The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-08-13

9Th wos the sermon to-day by Kew. "
Thomas Guard, of Mt. Vernon Mctnoa's'
Eniscopal church, Baltimore. Inc "eath.i
was delightful. with no dust, and the attenu'
,pce was large. Rev. Mr.. Compton COZ
dnc,ed the morning experience meeting, l,
- :, noteworthy fact that those who speak al
,bn.c meetings express their entire cohn
dcrcs in their final salvation, and hcci''Ie
tn., thcir snritral nature has received rom
cnd rerccct evidence that their. SINS nave
hnnn ,or,iycn. Occasionally some one
-, ,ho has had his hand to the plo" ana
turned back" will rise aud treinnllns,s ",io
IcarfulIy ask the prayers OF the c,u' .''
This arou~cs deep sympathy anu ca'.s 'oi
.hc earnest prayers for the necessary a'u'
REV. THOMAS GUARD.~'".
When Rev. Mr.. Guard delivered his dis:
course. at II A. NJ, the pulpit was wen lii.co
9TH ministers. some Of whom arrived thls
n,nrniur. and several Of whom belong 10 The
nn,,hc,o branch of the church. Mr.. Guard
VIZ met at the station by "A committee ap-
,,oir,pd nv the executive board, consisting
If Rev. J. Lester Shipley and Dabncy Bal,
~ d and conducted 10 the grounds. lie
had an audience of twelve or fourteen hun
Jrrd persons. Opcning hymn. ",God Of my
ljf,. whose gracious power dc. The Rev.
A!pheus Wilson led in prayer; alter which
Sir. Guard approached the stand.
Mr.. Guards voice Is very flexible ana mu'
steal. and his accent betrays slightly his ma
tionalitv. He reads rather too rapidly, ana
cuts his periods of d little abruptly and IN
distinctly. This, however, disappears when
ne warns into dcclamation. Mr.. Guard has
, ,lieEt figure that in his animation thrills
with muscular tension. His face is cha>tely
Intellectual. and his eye, when he is il the
full fluw of thought, is luminous with en-
preston. His gestures are nervous, quick.
and crac. full Not more than an idea OF hi>
sermon can be given by synopsis. He
srokr from the text, 1.-The earth is the
LGrd's, aud the fulness thereof dc. He
spoke in a reryid and imprisoned strain
4 aout one hour and thirty minutes.
In the COURSE Of his rcmaI Ks he said that
scientific researches are now attempting to
;ind when life began. An eminent savant
suggested not long since that planet was
perhaps shattered. and germ Of life floating
in space lodged on this earth, and then lie
bcgan. The idea occurred, well, when
did life commence in that pIanet?" Other
PLANETS may have shattered and lodged II
here, ard 50 on indefinitely, but really Lie
came from God. who had not beginning.
:. Even before the mountains were brought
forth he was Mr.. Guard read passages Of
The scriptures to give the idea Of "ancicnt
Of God in the universe and
III things created.
To the gcolo.ist thousand years was not
more than minute in the revolutions Of
the wheel Of centuries. In Africa he had
zen the whole atmosphere filed with life,
md he was tempted to parody the Light
Brigade" Locust to the right Of me, locust
10 the left. locust before me, locust behind
ne. Lite was everywhere tccning in the
sir. crowding the earth with millions of ant
hills, swimming in every drop Of water.
The method by which the right Of proprlc-
,orsbip was fully illustrated God owns the
Earth, because He made il; the SEA Is dis.
The hills are His, we are His, FOR lie made lis.
Man cannot be fully Il creator of anything.
lie cannot create matter; lie can Change lis
form. Hc can dig the iron ore, trapSter il to
lie furnace, and mould it into the desired
forms. In This way pr0prletorthlp Is cslab-
|i.hnd, bat man has not created anything.
Force is not created by man he is merely
looming force in the steam engine. We can
only loose and utilize force. We mount as
m an Arab charger. We bit and bride it.
Homer and others were not
creators. Before Goethe began to write,
atoms OF all philosophers poems iloatcd into
his brain. Milton would never have written
but for Dante, and Dante would never have
written if it had not been for Homer; and
Homer came nearer creation than any other.
I a, ;ps pirnI Il bn rirrlln II
and surroundings of all other writer's were
described to show the iptlucncc-oH mind-to
Tx upcn IL the want Of originality OF crea.
ton.
Science cannot discover what is the begin
niry of life and creation; then there is seine
hing that must he known. 1t is found in
ailh Ii is given Us in revelation. From
lie ancient GIccian philosopher ThaIcs to
George Henry Lewis, the scientific search
or the origin Of lite and creation has fallcf.
God then being tho creator and owner, He
will conserve that which He owns. The
perfection of Gods works was alluded to in
little thin.s-the tiny fingers Of the babe, in
which God seems to say. This is work so
Perfect, worthy of Me-: the delicate organi-
zation of the rose, the light gliticriug on the
,icwdrop, and varicgating in the tintS OF the
rainbow. The diamond is precious because
i elects the light Of God. Ii i His crown
level. He clothes the lilly Of the field. Take
the microscope, examine the lilly, see how
beautiful and delicate is the work. Animal
life i'm Il state of normal health thrills with
kappness. He cares more for you than the
birds of the air. You are worth more to
Him than all the other Of His creations.
The law OF conservation was illustrated
by the ocean. 1t cXppndS vast quantities; OF
water in yapor. but it is brought back after
the earth by large rivers. He has
also given il motion, else health would be
damaged. In fact it would be great Balti-
more basin, filing the air with its eXhala-
tons. Would that engineers could learn
this great lesson of natures conservatism
and Tree the city of Baltimore from the nox-
ious basin.
Che responsibilities Of pan increased his
He obtains means and mar
rics, and, all his powers develop to defend
him from chicancry, from wrong. He then
gathers into communities, then govern
ments, and then comes his patriotism. When
he said he did not love his native land
that he was ashamed to be known AS an
Irshnan, don't believe him. He said love
ireland, love my native cot. however hum
BILE it is. Mr.. Guard then delivered al apps
trophe 10 Ireland that aroused his hearers tC
such pitch Of excitement that but for the
restraining influences the audience woulC
have responded in loud shout Of applause
AFTERNOON SERVICES.
Rev. Samuel hepler preached in the after
noon. AT $50 2. NJ. special meeting wa
held in McKendree meeting-tent for the pur
pose of giving young personsan opportunit.
to relate their religious experiences. Their
were about 100 young people present, be
sides a NUMBER of older ones. The openip!
prayer was made by Mr.. Alexander Colds
borough, of Baltimore. The meeting wa
conducted by the Rev. w. w. Walker. Tn