The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-26
Afternoon Services.

Afternoon Services.
The church at the afternoon services, beginning
at four O'Clock, was again crowded with worship
pers, although not so greatly as in the morning.
The principal speaker was George Truman, OF
Philadelphia, who dscoursed on the meaning OF
the Quaker faith. He illustrated the life and
growth Of the Christian by the New Testament
figure OF q tpee. Men did not expect to gather
fruit from the trunk Of the tree; neither did they
expect to gather 1t from the limbs, in the early
Spring time, nor In the season Of blossom; but
towards the close of the Summer OF life they might
find 1t in the outermost branches, ready In growth
for the light and power OF the sun TO bring It to
perfection and ripeness. SO it was with human
hearts and minds. He then asked what was the
light which was poured by God into the soul OF mann
With the prisms Of science the light OF the sky
could be analysed into multitudinOus cOors; 50
that light which shines upon the mind 1.-THE 'in-
ward lightly could In the same manner be separated
goodness, the charity and the grace OF God; and
when In Its magnificent brightness IL came pouring
into the soul Of man 1t was received BY him and
called by the name OF
CONSCIENCE
the something that told him when he was doing
wrong. Without that light there would be no real
blossom at all upon the tree or fife. When 1t came
into the soul chamber, as 1t did into the inner cells
the tree, IL would remove jealousy, hate detrac-
ton and all other corruption as the light OF heaven
cured the diseases and the hurts OF the plant. When
IL obtained the ascendancy In the heart IL removed
calledY IL should be named God, for He was love:
and when 1t should reign In the soul there would
exist
SWEET HARMONY
between man and the Most High. The soul would
become one with that power that rules heaven and
earth. Here was the affinity with the divine ma
ture-this light OF God In the SOUL He worked with
love to the purifying Of the mind. and when at last
we should throw or the unclean garments OF SIN
we would reach that blessed state In life when we
would at last have perfect communion with God.
All other means Of attaining this had failed This
WRITTEN ON THE HEART OF MAN,
the same light which had snone, through oil ages,
from His holy countenance, and which yet shines
and 10 l0und new and beautiful for each day ana
hour. 1t was given US that in all circumstances We
might gl0Tify Him. listening 10 His voice TO direct
our steps being as little children, really and truth
fully, joint heirs OF God with Christ. No vcarious
action could possibly be used In the receiving and
obeyng OF this light.
The reverend preacher then diated on the idea
our bodies. as people often seemed to think, our
bodies were only attached to the SOUL me spir-
itual was unquestionaby the true man. People
talked OF eternity as II we would know nothing
we were
GROWING IN ETERNITY,
and our eternal existence did not begin, but con-
tinued after the death OF the natural being, when
our vision would be wider than now and tending
toward that nnal state when we could glorlfy God
with perfect praise and enjoy Hin forever. Man
was not born an animal, with merely
Divine force in the merest child-an
unconscious power that would last long after HIS
earthly life had ceased. The being OF God entered
son, and moulded him with His love, justice and
purity into the divine lie. Then could he realize
the higher grace OF God. Then would each make
for himself channels for usefulness and goods for
boarded, but to be spread over the earth among
our fellow men, "BY this shall au men know ye are