, 1874-12-07

eentea .nefo woro feW present to tnko 1t Ia
,ylauals. but tho Rofor,uorss wore actually low
r. H. numbers; .a11 H. The naee.ing was called fcr
alton H. IN New York uity hut as tho hour drew
building. At tho appointed siino tho apartments
wore crowded, but who wero theY7 TAoy wpra
ministers, recommendation school students, Or.
Seymour, aftoswarda elected Dsl.op Of tho Di-
PrcBs, and oshors, until thoy, tho Roformors,
were almost lost in tho crowd, and whom ou1y
SIX olorgymen besides Bishop oummins, gave In
tl.o'r adhesion. thoy wore met with eneefs. i'll
suppressed ughtor, and acorn. THO laity WA
they noro a moro handtui. Thoy looked
y vain for tho leaders, Of the evangelical party.
Frederick tho uroat in bis first battlo hod under
marehaled, ~ trout Of tho enemy. They folt ~
did Fredoriok's army. Fortwonty-fivo yoara had
Tho older mon bsen drilling tho younger m,n-
bora to DO roady for the aeparatlon, Which,
of recognition. Thoy had asked for
liberty 9as E,t to to l, preach "a as they Tshod, aud
thoy deserted tic eause they foarod thoir
natnoa would bo banaied about through the pa
pors.
| God. howcvor. took them at their word HI
gSno them an one nshop p, and Tth those six oler;
aud omolumout and abuse, poraeou-
| ttou. aud poverty. They knew tho result
o. .nat sn Ghoea they who Nefo gathored thoro
| wore only handful. He had no words OF
blamo he only alluded to their actions. 6canty
was The seed aown that day. Bishop CummiuB
ma gono TO work, had stood 1ilo rock, breass-
ing tho contumaly and scorn Of tho peop1o.
Draye indaed WAS Tho man he was mol culogtz-
ing tue Bishop, but no braver mnn existed; no
noblor net was mover known than whom Bishop
Cummins cast asido bis Iank and salary, and
nih sYi no iGonde except God, instead Of going to
thls city Rector, md that Doctor OF Divinity, or
from ILLS Theological Professor to that Bishop.
and aayln8 II you will move 30 will T." went
peIofo tho people llko Abrahan1. with tho moral
gaoa gfanaogf @ Of h'g simple faith, aud with no man
peafao noRan us good work. Bishop Cheney
ha!a no Nas hls frono-l,is bosom friend. God
alono WaH con!idant Of nis ho,1ra Of agoutzing
PraSyoE aS,a
, LIE =; aost @ suggested that this scanty seed MAS
of the World % was Egypt bnt EgJpt Was tho Val
10y OF tho MIC but the tiolda aud prafrioa were
1oro uhnrohon ~ an elevation. me richest soils
o Tnefe Fde &ornist9a .,,a tue mott quickly were
Uhlo aud tho Mtsaouri Rivers. But climb with
hin sao mountain ia heiRhts; how few wore tho
| narvess nelda "a they Ascend Rocks thrust out
thoir 3s usly daoqs water.wo5n stones atroHed tue
e1opes, no blades OF grass betweon them.
NOW shey stahd upon tue summit. The very
pines were esunted; scanty mossos wore aeen3
hero anu thore, and tho very earth seomed swept
y 10 NO s qa e"d %a seem
Of Whitefaco or tho Shasta.
;, This text presented strange picture. AZ II
~ we're 81, not enough misfortune to 30" with =
nero handful Of corn, 1t ls sown on stop Of
the mountains. The Bialop here said there was
no installing TIC meanipg Of tho words. It
clearly snggostod, not only that thoy rho
formed tho nuoens OF great moyamont
Would a5ways DO handful " only, but also
| that, under most apparently unfortunate crou1n-
atances tho fruit thereof shall eLako like. Lob
anon. The Reformed Episcopal Church was no
exception to the rule. Tho time WAS ill-suitcd,
Al tho soil would bo. Tho mountains were
nniavo,ablo 10 fur az tue Church ras concerned.
Did they ever moet q mnn who xlways
postponed, any personal reform till
tho beginning of tho new year
whom he would stop suoariug or drop his
Incorporate habits? Tio. irst Sunday Of tho
new year be would bo regularly at church but
as each DOW year comes, ho inadvertently lot fall
words Of profanity; drank without thinking !;
was ill., and thua kept from church. aud thore-
fore concluded IT was no u7a to
begin until tho next now year,
30 with tho EYAuE9lfcal EDECCDalfAua. For n