, 1874-11-09
how am / atrutcnad until 1t bo accom-

Now those mon had tho lteya to tho kingdom
of tho finest fruit mid Rralu, nnd you can tind
tAoso keys ip their books and tholr. srccchos 1t
thoy n1ndo any. You cut, ato oil aB II In Elaas
there ia mora Joy with them ovor QUO wrotchod,
Worthlosas ueod.growing farmer who reponts.
l'an over ninety mud nlno good 14rrucrs WHO
uoel no repentance.
500 what !los there, and who 11o!da tho Keys TO
this Kingdom. IL II with franklin who caught
tho llgltninK on q 1sito aud puk Y under bonds
for GOOD bohaYior to man anu 5ilila!1RHI Cor
tatnly, LII bis day, Franklin hold tue key in moro
aenaea than ono, aud bo!ween ss,oh man and
te man who oroohed before 1t ln abject terror as
thuntlorholt OF JoYo Or q asroko Of aud, ageinat
which tloro was no appeal and no shotert, there
is groat gulf tixcd. Wc cannot and will not
keys which fol from tho hand OF tho old pllloao-
pl,or. Franklin taught til tho Alphabot Morse
Inns wrstton ne the rsaim-Ftanklin touoLod tho
string, Morse hns lod tho oratorlo; aud tt to-day
there Ia somawl,oro IA tho world, aa .horo nuat
bo. q now Son of Gon Of tho living God. whosQ
spirit aid lilo fluids now manifestations
III tho now time, and whose heArI-bcats are
mllsnntums' ~ t,on o. ts nov man IL already the
kcys as they dropped from tho dying hands Of
tho nnhHtor Hao was with us yesterday, and to-
day Is with tue secret ho mover fatliomad, of tho
vastor aud grantor uso of tloAe aubtlo forcoH
wo are lust beginning to understand. Is it in
tho mcrciful lifting uf human antl brute bnrdenBF
God knows they aro heayy enough, aud must
and Will grow lfghtcr until OH tho very bella Of
Tue horses is written. Holiness to tho Lord"
But they arc a foathor-woight to wlat they were
when q quarter Of = million mon tl,oa III thar
tracks building the great pyramid when an En-
glish Queen oune cou ID not lido over hor Kingdom
with half tho oaso OF an English peasant to-day;
hopvy laden you trace IL thu yIsIon' Of Piers'
Plnwinan wera hagsard reatttioa that would
ratse England to q revolution II thoy were still
wl,at they wero tAon. lid tho difference como
by mon who said tho old times mud old teaclels
woto the best God could give,-lct us have thom
back and we shall have good world. Again,
no. They camo by mon who beloved in making d
stream, which Ind beon bubblng along to uo
purpose. turn n mill, aud do the wotk of huu-
o$ coal and gallon OF water what God meant
we should Boe, when tho tinso catue means Ut
gIaoo to d brute bcass, and 80 I'LL through ali
endless Boriea OF things that hayo given man
new earth; aud this is tho etornal secret Of their
power. They bolicyo thai Gud III with ua hete,
aud hear TINT living God, wording through Ills
SONS, crying to then, In this why, also, Como
! unto mo a'l 80 TINT arc heavy laden. and will
givo you rest" inspiring these sonH to faol that
they also Hont III this sense to froe tho priHon
doors, to set At liborty hoal tlat aro bouud. and
to proclaim the acceptable fear Of tho Lord.
These nro tho men tha. hold tue keys to tho
Kingdom aud power aud glory Of natural forco4,
| and secure an entrance INTO 1t for you mud mo,
aud for tho brlltos thas periall. And 10 always
cnuntod it just ono point lost to tho perfection.
Of this worry to,npc i'll Which Wo worship that
tl.ore wns not Quo 1t those o|loery llttlo ongncs
hero, which nlwavs mako mo laugh with content
aH lear their curious noiso to snyo the mon,
who 10 Doubt thcn would Aaye got Il better Job
their weary climb toward tho sky with bricas
aud mortar.
You eee, then, whcro this power OF tho koys
lies in the things which are all about us. It lies
with thoso who aro mover content to boiievo that
God haa made His noblcst and bent revelations
Of tho forcos and 9ua}ttiea Of nasu1o to those
who nro dead and Eono Or to think TINT it no
could only have thom back again. we should rot
with them tho choicest bleHnlng lIe has in His
hand. It llos with those who belsevo TINT out OF
this word new truth is to bo dlHcoyered, and
neyor rest uutil they ilnd 1t. aud With those who
cleaye to thom bolloye i'll tllotn and Follow them,
no matter wllat may happen. WHO 500 in Guch a
man tho Sou Of tho living. God, sent to do Ills
will In this world, and who hear him say in some
SILENT stoady fashion, lily fathor worlseth hith-
erto, and work."
And such glances as thcas into tho lover
things prepare Nh to soc tho true doctrine Of tho
| keys in tho higher and the highest. For mon Of
tho Kingdom Of Nature, aro uiso Wartlons Of the
| Kingdom Of Heayen. This indeed, is very
old iaen. Making your wny bach 10 tho eariier
| Christian aRos. you find q, great. array Of tho
! viii by 10 means allow tho claim OF tho pontiff
| Cypyian, jerome. Ambrose Augustine, mud
many moro OF those WHO are stars Of the frat
water In tho early Christian lto giyo tho power
not 10 ono man, or ono special set Of mon, but
| to tue whole Christian commonwealth. and ono
| learned writer says that tho Christian cotnmnn-
ion without one tnnrHlur OF dissent ascribes tho
| reception Of tho keya to tho universal Church.
| Then we hnvo o1ly to remGmbor that IN these
timeH am speaking Of. tho religious, or shall I
say tho Christian, lie had not hnrdono down into
tho habit it chorishea nov ot loohing back
| to tho old prophets, aud considering tnom the
truoHt aud best teac!lora Of the mind Of God. It
| ,Yns al ftosh OUT OF noavon to them, now as tho
now tay, whila tho onthcnisin it fought aud con-
] auoroa lived in momoriea aud traditions. They
| Ind tho worry autographs Of Paul'a lottora; aomo
where tho Gospels arc botng clarified aud crystai
| t[lom. I'hov hold also tho primal aud ossentta.
| truth OF that timo with the dew Of tho morning
shining in ts cup, mud had no idea Of the dtcary,
mechanical routine into which NO Anye fallen il,
touched them like liro. hlon did not 70 to this
church or TINT to plcaBe their wiyeB. They wero
drawn there by the gtayltatton Of Heaven. They
lind to go whore thay know tho door would opoll
Who would Lamp upon thous from lhoir
dons, mud tho worso than tigers who wonla
| watch the awful play. But out thero at tho
temples il was hollow and worthless az the cast-
off skin of q Bnale Tae faith mud worship
brought no heaven to thosc who had not heart
koya who hold tho sccret, and by it's Ilosscd
power we're ablo to grow pure aud good and God
liko in tue most dismal days the world has ovor
known. They could WY to these men aud wom-
on who came out OF thcHe temples with Il now
shadow in their eyes, e God l.as spoken again to
man. THIS Christ OF ours brought His word;
now hear this word Tor yourself. Catcll Ills Hpir-
it, i've His life, aud tho cloud vii, be lifted and
heaven will 10 within you. Hero is the koy.
viii you eptor and 10 ut rast?" And they en-
tered aud rested You remombor the, Easter
sermon whon wo wont togatLer through Lle cata-
Of tha peaco which passel all understand.
years. lney are but ono little fragment tide
aud timo Layo tossed to our fact Of tito wonders
Of hoayen which cams in tho old times to those
who caught the uow spirit and lifa from Cad
through uIs loyo. aud bore itBluglns down to
lentA
Now, then, finally, is not this tho lritth of
this doctrine of tho keys in tho hlgLor life now
aud forever, that the man who hoi1s them can
t,ou, A.. ,,ar, $u,+l, f}oG fa1Iinr nni