, 1877-01-15
Prof. Swing Discusses tho Qucs-
ton Of "Opinion md
Religion"
Memorial Services Over P. ?. bliss Of the
first Congregational Church.
fht Rtr. Z. Powell tlas Ills annual Home Talk
i. Titt fIix reorlt.
SPECIAL pROyIDENCES.

Following Is the scrmon:
notice Tint great disasters follow snmc sr,c,
1,s "a rrcat stnrm.. ,rtcrc i. n ,,,cc NJ rcst
-" ~ 80 s.S. 49,. 49,. 49,.
ahu peaee oe'"een t'c'''' a'i" t'et WV" t"I5
strike u.s. antl VIC Think we have iclt the *"fst+
II Is only like tho luIt in tho tornado, and there
/. .nnt,,rr fttrc ,,sf,-tune NJ hand. They c,nu.
l,te crat,,t1o viii, n disable ttrnkr. tc1d tt,
"he ena'"'hh"' WV "'a''S n''oN't " :"
Ecther, as one ml5hs oefte'et py mn "uh 'ate'
This Is the truth in q crude way ahont plaGles,
land, l,,rc nnt,ce,1 more t,,,u oncr lint vhru
.11s 80 ' ~ :, ~. .',. '.. rs,,,... ....s.
one great steamer 10 lost oho1heI 'o',o"s r.ts"
emily in her wakn TO the fa''4c sad c'tt'' ~ tHt
now while our hearts we're heavy over the i1oom
IN, fo.i NJ ar, ,,,ony II, Rru;kivn we I'm, IN
s.aL tel' on no 1a". :" n,"'ss II. w. - "u ~
turn and witness anot|ter more terrible, II nus~
slblc, d. Ashtabula: to rca,l tic story with ii
feeling nkln to despair, q, We saw 40 many hui
man Ic!ngs hurled Dwsl to death, Instantly, rs
wo hare 10 hope In merry ,u themselves, and tu
wonder whr1. there ever was 50 sud a sight l,c~
lore in tho history of man.
And there Is f,st enough Of mystery In the
way tliesu difusgr. strike nj to seize on wl,at Is
worst or weakest In our common iuauhood and
lend III Into some deeper trouble II VIC do
nut take care a!'out tAeir final enusc.
Np nre blinded by t!. ss,sl,
and stunned hy The thuslicr III Tie calamity, 81,
that VIC ta!n neither nor hear thc great
lesson God would tracll us in this painful way,
since every Other way liz wullh tcaetl III ht4
iaiIea. IL noiier, In u,,r ot thc strokvn W.
liaYe Just taken, how tlcre nrr men quito ready
to p1ovc that tho widespread ruin and despair
was Judgment of t;oI On tho wrkcdncss VI
Eb,nK 10 u theatre, mil tn bring YOU I'LL The
Scripture you can nersl to lpnck n,I their co,l~
rluslou, II you will only alluw tho Scripture.
Others uEuti,, no t!Utt. nrc tempted to think Oi
slch c,tastrop,cs is the result ii forcur,lsna.
toM iron, wci, there Il III, tsgai>c, II struhu nf
Qo!l To whlel VIC must bow In blank submission
IND s5y, Hoy ~ shql I! tAs say rsply astiq,t the
inc. .hus," Tht, t',ert ase thusr, hSe
no doubt, wl,u have IL haunting tear that
dcn,on IL let luoso fur sucl cy1l work, ni1 lHu
hts wicked wifi of IFS Il, t!.ls sid cn, Us thcy No.
cycu III the ul days l!e Iil his will of dub, Or
81 tho tgt&ks believed IN tbs treat
Eod Pau, w',ose sisters were t!tc FAtcs.
a,a WIN WIS tho father nf these surprises
II disaster, anil tho root Ut our word s.i,Fr,
while outside MI tl.rtc lines ti,cru arc tho3e
who lnok Ut all such things when they grllW
10 this greatness Of surrow null ljIn In
sort of despair, AMI say Il II m usc
trying To deal With thrm; we 1nt1et takn tho
guuAl leave God ult of thr uuestiun uni tIla tie-
ttts WI. trust to Our luck tl,at WI shall not ae
ihcrc. or those VIZ tuyc, whrn the ship goss
dcath
1t tlnck not help matters again 10 my mind
tt.at tllpsc WIN claim to hs most ileyout arc 10
:caIy 10 refer alt these calunit!ss to w!,at t!vy
:al Providence, nsnl vry down tiusc WIN Insist
:at s'1el ti,l,lys do noi rolne Ly sc providence
II t;o;l. hut by thu I,nprnr!Icnce nf man, or
sat II any ease Wy sHsls; e set 70 t!.y s"'ts nt
tuttls tlIat III the t!ust High.
One would isnn.!Eu that In tho nature u:
hing, those who ute mos, ]e1lu,l. fur The E,,snr
u tic Etcat Kjpv would ~. he last To ret Hin
!osth NJ aA aFe,,tal lestot nE tlse anstens }sIt<
;cFE, who rau do such tIIin.s us thrsu III thu
:utl,less fashion With which ihe wheel Ut Il lopo~
not.ye rst4ses the !r..sst.u,,ets o.. te ,laina
nil then ash those In w!.um lic las hidden y
lIylnr rrasn,l to pry, "'Tuc Lord Is lust In ai
Ills works, uiil il,ly in iii iiis ways.n vi, IL,
luuucr do these trs,1cnttult troubles slni,t ,ls
l,un yuu sluIl hear Tn. ,ltyu,ltnr ilcnrt vsrIis-
ng tAeu over VIII. poe,t. scu.llneuls
md pio,la uyalu,a, sucking tic rc.sou for tI,cn,
may bu, Ii, tic tj,,s ui sunc wl,u llaye bpc,,
lone 10 .iea,l,, ur dwelling on the t,,hiunt glr,
1tu wllrl, tlM,sr t,ayp ipf,, Ii. hcy,,I Win wtrr III
Inc OF trdccIon wl.lsI grows wI,lcr all tic tiu,U
rum l!,r real graln Vt the trntthfr st1ch fnys
,ro wall meant, no loult, but they 10 ,.ot uc-
upy to tt,c ,,cars uf u tylte yrlssiu 1t IL Il src-
,ur,lIns In thc wycrls 1t Astn,.ll, Or III. th,,
itnirn ii Uruoklyi,, ulu, have nut tears co.5rb
n n,y heart to wet,, mt tuy Thanksgiving mat
:l,o human .oi,l s!u,ui rlse - Er4,n,y oser thu
T. M5 r ty ", ! t !, Yt 1 i r ! ~: Ill., III hfe Il w.
luck ,hv rcls.m IN Heaven, white it lies right
aWhy ,ln % We ,lic1" witt, liz il Saving tn tls,
tWhy viii ", t!ixi, W. weave tic web uf tatc
" lhrowiItt back lie shuttle into Jli4 !la1nl,
yl,i]u ltC is forever ityinE tn tvA, III
uiw ~ hud IL fnr l,yrtunu In oi,r
wu> So,uu itnu.luu t,.yaicry of reoyt
ic,l,r. Instead nj ,lntIln,. Il fault il,
surse] ]yrs NE Tan met anil nl,,cna, IL is all Il!
i;luj. W. say. mid lIw,, t,a,c learn to tcryu t;
thrn,uth suri, stuurrl,I.,. a. Il whfp,r.l hound
serves ID. mestsr. Wi,I. uti,crs ronciulc that Il
thpsu .Ieyott mel, ars rl.tt tllcrc is M t;o
thuy t..,, svrye m curth ur in Heaven, kuow
nj IL, irliLy ~ ,;ri nul luprlts., IL, tbal
wlIrl, ca!1 SUI una weep oyvr sicl. tcrrure, nll
thr,, irayu them MI to t;ml wlt|N,t1t t.aktuu
urr,,ly unl nnr.yst, rtiy. jluyc thsy ruI,G ~
1iIc.th,, mid i,l,fst ~. having 4 nrswcrcd brfur,
IL viii lrar IL wurI AIsn,t slblnIs5Iu, tn tl..
viii u sisi, ri lin, lhinis. VI ho Viii on o.Asi
Iknow Vi no uurstIu4l o,1 wI.!cl. thc dcsoute,
heart, as .lryvutnes. goes, .ull Evt 10 iu,u!l,
wrunr in its rst kv,I.Ir rs vu ILL, tlrorrl
wbrs1 Il sl.ps ,to ,Mwuytlr,vu Vi maj, into ii,
niacv of ihs pruyticuce vi lio,l, u,ps then fcrl
Is # It md lnuIo u rcuu strilu f,r tl,c hishes
mil ti.r tnai. Edmund Al,.sry prructird Il trr
smnn mysi,,st im,suiatio,,. Ia l1:s., Vt St. An
Grpw,s Church. In Lv,l,lo,,, fru,ll lie tsa,, ~
satan went fnrth jrD,n tic presrntc II III
Lord u'rl smo,r Jof, viii, turc hutlu fruln III