The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-06-08

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row is uncertain. The only sure thing o
the future for each one is 4 tomb in tn
grass. 1t may come next autumn, mex
winIer, next spring. 1t may come by
sinking ship, or a burning church, or
fever that shrOuds the intellect, or I
paralysis that stops the heart. The prob
ability ythat you will approach death slow
ly, and that yOurgood schemes will cont
up before you in that hour for wise ad
justment is only as one in fifty. Second
The soul needs in these years the eduCa
ton, the noble consciousness, that come
from duty already done. The intention
to do right things and beautiful things i
poor food for the soul, But when one il
the noon OF life can already sec goOl
works back of him, then his present i
forever free from emptiness, and the no
bleness Of yesterday becomes part Of til,
souls essential character. What thC
mind needs in the latter part Of life is thu
consciousness Of having lived the Other
parts well. Dryden says: "To.morrOv
do thy worst, for | lived yesterday
The heart that intends to do grea
deeds is in great peril, Ii anything
comes between it and its deeds II becomc'
at once zero. 1t is like the Persian
Prince who divided his life up into de-
Cades, The first decade was for travel
the second for government, the third
for friendship, the fourth for God. II
was magnificent appointment, but over
thrown by an incident, he died in the first
decade. But suppose life to run along
and death to be far away, what man most
needs Is that the largest part OF life should
come first, that all the subsequent year.
may be lifted by the strong arm Of the
past. 1t is melancholy to have the soul
realize the greatness Of earth when it !.
about TO leave earth forever.
Prof. Swing reads his sermons, but his
manner Is earnest and effective. lie
does not cOnilne his eye to his manuscript
nor attempt to make gesture at u ven
ture, lie easily fOrgets himself in his
subject, and always carries his auditors
with him. His face clearly indicates the
purity and sincerity Of his soul, lie
breaches living, healthy theology; he Is
in warm, active sympathy with Ma.
turG, Man and God; he Is an earnest adj
vocatc Of every bcnefCenl work, lie has
scarcely reached the zenith Of his power,
and as he is yet comparatively young, We
may safely augur for him an influential
and brilliant future,
In the afternoon ut 3 o'clock, went to
hear tho Rev. DR.. o. II. Tiffany lecture in
McCormick's Hall on "Thc Working
Glasses" Dr.. Tiffany was for the two
years last past, pastor Of the Metropolitan
N. II. Church in Washington, aud has
just been transferred to Chicago, and sta.
toned At Trinity Church. An audience
OF between five and six hundred greeted
him on the occasion referred to. lie is Il
witty, scholarly and eloquent speaker.
lie defined work, and maintained its es.
Sential dignity aud saCredncss. llesCOut,
ed the popular notion that work belong.
ed to man because he was fallen Crea.
turc, clOQuCntly teaching that work was Il
part Of the original design OF God. There
is no true and proper manhood without
work, and Heaven itself instead Of beinga
resort Of oilers, is q state Of unceasing and
untiring activity. The working classes
are made Of all who, by hand or brain are
seeking to carry ont the will Of God by
subdning nature, and rendering her re.
sources and laws our constant and ready
servants. So long n men regard work
with aversion and contempt, the race
must occupy M inferior position When
the dignity Of work Is known and felt
through all classes, the social condition
Of the working classes will be vastly i'm.
proved. Ills perOratiOn was n singnlNrly
fine one, being in short Il magnificent and
eloquent eulOgy on the workers Of the
world in the past and present. Ills lee.
ture was frequently Interrupted by bursts
Of applause and laughter, and judging
from the looks Of the audience as they
left the hall, they did not think they had
committed a mortal sin byapplauding nm
eloquent lecture on the Sabbath day.
At night Bishop X. $. Foster, one Of
the most profound, able, scholarly and
wthal liberal theOlogians OF the NJ. f.
Church, preached to large audience in
Trinity NJ. Il. Church. Trinity is the
most magnificent temple Of worship in.
teriOrly ever entered. The eye is
pleased and delighted with every object
that meets It's gaze, and TO those who
would worship God through the medium
Of the beautiful in art and architecture
Trinity Church must be home. The
Bishop read rs text the prayer Of Moses,
al beseech Thee, show me Thy glory" lie
began his masterly effort by saying that
II was M imperative necessity Of the
human mind TO think Of God. The blind,
anxious cry Of the ages had
been, "ShOw nc thy glory" Suitable aud
worthy conceptions Of the Divine char.
acter lie at the root Of all religion, all
philanthropy all philosophy. There Is
4 sense in which God il absolutely and
forever incOmprrhcnsible only to
human beings, but to the noblcst and
loftieSt angelic intelligcnccs All Cma.
nations from God are but faint and i'm.
perfect reflections Of his essential and
eternal glory. lie dwelt At length on the
glory Of God as an original, unlcrived
independent Being, the same front
eternity to eternity, the everlasting
-lwclling place Of angels and men. The
glory Of God Is manifcsted to men in the
vast and immCnsurablc power that we sec
everywhere at work in the universe. The
bishops description Of the insCrutnble,
Tiviiic, ubiquitous power 40 clearly re.
Healed in the material creations Of God,
Observable alike in the tinicst flower and
he mightieSt sun, u power 80 vast and II.
imitablG that the nnaided human mindIis
staggered at the faint conception we were
Ible to form, was one Of the finest flights
u pure GlOlucnCc II has ever been my
llenstiro to hear. But when, walking to
he edge Of the platform on which he
iood, he raised both arms to Heaven, and
aid, "This power must have a home
aud that home Is The Al.
mighty God" the effect was simply indie.
rribablC. God is however, greater than
lis works The artist Is greater than
li1 painting. The mind that cOnceivCa Ia
,rCnter than the conception The con.
option Of the Divine mind was greater
han the productions Of this mind. And
q far back Of all visible aud exterior dis.
losurCS Of God lay the inhnitude Of glory,
hat no man had seen, and that no man
yer could see. The sermon nbounheh
With great thoughts Of n great uod, and
yns delivered with scholarly dignity and
Large as were the crowds that lislcncd
o the wi'c and eloquent words of Swing
md Foster, alill larger crowd poured in
md nut Of Wfhr rnlptIn " thn lnrVrst lngrr