, 1869-02-15
THE PULPIT.
The Root and the Stalk.
Sermon by Rev. MIR. Staples, OF
tho Third Unitarian Church,
mr.. Mitchell on Temperance.
The Unwise.
TIE ROOT AND 1uR STALJ


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.s..a..a =. s'nee ,ns uu..a1nns ol "eh tu'
eas;aes,tns m 70 aesF 'heir nth exponnded wlie.
or bs civ. organised a .orfstr ,nd -.,.h,f,bed
x,ho,rh hrnvn q, ~ s.s,. ~. rh,,a M
..u. nuu'en Auoa ~ Az Sous. OF ms ia'.a ohi.
Milwaukee. was cAl1,d upon 10 temporarily nll
The rul:,lt. ,hrn and nnw heated in A taYsr h,n
~, IA. .,r.,, 49,. ws,h,rr,on 1hn ..'ss,..
W ", ,n u. s'.ee.' nesI "s'"'uE.ou. INC @senaahee
Al 'he nftt netsicFs was 4n''c lstRe. and On each
'nre'cdinG sabhhsh tte1esesd. mill now tho hall
ie AiJrs At +neh terriec uuite jstrc nnrnhrr nj
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s.,,s ~ .t.,.h ~. Iun.te'Tu 'nemseeee
""n '0e sao'en' t.s' ar. rallee M: consented
t'e,y tnr how ID sleu The erection At ana and
r. .rmettntt ea,Ncr Of i&,r., uwn. A ~. ~ ~.
t-u thu,et,. M utd.,.t,,,a 49,. t.. wv
At Il "a. h'fthay. tety soon. the mafkmcn viii
t"a '"tttr lA1'IK sha fonst1a'!nil Mal.. Nj. hts.
IT.. ha' beeotnt qntsr pvpu!Ar already, and hss
g.. ~, T., 49,. .!.n w. "a; e'enieR
~ ~ '" w nts' enHt1'Faunh. ms eH"ltet
'hf !"r haa' hnd ahr ftalk." ohoo'ne for h!s
sr l,ue1m ot h,.ytn !, liza n,t" "., ,s, 49,. T..
n, u.thnl,,, .,'ts ,.I...s s'.,, a.u ."".
',.",. -, 'o., .,' ~a'en mihse.h 'o'tn OUT u MS
'f:t"'e thlfcs GeH aha tlu, Ut said:
Hh-n httd htcltf IN reru,inatr In the efeun,
II erlus iofih tn,t To fetsrh frr nuurtlhm nj.
,,me it sri ds fotth e,.k 10 teek n, n,n,a,ha rIe
satn1 tn ,Ae or aud The tun.Alne. Une sinks down.
easd, lhe n!het shuo'a up~ard, t'ne t:eis the
t.sart {. !rp,n the iersErd tnfm. nj snim., sn,,
%eEe'shle llr, the rsorth Vi r,st sges. fnnna n
,Et. ,aith. Tbs ptle, ussre pu.tepaure rum tina
tset,e 10 eAanf tie dirfrii,n ri The ROOT Or the
st.lk. ttr,lue ~ fupt xprnfd snl ia s,.tk
u, rnwtrl. fyf Il IL ennt,.,t l., the l,x nj ,sit
rs'nst i'i.rc lie pep 10 esr ru.lIlpu ron ,,'ts,s
.nl subject il il, ens iuiaantrt ri heal ~ rntu'
ra.kre4s et IIeht, tnit suu c4tnsi thtire III
lat! law ri q.i'nratirn an4 Fiuwitl, - wt,, uau
Ill. -.
A' ~ ties tr4,ls ,lsrth,lpll nn1rL" IAN Il, lhvla
, ~ ',t4,i;;hM.e., i; ts:!siH sts~'h, ht'he latH
a'a1s pi1M:ll4 1t!eetl1s+, skt! ieftsf t4N ha
i.s''n I" fstn lta t.lsEe VI ~ lltl rnfa Vi ,i.u
"'t.s
thElt alt t5ihtlFlsA edIfast1AdiGR 10 thseI Ia
t""s'' ihtafr, ttLlih HtstIfsst it-Hsa!qas n Ati
" iht"tht AMI Aeiitlil u 4asn, 4Au t.nt, ptl1-
Eltse ~. liz 10 Me Lesi, CAUSES HIN 10 to
I."Me HttFc Lt HM horn, sui thu MHdoA uf
ihduEAt1 lbs cGAtuns and the stus al
lis fstliefs. ns thinks heir Haya ara tbs
Lest ~sss: Whatever thfy believed, he
Ltlltfet. The luEMs wAich thsE Observed,
t. tbssrses. Taa government, tho Echonl,
t.,rteu oa IN JUL the Wsy theY lei them. III II
W"utd be 4 kid Of disloyalsy ard impisty to
tlsEge Tue oth methods, btlicts and ferma And
10, mankind should he caAtinIslfy looking bacx-
Ta1a TO tho past. 7htFt ia an inr1hAu.1hle foau,
lam Of rrota and wlsdom. The best thing tha.
thought ard spoken. The oess customs aud re- re-.
e rms that The world I'LL ever know arc already
sIoSn aLd aco:ted. The brayest men, the
w:see1 lesehers. the noolest charsc,csh that Tho
WeE!d WI! efef sec, have ALREADY lived TINS
thirg Rtlen we ought, theftfore, 10 do is TO
.t.os, iEnaie atd 1oloF re past. we mast
ods and III men. And our constant sin must
hr 10 seauiAte cur religious. Eoclal and political
in:ftln.lo1t hy IT. teaching and Its example.
tcc.na ..d tslrd centuries, thought LIE te.cn.
Il s. os aetus Is Of fsf Hose importance than Whist
The S.test christian scholar OF to-day thinks OF
1hes..crc We nusr observe them. i neg wors epp d
ctIen II dark c:s.s lor fsr Of th II enemies and
ressseatost, where lhey were eonpslled u Use
c.Lule-, though we worenlp In beautiful Gnu cbes
WHERE me sunlight stcazs freely II IS related
OF the spastans that rney had q certain nauonn!
dish, used sIws5s for d,rner- called tic black
eoup. atd wbien MAS 60 uupa;atlpEe that .hc
Alhenlan Ambassador once sad, aft-r pattaksnc
Of II, he no Logger wondered ,h1t the 5partans
At ole time to improve the soup l1itle : add
ing new feason1z =, bus It was voted down BY
1s=t nsjcr1sy on the gfoaEd Of d1sre=pect and I'm.
I1Heiplc f1es man firmly In tns past, binds
hin 10 it BY = thousand cliIKtnR nbses OF
s1L'tment os hsols and Of conv1:uon; N axes
I'D s hts de's MA ss
1tat it CT naiIs The ere The uest inc hoIle.1
NOV iook Il thc stslk prieeiplc 1" II humanity.
liz na,ure and liz Office Il 10 fhoot up aud a sa1
from the past It leads man TO feel taa, tncss<
has , Ct found 1t make. hl q d,ssa,,srsd WIN ai
w.: be nae- It fays 70 min, yon NUT not rest il
9t 'ouf H ashe1 e tys ssSs2 ., b,
like What tcey have 10 oife- cr,tsin3 = In. dS
moi ~ % rec win Their tpe:aeIes, or 1e4r ibe;,
rtors /, eocs much iarther. 1sokior back T,rn m,
ttonShI sna taia md gone; de'tIslns whatever
h.tatcst ,s ". h.s,.. ~ ,e W. aug ssnonhsnEl
IN beep out nat ia no da
"a ;haA 1. &C, Look12 III, a. Inc 'as.e a1d
f1s s1,sd n me1ns ans- WIN "hlen as I'll she past !.
eu ~ o s1 9s,s A~a5 poln sooa ana evil
M H VIII aoto'4E eu .ooea e. ~ oHn eeold
- @ a. sn n1,o,,ns,; 70 aeea nothlnl
d,ar snd tar,c9 N 80 ~ s1Gh som stoinl
elqst; e,n ntg tsnan!a & a:.oetss!on and aN:c,o'
S S'ns1.s d Ioaan oesas 10 the past. pail thet
uo3lous wccea : Or ro'sontu III vipert.
nas as,ue t!otn tome q too aontes o. this prlr
r ~ ~ ~, oS sns nop..e! o. our pasnrc and
nps. clussy 70 Goa: ana fpors ue on 70 al grcs
h,,rs,cr snn.h,, .saCues .ss gu. eonnnuni1 II
w,1n lhc t,n. .,d uu nnap pales ~, ~; @ Hseeks mt
a tu.nst are not e. AZ kno An-tns
W.. ,.f .usfe 1--we ~ a. oefn aous-!hs
od son o. ne rate NC ncaniul aud 70
man eye, and 1t seeks sor 1t wi:a faith tnAt nc1s
'''st: Sc-o,t,no tn Tho nm, ,,,rr,,,, ts,,
HNsott Lux w tue Euut pElnCsplc L1at v1sl0d n
come add codc-shc E"lnc1 aZu was In tho ull
and c'rshn, past. rhcn uud epskc Ills lar, wor
70 Dar-theu he manifested Ii u,scltto the ri url,
lt1adiattiE lev rEute atu pfrsut. with hrigh
NrrN snh Ma1'y, and ihrrc scnilns nullipg Il
Eap now but 10 Exke backward upou that orc
f,etctrc y1oty.
According to the othrr p'incipic, tho rode
nEcH ytt 10 be, INA moi should climb the nlghe.
nountatn peaks OF thonghl, aud love, and psnJ
10 ~ateh for ito darnlng. uud IL yet 10 Rpcak
tilS cht!d IN soltb mpiu ~. 81 and w,nsotnc tha
ever before, dud 70 all men eh"uid live Ia eucb
calm ard 1ulei Of tic sout that tney m.y he,
bis shlte that the light and efuFy 1f hik pre-
Hpce Mi ut te tccn IN n.llions Of homes M