, 1875-08-16
Sermon by the Rev. Albert Walkley
on the Christian Business
Man.
Exercises Of the Laying Of The Corner
Stone Of st. AIMS Church.
Sermon by Father virden, OF the Church
Of the Holy Family.
Services Commemorative of the
Late Bishop Whlto-
house.

6EHMON ny fJfE REV. 6AMUEL ". uUFFlGLD
Tho Kev. Samuel ". Dneied preached las.
evoning at tho Eighth Presbyterian Church.
corner Of Washington and noooy streets. from
tho follo~lng to1t:
So night l. not that besteh tbs atr.-l. Corn-
Hans, i<., 70.
Tho Christian has res! enentes, and be munt
| hit and tako bard bloHb rhautons ARC not
wort1, fighting. but fleu1B and feshly lusts are.
| ! do not supposo Paul ever did purposeless
thing in h!s lilo. 1ie could no moro help having
All object, right or wong. than he conld ho!p
oxiating, It was a. natural to him as It WAS to
broatho, thai 1t he ran, ls ran for prizo II he
wrosslod. le did IL for the mastery; il he fought,
| Il was not as ono who merely beat the aEr. Ho
Was no Falstsr 10 hack up hts sword and como
home to swear that It WAS done In fair battle.
Ho Was no pugI|iet einply " "cparItng" to show
his science. uo was At all times tetriblY in
earnest, aud he a1ways accomplished something.
| With tho men and women Of to-day, "sweat'
| is an nngracoful, impohtle word, to be diaplnced
by the gentIor and moro luxurious "peFspIra.
taou." But low If It should bo translated, ''1n
tho Precipitation OF thy face shalt thou cat
| broAd"2 Aud how II aume moro Of those memo
syllable BAxon terms should bo dropped and
eunorscded by othce similar phrAses3 TITO short
words OF agony aud effort tell us Of tho
| carncat contention In which men had no tlme
for long orations. Pressed into tho smallest
space the proverbs Of many lands bear btl!!, un.
diminished. tho continual fragrance Of concen-
tratcd truth. And whom any nge or any 1nnn
choosos other lAnguage, 1t needs no especial
wisdom to provo that tho tIme aud this hero are
both slow. paced and unachtoYing. Who now tol-
cratcb " Carissa Hnrlowo" anti tho long din
courses in " SIr Chnr,oa drAudson"7 Tho truth
IL. That We domand pout and pth In sermon and
In slory--voh, moro-tu lto ttsolf.
When can tako my poncll and, as speaker
proceeds, can sum up dozen sentences in QUO,
call tho preparation very thin lndcod. When
I eau ttand At cofEn-Sldn and, 1ooI!ng back
over life. find only lorol implanted with
troA. unadorned With a flower. un1lcsscd with q
harvest. Heidi am convinced of the poverty Of
that lite. Wlon can road daily the unrulInE
legend Of Christian existence, and can tind
tiIeIo no alms-deelB, no ptous energy, no &C
con.plishmout Of good, nothing In short but Il
dull pasr,ylty, | am disheartened, and CRY With
tho old Prophet, "Los1, take away my life. l
10 no moro Than my fathers. Ihes all failed to
turn back this grent ourront OF ain, and fall
too" ........-,
l can forgive man great many shortcom.
ineB II he will only now aud thea, !iao desal-
tnty workman, do good piece Of work. A man
may Btas ,1le sosy long anu 10 pasd'nsolc Il,
when he does 70 at snsthtng, he dots It
With his might Now. thcEe arc altogether
100 maay POSITIVE evils to be mot and
bentsn back for ouo 10 he merely negative char
| &CtGf. 6lmpte ueEAlluAVl efIl 0oEa NV psuAuC1
eoud. I eau find you river which does uos 'lso
in freRetB. Ia clear, aul ewaet, and ordetly, and
agreeable, and yet has ueyer carried keel larger
than tbat of ollild's toy boat. Sooner glyo tuu
tho widest wator, il It be dcop; and tho crook
edest ohsaueL II 1t DO sure aud the narroWess
| inrbor, II 1t be Hhfs.
FYrsi-Tais slaadow-fshting OF which tho texs
tells, ia peculiarly the sort which akepticisnl
man OF straw. to be hacked. aud hewn, aud scat
tered to the wind. Christians in persecution
dayb woro charged with obscone and unbiehtl,
cerrmon,es. They wsre accused Of sacflhclna
child, on snd Of cann,baliam. They we're plot
tsrs against tho State organized polaoners. cor
ru,tots OF tho public morhis foraooti md were
--ilho tbe Salem witohes-nota nffsra1ls by decent
folk hut thoHo l'cn died, some. like aickly weeds
persistenly asnau!tsd at tho root. Yet. eyeG
today, III any loud-mouthed radical" gather.
lug abroad or in thoBo city hot-housos of Nov
York or st. Lonis you will catch tha SAINT
ochoes. family falling from far ages down sht
halls OF time. but still to bo known and lecog
nizol. AaAn, ycA. again they come. 70.
would think that i'll prcsbysenlns believed
soue aapies born to hadamued, that all EpEsco
palianH hsid to baptiamal Regeneration and ek
Bap,tsts wore Commnists Al hethodlst
hkbitu.l hacksllders; and that MI liberal, houds
luinds belonged to that moss ,lltberal acct, th
Liberal chns.sns obeGt 70 no ,.ss lsIf - 1'
which IL not fair. eau easily do - much u
that myself, and can denounce and mtsfoprosen
from my own standpoint, ~, Yet tlls IL -
as'%:a vi %s' sb. a Ss''' .h.s a'ass %ss count
\ woman dcsirad to be divorced b
la~ f,om ther marriage honda. for the Judge i
| send them to the ealue coll for a npeciod tina
There they had ona onp ono plate. one spoon
ono knife FORKS wero > lhsor Invsnsiou), aud on
J. bod. II, after tho tino hnd passed, thsy wor
harmonious {and It wAs usually the caso), tne
were sent home rejoicing: II not; shoy wst
hkaptics and true Chriatians to live snd cat to
xethsr tho result would produce = broador char
II ity, avon II il failed Of full reconciliation. Dc
J. ware thcp how you contend with shadow
r rumorn. Huspicions. or appoarancea. Act1oas n
tho only true gnonons which cast The shadow o
= tnaa On tho GLADSTONE Of llf6.
Seoond-In friendship the aame thing prevAlll
No blow tho feathery sDedB from tue hoWol
breath, "lIs loyee MO; ho loves me uot:" TIL
.. up rank and harsh. Nothing .
sep.s;;s bstwesn tend' ~ tue v'dS: !. M
J. a mAllos-blow, aud raised eyebrows like I'll
! ebaks OF an AZ on tho standing tree. Nothin
+. tics up troubles in hard knobs like the tongue
Certain speeches are like tho figures AID oalou
!stions IL rome booka--put down by guess
" they harden in -hn stern type-motal iato f&ct
md on tbsn arc built hopes, fears, iuserest'
\, dtgust.
Z Z In your ffiond. bu. do not oonteud .Ith ms,
y phansoma evolved from tue fumes OF your ow
II buhbng brain.
u 1hird-ln absolute personal life we meet til
4 inevitable, cAuseless, purnoseleBs combat. "
X will discover ono who rnas to the doctor for Il
ii remedy, Who stsuRsles hard to bs right aud
"a q keep right aud yet Who ts fighting tho vAnyusl
r. wlich hls own unaoticod habits bring upon lu
,, .bapptae am concrete = minute. How, as
docs 1t ptoat you To beat ths alf
> nseeinK lie .wiah ourdIsis. wht
:, thn shoss, and lsts hours, and neRlectsd boiis
1. aud uuheslthy hemes, hare marched aIreaf
., paat, Poor fools thss we N, - nnt ri thr,,