, 1873-03-17

An Eloqyiont DfacoNrAo hy Mrs. ID.
r. LtvcrInorc, ut Robert Collycr's
Church, Yesterday MORNING.
Mrs. Ltvcrtnore occupied tho pulpit at the
locture-room Of Robert Collycr's church yostcr
day forenoon. Tho announcement TINT she
would speak raisod tho audience In numbers
plightly aboye tho usual Sunday average. Tho
maunor In which poop1c gathered indicated lato
rising, and tho dlla!ory performance Of house,
loll duties A few ca1no ut 10 o'c1ook Most,
hovoyor, cnmo mich later. A largo number
can,o struggling in betwoon II and half-past II,
ma1sing tho hymns dlacordant, and sadly
ta.anginE tho continuity Of tho pre-
paratory portion Of tho diacourao. Amoro untimo-
" clutter Of ,lnmlRical loathor has rarely boon
heard upon tho uucarpoted boarda bf my sanc-
tuary, Mrs. Iivermore Hoons to hayo aged oon-
sidcrably since ahc loft tho healthy regions Of
Chicago, and subjected horself to the oagor and
and nippfng northwest Mrs Of Boston. sho woro
q neat, black silk drees, ornan1entol only by an
expensive gold.chain at tho wniat. white laco
oollar waa Fastened by plain gold pin nbout tho
throat. Her hair was dreBsod close to tho head,
aftor tho simple manner OF such excellent mo-
rahsta as Hannah Moro aud Miss Edgowortl,.
She frat road an appropriate selection from tho
New Testament. Tho congregation Joined in
singing tRc hymn cOMmoHclnE-
"Oh, Thou, whose proseuoe glowB In al,
Within around, above"
forvont prayer, aud the singing Of another
hymn preceded tho sermon. The words ohouon
as "motto" for tho DISCOURSE woro from tho
first cpistlo. Of Paul to Timothy, lat, 18th:
War good warfare" Tho treat1nsnt Of tho
thomo was entirely extomporaneous. Tho
speaker said that those must have had small or
porionca Of lfo, and gono but a littlo WY out Of
the goldcnost days Of youth, who have got to
learn that Life iR a conflict, warfare n battlo
As we 90 on ~ Nfo ws come TO understand II
worry thoroughly. Tho battle is not ono in
which wo e. oan procure . substitute; each must
II s or ner pse our Ros9n h9 is o
changed, in q measure, by our own will after
wards. We cannot possibly escape from soma
portion Of the struggle. From That warfare thcre
s no aischa'rgo. but DEATH God d! doos not look
havc seemed to aucceod ~ tho struggle pasa
| away, people say TINT the Princes or princeasca
Of tho NGrld hhyo gone, and praise thom as mag
| ni9cent. Dut they succeeded from the stand-
! point Of aeldshneas. When persons pass through
lifo quietly and unobtruaively. lko q serenofv-
! flowing brook, people think they bave failed
! utterly md their deaths arc not noted md ro-
markable. Yet God and tho angels bond down
oonqnorors,. because thoy lived not for them
selves, but for othors. Tie conditions by which
we live aro three: BY. working, by begging, or
M by stealing: Thoao Who attempt to liye by the
! the work that makes lifo hard md woarisomc,
and vet such arc the facilities Of tic age, that,
with all cur toll, We live easter than did tho pre-.
hsfG1s 1 asn msn whg subastad simply on game
Boston priles horself on her superiority in
| humanity, yet In TINT city, tho most expensive
place IN the world to live. thoro are 22 oo2 women
! who earn their living by tho ncedle-not by tho
sowing machine, but by the needle piled by
| hand. TheHo women onrn fifty conts q day. and
many OF them hive helpless parenta, uHeloss
husbands nnd young clildren to support. ls 1t
havo VIC to DO unforgiving to those whom God
docs not refuse to forgive and to rocoiso7 Tho
speaker used to think that womon woro tho
most tried, and haa tho soYoreat fate in tho
She had visited mining rogona, a,id great p1nn,,-
factories; Hho had attended tlloir mootings and
hoard thom speak. Their fate seemed q hnrd
one there seemed really nothing for them to do
| but to lie down md die.
But trouble was not confined to workiugnlon
alone: Business men and capitalists 1ad thair
tronelea, which wero scarcely lesa. In the
Sss OF p sbpn Sbsr 'hbas brn 'fSn se Il pa ea
! Greek. But some rnuat always have tho nf!-
vantage, aud othora must fail, and to those who
fnil come anger. notification ruin, and the pos
Bibilitics Of crime. Tho worlds progrosa alao
| il always conflict between right and wrong,
Tho roformere nro nWayR calling the world to
como up higher and thoBe whoao mnterfal lii
forests orc involved arc always resisting, oven to
tle death.
There is tho warfare within ones self in the
silent watches Of tho night, known to no one but
him ThoHo breast Ia the battle-neld. Every ono
Las Lis hours Of ,lttor loneliness, whom ho thinks
he is beloved Of no ono, and known to no one.
Wo meot and touch at a fow points, and eay we
know ono another. Frequently thoao who were
nursed on the Same BOSOM feod tor years ht the
samo table, arc thomost complete Btrangors to ono
| another. There arc secrets we don't toll to our
most Intimate friends, Our secret annse Of in-
Jury. our anger that leaps out liko q tiger from
| jungle, our groat paBHionB, Our appetites, are
| things to be silently watched and guarded.
Thora arc soE1ows that can never bo expressed
In words, which oven wild horses could not drag
| uH to mention. Each ono haa aB much sorroW
as ho can bear and 1.-Two, and We al1 luow this oil
one another. Therefore, tho lack of kiudnoBa
and sweet courtesy Ia tho more surprising.
The moral Of tho discourse was, that there was
no such thing as ultirnnto defeat. God is still
In tho world; Ho is still our great Blleet-anchor
We arc still His children. Our wounds and
chastenings are lessons. VIC do not b}amo thc
surgeon for hiH inosfonB, Ills cuttinga-o1f and
his cauterizngs. 1hoy are for tho bost. Ihia
world is but the infant school to tho great uni.
veraity beyond. Our friends arc still about ua
in spirit Wo may rejoice and bo glad that what
is not completed here. what IL not finished hero,
will be completed and perfected In eternity.
| THE CITY HALL PLANS.