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man va. frreJ. So It va. win the Influence of
the Billie. Lit then, not reject the thancc Of
Thc meeting closci with Tic ringing OF the
bcant,iul brm,. 4 viii sing Of nv Kedccmer,"
Mr S!cbbfs singing The sta,,zas alone, tho cit,-
rus being rendered 6y auaEeet'e.
OUR C1ilCAtO MIKACl1E'
SERMON sE THE REV. Or. RYDER.
81 raul's Untrcrsalist Churrf. n sermon on
ton,c which h,. rrcItctl .o,nr fn,cre.t ot late
..i's m.,. n1s s =, y,
eosD. Aaesi o sus 40, es .eeordna ne linz.
10 knowledge"
In what ne reverend gentleman Ind 10 say in
~.rs., - y,s. ~, na.sa, IT,. ht.t, @ s.,,.
Chicago m'r'ele, hc fntondcd to cas-. no rcaec.
eredcnos. The miracle, in view d ,ubsoluunt
ts's'Aton7t ~, ~ "Ao W.. Wv ~ ~ ~.
ALI anu IL was sa'a 70 say toat Tue "oulaas
cure waa traceable entirely to natural CAUSES.
Perhaps I complete diagnosis Of tho Whole
affair Ind mt hcen arrived nj. bur tI,o facts
ou'a oe ,esI4.ca 'ooas' =, ~ 'a'es I" su'I
tarety. The lesson to 10 learned was, now
ever, that Al injury had been done, unwittlng.
Il F&s 9 aS I'LL fss's 5 q bes cse fe s8a ae 9rsay scy
Passing by ali T t,rrsonai o % matters. and tarrng
tI+ CbI.ago cure rnttrciv o"t Of liz: @ cs,e, b.
| Ryder sp,kc oi the general history OF sotalicd
miracles, ,rarlny ii,e i've 0f truth and t1c cor
responding hi of superstition and Ignorance.
| The most serious ,trHwt,aek 10 which the cn,lse
| Of Christ was subject today was tlat which
s rSm ,ta,ss ss t,n q ar t's ,, se t e ~
| miracles IN the New Tc.ta,ncnt mtrht
| be accepicd "a irt,r, but that tIcy
wcre NOWADAYS wrought BY Co! In answer Is
would iease tic inirsclss i ,hs Sey Tssiament
oxcF q pr,ycr shond H. the sva est aeeorx j Ito to
| knnwlcdKc. Eycn the wor1ls Of tic Suyi1r vi
courage lnf,icllty. Mr.. MoexlyT ser.nvns. f.r
insta1ice, virtually taught that it was ngainst
Scripture for 4 man to accumulate means.
sn DID sS @ m tssfe ss hs rs Sa sfs ss a0 TO ,ssu ss
@ 10 na: :"1S' s r4ss sas es St s Il 1sssSs
lion but n taking thought. not
es no si,s; ~ so@ 's1 ssa II sas;nayt a e f;1
:SS e. as s:Ss; .; T.
aIlel tic un6e;icf wiIel, these strict lntcsprc-
ters were anxious 10 overthrow.
Another class Insisted On The strict acceptance
Of the WHOLE Bblc. UT such a position va. NJ
but p,any, and tuvk 1,VD Years to
make IT, TIE ccntral fact Of tic Old
Teatanent was the Ten Commandments, which,
wrers' xefs @ tle 81 reiieou. M history W ii % the Jess
III pa we're cassv @ saSas s1e 70 e III Il
revcFeutly m va to trent IL rationally, at,I wor.
idolatry rs worshlpinv tic Virgin Mary. The
st0rie. Of Jonsl,, or Joshua col,ln,audiuo tic
sun 10 stand .tlI, we're not necessary to tic true
Christtan faith. They might b. true, aud they
might not. The central truth was Christ Him
self; there could he uo appcat from
III. words. and they sbouli l,c
taken as the WDrd Of Col. Tnutttands
Of people, nj Doubt, we're kept from expressing
an Interest 10 religious thlnct by iii. practice II
setting IN the most rxirava0ant prcteneious Tor
Dr. Ryder also noticed tiie tract sy.tem, and
particularly .fiEarc mid Truth uy ", H..
M,Cay, with the Enlargement uf q. +. Jarohs,
to the eject that It was l" q ptccious prearnt,..
tlon Of rrasiou: truth" ~. AtosTly, Risllop,
It. What was tllEs siGrace aud Truth.n 70
warmly commended " III iustrIlnet,-
tality Of especial efficacy to the
conversion Of s!nncss' ~ first chap:
, ter " ys soS sntlsa ~ sa.ur,Ss 81 ns5rs s 'ors s
that ali men we're alike guilty; that tic RI.,r.
Icrcrs. the luttpts, the thIgyrt, weru u lust t.
sar,v position before Col as liz lnnn WHO, I.av
ing lived perhaps ,ltty or eighty yearr. bad tic.'
Ihe booK turthcr DECLARED that thu lake of tir,
leyalrt al distinctions; tlut tho tuun Who iat
committed on0 sin would bu found with tl,nsl
xlo l,aL been wicked lNrhars all their lives
human nature il utterly worthless,-i
effect, that God hnsel the rice
and that there was rs truly
, persouRl ueytl as there was personal Savior
. And this was called ''t'r.nu anl TRUTH! II
. too4:" It W. p.: RYDER, deliberate sonsla
,,i.. s thn.t w., I oe o., ~
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