, 1876-09-04
AFTER VACATION.

SERMON by THE EEv. NoBERT uoLLYER.
The Rev. Robert Collycr preached his tlrst
sermon after his return from Ills vacation at
Unity Church yesterday morning. Ills text
was:
Then said tho Lord, thon hast had pity on the
Tatlest # to grow, which came Up II nlgh@t @ ard
porishcd in night. And should not spare Nine.
xa TINT great city arc ea1 1sSf sx ie1sS s%S
from their lcft!-J0H1h, IT,, 10-l.
Tho man Ind been living In corner until his
soul was Of the sumo quality as his place, and
then he thought that God was In q corner too.
but then he went abroad aud saw other lanls
and cities, roughed 1t with the sailors on ship,
got himself tuu,bled into tho dccp scrambled
ashore somehow after three days OF sore trouble,
went To tho place to which lie Ind been told to
go by an Inward voice when he wus first moved
to leave home, walked through tic streets fore
telling speedy doom to tho people for their
sin, aud then drew Otto SEQ the bolt atriko thcn.
No bolt fell, and then he thought tic
Almighty had broken faith with Him,
but ho slept on ILLS grief, and then
the morning brought better mind. ne
SAW low tho mercy Of God anu not uis wrath
was most godllkc, went homo aguin, md for
ever utter, let US hope, beclme broadcr md
better man, willing to bcltcve that tho eternal
pity md love was In Nincvch Us well us In
Gat,-hephcr OF Zebulun, and while tho folks
over there could not think his thoughts Or
adopt Ills manners or worship, or work or live
10 His lines, tilerD was reason born OF their
very Ignorance Of the better way why they
should still dwell under tile wings of the divine
| compassion.
Aid there Is hint to mo TINT this would be
tbs end Of hts mission tn thy name they gave
~ you know tho Bible naules arc not arbitrary
mud cxtr!nstc as they are With ~, but.
like Bunyan's nalnes, the synonym Of this or
that uatntc, and jonah means = dove. It was .
burden Of doom aud dcuth for NiMeveh as It
brooded aud pondcrel III tho tiny Hebrew town.
The books say that this was the time ol re.
n,atkablc revival among Ills own people; one Of
the idca that there was no gopd anywhero
cveh for its Capital, was the point OF their most
sayqgo ana teentlsss % thoughts, the last place
There ls tza1itiop,also noticcd by jerome, that
Jonah was the son Of q prophet, 80 that
In hls education and tralnIng tlicre
would be about tho difference there Is now
between the son Of q minister who takes abroad
and generous look Mt lie, and does the best hc
love q 0od for IL ilis Children, aud tle sun Ut
hIx hm!a,stcf ' Ike knapp. Or Hammond or Brother
cauae TINT was tho father's quality, aud while
he stayed 10 Ills corner, as llave satd, his soul
would 30 tn q corner, and hia thought OF God.
Hut Ut laat he pl0ds awaY to NfleyeG, that Ereat
city wherein arc six seors thousand persons thai
cAnlaot discern bctwcen their right hand nnd
tlelr left by his rule Of discerning. lie sees the
blue smoke snI q II 1900 tires where the mothers
aru cooking bit Ut breakfast for the father and
the little brood. AS te draws toward liz
great town. and aa ts walks The streets that day
une tells them Of t!a disastsr he has seen in i
vision, tho children gre goIug to school aud tn
| Aartla arc making for the grassy alones, tAt
smith snlttts his iron, aud tue carpenter drives
his plnllG. Thu COURTS ars busy for sonlo sort o
Justice, and tha temples With such worship II
tAey can compass, aud Ill the art and industry
tho service ard friendship Of world no LII,
never understood moves on,--the weddings OH,
LIE Ill 81 new aud struNge, aud then suppose
that, unknown to himself, thu better though
crepl Into the ktudiy dOve-liko heart, an1 VI
| Wien le sleeps ntld wakes aud finds thu gour
wlthesel OH which he SGT such etOto loE shelter
md notices how bis heart has pit,
On the golrd, hu 6uyR to himself, OF, tuthcr, thl
divine spirit oi mercy and lore SAYS u hi.t, VIVA
q narrow, unreasonable blgot you arc; with 'al
your religion, Oh which you set such store, yol
ore tusry for the vine, the shelter for day oyc
your poor hcAd, and al,sry because the great
whio wiugs of tlip s!lrlfcr of God huvo no
, withered irom this vast multitude of Inan an
women aud children, and The innocent beast
that ecryt them ailu minister to their l!tc
:. 1hctu IL no more said after this, md there
, | no need for another word. Tho Jnan who hu
: Conu uut to shake down tl6om on city for It
| Sin found that ho was guilty ot tho Last all
I | worst sin that can slnito y usau,
I harJ, narrow, bitter heart. that wpul
hare tic very bensaesrea d heave