, 1874-08-31

Sermon at ST. James CEwrch by tho REV NIr.
Erowns ofDctroit. "' , -
Tho Rov. 3Tr. Brown, of Christ Church Epis-
copal. Detroit, preached in st. James Episcopal
Church, cor1,or Of Cass and Huron streets, yea-
terlay morning, taking his taxt from tho GoBpe
Of tho day !" 1Io hatl, done MI things we'll" Ho
solicited That brief sentence Tint they might war;
rant 1t, If they would, in their Christiah4 expo
rienco. They needed very often to search the
deep things Of God concerning their own lives,
to tost their faith in Linn, and SO reach that sub-
lime net OF confidence Expressed by His anciont
servant, Though lie slay mo, yet will trust IN
Him." Tho lfe OF every soul was peculiar to
itself. Though humanity had a. common
heritage b; Of trouble .,, md ,. Of suffering,
n hsS sona aaby m Su sasn aSoshe 50
to be tho interpreter Of another's Borrow. Tho
very identical affections and trials, az they np-
peayea to tho general OF casual Observer, and
whose salient points Of cllarnctor stood boforo
informal vision which only the single soul could
appreciate for itself.
Tho mind Of nnn however general might bo
it's features, had an identity Of thought md re-
tlex history that belonged to itHe1f alone. Tho
religious being, or lfo, OF man waa mora Intense
1y 10. They could perceive this in their own
lives, and had often felt thnt, notwithstanding
the closest intimate relation Of heart to heart,
hound up in almost single loyo, yot tlioro WAS q
dcopor Holf which could find plunl,not to faith
trial, savo communion with God. All had longad
for a sympathy to Inept e1pefiencea--weIling zip
from tho innormost depth Of conscious suffering
Or conscious bliss, and When they had essayel
to find tho responsive mind and Aeart that would
answer to tho lowost or highest note Of tboirs,
they had been disappointed, and turned again
baek into Tho recesgcB of thpir own history, and
tn 1nsyl!ablca Thought found tholnheiyen alone
Will eod: They had stood with God upon tho
III tho plain below but forsooth, thoy bid them
fell tiolr bliss, I'll they could not bear 1t; or
! tAoY might hava come up from tho profound
depths Of anguish Of aoul, and discovered tho
vain otsdcavors to hnye tho strange dealings Of
Go4 known md felt by kindred fiiends. III
doa'B discipline of the aoul this was the mora
entirely true, 30 that Tho sentence OF tho toxt
became N it's full force and principle MI in
a.Vuat ,aia IT, MstpffGa1slon Tho speakor then ampfod
peeul'aF inetdonts in tho history Of tho OAuxeh,
and concluded, III substance, as follows:
Mhon they enlarged thoir loyo and sought to
take i1 u mutual lyea aud Experiences, and mako
aaem Yot ali family tzoa5ies S would, % IL il Go's a
wait and trust. dod granted iii ills @ blosaiag
to tllom iu answer 70 thoir prayer, and
the sl.oloton in their kou.es would i've In Tho
shadows Of liz resido Should l' aud o5ni di weap
silver NnsnE. ana must eno day nou forever.
soH geo. nhona GENE out 9f thor hAzorc
porlIaps Homo might say, "Al" 70 l,ayo not
yet found tho plumnios that fnds tho Joptl, Of
my expatenee>" Perhapn not, hut he would
bid thonn not to despair, .rAoy aud theirs would
ther Words Would span Their horizon az 'Ss tIe oa% nn
| ratarn no mare. 1lo believed thoy