, 1879-03-31

tcrdny morning 10 hear Dr. deorge q. Lorlmcf.
an invitation to became ia nustor M r' Not onlv
Horo tnc members OF thc firat Church anil con.
grcgatlon largely tcprcsontot. but many Of
Place Churches ycrc also there Ia pirs n Yo1.
sa.,s ~ M,.t. ss...u ".u a'Ao , w. s"a WI.
co,le W ,ns. ,, presence. pf. ho.lhlef has '!os
sc. aeeepeea inc eaI. nuI rumor my u aat no
esnt1oman /, very ,naro and ~ mc,1hm hIrht.
Thc frat characteristics ,hn, .,..kns H.. rnsn.,
~ s,1..s .1"u 49,, t., ~" ..sua' .'.
seems to bnvc been developed at tho expense Of
the rest OF tho face and form, Ills exprsason
1, .luo,t ouu of saane,e. tho,rh .,,,a ovc. aio,v
~ a. t,., hra,i,s ~. " -. a,,r...s e"u" "',
style Is very passionate, oven to what Is called
tnst !. no. u br s.tures 7o dev
erv bowevcr. !. nic,e,or. ,nr cn,,nr,otion ~ a.,
words very clear, h's voice. slough light, - not
harsh, and the impression he made WAS ovident-
ly exceedingly favorable. uo brings manu-.
naor ~ tn .r nn . "s s'setuy VT .ueNe
u"ue' '"e pulpit eusao" "'cn no ocg'ns, anu
no makes no uso OF It as he walks back n1.d
forth across The plntform.
stnsinE. aud rca.Iing 1he Scriptures, p'15i b.
I4orimcr took for Ills text the thrty-thirt verse
OF The twcnty-first chapter Of Luke: "a Heaven
md earth shnll pass away, but my words shall
Although Tic peop1e Of the world claimed
pcrsoual independence In the snf1cro Of thought,
ind vas conscious after fashion oi matntain,, IL,
S IT sft by e o t1ss sy ts.1.
In tho n!nateenth century, will, tho gifted spirits
OF the past epcnkng to.thetn, they wcro tumble
to resist their Influence. Who could compute
Plato, md, Aristotlcl Tho first was The,
fountain ot knowledge, Rntt Dean
stanoy even marked Him With tho prophet
isaiah: flato was his great disciple, MID be yct
totlc, tho monarch mind OF antiquity, ropre-
scn,el tho materIaljstfc school, mil was renro-
dueed in Mill aml Ilcrbert Spencer, and they
exhibited the truth Of the power Of mind over
Nazsreno have which Ind sWa5el The world 10
tho present day, mud Ills prcsenee and glory nil
sa al SPACE ss L. Nor was lle .,nconscous Of y. rs
81 the S test eds showed ''' ''''te'' 'A' "o'''
Nineteen centuries had y,udicatcd the words
OF the Nazorene. The Scriptures were quoted
on tho Street; they comforted the sick md sad
they. purified what was pure, and beau.
titled what Has beautiful. As the stars
Tero as bright us wlrn first created, 40 Tho
Scriptures were MS powerful rs when they were
first spoken and written. Tie thought Of tic text
Some had questioned the originality Of jesus
sayings, charging that Ile was The great paGiar-
fst who had borrowed from Confucills, ,Zoroaster,
or 0FR1u1A. UNE a GQfTtAftS0f OF the teGCt1lnrN
oi both would show i grcat difference. Tic
golden rule as given bv Philo and Hil}cj was:
"Do not TINT unto mother which Yourself
would not suifer.'' Christ changed this into
to God himself: .tDo unto others
as 80 would TINT thry should oven do to you,t
The Greek language lad no term for "lHunn-
ym ,o to our VS. VS. e ho word
morality derived from religion, but Chriat at
once l,used the one on the Other.
There have always bceu misty ideas OF God,
s!n,; Immortality ta The minds q men from a.
took tic worlds crude i lnnriagc, md I'd yiylfisd
and clarified It, an matlo definite tlo inuistuct
ideas entertained before. Tho Master Ind to
asu Il M as Y bcst liz eoud a yet besaSso @ HS'a IL a
lonecd to others. but Ut liz ' "cosi''' could not us
hnva creatcd 4 language, for :. no
Christ found fragments Of thought scattered
throughout the world, and Jlo took the great
truths and. b!ndlng them tngother IN Himself,
was no dealer III otler meas thoughts. X min
lister had Ills limitations. A lecturer might
write out bis theories on several sheets Of fools
cap, and rctasl them to an audience as ho
and Exponent Of the Dbc, who o. rsrroaurea ' t Tic tic
thought Of Almighty God. The minister OF tho
future must not bo lecturer on tile geography,
topography, or gencology ot the niblc,,, giving
to deliver Gods word, md would challenge
tlle world to gvo His message Instead,
ue must hnvo Ills manuscript initiated,
but whom 1t was initiated IL was his own nntl not
Gods word. Paul was accustomed to mark nMy
Of bis own statements with great " P.t When
he spoko Gods nicssage he was nowcrful, hut
when ho spoke Of himself l,e was often cxcccl.
tugly tmproettcnbse, iSepsatlou,I TIC words
"logma." "easuistry,' a,ld "lbsrtYn wcro
now hated words, but they must be used to az
press certain idens. hut tho word " 1os1na "
was, II was to bo feared hated because those
,d,I xhe hated + on!y hatsa tlo creed /; 1eD1s
oIeek, Q. Latin, q q Epel'sh. BIT i lad fnilen
aEhs positive error Tho world could not be-
lighted with Tie milky way. II church got
minister who was q Godapuolpted and God.
ordained man, and not ciarlctan, lie
would DO positive thinker. and would spcak
whether men would hear or forbear. Lie would
not tell Of Ills Il uncouditloned u or tic u nbso.
lute."-good words III hooks, but entirely out
language. Tia most Striking words, Il sin.n
"guiit,1' slight - "dcatb, u Hhopc u Il shamc,t'
"1oy,'' npsace.n woro monosylab1es TRe
parables se nhnannf ninnle AMI nnniicn,,o N