, 1876-04-24
How Our English Residents OBJ
served st, Georges Day Of
the Episcopal Cathedral,
Eighteenth Anniversary Of the }oung Hens
Christian Asseciation."Somc Inter-
cstiag Statistics.
Prof. Swings Views on Saliva.
ton by Faith.
LACE OR WINE2

Church OF tho HeQe1n1ef. EOTueE VI " NAfH1sEtuA
and ShngA,non streets, yesterday morning, tax
Ing as hls theme "Laco or Wine," and for his
text tho following rassaEc:
tentions7 Who hath babbng7 Who hath wounds
xou. Who ha t:. Of = s,e. They
wHe.-froreFbs T1stt: E3-1o.
Tho sermon WIS as follows:
In recent sormou. treating tnstnly Of Tho
swift downfall Of tho late Secretary Of War,
David Swing nada tho statement tu somewhat
casual way that just now lace seemed to bo
working greater mieclliof than wlne. In general
terms he meant, Of course, That extravaganza is
the source OF moro harm than inscmperancc,
especially in our own land and aAy. AZ tho time
saw iothing in tbs statement beyond n strong
period, evidently biased, to give omnl,aa,s 10 tho
moral effect Of his sermon aa = treatment Of
, l1oad mud rninoua folly and crime Of Tho
day. only gave tho passage ciodl as a Btart-
ling stroke Of rhetoric to cnforoo point that
had boon we'll takeu In the proReuco OF tho Boil
KNAPP trouble through the qualification Of Tho
strong passion Of vanity, and iu yow Of vide
spread wreck and ruin from the same cnuEe.
but lntor, on bong attached by tho guardians
and advocates OF tho temperance caasc. Mr.
Swing comoa In serious fashion to tho dofeuso
Of his Abatement. However inadvertently ho
cast tho original period, ho yory deliberately re-
ai1lrma It. To quote his words - II the wlne-
cup 10 doing as inrEe and as Infamous buanesH
As lace IL doing We must have climbed the
wrong point of observation" Aud 80 tho good
Nau would hav0 uB regard e1tsAvngauce As
at prcsont EFtater enemy to our pooplo than
incompetence. Tie Infection Of laco he holds
to be Just now more fatal discaa0 than tho
virus Of vino. We hnvo moro 10 feaE from =
vain pride ttlnn from q carnai appetite. Our
foremost porit IL on tho luo OF our ambition Ia
make ehow, md to rival tho splcndora Of our
nciRhhors, aud to Bet the eyes Of tho world
sstnro, aud not aioug tina path Of tho :. flowing
bowl" aud tho Clrcean cup, and tho bac-
cnAnallan hail, and tho foul saloon rocking
with tLu fu1noa OF informal mixtures and . bias
rholnuuA profanity. OF these two falsu ale,els,
Lace and Vino, tho former Is cntitiod to carry
tho bauuer on the ecore Of its deGcnoracy and
tho amount Of mischief it II work.
lug In the land. Tho Infamous sceptzc
snce rightfully awnrdcd to the rccDg and rod.
o,od ranks Of Uacchus must now pass into the
custody Of tho yast army OF dovotocs It tho
altara ot q worldly pride.
Stuce Mr. Swung, in biz sober second-thought,
has boeu disposed to stand bY this view Of tho
case, have been led. for the first tisno In my
life, to set e1tlayagance aud intempeEauce iu
comparison aud contrast. aud to mako study OF
thor respective compe1loDB and influences to
nole the paasions shat Zach Bsiis up and urges
on III Tie life Of mon. and to trnca tho iiow
through society, nldo py side, OF tAoso two dark
aud Ii.ghtlng ssreaius, tho CncYtus md Achoron
OF cur mouorn world. And must coutesa thas
the more | unused in this direction.
%atg Tor the .t.s swo sys both 10Th
Lldonus proportions boforo me-, tho more I
seutuea to lind eylccnco that for onco our
thoughtful aud composod disine had bluudorod.
o9 Aad lAllon INTO !no error nnaer Opposition, OF
giving 10 Hash OF rlotorio thu dignity Of AL IT.
ticle of faith.
Az betwcon extravaganza md intemperanco,
II wo euniiuo ous WOW to tho higher
the production Of evil md tho breoaIug Of harm
ia clearly ono with two sldoB, but when wo OK.
tchd one Bu,voy to Tue vast matses .hst mako
VI, thu lower circiuH, the tolug 1nilliona OF tho
German aud 1rinh nusItudcs, *o shall fluid
thal, "bile "laco" haa Homethiog u auswer for
Lore. 1t IL "wlne" that Ia tho common
enemy There IL iargo perccntage Of
whom tue passion for ilnoty has 10 active OK
istence. but lea Intent like scsotstl1n uAdor tho
Tisors Of n,uter. These tealniug crowds arc
rarely clad beyond tho demands Of hcency, On
hre no towuts; and all asouud is NJ hins that
they even deafo to Kracs tho batrenu0ds. TX
travagsnce. in tie urdlnury bouse, il u foreign
to tArlr quattors NJ It can well be-; aud tho
primo netd Ii ut tlo budding and growth OF luer
tastcs. mud the ambition that Graves raint aud
varnlhh, aud tho pride that coyetH tlllness in
passon. ard railnenr, and furniture, 10 ray
IIa nothing moro. Truly benefaetor wou.d he bo
who could hreak In upon this leAl senno
OF the egs and heart, aud cause It to
peer aud strive continually for some Of tho Pro.
F,-. 49,
ssan tolIls ot nSaosYi 1ot He nsfa seen tnauy
toueu1u6 eaha'paso INV "Hete '!ls Sense ~ 1uvo
fringe atouud tho must htralshtenel coudit!ons.
@ ous MHIo 4to.a ttan tehnn ~. ~ eoc'oty tno Bfoat
anenyt n .ace: IN aDsen., sne n.a'er 100 TO man-
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.uns'uR n'n.ic' so"aIu eu.o,unlon1s anu
olu'pAHe' RafHlents 100 SNOWY !of Eoou taaIo.