, 1873-08-21

Tho RNYs W. r. HtBMhFtt AtlWAuAeN AftNu4H
Tho Nov, NJ. G. Briggs Evanston.
Tho Noy. T. n s'atteraeId, L'bortyvlllo.
TSs Ths sy. issy. s. Nerfon u ffes's nssnton MtA's'''
Tho lsov. 4. Traveller, lark nligo.
Tho 1sov. =. Mc0lish, Deaptaincs.
Fhs Fhs IT, ss; + T. sni,s, ,s b.'stinS b.a.ias;on
Tho nov. T. T, Marah. Oak rark.
Tho nov. i: il. Niillel, Wheaton,
Tho Rev. II. e. Cantino. Gonova. |
Tho lsov. 4. A. blanchard, 81. Charlcs
Tho Isov. Il. Wright burlington.
IT, IT, Rsy sy AZ, RsSisa esasa; 3yensys Ryssssys
Tho 1ey. 9. Primo, 1omont.
It iB optional with tho churches to attonl or
not. It is fact, however, that for tho last ton
OF twelve yoarB tho attendance on tho part OF
tho membership aud pastors has boon large !
othors wore present last evening at
",, tao opening Sov Services " amons pang %nG%
Daniels, ". +. stownrt, =. NJ: Boring, OF Chi
cago; tho Rov. Il. Boatty, Of Darlington tho
Rev. Il. s. Cantino, Of Geneva tho Nev: !.
Clifford, OF DAutlooe,,; and tho hov. a. u. Mlt-
ler, of Whoaton. The services wore oponed by
slnging tho aixtoonth hymn Of tho Song 8oryice
collectien
pcfore Jeh0vnhb awful Thrnnc
70 nations bow with aacrc1 Joy;
Nnow that the Lord 1A God nlouct
Ho can crtate md Tic destroy.
Tho Rov. Il. g. Cantino who ia ohorister Of
tho meeting, led the gtnging.. Thia VAS followed
By prayer, ind then came tho singing OF tho
hymn, commencing
q for thousand tongues to sing
My great retlee,nor's praiSo.
After Which catno tho opening aormon by tho
Rev. DR.. Dandy the Presiding Efdor. who choso
for hia text tho words % SCRIPTURE fecordou LII
Exodus 80: 14-18, ns1d Jshn lA lo~2o.
Thoso passnges, one from tho o1a 7ssts- Maa.
present tho game thought, universal
and. unchangoable.-dod'e presence csc G,xna H.
%pp oaale tho iS 1Rs pSoe ss'es c like tho
OF water dating itB birth far back ln timo' ana
on through tho years aud through all lands
eyer flowing ever changing ever tho II
tial features always romaining the same, md the
man always tho eamo. Sin ia alao tho aamo, and
tho relation OF man to God tho Hamo' y, Ihere ~
also tho same mood of an atonoment. Thcrs ro arc
conditions arc not arbitrary, and hence
not temporary, In tho nature Of things
Tho Church Is in tho world but not Of tho world.
moss, as tho toxt doclaroH md whic. is corrobor-
atod In orr Lord'a address to John. l. This
separatenesa was not Of raco. ''6ay not we
| have Abraham as our father" 2. It is not
| simply and solely orgnnic; for example,
| national. Moses mission wae . hot 10
| rropount1 theories Of political regeneration or
| national glory. Ho ii not to be olaaacd with
| Alexander, Chnr1omHgno, or Napoleon. Iho
Jowa wero nation, and 80 wero tho Egyptians
| and AssyrianH, 8. Tho Church IL not an organ
ism similar to Odd Fellowship, Mason.
~, or Temperance, with good moral
ends, and unexcoptionnblo moral machinery.
1. It ia donominational correctness Of opinion,
strong party af1lnities, and iutonHo party zeal.
| s. It is not simply social Htato, bnsed upon
| community Of thought, taste, condition iu
| life aud purposes. On tho other hand.
| eimplY aud positively, tho people ot
| God are separate, because GODS
presence i8 with then,. This presence Is known
| by themselves to be With thom, and tho world
knows that they arc separate, because the pross.
enco of God is with thom: Gods presence le
issue between secondary eansss dna', ana uoa %
1Iun' Nina"a ,,;a oacandon,cv hie witldrava]
- r"na,,,o lin inv fortr iova and nights attest
| Wi ;1,sa ianJon 10 yonnNtMn ontrrnripa will
! LUIS 1ue tonuoA 40 HGuot Hs9t @ o at nn+ xr,n
| 1all, As LOT lhis HUI 41o6ust ~ WV M, Nv: t 80
has become OF him, make us G0us. lnc luHt1.
| meatnIity filled their oyo. Tho tonuofloy
| alWayB to lose sight OF tho principles, anC
aonauous' Moses and faul aro our Rors, ~ 'Iu: ~,
feslte "e ia'i tacA r4po' s.' haa,o. h of77y,Ea, r.