, 1877-01-08
AN OLD PARABLE.

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SERMON DY THE REV. HoHEltT COLLIER.
The Kev. l,ol,ert Co'lyer preached tho follow
Ing sermon at entity Church yesterday morning,
sclccting nA his texts
. So The sim returned ten degrees; by which degrees
II Was gone town.-f6didh krFeii.. \.
Iiczckiah stntals for an instance Of The truth
that bud father n,ny have good son, and
ruol fatlIer bad so,I. It would be hard to
tiud mcancr man than Ahaz, or worse man
III any wny tilan Atanas snll. Yet here Is ono Of
the best Inen OH tic whole you can lay yolr
hands on III thosc bad times, the connecting
link between The two. and one OF tho most
splendid prlnccs, al Ewald imagincs, that ever
sat On throne of Davld.
lie caue to The thronc, Is We reckon, In tho year
121 before Christ wl,c,, he WIS q yours OK agc,
to iind the greut temple no better than an old
barn, thu o1d faith deati,-ff SOME spark Of 1t
wns mt alive lii the common heart, Of which
there was tscn no slgnt my more than there Is
| NJ Luthcr's faith In u German hlatcriailst, or
Chnnning's III bigoscd Unitarian. Thu grand
old songs were SUNG no more, Or the days kept
tl,at answer to our Thanksgiving or Fourth Of
July, While the sacred Euoks were hidden
| away IN holes anil corners .as we tuck
away old newspapers and forget them. But as
along for any length ot ti'nu without auule
rHft u religion, atvI, when that fails, wlieI. Ia
the brthr1sht of the civilized rnnn, will sink 10
tile une which was natural to 1t when IT, was yet
down to kind Of ragantsn, nnsl were building
their fires Oil the trests vi all tho hills as they
did III britain 800 years ngo, and the sun Of y
was, NJ Isaiah says, who watched the deadly
! Lrtt, efnylng oxen and killing sheep. eating
t flesh aud drinking wiuc, md then creed every
buly sec.ncd really TO subscribe to, the creed NC
always come 10 IN such case, Let US cat und
| drink, for Tomorrow we Diet
| JfnTi,kta1t nnt thik ,frtv tntrr Er +ha fhrpnt
un,l, though he WAS not strong man hnsclf at
| any time, as hc had Isaiah, who
wa, @ = a., strong man, to take hola
tic IN sat ot il rs men eyer san. they s!ca.,s;
tho lhll-tups 0t the OH, gross paeasitsu1,--no
,,orc srrs up there at yonr peril l-oprned tug
TEMPLE aa,n ANIL naa. It. Eo% With S.is ,,,
r.-cttablisl,cI tho national frrtfya!s s0 that the
eorn.nun heart got ind a.ain sl tho story Of
ting fathers tried to Do for themselves.
YOU a.ay be sure this Was ~, holiday business,
they I'D not lFnsi II one. That culture came
r. tho truiit yt,u Will find to-day III Chicago and
genus, Il there he any, Is clubted together y
give Rno,l rca*nis why yo,. should llaIr good
time, and the King l'al just enough Of the old
!eavem IN lin. to lsan little that way aul think
fs s ysu ssa ssai DAD Ta0 ~ Ss' taas sas
ki.sA u tl.tnS, and could make black
wliitr, or any utinr culur tfo hing might fancy.
W; 1saia!. wa the rower, bellnd t!e tlsrore.
| Halt Ju(,u kuox aud half Jutu Atlltuu, hc
braccd up the weak place fri thu lnouarci, and
brought tack the people, III aolue scllse, to Got
wv tseis Auts. I''sa thsse was 9rsat black
elort oytr asInst Aa.yrta, followed " al' IN
slavery. But that was met through nature, as
s,i'.u would BAY, hut rs the ltbte says, through
Gol. II was met tflrough, thu, ino tltucss Of
<,rrr tia t,f s.,na,
for all VT. TIN rrc, some great u1.l gHud caute
wuul 10 doon'eu but for aurll strokc. 1t WIS
IL s...,ou,i, so." think, anA som,e what VIC weultl
eali tho worst typo Of Asintie % cl!nlsra A.
| all tho In1np anil pride ot h,H puwer,
threutenn= destruction, Tho poor King who
llad trici 10 wAr7 o(r the Invasion the hest he
knew. md partly brought Il Oh iss'saps by oycr.
submission, WIS un his face l'cfurc tho ct,eru-
hin, u,ul tic prupllc! stcaltcr thCu tIlan eyrr
SINGING grand ,"a,a th hrtsa,,cr low "The light
u lsrsci should Vt Gu fora tf.'" w1tic t|u
'nnfrow wn,a!a bring, anil tlsem Byrnm te3l* ihr
story rs II he l'aa caught tho old prophets
mantle:
The angel Of death spread lls wings on tue baat
And Ircntacl Ill tho iuco Of tic fUu " he passed,
And tGs ts,Sy eyes VI shc seepc's "Azed deadly and
Aud 's:'; hsass' ba. once heavsa and forever grew
And 's S2os nlsb' Of sAe oentlle' uu'mo'o BY tho
Had melted like snow In the glance Of the Lord
This was all tluuo ~ something under
twenty ycars. The King Is over 40,
aud tl,sn ts brcaks da;sn and comes
ta death" door,, but ssrlnks In nur'
never ssrol's man al the Heart Ut hul. lie
must huye brcn worn out now with the heavy
straIn. 20 that hu cu'lih not stay lila hcart III
s9ne Incu eau on reserves VI 'lsfSous energy.
Tic llNi rlrbuncfp or MI ahsccss, or some other
trouble. which rcpurts the last stuge of cxhaus.
tinn, and then liz broke down, asld wrpt and
prlycs! for tifu beyond at measure, a'nl hs cry
wus answered. For By t'osl's mercy and aucf,
nc.l!rluu ~ they could muster I.u pul!cu DIT,
gnt well, a,nl lived tu he almost 10. And lust
llcrn We touch our parable: iu'l nut tbs ssa; low
oA the dial backwaiu ten degrees. "a VIZ read ai
would live. isi'sa'i ! traat, n perfect reyvr.
enco When. say that this was exactly
what ;, tiu! could not or would not
Iel ultcrly SroEen .l"Sn BY iii this trvul!s,
mEscr cxpcrttnR 10 be thr salic Nun aguEh. Iii
rose fron! h!a bel s4cw tian. Then that utnus:
blessing Leigh Hunt tnentlpns sots him, SUP.
nature to nan who has tsr'' y lon,; tine r.'n'
tine,i ln u .Ick.clIanIbrr. llo tcIt like taking
hold aEatr with new aEuor, a.Hl whc,l they
asEs,l hl.it how hu fell he must have answered,
"Hh}. lee! ten yru!s younger: II IL III II tllG
sf'aluw un thu tlial there had gunr 6nrk ten DE-
grrcs.' and 40 tts wo'cr tAlsIc to PASS which
hardened Ut lust Int" miracle lG felt alnvst
l'kc u young u'au usalu. The .lourx u l!te
10 do hr ic't just like ,,lnsns. T!e Old. weary
heart had gn,Is out Of him. Health, sul reu1.
'at!on, an! thc way he llad s1st liriscIt On tod,
a,.l found t''s ,auspeahahs ulyan.ara wy
lrou:h. courayo. and hope, aal joy. M
!ie Sai . nrw ,s'an, gno.l for 10 years, i liz
barely Hoped to be GoA! for Is days, and s.,
hts s''n returned teu degrees, by which dcsrecs
| 1t WAS gona, ,auwn.
And w, q. | have thought of It, have felt
that wu might AE!l a lessun In the old parable
for the new year, which would link In With that
VIZ tried tu tiul last Sunday fur the old year.
Tint WAS retruspect!on; thus tan be anticipa.
tun. That WAS on tho worth vi wha! has been.
II VIC hold un ~ II with iiriug heart. This II
of uoru worth in what may 1e. II We bring o
new heart to The new time. Old things pass
uwsy; all things become new; and, wflle VIZ
arc III tho world aud rall feel its power a,!l
grace, VIZ can hare our SHARE of what thu new
Itme brings. II VIC 20 about II tn some such waY
as this .lah did who haa ths shadow on the
dill u ILL lifc pu.te.l buck ten slcYrcca.
For while It Is wre.cl4c1 mistake to say tEssu
Is time enough yet when We turn it y . bad ac
count, there Ii u lisine meaning to the word
whcR VIZ turn 1t to 4 Eu0l account. W1 inay
lc.r Us thls uIau did, lAat We are shout through
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