, 1877-03-12
Vhittle aud nlcGranal,an's Re-
vival Services Mt tho Tab.
ernac1c.
Second Anniversary Of tho Trinity II. 3.
Ohuroh-Roports Of Pastor
and Officers.
Woman and Her Work...Scrmon by Mrss
Eltza Sunderland.
THE GREAT DIgCORD.
SERMON nr PROF. SWING,

and pictures Of unspclkGblo sadness. Ono can |
lonk out ant. sec Joy or Borrow nt ones wish. !
II the heart Is happy md tho blood II youth |
and the fcryor Of romance and oil poetry glows |
III tic soul It is easy then to see and rccal tic
beautiful cttcs aud homes, and tho mighty arts /
md inycntiolls OF man, and over them to say,
uOh what magnificent world, and how blessed
Il man, It's inl,abltantl" An old classic exile,
homeless and country1ess on approaching
foreign state full Of SUCCESS a,d hope,
cried, "Oh blcssnd people whose walls arc
,ius riaiugl" Over tiat great marvel of
beauty, tho hall in which waa tho Peacock
Thruue, were written the Words !" II ever there
werc a paradise Oh eatth IL Ia here" Should
ono move away from that scene, md from the
memory Of II, and pass at midnight through
spu,c Of tue dcns OF vice, and poverty ,and sick
ness In London OF Paris, he might wtite on tho
walls a countcr-lnscrpt!on, "If eyer there were
a hell on cnrth II Is here" There nro Views Of
hu,nan life which make Tho rapt spectator sigs,
that be cannot live forever, and Just at hand
there arc scenes which have made d sensitive
nature Wish that tho heart might have power,
a, will, to lie down and die. There are. poets
whose glowing words can eaelty mako us weep
Tint VIC must 60 away from world 30 beantt-
tul, but there was a classic orator Wlo SGT forth
tho Ills OF life in cnlora 50 dark and powerful
tuuL ulull4 klCAfEl4 u LIE 0lukaQAp k44A44uhES"
tulcilc TINT they might cscnpc from thy present
s%A impending hurdcn. Up freot tue sa.no
world springs tho lament Of tho "Thanatop..
IL" and tho resignation Of the hymn, ~ would
not live alwaya, ask not to STAY There arc
1lDllrs when VIC, caCE, ono, have wished to stay.
md other hours whcn We have lain down, not
wishing ever to wake ngaln upon such shores:
Thus Afc spseals OUT N our Sight - GM !s NJ
days, but tl.cre was natto,. nnco which ccle-
Irated only tho tihy Of na!'s death. The 10
man. and Grceka male 1lO nuto OF birthdays,
and there Is nothing ta their litcrature about
estimated only when one lind reached tho end
ofit-on!y then could 1t be dcsig1satcd ns good
or m evil. .-
shapes as question uf debate. In theology II
psscs along under t!.e name Of sin aud virtue.
In the romance Of Hugo 1t nppoars under the
head Of the Mterao'es. In politics, under the
llcal Of tue tyrant and tho slave. III education
al circles tho dlscuri sprngs up under the title
at tho learned aud iguorant; III the verses an-
nountcl tho text, the sutMo conflict enters tho
ssee under the tltleot the "rcll anl the noor:",
tho human falnEly tho writer af1ds TINT they do
somewhere Or Will somewhere meet together,
for the Lord ID tic Inaker OF them all. Torn
the higher unity OF 0ol. There will bc an
occan into which these strcaus will empty.
Let us select two themes VI thought fOr this
sunday ard the next. the ono We may tlcsa1'ate
Tic fatt Of great t.iacortl will not 10 denied.
An ideal world would contain III suffering
tain u, almost uniform, shape uf condition, But
amost CASUAL glaure Ut thu prcsunt 0r the past
will remove all tendency toward bollcf iii my
such teal society. and will sct before 1 tn o,,
Aest, not happy world lscausc Ut stal, a1.d lts-
easc, and deatI, It is rendered toubly miserable
hy cala,nlt!es which nun l,as manufactured for
tho outset for man he has added rew fnyolco
FROM hs own wat factUry, 10 that between tho
iacn estate into which man Is barn, anil The
property Ut ryll which ho las subsequently ac-
~ virtue and lsnpplneas. II was eatly confessed
that nature was willing to produce food Tor all,
aal eloshtnc for all; that there vas no dccrGt,
written down r. nature Tint 2 few sl1puld
have food md tint tho many shoull 70 hum
gry: and letIco &hcrc must ~ soHo hl4nt9t!
sauso underneath, tic lurEe phenomenon. II
tho fault lay not with naturc, It must lie III
@ ssss ia Il i e. nq asssl Ssi se fs s09t
existcd In Chrtst's day, for lle had compassion
on The multitude. and chose to. iEre !iis lifs
chtctly among the lawly. He saw how tho NOR
and power, and to meet tho crisis 1lc spoke
many Ut Ills constitutions 10 tho poor, md many
ot Hls rcliukcs to thoso iii purple. 1ie reminded
the autIcrtng that tho 6on Of aia,1 baa no pillow
lar fts llea1, no iue Eatutnont, and ttat hente
thuy could, even In q humble condition, BolvG
sane of tho greatest problems of lfc lfo could
not rrnovo tic evil, but !fe could teach the un
Thus, before Christ then, g before mankind TO-
lay, there lay thu great guilt la aoelcty.
Assuming that nu othor proof is needed o.
shc Iropos!ll !lloh TINT society is broken up Int
thelcarncd aud tho !gnorant, tho fortunate a!it
lilo miserable, Let us COLLECT sone Of tue ct,usel
which have 6sosen worS Ill., u TWO aaa aa,ta .aaS. I.
vrrp 1u,f hnxlngT fI1rN hnr1u II