, 1877-02-12

scnturea on suel, all Illustration AZ thatl The
eost, mild experience that amounts 10 nothing
Lax ypta pn, ySrv N q n1,
wien virtues come up with tcrvor that yoil
know What thc.r flavor ts.-whht their power Ia.
Love that ls n!ways fnintng nway docs not givc
any idea ot Tint magnificent disclosure, Of luvc
that many watcrs cannot drown, that tlcath It.
self cannot Qncnrh. Tic power In each Of them
Is Indispensable to It's fill disclosure OF their
natures: Moro Than that. Those qualities in
stltutcs tho Kingdom OF tinl, and I'LL of which
sho,lld be prcsent, and all o. whicl, SHOULD be
brought up to the pitch Of fcryor, must all Of
voluntary disposition. To lie sure, many men
do great many things inyountari1y on
purpose. They hare 10 tlo al! things
80 At first; hut NO mai knows anything untlhc
seif, and .c does not .IInk Of i in IN order , to
brlng It ont No !nan has learned to play On m
tnstrumcut until lc has forgotten ali abnut tho
keys. No man Inns lcarned to write until he has
.rs 70 orsr sse 10 make aR Sts a ot G @ 'w og t.
tho cmltMlirncnt Of thought, and w,en the ntnd
is wurAlng 1t plays, ana tte Inst thug the 1nan
thinks Of Is. tho words he Is using,
Ct s ts appsa7 ws' 10 he m i cge penE e Z e @ os .os
TINT y working lo him spontaneously md un-
learned to forget It, md II lecumc. part and
PARCEL @ of you. No man ha' learned humility
mar, has learned .gcntlcncss who has not di.clp.
lined himself. All Of those qualities mist be
not only present, but must 10 fefvcnt., and be-
son,e come 80 Tree ~ practice tint they aro intul-
80 TINT when the OCCASION comes he gives out
you have to wakc up like sleepy
sentinel, nnt t''sy must come ne forth
hear their father or mother coming home, with
out waiting for the servant to bring them. And
this Yun!ty Is represented IN the Scripture In
this wav, "Clothed With grace" no that q
down thc street rs without lis sraces. liz
wears them nll the tl1nc. The language Is made
stronger, ..l'nt on tho Lord Jcsus, q II ul tho
qualities Of this drcss, every oue Of them, wcro
assf'ss sss Is P y sss G@ff's' @ L Il . h a9s. sa s
made film What lie was. You know what Christ
says otttf How stands II r. this line Of cx.
position: "Como, unto slo all 70 that
sSof aSof 'na and "'G .so heavy Eca.s 'sas0 en Al s ss
Their base nuturc. aGuma unto sio. % Lcarn q
Nc, for ain meek an'l low1y vf heart. mud 70
shal! and a; resL unto your souls That T. the
this disposition with Him, tllat mudc lin, what
LIZ was. Learn Of Him, Il suul finding rest.
Now, therc y something still further.
have sail tbat these dispositions ought, every
one Of them, TO he developed to tho roInt ot
fcrvor TINT ought to bo sudden and apontAi,e-
OTIS. You caD ncver know the power Of these
rev sentiments until y,ou SEQ them net
!ng t,.s,, toscthcr in crowds, 70 t!aat thsrs
twenty sco1ers, but whole honsc-father.
mother. children, md Misunderstanding to.
gethcr In concortlnnt condition, 50 that tho
atmosphere OF tho house s.lnll bo that which
springs from the higher dispositions OF the
knftfa. Hnt that 1ffH fNjt lin flrnp of
those qualtius. It Is when one family, 1r two,
or ten, ur fifty, whole neighbornood Of them,
nrc juincl together so that tllcrc Is really putt
III s sssn'9ensa IT. %ss nnsrnl a gsSte n osns
ana seeking othcrs' good. oil "iu honuT pre-.
fcfrlhg ono anothor," all Of thom ethereal chill
dfen Of light; Wien YOU hayc acquired thoso
qualities I'll sllpercininenee alIi have Tug
them nil to that radiant life, giving form and
harmony to them, md you have tnade them 40
constant tIiat they arc spontaneous; whun they
arc dllfusctl not only through the wLolc buuso
nclglborhood, you have begun to experience
sonlo sense OF tsloir power. But not all. Wien
not only In tho wIole household aMl nciglIbor-
hood, but Wien thu work uf Go,i has 40 prc-
proceeds upon those powcra mud principles.
teltshness dcull. avaflce do.ul, murder dead,
anger dead, crtlclty deast, unyies, jcatuusics.
lying dead, and loys, and !. Joy, and
H<SuAfllHrt Atll ECtJtlttChoS uuU kUuAUt6&,
und sclf.eontrol, acting through tic court,
through the Legislature, through every sInXtt,
avenue ot bualucss,-ln the SHIP, In tho boat, lu
the htore, aud Ia tho shop; when they be:auss
tue motive iorcta OF universal human lfc-tllcn
tho Kingdom Of God Las culne, a1nt tue nov
heaven aud the now Garth III which dwell right
cousness hayc arrived. And that IL the full
disclosure and amount Ut tho Kingdom Of
Heaven In mar.
You will lear with nc II mako few closing
reflections, though have redctatncd yoi. too lonE,
considering thy crowded condition Ut the hu.lsc,
qn'l ,,,, nta likely to weary you; But
First, i'll ClrlstIan knowledge iF Of vuiuc,
just In proportion "a II produces the sweet, the
Eencruta, the ioyeable dispositions Of 1nan. We
hear great deaf sald about fundamental dog
trlncs We hear great deal Bat1 about tho
sacredncss Of thcoloKy-its valuo, thu necessity
ol watcslIlIg II, Ut keeping It all right. We car
much said about churches, their discipline, their
crolomy. NIL not here " seoff al fbcolDgY,
am mt here to sco!f Ut churches, am not here
To unleryalus them. AM nut here, curtainly. to
say aythcfetsuoyaluei III those thlRs. But atn hrrc
ta appIy. u test 9f value, II Ia O good thing to
have = clear md systcnatls view q truths. 1t
tuctcl body Of men tllat ara to teach iIe truth.
1t Is a good thing to lEayu body Of men like
the church recognize nural feeling. Al thls
nomemt Il little boy on tlu platform htgan to
sPoor little fellow, liz Is tired, nut hG has not
been disciplined us YOU have been 10 be too
polite tU aaY sU.'']
Dut, Tie power ot oil theology Is tho power Of
what 1t call DO. liays you ever been to a ngri-
cultural exhibition and tcen the magnificent In
etruncnt ttIHt c!Gh manufacturer turns uutf
What saliunt ploughst Thuy asu no bright tllat
you ean sec y''urself u: Il III q mirror. What
magnificent rcapefs. Now any farmer will tell
you thut II IL not safc to pick an t,lkY1lucnt by
The way Il looka In IN exhibition. The question
Is, !luw dues 1t workt Who has tried III Doca
unybo!Y know anything about III The yaluu
| Of a plough, or aS1ow, or keythe. or sickle,
| or reaper, or wagon, ls.what Il eau do, uud tho
relative values azs Which ,an do the salno work
best and quickest with tho icaAt p.Iwsr applied.
~ Now. IN seearA to all theology, 4 l. of very
little aeseouut What The SYSTEM oftheology Is;
tha question Is, what does it du, wllut can Ii do
and f. Ia to b. measured by that. Aud asl
churches and I'LL accts ara 70 bo measured BY that
IT they mako narruw, stllf, sour, pungcnt, and
punching Christians, they afe bad, do not cart
what na;no you give them. Il
thuy make iarec, generous, pure, noLls
sclf-sacriaclug CarlstIans; Christians that dc
not slas,lrr Col by looklns ~ II they were Al
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