, 1873-10-20

sermon UY TIC &kGVs H&Ts 1l08tMGT$ OIL
Quincy.
The Roy. Mr. HcBmcr, Of Quincy, preached
yesterday morning Mt tho Fourth Unitarian
Church, on the corner Of prairio Gveuuo and Jhir-
tioth street. Tho attendance at tho Church was
not very iarge, but those who were present were
amply repaid by bearing an exceedingly logical,
instructive, and pleasant address. Dir. Hosmor
appears to DO rathor q young man, but there lB
30 much quiet oarneatuess in his manner. 10
much clsarness III Ills reasoning, anl auch IL
pleasant quality about bis delivery, that ho
plcasos while ho breaches. He has tho usual
Unitarian emphasis so pronounced ID tho
ney. Robert Collyer, observable in
q pause Immediately after the emphasized
syllable in a word or sentence. and a rapid Be-
quonce Of tho sounds following. His voice, too,
called up tho great practical divine, as did tho
foreo Of his remarks, ana tle attention Ao COM
manded.
Tho address SOLICITED for the occasion was, he
said, suggestod to him by tito twolfth and tbir-
teenth verses OF St. Pauls Second Epistlo to tho
philippians, chapter II, being as follows I:
'Worl out your own. salvation with foar aud
trembling, for il Ia God that workoth in you to
will and to do"
Truth, said Mg. Hosnaor, has often been cont
parod to spear, and tho comparison was an apt
ono in many respects. Observed from different
standpoints, 1t presented variety Of appear
ancos. Whist was regarded us absolutely true
from ono standpoint, appeared from anothor to
DO absolutely false, and tho superficial practice
Of regarding any phase Of Truth aa absolute
and exclusive was the parent of orrors. Abso-
Lutte truth could only bo attained by regarding it
in its various aspects, and oo-orlluating its
phasoa. Aa IN instance OF apparent oontradic-
tion ho cited the dogmas of Fate and Froo-will,
each OF which was maintained, and had been
for centuros ia Rtato Of antagonism against
tho other. Tho idea Of Fate waa ono from
which human intelligence ahrank in horror, 1t
was to some as though life we're unrollod liko 0
written acroll, and TINT the every action OF tho
individual were there mapped out for him. ne-
voting as this Wow would aud did appear to
many, tho speaker callod the attention Of hla
hoarora to glance back at their past lives, aud
abked II thoir memory did not greatly teaem-
bio such scroll read backwards. Mon felt
that they, wera entirely FREQ and wrote their
before him, the speaker asked, whu had naver
felt tho freedom OF hiA will feltorod BY au acol-
dent or chain OF crcunssaucos2 There wore,
no vsntursd ID, to say. timos ln all our liyoa when
doctrine. falso; and Froo-Will lad ita limits-
tionH Truth 10y along the equatorial limo be-
twoon themi consisted III reconciliation at both
upon some ground, not otcar to ns; not
orr practical 1ifo. Lilo itzelt was nyatery,
and all our deepest and most onrnest experiences
wore tingod with 1t. To think Of formulating
these and wording out tha problem from tho
formulao, was lllo fonoiug IN landscape to pro-
tlo Of Christianity in Tho toxt drew no alarp lluo
betwaen the conditions Of :aelt-doponitonce
aud Divine Guidance. uo placed tho especial e,,,-
phasis upon tho individual. and tho oiroimstancoa