, 1874-09-07

ash9s On tue wi1.ga Of oil tho i: IS tic 5000
axn In ,ne oan unofGh IT. Of tue lying God And 1t mus
aoy oyor its own work which lod Christ aud iii
ApoHt!oa to Bay thnHe things about It w|,ioh uare
1nrnod 1a by oalviu,sm to Buch horrible acoo,lmt
@ nno diyino sovereignty was ia thom a truth bc.
~ taao a., dlylno word to Ray. aud divine work tG
oo thoy saw by faith tint the might Of tic Etor
III Mas pledged to its continuance exactly ~ In
nnotner W9y Bacon saw tllnt his now truth wot
n,sG ttush o. God and could we'll DO loft to b
Jesus saw too what homo Of Ills followers In our
| tlaa. slnaa afo worry loath to Hees how q now
sfn1h so1t .. T may H., ripen aud round it.
i bo4 t,o as son1 !. Mnda happy Bai1 aud climate
1t Tor tue Same thing thoy wore talking about
ana dying about Thousands Of years ago, on the
other side OF tho world, ~ you compare lie trno
~ H. %q1o t} saa branches to birs orc building with
tho hamo 1t is the original truth, bloasomirg and
ripenlng in tho sun Of hoavou or. to canxe INV
fiRuro, tho poor limited harps nud pipes hayo
Given place to tho organ FOR the Interpretation Of
the divine melody. Tho old atrain II tIore tj,ov
variations, and kneps tllem true to tic score.
anu 90 tho propagation of d truth which ,nakog
lor r1ehsoouhless iH a. surely divine business
o. its inception. Thoro ia an clonont no do not
own hud cannot control in this perpatunl adyout
o. now "itnosscs aud surprlHo Of now ynrloties
" For my word, Haith tho Lord, shall not return
unto .nn, me yod 1t s'lall accomplish that Wherein
And 80 IT havo mado my thought oloar to
yott, you will SEQ how thoro is no roun for tho
slckenng fear men yooo in SO many vays. Of
tno aeath nnd burial Of religion. It nns not by
orr hand the Bcod was sowr ut first iu tho souls
Q! o. nc mon who apake aa thoy wers moved by
no 10y ahost and + is not IN o,,r hn,lds to do
btroT Tue harVoHt 90 tint no seed shall bo loft for
another sowing. Tho Church Of tito living God
Ill tnls h,Eil HouHo waa not built by human might
nno human might can novor pull it down
spoclal 81 al.. syhtoms Of religious thought or
cease to be-" but religions t11ongh1t and ind
tne power within it which makes for rij,htoo,la-
ness u AZ perennial aud indcstructible ~ tito
.hlnlnsing OF Hraon grass. Some can caBy 800
nov, ao% tnls or TINT church Inay de-muHt dlo ill.,
decd when there is no divine reason why it
shonid !lvo, just as hospitals would iio any ono
or oil OF them If 1t should bo found that tlor
man purpose WAS to kill ratlor than euro or us
orphan nhylums would be loveled nith tho
gfotild whom it waA found that tlcir diff wan tn
destroy c}lild,on rnther than to saw thon., or %
IN old fra1oo tho Government went down III a
sea OF blood in spite OF its splendid history md
superb seeming, when it was found TINT tho
tnl'g was lio down to tho core; 10 will churches
ceremonial or 1natchlass its trautiona'
"hcn It haB no longer divine but only IN infer.
aaa business m IN tug world. And think wo ca1,
ro,i,io. ~" tnat "laHomo younger sister of
nnu power, she will take llor place in lie house,
hoia Ut falth, and modify aud alter, many things
We w. nave thought of as eternal vo,itiee, which
.s anu tho discovery Of now truths could nover
nave swept many things array a!realy which woro
onco thought to DO NJ 1lr1n as tie ulllars OF
h.oaFatl. Aud aoioneo, M Qua of tho asoncica
through which thh lias boon do,ic Inns had ncaslt
woleoe from, tho churches. They hxvo loft ller
out in tue cold jnat til long ns tkoy coud, aud
only offered her fuger when sho rot III, aud tho
loft hand ut TINT.
But tho. Church Of tho living God VOL
y ns,;.,t aclenco not us tho lantmaid
,a oa rolso, @s solne Of onr doctors eay with
li l1oa BY puro descent aud birthright. It is no
Cain and Abol business with tho Church am
speaking Of, In which tho elder would slay tho
so3u'nser; It is genuine loving fellowship in
5other III heavenly places Each has hor own |
world and her own work, and science can no !
more destroy religion than religion can destroy |
.eeneo, beSauHe both go back for their primal
2o@or soS,er to TO tue samo divine hand and heart.
'Eoishlp novor; forms OF prayer-prayor never:
leiinitions of religious truth-rofgouB truth |
leiei ; tis or TINT institution but mover tho
landing saing o. OF mon afrosh, aud i'll bottor
onl. for which they will give tioir time and
money, and, If need be, their hcarte blood.
AZ suroly as God gathers tie solitary into
a,mllIos, Ho will gather thcm into churches, and
1nsle customs and ordinances i'll tho Church may
ltor With tt altering time, thore will always bo
lgns lud symbols that stand to tho Church of
ne hslng God AZ the lag stands to tho living
alton. Always mon will look up md slng out
leir q song OF thanksgiving what time the soul
nitod on tlio wings Of glalness. and moan llor
touched with tho feeling OF our intirmitios
nj always tho love Of man will reaul IN to |
od, and tho love Of God down
man; and always it will be proven,
~ II whs nas r,o. ooon proven 80 many timos,
moving as to Hay. "Ah, we'll, wo laye got part
! that; It il OF no uao," to them it viii be- OF
lse: Eut as they imagine they arc growing
1t p It, tl1oro will be great, simple, doyout
ret shall bo tile lust aud tho last first for out
thiB doyout heart will flow ngain tho streams
int water the dusty deserts of tho world, and
ess tue I plants Of r'ghtoonsneaa, mud old So
aFnof urn aIuths Question, Iq God doad," will
'oe and powor from, all tho aiBlcs Of the tenn .
cB not made With hands.
II must follow agan from these premises that +
y churoh which opens its heart to tho
aole .,,, truth truth, and puts ita hand to
9 secret Of continuance. A'Tl Tho '"utdSo uonIoo
inter Whose name quoted III tho opening Of
III sermon dellnos religion on our side in con- |
aet TO tllat divine side llnyo triod to toucb An
orallty touched by emotion, OF, Hi would like q
ttor to say, moral principles kindIed and glow !;
3 with spiritual tire and feryor. Aud tLon
lon ho conios to aAk how this, power ripons to :
oh divine pefection in tho person Of Joyus :
'r!st, 1o dllts it in two great things inward
ss." aH Lo calls 1t, md 'self~sacrilco." ,.
Now need take litlio tinle to sl.ow you how 4
:hnrch or q lnnn May hnyo my ono OF these !.
thout tho othor. We know nsou and women = y
10 ca1l kludlo now aud tlon with perfect tcn,- y
sss, OF religious emotion, but wEosu grip on - -
9tal principles IL so poor that as, q fliond -
u onco OF cortain mon iu liB CITY: %
Whom you hear thoy hayo got religion !.
aln, you rllaf, to your loolts to aUo how thoy +,
'nd." Then thore Aro others whose morality ~
aboyo al question, md whose sight Of moral n,
eiplcs is as clear as tho day, but il they wero re-
aa they could hardly bo moro Indifferent Or ~,
no il'acsiblo to Bpiritua1 emotion than thoy mat m
~ they arc going ubout our utroots, aud stt- dJ
! IN our olurchea Otllora again aro lnen Of Il,
morals, and truo emotion ~ fnr AZ It goes, 4,
it III tho onoison Of brook babbling oyor a.
stones tho cracking OF thorna under b. pot; IN
nory Of the seotls Howel last spring il my III
den, which, becauRo tl,ey Aati no doepuesa Vi ~
til. withured away. Tiloro is no fur-roucl,lne n,
lltty In tllom OF tho inward lifo which tnus - T..