, 1875-06-21

perfected through suffering, 70 II III for us 10
bo transformed into 1Iie likeness and b ohhrac-
tartzad BY Ills spirit who eatns uos 10 bo min
tstersd unto but 10 minia.es. Thus tho believer
Is to tiso tnto tic patience aud power Of hi.
tnahter, who came fu ths lcng campaign of re-
den,ption 10 rnit Tar TIM fulIneHa Of time. and
who f1aa stood BY tue ceptnry In the current
mnrn and bo mocked, TO invite aud 10 spuruod,
to bfoss aud BE- amtten. 10 fulfill TINT wondrous
picture Of 1satat. ubo said, " IIa sliall not cry
nnr lift up nor CAUSE bis vocc 10 be heard in tho
street, bruised rec.i shall iie not break and tho
emoktnR taz ahail lIs not 1uonch. ue shail not
fail nor b. discouraged, TIL Lie havo sot ln5g-
tnent in tle earth aud tho ales shlll wall for Ills
law." II In IN sbls patient uaitiug based upon
tho perfccsionh Of l1ta character That No find tho
hoerct OF tho liability Of thoss who tolieTe In
Him.
This connection Of faith aud unhs,ttnE pa
sienco Is found tn al! greatnoHs. No man ever
roeo to great achievements WHO did not rise on
the wings Of faith. not always faith In God. bull
always 1attb tu God or some substitute. Faith
II thu cohoniye nowor in rho mind. Without it
tLo dtverginR aud d,BInseyrated faculties would
10 no better ttihn mob Of instincts and impul-
Sos: Thts gives the faculties unity and Fepose,
and spreads out bcfoEo tia enkindled thought
tle whole map Of time, and cnablos tho
mind to draw confidently from tho resources Of
the paat. And to plan boills for tho campaigns
OF tho future. Thofo has been word Of
prophecy. fayoring oraclc. good omens In ths
stars above or in tho SACRIFICES beneath. q: ii.
profound conviction of divine call, or Of al
electton OF fate, that las Aolped the:glea, aork-
c.a on to victory. It may bo = yoics like
A1Ish.m s' IT, TO; .. a ra3on lite Jsso1s H. oF nl.Sins
Of revelation like P4ula. OF n franco l,ks
Mohammed'a, OF croBa like CoEsta,t;no's, or
call l!ko that Of Joan Of Arc. or conviction like
%Sas,a4 Sio ,sA be 10 os sss5 Ike Is eesos9a
in tho nublisne faith Of its huhject. .
faith that lAugha It inpoaaib!lis1es and
wAits for the inoytAbe. Napoleon. IN tile Italian
campaign. spread put his future before Ills uncle.
Napoleon stepped quickly to tho window. aud.
pointing up tnto the midday sky, said ''Do sou
see that atari 7" no" was tho replY. ~ do"
That star lod him TO tho summit Of human
condition OF greatness. aud no man ayos yes
held tho faith nt lin fellows and 80 the moans Of
success, tTl!o did not hare faith IN God, Of In hs
destiny. OF In both.
old Cromwell! In reuned Ia By Scotch lakes on
tLtee sides, and BY Scotch plaids on tho other.
Thaso Scotch 1aia under Earl LeB:lc. tho
ab1cas commauder Of his time, taken oven
rnan for man: wore rough CUSTOMERS To meet Oh
tho moor. Hero ther walo overwhelming In
numbers as,d im0ioguablo In the.r inircnch-
menta on tho hill. CronweI sat still aud watt
cd. Leslie completed l1ia vorxs mud waite1.
Ctomwcils y otliccts wcra tetEor-st1icken and al.
most ready 10 nlutiny. Du: Cromwell with tho
decreca Of God IN bis heart and thu des..uy Of
civil md religious libetty ol hia blo1idcrA. said,
" The Lori ~il dollrer the lhl1latlusd into our
hands. and waitod. 0a the morning OF the thirl
day At 1awu scouts told CROMWELL That tho Scotch
wero In motion. llo took . look at thor l;nc,
spraug into bis Aaddlo shouting, "rae I.nrl hath
delivered tue rnllIatiues Into our hands. and in
m hoa1 Sossaaals prlds WAS hnmblcd. her clans
woro slaughtered or diaarmod. and Cromwell
Wcll on tho way TO the rrotecorate. Ea bsllave1
nnd therefore did not mako haste.
What sturdv work followed tina stt,rd! faith OF
tho ptritsos! It WAS no mean enterprise to hhip
III the MRytlower for IN autumn aud wsuter Sea-
Chamber uD tho Focan in Now England Decem-
oer. into Al unbrolion wilderness, to srapple
with a new continent islI OF now foes, mud uew
diseases, and now tAnlncs. But it MAS only boya'
forlorn hopo reoonnoi,eriug tho COAT. In
httle boat dumping. with up. ~, coated with lcc
tho men clad in ice-ilke maIl. driven Oh au
Island In the daskness, without shelter from
storm Or sassgas, under pressure for food and
Tor . footing; tho winter. upon thsm: their
friends away on ehspboard in an1istv for infos-
nation. with usory motive for haste aud action.
they remember theif covenant aud observe the
Sabbath In rest and prayer kuos deep iu snow,
storm. and -, vlntor md famine md
sabb.th. whiIo 1t moved and sleeted
and troao and blew they bg4yed and sang aud
.asted. They had tho word Of God and believed
1t. 80 1t was nothing for sl,etn to wait. TAey
were IN covenant nith Him. Ho had charge Of
them. There wos nothing for then 10 DO but
obey and walt lor tho morrow. God must cato
for tho eoossqu"nces. They tre Ills. Tho
hartu could como 10 them. What II the ara
Harzod shout than! Their oso MAS fixed 90 the
sea Of glass mingled win ilrc. What
so,.Es sS ss. Sass hrSsd %sS n,1n Tho As5 s5
Of ta9 Esernal King, and wcrs going houe to
His aucient palace. What II tnen Knocked At
their crced ana ridlculed tl,olr coniid ,noe. God
lad g!sen both to them. What II r&yages
skulke1 In tho storm and waited for their Fcalpu.
God, who huld oven tho arch fund in chuc1,
wauld bring them OF more than conquerorr.
Grand old Me1 wese those. good sced mth ahica
to erca DOM now world. never think of
tue snow mud sleet OF thst wiuter Sab
bath but ! feel moved a. in tao
presence OF the brnvest men OF our race, and
bltba God that tho impress ut tho Puritan II Nv.
Ills sacrod Sabbath aud h's heroic faith Theso
ls no danger In this direction. No craft ever
stranded on Plymouth Rock. II We go down 1t
will be in = Wa,ner asa, In tho naotstrom Of our
passion aud our pride, md IN our own fosgotsnl-
nosa OF God aud llia ordinances Theso man. In
the pressure Of all motives, waro holo 10 abide
tloir tim0 They believed, aud go thoy Aastsu
not.
Tlnro arc some simple applications Of tho
~ subject which w1sh to sinphaslze. =, Tho pe5s
syerj thing Tor snecd. Speed ia a good thug.
but II eau be purchased at too high prlco. 1t
pays to wait for good foundasions. A tow weeks
OF time. and few scores Of pllos, and the aE-
pllcatfon Of listlo scientific knowledge in tho
single transaction Of building QUO Government
building tn this county, would hare sayed TO tho
Government enough 10 hare founded i great
university and eoMcated = thousand engneesa
every year for al time to cono. Wo ato
In too gtost haste for rcsults. alusarooms
nAy mature 10 + night; bnt tho cedars
Of Lebanon grow for aftoon osnsurea.
1t ls too tYite to say that No live too fast. Nc
doubt tho DAY after tomorrow. Llio's work
must bo done up soou. Wo forgot the groAt fact
that this lifo IL oaly fouudatios-layug. 1t IL not
pntposed ~ 4 harvest. 1t In un!Y the seol-tttne.
THIS IN wo,k, not reward. We are to be doyel-
oped, not dAndet. This IL oAtth, not heaven.
We Rre mel. not angels.
Our Notk should DO planned and performed
with Eeforoure to tho noAt tun Thousand yeats.
Sunat1neY Ioak along tho lius 0f co,nipg ages,
and ttliuk Of myself with preserved identity, with
maturing faculties, with exalted heroiSsl, with
prolonged o1porience ~ tho aesyice OF ucd,