The New York herald., 1878-10-07

crook ed way into which have TO grope IN doubt
some elaborate ornament or the span oil some
majestic arch. Everything which enables US 10 see
how the universe - one WHOLE which shows that
bound oy subtle links WIN all other parts OF
the ereaton--everything which tells US the uses q
the miseros oi his-everyshing which confirms US IN
the belief that the avine IS not confined
single church, but pervades more or less
all The religious institutions OF mankind, brings US
frame of mind which the BiDle and experience
at once teaches US 10 be tho one thing needlu 10 true
religion
Thiyd-The third term contained 10 the text 10 indi.
Gated by the phrase Il aohor myself and repent 10
dust ana ashes' That recalled from himself and
his effort 10 feel that were IN the presence OF
one before whom all The earth seemed
Insignificant He had been right in his
alleged that these caamites were Judgments,
but sull he was al last brousntl 10 confess that
though he had whereof 10 glory yet was not oeoie
God Looking at himself not IN the iight OF otner
men, but wholly as suffering subject, ms own sui
ferings seemed to take anstner shape.
such calamitiss,n tho preacher said, "bring men
into the presence Of Him before whom We must all
iee that sense OF and indrmtics which we nat
uraiy shrink from expressing before our fellow men.
No doubt there were exceptions and honorable
instances OF human nature where we were MADE
in the image vi God and Inc masters OF our
destiny In this connection the Dean paid
tribute OF respect 10 the memory OF Dr. Channiug,
whom he described AS the apostle oil THIS vew I'VE
all need" he SAID, humIlity and The affections o men,
all o u.s. perhaps most oi are out dust ano dshes ~
contrast with the great revcalers in the great
branches OF knowledge whom God has raised up
among US We all need in sacred we'll as secular
PROFESSIONS TO improve ourselves by every light
in the past or present, from
heaven or from earth
Fourthy and lastly-fhis seDse oil the vastness OF
the universe the mpertection OF our own knowi-
edge may hep understand as IN the case OF Joo
not indeed the origin OF evii. or oi suffering,
but some OF their possible uses. The preacher
then pictured the apparent inconsistencies
OF life as tho spariug oil the grandfather when Inc
child seized by death and other mysterious dis
pensatIons by Divine Providence, and said, 1--WE go
through lilo wondering wnereunto tnis tning wlii
grow, but by every afilicton something :a gained,
perhaps deeper knowledge oil thc NINA
OF God and deeper insight into ourselves
Humity and charity for others were among the CUTS
that the best may gam by trials. An hius-
traton gwen here. rough sealaring man who
had survived snpwreck ten years ago III the Bay
OF Biscay described ME experiences the speaker.
He said those wn0 had escaped from
Inc SINKING sn,p found them selves IN an open
boat In raging they found their Chief danger
came, from the solid mass OF seeihihg waters,
from the sipgIe waves which from ilnsc 10 time
came upon them. They isared that with the dark
ness the night these towering waves could not bo
seen aud they would sink beneath one.
safety The waves rolled toward them crested with
phusphoric lghi, which made them vs.Die ana Gu
abed them 10 guard against tnem ont'i tne carry
dawn, when the snip which saved them ap-
peared IN rnat crest of phosphoric
light the preacher compared with the light OF divine
grace and the force OF Providence in tue
darkness OF morsi night, which guides the sinner
through roaring storm. As life advances The
Dean said, 1t often seems 10 TO be as the vessel
going 10 pieces, and though we're on the broken
fragments OF the sup on the solitary skill IN the
vide waste OF waters But SO long existence
lasts We must never give up duty Of cneerlulness
The sense that kept back in youth
all gladness.
That same good Instinct now forblds.
Improbable sadness
He who has guided through the day will guide
us through the night also That speck the distant
horizon m ust pe the spcck for which must shape
our course. We must tor II with patience aud
perseverance,, believing there Is sun future before
US, and shall last reach the haven where we
would be.