, 1874-02-02

ILL Cl1lNJIAUo AStAAA
with this freedom you llnyo7 VIII you employ
1t IN high MID nollo living or will you slow
yourself unworthy no exaltol n condition by de-
generating Into vulgar rractscos ,
donooi bo cathollc IT. your spirit AID temper
toward thoao from whom you differ but Inv
!ng done this, your work Is but Tut commenced: M
Nay, greater and harder tass.. III to hold fast
to what you botioyo to ,o right and true, for ~
thtB toxt your lBo aud personal worth aro chtoiiy
ghngel.
Hit how Hlall .wo " hold tant to tho truth
to = TINT which ID good"-.wlon onco wc espouno
Nrst-l,y on,bodyiag It In visible forms.
Or thoHo, to tta, tho Church Ii ono. Ii
is tho truth Of Col Expressed In doctrines. cl1h-
toms, purposes. Wo oonsoerato n,ell and women
rotoIco IN tho immonHo bonof1!a which A,c In
stftutional roltgioua communities confer upon
mankind. 1'o faithful to these. Who're 20 many
| aro noglectfnl, you havc. your own work to 20,
Christian Churcll-for. tho churu!, FOUNDED by
jesus Of Nazareth, mud oonaocratcd by tho llnod
Of tho crmoii!od sayior Do rot lot 1t 70. Hold
fast to 1t; 1t will do you good. EneouraRo9
prophets, especially. upon Christ, tho Chief p9r-
ior.stono. And bo lesa anxious to build rapidly
than 10 build gocuroly- ly-safely. But, nbovo a!l,
build! Uao tho mntorials within .yo,tr roaeli.
| uO NOT Buy, L HhfG IQuHN WuuIGWItl " u wy !"
house. auti rast in that. hit co.nbine tho mato.
riaa in D suitable structure. II tue 1nntorla!B
are had, reject thcm; but If gool hold last to
thom and tise them
Aud what arc Al these he,,oyoont II institutions; '!
| Christ inoarlatod f-,ut ChriHtiAn sentiment ro-
ducol to ptavtico ?--trusll, not simply discoy-
cred, hut "lod fast" to- And bo:weon truth
hold asa theory and embodied II sonHIblo forms,
tho distance iB long. Bo thankful TINT We have
| travelled ovor SO much OF tho road. and ltavo
something to show Tor tho Journey. Each CHAR
itabo institution, whothor for tho poor or asck
worth Of man, aud il an expression of tnat frn-
ternal sympathy which even tho onrly preacling
Of Christianity awakened. God ho praiuod for
theBo dopoBitorios Of Christian Rontimo,t; for
for these claritioa. IN which love Of God and
lovo of man united and wcdtod to each other.
But thore Is ono othor way III Which wo mny
hold fast to the truth that III ofoctnnl Tor good,
and TINT is. by q consistent example, II H. iuhtta-
tiona emboly tho truth, the Iifo should illustrate
1t. Our preaching is vain. our docrino " powo r,
loss, If tho life is fnso. But faitl, in tho head
10 caser hold than yit,lo IN tho llanrt, and ono
may keep up tho outward form of Christian fel-
lowship, oven whiio destitute Of tho lovo - OF
Christ. Sin onticos III, pleasure sotuccR us tlie
world occupies ,tB wo locd to tako heod. Held
fast. brother Pilgrim in the pwift journey Of the
world, for no lavo not far to go. Hold on ilrll
ly to your atar ; thuA fur 1t haB sustained You
and II will sustain YOU. And you yot young ii
yoarB with tho world still before yon, M you set
In aged men and women tho dtGoroneo botwoor
lfo Of virtue and lifo Of ain; az YOU obAor'f
how many Of the young people in any generation
Or leud unhappy, beoasso reclles, "
lives; As you hear tho warning
that como from tho pale lips OF tho lcad; Ms
you rovcro tho n'o'ores of those WHO, III , eyer
aii rs you reflect that the claractor OF the gen
Grafton which shall succcod you depends almost
wholly upon yourselyca.-Ih hchocch YOU, IL th
] name Of Christ with respect to the Church. t.
hold inst to Its doctrines, iB uHeful forms, an
its uiany-handed charities and. with respect I:
yourself, to hold fast to your honor, to the trutl
NJ you understand it, and to your allegiance t.
God. mn, =,
, lesson with whicl, tho sermon began, and witt
recognition Of the fact TINT no ono OF tho aoV
oral Christian Hects Inns prollted moro by critica
study than oNr own.. But strc.ncss II
viii cl,riatiau charity. llathor lot tho words .
D tho sermon be utterly lost upon your hcarln
= than that they should encourage any ono OF 20
to narrowmindelnoss. Bigotry il little loss tina
sin. Wo do not want it in our CHURCHES. or !
: our llcarts. nm not pleading for anything 9
t thia nature, for into ttat compnnionsi'Ip woll
not hayo you olter. but l urge til
Y clnims Of activo faith, mud desire, to al
you in porceiyng tho evils Of moral and dintellee
tual iudifforence because want You to realiz
that tho n,ou mud women Of this and othe
. churches arc thoso faithful workers WHO At
! carrying tho burdens of tho many charitable il
sttsitions Of the city, aud oil those people, {
t whatever faith or nan,o, who are WORKING fc
D humanity who aro upholling by scif-denial an
: patient effort such customH, principles, do'
Q trucs, .as they believe arc ordained Of God, al
in these respects worthy your emulation, all
7 aso doug great good. By making n
lig.on workhng M 'orco G9a 5,s c,';71as G1Gss,
0 Donial ia not belief. Negation saves nobod
s Simply to oppose what othors believe is no ev
0 dcnco other that ono has tho truth or il hol
1 cstly scarchiug for it. Truth s positive; it
constructive, It is cternal. Truth @ Is Of &c &c
In spirit and III truth" ...
'in spirit and i'll truth" Wherever you me-
the truth. rojoioa iM it. II with patience y<
0 sock, you will not como away unrowaracd. II
h viii ind it in nature, in the Bible, in the fucts
t Providence, in history, III nun aud women VII
? like yourself, uecl ita guidance; you will fluid
+ in common things, md whore, perhaps, *
+ least expected it. But whoreyor yon tisid it,
, the Church or in tho street, joyfnlly, grateful
: accept it. as q light to your path aud o lamp
r | YOUR roet, aud ''holl fast" to it.
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