, 1874-09-07

Sermon bs the Roy. Robrrt ColIycr at 5uitx
Church..
Tho Roy. Robert Collyer preached vostort,ov
morning at Unity Church, talirg as lts text: :.
The Church Of tho living 0od.-l Yju, iii. III,
Nntihow Arnold Says, In one Of his iatcr books.
''"s tDefo 1a l'ower outside ourselves which
u1akoa ior rghtoouaness Ho goes on then to
aa'o" how this power is Tho living God, al,i t1,on
no" 47foa'' coa'ifg to tho living God through
hor great prophets IN the days before Chrjgt b.
camo tho channel through which tho oldor Billie
camo to NJ, III which ho finds tic inteuuost and
most powerful word Of life to bo found in thu
world, and tells us that II wo callnot bolioyo him
we can read tho best things outside tie Bible.
anu thon the beat things in 1t. takng care to rot
ns clear IN insight into tho motiyo aud scope Of
tile Quo as we do OF tho other, and then to notice
WHICH las really Aindlod uB most to tho religious
spirit, which he dofnes to be the hignoHt uorali-
y sot on lire with strong omotio1B.
10 SHOWS, also. how snre and stca5y this
power OF tho living God flows on, not, however.
lllo grent river which canbe scou pouring alour
III tho stu from tue head watars to tile aon. Int
rather liko one we have noar where wua horn
which seoms lost for while in tllo faults Of tlls
llaestohe, nnd then, Il few nilos further down.
rnsl!es out in yaator volume to ho]p md h1oss
Israel. This nlaa dies, but TINT In born H. md ID
oach N hlB own why calls tho people afrevE fron,
mere iorms, and ceremonies, and doctrines, that
fossils, to tho primitive truth Of puro honrt
and right spirit and makes this tho learr OF
al trno worship. Thon in tho full time. when
tue ncou Tor Him hag come 10 be very sore and
imreraliYe, Jesus conos still i1l the Ina of tha
cider mon who spaka ny tlloy woro moved by thn
10y noly dllost. aud nc find in Him what we caunot
1lld IN those VINO catao before HIN. For, NJ
oown there IN Pannsylvanin, many streams 10 10
1nNko tho Scluylkill, ouch with somo aun,ifv nf
hardness or impurlty which would mako It limit
ior the highest uscs Of life, but whom ut last
they ilow together aa ono Htroam, tllin so tenn
pers TINT a. to make pure. good river. So in |
.1e Glan Grlat jesus, tho old imnautablo prinoi-
piss blend to tue nwoet full flood Of that river
tno streanns whereof mnko glad tho City Of God. |
ana tile thing which ca,ne homo to mo in |
following this lino Of thought was tile senvo |
a,1 o. tno imperial 9ualityt-if mey aay 40 in
pattern to suit itaolf, tho imperial qilalty of
thla poWor outside olrsolyns, which makes. for
rtghtooasnoHa, tho ss,n-liko freedom with Which |
u !: Sweeps nboye tue roach Of our wms and fau- |
words, how tho living God is ut the centre. and
ID the CENTRE OF oil these revelations of his truth
winch hnYo como, do come. nnl will come, while
ti!o world atanttn, and which We cannot ta1npor
back Niagara, where tho Hoods arc bonding down
TO tho doops; that power which will only
trent with us whom wo roach tho real nerve of H.
~ tna seauol1a trent with us as they come aud
der, a.:d darc us to neglect thon undor pnins and
Ponalttcn aud for observing then,, pour nto our
mp their rich rowanlB. Such a quality abitlcs
forever n tho heart of tho living God. It las
csotlatlc notions Of tho why things should be-
t!one are no moro to this imperial righteousness
tslnn Tho outcry Of tile old Garacen Kiue was tn
.he 1lnlyerre when le said TINT II tho contriy-
'nnd %non OF u haa 1Gen lott to him he would have
ii!Aua q Fofy different world, which, no doubt.
'aH truo enough, but not in tho sense lo thought
lt IL because thia power is n tho world nea;n,
y slaa 1roe' aeparate selse, that toro is also ID
anna ana ground OF tho truth Which wo did not
Greato, aud cannot destroy For. m
Iynuall ms Just said TINT, whom you traco mat.
tst uaek 60 ita nttorloBt nson!a and clements,
nero y ht's y reason VIC canuot reaoh why va
a'o 'lfo ant tho universe, 30 WHOM wo traci, Mi
tllb 1loaror Influences To thoIr BprIncu, whini,
,qMta mold such mon as Socrates aa.ul tic
llopeGw ,a Rr!ofplotn and Glvc tho world tic Ohrst,
lilioreneo Which is tho spark Of lire, wlilo Nil
'eHluo y moro his,dliug. Az .hoy tlonsn,vcn
,sofho this difference to God, ngaiu telling ,,n
tah4!y ' 4 tut tH il lily word tIoy aro payinE
100 Tint the word aud work proves itsoIf truo in
it1!nnn experience through long trucks Of time
'uliatug Up II nobler and bottor lifo whoroyor Il
:, ~ alo"ea TO aVe free corao, wo ato driven
~ ;ulnK, 70 th9 conclusion tl'at tho aocret OF this
ifo ,eAts ut last with tho otorl,a! as to socrot Of
10 lite OF our plauot rcsta at last will, tic sun
fo llnyo to sao onco lnore That this IL true not !
my OF TUG gencas Of tiH truth, bnt OF itn prop
cation. Onco born, wo Layo aulple reason to q
tlievo it nevor dies, nnd you Tut. no more stump n
out thnn you can stamp tla oceans out, or tiso
Iara' Very nr1cl. Of our so-callo1 reliyiouA B- t
ory, a. We nj! know, turns OIL tho attempts that
aYe been mule to got n nav thought or God t
ut Of tho world. when it Ind onco got In, but Il
a olaltorH MI onll in aI,out tho suIae w.y III t
ao utter defeat Of tho prosecution, aud tue o.
ablls!nMont Of the revelation they tried to put b
avn. 1t IL thiB Hoyoroigu powor ut work for n
40 conservation OF itH treasure tho liyng God
atcl!tng oyor thu ohiti In tho mangor, III who3o L
cart uo 4au liddon His now word of life. uud N