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port, too faithful for remorse, too earnest for repose whose worship is action, and whose action ceaseless aspiration.-Martin eaus Endeavours. JAMES MARTINEAU BY JABEZ T. SUNDERLAND, M. A. T l a t God is a Spirit, has not hindered him from shaping the vault of night, and hanging it with stars or from tinting t72e tender blue of day or f oms preading the sheet of sea, and streaki rg it wit72 greelz altd gold o from poising the summer clouds, to fliyzg tke chase of purple slbadows 09 the hills or from shining tl rough the cool lights of the spring woods or from clwel lilzg in our hzcmanity, to touch it with many a grace alzd repeat i it the image of his piety and ibis truth or from resting with the Naqz of Sorrows as t72e symbol of his piety and holy love. These are the works of his Creativeness,-the appeal of his Beauty to our hearts,-the mighty Poem he improvises through all the rhythm of the U9tiverse.-Martineau s Hours of Thought. James Martineau HIS LIFE AND WORK. James Martinean was born April 21, 1805, in England, and died January 11, 1900, in London, at the age of almost ninety-five years. - h, is lifes long day h, a. ving reached its natura. 1 evening his lifes full year having roundled to its late autumn, with extraordinaxly rich harvests reaped and garnered. GREAT MEN. Gods most precious gifts to the world are great men. But the value of great men varies according to the quality of their greatness. firere intellectual greatness, .. unaccompanied with rno ral, of c mparatively low value,. dndeed, a man of intellectual brilliancy may even be a curse to the world, if he uses his intellectual powers for evil ends. But great men who are not only , great in intellect, but great also in moral character-who possess not only brilliant mental powers, but the will to use them for hi, ghest purposes-s uch men are blessings to the world whose value cannot be overestimated. r C 6 JAMES MARTINEAU We speak of Alexander the Great. Such greatness as the. famous Greek conqueror represents, stands for mingled good and evil. In like manner, the greatness of la Cresar or a Napoleon., or even of a Wellington and a Grant, represent some influences, that conserve and benefit, and some that hurt and destroy. But I there is a class of great men whom we may look upon as representing good, and only good, to th, e race. In this class we find such historic names as Socrates, Plato. Isaia. h, Paul, Luther, Milton, Wesley, Channing, sand, above all, Jesus. In this company Martineau belongs, because in him, as . in them, splendid intellectual gifts were allied with moral endowments equally splendid, and his brilliant powers were employed, not for destructlive or selfish ends, but to advance truth, righteousness, pleace, love, and whatsoever m akes for the permanent betterment of the world. MARTINEAUS ENDOWMENTS. Martineau was a member of the famow, London Metaphysical S801ciety, which contained many of the most eminent thinkers, literary men, scientists, and public leadem of England, such as Gladstone, Ruskin, Huxley, Tynaall, T, ennyson, the Archbishop of York, Pro fessors SiQwick and Mivast,, Dr. W. B. Clarpenter, Mr. MARTINEAUS ENDOWMENTS 7 R. H. Hutton, Lord Selborne, and Archbishop Manning... --This text refers to the Paperback edition.