, 1874-07-13
THE PULPIT.
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vas aplarnol Of itself and trying to hide. Aud
ontlon7 Tho result ls tlila : yon may build your
mission chapel, finish It, ucatly, make 1t COM
Portable. and inviting, and a lhrgo portion OF
those yott kindly hopo to bcncAt Will curso yotlr y
ohureh Is as horrible Will many
p poor-ho'aso. OILS 's' Yoa know ~ tlst kss' It j. tho
tondenoy Of our troo dooorate instltnt9pn to
pendcnce in cur people aud then g s1ch 10 our
liberal syssom Of education that the poor ~
Amcricn aro generally thoughtful, given to read
ing, and aro too sclf~consctous' OF their worth
and ability 10 advertise their poverty ,.s ~ gong
heated towards tho kingdom. Of heavcn. It nlay
be wrong il tho.n to fool 20 hoaay ea1d i'npor-
tant; toput OIL such lofty nirs when ovorybouy
in doylsug tllo bost means OF diifusing tho Cos.
pal In tin city no ca1,llut afford to btk or osor.
Iookt. YOU know slst llero Id tug city, US woalth
and fashion 60 into tho church a poverty aud
handn'n5Sa aamy psa,aea sS0s tss G le sospol vii
never loayon tho great nass OF our city pop!ila-
zion until we 1ohln to solys the problem, how
oapital md labor tho employer. and e'nploye,
the rich md the peSs may se esoMsht s oe'ose
Sabbath. however widely tloy nny bo eatratlged
III social condition mid il,tellgctnal mnulH'o1.
When tho rooty laoorur, iresh from tho dust and
coal-Bnoko Of tho foundry and furnace, seeH his
wealthy employer eNtor q tA!l-sleeplcd cl.urcls
on tho avenue. wliosc' aoft-ouslionod pcws la IL
not parmittedto touch, whose giit.edgcd hymn-
boolss ho is not invited to iod whose rich organ
and chornl VOICES ho ia mover invited to hnnr,.
ehrsisatyy ay Ts1ss 1osponsbs % fth'SS or lila SSsna ss
cEoho vs. religion. aud hurrios to surno Btu
day, oacchanal or fashionable lounging plure
to.whilo away the day7 :,
makes hoaaway in India only no fast M 1t bseaks
down tho spirit OF caato which has 10 long
fenced tie Brahmiu aud pariah apart; and In this
country, w11ero self-culsciouBncHB, prido, and
political intope1,t1unco nre SO acutely developed,
you noeil not tluli it strange tlrat arbitrary mud
forced distinctions should place a high stone
vail In tho path Of Christianity. To realize Tho
Gospel idea oflumauity, vllon the rich antl tho
poor, tho leartfel ant tile unlearuod, tho noble
stand Oh tho socisl plane, shall meet
on. one common ldyoI beforo tho Lord,
and in beautiful concert say, "0ur Fatho,,"
should be- the blent idoal all Chris
aiarB should Hool to realize, Our domocratic
form Of government makes all equal. botoro tho
inv, md wh,lo t1o not contend that Christianity
is mn ngraran pow to loyei nil social distinctions,
sllI nust insist tat 1t ],as not fulfilled its na-
sion until it brings tho rich ruler from Lis
pnlaco. au; tho moor centurion from his tent,
thas Publican aud pGariBoo, Nioodomus and
2nccheus. equally, boforo tho Lord.
H,lch. tho,1 is your Hold Of labor, witl, n1l its
a,scournsisc din}cu!tlcs-a told second to nouo
In tho whole geography Of Christian activity.
Tn iiolI IL an,1nar yo thnt it REQUIRES III, effort
fully to realize it,: vast Importance. We nro apt
TO Io troubled with what tho oculists call! pres-
homo 1cId In our anxiety for tho antlpodes.
Talk OF foreign missions! China, Ind!a
Japan, mud Africa aro in tho world.
Taik Of sayagoB prowling in tho mild brnlses and
fuugleal Whore will You find men and women
more bonightod and. inbr,ltod than within milo
pf ills pibit7 truo, tl,ey are not tattuoed, and
lruod With war-clubs, but arc thoy not blotehed
nd burnt by FASHIONS qnite.as brutal, asd huu-
died III lons md stycs quito as yilo aud loath-
lone? Whore on earth will you find moro idol
atry than within the compass Of this city True,
men do not bow mud grinlace boforo' sono horrid
shape out in wood or stone, but is not tho idol
arr whose fetish is tho ledger, wnoao only altar
is The iron safe, whore golden rulo IL tho multi
plication table, quitD aB dangerous to tho souls
Of nen.as tho Widest orgies Of mythology
And yet you will have to mako eome
effort beforo you. will fully comprehend the mag