, 1874-10-12

light. and, III tho end, onnoolc tle chRf0otoF,
whAte7er 1nAg be thetr a1nmeatato eueot, ougas gt
u bo eont:onnnea' 1or 'nos VIZ nouS'S pun'
oa'on '1e saao' --
nHE Pulpit.
Its Peculiar Limo Of Thought.
p,of q,r;no h.y,nr in mart recoyored frum
A'' .o ,ti,o.. ,,,o.,ho1 .o.tor5nv
MS feeent ee'esS iu1ees, p1e.'u.1 sea'e1a"s
morning at tne eouEta en"tca1 1ak'ug ~ ois
text:
1eta mau 10 account Of 10 ns Of tho niniEtors Of
chris. anl stewards of tho mysteries Of aod.L Cor.
r.,l.
At times the agent, acting under = common
.aythlv ma.tor, must read over hls Instructions,
Aha seep shas eeso,e MN .ns wn'sse.onS -. na
power 10 saJ' sell, baisa' teas ao"7', " Ok
phange. To 70 beyond tho instructions OF na
,liet. or to fall short OF them, destroys tho
character Of tie aeryant mud agent, and, for the
n1ne' n'aAe' u'l4 VIC u@e1o's wv wv e"s
tho goods or enterprises becomes only an anaor-
ling. To s,tch . custom among business mon
Paul alladus when he Gays, "Let mon, &C.
eouA' 70 10 h ~ aa.s",a, .1 - nod y
And sse"afua OIL tue mysteries oA oou
The same rliea which regulate tho conauct o'
man must huld in This higher form Of stewards
eh,r and I'm aoanea.n;niater nav not 10 be-
sa.p, 49,. s.~ .ha". =, 49, ,n,tr,,t,ono isquo,,
soaa' noe con' enots ", -uo =. ~
to him FROM tho Great King. IL - supposed Dy
some readars OF tho 0reox text that IN tnts
word "stoward" Paul. In poetic voin. HaW tho
aarvant ~ . Ktnoly foaat rotnc here and there,
49,, s.a,a ~ a;lvar cnna NJ vim "a tha
c*fFs'ut' sno guy VI "'.A sasD ~ r.s r.s,. ~
eneass' or caf9yanE So'"s Moass6e a4oaa AsnH ~
Queen or - subject Ct tlo banquet ana ahus
man muBt see the Christian 11l.s,hter. aa passing
to and fro between the great loader, Christ. @
tho 1ufinlto One, carrying tho gifts or words Of
fered to thr children OF men. Il is not tmpor-
taut what particular sense 1nay have been II tho
mind Of St. Paul; the lesson Is onn ana the
same, that the Gospol-rniniatcr is not master
Of empires and shronoa, bnt . Steward henanea
in bv Instructions, aud not daring to venture be-
Joud. 49,.
The question thas arises ig. VIVA. arc :. thoae s,
rnultat1ao7 : What cups tnay nc onef g tnoIr
1ips, -What messages may 10 carry from King to
aubicct, fr',,n ruler " suestf IN ahs%eF
il give. w, by the galnt.-the preacher Is
steward OF tho mysteries OF tod nome COM
mentatoes tell us TINT tho truths Which tho min
lister OF religion brings nfe called myeteraoB,
simply beca 1ae man did not uncover tnam by
his intellect. bit oniy tarou8t 1eVelat1on puk
that haslnE nssn feyoned; snes r." t no nra ao,o i
be enumerated among the plalne8t o. M lhsta.
We cannot but ro1ect my 6lon ahsefpfetatloh
Of Paul's words: aud must concoae 'tnat Y
stewards vi tho mysteries oi COD he inai-
Gated tho perpetual nature ot TIC PROPOSITIONS
f.% II
As rack. H1hteileh peeAuso a.. n "a t ~ .as.'s. -.
outsct. unable to discover thotn. nut; having
been discovered, they ere lncomprohons.ble still.
God. hayitr.. beon rcYeaiua, lnA lot become =
air,1In an. ,}v.Faceivod fact alld immediately,
h,,sn1 hn., ,ia.1, rol hy the savior did nut be-
come . plain face e-to-face truth. but renaine to-
day an idea OF peculiar strangeness and difficult
ty. By 'tmyalosles OF God" therefore, wo aro
not to understand ideas that wero once too great
for man, but now by ho.p Of revelation Aze
but ideas ti.at will always march along with
veilea face,, nko tho o}assio di4initios, which,
from the ni,abus, coudnee III, but remain tlenl-
selves unseen by lnortals. Tho Gospel ministry
are, lhcro3o orc, called to Q peculiar taak, ,-nono
Other thar That Of beiug servants OF God III the
helt1s Of nis deepest aud greatest mystery ser-
wants at q foagt where tho cups aro full Of uu-
known vinog. and the gusBts have asBonbled
from unknown shores, and aro about to adjourn
TO lands equally unseen,
No class of thiukers Is eallcd upon to spend
};fo in 20 ptcu1lnr a nlfl.-coye,eu with yauna
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