The New York herald., 1872-10-14

ghOstIy. character which ordinarily depfesues tho
feelings and flls the mind with iugubrous thoughts
that cast their sombre shadows over all faces il
the gathering. An immense assemblage gathered
here seems animated BY sympsthetic, decorous
gadness that contrasts strongly with the almost
suiien devotion that may be observed In the dim
light or other pOnderOus and cAeerless structureg
sERvIcEs YESTERDAY.
Yesterday tho CONVERSATION was very large, Au-
hymns The many hundreds Of socss s~ssa ss sss
strains grsnMdy; M r. Tne organ v ine one and thc
The Rev. DIR. Scudder preached from the text
'whst ia TRUTH" According to Ris conception
there was cortain magic In some m0nosyuabus
Was the word-truth. There we're varieties ss' q
truth. There was the TRUTH or the animal nature.
protect and make the most Of our temporal bOdien
But that was the first story OF tue structure, c0n-
there was the truth OF inteiiectuai ife In tsis
sphere men have dug and deved and t0iled even a.
miners do into the bowels Of the carth until to-day
there remained OF their busy brains but f0rsakcIs
holes, abandoned m mes, surrounded with dirt
and debris, but out OF which could come no silver
Then there was
THE TRUTH OF OUR SPIRITUAL NATURE
which included all that pertalned to our immortal
sons-man and God, life and eternity, time and
destiny hereafter. II was like the topmost story
above the earth to observe the stars. The two
lower storles-thc animal anu the Intellectual
were buRt merely to uphold TINS third story where
the sou calmly sits and investigates all morai aud
spiritual truth.
The world Afforded US . very mixed state OF
things. Good and evil were suJtlcly entwned. aad
II became mans hourly and m0lnenrary duty to
discriminate right and wrong. IT was Of the high
est import that he should d Sc0ver what the truth
was-errOr never could save him. He might believe
In II with all his heart put 1T would eventually
rise mp and % say tnat he had diScoverea absolute s
truth; fet y One had once said, N answer to the
SastereS Il w naes e @ aSnrsy snd nss
divine power that had given birth to the Christia0
Church, and had sent hcrads all over the world to
relterate that claim, until every soul should be
satisfied.
CHRIST rHE ssrRUTH."
Christ was the truth in two ways. He was the
real representation OF God to us-the image OF the
invisible Father-the Divine reality In the highest
OF all possible senses lie was the truth. Tbs
preacher painted In a hideous light the gods Ol
mythology. and continued that Christianity had
given US Christ, and tlc contrast had only to be
drawn for us to see that Osiris, Jupiter and Odin
were nothing but myths, absurd dreams, WiN
g. wisps. to lure men to destruction. Secondly.
Moved from him as waters OF life out OF
perennial spring; or Hoods Of light from tns
veaed what man ought to be- Sf Il 's was sad I how sr
we differed from that ideal man. The truth OF re-
demption which the accumulated wisdom OF no age:
was able to solve He took in hand, saved the words
II cost Him His ie. He arose from the darkness Of
the sepulchre, displaying
new luminary For many centuries these truths
Of His have been put to the proof La other spheres
placed In another. But not SO with the truths Of
Christ, that low In all countries and all times like
% mighty river that win never dry up They have
nighted souls to make them tree with the liberty
OF sons OF God; have bound up broken hearts.
surely, no one has honestly put them to the tess
without becoming disciple OF Ills.
So far as men see the truth they are bound to
accept 1t and to hold it. Plate was false to what
he knew. He threw away pcarl--s0ld 1t Tor gain.
for 0ffice: How significant was thlsY Men fail Of
eternal life because they Will not follow the truth
as far as they can see it. They may ask what IL
truth; but they do not wait for an answer, and on
second thoughts do not desire to know what 1t IS.
Jesus Christ Is the truth accept and follow Him.
Pay the same price for the truth as thirsty man
pays to spring Of water in the mountains. He
can have as much OF it as he can take withOut
money ana without price.