, 1875-08-16

has uc1e bY already in AcehAt s0tH! At'3 "4'1'o'
Stop pilj-boIcs and coflinn will bo cheap; atop
hssyy meale On wcsry atomsohs. ana d1tpolsla
viii nv away, stop ldls lives. and crime VII hs7e
ku end; stop kho accussod tdoa OF lnh,laRe ~ :
civil contraot and divorced ~1h 20 ashKotouh
rtop si.e pulpit from spring aF!dora' webs aqd
tho oov froI, bong caught In them, and We shall
Fourut-I,ut this ia not Ill. We Agbt shadous
Of Inst. and greed. aud brutality, and b.soness.
oyeryvhsre eiso but IN ournctyen: and hcnce are
tueiIcctunl wo keEn. would Ike 10 trace back
a criminal aono time-to my to Inn. NV n7hn.
where did yon leatL To drink. how did von learn
to swcar, who taught vou to desire what wan not
yours and encouraged yon to lot your body tram.
nie over yoar noul7" Mark my woEda--t'o nca-
lect OF sorno good person, nearly OF rn-
motely Ia tho csuno of al this. Now. God docs
not ark lis 10 fight what does not attack US. God
know there Ii enough work without that. But
God anks III to lot no opportunity to do good
alp away from ia. 6hhlt you srla bo ruotohca
because NO I,avo neglected Fill chio!3 Prob.
ably moi. But we vii certainly bn punished II
no nog1ect our own tousoholdn oar own Cities
onr own circln Of relations aud friends. Those
Gothn, VandA1st hnd Huns. Who arc bnding
bIocEs, and boating Ir,lnln, md cracking whira,
and carrying dollH, will hereafter densroy tho
city Of our peace II We ars not wAlcliful Let
III take tho a1ugs OF onr own ca6bngeB and kucp
the cut-worm away fSnm o,lr own tomatoes. and
Tho catorptlIarn off Of onr own trees and tho
beams ont of orr own eves.
LOOK straight thald0 OF ynHrHelTcH, IT yon are
mon and u ~oinc,l sufficient TO dare to do It. Take
Chnns's hsnd and "a through the dark gal
leriea OF your souls. Wake up tbubo
eku!ky thieves and murdorcra who hare
ctawsed into obncnrity until your moral
nlgllt.tfme coraes whon thor may work. You
yourselves nro atndr Of human nature ononRh
for life aud perpetual employment. lilo who
cau truly say that he knovB himself CAD feaaun-
ably hnpe that ha--in conHc1ncnce Of it-kpows
something a6ant others Aud ho ~ho rncn his
~ I'M
him.
FiHh--I must warn you not to 20 too far. In
trospcOfion In nel1 e"o',els, but when your mys.
tic dreaming achieves 10 more than that Of
Browning, OF what good is is7 Why ahond YOU
study cha,natry or mathematics oxcopf to Apply
thetn7 Oh ,niaerablo goologlus who kuowtt!
tho etrata wth thee, rot can't not tel! whore
tc dig for gold md Eoss'el Oh wretchod phllos,
orler who. with all ily fancien, haet not fo'1nc
happiness! Oh pitifl weather-prophet VIII
coi!cctcst ali facts, bit comb!neBt ther
In no shape to test,fy to thee o.
furEona wind or bowling storm
These arc thlngs Ia bo done. 'hud things which
are worst, doing. but 30 manv OF liz hre apt X
70, aven here. 10 extremes. Shall the musician
30 10 Rcns1tive that he can ontoy nothing bu
the most CLASSICAL chords, and 80 be incanahlc
sppreciating tho common thlnk8 Of the hoart,-
| melodies which sing themsolses Of peasant lives
tho gont-bel's Of sw,pa crags, the calls Of listl
birds to thor mates, thvEroun al tho tree in tl'
tcn,noat, or the unmodalated Ringing Of a enid
| We have no buslness to tight there Aupertl,tou
enemsea. All sciences, Bo-called "exact." sllos
matRius for irpertcction In instruments and ii
observers, aud in Na'uro bornelt. The sc!cnc
! Of human life must have its like sccotnmuds
/ tions. Jes,,s CllrIst cam9 to agonizo over res
| proble!nR. hnd 30 u,uat VIC.
| they tell us that tho crystalline h,1rnor Of til
ago, disturbed by ill-hoalt!,, cause moses and lY
ing spots aud fimy webs aud Ruddon bright az
pearancer to danco befors the retini, In goo
| sound Lealth ttpss pnss away.
So, O Christian, DO healthy. Fight open er
enaicd with tt,re downright blows 10 not d.
ceivcd by shadows fighting BY your weak and uu
trustworthy human sight.