, 1879-05-12
DIR. THOMAS,

TuE MORNING CONFETTI, AND ALSO Tnn NIGHT.
The Key. DR.. Thumns preached a sermon III
Centenary NJ. L. Church yesterday morning,
taking ns his text Isaiah, XII, II: "Tl1e
watel,man satd tho morning comcth, and also
the ulght.' Following is synopsis OF tho scr
mon;
IT was not difficult Ia imagine the prophet Of
tho Lord, busdened anu yet hopeful, looking
upon tho darkness anil dcsolntion Of bis own
people, and surrounded by The greater darkness
and sins OF ncighboring nations, looking for the
coming OF the morning. lie was answered,
"Thc morning cou,eth." but the ominos,s words
were added, "anfl also tic night" From his
point Of view, both morning md night did come.
ThcJcwish people returned from captivity, they
received measure OF religious liberty as pnrt
Of the Roman nation, and then morning cultnt-
mated In tic coming OF Christ, the Incarnation
Of the Son Of G0d. But this WIS soon succcrtlet
by a darker night. Not only wa. Jerusalem
destroyed, but also the whole Jcwtsh pot!ty.
Eleven hundred thousand Of the Jews wcrr slan
or sold Into captivity,
The dawnlne Of mother and brighter day was
seen 900 or 7U0 ycase after 1eaiahs tine,
when St. Pau, declared, 1.-THE night ia far spent
nu,l the day Is at hans'." So BY the third CEN
fury the Chfistian religion lad spread over many
Cling OF Church mud civil po!ty under
Constantine, md anothrr 1T tile rise Of
the Moflamnedan. religion. Then ca1no
tue Dark Ages. But In all arcs lnca had stood
,lron tie mounta!n-tops. ntl, gazing nyrr dark
cnct1 world, Ind as&ed In bitterness nrd sorrow,
"Wl,en shai tho tluv colnet" But with God q
man tle years dragged heavily and the time
seemed long, yet to Him who sat on high and
saw the end from tho beginning, the tlns from
Enocl, to Abraham, from Moacsto Paul, seemed
The morning was coming. the world was not
only moving in q circle but spiratly, anl Esadu-
ally getting higher. The first improvement was
seen In thc increased temporal prosperity Of
mankind in general. Occasionally ~ Tic great
and, looking upon him FROM the light which sur
rounded our hpmcs, men wore nut to become
discouraged and to eay, '.'rhc mornIng tar1!es."
esaa ssi e. ss Erhsa Sss ns yssss so
when Julius Crsar luutlcl in britain, iEe people
were snvagce Of a low order. III tho tenth ccn-
tnry u,en dwelt In houscs without doors, Will
bclsts. Even Kings in those days were mot free
from ycrmln, a,itt The condition OF the best WIS
lowur than lint Of tho poorest of to-day. IN
tho thirteenth century th,: streets Of Paris wcro
nnpaycd, md l5,000 people died In London OF
faminc. Contrast lhucondttion Of men In thosu
times with thnt OF to.duv, Science had 1llndc
gItanttc strides. Naturally the advances mnde
had bean attended with souIo suffering,
for tue Invention uf tln. printing press must
..a x. -. - - $500 - st.h, - 49, 49, festisr
s... aHe 'm.staueth " s'Tn .,s ~, H.
s 1ectea ton'o 1 T. one ". acss tn,l,Es
~, mou uesosne nuan.cw ,,o VI" ~ ls HhIss "
le n,ae VIVA ~ eo.,.G @ MIs .',en9 M n wuat II uh ~
ou na :, - "o e,. ,s.,t =; 49, . ~ I'M
plenty in old days.
An even greater prourcsa had been maIo In
lnte!ieetnaa a!lalts. IN 4'e aarN aees even
p!scsts eouiu not Wtte, ana tnc common peo-
psc weIa SUNK ~ !uc ascnsest leh1sanee. !iorscs
were L1!cG huu oAecute" IoT mtEnc1a!t, ahI
cuuIcn-oe.ts Me,e lnnS 70 lr'EMtGn on lle
ecinse. Men nG4eYea t!iat tne earln was Tug
con'so ol lne unvothe H'at IL Nae llat: anu mat
ihe SUI Wons FouI'o u every l"eht5'lohe
noula. nut the prInh,nE press was
1nveusGo' Eulncr epnkc' at!9 bacon took ~ pen
IN nAal. !iow EorloNs nau gecn lho nuVancG
since tho sixteenth century. It was wonderful
to contcmplate.
~ the matter OF cV1l anu Religious liberty !l'o
morn,n9: ~ Tns coming eFand measure Of clvll
liberty 9au oecn rcacheu III England; q E!or1oith
one 10 alls country. There were mufterings VI
IeVolut1oh ~ Nnas1a, anu me El!cFs OF that
country siept over volcano. Russia would
haVc 70 laee trouoc, pernopa revolution and
war. ior 4Feat movemcntn IN ADVANCE could not
20 tnaue ~ peaee. bNt the Wotlu %as progress
ing, ana every hatoh WhtcI' acnfe7ed ~ freedom
was stahulhE cxatnpIa !1r Others. There was
unie, ioo' whan ltc h'oo was Kept iroui
thc Peopse, nna u was eaau lhhs u WAS not toT
,s n0,e conIa on 90 !oHh,' ~ mons OF homss u