, 1875-09-13

meat apd sleeps In your barn, but viii not
wheel 10 ton Of coal for two pFices,-theAs =
Of purpose, that We can - yet dst ct.
For doubt not At all onca mora that tbs
truth we all SEQ 20 clearly tn tho noo'ast Of lbs
sons Of God fl. tust as true Of the most obscure
wa not.ce hos Moses could not belong 10 EsYpt,
Or Alexander Ia Perdta, OF David in old Saul OF
Isn in Scandinavia or Mahomet IN Europe, or
Luther IN sp.in,, OF great host of, other men
thought. and religion, anywhere except exactly
Hh"ra 20 ttnd tuer,, because shat hts atons un-
ueE uod could bring them forth. and thoro alone
tAoY coul,! find Their homo and tho fitting neigh
no'nood tor "tat they weEe nent into this world
70 no. ana ~ bus for thaae trno conditions in
the man at,a about him. we could ncser have
anysh'ng better than village Asmpdons aud
men no reverence with our whole heart
because they Fp4ang out oF thaI lIfo arst aud
then wore tue to 1t. no matter what happenod,-
90 say u Is In sonsc poor deg1oe wish every
one Of us, and nc belong thcrn aud can do 40
good bv comparison anywhere elac. w m4Y
eeek 1t. erhals, III l sln freq to ssy I aouuht
mine through life tinac and uove. teel aE home
arm OF heRyi"s burdens sometimes aud tterues
tanks than We e.ef had before. We nav iook
back With regret on tho old umes or forward
With hope TO brighter days. And no al! do that
more or leHs. But II VIZ havo the Honse to know
anythfng Of prime moment, NO know when wc
have gotten to wslere no belong, aud That tht re
fs no place like Home; that II wo 10 farther No
shall fire Ttorse' though We seem TO wtn IN go:
out. Wo Ut into our small placo -
these great ones lt iu.o their large place, It
our hope, and JOY, and c1ona, Of rejoicing. to do
aork, though thai work be Tue hu.nbless thse
was ever given to . man OF woman.
For. "hen you go into tho Older settlements
eTen Of thia nav country, where have been
this summer, and study the life ttern, Yuu 80,
n n a fA6H wthk IN Hnrni1p hNrA mi of
steady luyAl;y to the hu1no-ifo i1hits higher
iosmH. You hnd homes there IN which tho same
| family nas lived for over 20U years. WAS In \
hs. lived 40 years, aud al about were others,
| either on the same spot OF in tho nesKhhochood
| of tho s.me gray antiquity. They caue INTO as
rude and ragged land "a the eun can
With beatty aud diied t With 0p pien.y.
no that a pai,por call hardly be found preacbeti
| two SuDdlys tu thelr old church. where ia ateht
years from 90" tue old rafscta VIII have rnue
With tht,r praises quo 1eatr, and they cling 10 L
sul for its holy u1emnsias "a Israel clung 10 tho
Ark Of God. waB curious 10 LOOK Al ore of tho
cups at tho Sacrament iast Sunday: It bore 4
Of tho builders their desccudants Are maoY Of
tham still sitting within the old ra!ls aad about
tho eame Lords table, and their RrAveatouca
reach back for almost Two centuries, and their
thiuk, died where they were first settled, ono Of
them = man OF very much more than ordinary
power ard learning, who was oftsn tompted "a
rettlo over larger parishes, preaching
years. and when tho DAY GANG round to
! do It ho preached aermon that
has gono far and wide from the taxi, II am
thio day four acore and i've years old" rent
riding With gentleman far on Ia life, who Is :
| living chronicle Of the town and country. There
was history to almost every homestead. and
they were touched with she light and life Of men
%ho as. hsd bosn born there I'D bsd gone io1h 70
stroke Of work, and then go up to God And
everywhere It Was tho story Of what tho homn
can do and those who understand It's meaning
aud stick toit ra,siog thssr children aud aeud-
ing them out keeptng up their schools. running
| their town meetings.. stofmlly enough boruettppcd
when the old Puritan blood ia up, snd 70 COM
paseing their ends that tho houae aud town shalt
flower out into the church. and the church
bacoms the centra Of thu light and lfo Of tho
rough old land.
And 50 ons seas In a far-descendod and deop-
sot life like that what nav be done 10 our
newer city. and bv being true to cur home aod
all the bone ntands foE: because, no doubt,
this Is tho truth about Chicago and tho whola
laud In which sho sts as QueeD. that tho reatesa
vagabond elements OF every sort who tust como
here TO mAks money or TO lind sdventure and
then wander OF 10 Europe or wherever their
fancy leads thom, ase Of vary little ,,te indeed.
Tney are merely parasites, whlle those who In
Bomo way Of their own hear 4 voine, saying.
There ia Sour home; now sett!e down thcro and
do YOUR work who hear that4volco and obay It,
fud their place aud purpose aud do their share,
be it ever 80 small, IN tho Development Of our
real business, in the working out Of the problem
or our civilization. and the establiah-
meut Of all things that build up thn
kingdom Of God IN this new land, ,--these ara
the men and women who ase laying tho founda-
tion OF life that IL 10 endu1o IN beauty and
strength please God. through the ages to como.
tbs wilderness aud tho solitaty place ahatl do
glad for them, and tho desert shall rsjoics 4nd
blossom ~ tho roao.
/ Thar hs,hT f77A8 . fanf
huse Of our mighty life sometimes 20 heavily that
they haTs to five frana It to recover their hes tn
or the balance Of their mind, bus when they are
restored hesr the ce.in: .t T.sh!n them ~ r..
. bold again who1e you lett on. Or, II they hare
fallen into stn and folly. and are restored to
themselves again. and 500 the thing sr list In it,
s sh tsas Tar p @
neighb'Es and friends. and tho sure help Of their
home to bold their own. aud build up = new
manhood instead OF rushing bl,ndiy cat Of life
snd sin smoug stGausers md W by sheir I hts, % psrs
hAps, rsthor than thotr words, telling for kho
feas Of tacir days how eroAt thiogs tho Lord
hath dona foz than. Theas stssdy home
loving housekeeping mon and women who hare
found their true plAco here and try 10 at It.
though they can do no more than hide thelr
strength 10 our seNeEs. OF pilo It into our walls.
and DO their little might beslda 10 en:ouraga
~hataoevcr things are tEue and lovely aud ct
good report, atu ths real benefActosa and build
orr Of Chicago or ~heraver they may dwell, and
the!r chlldren shall tlss up snd call them
pleased.
And 30. I trust. NO are Ill GLAD To come horns
to our friends aud ueaAbo1u, aud to whatever
woEk Goa has given Ut to do; and II, rneo wo
wandered Away, any evil splrlt in tho vhola
legion shat forever besets us al bad gotten into
vi, 20 that ua were no. our owu masters. tha
quiokncss aud rest. aud tho dear God Aad BAthex
who watches us and sends Ills sayior' forever to
AID Us. have caught us out Ut tic trouble and
one that have como lomo to my pcisbbot1 and
| friends. No have lived With our poor little pA-
/ teat in the very heart ef goodness shilo 70 hsvs
/ been AWAY; tbs VERY ChI4ae eould hardly as'a
him than SCORES of msu and women hare besu
iii tho way from tbs lakes TO tho SEA. aud we eso
never forget tlesr goodness and tho incaloula1le
uso nj thels aid but No bAye come home to thosa
3 whose LOVING klndnesa stretches now over almost