, 1876-11-27
uman as a Destroyer "---
Sermon by Prof. ....
Swing. =
pov. DR., Kohler on '' The
' origin Of the Sabbath"
,,,a;cation Of tho Railroad Mission
ohapol--sermon by Dr.
Mitchell.
-.. pav. j, M. Whitehead's Faro-
~ well to the North Star
Baptist Church.

well to the NolNl oto'
Baptist Church.
NAN Az A DESTROYER.
sRRaoy nY rRoF. swrNa. !,
A., svinr prcacllct yesterday morning at
~, c.nirsl Church, taking aA his tcxtt
nTa ~, edea "cruci,y lin, cruelty lltml"-Luka
asa'' ~ thc truac,1y out Of whlcl, this shout,
.c.,rjy, cruelty" is tnkcn We behold tha
IT. n dcsttuctivcness brought to Its utmost
Aa, A.1se,ou. Christ had moved along the streets
rt 2. s,.s,t. tic plrcst, tho ktndest being Garth
wv .s.r seen. uc had met tho suffering only
I'h.,, ~ them, tho poor only to pity them, tho
W. W. on,y to teach md forgive them, and had
~ ~. MN In mower only to coufcss tliat Hc ae'
..a,cd thcr government and would obey their
W. W, IA saw all tears only to dry them from
~. 49, .heck. The multitude arrested tins best
W. ,.s,s NJ all history aud put Him to cruel
death. .u ,,..,,.
A.. art that n,un Is q destroyer. Man as
ssnn,. y" man Us n warrior, man as lover, as poet,
" philosopher, as king, and aa hero, llas often
nrunted himself before YOU oil, but mob 60
fraueptly, perhaps, havc rou thought Of Man
psDcstroycr Let that part OIL human 'ilc DC,
therefore, our theme 10 view tnla Greatest
,,t.t,,,e Of God na n creatnrc OF fury will not
~. iask half 80 delightful rs tic lask Of view
,ae ,oan "a a builder, but NIL the sides OF our
so,,d must bc looked at, aud the darkness Of
~. n,ct,lre no can compensate for TO cur feel
ioc, by looking some other Sunday upon 1nnn
msbuIlder. Man destroys and creates. lie is
s.s,nrc NJ fnry and Of love. Let Us View
,,c;. 0ss .h..o twn ,ghts. hut AZ Two different
hlEa III s'ss9 wv" 'o'
taYA
/, Tho theory Of tho universe must be this:
,h,t All omulpotcnt Creator has abrognted
49,. ~ lila onntnotenca and bns marked out n
psV. - ~ u,,,f ,,o.o t.itht,, ,pI,f,,,, ~ ~
vast aicha o. ti''e unu pno ,,, "i'a ~. "''It' 1'n
tpn Of a society tho individual surrcnlers
nsrt ri his mero rood Measure that his neigh
.u.o. ~ ,1,,,,,,tod nnd thua ccosoa n, I,o
DOT nay Ivy '", w. =, ,s'ss a s" .S". ~ w
Penec& Anuls1uua' III otoet INV ootlc'y.h
7ulage, city, d statc, may exist, so IN tic
tarrer Kingdom Of God tho phenomenon np-
nssr. % to bo tint of omn,Dotcuoc surreuderinp q
Feas ~ ~ Inv ~. sa.1s.. ,,.1.,..
Tat9 oi 'sa ptoV''!se .aaI sstouaa'y j., oeM.s
calico mal1 may p'ay oo'uc patt AL e"ap'ue tne
moral and material things oil this one planet
Ia The presence Of society dare not fire guns
u hn11r oil n n
NY "sn0 a,1oi a." s.rs,ts ho,a,o T., H. .orS
ialu a1ons eso"aeu e,.e..e' o.eu" ~ 1.e wy
tact ot society the lnulVlatlaL Is mukllled and Is
10 longer an absolute Individual, but only q
nan limited by the presence Of others. In tho
moral universe n slnlilnr Scene appenrs-that Of
., omnpotence and omniprcscncc, and volun-
tsri1y limiting Himself on account Of tho FREQ
agent u,au. Tho Bible dcclare9 God made man
llis own image. II 80, man must possess
tomc kind Of 1rce-wlll, some shape Of fclf-
hood, and hence must possess some arena large
nttted atsol.ltIsm. .---.-,
II must b. evident that this WINS not world
IN which M absolute Deity Of infinite loyo and
poxeris ,nnyIng, and shaping, md doing all
llDgb. The presence OF sin uiitl OK all conceiv-
ablc toFms Of evil shows TINT omnipotenco and
Y temporarily Mt lcast Bl,rrendcrl1Ig some por-
ton Of both power md authority. The nlblc
tnoant OF nlaIl shows lis iosl as 4 creator, aud
then n1an rs au independent actor, for tiotl Is
represented as having left nun III Ellen With
the full power to dress and Ecautlfy tie garden
iodo with thu Eden intrustel to his care. and
destroy he did.
The lfcgcl[an philosophers maintained i,isomc
Instances that what man wunld do IN TIC future
w. VA unknown to God, for tllc future decd Of
iilee ilee agsnt WIS noth'ng--an linknowab,e Quar,-
is only Da!pablo lacts tl.at should greatjy co,l-
te'n us IN thu temple Of religion. And unu Uf
thcse facts Ia that here upon earth ornnipotenco
kas surrendered d pArt OF lis empire Tint man
mar move over IL III his delegated und pcrllaps
ldct authority. In natilru ypu funy see rvf-
dence Of this Surrender. fur tho author OF tho
e1lefnal world icuyes everywhere work to
be done Or to 10 left untloue l,y u,on.
Nature does not lnakG tho sweet or1nec. or
The sweet apple, or the peach, Or Tic iolblu
fose' 1t Elves inu,l rude outline Of thcsu
tdiHgs, ant then stems buck 10 hermit man Il,
a!d up Or destroy. Man has CONC and has
nalo tho Wild olive and wild applu BE-
eonc sweet, and has made the ,lonbiu
rose and a hundred rDscs irscenl frnrn tia
Plain Wild blossoms. From this material M
safe, therefore, W. nust pass to lie mora,
'aorll and coufess that God has JclcrateI f,
ihe flcu agent man mower to work nnf rreut
moral Successes ar rrcat mara, r,,ina> M tl.o.
eousent Of thu Crcutor. MIN mnvre orr',as n
little star called earth. ar,i ft.r n few ,.cntn,ics
Gelothel with almighty n.,wers for rhn1 nv III
ta7 4 day this h1lua1i ftnnt,m IL ncrmittri -, ~
drve tue yharlot of lie sun. md il thn win nnG
slthe ycrluru Of eontinsnt and turn An ~ fri,4.
mo desert Of Salur, Hnr n ,lav f,n,1 ton,.
nits the rharIot t., llis I,nis| MIA -S"'
Our world, therefore H. mt Go5,a vor,,
aut II IL u God-worlI I,os1til,.t Nv ,i, ", frcm,,
vii Of nla,1. 'rwn nernts ,m.cf n.s, n~I
Often The works of tIo ana I, .Unr, I't,a H.,
kN,.,ie ~ Qn1 lllNt LuG