, 1879-04-28

PR1L 49,: 1870.
faith In t'otf, ntnl simple charity, md esmple
righteousness Almost the wlinlg Argument Of
lnIf'c1'sy wonld have been ttensod t,o privilege
ot even coming into cxtalonce.
;Ihr1e reflections :brlHE US now to Thought
full rf hope. the bs ono tl,rsc woun.s Inflicted
by frtema Iii ttte aneTc.l n1,us arc hGnliuE nts'l
raasinE away. Christ is bscotiIinE less mud less
Dtirdcne.l by the bad Influences mud systems nf
lnnH. He Is ctcapt1g iron, tin nncehs cltstOtnA
uni from much ot nure modern error. !. Is
more ti,nn rrobabsn TINT tho opposition Of pre-
ynlling ihl1cttY will bo fully aloncl for t,y tst
llcW Impulse religion will receive from tf!c H.
creased wisdom Of tlinso who shall carry Its
banner: Thy tanu a,s ,wl'tct, s!,arpens tlc
logic OF the atheist will 1qutekcn tie thoughs uf
tiose who believe III Supreme Creatos. ~
tnts Ta!t falls on thu asll md Tug Gont, 80 tho
up n llc bosom Of only .l'e tai.h!e,ss. h,4t
Fa,'nily tn thu souls uf those who knccl in tho
natno or tho Heavenly Father.
As ths Irrelevant matter OF The Important
.he lutic t's eansc oi chrstaaity I i nsde to to
stnsld turth in lts own essential character n
wnsth loug unknown will burst forth ,,p,n tho
sight nf the assembled multitude. Christ WILL
will utirnncc III the naDo Of jllB own spotlrss
character; will ailYnutC In the nnn,u Of a Wide
love which stnti blnd tnany conditions into uue
humanity; Will adva'ieu III tllu nainu Of n TO-
move forward III tho name Of q life TO co,na-a
consolation which tic human tace, living nliu
dying, will never surrender,
THE REV. II. D. SHEPPARD.
WHAT TIN cEn1sT1AN woRLb OWES TO IN
rlnELs.
The Rev. Robert D. Sheppard preached at
trnce Methodist Church lust evening 10 4 large
congregations linking as bis text tao following
words:
And in nothing tcrsIacd by your advcssnrtcs,
which ts 10 them an evident tokGn OF fcrdltion,
t1't 10 you Of salvation, md that Vt G1u,-iHU-
Hpt1HS. s.. aS.
Tile reverend gentleman tnil there was
nothing 20 cheap as t1ennnciatfont md nothing
better betrayed ono's passon thnn nh attempt
to bear down m adversary by mnledirtior.
That the world swarmcd with tnddcls
was duo In largo measure to Tho
extreme, sercre. and thougntlrss Ian
guaGo Of tho defenders Of truth,
their lack OF canlor, Formally, anu mIsrcrre-
6cntation ct tho crecds they pronounce. Lie
of lnadcls, nor yet 10 sRy tllat they wcro un-
worthy Of synpathr Or salvation, or TO- enjoy
thu friendship ard colicern u! good people. WI.
were all children md susceptible 70 Influences
ta!ncd sweet religious anchorage fran COM
nlunon With tho pliro aud beautiful, a1,l Others
had imbtl,cl from faulty religious instruction
doubts which hal grown to act,,a1 tIistrust:
their rcasoh a,il powers in y bad cause us thu
nttorney did; hut lIa believed tlcre were those
who through Misrepresentation snperstltton,
formality, and hypocr!sy. lad come 70 t!'r oplu-
soil hal hired himself out IN this city to
mako superficial nud 1uglnattc attaek upon
religion, n,i had exhausted Ills scorn, contempt,
utits rfdlculG upUn Tue tGachligs anh tcncherB Ut
intended to Cxcita Indignation ail hostility OF,
thu part Of the Church, but he lad heard no
vo!ce but TINT Of pity for ll!u, II examples nnl
instruction had lantcd him where he was, It wus
scrutinlzo the truth In spite Of hypocrisy ar,l
Misrepresentation. 1t would be pity, too, II
he succeeded, II lle ras slncerc, In dragging any
young 1nan into tho abyss Of atheism, which
lcctual mistake; a,nl understand the despair Of
n soul fron which the props Of faith had been
taken away, but could not excuse an attempt
to tcGufla other souls tnto despair. But we
though tl.eir b!asphemcs suuudcd likc the hiss:
tng Ut devils, for II tlGy wcra candid they will
liYo to SEQ order wherc nov BccnAs confusion,
nnd II thrY wcss consciously wtcked they know
better than We could tell them thu folly OF fight
tnE against God. 4 few nights ago the sucakcr
Ind bchcld n brilliant meteor coslla md 60 1t
had beun n1u1nentary spectacle, Just rs inger-
soil Ind been. NIX! its gnro was no moro last
Ing tlan hts language. lie did not cars 10 ar
gaa much abuut the untcrr[lled condition ot the
Church toward him n,l similar atlycrsnrcs, let
the Ectort be wliRt II wonll for tho question Of
religious stabtIity "asos TINT pertal,lcd to III
dividual souls tn which there had hcen con1lc-
tion Of Sin. To them God cond not bo argucd
out OF existence, IND pcnec III believing an1 de-
parturu OF unrest tehtstled to The pcrfcctuess Of
redemption In. 1esus Chriat. The greatest
minds, 'urgcst hearts, md strongest Wills Ind
ignoraneo.,' aud faith Of ingersoll. Cecil lla,l
bcen STEPPED tn inhdelity ns lngcrsOIi profcsscs
or seems to be, but hIs lnothcr's trinln were
token Of pcrlitiol tlat brought him to hts knees
betore l,ur God. Thu Old nlll New Testamcnts
neither part could be understood without The
other, becausc They were one subject from be-
ginning to end. Mr.. 1ngcrsoll's religion was
nothtnE now but tl's t!me.wurn ,',, indel plati-
taEo tlto dead ; nun aud M cjotdc 10 %i It wi, in
the 'hahi,in,unts ol life. Ills statetncnts
md dncght!ors might be nude out ns follows: ~
UNI expression OF Gnd is Of liuman creation an,l
expression, tllrowe!! upon thu worlds
brain is thu Gui of Gods, RtMs nf Kings, und
eurdtttcs, nnd its atonencnt q crime; ~ tho
Church las reprcssel Individuality mud opposed
progress. put the ban nuol freo thought nsni
f9ateIna iEnorance: I!leao were @ tug ~ b1nes e u
Language, sltrmount them Will, hcad deYod Ut
ycnernttu let lntt K|nro tn the uye n1!ti scorn
set on the curling lip, let tic ,nostrl!s tlllatu
with passion, put Int" tlsr mouth the tcetlt asl
| We bud the living, woukl-be pesticncu Ut Ills In
| fidelity.
Tic speaker then went on to analyzo Ingcr-
| soils religion. Ihat the universe was Eovcr.ct!
phus ns1nN