National Republican., 1876-02-28
FOUNDRY CHURCH.

FOUNDRY CHURCH.
Farewell Sermon by Rev. h. A. Cleveland.
Rev. Horace A. Cleveland, u. D., preached
| his farewell sermon at Foundry church yesterday
| morning. 1t is yet unknown whether DIR. Cleye-
land will leave the city, but 1t is to be hoped that
by the action Of the conference this week he may
be appointed to some church in Washington.
| During his three years Of labor in this city he
has won an enviable popularity BY his eloquence
and straightforward, manly Christianity. A
/ discerning student OF the profound, a devoted
| student Of nature, he is withal a whole-souled
| man, treasuring more than his books his studies
OF his rhetoric the hearts of men. .fand lsborinG
| to elevate manhood with its capabilities second
| only to the divine.
Dr. Cleveland preached yesterday morning an
eloquent, Thoughtful sermon from the text-St.
John. Xv:l2-"l have yet many things TO say unto
you, but ye cannot hear them now." Men were
SO constituted he said, that the desire for knowl
sfsteut Of their cravings The mind seemed to
have been made for truth, as the eye was for
light. The pleasures OF knowledge were the
most exquisite that they enjoyed. Childrea
br, Ike their toys In their simple delight of know
ing; men explored and dissected nature in their
them TO know was plainly written in the mind
knowledge affected their inner and outer char
Gcier. truth discovered to day reappearei to.
morrow in the arts, sciences and PHILOSOPHERS.
Truth in one department reappeared in every
other. Truth WAS power; by i; men conquered
nature ana 10 DOEdeE OI Tue
divire Christianity melted the desire for truth
ard increased the store of knowledge.
Religion was not Inimical to culture. bu: led to
a hig her and nO6leT culture. Life and sweetness
streamed from Christ like fragrance from flower
or light from the sun. Prestcraft might obstruct
knowledge, but Christianity opened the way TO
develop the hig hest faculties. ProfessedIy reli
gfous men sometimes decried learning, but they
were mistaken and wrong. They had heard men
ing is not intellectual, what is it2 Why should
one preach unless he has something to say or
thought in il? Psurs preaching was intellectual
and never was preaching so Intellectual as
Christ's-his words bad been ssed-thoushts for
nearly twenty centuries. Christ spoke to be un-
derstOod by the people OF his time; he spoke to
tie neglected common people, the great masses,
and they were very simple folk. The one thing
them he managed to speak to the ages Tho
schoolmaster had not gone abroad then, and the
Newspaper was not printed. Christ confined him.
selfto
THE ETERNAL SCIENCE OF THE HEART:
no book was equal to the Bible for accurate terms
to express emotions of the soul II an angel from
heaven came to talk to them one hour he could
DO better for the time than showing how the rocks
and stars were formed. They would want him to
be Intellectual, TO tell principles and their
best application. When the miracle OF the ages
was performed and the incarnate Son OF Goi
stood before them, they might be sure he would
be Intellectual, and would address them on the
to know.
There were themes the mere saying of which
GOES GOL cdQEe them TO De understood, words
were but the counters Of ideas; they were but the
coin, very unlike the ideas invisible behind them
The word was but q symbol, revealing nothing OF
ITSELF and their understanding depended upon
the kindred experiences and ideas Of the person
addressed. Persons Of different dispositions, pur-
suits and experiences were constantly in danger
OF misunderstanding one another. The fine arts
were based on the law that words depend on
kEowledge already acquired by experience. what
the poet artist sculptor wishes to say could not
be said in words and the song or beautiful creation
made them feel what could not be expressed in
words. 1t was impossible to convey TO one who
had not seen IL, an idea Of sunrise In the Alps;
words must have behind them kindred expe-
rences in the reader or lstner were there things
which, if Christ would tell US, he could not when
speaking of planets fourteen times larger than
the earth, or light travelling million and q half
miles minute, words conveyed nothing, as the
idea was hey ond mans experience. II Christ had
said more Of the mysteries of the universe It was
by no means certain whether they would have
comprehended It. Education was in no insiguii-
cant sense revelation. They must, by long and
persistent effort, educate the mind up TO tho
border Of truth. II the machauist OF to-1sy stood
in ancient Rome snd told of the printing press,
the telegraph, and the locomotive, he would talk
in vain He must wait for experience in a thou
sand things. and might form By putting, them to-
gether eCme sort OF cosmos. The teacher must
wait until he has comprehcnding people for his
hearers; he must be satisfied with utieiInS the
ALPHABET Of truths. Copernicus said that God
waited SIX thousand years for an astronomer
He had said these things, continued the
speaker, because he knew that there was fitting
about in the minds OF the people some icea that
Jesus Christ, compared with the great teachers
CT the ages, was not so wO1drOus teacher Qfter
all-that in e great many particulars discount
could be put upon him as teacher. In the in
terest Of the cause he said, Chrlsts freedom from
all attempts 10 Overstep the bonds Of the conpre
Of wisdom and diyineness. The world was school
not for the education Of the FACULTIES bu. for the
education ci the whole man, and chiefly the moral
ChTfstly manhood was the chief thing. Christ
was the lssson in himself; they might take all
away and leave him, AID they would leave the
nrincinni thfr8 q
day and forever. They would become men not so
much by having things told them as by their
endeay0rs.
LIFE's REVELATIONS
were out Of the midst Of their practical activities
lie that doeth knoWeth more OF the doctrine.
obedience and lsve were the conditions largelyo OF
the unfolding of the divine. In life they could
not get the secret OF the poet until they learned
to love him. They must advance in their mental
and moral natures before Christ could make fur.
ther disclosures TO them.
As children Of God, they needed to know that
God was father to them, guiding and fOrgiving
their hope In the uncertain future. If too much
and kindred things the Lord Jesus had made
Just as plain to them as they could be made
In the higher department Of their nature, in their
moral nature truth could not be put on deposit
but must be worked out in the experience Of him
who would know it. Christ had made their duty
port. His Word was lamp to their feet. Here
under the stars, In life's battle, hurrying on to
the tereatter, peering through the darkness they
sufficient light TO guide them to safety. If they
were true TO 1t It would guide them. In follow
Ing II there was manhood, womanhooi; there was
peace and triumph all through. Christ said, ~
have got many things to say unto you, but ye
cannot hear them now. p" The little word snow"
indicated at once that In the Savlours mind there
was future The life here was but the infancy
and Iursery Of existence. His and theirs were
the ipfrite years. When the soul was able to
have greater light how many things would the
great teacher have to disclose. What secrets
would be uncovered, what blank spaces filled up.
Ind and shaw L.. =
lotted to one man and sorrow to another: why !
one nation was Efted into prosperity and another
oppressed; they would understand whore now
they stood In darkness.
God had planted in them prophecy OF immor- |
tally in their boundless desire for knowledge.
This was ground for expecting further disclosures
in the future. He was persuaded, as he thought
of the great future, that nothing bore the name
OF happiness but bore relation 70 mind anu SOUL
So at present he looked upon earth as the cradle
God rocked for their keeping and growth. Tho |
soul was capable OF eternal progress. Its power |
day. What wonders had II wrought here In their |
infancy, and II was but promise Of what will be
me progress when they came into the light. |
They should consider themselves the candidates
OF eternal progress He spoke Of a little book |
called Two Thousand Years After" in hich |
the author presumed to take up the conversations
Of Socrates TO the present time. This had sug. |
gsstea thought, and he wondered If the grand |
Oh talker had oten talking ever since, dipping |
and lifting 1t TO his trusty lips He did not think
ne was astray in supposing that grea, men were Il
tdAlDg UP lueH Ldsh where Iney lett II and carry
ing 1t forward In eternity. They were TO be in i
school with those great men-wf.h Socrates
when all came from the north and the south, the /
east srd the west, TO the great school, where
Christ would be the teacher, leading them to the
great fountain Of truth, what will Il be 70 make
progress there. Many would have better chance /
there than they have here Dr. Cleveland in
conclusion, pronounced again the text a nd said /
Lhat they had the promise Of making greater /
progress there than here
swEDENBORsIAN.