Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-12-06

great cantratice. Miss Kellogg dis,
covered the undeveloped purity,
sweetness and power of her voice
took her in charge. brought her tC
this city and placed her under the care
of our best musical teachers. Her voice
is soprano, but its bird-like tones are
| inexpressibly sweet. Miss Nilsson
heard her sing last Sunday. At the
close of the services Miss Nilsson, with
the enthusiasm of genius greeting
kindred genius, rushed up to her, told
her her name, grasped her warmly by
the hand, and told her among other
pleasant things, "You can sing as well
as can; there are golden ducats in
your voice." and wound up with pres
sing her to call upon her at her hotel.
We will not undertake to describe her
singing. She must be heard to be ap-
preciated; and it is worth days jour-
ney to go and hear her sing. Already
she has been offered opportunities to
go to Europe and prepare for the eopeT-
attic stage.
THE SERMON.
Rev. DIR. Chaplin took for his text
Mark iv., 25-"For he that hath to
him shall be given, and he that hath
not from kim shall be taken even that
which he hath" This declaration,
he began, was in substance several
times in the New Testament. Its
meaning is enforcing attention to the
divine work. Its lessons are the same.
Capacity to improve belongs to all
conditions. After lengthy and elo-
uuent predatory explanation of the
great purport of the text he entered
upon its dominant lessons. He en-
forced thoughtful attention and culti-
walton as essential to progress in any
faculty. There was such thing as
SUNDAY HEARING,
a mere journalism of hearing. There
might be something in the preacher,
but Gods words, no matter the agents
who uttered them, never lacked cog
ency. To a man stung with the thorn
of sin what power in those WORDS
"There is joy in heaven over one soul
that repenteth,n - to one in the deep
depths of bereavement what beauty
and hope in those words, 81 am the
resurrection" They talk about read
ing the Bible in schools. 1t was no
matter where or when the Bible was
read. The great thing was anxious,
Jealous hearing. He showed how,
under all circumstances of life, prop
er reading of the Bible brought COM
fort. hope and life. Showing next
that there was no contradiction IN the
text, he urged as underlying it a di-
vine law. The faculty used strength
ems: the faculty disused withers and
l. nh sos1nr- t,xT rrG1rnor his ngn
can see further than any one else; the
athlete can accomplish physical re-
suits The physically unframed cannot.
So in the fine arts, the faculty of per-
eeption Of the beautiful by using il
becomes finer and more subtle. 1t Is
the same with the conscience, which
may become so cultivated as to be the
SUBTLE DETECToR OF WRONG.
And il is the same with our charities.
The more we give We want to give
illustrating this further, he entered
upon the practical application of the
text. In the first place every man
has 8 talent-a talent embodying pow
er and giving him place We are
responsible for what we have, not for
what we have not. The danger was
not that men of great capacities would
fall in their duty, but that men of
limited capacities would come short
in their duties. Under the shield of
obseurity such men slip away from
the work they should do. All have
power, all have capacity, and all are
responsible for them. Send out man
of large capacities with a wrong dis
position and he works for evil He
knew of nothing so near the devil as
"A man of educated brain only. A
scorching blast marked his pathway
In the great
WORKSHOP OF DUTY
the man ofright disposition never fails
to find something to do. An ascent
to Heaven is by gradual steps of pa
thence, hope and charity. An elo-
ouent illustration of this he gives in
the men stopping at their work on
the wretched ship Hero in the depths
Of the vessel, and how much nearer
thew were to Heaven than working on
the upper decks. Some, he went on
TO say, are troubled about their creed.
Greed is nothing. FGith in God and
an earnest determination to do right
are WlaI are Ndll6it. EdlLlluAlASSo AZ
the work of love and duty carry man
higher-carry men to Heaven. Some
think religion a charm-a life pre-
server that will bear them safely over
the stormy ocean of life to the part Of
Heaven. A felon condemned to death,
borrowed Bible from chaplain, and
found great comfort in Its pages, 80
good and exemplary he became that
the chaplain interceded in his behalf
and procured his pardon. On the
chaplain announcing to him his par
don, he grasped him fervently by the
hand. F'I thank you very much," /"
said he. "for your rintercession thank
you especially for this bible, and hope,
1 shall never want it again"
In closing he denounced most scath-
ingly what he characterized as this
sort of spasmodic Christianity, and
indicated the pathway to heaven as a
simple pathway of love and duty.