The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-07-02
TMeeklg Gimes
THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1874.
A Star in the West
Christian MON

From Beecher's Christian nionI
1t il useless TO attempt TO set limTs to the
Versatility of Chicago. or to tell IN whai
new or old form It's next bit of good fortune
will break out. Better is ii AZ We deem
thipps, than a sw liter Way Of building up
houses or a surer way of preventing them
from burning down, that great city should
have given 10 it a er. at teacher of wise, and
good. and beautiful truth. Chicago in this,
also, is fortunate; ter besides the men who
have hitherto stood in the midst Of 1t,
prophesy ing Of cnes more valuable than
the riches commonly sought there, there ha.
now risen Up ,mong them, man whom ma
ture. and ., lure AID trial have wonderfully
endowed with the faculty Of speaking tie
thing. which this generation especially needs
10 hear, and oI doing this in such way as
to secure the b. airing. OF course We mean
David Swing, Pastor Of the Fourth Congrs-
ga ional chur5h, who-e ordination TO the
apostolic SUCCESSION Is already confirmed
by the LAYING on Of Eauds by some OF
his brethren, not IN herediction bu'
in wrath. We know not how
tbs week 10 render those who read these
pages a lr-s'er service than by telling them
Of ,h- l. I c book into which Mr.. Swing ha,
iu.t nr, j.. saeeI.-. ard la 90, thought. Ii
j. ft.inlly "a lei Truths for to day." and
Guns 80 OF IF EN- sermons spoken during the
p.-t ii ter Thee truths touch upon the
toliss rhai ar urpermost 10 the brain and
foreyno,t on the / N he ii our time, ard
core =rn sunjecis oi DO ie-s importance than
the very meaning OF rel igion, faith in God
ant the Ii ev-r.a-ling, the laws oil human
brotherh, cd, the memories OF good men,
saints al I'd heroes in church and state, and
the INN l. duty of doing right. We
would speak, If here were here room, Of
the pureiv IA efary merits and ATTRACTIONS Of
these .xqgi tie sermons. They are the
wosls II a man familiar with the most per-
feet fruits of culture, and sensitive in
a high degree 10 the charm of Liter
ary form Not merely IN the palpable al
fusion but in the choice phrase, in the mod
uinlion Of his sentences, and the most chaste
yerbale reserve, are to be discerned the pro-
ftabe industry among the best books. But
his mastery OF a fascinating and powerful
diciion is not his greatest merit. He Is a
thinker. HIS sentences are weighed with
ideas; and on nearly every page is 10 be found
some well uttered thought which rings out
like an aphori-m, and contributes something
zeal 10 the worlds store of intellectual trea-
cures. "The fact that man is By nature i'm
Perfect, makes it necessary that he should
also be tolerant" SIT Is folly 10 demand a
unity OF belief in a world where there is no
one wise but God, and no one good but
God" "The orig n Of intolerance has never
been the deeper ruth but the deeper ego
tism" "Christ has stood so near the people
that they have wreathed the cross with their
infirmilies at the very hour when they
croVded around it FOR their salvation" 1t is
not ideas alone that transform the world, but
ideas sith an inspiration in them crowdins
them from dream into life" The men tina;
commit acts of crime and dishonor, the men
that commit frauds in the money circles,
come in part from the multitude that carry
acha,echism and book of common prayer.
All this because religion has been form o.
argument rather than the shape of our inner
life" There is no Intellectual pinchbeck In
these golden word7, and the book is so full of
them that. drop your eye upon II where you
will, You are sure TO alight upon otheIs Just
IA good a. these. When the people who
are hungering for real thought, once get
taste of this book, they will be apt to call
for II 30 fast that the presses of Jansen,
McCiurg d Co., viii be kept very busy 10
answer the demand. We hope it may besc,
for the sake of the people; and in the mean
time We send to Chicago our congratulations
upon the advent there of this authentic
messenger of the best tidings. May We all
listen TO him.