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THE GRANDEUR OF HUMAN LIFE-sERMoN I

THE GRANDEUR OF HUMAN LIFE-sERMoN By
REV. DIR. NEWMAN.
The Rev. DR.. Newman preached in the morning on
the subject Of the grandeur of human life. He took
for his text Romans xiv, 7-"For none Of us liveth
to himsef. 1t is grand thing. said the Doctor. to
live. Life is everywhere. 1t is the only thing OF
which God seems prodigal. There Is life In the
fungi. In the lchens in the blood vein. In the fire
that sparkles on the summer Give to the micro
scopst light and he will reveal more life. All
life, whether vegetable, animal, human or angelic.
is but the manifestation Of the life OF God.
'The Father alone hath life in himself. "
Human life is not creation, but an
Importation I am to speak to you this morning on
the mutual and reciprocal relations Of human lite.
The purpose of life is twofold-personal and rela-
tive. But let me speak to you of the grandeur Of
the latter There is physical intellectual. spiritual.
commercial. political and social grandeur in human
life, and these united in one make the perfect man.
The social life OF man may be selfish or benevolent;
but complex in It's relations to society that
no man live by himself Society is like great
planetary system, composed Of greater and lesser
bodies, and held intact by mutual and reciprocal
forces. The moon. the smallest Of the heavenly
bodies visible TO the naked eye Is essential is
the sun to the harmony OF the whole 80 IN the
men and little men, all necessary to the harmony
aud perpetuity OF the race
RELATION HUMAN LIFE. y%
No human lite Is independent. The day laborer is
necessary the banker, the lawyer, the physi-
cian, the educator, the statesman, the author and
the minister The omission Of one is the ruin of
all. Society ts a unit Agriculture, manufactures
and commerce are indissolubly united. Humanity
10 like great body, with its head at pole its
feet at the Others its mighty heart the Equator;
its.great arms stretched from horizon to horizon.
Some its brains some its heart, some its lungs,
its bones, its muscles, its nerves, Its hands
and its feet. Touch it where you will, and all
It's parts VIII H. respond to thai touch c famine da IN IN
al'commercial circles Financial depression here
is felt throughout Europe. When this mutual de-
pendence is ignored men are savages. We rise to q
true conception OF the grander human life when we
realize that the loss o. mutual dependence Ia as true
OF morals as OF physics. Vice and virtue live in
communities. You cannot quarantine vice vio-
late virtue The world IL in Its morality and happl-
piness man makes it. Shall we inquire into the
cret of this great fact? Itis found the mutual and
reciprocal relations in which stand to each other.
1t 10 law OF nature that life shall to lite
the echo answers to the sound that awakens it,
GENERATIONS MOULDED By MIND.
Mind acts a. 1t is acted upon; reason with man
and he will reason with you; scold woman and she
will sc0ld you. Man has the power to reproduce
himself In others by example. words and Intentional
efforts. How can you mako your life grand? Fulfil
the end Of your being-some are born to command
and some to serve Be as noble n day laborer as
the President OF the United 3taes raise your talents
to their uttermost capacity attain to seltmastery
Of all your powers of mind and body. Live for
others by divine magnanimity. Link your lite
to Christs and you shall rise from obscurity. st.
Peter would have been forgotten Galilean fish,
erman and John Bunyan an unknown tinker had
they united their lives with the life Christ.
Much OF our power over others Is UNCONSCIOUS.
The silent example is eloquent OF power. The
mighty forces OF nature are not visible but the
ton OF the heavenly bodies q sublime fact They
move and shine. host upon host but there is eel
Bbrating pomp OF sounds-not whisper. not q rustic
through all the vastly dome. only all embracing.
eloquent silence that soothes our hearts, quets our
cares and bushes excitements. Men do less good
md evil by carefully elaborated plans than by the
smiles and frownG of everyday life. This power
once exerted is forever beyond our control 1t will
work out its inevitable results. AS tho present is
the rebirth Of the past the future is born OF the
hat sl.oll 1.a.xra hap Va,
deny the immortality OF the SOUL but the immor.
tality OF your influence deny.