The Portland daily press., 1873-03-17

| lvered at City Hall last evening by Rev. Mr..
Buck of Park street church. About 1900 peo-
| PIE were present, who manifested the closest
Interest throughout the DISCOURSE The effort
was an able one, abounding with fresh thought,
and delivered with much energy and appropri-
ateness. The singing was led by the choir of
Park street church. rn.1
Mr.. Buck announced that he would speak of
the religion in which all religious people may
be at one with each other and with God, the
religion which lies at the heart of Christianity
and constitutes its essence. He proceeded to
| speak, first, of Mans Desire. Mans desire
reaches out towards God the Word of God
which creates continues in the created soul.
The restlessness of our lives, the powerlessness
of all temporal things to satisfy the soul arises
from this fundamental yearning of human ma
| tire for God. H-.-.2 no O -
Second-God's Answer. God answers this
| cry of the human soul by revealing himself
The scene of this primary revelation is the soul
itself; by the Spirit bearing witness there God
| is known in the outward revelation God is
revealed in the spiritual things that are
spiritually discerned," !" in things that are open
not to mere skill and learning, but to the
"babes." He is inaccessible to logic and arith-
| metic, but mmanent in sentiment, eludes al
ways menta, grasp, consents freely to spiritual
| perception. You can far more speedily persuade
| the child that it is good to be tender, trusty
and true. than you can teach him even the
Shorter catechism. The possible objection
that chat which is highly esteemed among
men is an abomination in the sight of God''
was considered at some length. The moral
verdict OF mankind is, in the long run, on the
side of virtue and Godlikeness. 1t is the word
immanent in man which enables man to dis
cover the perfectness of the Divine works, to
wrest from distant worlds the secrets of their
order, and in the Handicapped towers and
gorgeous palaces" of cloud and sunlight, to dis
cern more than the eye of sense can measure.
Much more the Word discloses to man the
glory of goodness; it empowers him, in the
realm of conscience and morals, to repeat the
| fiat of Omnipotence, Let there be light.
Third-The At-one-ment being consummated
| what follows? With brief reference to Jesus
as the most conspicuous example of the atone
| ment, and the illustrations in which its points
may be studied, the speaker proceeded to notice
| an essential token of this at-one-ment
which has not held in the public regard
| the prominence which it held in the
life of Jesus; namely, diyineness in
character and in action. or in another word,
goodness. He insisted upon fruitfulness in do
ing the will of God, as a sure result and test of
tn. at-one-ment. There is true place Tor re-
ligious sentiment. There is a true place for
religious belief, but the fulflment and crown
both of sentiment and belief is action,
They who listen to the revealing Word breath
ed in the soul, and, obeying at all costs, devote
themselves to the active service of spiritual
things, to the active illustration of that good
NESS inwhich God is manifested in human life.
They are, in the more exalted sense, children
of God; for it is they who are "led by the
Spirit" And they are one body, "bond and
fee, Jew and Gentle. by one spirit baptized
Into one body" -d cE
FRE.-The Cliff Cottage near Portland
Head Light in Cape Elizabeth, was entirely
destroyed by fire early Saturday morning. The
building belonged to Prof. Hyatt of Boston,
and was insured for $5.OOo The house was oc-
cupied by Grin Ring, ESQ.,, to whom the furn-
ture belonged In the early part of the night
Mr.. Ring and his son were aroused by noise
in the back part of the building, but finding
| eVeTyInIug sale tuey aSdlu TeCIeu. ABOUT Lnree
o'clock, the servant girl, whose sleeping room
was in the ell of the bouse, came to Mr.. Rings
room, nearly strangled with smoke, and gave
| the alarm. The fire had made such progress
that it was then impossible to save the building
and but very little furniture. A dozen car
pets were lost and the bedding and furniture of
dozen sleeping rooms together, with nearly
everything in the kitchen and dining room, in
Guiding the silver plate and two gold watches,
which Mrs. Ring had in place that could not
be reached. There was $270O insurance on Mr..
Rings property $500 of which was on a horse
| and carriages, which were saved. The furni-
ture of the parlor, including piano. on which
there was an insurance of $3.50, was saved. Mr..
Rine's loss is largely in excess of the insurance.
1t is the general impression that the house was
set on fire by some one who had entered for the
purpose of plunder, as the paddock on the sta
BILE door was found drawn, and the fire origin
ated in part of the building in which there
was no stove or ashes. The appearance of
man prowling about the premises once or twice
BEFORE causing uneasiness strengthens the
opinion that the fire was occasoned by an in
cendiary. r--'sirce
The insuran ce on the house was II the Etna
and that on the furniture in the Commerce of
| Albany.