, 1876-09-04

S it d Sa,s too sr. as1 at ,sq 1o1 st
sa{i 10 him, "ncIthcr arc Nv thoughts yo,1r
fn9 81 Vengeance went home again p,lls]n1
with mercy, and il in,iccd he wau lie son OF nt,u
of thoec stern old revvaliets It csln1o TO pass In
those days, a. II has come to pass in oura, In
suci men is tic sons Of old Lyman Bccclcr,
The bitter and fiery bigotry IN tie father ripened
and swcctcncd In tlic son to caii,oicity that
would have merry on tho worst, and bring the
law law ''''N "'S''' @"' S''~'' 'A ''' '"'' ''''
And s1t ns l,nve gonc far and w!do In my ya-
catio1 and watched our human lIio free from
own corner, lIaye thought nov. md then ahout
nnd felt what mems Of grace t.,ero is II We
have tic grace to understand IL, In meeting
many men Of many minds, seeing fife uudcr III
wider aspccts, and thinking about 1t nil as The
houd within the Unreasonable circle Of Gods
regard, until It las eccncd to tne that tho most
generous thought q tnnn can gather Into Lis
Heart about tEcse things coulcs not from
but, from ,plunglng aires'! Into life III
n large, FREQ why, and catching its
greater secret as II opens TO earth and Heaven, |
W H. sesys ssa " a s i IL '
ltgtnn Of n man like pnul; that tho Apostle who |
could SO grandly inc1Htle the ucntiCs and preach
70 then, that wide, free Gospel found the key TO
i!ud bccn content to look Ut them by
tho narrow rangc OF converted
Jcw bis Goapcl would .havo lost so1ne
Of ~ e1t M.n. and reaches. 'n ut Ssn lie
aplenlId and ,cntrancing oven In IT.. dcc1inc,
makes pilgrimage to tho sl,rincs Ut Tue old
faith, ana thinks l!ow It must hayo stIrrca and
ssalVgu ~; Hul.an neaI.s eeiose ~ eouia oo oorn
into ti!c oca1ty ot kIo Acropo1s, pohuers on NY
sitoFy q 5he hes9sn Of some ol nef sons anu
tno inatehaees Wisdom o. others, men as nob,e,
as ueYout, anu aa WISE, w tneif Owl RhJ. ~ tnc
Moaia aas ~ o'cl sa"' as pSea!css IN scuius anu as
ill., II on 81 r sen III sSs ha ~ to sern
anu oi,t rlpea' 20 numaM ana natural, thg Women
ag eaatllng ~ tneis aoots PREPARING thc nears toe
a, & ~ !ass 4,, ,os iuG,r ,..iti o
Seit !I lngsrs VICE created l., beauty and grMscs v
ssss%ies ;s Z epas .;1!i = thy ,sd t5sd . leee
,ov ~ ,at" ;me,tsho ky stg1ess u M'4Ec M au ~
Geart should grow larsc enough to take IN ths
Gfeekl ataa MAKE Dfnthcr u MIN anu Gii!A
~ on ednaoh sna. he SaDdaefa ~ the
nnJarSni III III c,;v r M n ,,otta tnnt ~ H. ~
IL s ~ Wy. 1T you Me Inr .at ~ M s
ra ac p1Is H. ~ ~ tc ,.t .ncy a{ ~ ~ Liz liz
Gniu1em Vs., uh ue eatues, nnt a!a NOW Am ,. cill-
tnn Thrv mce5 tn [nn NJ a far aa tncu cnn
i.un.v ,,. tEis ,,,,S r. 10 .,n ~" S
nave oaat an altat, anu tlae Is secret 10 can
opth ~ 1!ss Snnt " .nGr % %eystnsE ~ !uy nae'a
~ w t IL - ~ ~ ~ s s"sv .n ~ ~
thcrn have hos,, ttro cJ,1ca IN III. n,,oufin o,,i
as ag1 ~ oeTt @ Two o s.ae1 ro ~ 'an d
Gs'Se i"Sa or hnn, =, ~ un,r Sy a9 H., osu ',sa @uu
nnsu ouf oc'nE, Nus!nue py suee
pnes. asT+ n., uo ss3,i' ~ u, pSSsenassou,
u,Paaa PeI,ec' 'oeh''s "'1n 1toao 5ou 7eeaeo per
50 It was, no doubt, again with good John
Wesley, who, In Ills corner at oxford, was ready
to break hts hGart oyer world that l1a'i almost
perdltion: It wss bis generous doctrine Of FREQ
grace that made him tho apostle Of the common
people. There can be no doubt Of that; but
!, ~ I'D 3n'na tnk hat 1
been IN end lii ttno of that large und genslo
heart that grew ever more eatlol,c Al Is be grew
older, so that some Of tho things he said
md experience are, standing re-
buke 70 grcat deal that passes
for Methodism II some quarters to-day But
his soul could not be caught aud he'd II q vor-
ncr. lie waa man OK The world III tho best
scnsc, as we'll as man OF God. He could make
books Of philosophy MS well rs books OF ser
hs soua @ q taen ,s Is wci "a as os
the world to come. He WIS great man bccatlso
he was tsian OF vast sympatlies, and he caught
nnd held that secret OF power through Ills wido
aud ,nrons ntercaurse meeting John johnson m as a.,
was up, going out to his csass-1neetlng Or hls
preaching, and becoming one with poor old
Juhn and Betty III their sorrows and toys, per;
yad!HR tic ncEreatmulLltHucGlnL 10 Lonoon anu Grlstol
aud Birmingham with Ills spirit, and then con-
tent to talk to hnlf dozen peasants under .
trcc, going out forever, anl forever as h. went
finding better rcason Tor hla large, sweet thought
, OF God and u.an,-tlc true liberal ChrIstlan af.
ter ali Of his day..
Nov, ths staying IN corner sns md md contGntng
ilnling that you have inatlo that tho Boundary
also II your thought Of God, Is a danger thai
bescts us nl, preachers and people, M matte,
, ! w11nt nav be our name. We look out Mt the
world from our little nook, and it Is pretty
much na when this man q the gentle heart
locked ut Nincych from Gat9l-hcpher. Ths
Whole sum Of public crl.uc II
, gathered into oIlo hemp, mt
poured over us tn our morning paper. In MI
other there is. all the misfortune that can SC,
the light; and then tho slandcI or s,7ntae ol
slantier about public. .mcn III oil stations, The
worst s!ao; II wora, Of everything nm md e. every
have to encounter ut close quRrtcra or to fight
within ourselves, 10 wears OH US in time that W
are quite ready TO believe TIE whole world i