, 1875-06-07
THE PULPIT.
The Rev. Robert Coll yer
breaches upon Hope.
And Explains Its Power Over
the Life Of Man.
Tho Rcv. Edward Sullivan on Gov
ernor Hardin's Grasshopper
Proclamation.
How Prayer May Produce It's
Effects.
Tho Rev. MIR. N1illcrl on the
American Sabbath.
Tho Rev. MIR. N1illcrl on the
American Sabbath.

AcooD HOPE.
eEnhoN NJ TIE MEy noBERT coIITEn.
The Hev. Robert Collyer preached yesterday
morning at Unity Church. taking ~ hls tez.:
We ato saved by hope, but ho3'e tst is IL not
iii. II We hopo for that wo ats not iii, DO wo viii
patience walt for Il. Likewise tho spirit loipeth
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. uif., 3t, Is, 20.
thnk We may got glimpse Of tho nature
and grace Of hope from tho seasonB, whom VIC
notice how joyful NO Aro in tho spring, and
sad By comparison In tho fall Of tho year. The
fall IL frasslon. whilo tho spring ls At beat an
expectation. We know in tue fall what We llayo
to depond on. Our trees Lavo borno their fruit
or nlado thoir timbor; our fields havc yielded
Gfasa OF grain In such measure; and our years.
work is 1ortl. about 80 much. Dut til tue spring
VIC ato not snro Of anything beyond hiB,-thas
thcro ia sure to be break somewhere botwoon
tile promEo and tho fulfllmcnt. These blossoms
that cloud the land with glory may novor ret
into fruit; tho grass snay wither as It spiinGa;
aud tho grain. II It proHpors sver 10 much In ti.o
growth. may be b1iEhto1 by tho rust or devourod
by tho plnguc 70 that We arc not euro OF nnY.
We have nothing no can really cali Our own, and
yet nc aro glad for tho spring. no brighton up
when the flowers come, and lind tho noug OF tho
birds and tho ripple Of tho waters IN our own
nature. and would mono Of ua think Of ezohang-
ed wealth Of 0ctopcr7
Now, III searching after tho reasons for this
curious inconsistency. this Aeons to mo to bo
tho first and host, that We haso como into pos
heAsiou of hoPe born Of tho tt.nB and tic very
naturo Of things, while At oslor times all wo
lavo is certainty. 1n . month Or. Bix wocls
from now tho huabandrnan mill know ltoarly
In
though tAat bo moro than ho hopod for,
ho Will not be 80 joyful In lis real heart ho IL
Of tile expectation which An yet IL set about With
1li these uncertainties His blood viii tnslo no
longer through tho nubtio nrcs Of thiu beautiful
iIluBou; ho will stand on tho very Brot wLe1o
tho rainbow rested, and It will mot ,o there. Tho
eobes satisfaction OF 1unnohiug his applo a. la
sits by Tho winter tiro will not compAfo with tho
fine forcHcolpg whtoh came oyor him when tln
blosaona trhnslgoroa tlo 3an1; nelthor will tho
full barns nor the fair bauk-book bo quite what
the folds wore whom the tender shootH began to
spriug in tlle burrows. The truth is, he has got
Inns bson transmitted iuto tho tangible reality,
aud ha would be sad man nuw all hin
days it tho wnHomo oplrit did not
atonl cut Of Its frustion and appear again among
tho clouds.
But this In what sho always docs 10 sound and
hoafthy nature, The mau gAthera his grain md
eelecta tho nnoet for another sowing no picks
his fruit and then poess INTO tl.o troes md tries
yoar. Ho knows the winter frost will soarcl,
them to tho coro that no will very likely fret
and gEoau from lilo Let Of April to tho lat of
june and Bay ho neyor aay such spring that
would deceive tho very eloct It tho time was not
shortened, mud that It will 10 ono loag fight
With Nature from june 10 October, aud then tho
old story again OF tempered sat'sfation At tho
IS not .oen NJ Ias tidss lin ids ISs "?s2 'ass ths
wtntor, brings him ont when tho suu
roturns, And Lifts him into tho old Glury. And
40 from year to year hope holda him i'll 8 nobler
is never quite 30 happy aa when ho ought. logi-
cally. to to he most miserable.
II, hgasn. We should meot q man in tl,ta calling
who told us frankly tlat ho had netttetl down to
had no place; that hs creel at last had com, to
be,-" 13essed are those who hope for nothing.
they shhl! not DO disappointed" lad 80 schoolcd
himself that he could walk over his farm this
on blu head aud hliod luis eYoe with their beauty.
could say, You are not good for moro than 10
per CENT Of your promise With al your bravo
seeming = anu. ~ ho hsw the hprlngtng grain
many bushe1s, allowing no margin It al' for tho
play Of this pleased spirit, but reducing ov0ry-
thing to Gradgrind reality that wae over 10
good 10 tn own wny, no should my to TINT man,
NV friend, | an very sorry for yon, vise asyou
would call fool You Ate leaving out tho color.
aud aroma, and musc, and poetry, and grace. Of
your calling. Io9 haso placed sonr treasure M
thieves break through and stoal, yon are 90 Hse
~ to be ahlo to turn your 1o"el Into bit Of
charcoal; and 1t I WAS in your place I would
hold on to my hope Il loet nv
crop confines rather aan hare ny
hopo, for there ia no compensation In what you
can value In tlotIRsa and cents for that vision of
what the eye hath not aeon, nor the car Aeard,
nor tho hoAtt concoived,-thst iunor spring
which u forever touching you when the time
oo1nos to new onlsayors, and keeping tho wheels
| Of lIfo stcAdy ~ tho ntars." Only tho*e vino
have this hope which 10 not aooa got as tho real
socrot evcn Of the hard and easthy life on .
farm the 5est Is tho bread which rerlahes, this
IL the broad rh'cll cometh down from hoayep.
on whicl, ho that feedoth can noyor hunger,
though. like Horace droctey, he fntls ouly hopo
lefs WHOM hIs ysar's work ia dono. aud
Or. A. poor Ms. Mceker 1eporta from
bo bAten down to bu0, tut-and thea tho old
practical ilcallat plomes bis wtngs. and sings Of
what viii DO whsn tho owl days aro over, and
tho s.oadtsst Providence gives shom = fair
chauce. II We hope for that no eco not then
DO we With patiauce wait for II, no matter what
may b tho disaster, for through hope, Thomas
depth to tns loftlsst height.
And hayo touched tho place thEs ponef holds
among tho most honnely and tangible rcalit.os
man cali deal *iths that Wo may 200 Whit worth
| aud beauty tlora IL In It, whon NO eeize aud hold
it. for sill Mgher tlings. How poor Me
40 In any wealth with this e,emont .eft
out, and 10 with what sacred care
we ought to feed tho tl1ts Of 3 good hups In our
hearts. because take 1t 10 b ttlu beyond ali
1ueHtoa thAt this IL ons Of tho high secrets Of
life. tue naluspring Of our purest Joy, tho CLAM
cur urdainsa OF God to ba better thAu auy reali-
half Of ths rsal,niss's yosrnlug. 40 that had
| wings like dove" 1t IL ! power 10 holy and
true that when NO follow 1t for truth add holi-
nens. aud still hnd thAt No fall sLort Of the sia-
ion. II ountss1leta tho axiom tAAt hope detorred
| nlatctA tho heart alck. That ts what falso
| hope vii! do alwAya, but true hope defe11od
| lnaketh tho hoa1t whole, and insures tho upward
| LOOK. "Look there, my friends" said ono last
picture OF the EASTERN shore cast sgAipst
the curtain Of the sky. We know