, 1877-04-23
Special Services in Honor Of
st. Georges Day ut the
Cathedral.
Memorial Sermon on the Late
E. @. Hall by DR..
Ryder.
Thirty seventh Anniver-
sary Of the Chicago
Bible Society.

Brother Moody's Revival in Boston
.-.Progress Of the Work.
THE PUBLIC MORALS.
SERMON Hr PRoR. swIE0.
rrof. Swing preached yesterday morning At Tho
Central Church, taking a. bis text:
hs Z sne.
Let us turn onr thpurhn for the day toward Tho
pnbl,o Morals. 8hould the theme not be exhausted
at tho close Of this morning hour 1t can be resumed
at smother time. ny puhllc morals is meant tho
atcrara righicouzncss Of the whole people. So full
Of local and individual lorcos Ia society that very
dcpravcd public may bo Ah,c 10 point 10 one good
man. or to a scoro OF good men. The Pagan tlnce
could always point 70 Job, or . Socrates. az
Zeno Therefore the student Of snt4 must In this
department OF study rsse two distinct questions:
tho one, what individual virtue Wss there, Of fs
thero, In a certain limo Of continent, Tho
other, what's tho average Of morality in the
eamo arcs OF place or tlme1 Tho latter inquiry II
1he moso hiNcult. II Is easy 10 ind the great, up
right eenls Of Garth. Like mountain peaks, they
can be dlscerned afas. but tho asetago morality
of continent cannot be 10 easily found The
H~ncarch must bs longer, aud broader, and deeper,
hand than The conclusions reached nust bo confessed
ITO be less positive. Ono may soon reach tho con-
Hhsn Nero; but whether old Home WAS moro do
tsvcd than modern paris or Carthage less clvilia-
ed than New York, afc qusatione not 50 easily de-
,ermlucd. ,,And yet tho Inquiry into thc eondlsou
eeA.captala may mol be able to msasute The coming
shtosm md know with jast What fa,r y shall rsge
in tho sIr ma Ii, his decato in.sumcntt, and then
must trim hs vessel BY . faithful guess: Al A.
asts sap nes he ssseG twSs
hourn, and thus nAcapcd tornsdn that spread r1ln
H. ess Hs ..T ne xs q TOO s It, shS
rrceoe around We can DO no Iras than stady we'll
what oncns and facts there arc. and !hun set our
eails for c1nllct Or else turn aNi rail- long WAs
VIVA. do va ,pe,n hy ..maenl."' That term
dut5. The .tndy tn j. Of sbs people, moral. il slmpJ
sSons aqSSs Sa n% n oa sS ss
right IL 10 universal that tho chief question muet
s fs sns os sS s how %
full ia IT, consclencei
TO cheer u in the pnftl III, tcseafsh Which ash
fs at aeaAt n,ore righteous thau old Home oe
Athensi i. mlsnt be shown lEsn, bad a. tho world
a., there hrs been htcady moral pro1fsas In all
tke pact period. and that tico haa declined along
will; the decline Of barbatln. m wsfs y not ,ha.
tim. Or Phllanthr'pst might ve'l az q broken
s,n is to ong rny Of lilt Thai fall. oYcr tNc dark
landsesrc nt any, passing genetntton. .llefbert
f. ~ ss s, eay
aud hence erue cundIl!on Of tocleiy. In which the
cseh 1s ot,or. - rmove an animal from warn,
zone to . eola one, md fot few IyaIs e, shSte f
- M eoo hs ses pS s nj sns
thicksn. umeet tho rcd Wind. Or It's lungs
will grow larger u nlcot tho conlisnns Of rnri1cd
up willis i /. being eoutes.el who sAall be kinx
and who shall bU tnbjsst, and what stali h. be M shs
what uail ~ The ns anng Of husband, and Wife, and
eha u 'apy a. ns:s w0sa; s
y ls%'' nd .hs !a!ss @ p ~ xisa ilenss. VII
gradual uroEcs4 Of m adjustment between shs
Doubtless liz argument /. legitimate, for Il crude
deGnltonS of knc once gave lions dcap0tic rnl
en-, who could phi citizens 10 death Of eonascast
ths5 rtorsy :, Tho rs1vs :, ~ o. ,ae
tfpower pnce contonndrd with right, % tina
n White man could snssve black 1,au g pa.i.
Progress ] s whlcl, sh"a!l distinguish between Nigh
xGS S, aws 5Ss Sss s5S"p psbs q
virtue: since. tl'an,, we, 10 indesd witness :.
ges%esr q ass ssfs :, n II. @ @Sads ~
condition.
gs9 disu iais%eGt Ut TIT =: eqasiy s
perhaps equally ..,ung r., Gat "wn ~ national ~ de
lie ss.se %s a.
the classic nntlons arc hidden; mt only BY ~"
tanee, bat behind tho ranes1 VI literature and ih
arts. The human mind doea not reach ont iowa I
tho hieous but toward th9 lcaItltul. Satnnl
the heart turns away from ~ painful. and ra'sc
only where 1t Ii Charmed ny eye of eur, a. IN
1node1n trsyclsE Fctutas tnnm The o!d Wnr!Jt hay
tng fingered tu every gallery. and beneath ever
historic cathedral Or tEumplai arch, hut wtthou
having visited tho alleys o! poverty Or tho .ho*
IltAia Of saGcfiba ~ the heart alwsyA suaches oa
for the beautiful and not Tor the dctotmed, 70 lh
ull lands come 10 III In their KaFlanas =
at or letters and not In TUG rass of thei
vices. Tho h!stoE!ans Of former times did uat los
70 record, nor tbs FsAdrfs to study, The shapes 9
l.omxn, OF Greek. or EGYPTIAN stce. In yearly a
lptury theru is perpetual shower Of roses 10 tn
moving processkn. and thesa arc banda Of tnnst
atreRulas intervals IN the psRsant LaloE writer
havu been less child aud Icks hcllcats and har
1ouked beyond the external glitter. and 10 thi
lsrxs eoupar;son the Ky Of kaMs and Asheg a
ca. and all The modern nations, grow fuller Of th