St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-03-20
A Sermon to Men.
Preached at the >nrth COM. Church. II
.i"hn>hurA. Nir"h H. bH i",. {. V. south
gate. Pastor

.Iohn>hurA. Nhrrh II, Il. i;c,. 1. VI. south
gate. Pastor.
E>odu, Io. II. Il" now We that ar, uls and s,r,,
The Lord
/ wish to use this text ia enforcing
the special claims OF religion up"u men.
II '.s~ I'haIu.ll = answer To- Moses Il,
mand :nlt The i~ra,lilc> should hc per
milIcd to 60 "tG oi Egypt t" serve Jt.-
",ah. The king did not wish he ucu-
pie 80 escape him. and thea ,iorc pInpu-
>rd L. keep the women ANA child: Ell
back. To- make sue husbands and faith
cr> would lrtr!u: .d,l he could JUSTLY
himself in lhi> cuuI>, 10y the plea that
religious rcIcmonic> hcl"ugyd prculal-
" tu the mIIc>. What Ms the need OF
carry ing along then vh"lc timili, ,
when tn" men were the religious repre-
~rlrtItilc~ ot The nation. would cNcr,i>r
AL authority. and p"rtu, IA all 81 Vice
such "a> the custom in Egl pt. and ;hr
lirhrc2,~ themselves t"llnWcd It hl d.
Vine direction. "IlIir. in the Yen shall
all lo,r mcu-ciildrcn IppcII before he.
Lord. VH>t'uu ~rcuulIcucui aiicI wards.
80 ON churches tu-daN. " it'll small cN-
ccptinm. men ha,c cuutIul. They fur
ni-h all Officers in churh and SUNDAY
school they have entire charge. of the
business matters OF The church: thIu,i"h
what many IcgJrd - hIrmtiil mi~uudcr-
standing. tit,il voices alone III, heard
IN social meetings.. thci! votes alone ii,
eide all questions. Public sentiment j.
changing IN these matters. and We shall
find ont some Iay that there j. neither
male nor female in Christ Jesus. hur
hi, will mot L,. .rI,L =, ,.l.,,m,. tb.,. ,,,.,,
will ,,..,-.. T., ,,,.,.,,,,, till ia, ,,,,u,;,i
nr>i,iu,,. and I,.,,, tI,,. ,,,,i,, ,.,,trnI -,
i.u-i,,,,> in th,. church
la >ti:ii.c, DISAGREEMENT, with ;bi>
rule rcronni/cL in AN fine, and ul,r,.,
: the face that men make ND nnl, one
third Of ON membership. In Vermont
acrnrdiny Ia the rcrnit for l-1:i ON,
CONGREGATIONAL churches, number 5n.r'
males. IIuI- females. two of fine. I.tt..,
tu one of thu, former: i'm this church.
the ratio Was the same. 90 to 100. 80
jIIiuk il will hr found in other Evan
gclic;h churches. unless the Epi>cnpal
church Ice an exception.
These things ought not 80 To he. That
it i - With IL. has been 4 heavy
weight upon nay heart fnr a long Time.
and nave tried to get at the r.Ir>c, tol
Ihi>. that Herewith might find = rclu-
rdy. an >uIly that results de- not in
diratc success.
Ne. hlctllru aud fathers. tue re
ligiun Is just - ucrr>sarv for on ~ fuI
your sisters and wives can not bat
think Aou ac at fault in this matter
and am Willin" to hrIicvc that I;uilt lies
also with the church. That compar:l-
lively few "t you are pruttS>cd Chris
tiamS. seems to Indicate that You aIccx-
posed 20 influences peculiarly untavor-
able. and therefore that YOU have not
sufficient rXcllSr for ynuI ucrlpct. hut
peculiar need of seeking RELIGION.
/ also admit that the smaller attractive
/ power of he church upon Won. suggests
some fault in its presentation of the
truth. Shall we talk over the matter
( plainly together! If the church is
Aroug. if am wrong. | greatly wish Ia
/ find il out. IfIuu are making u mis-
take. it concerns VniI to correct il. Lei
lis talk. not Us priest and people. CLERGY
man and laNmcu. but ;iS friends tumrth-
~. all desiring alike to learn the truth
and Ia 1--we truly.
|. Do the circumstances of Il man :
life tend to make him unSu>crutihlr to
religious impressions
think We shall a.rpp tC answer YES
|. Tie ucutlcr sex. us they huy,
won the name for Themselves. seem In
nave the ADVANTAGE of rs in their yri.,
constitution. The matcri,I of which
Ne, are. m;id, i cnor,cr ia tiI,r pi,--
icalll. we have mnr, STRENGTH tI,,.
more beauty and grace: mentally. We