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PAUL, 011 AN OLD MAN'S HOPE.
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THOUGHTS ON THE SUMMIT OF MT. WASHING
Upon the frontier of this shadowy land,
We, pilgrims of eternal sorrow, stand:
What realm lies forward with its happier store
Of forests green and deep,
Of valleys hushed in sleep, -
And lakes most peaceful ? Tis the land of
Evermore.
Very far off its marble cities seem—
Very far off—beyond our sensual dream—
Its woods unruffled by the wild wind's roar;
Yet does the turbulent surge
Howl on its very verge
One moment—and we breathe within the
Evermore.
.They whom we loved and lost so long ago,
Dwell in those cities far from mortal woe,
Hunt those fresh woodlands where sweet caro
lings soar.
. Eternal peaoe have they :
God -wipes their tears,away :
They•drink that river of life which Sows for
Everniore. '
Thither we hasten through these regions dim
But 10, the wider wings of the Seraphim , <
Shine in the sunset I On that joyous shore
Our lighted hearts shall know -
The life of long ago
The sorrow-burdened past shall fade for
Evermore.
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THE LONDON . QUARTERLY REVIEW.
No. 282.—October, 1864. American
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Meditations on Christianity, in which
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PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1864.
CHRIST'S CHARACTER THE GREATEST
MORAL MIRACLE IN HISTORY.
[The following paragraphs are the
closing summary of a fine article in the
Continental :Monthly, from the pen of
Dr. Schaff, on the sinless perfection of
Jesus.)
Such was Jesus of Nazareth —a
true' man in body, soul, and spirit, yet
differing from all men, a character ab
solutely unique and original, from teia
der childhohd to ripe manhood moving
in unbroken union with , God, overflow
ing with the purest love to man, free
from every sin and error, innocent and
holy, teaching and iaractioing all virtues
in perfect harmOny, de - voted solely and
uniformly to the noblest ends, sealing
the purest life with the sublimest death,
and ever, ,acknowledged since as the one
and only perfect model of gOoclnessan,d
holiness ! All human greatness' loses
on closer inspection; but Christ's char-
acter grows more and.more pure - , sacred;
and lovely, the better we know him.
No biographer, moralist, or artist can
be satisfied with any attempt of his td‘
set it' forth It is felt to be infinitely
greattiFthari 'any conception or repro
of it by the Mind; the tongue,
and the pencil of man or' angel. We'
might: as well attempt ::to empty the
waters - of ; the boundless 'sea
.into a
narrow welloar to portray the splendor
of the risen .sun and the, starry :heavens
with ink No picture, Of the Saviour,
though drawn by the master hand of a
Raphael or Darer or .Rabens--nd epic,
though conceived by the genius of a
Dante or Aiiiton. or Ktoristock, can im
prove on the artless narrative of the
gospel, whose only bat all-powerful
charm is truth. In this_case, certainly
truth is stranger:and.stronger than fic
tion, and speaks best itself without
homment, explanation, and eulogy.
Here and here, alone, the highest per
.
fection of art falls short of the histori
cal 'fact, and fancy finds no room for
idealizing the real. For here we have
the absolute idealitself in living reality.
It 'seeing to me that, this : . 0 - onitilderation
alone should ,satisfy , the. reflecting mind
that Christ's character though truly :
_natural and human, must,be at the Mine
time truly snpernaturaland divine.
Even Goethe, the most universal and
finished, bat 'at the 'sante thie - the most
intensely worldly of Modern poets,
calls Christ: " the Divine Man,' the
"Holy One," and represents him as the
pattern and model of humanity., Thom
-as . Carlyle, the great 'hero-worshipper
found no equal in all; the range of an
cient and modern heroism • he calls his
life a "perfect ideal poem,",and 43 per
son " the greatest of all heroes," whom
he does not name, leaving "sacred si
lence to meditate that sacred matter."
And Ernest Renan, the celebrated
French orientalist and critic, who views
Jesus' from the standpoint f a panthe
istic naturalism, and expels all miracles
from the gotit,el history, calls him " the:
incomparable man, to whom the univer
sal conscience has decreed .the title of
Son of God, and that with justice, since
he caused religion to take a step, in ad
vance incomparatively greater than any
other in the, past, and probably than
any yet to come;" and he closes his "Life
of Jesus" with the'remarkable conces
sion: "Whatever may be the surprises
of the future, Jesus will never be surpas,
sed. His worship will grow young,
without 'ceasing'; hia:-legend will -call
forth tears without end; his sufferings
wilt melt the noblest hearts; all ages
will proclaim that among the sons of
men there is none born greater than
Jesus."
The. whole range of history arid' fic
tion furnish_ es no parallel to such• a
character. There never was anything
even approaching to it-before 'or since,
except in•faant imitation:of his example.
It cannot be, explained on purely human
,principles, nor derived from any intel-,
leethal and moral forces of the age in
whiCh he lived. On ccintrary,
stands in marked contrast t4s' the whole
surrounding vorldlif Judaism and hea
thenism, whieh'present to us the dreary
-picture of internal decay, and which
actually crurablectirito train before- the
new moral creation i jo.f. the' crucified
Jesus of Nazareth. e is the one ab
solute and unaccountable exception to
the universal experience of mankind.
He is the great .central miracle of the
whole gospel history, and all his litira-'
cles are but the_ natural and necessary
manifestations of his miraculous' person,
perforaied with the same ease with
which we perform our ordinary daily
works.
In vain has infidelity, ever-chang
ing shapes and forms, assailed the ever
lasting foundations of this greatest and
sablimest character - that ever blessed
or will bless the earth. He arises
brighter and stronger from every fiery
ordeal of criticism, and stands out to
every beholder as the greatest benefac
tor of the itte and tue only Saviour
from sin ' and ruin.
Yes!. he still lives, the. Divine Man
and incarnate God, on the ever fresh
and self-authenticating record of- the
Gospels, in the unbroken history of
eighteen centuries, and in the heart's
and lives of the wisest and best of our
race. Jesus Christie the most certain,
"the most sacred, and the most glorious
of all facts, arrayed in a beauty and
majesty which'throws the fc starry-heav
ens above ns and_the moral law within
us " into obscurity, and fills us truly
with ever-growing- reverence and awe.
He shines forth with the self-evidencing
light of the noonday sun. He is too
great, too pure, too perfect to have
been invented by any sinfal and erring
Man. His eharactee and claims are
confirmed by the sn.blimest doctrine,
the purest ethics, the _mightiest mira
cles, the grandest spiritual kingdom,
and are daily and hourly exhibited in
the virtues and graces of all who yield
to the regenerating and sanctifying
power of his spirit' and example. The
historical Christ meets and satisfies our
deepest intellectual and moral wants.
Our souls, if left to their noblest im
pulses and aspirations, instinctively
turn to him as the needle to the mag
net, as the flower to the sun, as the
panting hart to the fresh fountain. We
are made for him, and " our heart is
without rest until it rests in him." He
commands our assent, he wins our ad
miration, he overwhelms us to humble
adoration and worship. We cannot
look upon lim without spiritual benefit.
We cannot think of him without being
elevated above - all that is low and mean,
and encouraged to all that is good and
noble. The very hem of his garment
is healing to the touch; one hour spent
in, his communion outweighs all the
pleasures of, sin.. He is the most pre
cious and indispensable gift .of 'a merci
ful God to a fallen. world. In hith are
the treasures of true wisdom, in 'him
the fountain of pardon and peace, in
him the only substantial hope and com
fort of
,thjs world and thati.Which is to
come. 3iankindheuld better afford 'to
lose the whole literature fat Greece and
Rome, •of Germany an'd France, of
England and America, than the story
of Jesus of Natareth. Without him,
history, is a dreary,Waste, an inektrica
bit) 'enigma, a chaos' of facts without
meanins, connection; and aim; 'with
him it is a beautiful, harmonious revela
tion, the slow but mire unfolding of a
plan of infinite wisdom and love; all
ancient histOry converging to his
coming, all modern history receiving
from him his higher life, and impulse.
He is the gl y of the past, the life of
the present; e hope of the future. We
cannot even hderstatid ourselves with
out him: A , ording to .an old Jewish
proverb.: , ", he secret of man is the
secret of the essiab." He is the great
.. .
....
central light f history . as a whole, and
at the same time the light of every
soul; he alon can solve the mystery
of our being, d fulfil our intellectual
desires after, ruth, all our moral aspira
tions after' g odness and holiness, and
the longing a our feelings after peace
and happiness
e . .
Not for all t e wealth and wisdom of
this world world I weaken the faith of
the hunablest( 'Christian in his Divine
Lord and.Sav/our; but if, by the grace
of God, I co*d convert _,a single seek•
tic to-a Child-like faith in him, who
lived - and died for 'in& and:' for all; I
would feel that I had not lived in vain.
RELIGION.
Could we only remember, amid • the
caps and ~:perplexities.., of this life,
that a dying,hourwill
.come; that in a
few short fleeting years, at most,
our pilgrim age here below will 13e .en cled,
our work forever, done, and our history
and influence written, unchangeably
wriqen, either for weal or woe upon
those with. whom _we have associated
and come in contact in life, how differ
ent would our lives be spent! .
Could we realize the regret of a dying
hour, the many words sneeringly and
carelesSly spoken of- Religion and some
good cause for the amelioration and
betteriug of the condition of our race,
how"much more then would we feel
like giving all the energies,, the influence
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Divine'Redeemer.
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