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oaatings; and ~ rejoos that no external doyas-
tatlona can harm tho hope the character, or
spiritual treaalre Of tho true Christian.
THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.


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Thcrs Is An hour Of poacefu1 rest
To MOURNING wand'rora glycn;
There ia . Joy for souls distressed,
balm for eTory wounded breast.
'Tis found shove III heaven.
DR.. EvortB chose "a his text: "He openoth
also their GATE to disoipline."-Tob xxxyi., 10.
deaf man might walk unconcorned across
railroad track, might sit in concert halt with
no sympathy with tho ocBtasy Of tho assembly,
would bs untouched by tho orator. Tho Scrip
turoa declared that mankind was afflicted with .
moral daafnesa that man know not that God
Naa wanting to oonvorHe with him. And God
sometimes arrested the attention Of man BY
means Of ailliotlon.
He would therefore Bpnhk Of tho bene1cunce
Of calamity in perfecsing life. 1twae benoacont
by aroustng and cocrcing tho attention Of man
kind Tho nrmy, boforo the battle WAS
drann. up. md tho officer cried, "atten-
tion, battalion" There was no instruction
IN tho sohool-room without attontion. ALI
law to tho Hobrews. They were gathered bafore
Mount Sinai :; Tho mountain trambod they at
tended to the voice Of God. All calamity was
tho sina! blazing. trembling, and quaking.
Earthquake, wars. and pestilenco were tho voice
Of God summoning mankind to attention. Not
only WAS tha true III great events, bu. in tho
narrow clrolo Of tho family. They heard the
voice in business troubles, losB Of frionda. loss
war bad awopt low Ind dorraod on peca. Sln IN to .as
brhor mnnhnnd hv arrnsfinr tho;r attant;nn
Many a man layng IN treaauro 10 this World Ind
boon lod to think Of his treasure in Heaven aB
he saw his property burning.
royerr,nont of tho wor11. m rouiJ nnt ~ '., ~,
without It. It enforced the observance Of those
laws of nature through MhoHe tranegreseion
nearly all our calautieB came. A child waH edit
was educated aaainst drowning. Nearlv iii mr.
trouf,loa came from frnornnnc ~ nat,,rs r.
uas no 1,sa "a f3ony the FAT or rencrni raiTn ~
law. Thia argument was nrossod too lar Iy nm
to-;a,,sts who aro,sd anainst ~ nrory3,i;Mtr
Providence, but no orthodox man vonid de,,91
tie reign OF law in l. mennuro. fIreat eviis ii1ts
opprension and intenperanee' crootoi reactinn
which swopt tlotn awuy. Dy thesa nalsmitios
mon we're educatoii.
Mankind WA ratharfno NINA and mara r, III.
cities. va eraw too 9aat h,;lt orr acroa ~ ',f ~
buil;nra OF bonfraH. and wa wcrc baplnn;no n
think thfa munt oui. Ha waa ho0innino ~ fn,-
to live in tho city: here wero man burnod ont
four or five times Amerjcan oit;ea would Al, m
to decay If somo higher poco ~ were s>' not esta6-
iished. Insecurity nroya;Io5 o,nnnd M haoanss
w hn, neclncto3 tho 1avs ~ 'atnr. M" 0nee T,ee
must wake and roa1ize tha truth At what i,,,r. v,
naliatn wag thunderine in thar esra and Iniid
permanently. There must 10 avenues bolting
late frs: must hnyo the 6ra hmita ex.entn1.
must hoye toat;nr enoines. m,,st
have the allovs cleared Of eomhuat;hIo
material. muet mt allow amnking m
With bo1 Of matchos burn down thn citv H n =
day. Thore wero thousanus of fanntoa md
msdmou. maua 20 ,,v sociotv ro.iv tn dn IL It
Society must ariso md proteat itsolf W. waTn
sowing tie winl to reau tho whjrlwind. Gnl
would destroy the CITY if we did not tnke cara.
Outy by sNeoi,ing awny the cumhust;hle mntoTi.I
boards, and sInyiura, by usinu br;ek and iran
could wo be made aeoure. h rnioicoj tn sao
tic public awake aud active: reiolood at the
utterancee Of the prcss.
caanitioa and aftlictiops iiuyo moral ,,isrin1ino
Poor man awoko to conso,ousnasa Of ahsoimtn
weakness as ho san hia nronet ty hurn ~ Il
struck mans self-dopontleuce. t was d moral in
iluenco toward regeueration. Man owed hIn
wretchednesg to his own imnerfeot. sinfuI nature
Nine man in a hundred fcjt in t1,o rn1atinn o ho.
tweon their sniYerino. md tlc;r sinsni nst,re ~
Doath came iuro tia wDrll by ain everv MAN
would admit it. Among tilo pnonna ,yhon war
or peatilouoo came they thronged their temples:
40 amonv The Hebrswa so in ali ngds ~
human history Wero thcso men crazv r ssss Or tho m
fow pbiloaophors wIo triod Ia nlult;fv human
naturo
Rich or poor, bond or free. when in trouble
righteous none too wise. When T in troubie m lid va va
turned to God. Ho could moi nnderstand how
men cnulf1 trv In argne Tod. out ~ a1iafnnra
Ho admitted tho fanstlclsm OF tho interpreters
Of God, in explaining tho motives Of God. Ho
did not believe that ono oitv was deetroyad for
its full moayuro Of wiosednasa. and nnnther
spared for its goodnoss, His hearors eouj,l mt
hold that thoss were more accidents without b.
ing Atheists, Apy mpn who reasonod arai,,st
God's having n land in theaa contl.rrstions ia,n
mutt fling sway his Hibis. "''SA'
Tlla nnur maj, whn wn1id mt hs,r tba +ander
vojca IF HoI wa r1armoa At IL" thnnSorS ~
sinsi. 1,hc hcmcf,canra ~ ra,s,n,tv nauia ba a
seon in thn trnilor daniov ~ r1riai;.n oh"rt|
Rciemntinn VA tn ~lar}v All ~ t1'oae 1ontor
sympathioa whio cond % noycr lave y hecn ,uap. az.
nraaea1 h,,t fnr thasfa ~ ,on on1 ~ D'Im ~ ~
i,reatost ~ ralnmtens A.. faii' ~ ~ 1osn s,ma ma
tho grn.test ~ nior;o. to rnisn,ntiom ~ Mno
wnr,d Wa a.w Eli nmr rsvelationap IN tronhlas o
Call out tho worst criminal m carth n tors,,ro
and tha jmnu1aa of ali wnn1d he to -, n ~ aon,s.
thnr for lin. How the wnTld cana IT. to "u,,1 ua IN
our troub1a Thn enoc,nco With oycrsnrosa ~ uo ~
tho world mada II rici, fnr hcynnd III Inas -
tha f,rn. Theso nnha imnn1ses ~ i.umantx u"n ~
woro wortl, 1lnro thon wealiks Thcao caIam;tios ,
wero n,aryeioualy heaeechtnr in tI,cir tanaens
oen to virtue. '@