, 1877-09-10
Individual Power..-The Divine
Energy in Noble Souls.
An Eloquent Sermon by Prof, Swing at
tho Central Church.
Words Of Comfort to the Afflicted Of
the Year.
fht alsrloas Company lrauud tht Thront.~Dis.
eaarst bf Tho RtE q. 7. Milltr.
INDIVIDUAL POWER.

,, +.I,r =. II. ta.,.
Ic.u, returned In lhe power of tho spirit into
~, 'ec'-l."e. ''.' -.
lHc sermon mas as IolluWs:
The nnctrnts Tero not far wrong when they
Imagined TINT there was Ia each man sp!r{t
vh,,, tcl lin tn nn1 fra In thc Yxnr1l nf nctIou
:, ian ,aae. ~ .,or,o,1oI a., tt..o .o,,.a
~ HAL ''''ts ueeh lefeI''e' tnat 1'c'c "as sotne
inner power TINT was wont to urge the iiMlivld-
ual onward, and, rs all powers were imagined to
he pcrso,,. there was thought to bs so,ae ner.
.,n,,t,- o,,on,11n, ,n,r ~ n. =, inn,,t,o a,t
ro'.,"t, ",'s's "r', r,, W y: ~ I''lpo'se a"a
Ralde o1 INC hour' lhsa mystef'ous companion
WIS son'ctisilcs designated % guardian
n ,lc1tr. This }1ca of "A h,1n,nr ncrson was
..s ,.,r.. ~. -, ns. >t',.
~ 'a's eeMes'sa ".oau.i ~ 'nu WIN 'pt'~
t'tteh 'o7Ectininess OF thls OH hc!'cl aas
Of HOLY Spirit wl,crg the writer thought only Of
lin, agrprr wh}e,, Hncro,es co),e,, hin uf1,on. or
,.,,,u,, ea,x,,1 ,,r,,,. ..,,. IIt.a,~ .,,s.,s, j.,
".,en satteu "l'eI e'uIs "st ""se' =.
When person was suffering from some tnys-
tcsious tlfseasc he was deemed nosscsscl Of
sn,uc f,rc,gu int e,,r,t ,vnirh h,1 ,arar ~, n.
s s.,, r. 'u ,",.,'," .,. " .' ~
oa's ''" IN sns o'sr us'ss "ouso 'A c'aS anu
In all this irregular mass Of belief AMI, fancy
there Inv thts truth: that there IN IN eaci,
,,nrto, n snrrt, an ,,dtv,,,,., t,,,n,s. ,r,,,o,,
os" ,s',s ill.,. ' ',-,nn, o. .'s'., 'p l, "u .,.
ieaus lHn or aflSes MN up anu doTn IN tho
world. What error Tiers WAS In the belief
which VIA held by Svgratcs, or St. John.
n, Ma,k. ar paul ,nu.t harn hcen on,v IN
a. , 49, :" ,,n,.ss .a... Law e@I ~. ~ .. -.
luz shape WHICH 'hey gave 70 'hs inner
Impulse. They organized It Into distinct
pcrRun and called II dainssn, or guardian angel,
or srtrFt. whereas our times lays abandoned
The notit,,, Of srparotc orrun{zatfon anil IavN
rna,l.. ths si,irit ,,rt f i{,c Inimi t.cif. Thc
srirt t whlc{I aiicil IL Washiuatou % % o. Colnn,.
n1m. or y Tr,m ~ ji,a,,pc r@s ri INV sn1n1
cmluinr from without. int It VIVA thc anlrit of
Washington himself or C0l*m.u,s himself We
this rrta;n nii lint iii ,nv.tcrn,s fni5l,enre
stcll, hui we hare 1natle Il a vart IL man. A
It waSpnrc thought that liscasp VIVA protected
upn tlv budy BY soins outside lrna, us mud
srase Is known to s',t,ps " W u IN within. % nnil f. tbe
1uis anil tise,,rs m t}n ixaiY m INV the mini
II moi liz Victim of ttinrrant ny,nnhs mil ennii.
ami I1imus. BIZ Il ft,ii Of scf.ms.tIn1,. II nwt's
tlc lu,use in which It rcsidcs at,.l i,o longer
hrIlryra In thu clns.t,. nnI hrntben nt,crhats
or innt tx.l,nntinn. II wns thc rrnInx ri
shoEsnrore os',,'s That ,.r,ta I'm n,ass. f. voe
Wa,t {i,nsclf tint dreamed mt thc nnyinr: that
lcinx actiuy, md thinking, and Ilyiur SO
Iii hjstmrv ,lis,oaos Ii" fnct t},at ti,rr. ~.
Immense ni.wrTs IN fhn h,mnn htMn,n. n.,wnrs
s" rIcat mi uuarcouta,,lo that a., cxplanatto,,
Of tl.cnl las bcrp sought iu lie rcaltns vf thD
veal n, a,xt',,ut fnr s,,ri, nnfeI,cv Ard ihta ia
mr tt,nr fnr tn.I,v. ;ri'at a,I n9h1c .nsis I,nvc
a divine e,,rr,ry within. rhrist anIt Phi ard
all thc ling iin,; nj w,,rthics forn, t,nl ,,uirkr,,
ri, ,ii,, Tia tha, NAV he III. 1.nardtan anTci AZ Mi
itmrs /" H." rnssnt,cs rasI n. fmr,s r. rs,n.rl,
Ynn Mlnlh t.hrixt vn,wi,w i, snjrit aml sjr,inn
in snirii. md yt,,l marx Inv laul via inst II, q
ill., II, ,htFtn III ,,ii"y%I rentiIr iii vnr a.' .sn
Ar, aro,,n. ur, ,i, t,,,s, II, 4,,.n. frn,u Invv