, 1879-07-21

onlsm to God. The speaker took the view that.
,ua.ead 81 tnls, we we're gil norn a eoi.u3en e Oh
monly madein Christian pulplts, that tho1is ,ids
md thousands OF hca' hens wcro daily pershinp
mud 60 ne To pert1Ison. because MT reached oy
Chriatianity. II We nssuined thts theory nc
sad NC must accept the idea that God had ono
particular Ind exclusive pcnple. for whom Iio
provided to tue exclusion Of atl the rest nf tDnt-
kind. lie thought that VIC Werc provided ior
In I peculiar manner, md TINT We were expected
to- t'kc adssusseS OF our ana'on aa 40
existed. Nothing Il,at wo could do could maka
Cod 1ovo t1s more; nothing That We could 20
could mako Hin, love us less. According 70 The
works Of man ahoud ho hc Judged, and he was
e1pected to work in proportion "a he had
II salvation WA only to be obtained br One
faith, did We think that all humanity would not
be matts familiar with tho lermst Tue very
grass, and each leaf tn tho foreats would have
The conditions written ,Ipon It's face. It Was
absurd. The spcakcr Thought, 10 suppose ll.at
there was no salvation excent thrnuGh ono
n',d kia's Il f Ghrstiant.y M s rs foani evidensss
Of inspiration and hopcs OF Rntval[on. N
nll nature md Tho artificial works OF the world
VIC might sec the religion Of love. All tho *.
arh "us y, s Rehses, q p?um.a e
eideretl that nothing within the Christian age
could compare with lilo glorious conccptons OF
the seern Of old. II wAa not necessary that Tue
old Hebrew teachers should bo lea1,,cl psophsts
ground that aome OF tic Fatrlarctls we're wrong
!u depicting Deity ID aucti narrow terms. Gods
heart spake TO faithful Abraham, telling
him thAt mercy va better t9an sacr,dee an a5 y
Of tenderness, every word Of ktndncss aud at
Of goodness In uau. revealing. ttat'f
fresh and beautifully. When ,s. aod's IT,. heart
khat4f ~ linn AtthH
His character sr,d Ia religion. IT thy heart
then give ms thT hand" Let us take these
words home to oursclyes They called them;
OF them that tsev should be moro progressed,
more learned, and moro intelligent than cher
sects. Well, II this was 80, they should lva
their betot out, aud MAKO no most Of their ad-
some ministers went about stating publicly
tl,at their business WAS to 'save souls." md
they tnttmated that the ealvas!on Of large NUM-
bcrs Of soule depended upon tleir ability to
not be true. For the sake ot the preachers y
question. Tho speaker hoped It might not. ol
nil hard things that had nescg been said OF tile
devil, It Was not charged that he claimed to
control the hereafter Of any soul Willie upon
Garth.
Somo sects proposed to dictate to their fol.
lowers as to what sort OF clothes they should
wcas-ns though It mattored to tho truo heart
what garments he worshtpe1 In. We saw q
10 worship. There was represented wealth
and fashion, povertT md misery, rcll gasluchts
an.l ctcat, tlreadba1c suita, tapp!ucss and sor-
row, success and misfortune, all coming
to worship ut Tic foot Of ono throne. W. saw
lie trcmLling, poverty stricken man Of the
week enter the door md stand In uncertainty,
without home or place In the eanctunry that be
might call hta own; VIC saw tho rich man rise
from, tic koft, velvet cushions Of his seat, cx.
$ntf1 hat nj GfFHnThr.