, 1876-10-16
TIIE PULPIT.
Truth, the Footprint OF God---
Sermon by Prof. Swing.
Farewell Sermon ut tile Westminster
Church by the Rev. D. J. Burrell,
The Rev. DR.. Raymond Explains Ills
Views on Future Punishment,
WHAT TRUTH is.

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! Trof. Swing delivered to Il large congregation
yesterday morning the following sermon ~,
"Trutl, ,l,v Fvo,,,r.u, Of il {iwlu
Ye s.all Know tho .rut,, onl tho truth sbu,l
n,,,.' % ,.,',,.s ,,,,, ,r III .,a.'',.,
~" HseAs aeo W. ~, uesotc'l our sunday
morning iIoaE to the stnt'S u! uo.l US sccn III tho
orgA,lzc.l forms Of nature. We left to tl,c,nost
ahstract and experienced p,,t,o.onhcrs tc % nv
uulry how matter rn,,li ar.r h,,., ,.,,o ~ H.. :.
a,,.;,mao n.,., .,.... ..s.,'. ".'a e"'to 'a1o
.;H.'.,'" s'ss,'' wv. s"'u ourselves 10 the
simpler question, whether material or.
sDtnlig plout, Or fntu Tim cr,a.urr ra11r,,
| man. rn,nt. ,n,vo,,, n 1+.,, ,rr .".,ta, ,.,,.,
' Ir. tts tn,o, l""M .; Gssa. @ sSeu uo'
tempt TO find The hest explanation Of It's exist,
cnce ul,tl quality. By moral world IL meant thu
world not material, In tho ,natcrjnI wor1d nna
mcluars t,,nt whci, ,,as lcur, ,,rnad,h ,.,',. ''
49,, .ut %nr.. aIs 'enstu' nreaath' thlck
ness af'a weight mt In fhe moral world one
includes mental conditions aud proslrcts from
the conscience to poetry, from, tho orutiuns Of
! Cicero 10 TIC e1nrcs,io,,s ~ fr,cnd,1tn o,no,r
ncn t,o,, s rol,ts -, r,,ta, ~ .'es.p .s' among
IT.; Mfn, s1 ,rom pot'eS % religion. How vast Is
ts ts ,s"u! n h1f.u' ln irese,!ee VI y tnc scat
s,na ,""ri, s,.s ~. a,1mst,,. ,s 1o fela
IIesonrl, tcr, w"y c,'. mi M ~ v,,i,,y
thnou @ n''c" x,S,tn SuJ ~ ,eig,'el .n, "nat kln nl
u,'t1 H. stia un.a'sm & !" sa. ..at' Mtich Afafh
an. '.s',s, W., @ ,u secIu MY ilay "tra III
world mist .yo bean yst vc ,'i IN tn"t i tns,1 ntat
period. II to tho stores Of learning aud scnti-
lncnt that lay hcapcl up OH all tic si1orrs OF
nni th nal,cr4"s an, Spu ',o,, NV a % ine oTarleH
sxsclleuse Of tie , t1p ..tnrs wea a lying
lencc which outgrcw All Inland sea s.l,tl yas com
PEELED 10 reach out aruuud an A,lantc-you
n,,tnnn l., s,.o ani ,,," o H., .Ii eaELH III
uiay Ic"rnin mt, ~ ti,n y rms nus II i1orai ts U.S.
found Il necessary to move away from tic it,
tic Mediterranean tint upon the two shores OF
mighty ocean they might lind rs,om for their
charging aud itnpcrishablc families. The ti,ne
was coming when little pcujnsuas wuuil mt
contain tile population uf the future or satisfy
tlc enlarged demands Of philosophy md Chris
aatya,icc. steaJ(ty for thousands Df yrnrs hn,tr,o,
couc at Inst 10 boundaries utmost Inintn.
Tho great exhibitions OF industry which arc
held ht times allong the civilized natfutts point
put only II few sl!apes ot human thought us re-
lated to material thLngs. Of tic POETRY. and
philosophy, and love, uud friendship, aid r,-
ligion, tIlat have been pouring forth Tor thnl-
sands Of years from tllo heart, they uru pain-
fully silent In no one Of the great exposItious
is there the meditation Of Socrates, or tic drcoI,l
Of Scpo, or the tears Of Christ, OF tho i,eroisn
Of thc martyrs, or the blood Ut patriuts. Womll
there were soule temple OF vast proportions and
sigt.ai beauty, Into which all t!o noral excel
leilec OF n,aii might be gathered, tlat ut ma
gIance tho bchodcr might SEQ the history of ti,o
| soul. but Of such sptctacle there Is no tt,pn.
fess tic greatness Of tbe lnnrni ,y.,rt nrfl ~
stand With awc upon tic shoru Of sea- sea too vida
| for our measurement.
What does this moral phenomenon affirm
about u tsod! II dues not affirm, for The l arr'1.
mc'lt for God Is not positive a,lllol,nrcme1t,
but only an indication This muraI world surrcsts
| d Deity. Aud 1t suggests with mpIc OF nrobns
bility than attends TIC argument over Organized
FORMS. Il tho painted butterfly, or tho slnging-
b!r.l, Or the swect-ssnc.l,ng plant surgcsta c1
! atlyo nind what must wg think Of Il wnrji mi
OF principles, and truths, and scutinantsf Whnt
afo the feathers Of tlu ostrich to tic n.etrv ~
Dante, or tic oyatious Of Boss,lct, or Tin nil,
losopiiy of Bacon, or tho music oi Mozarttf It
becomes us to inquire, therefore, W to tho
Cause Of Tho Moral World pr ~ ia Gn,i M srcn
III all truth. - - '~~A
In discussing this tlcmo there will bo tlmc for
suggesting only one proposition, nnt,civ. tl,ot
truth Is a mcdLstor between God md n,ai,' a.
tho decorations lu thu fields and nlants nnd IN
tic heavens wcrc seen In our rccent at,,,v -. n M
evidences Ut God, SO, viii ,,arnitel io5ir tho m
truths ut society must be thc cunreaiej f,r,n ~
GDtl,-II!s whispered will, II tilc j1utly NJ man
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