd to boar ita vatwial tiuit, Lecause its lov ‘was cast awong » people whoee ignorance com- pelied them to bo superstitious, sud who, ou ac- count of thelr syperstition, defaced = syutewn which, Ju its erigul purity, thuy weie unablo to recelve.” The inteliectusl bLondage then of the Dark ges Was uot owing to the teachings of Chiris- tianity, bt to their perversion, An scute ccclusisstical bistorlan ssys: “A clear srd uopolluted fountain, fed by socrot chavnels with the dew of ¥ en, wheu it grows s Jarge niver and takes a long end winding courso, Teceives a tincture from the varlous solls through which 1t passes.” We must nevor forget that * no intellect in over 8o colorlesa a8 ne/or to tinga the light that 1ulls vjou it.¥ And thereform we have insugurated in thianew moyement {s not siwply, a8 my reviewer inti- wates, that **of the form of fucantatlou over the spriukliog of » baby.” No! Nol It hasre- formed that form which msde the spriukling of water the communication of regenoratiug puwer to the baby-heart, toaching a dogma which we bold to Lo of & moxt dangerous and unscriptural character, It bas gone furtlor than that. It bLias struck & blow at the root of sacerdqtalism, which finds ita u§mm.|. cutcomo not meraly i » Bubop i the Frotestans Church, clausivg to THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY, JULY 1ule, by & tranemitted * graco of ordera” through an uninterrupted successjon of Birhops fiom tho days of tho Apoetles, but in [ lmhu‘\J of Tushops in the Charch of Rowe, who, au its suprems Pontif, bas dared to ariogste ono of tho atiributes of the Almixhty, and, 1o tha place of Goed, lord it ever God's liertage. ‘T'o elutho a fechio,"short-sightcd man with such power, to receivo from fum the ul- Limate command an to what we aLall baiiave of & tehginna, toeinl, political, litorary, and_acientifie nature, would constitute an iusuperable barrier to tho progross of mankind. Kueh is not only tha Jopical consequence of sacordotaliam wher- ever found, but it is an actual consequence. Wa have gone etill furthor than sifirming that w0 can no more contine the omnirotent grace of cur Lord Jeaas Christ toachannol, ent oftentimos through unclean Lanks by etill hucleaner bands, 1lian we can make the mighty Mississippi at its fleod tlow througls a straw: but wa liavo realized the idea of that alliance of all Evangelical Chns- tina, which ro lately met on our ghores, inn virivlo catholic communion of saintss and, *en- deavoring to kerp ths unity of the mpirit in the bond of peacs,” wo writo an our watchwords, * [u eseentinls, nnity ; 10 non-cesentiale, liberty; In all things, charity,” Let mo now cxamine tho question whether Trangelical Chrirtiauity has been unfayorable to scienco snd the progrens of tho race, And in this sermon I shall confino mygelf to facts, and not discnies the reazon of the fncta. Mr. Mill, in_his reviow of Sficholet's History of France, aasa: **That the clergy were tho prosorvors of all letters and all cnlturo, of tho writlugs, sud even the traditions, of literary au- tigumity, in too evident to have over beeu dis« puted. Dut for them, thero would Liave Leen » complete break fn Woestern Europo betwosu the aneicnt apd modern workl.” Again, spoaking of tho monks, who, while justly opeu to enticism and condemnation for their pernicions practices, bave also besn much waligned, ho meya: * I'ro- tectod by thoir aacred chaiscter from fepreda- tiop, they set the first exampls to Turope of n- duntry conducted ou & Iatgo Beate,” Christiauity identifiod horzoif with tha causs of education at tho beginning of her post-apostolic bistory. 'Tho mwat lesrned echolars of the I'sgati world camo into hor fold aud consecrated their talonts to her defense. Theo Gist work dono by them, first in order of importanco as woll as pf time, was Lo establinb iustitutions of learning in different parts of tho world. I noed not dwell npon the intellsctual stimnins the school of Alexandria furmshed for many ages, Gibbou, Neauder, and Guirot speak of the cvormous eume of money which were pinced at tho diepoeal of tho Dish- ops during the earlier ngos of thg Cburch for the education of the miniatry. Oxford University had ite origin in tho pious wish that the clergy should be woll educated. Humo tells us that King Alfred was the founder of Oxford, wlich he endowed with ** privileges, Fuvonues, and smmauities to furnish & decout and permanent mamtenance for poor men of learning of tho clerical order.” The clergy founded the University of Paris, which drew to- gotber tons of thousands of atudents, and it was kuown throvghout Europe as ** tho fitst school of the Chureh,” Tho leading Universities in Gormavy wero aleo founded through the fuflo- ence of tho clergy, Ihe University of I'rague, one of the moat ancient In the world, was origi- nated by l‘ape OClement II. Harvard College wus founded by Evangellcal Christias, and, as its corporsto poal tostities, was dedicated “to Christ and the Church." It was founded because of the pious wish not *'to Teavo an illiterate ministry to the chutches, when our present ministers shail Lie in the dust.” Yalo College waa founded by & fow poor Now lo- gland evangolical clorgymen, sud in tho atarting and carrying forward of moat of tho institu- tions of learning in our country, evan- golical Chnstians oud mivisters bave boen prominent. And to-dsy nearly every such institution haw s clorgymau a¢ its hosd, nad clorgymen iv 1ts Faculty. And I may safoly eay, withont fear of success- ful contradiotion, that, with here aud thore » rare cxception, on acconnt of soma foxsil belng above iustead of below the ground, the great body of thesa clerical educators are in heartiest sympathy with the bighest scientitlo education, and oncourago the freest, most indepeudent, and thorough prosecution of acionco on the part of those whose duty it is mado to teach its facts aud principles, Thoy bear a most useful aud honorable psrt in sssociations for the promotion of moclal scienco and for securing tho bost welfare of mankind, Roger u, who, it is elained, did more than Luther for modomn intellectual froodom, wasa Franciscan friar, Qlordano Bruoo, though Le broke with the faith of Lus earlicr years, was a Dowinican monk, 80 slso was Campanella. Copernicus was a clergyman, Dr. Diapar speaks in eloquont and trutbful langeage of (he in- fluenco of the * Royal Bocioty ” upon the prog- ress of the nrts and scieuces iu the world, Went tho present tite caunot estimato that inlluence nor our obligations to it. Dr. Draper states that 1t was started apd carnod forward amid and despite of the odium cast upon it b{ the clergy. But ho has forgotten to 3dd ibat it was mainly due to the efforw of cvaugolicsl clergymeu that the Royal Rociety was organized, aud that an evangelical clergyman was its tirst historlan, 'The Dritisl Association fer the Advancement of Beience is largely indebted Lo another ovangelical clergymen for its existence. ~ lence L'rof, Uux- loy cught to modifr bLis opinion respecting the tueory that Coin was & Doctor of Divimity and Abel 8 scioutillo man. I'or nine years out of tho first_thirty-six years of tho Association, the President haa been au evangelical clergsmaa, These suuplo facts outwoigh innuwerablo ar- fguments against the aliegod antagonism botweon evangelical Christisnity and aeience. Why aro not Buach men s Bacon and Newton and I's1aday and Agaeszy to be found in Mobaw- medan couul Nay, wby such men as Huxley and Tiudall and Darnin and Bpeucer aud Bucklo and Draper ? Woy should that intellectual force which promised to be ouo of tho most powerful aud permanent forcas of modern civilizarion, bo & bpent force 7 Where aro tho universities and colieges, which according to Deaper were to ba found in almont every nock and corner of the Mohamwedan Ewpire ? Why is it that scute and loarnca and widely-read criticy bavo . to sk Dr Draper for the ovidence on which Lo bases hisstatement? Ilow ig it that s mou of Prof, ‘Ivudail's roputation aa a broadiy oultured rchoiar, bua to depend wpon Dr, Draper aloue, for tho information Lo usca respecting certain im)-ortant discovei 108 allegod to have Lean mado by Arabian men of scieuca? Why ia 1t that the materisl monuments, and the literary records, and the iotluential intellactoal impulso have been 5o utterly loat to the knowledge of men? \Why i8 it that in Molammodan lauds, drought 80 long protracted aud fSerco has dried up all the n{:liu;u aud water courses of scienco, turning their bods to summer dust and withering every plant of progress at fts very roots, whila in Englaud aud America, swayed by by the duminant ovacgalical taith, the river of scientitic thought rusles on with Amazonau fullness, and bending Larvesls of benellcent re- sults o either bank invita the multitudinons and jovous roapers 7 The Baracenw, wo ara told, found out Low to make paper from rags, Why do they not bave the modern newspapor ? Chlna pave to Europe the art of printing, but why do not the * Celestials” bave our maynificent printing prossos, capable of turning off tens of thousands of sheots in s mingle bour, inutead of makiog impresaio tha rudost possible mapuer from siogla blocks of wood? Why is it tbet evau- golical misaionaries have had to go to thess iands sud teach them the very principles of our civilization, aod give thom chiools, and books, sud nowspapors, and railrosds, and telegraph lines ? 1 aek for an explanation of theso incontestable facts, ‘Loll mo why it Is that ovangelical Chris- Uenity 18 most_eatnestly Lolieved and actively taught where Seisnco and Frogress are most widely wining their wav. ; 1t 14 very gratifving to have this sun-burat of truth amid the shadows and clonds which Dr, Draper bas croated in tho treatment of his aab. {ect, o enys: ** Modern Bcionce is the logiti- wato sloter, the twin-sister of tho Nefoimacion. Uhe mazin of Luthor, the right of privato in- terpretation of tho Heriptures, was the founda. tion of intellectual libarty. Hetweon Baieuce aud Romsniem thoro in & bitter, a tmortal animos- ity to bo overcomo: betweon Beleucs aud Prot- cstantism a frieudehip, that misunderstandings Lliavo slienated, to be rostorod.” It was an sugalical missionary, Behwarz, (and how many missionarios have there baen who were not evangelical 7), of whom the Rajsb, Hyder All, spoke, when tho latter was desirous of treating with the Btitish Goversmeut. e wnid: ** Do not sood me any of your agents, for I trust neither their worda nor their tresties. But send to mo the missionary of whose ol ter 1 hear 8o much; bim will Irecsive and trust.” You remember when that devoted Bap- tist 1ivaronary, William Carey, determined to go to lndin, now they tried at firet in his own denomination to put lin down, and how others outside of it tried to sneer lim down, calliog bim *the consecrated cobblur," sod bow the whole ypower of the Euglish Gove ernment, through tho Last India Company, wes brought to bear sguinst bis sotting foot on sbil covered by the British You also remember tho masterly lauk movewont ho made upou thut Uoverument by taking refuge under the Danishy colors &t Beramporo, sud uuder its foldu settivg up the stendard of cvaugelical Christiamity in that land wholly given up to idolatry. Unly eiglity-swo yoars have olspasd alnce thab memo- £able time. To scores of millions ho gave the Dible in thelr own tonguo. In his foot- nteps followed devoted mimsionaries aud eminent roholars, one of whom, Marshman, gave us tho firat intelligible Engiish transistion df Confu. cun Bix rx\mdxcd evavgelical miesionaries o day are Iaboring with raterolf-devotion and zeal ta” Christiasuize’ sod civilize Indin's degradod mnplm And now that wame Uovernmicnt, a0 tior and unrolonting in 18 ovposition, han just pat on record for all the world to read, ** ita sol- omn and important testimorry to tho truits of tho blamoloss lives and self-donying labors " of thnsa nobla mon, **becaudo," mark woll the lan- Rrusge, * theyhave lofused new vigor into tho stereotypod life of tho vaet popuistion piscod” undor English o auso thoy arp prepanng thoso popula- tious to be ju overy way botler mou and better :mr.lelul of Lhe great Empiro under whuch they well." 1t wan anothor svangelical mirsionary, Living- stoue, who opened up to civilization the heart of the Continent of Atrica. It was to break tho neoureed power of the slave-trade, which is at war with overy instinot and toaching aud peace tice of true Clnistianity, that tirst ed hun to enfor upon thowo dating divcoverios which bave immot taliaed Lus namo, 1t is & matter of bistory by nignt and » clond by 1 auity led the cliidren of out palitical larael to theso shores, aud went bo- r‘c\\'reLuw hosa who now peoplo this fmperial o8 Auotlior source of skepticism is tho fact that 80 ALY emincol men of ecionco ale queation- ing the fundaweuts! truthy of Christianity. Tueso must bo just causy for doubt, it 18 sup- poscd. or those cummmdlny nnwes would not vo found in the caiegory of skepiea or unbo- liovers. Tle power which such nwa Lave over our youth, ana over resding and Lhinking minds, i grest. But wo nust oot loga sight of ouo tm- portant fact, which I can ouly brietly state aud illustrate st {his timo, vizy mon may bo fully competont to judge in one departmeant of bumas thought and experienco, aud wholly fu- cumpsetent to judgpin anutber. Prof. Tyndall forcibly puts this poiat io an argument againat Chrletianity. Lie ssys, **The thoalogiaus Lavo found comfort and sssurance in tho thought that Nowton dealt with the ques- on of Hovelation, forgetful of the fact that tho very dovoliou of hifa puwers through all the best yoars of bialifo to & totally dilforent class of idoss, uot to spoak of suy uatural disqualitica- tion, tended tu ronder Lixn less 1natead of moro cowmpetont (0 deal with theological aud historl- cal quostiops.” The theologiaus acoording to Prof. Tyuasll bavo dorived their oumfort avd assurance from the oouciusion **that when tbe buman mind has sciueved greatnees aud pgiven evidencs of such oxtraordinn- £y power 1u apy domain, theza 18 a tendency to credit it with similar powerin all otber domais.” Prof, Tyudall, for once at laast, is just 1u hin criticioms. Wo kuow that La Place was illus- trious as & mathematician, but a sigusl failaro an 8 etatesmau, If ha way ono of 1'!sto’s philos- ophers who ought to rulo In the idoal common- woaltt, fearful would be whe consequences though bis miscule, Napuloon said of him: ‘‘His mind was oo- cupiod with subtletics, Lis notious were ail problematical, Lis viewa wore nover right, and he carried tho wpirit of the infimitely litiie uto tho admivistration.” Tuo Duke of Wellington was in the front rauks a8 a Goeneral, but in the rearmost rank as Primo Aliniator. Wealoy could_deal woll with tho questioua of primitive Chrnstisuity, but some of the recipes sud prescriptions i1n his Primitive Phyno " make our phygicians smilo, Bir William Hawilton was a profouud motapuy- sicisn, but be poured contompt upon mathemats ics, Hwodenb.rg was an ominont metaliurgist, but wheun he came to theology e ‘* dreamo dreams no mortal over dreamt Leforo.” We miay make tho retort courtoous upon Prof. Tyn- dall aud many of bis followers, aud say *+\Ve who beliovo in evangelical Christispity can justly complain that you aod sowo of your bretbren distiguished” in the department of natural soicncs, * to say nothing of your natural disguatifications,’ havogiven buclittioattontion to thia govotional kide of your nature aud tho grand, commauding, intornal ovidences of the truth of sovealod religion, Thercfore, upou your own glowiug, you are incompetont to silin judg- mont on the spirit sud life of the Chustian rovelation and tho Clristian beliover. Nay, furtuor, your confrere, ltrof, luxley, has toid us the religious sentimngnts aro the no- blest sud most human of mav's omotious, and you yourself Lave assertod that the roligious nature -has legitimate domands which ecieuce caunot satiafy " Mot from you then must we get our beliefs or onr disbeliofy in the viial, spintusl iruths which mske for our posco. No mstier Low great aud overshadowiug your names in the epheros iu whicl you rule crowned lings Ly divioo right, while ‘we sit at your feel to lemin the story of the “great sluoe book” you uuroll page afier page of fus fascinativg story, or staud u wondcr a8 wo oe you braid or disontangle tho glorious beaws of hght, you caunot toll us,of the ** llock ot Ages” on which wo build our ligpes for time aud etornity ; aud bleseed be Goil, lvan caunot gou jourlever under- neath shat drm foundatiou. You have no scicutific wstruments to bring noac L0 us and disclose tho uature uf the ** Bun of Ltighteousuess,” tho light that hghtath every may that cometh into the world;" aud usver shall that undimmed nud unspotted Ban sulfer an eclipss through your power, I thank ‘Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and oarth, that Thou hnst bid theao thinge {rom the wiso and prudont, aud bast rovealed thom uuto babes. Liven so, Fathier, for 801t seowed good in Lby eight.” e = WAS JESUS DIVINE? BERMON BY TILE MEV. E. F. POWELL. Yesterday morning the Rev. E. P, Powell, of tho Third Uuitarian Churcl, preachod to a large congrogation on * Jesus of Nazareth— Wos Ho Divine?” Tho Reverend geatleman preached from the following text : T bellove that Joaus Olrist u the Bon of God.—~Aets, i,y 37, In digcossiog the queation who and what was Josus of Nazarethi we must examine s few facta in order to reach the truth. Facts are not traths, but finger pointa that direst us to the truth, Weo find » sirauge man in Judes, full of zes! and ontbusissm, & bater of sin, foarless of all cousequonces, popular with the masscs, but hated by the prond, e is clothed with sking to ehow His coutempt of riches and luxury, Stalwart 1 righteousnoss, inspired by tho God of the wildorness, Lle babiizes mon to re- peutsuco and confession, e lived in the period of strange and vast bopes, The atmowpliere l4 obarged with expoctatiuus. Tho Jewish eia han #0 loug grown to expoct & Baviorthat many bave imagined themsclves to the oua. John al- moss touches tho Mensiahship. Yet intho can- dor of s houest soul he frets, couscious of oomiug shoit. He buptizes with water ouly. It needs a man who can baptize with the Holy Ghost aud tho firo that ceuinries will not extinguish, Joln alone would Lave mado no permanent im- preseion ou history, He consclentiously recog- mized Josus as grester than lumself. All great souls kuow each other, He saw divine light about tiie youug man as he baptized Lim. Lne raptused with lus mission, entrsnced with his lifo in the desert, oxaited almoet out of the lesh by fastiog, prayer, aud boly hopes, be and Jesus saw ench otlier soul to soul. He exclaims, “A greater than 1 is here” One cows in o crowds iuepiced by the lap words and full of the Holy Hpint, yot alterward John was not suro of Him, but waid 10 Him, Must we wait for another? Haa - apiration reschod ita fuluesa 1uyou? Da you kuow tunt you can succesd 7 Can yon got that hoid of humanity tuat will Bave it ? Jesua Los itated to avwwer. Hut le healed the eiok aud preschied an equal gospsl to sll men. Now go, 1o said, and tell John what you liave seou. ‘Lho strugglo iy botweoo sin snd” devils oo the ouo mide, un tho other, obedience, faith, sud love— between aristooracy end the peoplo. ‘Lol him Low the blind vee, aud my gospel is preached to the poor. Ttuy Jesus thus ;rpsm a8 & mattor of fact somewbat doubtful of s oxact missfon, and feeling. Hie way toward the Mouslalship very modestly, but firmly, He clais notbivg, but gives Himself wholly to God's spint. He isan enthnsisst of that rare kind tbat has Himself thuroughiy in band, Iils pbilosophy bhas no sub- tloties, aud that selieves Him from the labor of wolf-explanation, All that He teaches or belioves is, **'Thou whalt love God with sli thy heast, and thy noighbor s thyeelf,” This is bigher and dooper than all Fluto thought, and butter than aoything Luddhs droamed. It luvolves tho religion of humsnity, and {s thoroughly revolu- tiouary in ita eifect upon soclety and existin IL‘HYIUIII. Filled with tuo zoal of His mmplo buf sublizne mission, brooding upon It iu the wilder- news, and dreawming over it ia the lovely valloys of . He iuapires others with His own faith, sud by this sid undertakes actious that woold Liave cost an ordinary mau his hfe, His dream at tirsd oen no fartbier tbau to reform tho Jawish Church, o strikos at the boad of the evil, 1o goes nto the tomle, snd, backed by the wuititude, Hu, drives out the rascally King that makes sbumbles of God’s house, = Some- whiat later Hosveu that shss bouse is of little im- portauce; it shall Le throwu down, and God's ouse be in every puru sonl. Doultful, st Orat, of Uis wotk, He grow 1o contident ss He rocoods, aud feels Uis luspirstion working in oul. But He never ssoms tobave been sbloto eqmprehend Limself uati), under the hoat of porsecution, o falt what ail who thus suffor feol,—a special Divins alllance. Whon Herod chased Him away from His choscn zround of work ; when o saw Lhat the piophectes wera l)blngfllnlfllk\l in Himsclf; whes ile ostimated His Boly parpose, and glorions sa wall ax grow- ing inapration, Ha becaine conscious of & hopa 1o savo tho world. Why not? The Messinhalup 1 forend upon 11im by circumetances. 1Mo will mocept it. The world noeds the Christy the world has bean looking for the Curist, Tho Cbrist may appear through and in Ilim. Ilo is now ready to anmwor tho questlon that Jubn sakod, with moro ponitivences: I am the Way, the I'ruth, and the Life.” Wa find bim at some time asmmming or at foant called by the title of Uhanatos, the anotutad. Heis, of His own will sud by Ued's will eat apatl for a groat aud specisl duty. Ho aoes in Himeoll filnesa fo fulfill tho propheoica asd lhistorio hopos of the Jewsi but not their tomporary do- pire 1or & powarful King, Tho mission that o felt wasnot to take titles and position. He fouglit oot that temptation oarly fu life. It was ke a batilo with s dovil. Vory insccurately wo Lbays como to call liim Jesns Olinst, as we wonld eay Richard Roo or John 8mith, Yrom this has come tho teudency among carolesr oxtromiats to declion to be called Christiags, Tho Litle ia not towed from the mau Jesns bLutfrom the Fathor. To be calied » Chirintian meaus that o cliovo in sud profess the apirit of Cod that inaplred Jesus. We gosk La Lo anolnted, Jesus (aid nn stiess on our honoring Hun, but witlious we reccived the Spirit that Ho recoived thero was no salvstion in this lito or the life to como. ‘Ihore is nothing that can save epiric but Byirit, 11 we rocoived tho Holy Bpitit of the Iu- fioito Fathor, it will by our own choice trans- form ouv vatures. But beliof in a Listorical ghar- scter i evidently not nuvinipdnmulu. Jovus asked for love that He might have mtluenco; Ho wover askod for woiship, nor, allowed it. Tho Christian's 1den has beon & thouxht or hope of o8, 1t A boou mure or loss grosaly con- coived by, dilferout menj but uudor all guises or dlsguises it hns Leen a yearning for Uod with us, ‘The Giosks, the Hindoos, the Egyptians, the Peruvians, tho Saxons, all told of the time when tha BSuptome wouid ap- pear in human form. Bift this matter 10 ita materiality, snd we get tho due- trine of Paul mud the author of John's Goepol, namely, that Josus was tlie aupromest in- a{nhnliou of humauity—or tue bost expression that the Father can make of IHlmeolf, usiug bu- man uature as the woaus. Humanily, exitivg under the limitstions that it docs, caunvt ex- pross moro of Deity, Wo lind it aliowed and assorted concerning Jesus that e was formed lilo othoer babes,—was in straitoved circumstauces,—was somobiow n sufforer from the jealousy of Horod. All of which explains His svwmpatby with tho popula- tion, Ho grew iu wiedom as Ue grow In staiure, Ho was for some lhm{l years mostly out of sight, and probably much of the tuno obscure. Ho dlsliked to be known me s miracle worker, cxoopt 88 a Lealor of the sick. lin desiro was not to be followed for the luaves aud fisues, but for the truth. Whatover bo the truth of 14 professod miracles, He ovidenily sot Litlo store by tbem Himself, With His disciplos alone I1e spent no time with such porformaucos, but was Lusy fitting them to go into all tho world and proach His Gorpel to evory crealure. 1 bave no time to disouss tho oredibiity of 1oiraclos, aud anall losve tho question, with tho romark that they can be ailowed only under law, DBus spirit laws aro strouger than physical, —Just Lhow far apirit cap assorb it#' sujremacy ovor matter is not yot scen. Wo may oprompily erass any atory that is of tho fable order, like turning water into wine, or makiog thousands to snt the proper supply of two or threo, and then bavo mora left thao they began with. That Ilo waa supetbly organized, fuil of a pure vitality, aud o spint forco a8 poriect na lis physical, in evident. And just bow large man's liog- ship, at his best, is, we do not yet know Oue thing ia certain : 1{e avowed nothing beyond natural hnman power. 1o told his hearars that they would sowo day do groator thiugs tuan Lo bad dove. His method of lifo was in no way uulike common men, He ate aud drauk, Ile slopt, H1e no-ded rest; Ho was nervously weary ; 1o was lonely; Ho loved ; 1o suffered in liy fiesh, llo was a creaturs of circamstances; His movements boing governed by storma, eromds, &e. Ho prayod to God in the sams way that we pray, sud as Fla taught ua to pray. flo avoweld subjection to tho Fatner. Ho clatmed divinity only ae all spirit is divine, Allowiug the words to be truo in spint, which thoy certainly are not lo fact, He prayed that we might bo ovor with Him precivoly us lle was over with the Foatber. " As Xio draws nearor the end of Ilis iife [Te rn- ticipated tho natural and 1 cessary eud of ilis revolution. Ho forcsaw Lis deatl, and thore wore uudoubtrdly most touching scenes botween iim end _those who loved Lhim, loepired so giondly Ho gundllly fuspired others., Love always flows towards rich, fertilo naturos, aud those whoso presonce ia healing atlract the mck, wealk, morbid, 88 woll a8 tue sirovg. Jesus was turonged by just this class, It 1a alnays in’ the majority. It'wae specially uumerous ‘in Judea at that timo. ‘Tue pulering, the uuLappy, woro multiplied by tho Roman tyrsuny and coustant struggles for freedom. Tho Chuistian religion was thus at tho fiiet uot ouly the Gospol of tho poor, but of tho maimod aud sick. Tuoy loved thoir Bavior, who gavo health ta both body and spirit. p’I'huy sadly hoard Him toll of His probatlo death, Thoy had come to » degreo of faith and euthusiasm that they did vot Leheve e could die. Many wore ready to believo anytbing concerning Iiy power, Boat of His followe:s know little of lium persoually, but thoy beard evorytbiug strauge aud marvelous, Itis not unlikely that mauy for notoriety claimed to liave been healed by Him who had vever scen Him, He was pot ublquitous. A guarter portion ol tho time Mo kept socluded places, 1lo was always surrounded by & body-guard of special disciples, To thom ouly Ho ‘spoke Illa deopout lensons. Ho Vn.-lurrcd {uohlcmsuu parubles for the masses. ‘They would Lave killed Him much sooner had He talked wore plainly. ° Concornivg His miraculous cunception, thera 18 uo prout that can siand tho {oat of judyment, Ho was born Lo all of us; e lived like ali of us § He died Iiko all of us. Thete ls no reason for concoiving of Him as any way out of the hine of humanity. That 1le auticipated much of what the human bhas become, or can bocome, or can do, is not bard to allow. But having appearcd in & human family, among brothers and cousins, there is not & show of evidenco that Lo was cons ceived or boru uulike thom. 1t o must go through thoe fwtal life, there ia no reason why tio should Lie cxcused from the rest of man's lot, o would bo mubject to tho laws of Lioredity from His mothor just sa cor taluly as if Ife Lad su earthly futher, Tho mira. clo 18 A Iano one, aud quito useless, If s part of a Trinity wishod to gt mto tho world or the flonh, it would not tako such an awkward way, I binvo already roferrod to wiracles, and only care to eay in addition {hat whatever Jesus did that was marvelous to tuo people e did under Iaw. ‘Uhere is no longer any reason for suppos~ iug that God_delogates power to disturb the op- erations of Naturo, So far aa Doity worked through Jesus wore grandly than through othe ers, it was because Jesus was s more peifact ju- slrument, You can briug tunes out of au orgsu ihat yon capuot from an accordeon. Ve m.:f not Lo ablo to traco the laws which ocoabled Jesus to do some of s works; but the wiver and bettor we are, the mora wo commaud the furces of Naturo, Bome of the aaeerted miracles are a8 ovideutly sasor- tivns aa sowe of the clauses, sud a good portion of tho philoaophy, of the fourth Gospel, Men 6 0ot very scrupulans now in foisting doguisa on Jesus. It i certan that 10 tLo osrly days of the Church they wore even less scrupulous in astributing to Him euch words aud acts as bost suited their wishes, Wa_ bave ouly copics of Qospela by according to Maithew, Mark, Luke, and John, Tho last, most charming snd spucu~ tive, Is cloarly & {:rodunlon of swome oug in- splred by Greok philosophy, 1t is tho lirst tar- riako botweon the Platonio and the Clristiau familles. FPlato, quite aa truly as John, was » forerunner of Jusus. Tho older stream mests the newer and blends with it in tho fourth Gos- ol. Tho fiest, slone, by Matthow, is to Lo argely retied upon Listorically. It alone gives us a Gospol that could have maatered she clvil- izod world, All thess documents were copied many times with no l&!clll rogard to sauctity before the manuscripts were made from which we recsive our version. But, be these facts as they msy, sho miraclea are more a wuight and damage to the ower of the work of Jesus, iu this age, than Loy are a help. They are s useless appondage, nud the shorieat way fo got along with tbem is to eliminate them, 1 confoas that the doctrive of tha resurrection of Jeaus is oue that I shonld like to retsin. Proven au » fact, it solves the question of im- mortality at & stroke. Bk, unfortunately, if rmvnd it gives us only the Jewish conoeption of mmortalisy | that is, re-existence iu the body. Home of the most gensrouy, if not the ablest, of rocaut writeis assolt that tho body with which Josus rove was not the old Uody bub the wpiritusl body of the secood life, Dut what then becams of the old body? It e very 1ain thss the Jows, aud especially Hia disciples, Eelinvml tho old body was rovivided, They could not find it where it was lsid. Yol it was ablo to pase thxmx&x‘h closed doars, snd was uot at finst to be touckied by Mary. Stlll it Iu said to have bad the same old wounds in the sido aud intho feetaud bands. These, alicr but thrce days, did not dieable im, nor sre they said to bave bled. 1f o appeasod, aa Dy, Reats urges, in H ged nataral bolv, whydaos EHe not often appear, or why haa 1le naver sppeared alnce? Buch ao appoarance would ha & uaterinl- ization of the typo not now thoroughly veliatle, 1t {s true that i’anl claima soma xuch vision of Jesas ; but, unfortunataty, the Book of Aots ia & very cunona apocimen of history, Iesides, aflor the quarrel of l'oter aud Panl, it wre en. pecially necoswary to prove his cimim to tho Apontieship, A eplendid ovation from tho skien gives htma titlo fully oqual to tust of the beet of them. Thoe Book of the Acts im writion by Luke fo tho _interest of Laul, sa the Gospel of John was by wroms ono writtan to prove John's intiwnoy with Josun Wo must not nnapnne tiial the early bistory of Church was without 1ta_jealonsies and anvies, ‘Thiers was nover,a rongioun movemont more full of tendor bassiois. ‘L'ia religion of Josus wan the roligion of {ova, 1t was largely coucrutrated in n glorions and lovoly peraon, ~Hero-worahip came in tuls case Lo it most perfect rolinomont and oxnlted devotivn, Pisty joins »ith love to crowd to tho bosom of the "Laord, the beautifal sud wondorful hearts. — Out of this soltish un- selisiness; this devotlon that as Liad ila Butos- dn-fo, sprang voccasarily much miiareprensnta- tion, Abuvo all, it was dntural thas. such en- thusiasts shiould belleve the slory of the Lord's rorurroction and ascension, ‘I'lio aubjuct, at tuo bewt, 1n A sertous tangle. It {s imponsibla to doubt but that tho resurrection waa belioved by tho Disciplos, 1t in unquentionablo that the aliaractera of tho Apastios wers vastly oulargod Ly cortain influences connecied witl this period, Now hopos and now plaus dawned upou them. Wo soom to sca Josus in tho hazo of oarlient dawn walking about with them and fmug thom 8 ordatnng lessons, Humanity shall bo soon rouscd from ita tertiblo moral sleop. Day will Lreak upou tha world, Go preach thio Guspol to ovory crealure. Joecd my slicep. Nor aru wo yot sure what may bo the com- ploteat power of spirit over matter. It is inhor- eutly matter. \When, where,” aud lLow {t shall Raiti its solf-poiso ko na to auscrt its nower over all notoral laws, who can toll ? We triumph over the tondencles to dissotution in many waya, Blall wa uot soa death undar our feet wlmn{l? o ‘That waa the Idea af I'aul. It eot to wmusic t] andcnt flights of Lis ronl—tho fow ocatat'a hours that run bis logic nto chants and peana. Lot us wait, —_—— THE FIRST MIRACLE, BEGMON DY THS BEV. N. 1, AXTELL. Tho Rev. N. IT, Axtoll preached at the Park Aventto Mathodist Church yestorday morning, takiug as his thoms *The Firat Miracle, or the Now Misslon,” aud aa Liv toxt theso words This begluning of miracles did Jeaun fn Cananf Golliea and manifeston forth Ws glory.—Juhn i, 11, 1la spoko es foltows 3 It is thus amid the pleasant scones of a friend's, perhapa a cousin's, wedding that Jesus Clrist porforue his first wondorful work. It not only shows tho active nearncss of Almighty ageucy, but bas referenco to somothing elso, sud given n sign and pledge of somothing be- yond itsolf. *Thia boginuivg of miraclos did Jesus in Coua of Galileo, and manifeatod forth his glory.” Dy it we aro givon o view of .l mirsion and learn sowe of the characteristica of tho futuro of Iiiu lifo oo earth. “They want wino,” aud Mary comes to tell Jesus. Tha roply gives s significant lesson in regard Lo the relation o suataios in the uni- vorso of CGad. * \oman, whatis common’ bo- twoen theo sud Me? Of My real mission you Lave not o just comception. Thou art, in a sense, My motber, but L am thy Creator, You are 1oterasted na a friend o this perplexity, Istand ofticially in a relation travsconding natural af- fection, but though My hour is not come, I may forcabow ite charactor. You know dMe sy Josus, Iam also the promised Curist. Iam kuown to these about asa Jowish youth, Lut 1 hnve ao object different fruin these, and as I hood your 1oiquest rend the deeper lessun ot My glory. ‘Tlus mirsclo procluded any opportuinly for donying ita truo charactor. Iiis time for actlun w33 nol until they bad oxbausted the store and avory other mosns faled. *“'Thoy have no wino,” said His mothor, who, notwithstanding thio royly. end to tho sorvauts: ** \Whatapever Ilo saith_uuto you' doit.” Again, tho **six water pots,” holding twenty or twenty-fivo gallons apioce, wora seloctod for the water; not the wine bottles contamning tho old remains which could at least color and give taste to the fluid, When Jesus was entombed it was not iu an old tomb whare perchance thero wore the bones of an old prophot which gavo lifo and resurioctlon, bat 1 **Josepb’s now towb, wher.in never man lay." Bo bero thu water was placed whero wine bad nover been,~in tho open bathing tubs,— that all might seo that no decoptlon took tlace. Thoy wero filed to tho overllowhg: no ingredients . could bo poured in, Tho change was immediate. Thoy filled tho vessols **to the brim," snd the command was #Draw out nuw, und boar unto the Uuveruor of tue foast.” Aud they bore it, and when he had tasted 1t ho was surpriecd that tho most perfect wino was kopt to tho Inst of tho feast. And 1t was no little manipulation to finlsl out with the feast; there etood over two hogsheads ac- cording to our meseure. The Havior always gives larpely to thoso who come with emptincus to Uim, By this Hlo manifested forth 1lis glory. ilo menifcated forth Lhis, not avoihor's, glory. This gives us tho reason of miracles, Thoro 17 just as much power oxbibited in tho growth o tlie grapo any the develupment of its proportios, the browing of wine from oarth below aud from the air abovo, aod the collect.ng of it in tbo ripo clusters, but tho glory of tho power I3 not manifested. Wo becomo insonslblo to the hand of power by the very thing tbat stould load ua to adore it—its commnonuess—and wo say gon- aral law doed"thly, whon we know that back of gonoral law thera must bo Inflaico mind, Wero we nlwnys used to seoing a pen tracing lines of thought wa tnight not think that there was an nozeon hand which moved it, and an unsecn thinker bebind tho movemont of tho hmad, It might bo necessary to our right kuowledge of tho mattor that the hand bo sowotimes seon up- on tho pon.. By tho miraclo wo ses the sourco of the power. Wa learn the character of Jesus. But a miraclo slops not witn iteclf. Lot us 8os what deeper lossonu this firet Bign impressos, “Thero wors ot Lbore vix waterpols of stona, aftor tho mauner of tho jurifying of tho Jews,™ 4+ For tho Plarisocs, aud all “tho Jowe, oxcops thioy wash their bauds oft, ent uot, holding the traditions of the Elders,” Iera aprings up be- foro ud tlo whole syatem of the old dispensa- ton, Jere aro tho divers washings, horo the whole ritual of sacrifices and cleangings ** which gould ot wake Lho cowers thorauutu perfuct.”, The lagt of the Old Testament writora feol long® inga aftor tbe real, and close tho Juwish records iu gloom, What shall wo do for the ain of the soul? Jeeus atauds besido tlo pots of corowmo- nial cleansing, a young Jaw, whero sl is Jowish, snd, in a8 momeut, by that word that kaid ** Lot light be,” all Is ehsuged. The water of purify- fug uuder the law is chauged to tho wing of flis Khl;idom. iy timo Las oot yot como, Boun Ha shsll not be a Jewish youth in tho flosh, but shsll rise ronding away tho flesh which makea Him Jewlsh aod ascond to bo & 1reo spirit in the uviverso, Io this act, howdvor, can you not sco tbe mission Ho Las to perform? Can you not ace tho vbaractorlatica of Ilis fulier dispeusa- tlon? ‘The * water of purifying ' roprorcuts Judalem well, aud * nine," the symbol of abuud- suce and Jjoy, ls the reprosectative of our Christianity. "It was tho work of Clriat to bring good tidings of great joy by turuiug tho wosker, poorer dispensation iuto the richer aud nobler,—the gladdeniug wino of a higher faith. It was of Him that it was eaid * Lo washod Lis &\nmuntu fu wine and His clothos fu the Islwd ot 0 grapes.” To lim avo we indsbted for all our gladnosy and lops, snd oul{_l.o Hiw, for + Ho tsod the wine-press alone.” \When Moses atarted out as tho doliverer of the poopls aud the founder of the OId Dispensatian, L, too, vs- toblished his suthority witsi Phursol by a miraol, which was & it typo of tbe law whicl waa s miniatering of wrath sud death. i tlzst iraclo was changiog water into blood; Clrist's was tuiniug wator luto wioe, 1ow beauifully {8 illustrated the whole cutwork of Christiawty 10 giviog 303- anctitying pleasuros. Lriwe Bad baea in the desert siuco Tls bap- tism, conquering towptatious, sullering mysteri- ous things, that o might succor us i our sor- rows and sympathize with and save us. Now, He atands jn the crowded Lalls sud wits st the fousta in wodding time, He not ouly asuctions by Liiu preseuce, buy coutnibutes to {he joy and entertsinment by i ownitio power, L comes to men, not as Mosod, with death,—not as Jobn Daptist, austere, stein, and weeking the dosest, but comes, with His disciples, to flxo places of plessure, with the throng of bappy hoarts, e comos drivking st his wedding, and esting with Zachous, the publican, at his tatls. There is w0 harmi in belug ata wedding, if Chriat be there, The house of mourniog fs Lotter than tue house of feastiug, onlv because we ure more Likety to look at the great facts of our time snd our etornily. We are teught to see that Christ is 1n our joys, as well 83 in_our sor- ruws, e canuot do right by heving no joylul huum—bs dopriving outselves of soctal prive ileges and Leiug woroso, e as truo disciples ara 1o coine tothe weddiug with Christ. Al joys aro ‘Chrigt's, wifts, ‘Che devil has noi & single oue to bestow upon his follow- ers, Thou Cliristiso bomes sud bawrts should bo full of full of ringing laughter .aud cheering muysig. 'The Christisn Js nos ta abatain from the Pleasuzos of taste, of imagioation, of relipamont and cnlture, but to o C| and bo pure and holy, Cliristinnity not ouly pormits but domandn it, Tho man that lins not' joy has romothing wrong, Tho truo Clulstinn crien with eweet sloging Inaiah, ** 1 witl greatly rejoice in the Lord: my roul ahiafl bo Joyful o my Godg for ha hatly ctothed me with the garments of Balvation; he hintty covored mo with & robo of Tighteuustess, an n bridrgroom deckoth himasif with orha. menta; an & brice adutheth hoieolf with J““" ' “'Ihoy shull refaico all the day long.” Joico in tho Lord ; and again eay rejoico.” The Yo of tho day that winds up ail puman affany it gloomy in the ninds of ehildron of the worl), Int did yon evor obscivo thatittsmost fio v\uenuy repressnted to tho Ouristisn by thts same fignro of gowg it to wodding? Creatuon and Providence, thy Bible, and all l:lenulll{:l, bidt us 1cjolce evermarn, Vriende, toek the tieah and 1t will 1l you wiwg pain aud sortows ; acak the world, and it will firat decetve then lenvo youj bus seck Clris tianity, snd it will give you joy. I11, But wo are jutroducod to a slill groates blossing in tho tauth vorso, Tho governor of tho feast baving tastod the now-mado wino, aaith to tho bridegroom, * Evary man st the Le. ginning doth_not forth goad wine ; but whon oot have well drunk, thon that which i8 worwe ; but thou biast kert the good wine until now. It {s with heatbrn thealogtes ag with tho shamotul orgles that a10 held at_ hoathon marringos am} aro refoired to hote 3 the piided elistice 8 held oat tirst, sud, aftar the destrnotive intoxication, thoy drink tho poison drogs that foratell desth, It 14 not Fo with tho wine beulsed ont of the wine-press by God's Bon, 1t oowen to us with blessad joye. # Whon my heart firnt hoticved, Wit & Joy T recelvod,” which has beeu evor ainco progroasive. rows battar. — 'Llio best of ast af the feant continually, Thisw God's ruts in bewtowing gifts. L opencd tho Oid Teata. went, aud, compared with the highest heathen oihics, it is indeod sublimol Thero Itead the priuciples that are to-dsy at tho foundation of the laws’ of civillzed nations; but, compared with the Ister revelatlon, it is an twilight Lo the midday Leama! It i stralght, defioito, hteral Wo moy meo the samo fact rhown in_ the developments . of . ‘uufolding truth. Tach now ,stand-polyt. aa we sscond tho ages, enables un to lool fasther cub upon tho wide reaching pialu, ‘whioh, lobg aeo, wa thonght we meaured mith ont eyes and comiprohended with our minds, And this shall continun. New nce quisitions in knowiedge and scicaca shall pro- pare the way for richer dieclosures of the thouphite of Uod; for tha want ls in our capabil. ity to discorn the deep things of God. Theman. or of our growlh i8 ofton to bogin with the wnul nod Jaw and end in liberty and spirik, When Jtomaniats ect out to conveit natious, thoy planted the cross upon the foretvn shere, com. pellod the ruling Ptince to establish lier forun of worehip, aud tho work was doma ! This docs not sntisty the Leralds of tho cross to-day. ‘Fhe civilizations of the pnat are not recaived ns civilis zationa of the present. Iloliold tho coutesl ragivg fn otir land to-day. 1t ia but the effete mstitations of tho past darkuess bactling for ex. 18tence 1u a stagzoof Christian enlightentent thal canuot sufler it, and as_cortainly as there lsa QGod pushing out theea lawa of progression, not o truth elindl fall por & wrong triumph, The Iaw 18 visible in tho epiritnal growth of every be. Yiever, It, indced, may Le a mere sonse of duly that firat leads the soul to cost {tsel! on Qod, Tear mny Joud ano to a disobarge of dul.i. Tut when Lo throws cosl on the widow'a fire, bruxhes tho tear from thoe erphian boy's clieak,or contem- tbe character of bis Christ, n now and “piincipla begina to widen bla capa aud love fllls it. Affiction comcs; flea: religion begins to Bl chrinbers of his soul; ielstliko among il theso, And # ho wino in ¢ the bility, frionds the mnow desorted he trusta God and finas 1llis’ promises suro; greater nead comon, and lie leans heavier on the urm of his Havior, nud neks more and recetves it; and wheu ho lics ou the very bronst, and fecls tho groat lieart of Jesus beating in symps- thy with him, he oxclaims, * 0, nover know how good religion was before.” Ay, this is true oyen whou great waves of afliiction lavo paased over him. Fach may be more #evera than (hota befure, vot cach time Lo straighiona bimsclt when tho flood is overpsst, and looks into now features of love In Lis Fathor's face, bo reads » new Hible, and by lus expetienco has & now to- liglon better, nearer, dearer than tefore, Holiglon fonnd me & selflsh, unhaopy boy, upsatisfied with the proeout, and filled with one hbtlowed. hopes for the future. My ikt realiza- tion of foy was when I felt that I was accepred in tho beloved and wholo futura safe in God's control, Ilave biad va-jous phasea of Christian lifo. Christianity alone hns boon satisfying, and tho last bas always beon the best, When Chrise chianged the poor hopes of hue manity to the full realization of mau's etornal, happy beiug, there wes such a change astho slck man sors when ho turna his weatled eyea from his dim taper to tho golden flood raying out everywhero from tho rising sun. As that #iin brealitng throngh the cuttuius of night, ris- ing Iu majnaty, conauming tho obstacles in ity way, or rather akiug overy aid in scat- toring ita light, hostoving to midday muglii- newn, 80 la Christianity imoving ooward, nud w0 {s tho path of the just o8 a phiniug light that wbineth more and mo:a unto the perfeot day. ‘I'he saiot's dying days aro sweet aud joyous. That that has madn life lovely is this wine. Le drinka its mont preciois draughts from Josus as 11e snpport his dving moments, and receives him to drivk it anow in lus Father's kingdom nbove. Often timos tho veil that bides tho comiog felicity 18 Jtftod and tho departiug salut is per- mitted to toll with_ hig farowell to frienda how much better it {a to depart and bo with Christ. Dut as thore {s nothing in desth to ctangs tho rowing character of Chrintian joy, it s fair to hfer that 1w Leaven Lis joy giows onwara. Stifl in this nesembly ms in that which filled the wedding Lialls In Cana of Galiloo, there aro many dovoid uf happiness vecauvo ‘*thoy have uo wine.” Lot me say to you as Marv, the mother of Jesun, sald to the nervants, ** Whatsoever e saith unto you, do i — ELSEWHERE, AN OLD CIHURCY ROCIETY. Pirranona, July 18.—Tho cotuer-stone of he now churoh edifice of tho Iirst Gerwsn Evape golist Church was lald to-dsy with imposing cer- emonies, in the presonce of seversl thiousand spoctators, Tho church ia ono of istorlo aaso- cfnlioul! befog tha oldeat and ono of tho wealth- Jent in the city. It wag fouuded fu 1773, aud recoived its origiual charter from William Leun. SUNDAY'S NEWS. A wifo of Brigham Young diod Snturday. Turther disoussicn of tho quo-warranto csss :lmu doup Batuidsy, aud it will bo continued to- ay, The sum of #2,000 s to be immedistoly ex- pouded for uow buoks for tho Ouicago Lublio Library, 2 No tidings of the missing aronauls hayo bees received, 1lovetul suspense is giviug way to 8 conviction that thoy Lave perished. District-Attorney Fisher, of Washington, hus muany friouds at Long Branch tyiug to gob the Leorrdont to keop him iu afiico, A gootleman {u New York City haa brought 8 caso to tost tha constitutionality of the amended Postal law, claiming that it orginated i the Bouato. An amstenr. John Ennis, bas determined ta attompt ta walk 100 milos in twenty-four hourk. u:hnu start at the \out Sido Bink west Hal nrdsy, y The Baltimoro Doard of Pnblio Works has sued the Baltimore American for libel, nod de :ulm%’ 30,000 componsation for dawsge sus nned, ‘Thie yackt raco which took placo Baturday sl ternoon,tuo bosts 2earting at the foot of U'wellth street, salling to the arib sud roturning, wat uot entlrely succesatul, ‘The rain ‘marred the enjoyment of the spectators, snd a light wind made tho epesd sluggieh. ‘The resull fslu dis- puts, owiug to a false start, The Mayor will place the name of Qeorge L Duulap before the Council to-uight as a cand!- dato for tho newly-created oftice of City Aarbal. Mr. Dunlap was formeily Supurintendent of the Chicsgo & Northwestern Iailzosd, He s well koown, 8 men of avility sud integrity, sud tbe Mayor's olipice is & wive oue, It ls hoped by respectable olssses tuas no corrupt politicsl lo fluences will preveut his confirmation, el stops down and out. Hivkey will be Doputy. —_————— FOND DU LAC ITEMS, Bpacial Dispaloh to Ths Chicago Tridune. Foxp pu Lac, Wia., July 17.—The poaple 0 the eustern part of the cify are potitioufug CGomwon Council for suthiority to construot 83 extensive cansl by which to save their part o the city from tho sorious dawages bmposed by wpriug Niealiots, At tiwos Luudreds of acres 18 thet part of thacily are uvder water. During tue vast Hve ye propeity bias gicatly depres od in value becsuws of the overflowlug. canal will be & wmile and s halfin lcn;lrl aud large enough for a small steamer. 'TLO Councll, witbout doubt, will give ausbosity @ make the improvement, 11, 1. Parpuun has disposed of Lalt jnterest in tho Safurday JKeporler, of thingity; to Dr. 0. D- Rilisburg, a farmer, Proeiding ider of tue Milwsukeo Distsict. 7 .