, 1874-02-23

Church of shr Epiphany.
Tho. nov. bf. Stocking preached yostorday'
evening III tue uhufon Or tllo lspplanyr takins'
ioF lla .cSe' for "o afo maao hpee1'co unto
tho "orlo' a1'a ""so aneoie, n''u unto non', ihc
sermon, which III OF spociai intoroHt OH account
in .Wiaconaio, is as follows +.
! II ia nmnnr t,,o romor,,,l,,o c,,or,otcrat,oa of
81. n.,,t, whit, -. t,.t ,,,,;,, ~ r. ,,,a,, .ta
~ w." "i.sa S"'S, "N"o az 40 ,t""1o ~
profound thooiosaah, ne ~ mono tto 1858 the
practical preacher In allh!e stately prosu thero
is q constant and beautiful tribute to tic rowor
or do;lr ami lvnhe ,,tn,atriaa In th, 1;ttlo
t,.,,sr,, ,,,a a,,.m ~ H. roa',o,,.,,s
.h!''eS "no st's.l coi'cofns ~ "o' oonSi,oouus
beyond a11 ordinary dogroo Ill station aud CHAR
acter life and lcttors, ho acons mover ivcstod Of
tim consco,anosa that In vop ,nov;nr undor tho
sloonlcaa and tfro,cap ovc of nuhlir ncntinv. Jro
'"u 4,'', W I"o ~
eaaihot closa h'a Eplstioto LILO Itomets' "n'on ~
summary of. tho religious philosophy Of tho
worlds history. without reminding Ills readers,
to nil time. TINT HNono Of us liyoth to himself,
49,, 5,.,,, ,,,,1s t,,,,,s.i, tf,,r -r,, he
.,' .''u no n!at' '',9tl u,eo u'lnse! Ano "a "
tho waysido tho chance opinions OF ons''a' OBJ
sorsntion, tho .carrlngo Of tho body, domestic
methods aud constitutional characteristics, our
meats nnd driu1ss and ovon the !qnality and
.oaiiot' VI o''' ."'.''e. an "'o io'o.', "
TO aggregate that thlhg "o eau pnono olln'oh'
That stewardship Of tito mysteries OF God, tho
reaHnro Of wloso reward wass to DO found In
itn. nfoI;tv. md which. lad boon go largely,
...;t,n1 ~ ,,,o ,.aat A,,,o.1a oo,,or,Io;, y
eol'''ns'sso w. 'no ei""t ,,'' apoe.'o'>
conscious rosponelblllty thas H1tou tno'
comnonost acts Of lifo up into tho scalo Of i'm
portanco md diguity.' Place III ono scale the
workl,ioat motiycH, ard III tho other questionable
mothods and, aa wo we'll know, the former
would "kick tho BEAM" And 10 wo constantly
tud constructive appeals to public Judgment.
IN hts atto1nptcd conquest Of the; world t9i tho
obedience Of tho CIoas. tho Apostle waa not un-
mindful Of the conditions Of SUCCESS: That sol,
dcrahip would invite tho ri1icule .ot mon mud
tho sport Of history which supplied nh enemy
with Weapons naado ready to lis tea,d, and tlan'
outercd tho liAts with conldont atridos, ouly to
bite tho dust under blowH itaolf had nlado pos-
sib!o!" Tho Christian lifo WAS to bo warfare
inloct,:, not with carnal but with 1noral md
spritua Weapons. Yet mono tho, less real md
earnest When principles wern at stake, tl,ou, If
nccd be, wnr- to tile knife; when methods wore
iu question, then public cxpedeucy., How could
ho oxhurt ia loyal allegiance 10 tho Kingdom Ut
Christ, unless ho taught socioty to pay Craars
tribute-motloy? What ollanoo had love in tho
"fulllmont Of Tic law Of tho Christian life;
unless man was first reminded Of that neccs-
eaIy loyo to lis ncighhor which determines oYory
condition OF linBhip?
The satisfactions Of appetite woro, anrcly,
most nbuudnptly lcgitinatetl. by thnt- indicate
gahle missionary lfo tint multiplied tic records
OF its worthy Apostolato all tlo way from tho
biuo hills Of Judea to tho shores Of :Boa-
girt l,rtan; yot ST.. Paul., with arl oyo
70 = known rsligious sentiment mud to o. lis u
ministerial SUCCESS, had enough OF oXpedoncy to
rc,olyo that yoouor than. .olfelia weak brother,
he would ueltor cut flesh nor drink vino a so
long At tho world nhould stand" Natural rights
Of person and property had found .doliAition IN
principles Of civil law Ind boon frccly written
| out from tllorn.- Yet lie would mako surrender
| Of sumo OF tl,cso if need be rattor :tlan sean-
| duzo lis CAUSE by litigation bofore hcathon
: It,.f ,fsn
nreacl,ed the Gospel should 1.-Two Of tho Gospel.
but tho APOSTLE stitched his tensB with scrupu-
| louB naaidnity, that ho might 'bocomo Il burden
| to nonct and 10 rcscue Ills. minatry: from any
| suspicion Of mercenary motive. 70 tho Ephe-
| w." 10 tho Colossians, Walk Il, wisdom. towar1
them that aro without redocming tho tmo. Lot
| your n,,ccoll DO nlway with grace, seasoned will,
cannot be condemned; TINT ho that is Of. tho
contrary part may bo ,ashnned, having no evil
thing to Jay OF you" And when he would iucito
tho Hebrew to raco TINT Bl'oltld make tilo Goal
and snatch tho prize. ho reminded them that
they woro Compassed about With 80 ,graat "
cloud Of witncasos.'' Until tloy could drop i
curtaiu before every oyo, tie every tongue aud
seal ovory car from human spoceh public opin,,
ion would bo arranging its verdict fer or againAt
thom and their cause:; 1n what. secret tribunal
Ss a esS aeS a1 1e m fsss ot a2 Um u@ jat e It's
uontonco they were only too auro to heur, and
because he et 1,o litto solictudo ~ TO that hsn
toce therefore st. pnnl reminded ,ho Cothth, LORI IT,
world and to angelB and 70 1not.'
| How graphic is the simllel AS 30 often olao-
whcro. 10 hero, tho language il agoonlstic. The
.Bpcctaolo" was tho deat1'on--tllo' arena
witness g!atllatorinl consbats; and the word II
ninety years before. our Apostle ponned tl't
words ii our toxt, ;a!ni1ns scaur,,a had built