, 1876-03-20

ttctof ~ "o "atk oio NJ iatRo hua laculblVe
a., - - s,,th ~ nu H. "o en.Ss ~
and a oatcoh,sm whIch han = wora w =, s.ko
to our heart through the whole childhood which
neyor ends uniit NO arc received within the votl.
lne Mouns On Wnleh tue Hofd vas SPOKEN, It
ss"r,ns % 4, ~" sos'n, o'eas AZ ~ t.tsu .n
oyer "a rho socret w,,ieb il hiddcn IN its ho.,t'
THE SPIRITUAL ATMOSPHERE.
SERMON III fHor. EWING.
Prof. David Swing yesterday preached tho
following aormon 10 large congregation In tho
Coutzal Church:
Wherefore seelne, We are ooEnpa.scd about by 40
sss.s c'1ua " "l'ueaeeo'I"ep' gu, -
No' oo'y uo'e nan neeo nasutat a'mospnsfo
"aoa u" .na5. ns an ot6a"s@oa po'ns' ptea'ae'
but "a moral being ho deDAndl o certain IT.
mospho1o Of truth in which hiB spirit may find
tho hraath Of i,fe, Ae tbs bird beats ita vfnr.
,,r., AZ. ~ .,a 4, .,,..a,..A - ....a.s 80.
"P'" wv o'A' ~" 20 ooppo.so ~" eal''ou AVN
groVo TO grove, 80 tho soul OF man 1nuat poaaosa
some great outsprcad medium Of light to
which, iniruntins itself, It flies from pleas-
Mo.,,a ~ h..".s,,,,. % 49, NV , =.
Hoto'ns 90 oesu''uu5 'iiuss1a.os splt3'ual Aio ae
tno external natural world. Al tho events OF
tho fold aro cmblems OF oyeuta In tue heart.
trutt, a. tho ni,,t 7rorr, IN III. s,n,bi,,. tho
-. w r.. ts - 80 '"o.' -. @ ,.,s,
mind grows IN tho light OF Wisdom. AS tho iily
drinks tho nourtshiu9 watora, man drinks IN tho
springs Of knowledge. THUS man is only tho
liRhest order Of enrth's creatures, differing from
ali a,.o or,, :, o..t3t, - -. and ns-t ~
~. eA'o on3 - Yua"9 os =" "-u p".s ~
'aa1 "oEa' A1"ospheso enas oaqo1opa inc ioltY
CREATURE That cir that Is about tho
wing, or TINT water that 1oua toward this i'm
mortal ity. In ordcr that Won mRy raaizo tho
s...sA ~ - 49, ,sa,t.r -. ~ a...soassa. s' ae w..
uasaso W .ao IL .oquas ;s, 40 .s.auSo1'"o aua
vnluo. Ptoturo' poaalolo' tho hrss human
beings Of Garth. Cali thcm Adam and Eve.
II you wish, How singular must have been their
40 "o.la ny
,ol no ns.on os an''isIau.l uao passoo ns'o1s
food, or drink, or Industry, or education. No
art had come to place boforo them tbs behuti.
fu, no music had oomo to awaken tho soul, no
path OF ambition lay beforo them 10 iuvito them
aseinst IS sny d decue M Of ~ excellence % GO o. % 3or
an hour and paint the whole scene, aud by do
gfoos yon wifi foalizo the nature OF tho inquiry
Of this morning ~ TO tho atmosphere that now
,., sus5ouqds the soul As one q. can study ligh4t
darknosg, or pleasure by experiencing aorrow, 30
In ordor to woigh tho existing surround
insa Of tho human mind one should
recall tho Adam md Eva Of the
ecrve frst that tho moral atmosphere OF maa Ia
composed Of many oomonta. There may be
confessed to e1lst certain intuitionH that holp
guide tho moral ship. But by Intuition ono
no wc!l-knonn parantago,-states that ca1no into
tho mind 10 long ago that their or1gin Ia nov
lost, Even an lpfnpt aeems to poBsesB q con-
oopsion Of right and vrong tue ,nonont ita mind
the lutuitiouA ~ boing OF doubtful or pcrnlpSlne
quality no como to those gscat lnWH Of conduct
that hhYo boom forged out in tho SHOP OF reason
and experience. Each gonotation bus brought
ita tntelloctu. rtft md throWn II into Tho com
monts, aud since then each nation has como
With now tables OF law Tor the Rront
catochisms Of society. ', When tho ouestton
Of mso." tho oIioussl nations sLd luxury sud
ropono; then tho 0reoka aaid, ''And Mts aud
VAR" then tho I.onnhna eaid, sand civil Law II;
then tho Church added. " Religion ~; thon Bacon
added, "IuYontlou y; and tic Americans said,
"And Liberty" From Ill thess natious tho
aueation "Yiat aro tho chief ends Of man 7"
tlnds quits full answer IN ploasure, the arts,
war, lava industry, Invention, religion. Thus
Tho ca&eehism Of mankind becomes moro perfect
four u yoats over shs Compilation Of idoss tat
now liz boneath the Oalylniatio Churches, Over
tho great Fuloa aud psooopts Of human Mfo,
,uman us r.co has sat IN convention Tor tloussnda
Of yenrs csstiuu out daily somo Hotkblsss ideN
and daily announcing so11o new truth. inviting
gotne neglected idea up To Ia higher seat Al
iast, sftar tho toll and atudY, aud toy and eor.
row, and life and death OF 5000 yosrs, Or aix
timoa six, man possesses = good atmosphere lar
bis spiritual lungs to breatho, Of fof his angelic
wings 10 boat.
Having linus made general survey Of tho
vhois uuoetiop. lot us now pass from tha rreater
to tho iess. For boinr sb!o to sady iii tne tlofs
Of tho three Zones, not being kblo 10 carry I'll
tho blossoms Of earth in our Nenses, let us sit
doYn by single gronp, Tbofvorli Ia too larco
for our wandering feet lot ua psuuo In 4 dsld
tbat has hu1nbor boundaries.
Paul looking about him for lieht ssv 4 nreat
cloud Of witness, IIo uauel aoine OF Tho bftRht
host, up perceived Abei from the first oeptnrv
and then otheE great messengers far onward 10
the daYe Of DanInl aud lsaial, "ReetnE," eaid
Paul. mo arc 1enoon1paaseA BY rpoh 3 c(oud uf
witnessed, let III lsy asdo eyafy weight and tho
ain Which doth 10 eaaily beset u.s. and lot Us run
with palienoa tho RAGS Thai Ia eet boforo u.s.
Thla vialoa OF ii. Paul invites u 10 mark