Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-03-15
The Warrants Of Goodness.
THE following extracts are taken from a
recent sermon BY Prof. SWING. Of Chicago.

THE following extracts are taken from
recent sermon by Prof. Swing, Of Chicago:
The hrst warrant Of goodness seems to be found
~ the existence and character Of God The one
who created all this mutform world must be tho
legitimate aw-maker for the realm His
Will Is the supreme law Of the land As man eats
ana drinks and sleeps and learns and grows, and
IN all ways becomes enlarged because OF the benid-
cent laws Of his Maker around him. 80 he must
perform his moral actions in the midst OF the same
shape OF legislation. Hence the hrst argument
for uprghtness must be found in the being OF
God.
Let us now pass to the second warrant OF good
ness Let us ind it in the welfare OF society.
An observation OF results will always betray tho
law that should govern conduct. Alter mankind
had by accident observed IRE TO be extinguished
ny ram they detected at once the law that water
VIII quench FIRE Thus results in society point out
inc Avs OF honor. Labor and prosperity would
be Naiueiess II our Idle neghbor might steal with
iimpnnity The family would have no charms IL
the children might be carried away into seryitude
and the wife husband transferred from home
by the superior force OF another Thus all through
me beautiful texture called civilization, there run
tne threads OF ,goodness holding and making strong
the fabric. All wickedness Is wrong done 10
society. When any youug man
or young woman enters upon career OF
goodness all the walks Of human life welcome
that soul Tor It brings no sorrow; it walks along
breathing perpetual benedction.
Let US pass to the third warrant of virtue. You
may md 1t in self-conscousness. Far back in
HISTORY the good began to perceive a happiness
within, springinc up from A spirit that loved the
right. Even Horace said, A man OF upright lifa
need fear no enemy" Even old PytAagoras said,
Above all things respect yourselfi' Luther said
Il am more afraid of my own heart than of the
Pope and all his Cardinals" Nine. Swetchine,
with her usual poetic power saws Conscience Ia
that celestial harmony that vibraed in the ears OF
the martyrs and soothed their sufferings" 1t
would consume many hours should we read here
what all the lofty teachers have said about the
value OF peace within In every bosom there ia
a soul debating the 10y or sorrow OF each dav hy
the Joy it draws from goodness or the suffering Il
drinks in from the cup OF transgr, ,sion
Thus have I suggested to you the warrants OF
goodness. Mans commission Of duty Is signed
by three impressive names-God society and the
soul! II should seem that this were enough Oh.
what chart Of voyage would that be to us pill.
grins to which God and society and the soul have
affixed their powerful sicnaturesi But powerful
As is this foundation OF right nature comes tosdd
one more argument to tho sienincant series II il
the solemn consideration OF another life The
very fact OF future seems confirmed by this grent
fact ~ conscience or goodness or iustice which
we behold here. All this drama OF man Indicates
n inst Creator MOVING forward in . schema 40 yast
that these earthly wears are nadeonate Tor its com
pleiion All the scenes Of natnrs declare that Goa
Is a being with whom rlm, II endless ayes ara "a
but day are as a watch In the night There ara
stars whose light Ind been iourneying toward our
earth million wears when This siobe hrs, caueht
the raw All the recent meditations or science
tend to enlarge the er,njrs Of the Deity and when
we turn our thoughts toward the soul Of man md
mark It's quality we cannot but feel that The
Creator is carryinr that soul alone with Him into
the great eternity to come. The smile of the in.
FAINT the love OF the mother the mind OF the
gifted the ensemble OF humanity are narts Of The
universe too sublime 10 he left behind IN the
great progress OF Jehovah But wa have no time
for this ARGUMENT We affirm This that the lie of
virtue mnst roceiye nowerfni r." en,orremept from
the fact that few wears viii usher ne ali into the
presence OF what in thn novertv of l,nyu,ge we call
eternity Ana an ininraS h,s oorth haap IN al, g..
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long has lis grass besn stained nv m. blood ~ the
innocent 50 lone have The l.wless rjoted In the
streets in the home and In tha stats and az long
have the cood snf,ered and ,hs hrlniess .hed the,
hot hut unavnilin tnar. thot a. IN ~ an hnnbt ant
of the Bible and In the Rihle have nlaced an the
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deeds az This Vfe Lone ennn,,h has thn .nsrchv n,
sin continued For AIN thoussnd ar ten thonssna
wears earth In. been Tho arena ~ avery form ~
vice and cruelty. oh what nan what families
what empjrcs iave cone down In ths LONG min;
All reason snd nll renn noint ~ ,he gray. a. H.
boundary of these scenes Of nnnunis he'd in and mn
requltcd virtue Nothing bnt wonderful change Of
condition would i'm stifv snch nnrtaI ~ suy"i ,,,ys
ferry as the cais cf de,tb n tha .cens heyond hall
be only A Continuance al this dyns.ty whv does
such cold and mysterious river roll hetweep tbs
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poets and thinkers coming to this unseen world
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