, 1874-10-19
MRS. LIVERMoRE.

Mrs. Mary A. Liyormorc. Of Melroso, Mnha.,
preached yesterday morning to : very large con-
Ersgasion At 81. Pauts Church, Michigan avenue,
botwocn Seventeenth and Eighteenth strcots.
sho selected hor te1t from sccond Kings. Vi, 1G,
which reads, "They that nre with us are more
than they that arc With them"
Tho speaker explained the scriptural story
upon which tAa toxt was based. and dwelt d
length upon the warfare Of tho Kiug Of Syria upon
Elsls, in his eTorts to ontrap him xnd
force linn from tho right md God, While tho
story naa not accepted as m actual fact, 1t WAS
not denied M totual experience. She depicted
Wllla and then pass on to eterhtty, leaving space
for others, But life AZ a battle Was the telling
figure, comm encing with the cradle aud ending
At the grave: In the battle no autstiiutes we're
admissible, hut each human bclng had to do for
himself. All were aoldiery, and none could dis
charge, sxcspt God, aud ,Hs only in giving =
passport to eternity. The battle-ground Of all
others mas tho human soul. OF which there vera
keep tbs strong to tho front, and tbs weak TO
tho rear.
The speaker then reviewed the battle Of ifa
at large covering itn varions phanss aud paint
Ing admirable rotd-pictures. The battle was
not confined to individuals but extended to
kept headed to tho right TO avoid Hhpwlcck.
The napulchres Of tho great dead, rho trlod to
live down tho right, vero tue strongest argn-
ment against evil doing and tie impurities of
public men.
Tue Borerost sins OF which individuals nero
guilty, she believed, woro those committed
lgalnat ono anothor iu tho want OF charity, and
tie failure to extend a helping hand to QUO an
other IN TING OF noed. No one could le CHRIS
tian unless the now commandment, " ss hayn
loved you, love ouo another," was strictly OBJ
served In our lives.
"Haye no any help in lite 7" uss query OF
the speskcr. She said, generally speaking, that
Tho idea. II she lsd gained anything from Tho
iifty-throe years Of experience behlnd her, twas
to roalize that God was ths companion of hor
aoui, aud vas In and about, *nd 2 preEent help
in time OF trouble, and nearest when most noed-
ed, Eho then reviewed her early life and train
Ing. In her childhood days family prayer MAS =
practice beneath her rool,--a habit almost for
gotten In tho prosent lusy ags. The wants
OF the family waro breathoa in earnest
Condition eitl vas EXPOSED to God. Ha was trusted
implicitly, Just al ths infant trusts iLa mother,
and after appealing to Him. sue had been taught
to nit quietly down aud AWAIT the result. Such
was hor earlJ training. but sle feared that from
the nation she had departed from tho nav. She
had etrRyed 10 far as to trust i'll no small degree
TO her own might. But from prayer eho atiil
gained Naturalization, and she wiHhed for
language to deplct the realth thereof to
her hesrers. Shs nas atl} fighting for The right,
believed sucoeen was inovitabie. for God did not
cruats the world aa An experiment, and fix Cer-
tain laws md thon take back seat to watch tho
result Of His work. After the great FIRE IN Chi
cago came demonstration which Bhe could best
enjoy from the summit OF the ruins Of the old
Court~lIouxe, from which ahe concluded that, to
best enjoy Gods loyo, 1t was nccessarY to climb
higher. 70 the de4pairipg aud those striving
| for the right she recommended hor text: "Fhey
that aro with ua arc more than they that are
with them.'
She recognized God as tho broodng- -mothor
| Of tho world. sho herself Was mother, aud
! rs rhe answered appeala Of h4r iosed ones, ~
| God. in His motherhood, answered the appeals
Of the human family, directed by tho same
mothcrly Instincts, mud controlled by tho same
hlisI alfcotion. Al mothers gathered their little
| ones into thoir arms to comfort them, Nd God
| gathered her creatures to brooding healt. II
| We think Of a!l that il good and and ehoeriug
and then multiply the same BY Unity, hnt =
slight idoa ID gained OF tho gooduess ara glory
| OF God.
Human nature, wl,ioh War God-givon, aut
osteem. You could not judgs Of shs power ant
iunate worth Of the acoru from the cup contain
| ing it, but tho mighty OAK told the tale. No
could you judge Of human nature by . casun
glauce. This Va. but vague, hint Of the g'or!
Of God. SIZE could not despiso humanity III some
did. but cherished aud uphitod it, II for nj
other reason, in respect 10 God, the anthor ane
! propaga tor of right,
sho believed TINT tho world contained spirI
for good predominating over the spirit for wrong
by historians that his life was d drug
and road, when At ALL aa fable'
| STORY. No ono cRrBd for him outside OF France
aud ho waa allowed to die altar thc fashion Of l
gotten him, because hiH motives in life were To-
might rather than right. Ab1nilam Llncoln Wa
not great MN, unless morally considered
lie did not feel III Ills career Mt the head Of "
A.. - 1knf
Inquiry was. "What is right7" The creates
act OF hs life was his enlancnation Proclanla
ton, in tbs iaaning Of which he had 10 higie
ambition than to bo right. Though opposed at Il,
time BY minority ot tie psonls hs !. lssnsd hl
hs thought it right Tho world has since recoH
nt2ed tue glory OF tne act, and its fruits arc Al
parent throughout the lensth aud breadth Of th
country, To disDslloyo ia the right vas to dir
bo!ioye in God.
Tho speaker proceeded to conndor the hunla
family W ons aud innsparab!e, III which sh
1Eer many affecting pictures, and often gre
exceedingly eloquent, 1nolting the immense ~
! aenc1 to tears. ..
Ht,e closed With tho confederation OF the inauir,
"What In the end OF tho battle of lifo 2" S1
thought it impossible for shild Of God to b
ioat. II it wore one eyon, and that one tho mo-
abiect Of tho huMan family, shd beloved Go
rsscne OF tho lsht one. leaving tho ni,st1-ni,!
saved huhint2, mud that He would continue IT
asarcl. until all had been taken within tho fol-
siho ras in Chicago ut tho close Of the War, M
we'll remonberoa Tho pains, expenne, and sole
tudo expended to welcome the return {
the nation's hetoas. Music could not DO o.
tained sweet enough, nor uould tha reception
mado to assume tho wanted grandeur. This w:
! but faint symbol Of the reception il stors il
tho herocs in ths right iu that great day wlie
atl should unite around the throne of God. !
!, we had welcomed back our so.die.s. 10 Won
, God welcome us to HIS preaenoe and Kingdo
With SWELL dons, good rud faithful asrSsnt'
coma up higher"
TuE REV. nIR. WILLIAMSON.
, | First Reruaon ofthe New Pnst0r Of Trinity n
Il. Church.
/ The lsav. John Williamson began his pastora
i. | ~ Tho Wnhnah Mathnf]iat Eniacnpal Churc