, 1876-01-03
THE CHURCH.
Discourse on the Living Soul
by the Rev. Robert
Collyer.
sermon on the Contrastcd Theories
Of Life by tho ri. Rev.
Bishop alcf.arcM
First Services in tho New England
Congregational Church.
0cdlcatory Services Of The Centennial
Baptist Church.
The Record Of Prominent Religious
Events for the Year 1875.
The Record Of Prominent Religions
Events for the Year 1875,

6RHaloa 1f THE REV. noREnr COLLYEn.
Tho hev. Robert CoIlyer, pastor OF Unity
Church. yesterday morning 7roached tho follow
Ing sermon to 4 large audience, taklng for his
text:
Man became living soul.-Gen<ss. a..
And that is Tho reason why We wrt to 1876 rch-
sctday at tho head Of our ettors and ledgors, as
It Ia the reason for all tho datca that kept By
Tho family OF man. 3tan became living soul
and then. one n1ay say iu all reverence, God hnd
Bo!ved tho quos.Ern that had beou waiting for
Bolutiop, no man can eucss how long, ~ to What
no meant to do with tho world 1Io had nado.
Things, 10 far as We can geo. had como 10 dead
lock. Tho pnrposc Of llem, aud tho meaning,
WAS written In cypl1cr 10 which thero wAa no
keY. Tlicy we're, Indeed a vast artay Of cyphers
waiting for MI unit. Tho minerals In tho sunless
mlnoa woro as jet dead inves.mcut. Tho
bcsuty aud fragrance OF the lowera all wont To
waste. Tho frulta and seoda supplied their bit
Of provcnder to beast aud bird. nnd then foil
bach 10 the dust to spring again, and
grow, nnd dio; aud tho things that r1lu
and lily wcro bound by tho Same letters. Tho
whole Creation wns waiting to DO delivorol,
groaniug aud Travelling IL paiu together. and
asking IN aotne dumb wny, "Wiacrc IL tito use,
it this la aIl?" Tneto WAS IN In .risuned
spirit ii every tree, as tho old dsccks would
Bay, end tu avery fauatatu aud hill, hut tlare
was no land to An,ito away tho festers and bring
It out. II / held out MI apple to our Sunday
!cnon1, or head Of fine wheat. and saul. "Who
nude tnts.?" they waull answer. "God; but that
would not ho tho true auarer. lIe nado
crab and weedy Bood ~ linoront from ny head
Of Ene wheat rs tho wid rluo IL from that ne
bling to our tables. Then I1o l'roathed
into man TIM breath OF 1fc. and man
became LIVING soul: and lie nia1o the
wheat ear AMI ths appic. havb sten tho bhep-
hrrds dog Oh sho moolaB elect hls MASTERS alloep
from tho grea. locks Wandering oyer t'e waste,
aud bring than every ono about his feet without
q scratch. That dog'a whole business In tl,.a
void, down to this day. would hase boon to tun
duwn sheep mud ae1our thom Lad nut mau bo-
cotuo llvlng soul mud TAU; ;Lt him use, aud duty.
u1,d Ba'rdontal. hlr. Josao makes shs record Of
doC who uscl to carry mis- masters dinMer IN q
basket. lie waR se: upon QUO day bg i great
bruto, who worr!ed him aud then cat tho dlnnsv.
Ho vent among h's friends and ,rel,orted .nat
The criminal, ,"loso consccnce had al
ready 1nndo him n coward, ami H,ado
iI.n weary Of hs li!e. Those dogs
wore litter to cit en- q Jury than Bon.e mel
dog saw Ills mastur try to roacb "ater-lily mud
give Il up; noxt day. az thoy wero passing tho
pond. without sign 5son tho poet. The dog
leapt into tho "atcr. br!ko on that Iiy hu1
0kCukllt IL kQ Lib maEkET uhuut AG kOhCA III
c1oar intelligence anu loving service cana the
dumb bcast-zas so call h1a,, because No canuot
understand LiA iauEuMgo-from the living soul
Of man. Aud 10 IL ~as with tho ~hole order Of
tho world. Everything Was Waiting for tue last
who should bo lest living to itself ~ get, and
dying to Itself. The coal i1ad atorcd up tho iro
to no pusl,oEo; the limestone, The shefls. and
tho bsutos 30 far as w0 eau u1aAe thtui out,
might lca.n moro thipga, but could uovor loarn
h;shar tAines, AZ thoae dogs did llays mott
ttn.,Hn far iIti1htrAtfbr fFlR fGrnt Htny In
tho wcod aud tho apple in the Grub; and IN tho
order Of tho world ~ We llud It we are luat.tiad
in BuppoAing that the Creator Hnteclf could do
or would do 10 nore until 10 had Act this lan i
and brain at work with q living aonl to direct
aud inspire thcln- 10 it III no ulatter trying to
| count tho years or tie aKed boforo tho man ap-
prats. It ~ cuough to do Just wuat No haSc
Loue,-make . rough H.eas. by ptssouB, coma
Or that, aud bc consout With what aean!s to have
/ cuntcntod tho Divine ContrlroE. There was no
/ such thing rs mouent rohlly aud truly uutil
| there Nss = Inas. When tho seer hearI the
angel say that timo should be no more, the word
| reached back ID surely nj 1t reached forward.
Thoro waa titne Hhcn tiMo Was not ~ wo
| haVo 1t nov ilmo chnlc III with tho living
soul. anu then there wha now Wonuer1n IN Heaven.
But wo havo 10 oAee onco moro thst tbiHjfylng aoul
| must DO Of WORTH In the measure or tho wealth
ot lilo II cau bold and give out. There u hut
In our Bible Of ulon who must haye llyod boloro
Adam. but there Ia TO accodnto OF them. bncause.
l euppoae they wcTe wlat wo would call ia thla
| cauntrY uo-account men. Thnlo was q irst man
once aho took bold Of tho thins4 that wost
growing all about him, and began to dlsimpriaca
them to bring out thor hidden 1sea and qualities
BY divine inspiration, 10 = garden which he
drcesod and kept: aud to find out tha natutes Of
tho st,ln2s that ra aud ay. 10 become aoQuslnted
with thntn, 81 we should say. Wllon We thlnx Of
Coupcr md hts dog and that was lhe first msu,
the soer would tell w, "Ao revealed tho aecrct
Of \ living soul. II you SAX M
whether those who won't befoto had living souls
I waive the question, 40 the neer does. and Bay
this mAn who took hold OF tho world md trlod
| to open ita waiting secret uas tho man VIC
marked the YeHr one III tho worlds great oalen.
call them men.-whcu tho asss navigator came
thete. but sheY hkd no more hstory tAAn "
many monkeyh; aud, 80 far ~ can learn, sheJ
had not done tho first thing TO lift tho world
thoy lived II. out Of tao condltion It MAS Ia whau
thar came tI!ose. They lsd not planted = eecd
30 u to bring out its latentlusilty or inspired
brute to do 4nYth,ng h,ghcF than foaF thon
| They knocked their wsven sonseloss and casrisc
them OF TO theis !tlra as tho hIss condl
ton OF lLo soclal order and we'e lee.
kanGArous thoy. hunted doHn. Aud 80
through ! tue OF which We hayo no tdea, they
came to pausAs they kept no chronology and
~ere OF no account because they never BY shl
accident revealed the living soal. II u twelve
| years loss than contury sinco mon With living
souls planted tho Asnt colony there, but no msu
can doubt that tho lrst wesk iu that planting
waa worth moro 10 this world. to tho AumhE
yaeo, sud, . may say in oil reverence. to ihs
Maker. than I'll thu thousands os yearn during
rl!cts it bad boen oun,bersd NTH those roor
fotloEn. sud savage folks, aud tho trss stroke ol
Work doup sheis In thsa direction was tho ara
moment iu tho ycar ona iu AuB,1aliA. Because
~ you viii 4ee, the question IL not ons Of neft
| oxIskeuce, but ut life. 1t Ia not OF how long ol
how many. but how much sud OF What quality
DO, wLal. No return to the sacred Book and
puzzle ourselves about The long lite Of tho nlec
befora tbs food, ! would sAy It took them X
long 10 live rather than inst they lived 10 long
They seem 10 bc akin TO tho geologic periods
In Which time, - Ma uae It now. was Of tllct
email account, because ws can discover no Buet
intense action Of tho living soul IN then, ., thls
that las Titled tho world out Of Ito waiting atti
tule into auch fullaehs aud tiuonosa OF lfo ii
| vo eau hntl in this new year. 3lethnaelah liyec
IN bundled aud eighty aud sasen yeafs and boga
Lamech aud ltathuselah !!rod aitor 4o bega
La.uoch seven hundred aud eighty and two years
and bs8st sous and daaghtelsi aud al tha dsyt