, 1874-09-07

Sermon sy Tho Rev, f}r. EtoGlftng on the l.nto
Hia,,up H1,isei.aNse,
Tue following Bsr1non w,s prcachel last Sun-
day by tho ney. DR.. Stocking, Rector Of the
Chu1ch Of tho Epiphany:
Woo INTO 70, for yo bniIa tho rouulchreA Of tho
prophets, Itd your fathers killed then,.-st. Luke,
" History aaya Larmartine, d" is Tho thought
OF agep condensed into q. .fcw ]onyeA." Hooka
are tho atatucs Which tho prinling-Eross lWa
carvod from tho gold and tho silver, tito iron
and tho Btono OF human 1fo mid charaoter and
placed in the nichcs that every Intelligent house,
hold has opcued In its walls, Evory great poet
WHO Las sung tho loves Of tho human 1,cnrt /;
oyery great thinker WHO haa stimulated
and thon fed tho human intellect oyory phil
oaopl,er who Inns furnished aociety witt, aecopt-
cd codea OF othiea; every statesman who laa
formed public opinion, and phailcd it, laws
oyory philanthroplst who has enlightened Honao
oao Of the burtlena of humanity, ty,-llavo been
rescued 1rom oblivion by t4e pen of tho bio
graphcr, aud they live through all tho agcp,
caoll to impact aone ono losson to tllq l,unian
family Ambition has frequently found juBs
hero it's greatest stln.ulaut. 1t has, as every
thing aud oyoyono hayo. liz own peculiar
religion, .npsliIcd By the ci,cpulstancGs Of our
ago, Of q pooplc,
~ Poetry Ii tho religion Of imagination," and
history III tho religion of momory," The
la!toy therefore, tlutls, moro disciples than tic
former, for taoro IL that In man whlcI, breads
Oblivion. Tho sat1lost reelection of ambition,
nnil the bitterest toar on tho check Of
humap affection, nro generated by
be 30 Roop forgotten by tho worry oues that lattcr
thoir fortune aud pledge their friendship. How
they may best prosorvo thor name and memory
amidst nl tho wreck and ruin that drift along by
tho yl,orns of time, is question that Men anl
bitter thought that tho home wo have tuilt for
orr children will ha occupied by strangers wlo
viii! invest its roosts ana p!esswye- grounds With
no spercd aBsocatouH OF tho domestic Iifo that
wolcolue thought that tho parish eurcl. will, i'll
Acoro or more Of years, be ti!lcd NTH strangers
tlat neither know, nor caro- to inquire by what
abora Of parish lriost a,'l earnest parsllionors
itH wsllu Wela built, ana through what self
denial tho altRla hnve ioarod under which tho
swallow may build her l!eht in ppaco aud lay her
yuung. And it in ono OF tho real companBations
for tho upragultal toll. or tho Nngoaorous nppo-
Aiiian that llayo onsbittered tito lveA Of public
nou, that history will ultimately do them ius~
Acc. For 1t brings moro moral motives aud
! lnsaor,s out nf tho atorlpd past than nleu are
oftDn found to gain from pasalug events. In
! proportion to tlia distance whichit places boz
twoon Tia living nlld tho ead, 10 ia its Justice.
1t groups around tho figure of cold form OF
nrGo animated iosh and blood tho ahliont points
and fnctH Of hlH career, and hotweQu tAcIn
| aul n cAlm Judgment tEarn iH nothing to bins
tho conscience, no ppraonal interest to corrurt,
no popularity to iaEcillato no personal l,atred
to repel, no clo4uonco TO movo mud no artillca
| to blind. Tho safaHt court to Which humanity
| Gnu appoal-lhe court nf hgll heaven alone OK
| coptou-is tho tribunal or poAtoriiy, for II tho
| fathers HlaY tlB to~aAv, "tp-llorrow, will &C.
! olamAtiouA, tic SOUS Mill lN onr hepulel,reB' u
| AlarYelouHly ttuo wnY tllhs III tho ct.se VI the
| cllaaen po0Vle. Ho persistent waa their self
will u,ld Hn ohasitlhtn tlloir robollion agaiust
| uol, TINT from, Monoa to Malachi long lilo Of
| prophets lifted each cry Of warning agpil.Bt
national ami individual Hlu, aud foArloaaly pr-
| SIZED tho JowlHll conscience. Prophets ant.
toachola tloy iutlcol wnl,totl, hut such only III
! should prupheBy smooth thinga Whom thu aky
Of tllutr uational l,fo wna bright, a,latllona TO
| him who, With prophetic WAllJ, rAlIatl lp The
clouds Of future tHaater and ruin. 1t waa like
| tho Introduction OF n grIuniNH nkolo.an into a
vrolu Of marry dancers. IIuw thpy punished
| tiose inan lot aacred hlRlnry tell III. Iuainll
| they plaeol III tho trunk al lroo, ItItl then
! sawpl Asl,ndcr with D rlido woodon HaW. Jnro-
u,ial They porBeGutod no bitterly that uvory laY
Wus q liyiug death. Hunted fs0I city 10 uo.l.,-
try, aud frum country buck to city, like n wild
be.tAt, I,o foil inu slAuKcohb and prlHon-IitB,
mud oscapctl tito iury of QUO mob only 10 Invite
that Of apotl,or llhl Wlolo Hfo WIS traEaAy
anl 1uartyslnn,, asll beoauau llo waH no pure u
honoat, thoy atonnd him to deal, In tho stroots
! OF Jerusalem, uo committed ono OF tho aii!u