, 1874-11-16
rroG SWINGS Sermon on This Inter-
cstihg Topic.
Robert Oollyer on tho Right Use Of
Money.
How Mammon May Bo Made to Praise
ser God.
Summer Ellls on tho Power Of
u Good Lifc.
MODERN CHRISTIANITY WANTING
IN PATuoS.

LAY [<AA AAN~s
prof Rxxlnuts Ecrrinn Yesterday ut tho
Tunrth Clinrel,.
Prof. Swing preached yoalerday morning, TAX
ing na bis text:
Josus wopt.-john, IT,, IS.
This leaat Of alt yersoa In tho Dihle will bring
before uH thcmc which have long desired to
Bnggoat to your thought,-that our culrcnt
Christianity is Wanting In pathos. Led by now
tlmcs, uow places. now customs, religion scou,s
TO be moving away from the loving, rejoicing,
md weeping spirit aud taking up ita abode in
tho halls OF discussion, or In tho porch Of pllos-
ophv. Busy In gathering up tho morals and
doctrinca Of Jesus, we all seem willing to forgot
that Ho wept, that creas waves Of sorrow rolled
In His heart. In is discriminating work, in its
great task OF aittinB truth from error. our ago
has, pcri,aps. been compelled to neglect
tho emotional sidc OF Its own religion;
And against tho ohatgo Of nog]ecting thia beau
tiul aud uscfu sidc it may we'll plead tho p1es-
euce and pressure OF othor religious duties. II
it huB overlooked tho tears Of CrlBt, it feos that
It did 80 bccause 1t was SO dcoply engaged over
His phi osophY. III al onr remarks to-day and
thoughts too, let lis not dt d fanlt with our
times, and, instead Of being sudonta, beuome
ony complaining suus but let lis Bllnply look
at tho attitude cof our aGo as to tho pathetic In
relieop,-fook not tbAt we may 6c0lu, but that
No ago eau carry along all the forms Of truth,
and bcnuty, md Kooducss at onco. Its arnls
cannot grasp 80 large load.. The great world
Of civilization IL never moved forward In ono
MASS, but 1t iB tnhen to ptocca BY tho Wandering
human beings. and, wLilo QUO generation is
carrying along tile Inv or tho agriculture. an
other otowd iB following afnr of with the ar.E,
or tho sciences, or tho lxur!eB. Tho spring Of
all motion is found III kind Of enthusiasm tint
to!ongH to tho aoul, and, MS enthusiasm always
fastcnB ltsclf upon only ono object ut timc,
and hcnco pntBues q narrow path, any given
ago wlll thus be found pursuing ITS own uarrow
qnost, tho G.eel;a loved art md. wlilo some
th'1d land was mad orer, Ean'ee, o fourth land
Not only arc tho works Of man too great to be
carried forward all at opcc, bnt there las always
bccn difficulty 10 tho way Of nations rs to tho
works Of tho iutelloct aud tho Eoutiment: ono
period boing atlo to obey only tho intellect,
another only the heart. Thus. while Germany
aud England tavo sought out and loved doctrincs
Of rolig,cn, France aud Italy have cared less for
tho doctrines but much for tho emutiHunl part
Of Ch,letianity. Thus. society is partial actor,
loving this to,day and negicoling or hatiug that,
and. Tomorrow, bring ready. TO claugot aud love
loved tondcr1y. No individual, 1sing up in tho
first century or the nineteenth, tluds tho com-
pleto Christianity anywhere around him. but finds
only what tic iimes lu tlcir pbrt!allty and weak-
ness were sblo to appreciate and appropriate.
Thus il comes to pass that the religion ot paleH-
tine VAS all aElow with feryor aud sentiment,
whilo the religion OF Scotland hns always bcc1l
full Of philosophy aud resesvc.
These Eonetal tcmarkB will prepare US to be-
love that IN our own land and ago re nro not
eeeking or enjoying tho whole Of religion. but
are ohornhing an American pnrt Of it, and Rro
ful! ot cgois!n over tho supposed possession OF
stead Of Io1dina world complete, 'Gl arc the Tue H. H.
hahitants of only o small farm.
Il appears that tho Christianity Of our day
and couutrv is full in tho study and love Of prln-
1Rit tRa quite oSeSpt s L" sbp u pa9s en x
Of jesus, but 60 not pause long nor often over
tho sceue outlined In tho text. The Christ Of
our ago ia q Thinking, not a Weeping, Christ.
But tho Ch.lst Of the early Church was tho
JesuH that wept. Hence oil tho old galleries arc
full Of tue pioturos OF Christ aB crowned with
thorns. or as weeping in the gatdou. or us being
placed 10 the tomb. 1t il to bo hoped
that no plesent or iuturo age will return 10 the
past centuries, but 1t is alHo to bs hoped Tint no
time. presont or future. Will got away from that
quantity and quality OF melancholy aud sorrow
that actually belongs to human life aud rol,gion,
shall cBaso to po impressive. and nothing shall
romain but Christ III q divine philosopher!
There arc several rousons why it might have
been ANTICIPATED Of our nge thai it would become
cold aud mental in religion r2tler llan teudar
md fearful and spiritual.
FWst-The race that fret came to this land
was raco Of brain rather thau OF heart. Tho
Northern races lhye never boon children Of
poetry and sentiment, but OF intellect. The
moment you pass tho northern confines OF Italy
tnd Frauco you begin 10 move avay from emo-
tion, nud toward the thinking faculties; and our
ancestors, coming from tho northern parallels,
brought with them plenty ofintollcct, life and pow
or, but not much onotion. They brought deluge
Of laws and doctrlney-laws that regulated every
motion Of tho body, aud each event Of life--lawa
about sunday and hlonday-law6 about food and
driuk, oourtshlp and marriage, anu about tue Ian
guage to be used. and even about the hour OF
retiring at night And next to this deingo Of
laws came tho great food of Church doctrines
. food not clear, but wldo and deep:
&cond-Next to thus bad boElnpfng camo the h.
influence Of absorbug practiica,i i, atfa,fs; We
There waa no roat for anybody, for a nation was
to no carved out OF a savage Wilderness, and
homes and comforts had to be formed ont Of a
b!enk widcruoss. Such nation OF actual toll.
it any ono will compare the America OF tho I'll
griina With tho America Of to-day, ho will con-
fcss that work the most etnpondous las bos'l
done But tho elect Of thoso two centuries OF
cal people; and lonuo to mako Christianity be-
come strong III lts practioal siac. strong III Its
law and philosophy and most real iauas. But
What 10 tho meaning Of atrougth In this depart
nent5 1t implies weakness upon the bido OF the
nora spiritual, aud the IcBs vislblc. l'ais iu,-
nenao development Of the practical implies q
aoScot Or decline OF tho imagination, Oh oSalta-
@ Aon OF tue Christ who taught above the Christ
We hayo oil become ashamed Of 80 much Of
religion % relates to heaven, aud to CROWNS, and
hnfps, anu tue bleaBcd compunionehip OF the
saints hcro and horeaftor and arc proud Of 1t
Only " pannle ma OF wise precents aud vague os-
peatatton. Tho porpetnal hard work Of our land
haa evidently Clipped thn ungs Of ita fs,,cy, md
it secmn all untitled tor sooiag Abrahuul'n mys.
tlca! city when 1t Journeys, q Jacob's viAios,