, 1876-05-29
Prof. Swing on tho Progress Of
Christian Doctrine.
Decoration-Day and tho Lessons
It Tcacl,cs-.-Sermon by tho
Rev. DR.. Williamson.
Tho Rev, Robert Collyer on 1.-THE
Roots Of the Revolution"
CHRISTIAN PROGRESS.
sBNMoN NJ PROF. SWING.

McVicker's, taking for his text:
Every fcrtbe instructed into the Kingdom Of
Heaven Ia like unto A tnnn TINT Ia A houtchnlder
which bringcth forth ont Of his tfcaAnFc things new
and pll,-a!htt. Kill, 62.
Tils verse roincs from that parable speech OF
the Lord, The great Teacher poured Into one
address tho riclness Of seven parallels. The au-
tlicnce WIS composed Of thosc Orcntale who
never make plntn, prosy stutcn,cnt OF any
thought When they say anything they deco
rate the Idea until It Is made rs magnificent ma
Solomon OF shcba'e Queen, and when tho idea
las thus been dressed up In the silk Of poetry
ar the 1uo linen Of Imagination, then they think
It ready for presentation. In that land nnl age
The trees talked, tic animals talked, and except
In parable or In poetry, or In high imagery, sau
no cue anything to any one.
In this passage the scrIbo In religion, in tic
Kingdom of God, Is compared to m old house
keeper whose homestead Ind come down to him
from former generations, and was hence full Of
Did tapestry and new curtains, old aud tcccnt
pictures, old aud new platc, old and new robrs,
swords, nsll urilasnrnis, nml, what WAS perhaps
better than al1, full ol old wine and now. Tic
guests having assembled, tic host brought ottt
silycr. Just from the shop was tet out alongside
tic plate from former century, and tic wlhc
Of The lust vintugc was tastcu often mid we'll,
along vii the richness That had hecu bottled
Fla|I{ HARVEST llIlE. llOH hitllilMT NIC 1tN-
est days and the youngest! The modern heart
Is divided between the newest patterns and the
antique. at tt1ncs each heart feels driven rs
Iy Instinct to 70 hack for something to the AGE
rufl!c or n dwclline-h.use, Or chal1, that wa.
lovely WHEN the gu0tl Queen wurc IT, and lookrtl
at Il Or ordered Il, Thus ail ayes love Tic new
mil tho old, and, II let alone, will beautifully
rHinglc the present anti liz paat
is with such tigurr IF speech the tliylne
Teacher pfncCB helrrt ls tile scribe instructed
intn the kl1gd01n. 4 trtlc scribe Instructed
III the duties ot the Kingdom M hoilschaldrr,
mansion, locs III; cit down to MI nnvur!cd ro.i-
tine, hnt lie ss1uss along with botl hunls fun
Md wishing fur tttr,i mud that ile might seize
more {sntn efthcr antiquity or the present. The
tsn.s Of family l'ausc passing through tho lung
life in land OF entail. Here uru plate and fur
niturc hcaring thy stamp Of Moses. Here is n
harp that David held, altl group Of psalm. hs
his snrrow; hcrc is tic lung, black snekcloth
. Which jeremiah worO IN Ills lamentations. Aud
lterc II the new nlau the picture Of John lap
,si, The vslcn If Christ, tho c'udje, tross, a,iA
tomb; here arc all the ,,ew wur.ls Of Tho New
Testament. The scribe instructed Into tho king
dom is afrni.l "f nothing old and nothing new.
He Is only the dealer III the goods; he does not
.nakc the goods. IL Is only as !, cup-bcarcr in
.he palnrc Of bis King.
Let lis employ this pntahla Of the Lord not a.
wnrrantiEg our conclusions, but rs furnishing
US with ali illustration Of what We perceive to
ho m the fact now tn The great house Of religion.
our thought, hut shall only love It as happy
Illustration. Our age IL fnr tho must part i
scll.nstrlcted scrlbt, and Is bringing forth
rom the treasury thu new and the old. It car
rig along the ola as tar as II las mt utterly
hat no tlrc should be knllcti OIL tie Sabbath
lay, he issucd tile order In ,nlltt rmatewhcrc
Mn suffering FROM cold wolt not bs Intense,
llc modern Sunday from the Mosaic ngr, they
draw out Of the TREASURY, only The, permanent
quality of thu day anl leave thc LAW nga!nst
IRE 10 wnrk nut It's usefulness In u
ax a!1se ,r S,re'Is Ip; H9s; fr'h 0ag into ano
nf the iast they lcayc t,u hotties already
broken Elll hrIn, forth the old, indeed, mr.
rilcl Il he not already spoiled There arr ihosc
who rso;lH;se sot,'y ihe old Theyso venerate the
VT Spoiled, nothing has Iost flavor, but ths
hope, and CHARITY around Davltl ,as around
Christ. but Tic truth Is, Christ read better tho
Mosaic ago lie eulletl o,it of Il some Erent .lo4
tsine~,-those Of sacrifice, rcnitence, fnith, unl
righteousncse,--s.nd thcn threw the rest away,
as did tho fishermen who cullel tycr OH tho shore
hud brought tie yaluah!u old ont OF tic i7e,s,,-
ry, ILL., pr"ecsicd III bring out he valuable n:,y,
nntl thus stands t>4lav tin mighty householder
ot Hts own parable. Wonderful Is the display of
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