, 1874-11-30

should come Into m Intelligent and hearty SYM
pathy With tho command that 1t could bo UNDER
stood why It vas uooeaasry that tho
world should hoar tho Gospel. There
Was 10 other Agency to overcome sin and purify
tho leatta Of mon. Civilization had failed to
tako ita place. Weodn grow boat aide BY eido
With tho choicest flowers. and sin thrlvoe best Ia
tho soil Of tho tnoat refined civilization. Oivii-
cation laB uade tho Dar.room more gorgeous
a at1ess.e ana ths Esmnaas asa na asn moTa e1a 10
our moat public ssrocts, and made Aldermen OF
known md professional gamblers. Civilization |
lcouges houBcs OF prostitution. which arc fro |
etea n :hsse wq heara ssoa .ae eaa
t,ounuoss. And tho mora corrupt tug ntay tue |
more crowded tho houee by tho so'oallod moral
otasBcn Of tho community.
Civilization invented divorces, nna. s1s - r.
ms Tilli,ilY b!nu Who did not sco and acknowl-
edge it. Can civil Inn mako ooulnunislcb p,ro
and upright7 The most stringent leglsation
could novor eradicate sin from on, community: Il
lIceuso tha destruction Of the bodios and aouls
Of men in decent mud rcBpectablo manner.
Could education purify aoototy2 No onc had q
higher appreciation Of our common f schools thar
thoir only and slecpleas enomy--tho Roman
Catholic Cturch-ahould hayo to openly aeek
thoEr overthrow, ho would BE-, found
to "n'1n ,t snttoo sS "ith ~. =, not tSo as
savior Of tho world. You may storo tho hoad
vi.h tho choicest intellectual food, hut tho leart
will retna,n AZ before. A. man does not love
Truth and vlrtua any mara hecauaa he eau solvo
an algebraio probloIn. or nano the stars in tia
education reform dr1nkayda, purify tho huart Of
hcnhInitv, or stav tito hand uf the thiof or mr.
tcrcr2 The speakcr wonld have tile stroams OF
knowledge tfo" everywhere. but when It wna
md ft,M} u,t,I iAe
tiful with tho etornu1 pictures OF vir-
tue, loliursr. nnd place. lie thought
satllcr nistako WAS novor made. Education,
divorced from Christianity, its handn1nid, waH
morals Jupt aB truly III Col hud written in tho
voly pilyalcal constitution OF Han, Tho wicked
phnll not live ont half thor days." 70 1t Wan tho
acknowledged truth that virtue III neccastty to
THO anMc law wRH written III the constitution OF
nations, righteousness c1a!toth a natlon, hut
s,n is tho dchtrnctlon OF anv people, HodB
laws aso wiser than husnaa enactmcntal Edu-
cation viii nos t,il tl'e vacuum e, |, ,n
fow evenings teforo leaned that tho cultivation
Of tho domestic yirsMeB wnR tbs renaody for
soctal ovitA. 1heao virtues woro doaned to bo
n knowledge mud loyo Of houaot1old duties. Of
literature, Of nre, aud Of tho means Of healthy
recreation. Tho lecturer was Objectionable to
tho s1caker t,ut SO much because OF what was
raid aa OF what wns loft unhaid. 1lr. 6churz
EAyo ~ tho oire for The evil Of iutomporauce tho
o1epins Of moro parks and frco concost-halls.
Tic gpoalicr intl boon waited upon \ lew days
hefora hy a, Insane u,an, who also had theory
for thu cure of Incompetence cqunl to
that at Mr. 6churz:: uo wanted to borrow
$4,000 to erect public fountains through
ont tho city, which ho claimed would euro
| tue owl, for mou drank whlekY bccause they
| could not get watcr!" TITO speaker thought h1r.
| Achnrz anu tho ilisano visitor about Oh par III
| their rcncdlcr
11,n. tI,,,,uor,j xr.rs n0o n rteor man than
| Mr. :scl.rr.: sa,d, "Ile fenr Of the Lord Is the
| beginning ut wisdom" Alr. Schurz waB ike tlio
wotd-ta refornlors, who throw tho Dolo aade
| a,tl dcthroucu God and took down tho cfoHs md
! cannot rcCencratc society, for tho moral disease
! il III tho heart aud CAN 0nly DO craaica:el by
| Tho implaMtng Of nov and holy des,roB, atid by
| tho inspiration Of life n,otlyo which by its
diysuu grandeur shall Eocone the mold to which
dvlucty n aud character shall be formed.
Tue Gos,.a oi Jesus Ch ist aloua nlet the door
wau. OF tha ronl, aud vas tho only lopa oil
aocioty; enco the languago Of tho text. The
speaker ala not understand tho oosrsl as DO
Wlet, tl,eu. was tho Gospel The anawoc wah
found At tue cross Of C4tipt. Tho love Of Gac
to stlluc1s was ! iovo Which went forth to sava
tncn. This iuve Of God was tho dosnel, or tue
glad tidiugs which tho iacp pies Of tue rson Lort
@cro commanded to preach. Tho inttel denied
tint thora waa any euch Gospel, Rnd TINT
it could accomplish any such results
The authenticity aud lnsptt alton or tue Go9po
re5ts uuun tho bnma kind Ut testimony TINT his
tory aud science do, with thu tlilerenco thu
tho proof Of the GOSPEL lb 6trongor aud NOR
Overwhelming tlian Rll otller. Sonlo Of thca
proofs Wcro; FuBs. that onlr surerna.ula
i,owcr could impair tho luin sin had mado; sec
und. God IL lova, ihon it il like God to pity Iii
shining children, and to put forth His omuino
tcnt ar,u to Hava them; third. 'ntderty ha
labored ior $500 years to overthrow the Bible
) arrayiug against it ioaeon. history, and science
but, III tue faco Of Vi! opposition. it Was lapidl
marching forward to the conquest Of tlle Torlu
Challenging tho removal Of cue stouo in til
; n,aseivo wall OIL which the inspifn
ton Of tho l}lbo rustcd, tile spealc
affirmed that God lad promised to save all mo
frGm tho power Of sin by tho removing Of Iii
IIuly br:irlt. Tho Dttle recognized tho evil NJ,
} cower Of slu; It dcciared tic holplesEness Z
tho tlpncr to chnnge his o0n heart i; ii Cayo
.lo worla Tho model Of holy character, III Syn
I mrtrY, epotek6noss. and bcauty it Commando
. ! all men 10 bo like CllriHt, to love God With a
] tue heart and soul. ard lniud, anl strength, I'll
our ueiehbors ns ourselves; it promdcd til
brcsthlug Of Hill Almighty Spirit upon tiiI-lorln
! hearts, radically changing tho foundation prls
7 ciplcs. to that person tluH changed shoutd
in deslro aud purpcao G new croatulc, ou 1t bog
again. ...,, =.
, The spoaAer then e!oqucntly considered tn
promises Of God 10 the "orld, and fcciiugly j
, lustrated tho simplicity, mennlng. and app!
cat.oa of his text, dwelling particularly upon til
idea that Jesus nlono can SAVE.