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Show j !. m "unitarian conference. 1 1,;' I Opening Senlces at tha Jewish Syna- I 1 4 ' 9 . MM, Last Klibt. B i H II1C "HAH 1)1' StLVATIOJf," Bj ( BK A Strinon liy Iter. 1. II. Crneker. Ail- VJg dreiibjllcr. S.Jl. rllot. l'wr I Si tj Iltlilil Jecnbtou. If (4. Lail night tha first Unitarian con- K I ( v J" ference ever lull In this city con- K f If vcned aa an extra session of the llocky (1 i J- tf Mountain Conferoncot Liberal Chtli- it k4 tlen Churches. 9 I St The opening sermon wssby theltov. H f x J. II. Crooker, of Helens, Montana. W ' l W Subject, "Tbo Waja of Bslvatlon." m , I..: ' Sir. Crooker took for hli text these M K-4 wordit "I have cotno llit y. might H ' f ? hiva Ufa more abundantly." M .' I-', After launching out on hie aubject, )) im hessld that the answer to thst familiar j If e question, "Whl shall Jo to be . i saved?" depended upon Ilia answer ' t lotheiiurstlon "Whatls tho unlvone m C and what It liuman natural" If tho Mi l' ' 51 former la where Ood and Batan contend I'll Sc lor the maitory,lfuian Is a fallen being, 1 ' kj human naturu Vila and man doornail It. j. J lo eternal tormont on account of H V, jBUT the auipoaed fall of Adam, then the V t Mil inathod of aalvatlon li what "III lt K rrllateuaand placouaean rcatonatle K tarnia with the Creator. Our thouihti S tui.fctlng thli quettlon rnuit follow In IVt the lice of ttioiw rripectlog thounl. K) Tone and the nature of man. Tote 1 i rarrd, our llnaa mint bo In harmony B. wltbiuprtma realltlaa and couionu t 1 ' alllhelrutbaofaclcme. Tha common theory ol aalaatlon arrlniit from two auclant conception! ot creation and Suman nature. If the unlaenalta , Vealuoflaw and a relju of law, tho $ , Imidrn of Hatau l mare fl(juro of I iperih, and the paramount quaatlon la I are tbtee old Tlowa trueT Aa to theoa t there H but one comtent teacher t 8 mvilaru eclence. To know the faota If woRotolhoiewhoaro Kjulpjad with IK a knowledge of the unlaeiar. from fJ- aclance we leirn that nature la not the IV roalui of oppoalllon to Uod, and If fli modern phtloaophy compala ua to lake IB new titlona we aboul I be rellgloua QM enough to (to to the vantage ground, i ! where It brlniti ua to the uuloldlng f gy reelatlonof o living Ood, uovtr ao I K much loved by humanity aa today. V When the falao theory that human naif na-if lure l rulne I la once abandoned, than E the naya of aalvatlon are multiform, ft; natural and dote at band. We work BfV It out by leara,davollon and aelf-denlal, li j and It lauo longer a atrango or mlro. y--2 culoua tairformauce. Man are foruver If lu the iroceea of aahallon. All the JV. alrivlcga for knowledge, aailratlona fur i, the good, the atrugnlea lor arlf matttry, , &, , all-uoeanberalmi,alltbefrlondihlr il jf which ripen the dlvmeat aeutlinenta of Ji f- k tho heart, all the deeila through which it if theprovldeucoof Ood worka are tbo I 'J vraya of aalvatlou. Hlandlng upon the I if modern vloa of nature and man, we ' ""- rearl to Jeaui of arareth for the i f . method ant motlvo of alrllual right- ouaniBi:lIeaaveaui luataofaraa He Implrrauatolead the better life, and lie la moat truly our Havlor, not when ! I , e believe dogmaa aboul Him, but ' wheu we live like lllm. f If you want lllm to lielp you put ' rourheelontheiplrlt of evil, It you ' ;' waut lllm to bring aunihlne Into your i '' life lie will abow ycu the gate of hu. f ' mlllly, the path of lervlcv, and the ; I , crown of Immortallly. No man la i j aaved completely; that would give ua '. j abunatlon; uo man la loat, for ono j iiu I aunt to perdition would give ua a f - abattered unlvcne. We ore aaved ao II taraalhegoapeland pattern of Jeaua I r. ire realized and the albllltlea of thla I , nature are unfolded, ao far aa we have I futind the truth of light and love, I whlLh la revelation. I know oulyetbe fi et.rnal now wbaro the truth or Uo 1 1m l mutt be wrought out here and the II t eternal love tie wrought out there. ill THIS k-Olll .N0O.1 KiasION. ) i K The ltev. H. A. Ullot.. thilrmau of I; - ' W the coufereute owenetl tuo proveedloga II f thll forenoon, at 10 o'clock. He dwelt i 5 entirely ou the rlrcumatancra hading M . up to the conference tu Ueuvtr two r0 w eira ago, and til the growth of Jn j Unltarlaulam In tho Welt, am ", f Dr. Utur followt-U with an account Km , & of tbeprognaiandgrofftb of Ida net ' 1,1 In Ulah. M t ' Mr. t'rooker of Montana apoke on ! I tLaltuatlenlnhliHtte iQM i . llabljl J acobiou thau read the follow !' F InL'I'-P"- 3 ', J "IMII11ATI0V AND 11I.VI LATION." fl Jl I mad not remind you, whu are con- ( t i groitattd hern to dlrcuia rellgloua hold- Yi O l Inalutbe euleavor to aiek Juit re- I J' . K cognition for lllbllcal Inlluencea, be It HI " I I from an ortbodoa rouvlttlon ot their HI til; i imnudlate divine eroanatlun, or belt H ', I - I ''"tu ami re Interne deference to their iMtl ) i ilnceroand pure rellgloua genlur, that U Ji no other biitorlcal priaenlallou baa H 'r R been treated with ao dlaeourteoua un- Hf , I, falrntu aa thll mitUr of revelation, HR lv ' ' An hlatoilcal rejiort la aummarll) dla- JB 4 1 mlae.l on u priori argument. Ila B a I ' blttorlral value In abapcnlui! tho B I character and forluneauf natloua and H I Individual la tut inadequately rati H mated and ect.emed, while rrom n Mf I literary itandpolnt we ahow more Hflj I pillautr of ngard to tlreece and Sn K itoue than what we do to deeper work. I'VE I luguud farther ruvthlnu larael with ' H ! ft ( all her rlchnoaa of Imagery and mata- :H 1 ft phor, ber earntatnira of conviction H( I ahdherlllghtaof elry, all the lolller M and profouuder U catue of her aluioat IS riglu ezrluiloli ot all tbatiavoraof In- Bl i ( ventlon, frlvoloui, ipirtlvaor igolatlc, Hf The only explanation ot aucti evl .IK dont .ri-Jualte la to tut found In the 'ItaTfl .lllUlullyof coucidvlug how the luanl ifl I j. ftetatlou urwu which Iirael aecka tu IB ! '' oommeud her alrltual glfti lo uul. H J j viraal acce tance, LOUld Jotblbly have H 1 1. oicurred. Hut te admit ihlauanu In- t ft turniouulable barrier la tunuume that HJ i t the tame otlcctlou duel not t rvaeut mm ' I f ltall In our other vital holding!. Hon- IW , Ir 'fr "' current phlloiophy of the ' I ' L "Unanowat lu," vrlilob rei-elin the ' ! f ' odonotuent or our vbole prtieut Kholanblu and thought ai the nobloit, , , lullaiiaud rnoit couilitantexproialon I ' a of our lofUtatctTlltxttbu. hot demotr trutM tbat aUolutfly wo kotw nolliliiR, that Atheism iiJ 1'ntthcUm -ratj tmthfnk-ble nd Latanlnttltwa Deiim ami that line thm Oetim IU--H h IllOiilcat, UDlntfltlglblo nnJ hnco unlcnuble. Uborll ft UcuJoratiu (Joiicnn vmarrlro iflt.tely through ouruoatilcJ ua-iou. Our only refuice iwmi nRHttlcJiDij (ot all our know ledge li tiut rttULlT. Hut "Vnti asuottldiim U llluUl, for Uie very rfiktlrltjr of our knowIeJuo irmlBta PoraoaUolute knowtrJa;p. Our know-leOir know-leOir of the rttatlouv, Ulitlnctlom ft ml llkcuvt-(3jftUtt.Ril)ruuilriour knowl -dzo uf eomttlilitR. ltut of what? "What h niltidT" aai Ilerkclry, ".No mtttrr. What li tiialU.T Ket-r mind." Tlili It tliB ultimate to m lilcli all our knowIe-J'o rculvtifl Ittulf. Aiul jetour conci3uDfM and rraion de wandaud reintfv bo Die cotlatuty of knowledge, Jtutr.iy ek unto know anjlhlor ai lonif m wu can ruaku lntilIlKtUA of our urrountlltJKk7 This nuit.on Duda IU amwer In m&u'a moraf tmturo and In liU-.iiAt.-fael.o.i with hUouf-rotindlngi, hUouf-rotindlngi, to which hit Tcrj cou icIouiiifM tclli him ho li tiitl nuterl or. In naturo tlicrwU no aoabgy to man. Holf prrffrvatlon U thero tho only motlrr; mluhl, Itio ouly law. Tor Juulcf, virtue, lore, nierrY. Uut in an lliidi theru no lui'iort. Jlo Ucotuca tllilcnl only aa ho rmrrffra ram nature. Kven lateru&l allrclloni ho baa no baili lor la tho nulmat. Iho Irullib rtatloTf Uiollirrltift only bi lone aa that otti rloe U deiindcnt. Ai lone that cHrlD la thui virtu ally m i art and arcl of the farrnfa own Hie, a thloj.K) tn vak, of tt 10 rtarvDt'a toicilou. The youiiK onco Iudeindritt tlelRfd or wtantl.and th relation of -rrnt and olliiirluic tea!, nay, they crosa thenuelvea aexualiy. .Neltlier can nature In any way mould man. Man moulda nature; hechaoKtatha varlotlraof plants, tho brocda of animal, enriching tbilr boauty, their nutrition, their ntllltlfi, tiiiak LOtlilngof hlatramformlnir cMtnatm and continonti. Ho however la not directly chinsed plijral tally, and wrtalnly not fplrliually, In which latttr direction hli lnnnte longing to bedllTrrcut from and eupcrlor tu all ireatlou moat ardeutly cum for 1m iruvtiueut, enrlchmeut, Uotjculu, Iielftblenlaif. If he I aad, naturo niay be ever eo gny, It cannot chasu awty hli dtfrtMloii. If he be Ky, nature may bovit U In the thtcktut cluudiof Klootu eud anjsry imwlor.j, It cannot UUlurb hletettlty oratltt hli exultant liotre. -Nature li but the mirroring k- of htaiuljtctlvltyaud tbOR wlm dtctlve tLeinbtlvie Into Imifflnlutf that uituro Imlruota tbtm havu but bad rtttcittftl back tu their Ineoni which thy have Uutu.d olo-whrv, olo-whrv, undor other lullukncvi. VVenrethui drawn Lack upon aktr own humanity and our flat ItupuUeli to make hlitory, wRh Ua account of man' efbrti, aucctaive, failure, pro icnt the Imtructnu thit wo aeek. JtutCIto li ft faUe harlot, epfaklUkf war to the warrior, diplomacy tu the Uu.mau, mjuey U the tlnanclrr, tcllei Ivltert lo tho literary man, ethlca to the moral phlloiopher, etc., he li but the echo of ourielvee Kln. lllittory like mture but mirror and llluitute. For tducattous txitli nre Iniunlcient We turn to p-ycho)ofy and It but tellni that man tt man, with hi Joya aud hi Brief-, bl wtal and hi woe. hie Rood and hi evil, bla f aulont and rtralut, hi reiuon and hi tentl taunt, making hi will of dup.ex mo tleo, encourattln-i ft belief lu a leu fold nature, auffefs and tatan' com blnod, ethereal and earthly, human and brut hdi, divine and devlliih at theehrliie thu of opjioatHl aplrll nr tlomoii. Is'aluro with iu science, man with lila hlitory and jaycholoey. they whocredltlhoveniuif, or like Utucartr dUtruatthe cenaraand credit but hi olf concluukui4i, all alike fait ui In our watch for knowledge abeotute, for poaltlve moral principle aud for cllec-ttv cllec-ttv eplrltual lullueucr, UUtory llkewlae demonatratea tbo futility of the iturst. The frulU of mau'a elfowInic were but auperttl-tlon auperttl-tlon and tin. b Hied Ignorance and un rettralned vice. At the moat It yleldod (Ireclan phllosorhy with Id ever re Lurrlntt materlallam aud fataliim, and 1 in J J hilt ftacetlclam with It utter de humanlzatlou of humaulty, whatever morality either of lhoo or any of tbilr Intermediate phaw evolved wn lamentably la-mentably contradictory, unliable and Inextricably allowed with the allocking Immoral. Iirael only had fixed, unamMnloui, oonalitont and wholly pure principle. Could detail be entered Into here and now, It could be ahown ajalnit the raoaticorcblriK crltlcUm that larael'a law and tenet, not ouly rovered the wholeethlcal territory, but were alio free from any mlxturo of the debaahiR, the inlalcadlnir, tho valuelear, tho shimcf Jl end the unworthy.Huwevci. the time will not lermltlt. Hufllcelt to ay, that of all the tribe or nation ofantWulty larael alone atrove toward Uioev Ideal and atrutcgltd In tho line ofthoaeprlnclpk, tho purault of and the living under which alone dlatln KuMimir clrlHntlon, not only In decree de-cree but wholly tn kind from everything every-thing i agan or barb itou In Ibe iait or prineut. Aud thatclvlllxatlon of our bewail ilrat only when Iarael'j o cl-imiU divine revelation, lu the form of Chrlallanlty and MohaminedauUm. reached the world of natloua. Thorn to whom thl ineuage, with It claims of divine origin, baa not penetrated are today tlll Iieatbenaud merit thedci liquation of ravage, unenlightened, half or wholly uuclvlllxcd. You know the old lltuatratlon of the aatronomer, who by accurate utr&l calculation conclude, that a hitherto unknown planet muat bevMMe In a irrtalu pari of tbo Armament. Direct Inghl teloacope thltbtr he ercclved It. Had he, howovtr, failed to dlt-(.over dlt-(.over It, tn aplte of the accuracy of hi MlcuMloni, would the aatronomer therlure abandou all their olherwlae HulatantUted t neurit-, or would they not rather asaume It exUtunce, k'lvu It even a name, nnd attributing It nou apirance lo noma yet unaccountablo obveura tlon would they not with ever more and more Improved luatrumontbe con atntly on the outlook for the world which their heavenly mttheuatlc my muit be? What muat bo, In, Thl I au lucontrovertlb.0 ihfloaoph Icalaxlom. Our relativity of knowledge knowl-edge ha) a that we muat have ifintt-atmulutu ifintt-atmulutu knowledgo. Our moral per plcxliy KMuIret moral pcsltlveneca. Our iplrllual detirleucka demand ltitual lomjlutlon, amwer aud Intlu tnrea. Men and natloua alike fatl to yield the, iEeaaon aud t-entlment ay they muit be, jlenco they muat come from the Mipcrhumnn, from the suiernitural; he, from Ul, who, n man cannot reach j Urn thrcufih human Illne, muit come to man through divine Hues not by the mere extltenlng uf man' nature fur that would mill I o human, but by direct Inaplrntlou, how, I care not, a lou aa I know that It la. hhi ""I rJITH Tor thl dlvlmt luailiallon we muat etk. All other BOeglveu dlvlno revelation reve-lation have had tbelr claim of dlvln lty al-aolutily dlaprovrd. The rovela-tion rovela-tion of larael and V two nifahcotf, CbrlatUiilty and MohammedanUm, 1. e , tbo Willie"! rev. Utloi. lb allll under Ulrcuaiton. UnJ we maintain that our Mvli'xatlou la UmIck", without coofl lent iu pert, cf uncertain llghU. Itlitnnrantol all II whence, why and v. hither, la grof luff Iu the glocni of trrcdeenuUt turvrrtltlon, tin and ibarce, unleia wu nre willing to rmicide thl and look for a divine revelation yet lo cotno, uoinuat maintain the poeilou already of ft divine rnvelallon, and thl divine r.v Mlouian therefore be but that of the HI bid lhuphllonpby'a very nljrrllon m to the huw lead u to tlieMU.'. Hut fcletice tutrudi ft illfllcuKy on the ground that revelation lu thl aoiitu tmpllei ft miracle, I.e. a brtak In the continuity of natural law, and tbui J tictmirely tuiernaturl,Lut lop)oeI to nature aii act ol Uod In violation of God' own order. If In anwer to thl the watch Is reported to for argument, argu-ment, tt mtit not be confounded with 1'al-v'arxnUxkd nnaloBV.Iii a watch. wheuromparrd to tbo whole human raco, It wJII tot biiuufnlr to taken mln utefttbeequlvaltritrr nnntury. In twtnt;ffur hour there are thu HI) watch tcnttirle. Hujpone tho first quarter of an hour, tball. at the ind of the nrtrenth watuh century, the watch lregulaltMl a to ttrlke, end ailcrthatnoertotrlko &2tn durlnx the remaining S3 liourr. or the UJi auccn-dlng cenliirh. That i-trlklog would certainly be n mlraclo In the lifetime of that wat.h, trut yet It would not bo contrary to tho watch nature, for It wa foreordained lu tho vrry comtruclloii of that watch. And yet were the rarl of the wrUch endowed with human IntelllgetiCit the centuries rucedln the atrlklng could not foretell that atrlklng nor could tho raccetHllng centuries account for It having hav-ing ifo data for companion, deduction, elc.. awtlug lmllr In all their pro reding and aucciedlug obforvatlou. Thu after H-ccuturle would have to acccj t the fact on authority or deny It Incuduloualy a llng out, of thu line of their iclfutlfli) oUnMfltio. Hclence can nolo but tho rercater, the rejularly recurring, ltut thol!atLd la beyond It cognlnbcoand aclenco tanbutkoipallrntaatolt. If It can not aUt lturcly tnuil not deny the inlracultur. The miracle 1 tho Isolated Iso-lated striking of tho Dolly lu humaul ly aud In nature. In this sense It may be tejouJ ordinary nature, hence aujtr natural. Hut unnalurul, oppoced to nature It mtd not ncceaarl ly bo beouuie of Its alugl nn I slngu UrneM, fur strictly no more rulraculou It. n auy other natural or ptoalcal maulftatitlou, Its peculiar onunu-s may have buen pre-rdAluod la our worlJ'sftrat creillnu. ioug twfjru nur modtru Rclencu with It graud scheme of law dll the rabbi aruiiud and to fere tbo time of ChrlUalnady maintain main-tain that revelation and all attendant miracle, wcro cnated almullaneouily with rnatlou Itself, I.e. fit tmatlju they were lmrtlentlyawuUlug but thu rlremi of time to make them actual. You haven drum In which one mau kill another. A number of others wllneta the laying and title to avenge the crime, lul heiTlato out of t Hying rezard for tho murdtrtt' family who are dej-cndeiit tii.n him for sup-I-orl. In tbo dream still, you appear unto them urging at all hixtrds the puutshmcut ot the shocking shock-ing but euiouraglng their aetitl menta of UKicy by counseling them to make sumo certain irovUton for tho family's until It be co nu at leant self-sustaining. self-sustaining. This manner of tcapo from their dlUinma, as thus solved by jou, you leelhem, still lu the dream, putting on r i cord for their own and their iteilty'a rtfeienco. Huch dreams tan and do occur, bupnoie tho dnamer had tbo vov, ir of crtatlon and vivlfylnr; that in. tend of dreaming belli his waking consclouaners can rurjure these unlmateil orealioiis to whupe transient emotions he himself remains Impaulvoexcui l In so far as ho J mined tham with these emotional otenlalHlca whoso developnent and ixprraalcn depend, hut upon selMvlllvd actions of these creatures tbumsclrts, end laujpo-e this waking dreamer thu wholly without pMrltclitfltou In the whole dream except when the net J for counael arl-ei v blch l lu the tlecilug dttam he now furnishes lu the waUnc one. In this manner I concilve the universe, aaelfconauloudnaiuof tho sleeplcattod; wbatevtr dlfllciiltha It may present I hllosorhlcally are not for present diacuaalon excel t as an elucidation of this sulject of Intplra tlon. It answers' three micatioo- ohen urged as Impediment to the acceptance accept-ance of tho article uf Itnj lrntlon, namely, why dtl not the revelation come sooner, why dots It not re-occur, and why wo It given but to a small li-tiillul tit iMdila-V In thtt (li-i-ftm If was the emerguury which prompted the Inspiring Interference. In the life of humanity It rtqulua however the repeuiw of fulntu of human conditions. condi-tions. Otbir nations and Individual lived but for their faulous and tunbl tlons, llulr Ihjslual Interest and advance. Borne lived, It li true, for the abatrnct Ideal. Hut Men thl Ideal partakes of the seinsh. the Interested, It Is a conceit, a mental vainglory. It was but thellebrow who j urely, ssulfully. burnt ly r.autnd with a mighty thlut for God, and when thothlrit grew to n keen, full con-aolousneasof con-aolousneasof mod for thu Mcsl High, then, and then ouly, was It HWor that rcvelattou to tornu, as It did. That revelalluti once lull and coraileto It could be stt on formal record nnd transmitted trans-mitted to others, us the in mo nr-cd waxed ml?hty within them. Its repUt-tlou repUt-tlou was unnecessary and Hod' order Is eminently erouomlcal. History manifests that as thu nations grew din-satisfied din-satisfied with tbilr high holdings of sclllahueas and svlfecoitfldence, thl divine revelation reached Ihem gnvlu-allj, gnvlu-allj, through human agency, lu light proporllonatolo their virion. Keocour-reucesofthe Keocour-reucesofthe mlrsrle wtre thireforu uierlluuua, and thu superfluous tjoj Is uevr guilty of. In this connection I may remark that to Iho Jew who knows no such tenet ns ratvatlou by fiilLli, the question ques-tion of what bicumoa of tho-o who lived before tho i-alvstlou bringing revelation presents no dllllculty, for It Is Inapplicable to bis view of rovela-llou. rovela-llou. Men live aud urn Judged by their lights. This Is what thu Jew has ever hell. AnlnveatlBatlou of tho tutject matter mat-ter of larael'a revtlatlon, hOMuur, presents what surpriMs me has bcun lonslderod one of thu most cogeut ar Rumttuta agalnit Its divinity, namely that It contains uolblng new that n proper hamidtug, threahlng nnd winnowing win-nowing of humanity's productions th world over from the ancient times will lld all that the lllble oonlalui, Mau can know only that which Ilea within the posiibllltlti of hli nnUiro and, w hlcU I aklu to him, Ihut whtoh Is beyond and foreign to him hu ; WIMil not only could not comprehend but could nit 1 Influenced by. To expect each thlntr. would be n alnur.1 oi expectlog to educate t iIok by learned tettuni Man arrlvea at a luaplciou of (lod 1 ot that !U Icloll he unnot clinch lot a certainty. He riOuKUiraa moral olUcallona but cin. not clearly and definitely detcrmlno whit all ahould be and what nil ahould not bo hbt true moral guldea. Hole-iiulne Hole-iiulne r trltunl Inlluancea, inakm at-teinpte at-teinpte at rplrltual ulucitlon lut iuc-ii'iCl iuc-ii'iCl nnd fella In iucIi admirably uua. bio proinrtlonalhatliereniftlneon the piano huorUlnally . It would bo trance If In all hl elfotls and apccula tlolil be aid not ilumblo on Iho truo and the appropriate Hut to know tha.1 truo nnd nproprlaU-, to be tore ot It, tu hold It free, the filre, thu ilelertlui;, lhev,akteful, llioIJi ,Uic Inctllcaclotio, tohavunnd kcip it urc, to be mi-qurallouably mi-qurallouably confUi 1 1 of I ae and rup rl, In warrant' 'Otyof purwe, all thla dtinauda n c icmlatr) btyond man, a .llvino alcluniytoaeiot, reftiiH nnd -collect oil the good and the needlul and to mould It Inti atihtrmonloi Ingot of purn mttal or to aubllmate and uondcsru It Into nneaymnuttluil ira-tallutlon ira-tallutlon of lieautyaiidcloirmn. Thla la tho fuitrllnii uf divine revelation. and thla only. We hae finally arrive.! tn thu con-Mention con-Mention of the lirnill'lih revelation (rojtr and at the very thretliold tho oljicilon coulMnta ua tint If thla bo truly dlvlte, Oo I wuuld have taken means tu have prt utved It Intact. Tbla otjcctlon could bo amivered moro categorically, tub wibIiIiij; to narrow down ultimately out to the Jowlah poll-tlon poll-tlon on Ihlaitifject, It would pirluipa to Jual aa well to defluo tboextriit of that which thu ie? clalma to bo dlrlno. Ilia lllbl, bteluea nji'ctliu Ilia loityled htv rrilamtnt, la divided di-vided diflenutly than tho C'hrlttlan. With him Hu. 1'ialnii, rroverba, Job, Canllclca, Itulh, l.tmrnhitlona. IX-oleilaitli, IX-oleilaitli, llilher. Daniel, ra, Nthe. mlab, and the Ciiranlcka tielontf not todlvlnulnilratlou properly ao con-aldircd. con-aldircd. Thry are ailtlnrfa manly of rellloiia;enluaaa promped and idu-cateil idu-cateil by tho lii'iired booka. hence their value la but that of Willi; the uobleat human oxj rtt ilona nf rolialoii under the lulluvuce of that Inri Iratlou nciualbletoall men. In the llebrow they are llurefur calleil merely tho "wrltluci." ThntJreek haa added to tbilr Iniportancu by rlyling tbim the "llagloxraphe," or holy wrllltiK, While we Klvo tllfiu thu full endorie-ini.ntof endorie-ini.ntof divinity oy Includlmr. them III the one t'lllble," although to the Jour li win originally a ai rloiuciun-tlon rloiuciun-tlon wbttber It woarxruiUilble loriu hraco It In theaamo bouk with the 1'eu tateuch. Judlacally, therifore, thty have no divine Imjvrlanrc, neither of fact nor wor. l.lkewliu Joibua, Judaea, tjainuLl and ICltige, muit bo Judged b atrlctly human atandarda. They ate recorda luirely lliuitrathe of Iirael'e priperlty aud woe, lu propor llou to her nitlou&l falthfilticaj to or dliobedlenco of her invealrd law. Their hlitory li written with human n; tbelrvolu value lit. lu tho inonl of fact which ti pmouti-U here by thu llchtaof Implratlon. riiera thua n. mainlltuproilutj whnio whole divine inlnlon conaiited In tbtlr uttiram ea of exKiltlon and warning. Their b( eachea banco arc divine; their teaih-liicaofuniiuiatloiiable teaih-liicaofuniiuiatloiiable wurtli and In-dubllablo In-dubllablo truth. Wcw command!, now law. thry bad no rlnht to Inititute. They had no oner, cither, to annul old itatutra and roblblttcnr. Tluy were but to InUri ret tho aplrlt of rovilatlou over alraluil the Inano prittlccs of a poole whobrakuthat rplrlt whllu adb.rliij to tha thus deadened lettor. Tuuaaidoctrluo ex. poiltiona of purpote, motlvo nn J prlu-cl prlu-cl le they ate of Ujd. Aa narration! of fact, etc., tiny havu however in weight, when they tbereforo lecmlni;. ly turu ailJu to riciunt evtnli, that momentary narration muit be JjdReU by human itaudarda, and It la lor us to dtterralnu whether or not that narration lo one of foot or bu elniply iaraoo!io ta In tbo cuo of Jonah. Wbeu they aro uudoublodly bbtorlcal thla much muat be absolutely conceJtd, namely thatas to time aud burdiu of prttentallon they aro wholly truthful, that !, a Klvtn-out pndlctloii la n prediction pre-diction and not a miro retroi ectlve utterauce. lty thla conilitent course, to whkh tho Jew hia ever held, It will bo loen that though two prophets or more be merged Into one book m In tho books of laouli nnd Xacharlah, Rr bo tluy over so uuolirouoo(lcal)y comj lied. It allects not their doctrinal piisentatloii) w hlcli thui pri n rvia for ua Ihtlrsole medid mid bence tbclr onl) and wbolo divinity Intact l4 uudellled. Certainly thol'tutitiucli muit coma uuder dIUetent irllerloii for thu Jew lualntaloaltbotlilu the litter and In tho aplrlt of Immnllatit divine author, ship aul In atrlct Jewlihneiado we bold that It has Icvukent Intact an 1 puru aa It was In Its original illvlno Impartallon. The inoni of modern criticism I regard txtiemely super, llclal aud mliliadlmr. In writing the viry lame miu will at times emi toy and for n spell adhere lu thu use of now one, now another word of s ucmj mcus or nearly aynonymous utoje, either ns his him or his purpose pur-pose may dictate. A hUiorlnn or nay other writer may In two euccecilhu nod certainly In two widely seuiralu chapters repeat lu dltlcrent ) haied i te rentatlou thu very lamn narration. Lite often prceciits dlllsrent occasion! evokliialiiioattiieiamgldenllclcom. mvuto. l'remoultlonr, ircscnttmcnts often repeat themieleea and the same kinds and manners of naiumuccs nnd rcaiurauccs iccur nnd reoccur. What force cuu there I etbeu lu suih argu ments for n twofnld niithoribli, mtlio emploement, now of tbo ixpreoalou "Jehovah,1' now ot tho expression "l.Iohlra;" or tho repetition of stories, lrophech-a and proniUn? Bhould ro uct rather aeek the purpoica of the author lu the Jahvlutlo aud the I.lo-blbtlo I.lo-blbtlo 4iiiAgei? Needed Abraham not a manifold rtaisursuco of tbo promise of his poiti rlt'e selection and gri'atneis, Mhcn child he lint not, when lila first vouchsafed child was rejected, when bis nephew, his solo unrcjected bone and lUh, was threat-Hied threat-Hied with dMtructlonV And why could not Jacob have twlco JrsUfled his tltla tu the name limit Why could not thubeautv of Harnmake thu aauio liutlntwo dlllerent ruluranud mggeit the eamo cowardly ruro ou two oeisblous unta tho timid Abi&ham? Is It Buylhlug atraui, that the a imu lltl-katlonrcpeataltiH.lt lltl-katlonrcpeataltiH.lt lu Atrabam nud liaso's history? Ot U tho repetition repeti-tion of tho creation's story utodleis whuu ruvealcd first us an account of man's crtatlon and then as an lutroduitlon to his Ullrtly human hlitory, and aro not lUiiillllor-eoeesofthat lUiiillllor-eoeesofthat rietltlon exnlaloeil tn this twofold lurposu to Instil man with the louiLiousuess of his nobler fottuatlou and tbi n to Impress upon lllm his nobler obligations of love and labor; Iu conclusion I milt yet touch one point. The Jew luakca a dlillnctton between revelation and luiplratlon In dlvlue analysis and abstractions of that Ian, tbo iiioclplca, Ihu motives, etc. The "Pro hits" contain the dlvlno linplration. The I'tutaUucli, however, Is divine revelation. It Is not cnlythe fundamental anurance and expoaltlon that there la a Oud inch as our rmson and knowledge ruln;lt li not only n complete an 1 tiorfrct system of correct moralrrluclplcs, sutli as our ethical perplexity demandt; but It Is the ex. pria-lou of Uod ti and tn mau hy mraiia of direct commands and 1 ro hlblllons, to brliiB humanity under the divine control Mnd Influenca wblcti his need for I lillual moulding most urgently requires. Its object Is thus lo inlui-ate aspiration nut Inus tobrlnic man uuder tho lash (If to hard a me-taphorinsy me-taphorinsy UuJ) of duly, to keep nllvu audj ut te cotiitant work humau-lly'a humau-lly'a aplrliual conaclouineas. This tir iso Kcivmirllilie-d man will have bueuperlativoaatlsfaction which that roiivlttlnn ever yields of living up to the beat that la In us, of elvlog con stsnt expression to our loftiest, cur pro. fouiidiTt desires. If man Is made ns good, luetiil and happy an, hocau taiiilbly Lecome on tartli, lie mild have no mUulvlnirs that If heaven, await lilm ho will lt thero other than fully as good, uisful and happy aa heaven can render him. The Jew Is willing to rcat nullified with a roe elation ot duty. Iu tho stern ought and muit lis finds the tulle at nobility of turpoic, and that nobility ot puri-oso when rt-nllsed Into conduct, li his dtepcet aid only aouultt for recom penie. Of this Judaism which n revel atlon of reward would In my opinion Infinitely atoll the Uauly of and lieauly too Is n qualify nf per.'ecllou I am Intensely roud; anJ hence, though 1 hneu a Uiousaud other reasons. rea-sons. 1 must for IhValone rejict Cbrls-tlanlly, Cbrls-tlanlly, viblch Isliut the revelation ol resurrection or Immortality holding It without the lew of .Mona linde-quite, linde-quite, which with that law It is wholly iinuecvsstry. I am now tlolslveii, except In so far as I should have liked to dwell upon thu Intrinsic testimony ol subject matter mat-ter ttsalf and u on tbu i xtrlnalo historical histo-rical teatlmony in Israel, the veisel of innervation, tu the Immediate divinity of thla revelation nnd Inspiration, aa contained In tho Pentateuch and Prophets. I.lkewlau should I luive liked to throw a broader Kauntlet to I'hrlstlinlty. llutlhavu nlready trei-leased trei-leased the lime, for which, lu making my bow, I risk jouriardcn. ThoJlev. Mr. MoNlico occupied a few mlnutraixplaliiluic wliylmvias a Presbeterlau, and why he believed In the lltbloas a ilhlncly Inspired bnok. ltlihop Whitney spoke n few minutes min-utes on the Holy Kcilrturo ns Iho word of Ood. He was follonrd hyMr. Porbuib, who vi ry briefly touched un the Unitarian view of the lllbli. Tho coufereuee thiuadjournod uutll-ii.m. |
