, 1877-12-10
Closing Exercises In the Dedication oil
Grnce Methodist Church.
Discourse on Christian Charity by
Bishop Andrews.
A Correspondent Discusses the Wages
Question with Prof. Swing.
Something .fram Rob lnksrsall isr The Edifea'
tlea Of Dr.. Gregg, ef ireland.
THE GREAT DELAY.

me central Causeh, saKln9 ~ nus tets:
~ Lofo deIa!et1 h's een.l"s;-M 1uI., ~.
The tho"chtnnl are amazed At INC patienee
OF a1owness VI Nature. Millions Of years havc
been demanded by It for cutting rver-bcl ot
+h,nvtre mn rcof ~ rnr,1 r,cL. r. mt {1o
sn.o"'"e ~" 80. " n.sna..N -. Nv Nv
Nlnaata Rua. nou Qussnslo"l pask W suc
present cataract has demanded, according to
geologists, 10000 years. What ages were con-
ANIMAL In making tle climate anil lon5 nnd
~, sni ~ a.no"a, dsno,,,. a,,., tha faro.,. ~,
eu.' W. Sau s' ",,a "'ps' T., a % ~ '.' ',, ",
powerful to Imagine and look back. A scientific
writer eays that the shovelful OF dirt whlc,, tlo
gardener handles 40 caslly has been thousand
sa..s ~ ,ason,,,r ,1.,snIaI hs sa,r ~ fs''..
from tho auriaco OF the llntJ rock In making
the little garden spot, Mature has consumed a
million ycars.
Mhocyer In. hcstovci1 nm 1,orr NJ thoroht
upon the WorK anu WORKINGS ni Nature Will not
b. surprtscd to find In the living world Of man
q similar elowness OF stcp 1t, the plaIus oyer
uhIc1, nm, I. moving. nm rcpcnt. tho nhonnm.
anon 49, ~ 49, Ntacora n :m,t - c,,snn"l fra,, ha,.
butsm to good government, Or good li,ora-
turc, or gool religion, rcqulrca again
the large thousand.ycar DAYS 80 mn.
frosts, It maY bc yery painful That inteilectua:
and morai n1ol has con,o 10 man sn s]owiy: bnt
the siowIrss u nainrai Il not chacriuT. rhat
.CGrlst DELAYED ill coming ior many rcncra-
n,1ritv nnvo foinwefi IL" law n rho snai fnrn,n.
t,om' nr nf nhanSinv ciitnatr. or rhonoino fo,,n"
or Ok coral rock are facts which INV ama3e ani
anilcn man. Rut there ia no i3cip Tor n1,r
henria. W" ran d. nnfhfnc oisc fhnn toLo o,.r
tv ,e eo ravna .s mora
onn. in s;icnrc, ienk hark on,i how to III. iasv
~ 1!o. sent,;ry IA only nntit" in thn hnt,r an
,oi God. ~ ~'' " ''~''>>' - ''~ '''N'
one ma nav % rass To- t1c iauir1 as To- tho proeress
of Christnnity. The sccne ronents iiseif horc
nni wn tnnv nccommofintn Ia si,e nrpsnnt fl,co
words uf Till snxious uno of BtlIo rscortI. wio.
iotinr .s,t II hnr ,.in,Inw .oin IL Iann,,oop, u,
tIos as us reomo cjassr il III eaqt so
i0nr in cnminrl WiIv tarry the whcris nf Ms
clartut II Deyo,1t minds. lonkinv nut frnm
this for.oway time. wmmder that In cI,nrtof ~
Christ is 10 long ID coming. Nothinc comes
thH wnridts T.or,l tIcre ,n,tst hc nnfcnf r"ssnns
Tn fln,i the .a,,scs. IN. thn imat semsc of rhs
terms, and to Justify The wars Of God TO men.
Is beyoni human bower: bu{ It n,oy como viii.
II ti6 ssope Of man to t{.,d the natural agencies
| which dolay tbs chariot Of The Christ. Why
| this 0rent Hs)arf way
What natural 1etcntious do wa perceivei
c", n 9a,gnn ~ 1uE nttn " III III. nas " n
time III tho eighteen Centuries l,ayn the ,ylccls
! v0nn harkwnr1i or atonncd: but thcv bayn rnr,i
Slowly toward the better future. The p.aloso-
| phy Oh tlo Nazarenc was sown UPON earthly sol.
| nn;i fj,c hu1iIinv md hIossnn,fnT must cnne ~
tIo common law of tto lantI II VA Kan eon-
| fur3cs aftcr Tia faitbfaI Hhrahon. bcfnrc IL.
bEvw religion reached its bost estate. It con.
suiucd almost 600 yeors for Greece to pass from
sin,nle snnv tn {t,e tleepcr c.1fture ~ n inrir
and nhfjua65nhy. Rome VIVA M innr IN nass-
inr frpm n tri1a tn natinn' AMI wns m fion1
| In ehanr1nr couf1,ston fnto ;he inv ,rhirI
Still delights tle civilized world. Tho In.,.
| ucnt Tim mind tetrfua Il, link nj a |ni,t,,,s,r
or ltrratarc @ or sciouee' os o. ~ raIeun Il
must nnt nsl1e alj tmnntinnec nnfi thfnL ~ ~
OF Gours. but Of centuries, WaIElnV forth
amid he beauties Of language, how old the
Vortls aroi The dceaying castle, tho lyy.
frces m nr IN them. nro mt mora arctent fhnu
tho ianr,,aas viii which In fcort mc,itntra
over ihriI. Tho rock Gtbraitar is. fntioed. Oil.
INT IT, rnmr rnrniis tis Sararen isador t.i.hci''
Tar1Si vim sasca snaiu e.,yen b,,n,lreu" "vg ysar,
ago. Thn Tnrkis,1 Can,tal. in ia nan,s. ieais
| ia back 10 when COnstailtina tlasire, to hnye a
CIV nearer than Rome to thc Holy Land. THUS.
ajl tl1xt s,irroIlnds IN hare come n ma Nv siar
wieois iiSatt.tt.r over ion1 road ch2t.t' om ~
qiying iii reiigion TO thc laws Of earth. rave Il
AVER L, the keeniur ot hantia that worL "a stouv
and Of hearts ThIrE contained wonderful novel
q waiting. Nature acts a. though eternity
It argues nothing aralust tho intrinsic rortb
of Chfstjv1lty thai Ia lis Iopg period II has nnt
mnstercti tha world. far manv n ths hest tn,mus
santls NJ ycars n snr,1rc n hearinx Rscnn 1a ~.
pcuts tie nethod Of Aristotle. and With s,,ccrss
because stwicty Lad enIosed S,0O@ ,noro yrars n
| which 70 prt rrndv h, hcor nnvthinr aknt1t tn'
dnstiye mcthod. NJ t1ltb sat.mwh h + s' "a ny, NJ
known that fho Hunnns hi Hlosswnrc- c"cant' ~,
" nude. md oiosssl riuss .asns: hut Il reo.;ire
tcn ce1t1.rss to turn Iofal ngtisI" iutn I Tnrls
via n.aniy i Ha xha snr.k. m tha In.s 1tra ~:
sass tnsrc We're marnifyin@ ria.ses IN s the 81 lii II
Roman nsriod: but We ncree,ye tnat they rcat.l,
~ M s,ntfcanco Int wcrc 10 II" milk r IN ',h
scurity mi WHIT for t,niileo 10 cors niong t%e ~
tbous1ui. .ycar road and Transform, the Homat M
in9nrv of fashj"n grcw IN ,ntm m III tr,' u,S
With transforms nef,,,fa intn a ni,,star -;
s,ins @0''s'"'"'' "~~A'N '"'' !" s"ss'' VI
e1uI Unlc.s Christianity vero to te nuehed .lona
aoIIv ~ ,nfraris ~ 70 re-. 1n,st .'e"Is tnuS
hss;I, rh.t 90 hsTcf'i n H. raos,e navs
cScat Il. ,,;vin.,,sss r. as rn,mrnIed ~ r.,
inwa ,ha, u"rr'a,nIs, !, y. 1,s ITts,nar., ~, ~
H,x"' ,aa .iasa. ;,nrs ~ ao ~ ,i, s.orss
s.scnc,. ani III Tr,,tntunea. jncs nj ,.ss snp
re"ii sants t ,1aaI T.a..,s III as,Ii ~.
spa, .n,,E ron.ia IT,, ,rni1' H. 1'!naa W osea
Of t;;.rstianity ns21 % MT .ys jn.ursf in.to"
,en. sa'ss IusI .ut 1 s. ~ .msusu ,'s.A
sasous auaesss to' iinetk WY eeM sost9u'aII