, 1876-06-12
An Eloquent Sermon by Prof.
Swing on "a Lovable
God"
MIR. Moody Delivers a Character.
istic Address on Christ's
Mission.
Children'a DnJ Mt the Park Avenue
Methodist and First Uniycrsnltst
Churches.
4, IOVADLIG GOD.

day 10 Il lhrgo congregation III Mes1ekcrs lhc'
atrc:
Plains, cr.. II,
'rI,c nsa1n frnm whtcl, thcsc worf1s cono Inns
oo,, ,mr,on. tt,o rovor,t ,r,un ~ t,,r.,. tbn,,.
p."'Ps ,,,',, ~. 49,. ~ ,a..', soa 's"
passing along III oil their army Of events, hearts
in al, thc conditions Of 10y or suffering have
hmm envtrc- u nrtI th,, inst 1,ccn MIR twp11-
~ .,," 1"...sa.Ia,."m .s, ,,a,.. ,,s.,,
drawing spiritual riches from tho great store.
lousu Of thought. The carly Church perceived
t},r rIc},,eee of thts poetn nut1 nrornuratct1 ;s
,nc1,tot,ns tnto thc n NJ, so,cnr NJ n srrvrcs
t,.a. ',,,.,.', - .,, 49,, ~
modern poct could now, writing amid tic
broader learning OF this century, constitute for
The Chnrcl, better anthem. Our arc could
n ,,sn,,n n,rn ,.,,xorfu, T., t1o f1c1uoo.
eose psa''n no1e po"ss,a. IT., H. .u "eI'9a a,
only ono vIcW Of man ID taken, but In Its own
field OF survey It could not bc we'll SURPASSED by
nnv ~ fin w,,rt1.wcavcrs of ,no5rrn tln,cs
Th,s h,,,.,, -a,,rasa,ta rn5 =, H. "sS. ..<v,,,
ho1lsc OF thu nations. lle Is forever nnd ever.
lie Is the Hand t1Iat holds all Our days. Ills
thousand year-pcriols lie all around mans hour
norto,,s o,d soe ti,o.r, nr1 ,rn1o1,, +l,", 49,, a.
rsi's' ~" 'so ''ses "@" s~P'"''' A''s' "u" w.
ward them. ....
Wo cannot comment upon such poetry for IL
rises aboyc al words and refuses 10 RECEIVE
1icht from objects hcneoth Itself Mounto,n
peaks Gun he 'lla1nea oh'y ny sun that ~ hlsh
er than they. "hat We may a'l ito easfly Is to
take from tl,is hyn,nof Moses one sentence from
lis prayer, and for the hour look into that pct[-
tlun: 4 Let the beauty Of the Lord o,r Cad In
apo'' US.
Our times needs tho doctrine OF Losablc
God. Wo need a God whose moral beauty may
bc u)l around us and upou ,,s, Our reason sI,uta
Wv w ~ ~, -, to rot,n H.. - 80 tor" 10 .'u" s.
@ " up ~ ~ 'ne no,'on lha1 a. .nere pc a personal
Dcity Ac must 10 IN Infinitely perfect be!uE,
a'1u hence our everyday theology should DO IN
harmony WIN this gGlerat assumption, a't tic
pf abs wear or 4a str e
sonlu a. least attempt to perceive It and derive
"hat Q! goou "e tan from sucfl conception Ut
our Mixer. .,.
Let mo rcmlnu you that there has not been
,n'nE upon t,!c Qualities OF God. All theology
LUIS been only nn citort to study. anu explore,
anu dcltncate ttIe Immense ldca. 'rhG ciIort las
of course laslca OF success, because tic inite IL
Almighty TO Perfection. What lnu'. can h9pc
Tor 10 desrscs oi SUCCESS; NJ cnn reasonably
nope 70 reach IN tile ninetecnt}, or twentieth,
or thlEtieth century OF t!lfs sra more valuable
ed IN the tlrAt uSes OF human reflection. Not al
1ne while VII titere NC hil uhprokch PROGRESS
There WI oe times g oi retIGat, times when
group OF men atter Chr!st VII hold tnore d.
iSrtiye IT, ~ ncllneats2n ol dtM than was held by
piato 4U years before tic Great Light came.
BLACK spots 90 come npoi! society ~ tlpon tic
sni a;hl solnetl.hes MlirueFer apriigs up Ill
NeW EhE!nhu VINO snrl'asses u ntroelty aliy u.s.
I sasa!h OF the agc ol Nero Or tllo borg'ls Thl's
W. VI, eoi,ic tieelies III reigos fucas; but tnken
ai tosGther, soclety eto"s hcttef ~ u proceeds;
una as IL uciliAnus 1ctter enaSH!hcfy ~ TIC Inst
ase tan T. denanaea M H. tho hrst, sot VIII study
berpetaaliy tho inuSe Oh 1ts Makcr, hoping to
~ Iiu some bGa9t1ial 1eaturc hltherto u1!srei1
ihcse Lungs being ~, tue stAdy OF Gud should
~ ~sthout llitcfnlssioii, Hlth tue hope anu be-
llc1 that cut u tlie i0'lt+ Industry vi society
al1ng thls pain eoou VIII cotllc'
Ii's Eble noss not prsseIt Ms with full por.
trait pt TIC Dc1ty. Anu II It a1t1, one hTc would
llste to oiily olle verse, anu another Hge to only
soMle othes verse, alau ING unity Wot.id bG torn
into fragments as lnulahs tear up beautiful gar.
lnents alld oreak up !owsls to Eiye to each Chlrl
piece. unc seet Wo'll1 ueclaro t}od to be
man @ u war, anothcr would hay Ile Is love, altl
with or without . full revealed account tho
world would be gMlte destitute 81 tue full bcui-
v oi ~ LORD: Ing !dca o1 liod lies before us,
tne'l, thc subject Of neyer.enaing study, and w
snonlo all Myept OF lhis invitation Htld ponder
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