, 1873-10-13

to ask ourselves II NO do not labor IN vain and
spend our strength for naught, aud how much
more than tho pleasant yolco of one who Gnu
play we'll on All instrumont !'reachng Is 70 my
lowed up their Sunday sermon viii, a wool-
day catcchfsm, minister celled on M
old lady who kept storo mud aakcd i,or how
much bho remembered Of hin last eiAconrso,
! do not rcuiombor m1ol', R!.e antd. mn got
ting too oil, vos SEQ; but did ron,on'bor, OH
Monday morning, to burn my b1shol n1oaslro.
Tlluro waH enough In TINT aswor'to koop tint
word ca,no 10 lin Of tic worth Of Lily ministry:
1t was nota pleasant voice tho woman Hoard that
morning; thore was nutter Of tho thunder Of
tho Iudgneut-day In 1t that sle must hood at
shonla faco tho fro or burn tho bushel. Our
trouble to-day Ia TINT tho sermon Ia preaohea,
but wo aro not euro tho false mcaHtlre kindoa
the Monday morning fro
4. But nm not disposed again to 10y tue
whole blame of this on tho rows and acqnlt
tho pulpit. 1t acems to mo that tile presoner IL
quito as much at fault rs tho hoaror. believe,
as boliovo in God, that mon naturally prefer
Him to that which re have como to oall tho
devil, aB thoy naturally prefer wheat to bran.
Orif agail, tho proaehor has rejected those
| evil dogtnas, and reads Darwin, Huxley. Tyn.
dali, or Spencer, tho presumption IL that the old
bright hres OF faith are paling down, anu dylng
ont III, tho poontldo sun Of leRson and science:
| ue praya no longor In tho swaot certainty TINT
ho IL pouring hie hcnrt into the heart Of n
father. He thinks no longer OF God who cares
fur him nj surely aud as directly AZ caro tof my
children. The immortality Of tho personal. sop.
| alate soul iB not conviction for which ho WILL
do, but II surniso o7or which he wonders. Now,
proacher Gun no moro convince ABOVE the
measure Of Ills own conviction tl,ah you can
/ mike pint of milk into quart by pouring
| from ono vessel into anoshor.
| Now would not, for QUO moment, question
tho truth Of reason and sclonco.. consider
theee mon have mentioned to bo In tho apos-
way. and full Of tho Holy Spirit Of truth, but 1t
iB not the whole TRUTH and especially it is not tho
| truth tho preacher is called above I'LL things to
toll. Ills business is most urgently aud car. cur
In man, aid through that to bring
nun and God togothorri to call
out the latent powcrs Of faish and hope aud love,
to make men Christ-like, and thereforo God
aud right spirit, as tho primo condition Of any
lifo worth living horo or anywhere. Ho has to
do with tho CITADEL thoy have to do with tue out
works, aud 10 ii bis preaching resolves God tu-
to mean tho fitness Of thingp, and concludes that
noblest In hs own nature, It may 10 to them az
q worry loevly song OF one who hath pleasant
to salvation, either to sinner or q saint.
What. then, last OF all, oan bo done
to hea1 these troubles Of the pulpit and
the pews2 It is hardly needftl to answor tli1s
question. Tho statements have made from
nv own observation contain thoir own Auswors.
With the first those Of you that are Of my own
dock have nothing ut all to do, but I have
thought there may be strangers on a SUNDAY
like this to whom might Say word even on
that point, and that word ia, II your minister ia
tho man he ought to DO, do not lot the caros OF
this world choke the good seed 80 Tint ho will
become unfruitful. Give him the power to 1.-Two
easily. to be hoapitablo and generous to tho
| .,onr. n will MI ro,na bnck to you in Gospel
o. the second trouble have. nothing TO Say
to my own look. II you had carod for tll9
dressing moro than for aucl poor Wanda as
havo beon able to provide, my fourteen years
ministry would mover layo been thought Of
But If that woman is here who could not hea'
tho minister for his voice. I want to say, Sister
yon aro making ono Of the eaddcst mistakes
can think Of. You would not have hoard st
Paul for precisely tho samo reason. On tht
third count gtand With my brethren. Ny bear
Ia sometimes 30 heavy with the foar that, pleaa
ant OF unpleasant, my voice may only DO to 30,
mo 60. It may DO all foolish and wrong to lo
sucl q thought lurk in my nature, but I lonl
sou,etimos with an intolerable longing to know
that lavo really holped to enye n soul. I woul'
rather know had dono that than TINT hat
pleased ten thousand and when ono who ha
heard me goes out OF my reach into the DARK
my heart s Ieayy as load with tho thought tha
/ might hayc saved TINT man. or another n,igh
, II he had stood in my place. Whom va
, younger, and life sat moro lightly. On me, !
asocmad sometimes like very lovely song talk
spark OF roal cheorfulneaa las gone out with til
. tthat men are Walking through thi
n world III . dumb despair on all side
4 in agonies OF trouble, men aud women who nee
r not science or culture, hut simple faith All
= trust in God. Flo is revealed to as "a Christ.