, 1875-06-18

Lecture BIZ the I1ev. Thomns Guard
Mt Con&ennry Church.
Tho Rev. Thomas Guard delivered m In
structtve anh eloquent tecture Oh tho aboyo s1lb-
jocs at tho Ccn.onary Church Tuesday evening to
very largo sudeaco. The following IL : btiof
abhttaot Of tha discourse, which xaa oxsraostil-
nsrily long, though tho oioquencc Of tho speaker
Kept up Al uuaaggInR in!crorts
Ltc-wl,al ~ it2 1t is forccfuf, but 1t la not
force; neitler is fosco lilo. II Ia beautiful! but
II Ia not beauty; mother IL beauty life. II Is
progressive, but II ts not progress; nathor Is
proRross life. TAoto hangs veil Of mystery
over 1t which, rs yet, humnn l,knd has not parted.
We track 1t with tho microscope. but It oluseos
our gaze. Wo lay oron the organism tu which
Ii ia onsnrinetl bnt tho very operation has fteod
tho captive and frustrated tho effort OF dtscoy
ety. Neither lens nor scAlpol hsth e'icitcd tho
eecrot and tho iowliest student knows ~ much
Of tho ~erd thing as the sage. Wa may mark
It's m.tluds OF operation, It's spheres OF eyultl-
ton, tue lsvs which regulate its growth and
Its dccadencc, aud stlll tho tlniost moss
Of scionco ss the awtul subi.nittos OF tho lifo-
principle OF Il Milton OF Shakespeare, y Ncwtot1
Or a humboldt. for tue tuhnltoly mEHteriuns Ona
has Hung tho lrlngea Of hia anmpsnous mantle
Of ineurueabiiity ovor sho mnnoW tf tho BROOK
let ~ royally ~ ovcr tho aras'bor Of the prtncl
palltias that eerge In the imnedlata prcsenca Of
tler Creator.
Tho swo prime functions of life .se ssslnltla-
tion and propagation. Fool is tho condition OF
tho one.-progeny tho fcAlIt Of tho oiher.
How uld Is Lilo, aud whence caao 1t scletlce is
ongsgsl III pondering these Queries aud attempt.
Ing thor SOLUTION. Tlso coal-lfelds Of tho world
carry eunloHlAt Of tho acclct, Tor they are but
extinct comprosscI vegetation. Tho coral reefs
sud iblauts OF tho alclont ocean incose littl0
Of tho auswer. for they are septlchres Of de-
parted life. Tile hoaty l!lla enclAsn part OF the
auuwor, for In many Of their tangcu, Extend
ing ever miles OF our planets ! s4r:
insyulaocnt @ 'mausosums 'i3i Of dopsrted races. @
Dars in canuot tell you how old il life.
1n his brilliant effort to gntbcr facts whotowltl1
to sas.aiu lis theory oI " tho Origin Of spcctea,"
he complains Of tho scnnty records Of .ancicut
and o1pEosscs tho boiler that tho remains Of
lilo billions Of ages tno1o ancions than those
found lu lalnozoio rocks may got DO found, md
that sucl. llfo is necessary to tho upholding OF
Lifs co,aoa f1oin iifo. This is tho doep.soated
conviction Of average humanity. Wo iayo
never acen It othosw'so. 'riH tslo, meu 1.-Two to-
day who bseve that from substance which Ia
not living oxintenco can coma fosth. Aud thoy
Aro labnIlng after facts coutisnatorv Of tho bc-
lief. but tho microscope has unco mud again
p,oycd that In aubstsnoes thought OF and tzoatod
aa non-lsWng, ttero we1o inboddod the eggs or
the iu.lllissslmsl seods Of plant and in-
bECts Anu VIII 9fEIt AlultlOl Mh00 IL
tho magnit,lng power OF tue lens Htili Atusllsr
gortrs Of llfo have been dotectod. wArraut1ng III
in tue porauaslon thas.. wlth augmentation Ut
microscopic power. pillar after piiEss Of the
"rpoutaneoun generation" hypothesis shall
crnmbfe. aud the WAula become but "tho bXas-
less fabrics Of ! vision."
Whers is l,fe7 This must be aneworcd by au-
other question: Whore is life not '1f | as
cend up toto 1{eaven. It IL tlero; It mako my
bed IN hell, 1t il the1o; II take tia wings Of
rnerrfn0 md 1Tni1 II fj1a fA,r nf
the 2ea, it u tlcro." It btoo1H tn tho groYe 1t
swarns In tho pool, II troops over tho prairie, 1t
burrows in tho sJil, 1t carols in the breeze, it
onroboa the storm.bcaton bowsdor, 1t festoons
ocean with phospIorescent shuen, II makes tho
w,lderneaH rcioicc aud tho sulitarY placo glnl,
1t feeds OH aud sn 1lfo; 1t fattous on corruption
and speea4 IN decas; It il "tlo outnnrl auA
Is fuii Of i tie vatota abound With il; i. IL ID
rnoxlo and 10 herds, mud in fouks; II works In
tho outheap, and 1t tolls IN the golden palace Of
the seomcsI1c bco, Nor 10 1t lcs1 varied lu typo
r4ther tLore IN an 'userminanlo and bowi!dorlng
In s,ze. from violet to mammoth
troe Of Yosemite Valley; In color mos
than rival'ng tic rainbow iu form. from boetlo
of slsnt hoara ccststle' existence to lis oasto,
"tonoNing ,ts youth" for second eentury's
gysationb; In dwelting-place. from tho al
but unfatlaomed caves OF ocoan 70 whore tue Ice
giog reiXus amidst tito nolemu sonce aud atato-
tnonto, from tho oyst.r, which defends itself
against pain aud death by tashoning pearl !;
and ths bdaysr, that builds ito dam amidst
thu torrents Of semi-Arctto Xouos, to tbs htlmau
barnt Of tho to,nado, iniorpsets tho heroslyph-
,eA calsett on ROCKS. aud shellH and marpio /;
aud from "tAe things that arc soon," iuiors
"tho escsnal power and uodhead > Of their
causs and end. Here have We iIiMitable saris-
sy, 0ue plau. yiods medicinal virtue from isa
roots. another from i'll bark, auotlor fIom itH
leaves, anothor from ita bloaaoms another fro,l
tbs 1iud. another from the paip. and yc: An-
other from the teruYl Of It's frait, III tllla, att
other lnataucs Of variety. And In ,n.n him
self, wlat illustration have no Of tho
! sanlo truth. III physiquo no two exactly
| alke-ln INT of complexion, ahada OF hair, form
| aud expression Of sye, magnitude nnl contour Of
head, length or slavaton Or mass Of nasal organ,
breadth Or olt.uoss Of forotesd, width or tluxi-
billty oi mou, And lip, recession Or projec.sotl
! OF chtn, arch OF foot, or liucn OF hand. And
| much unaro 40 10 this ttuo Of mind IN mau. III
one The analytic prevail, iu snoshos tl'e synthet-
IND ptSau'' eeass.tuto tue M phi1ossphje aoatus
Vi Who's. ''a hn.l y" end i, tho Manufacture d
dsY-.ors arr-ay'logiams in anutLeF tue tmaE.
b. iao, sd
feo'.ugs, and fanclee tapcstres are wovon
Which man called "1lliads," "1Ianicts." ans
"l1Yls Of the King"
Human life embraces tie osasnce o! ~ lowe
llto, aud adds thereto thu qua!ilos Of lite yc
| lpftlor, Tie auImal and thu angol meet in h11
| man life. Dy 70 mt.cl, Ia tho hilman greater II
ts range Of posslhiIisles thal. c,th1roi those iu
cluded in lts mysterious unity. Human !lfe i
sssI Il T .~ss ssy sss sss
ne!tl,cr animal nor augel kno"s;
should, therefore, prefer the rank o