, 1877-01-22

temptation that daily assa.[s you, and that not
wtos hut fSn wth" To seorsf ,eoys
| for any hell outside our own city, and the only
| devil you need trouble yourselves about comes
to you In human shape.
VARIATIONS OF DUTY.
SERMON n1 rRoF. SWING.
prof. Swing preached yesterday morning At
| the Central Church, tnklng al bis text:
On these tsyo commandments hang all tho law
| and tho prophcta. arif.. ~.
Neglected. among tho pursuits OF tho tfmo
Is tho study Of duty. It ia generally ass',snctl
that tho duty OF cacf, mortal was written down
by the hand OF God Upon tue pages Of tic
Bible, aud tho idea that obligation and its
works arc to be rcstutIei cach year along with
tho rcstudy OF science and philosophy Is an TN
| known or doubtful fdca. II, however, yut
| will pausc for d moment over the nature Of
man, you will 1lnt TINT he was made TO be ever
| q student, and that his Inquiries we're nut 10 bo
aud mechanics and theology, but they arc 10
be expanded unfit they arc rs wide n the
world In which man tlwc1ls. The most OF lu-
man inquiries arc perpetual. What lAws to en-
net, what creed to alopt, what kind Of clothing
to wcar, whnt food To cat, how to prevent or
cure disease, how to build tlwc1ltng-housc, how
| to construct railway bridge, how to manage
republic, arc studies which follow society faith
fully forever. Tie good Of one age Is the evil
Of tho next Man thus advances student md
| makes bis culturc out 0f the new problems
which alwaya surround him.
Among the ncycr-cnalng lcAaona placed be-
foro tho pupil, man, an important place must hc
! assigned to the study of duty. Dnty Is subject
to wonderful variations. II cflangts like tho
~ The msst IT,! ridiculous .s pe1sg;ns 10 ,, tas
doing ms tho last century dll, Or as was lonc BY
! Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Ono would rs
well drcss like 1t. Peter before lie was
aar.. % We M = shoula alt low love t. to s ha1o 'Paai'a
| ptcty and cloqucnec but VIC should not any Of
Us 80 willing to ilnd the will of God or inau
Just as hc found IT, The actions Of soclcty must
dress. The two great laws Of our text must
never be dcpnrtel from. No change can couio
to those principles. 30 to tho law that man
must cat aud dssnk no change III wll !, s1,ne, e mt
lfalf that fs upon the tables In tho nineteenth
century was unknown to the ancicnts a. food.
So amid the fundamental laws of action NJ
change nay come. All thtngs must bc done in
wuA love to tnan in one nge might be cruelty to
nlnn IN another. The shape ut tic uscful de-
ponds much upon tho condition Of tho public
education and sentiment. When Solomon cx-
tollcd the virtues Of tho rod, he did 80 in m
where the no-Fod stood for nnarchyt for law-
lcss house. lilo was not comparing together
tnG values OF 1QfeH Oh LalG On4 uaNu REtl llurhl
suasion nn tho other, but ho was comparing
together obedience and anarchy, anh hence
great was the virtue Of the cnlb!cm. Of cavern.
| 1ncnt. Between tho rod and anarchy, tho rod
sequcnt centuries discovered a second method
Of governing, that Of persuasion through lovc,
love of parent Tor child md child for parent.
solomon compared force with anarchy; tho
Christian ages compare force with lore, atia In
this new atmosphere OF things, tho duty Of the
rod fades away as faded Solomon aud LIS robes
and even his temple. ..,
Our se1s les nnel,nnElng, gIcat mointain :s ..,'
forever run, but wilt run with changing banks
and changing scenes along the banks. The
Bible does not carry within Itself the details u
things to BY done or left Mndonc, but It contains
every principle Of action tho human family will
ever need. 1t assuDcs tho common sense Ut tho
RUE and thus coilcs a!ong willing to be adapted
TO the now conditions Of citriate, government,
contains two sets ol tdeas tue one general laws,
the other tlie local incidents and custons ftho
dny in whicl It Was composed. It IL the general
laws which atc fullest Of ths unchnnRlng VIII Of
of them, all this depending upon tts conformity
or necessary relation to tho general principles.
The law of loving each other AMI helping eae!l
son Of this service by washing each others feet
died when tho Dibu 1ourueyed away from the
sandal and the bare loot. The Holy Scriptures
mnvcl of ard left a duty behind, hut they took
f,ncI iii nr nm ointment upon the Ii nd uf friend
via tll,ty which could not travel AWAY frun1
liz nj rinrrhiul nrn. Il wat h1rj,I 1j,,1. with
Abraham. fsnac, nnl Jncnh in oil tonll,t, hl,f
when t,no living In thu modern cro scuis /
;hr;stmms nrr.nnt f.. n fr3cn,i or hoi,nuct T.,
si"k.r.st this ia lbs etrrnai law iully kent: i,
IA lin nineteenth century hreakinv liz avn nla
bastrr.box. Ho. doubtless hantiem appeared Il.
~ nrincinlc anil ~ farm tm,I 'rhe farm wn.
n,,tr errtuiniy immersion, ior tho .suIntry WI,
warn, nn,i .sti,erc was mirt, water thrru:'t hnl
H., Iiniv acrini,,rra. Ini.rrvjnr lin into Hussin
an1t Enpmnd' nmi Xnrri,n. w,mtItl rra,lity i,nyt
W praci!ce behind aMd take along with item IT.
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: w"ui@ n"t wansIrr away fro,n its clin,ate n,,.
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laws a'r rnmmrnIa @ and thcn in.a, nrtiuns mr.,
rusto,ns. md in its wanicrlngs away frot,
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