, 1874-07-06
Or. Adlcr's View OF Old Testament
Imprccations.
Address by Or. Thomas on tho Future
of Our Country.
Sermon by Dr.. Moss, the New President
Of the Chicago University.
Tho Suntlay-Schoo1 Union.


All, 40 rros p.r,rr ohort 1vh;c,, an nnch hns
a. ea.p ss,..s ~ ,a,tns, ,,n,, lon,, ,r~,,va.
oeeh eala VI tAto. "uu "A'cl' A"'o ooen ".A'ou0
1y awaited by thousands OF admarora OF LINE
distinguished divine who could not find oven
staut]ina.roor, In lis church at Tho corner Of
Dra,, and aunor,or utreota ,rero }nrun yeater.
day morning at hlcGof1niokB an',' coiaef .,
kinz'e and Clark streets, North DlV1sion' anu
will bo continued cvory Sunday morning until
f,,rtner notice, Their inauguration waB happily
.a.o-,n,,shoJ .,,s ox,ont md cloroctor az Tho
s.s,.., -. 49, ,,.sa. ,o,,o s,,c1, M n cronto
Attendance at tue outset peanR auon 10 ~ cloato
viii viii no an urgent demand for more ac-
oornuodot;ons than evan this mammoth
som u%aa',a r.ssn soo, -, lin n,or mi In rho
hall a1lofds' Every seas ou W. nooi anu ~ .u
gallery WAS occupied sostefoaY, a1lo ING "ot"a.
number will hardly DO exceeded when it ID snld
that 5000 porsoua listened to the sermon. II
the hal'' 30 sreab WAS .no 1"lpns - no''. aa,,;o
lection wns taken up during the services, which
wera Of the uslal simple churactcr. Tho ball
did not bc.ray the slightest atteupt at oruamon-
.a''on ~ Ans p"i. 10 np' -. t,o r;at,t
tho plaincet possible doacr'ptlon' ana " inc r'gn5
Of it, OIL the platform, stood piano. Which aid
ed throo metnbers OF tho Fourth Church In fllr-
~ -.,,s..1 ,>,rt;,,, ot tho oxorciscs.
nlshtng lao musical polNoa ~ ~ s"o S'
mir. Swings diacou1eo "aH as 1ono"s:
He bath not dealt 60 With nny n"aon.-Psaf"
civil, 2o. .... ..
When days having special history and aseo-
citation como near us, it seems duty Of tho hour
tn cast oursctves into tbe atmosphere of the
~ .Ha 49, .,..t ,za ,,,,, ,,.an,hn Il, ,v1nt "
epee'ai oas' 'nn4 w nas ut'eu o's,. " 49,
wo all Of association tint NO can think most
wisely mud mort willingly Of our country upon
na~,,n anr +,,nt no,,,oa ,x;4,, rnttopsl neraoyea
noo ua' ~ ,aa sna1 ar ha;,r FIN svmlo, If croot
around H. eacn no'1 oeliis tno '. e.
egcnt. Lot us thou. while We stand 30 near our
great national day, give 1t one hour Of Thought
thoucbt mo1o n,oro sobcr liz the sanctuary, mud
t,s s T., .,,,,s os,I ,,r,or. 1,,;it, ,,o akin Ia
~ our MINUS aAu p19'ot' A''''>' '''''' 'A'''
worehlp Of God. ...... ......
ASSEMBLING hundred wears ago to 1ay tile found
.tjo, -, nav stota mu.t l,aro socn Int ,ittlo or
n>tou =, ~ 9n ~, 1,or.so o,,,
.has unso ~nsa no" on 9I sn o
rcsources. Sometimes IN individual stands MP
wbnso hcnrt in no l1appv. and fancy so buoyant,
.,,a, lo ,oos ,ora l.; t1,o f,,t,o ~ h;n,aof or ]a
.t".so sus soss .a orar - @ ooa. a,,t - lin or liz
scheme in tho subsequent day. more common
custom OF tue human henrt IL for # TO tal snort
Of measuring the future, aud to SOC only au hum
bic OUTCOME of what it conceiyos to be Aumolo
agencies. ThoHe WHO assembled in convention
and Upon tho battlefield IN '76 wore men without
poetry, and without vanity, aud, perhaps, did not
hope for anything beyond q peaceful coun-
try where not oil Their industry wonii 20 70 sap,,
port royalty, and where not all their laws sloud
bo passed by an assembly across tue aoa. Hero
and thoro an artist comes along, aud paints Tor
T. greet coming ase, and now aud thon pelloao-
pllor springs over century or two, and seea bo'
yond an insol!ectnal race who VIII lully alpre-
ciato his principles; but the geporal rue seems
to he thas a Shakespeare writes without knowing
anything about tue cosniug sreatneAa 81 his
thought aud Watt lnyents W "lthout ,e!n1oylnE
any glorious visios. OF tile EoarinE maehlnoty Of
the years beyond the Eraso,
Under THIS general rule' which, may be
called tue rule Or humility (and
nobleness IL yearly always humb'o) u.r
tashers planned tiny commonwealth,
and IN shes sessoas and hoo m, 9t'res Wy
os noaeiH % aaoes w.,en 3H.e. ea sta,oa soml
spread out upon the Pacific shore. II wo mis-
take not their 9ngnga tho{ wore mora aaf,os
to ssoane taa Ensiaad ehau II tshoy ware rro.
phetio Of glorious Amoriea. They were not 10
Hch msseh'"$ &c, tawas1 E!osy as mey.ms S''a s%as
from shame me-, au sueElhE' ~ nnhsss'eass @ ~
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