, 1874-01-12

Sermon by the Rev. Robert CoIlyor, OF
Unity Church.

Itu1ty church.
During tho forouoon services at Unity Church,
yesterday, the Rov. Robert Collyer delivered the
following discourse onlopstio al those memhers
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OF Ills congregation WHO uled III 1879. do took
his text from the sixth Chapter OF Revelations,
eleventh verso /" White robes were given unto
every ono Of them: mud 1t was said unto them
TINT thoy sbonli1 reath.
III ine CUSTOM .! Aewspape1s as TUG old year goes
out md tho new glides III to Riroa list Of the dead
whose loss has fo1t especially becase OF their
worth IN tho world +hetr r,rr Nv he,- oontr. 1to.o
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papers whic have worla.wido sweep aeees "n1S thn
travel inward toward tho centres and tako up tho local
Journals you note uaulcs you meyer heard of IL you
with as true feeling OF their worth to that uc9huor-
hood MS tho great ones you Gnd III tho larger con-
nestlGn are to 10 the ',o. World H., n -,
n sun n"om yUu , ~ w. a, ~
the paet year who nre still aadly mRset In narrowGr
,reas linn tim world. ths nation. and the country
a,de yon tnow ~ l,ousc4 IN whl, tho nassing owav
Of ono lnAn or wona' or Child nus natso moro desnla
ton to those TINT ace left within those four walls than
the whole lost wealth Of genius aud goodness God has
'aAe o"' ..e' 'Ao :, ', ~ =. NnA 4oA"-o
.. onco now ose you snh ABOUT VIII nave TO soy WAea
calamity becal,so 1t IL the nearest, aud you 1o not
blA,uu them anu aaJ this Is unreasonable You hayo
been in other years where they arc now; they must
clum 10 tic truest human NkiAship and friendship
nj lo would be leas of'a nnn who, BY Of lis
vast sympaty for the Gvastaon made by this ta1io
through this whole land ~ not therefore most keenly
and deeply troubled II he sees the little toes Of his
children froatb!tten becauao hs cannot buy them
shoes, and the fuce Of his poor wifa grown ten years
older III ten wcoks trying and fliling 10 hush their
hunger.
And, MS IN tho homes thero IL such Of loss
and such sorrow for IL. no there ID iii tie ChurcLpS
which. by tholr uaturc uet homus together with
lArger, md sometimes liner, brotherhood through
the Christian faith. Those who 80 gathered and
ado o1c, may read tho catalogue of the tatu in tho
whole world Of good men anu women o,tsIte, and It
IL through want Of sympathy and appreciation Ut
such gupdnoss that tley still look inward and
misH those most who were uoarest 10 them,
au feel their loss most sadly. Those may DO greater
nnu lLore sanity, but thesu were their own lpmu-
,nado saints nit hour hut summer talking 10 n1l
aged laty in loghouss OIL the prairie nbout tho e-
dor light Of q day that is dead, aud she touched,
among other things, of tho way they used to dress
down III Tannesseo Wien she wus u young girl. Why,
bless YOU she sail, there aro ,o such dresses now IL
those ustd to grow aud spin. aud weive and dye.
aud make ourselves T4csa things We gstat tho soro
neither wear well nor look well. Give nl0 the
good old unspy-woolsey aud dout want your allks
could not lie, saw, i'll the beauty OF U'garmcnt,
bacase she s,awu o,lu she kept in nutnry OF the
good old days 1t lBy In tho nearer aAl swee0r truth
TUT sle had aeau tie lux deck their own field with
tho great ro wlner evenings aul hal hidlen Within
eyoEy thread sweet human elausnt the most
beautiful work Of allen loou,H and Ypsndlpa could
never bring. And 1t IL With thosa we hays
haa this Loe-nla'e quality Which makes them
sages, the captains mud Kings for whose Ioys iio
wolld 1nsy mourn, nnd who seem to leayt for iu-