, 1879-06-09
RELIGIOUS.
-. Relations Of Literary Men to
~ chrIstlanity--.Sernnon by
Prof. Swing.
,,1 Ourselves for Others.-.
rhilantt,ropic Sermon by
DR.. LOrImer.
n,,srsn's Day Among the Methodists
'' Services in Trinity Church.

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LITERARY MEN.
.,u RELATIONS 70 uAR1sTIANtTY--sENMoN
Dr rNor. swiao.
Prot. Swing preached 10 d 'arge audseneo Ia
d. Central Cbnfch }estefdhy moffllhE' h'a
ntms being "Thc Relations OF Literary Men to
fsd.tan!t1." Following ls me sermon:
.tsb!hk 70 OF Chs'et'-."a"'' ffh., ~.
pcrplcxfne phenomenon IN inc RELIGIOUS
tasape oi many younR persons tl,at large
Hqpotlton ol LIE "o'ius R'oa1 H't!us staho
rat from active menonssnip IN tne christian
ltarh IL, as Is commonly aicgca ahd ne.
nrtl, The religion ol ehf'ss Is tho oest OF
tatb the m'ua can CONCEIVE, why thch 90 30
sluT Of those VINO possess tlio oose minoe, oess
kAh n patufas power anu ~ t!'o 6toses OF 1caFh-
h. t.snd apart from Inc han!ie anu act1so seFV-
soithe best eonce'Vaplo Eo'lalon! ~ seems 10
en- that II ING chf1st'an SSstetn u OF the h'eh:
B4utlty, them Lie MORO mental power man
*ltses u'e moro eaou'a no appreciate atd
.pouso that lolty lor1n Of 1ath' Anu fct aa
lulust lhts she9 ooeeeVo 'nat Inc great !eadcrs
nliteraturo hRVe not oeea zealous members OF
uyehurch, or very definite In the uttarance Of
,,,.Itrious \, articles of belief, 1t seems b,
~, int t,,e internally OF religions hel{cf il
'nJ . H.. .u..,;tr ~ ,o-n. ,t,5 .ayasn.
1ere'y as .'is a.ant4t5 u p'"ef nae liuot"'a~
Ing The louder IS his voice ia the temple OF
n Huch orc The thoughts which many young
~. a.. koot,,tup "a cInrcsx.
'aa' aae W. .,'a,.t. - ss ..,..,
The question:, uelsioio' seene psaet'ca1 nn"
ipottsnt, "What thlnk the worlds literary
It e.1erai remarks can Certainty he mnac
~, bssS ano.t,o,, r.,,ort. ,rhtot, .h.,, a.s.sts
on nthc que'Lio"' m ""'en a''a4' couto1u
ush truth, and "hcn contain some 1orm Of
etulness.
%, we should trst Inquire whether IL is Il
- u~' WV ,s ,s ~ 3 ~; , '.ca ~ w".e
olty nave oeen anu afo eola afu lhaetnisc'
dd!scduraeing. 1t would DO wasts OF labor
}uld pbyAictan struggle hard to aid a
uent who should provo otter a tlme not to
"a M b.en III il the least. W. aii Inv, enonrh
listo meet 10 aoa smoelnafy troubles
then to wonder how to combat these ia to
ke Iiic a hsrdship tndeed, Before at,acktnl,
r.or bcfore giving IN In f,c,nnir. uc aho,t,d
mn TINT ] mr. fon +, mt t. who,v ~ !, ~ ~, ,rnn"
a" nou rOoama roG .ms
asgi.ed ones wlo have made the worlds
.nt,iro III It's many forms and languages, I
GUIDED for myself that the relations OF these
Dl. to INV organized church have not bcen
fn aud outspokcn; TINT these men huyo not
6s1s full Of zsa 70. ,b, tho cTssds re- T.. rhsn 1ha.
d II does not appcar that tl1o .rc-
on element has been wanting. or THAT
tkn plays much OF a part ii 1ultcrs. 0njy
tapuears: thatli,orary mon bayo very widely
l.ed 10 hicn the articles Of Christian organ
Id Sesp Ss asy aeaous ous eSas nfsiis} s Gnrs
len Christian sentiment, ID Pagan crua
an religious sentiment. 1t seems equally
dettul how these leading minds ia Christian
Pagan lands havo discarded the existing
:. .,o q y, mo5sp , ,n md bGlst , % e bsa s9
Of the world have not Ieil towards nc citing
se, or chapel, or cathedral, 1t Cannot bo
pl1tncd Of them that they haye led towards
'tm, or any form OF impicty. Ills tho glory
Ictatute, and tho good furtune OF those who
H. that cold as may he It4 heart
I'd your church or my church, It tas
oeo, but It hnB made a large and contral
cot God, and, all through tho Christian
uries, OF Christ. Evsa In tridipg
corrupt times when tho current books
ook OF tho cyil surroundings. they vet
sin the name Of God, mud mingled with
arlty and rude wit tho deepest and most
tai principles OF religion. From Mon
,e to Shakespeare, md Dcautnout, antl
her, and from these to Pope and byron,
tces q each century could not destroy tllo
ION books wHtch arc stylcd literature ter Ite wu 70
ace the Iicing uf God, II tho great pool;s
lagos Aagn not attracted toward church,
hayo not attlacted toward llfe aud d
lnttAout God.
rpruhlem, therefore, narrnws iteelf somp-
asWt look into Il. and asks us 10 acu1tIt
lure Of any atheism, md to AK uniY thjs
hnful question, "What ara tho relatjoue
crary men to the formulated crocde D(
tiaaltyl" Ia answer one cauoot but say
these relations hare meyer been nuil
!ot cordial, II YOU viii e]nnco oyot
Isl Of 1ol 1rcnt iaatcrs IN
II Will bo remarkable how many vo,f
Ind ,sf1o ltku Caririr. md Risk{u. Mnfi
Ilay. ain! Dickens. md i'hackerny co,ceni
ctiullY ans lcfnils nj rolivinf,s inlinf. nnd
ii thcmsalycs with tin, nsenmnttnn of 4
'ho dc,uant]s rit,htenuenrss. ia auch b
rot literary nlintis yn,l NAV add another
who have nlado plitlUsonI,y and scIcnco
Nf0re us In the 0nrfncnts If 4 jitnrat,,re.-
Newton, and fnke. md Hnn,iitnr,, u,,d
IL auil in ali thja pr,,1,n vt,n viii f|n1i rn,n
aIlrnca toward de1iitn wurshIn. b,It
lclpOusal Of ,mst n,,Ia nh'iv,on hmt y ca,Ia urs
ptlon Of a JeLovsh. 0' >''
1ay bo a pablL. rntsfortuno thnt tha prea,
cluRl irhts w,.I, hnye so tIimmJn.I III
haye noe hs,,, i'm" ~ H., Et,,.si: ~,