, 1880-11-29

| nntl tho ynutliEul mInu ssur!f,1 those nwny tit
Gos hr hrnr. wcro oi itsef IN nt tnlss sisrn,
| voices.
T1IE FINAL HARMONY.
SERMON ny THE lEv. pIl. THOMAa
DR.. Thofnas preached yesturtlny mnrning in
tho l'coplo's Church, Ilootcy's Theatre, on tho
Flnhl Harmony. taking us Ills text:
| ilchoi, make MI things ncw.~Itr.. Irf., s.
| Thomll,tl Of nnn hns ntwNys desired lmrm0ny,
| nnfl hence II bus soHht 10 construct such tco-
rlcs Ut the universe as wnlll reconcile Its nnny
or apparent tlI1aur,ls. A,ll II f,,ay DO snll that
thu teslc,cy uf Thought, esHceNlly In tho higher
f0rtlis hhs niwys boon III tho direction OF unity
--of that vast unity TINT 'naS he conceived of ns
perfect wllotr. III which ail the p,rts slnll
somcllns lind tholr proper ntNl harmonious re1n-
tlon. Tho Tendency has been tn think from
| diversity tn unity: lroul contradictions tn
rcconcillntons; and much pr,grcss has
l1cen made In this lircutOn. And
yet It mist he confessed TINT the ttlicstltos IN
| tho WY hnvo bern Nettlor few nor light. In
decd to tnnny Of tho thlnkers Of tho cnrlIer ngcs
the lflfclt!tcs wero 81 scrloits TINT tho nearest
| npprnnrh TINT thoy could make to- solution was
In tho doctrine Of duality Or things; or two
conflicting forces In nat,rc; or Of two EreAt
principles or ptrsons In tho universe, tho ono
Rul and tho 0lhGr Ind, and tl,at these stood ot-
l posed tho OTTO to tho Hthor. Having reduced
this vast diversity 10 this duality, nntl having
thereby narrowed tho problem dowu to two
principles Or PERSONS tl1or next stop was to ar
rts,Rc or classify things .tnlor tlor corrcspun.l-
Ing divisions or urslrrs In doing this they
naturally nude tho!r owl, Rcnsc of pleasure Md
| security standard from which to judge.
And tllus such things u.s. night, md Htorn,s,
| md pcst!lchcc, and famine, mud sick
ness, and donth woro classed MS belong
Ing to tho evil forces, or rs bo!ng unl,ur tic
control Of tho evil bong. And. OH the othor
| lRnl, such things rs tny, nntl cn,tn, and plenty,
hsul hcnltll, And iEo were set dawn III clnn f,1s
10 and ruled by tho Rood force, or 1nunhccnt
being. They saw tllosB forces in conflict, nt.tl
| werc Ill tlupo ur felr IT'S tho ono or tho othpr
setJnch to llavp thu lnuscry. And thou, MS tAo,'
snw that 1sost OF Whit wcru ronarslod ns tho Ills
| 0f llfG scented to Krnw out of ur to be relntcu
10 nAlfcr, thGy sAki thAt h!Attcr wis essentially
| Urll. 1t was III tho world Ut mAltrr that they
hui hnngYr. MD pain, i,,l whnt, aud cath- A,.u
ms they saw ln spirit rcrtnt IN superiority over
matter, nn tou,ld in spirit love. una prIce, u1,l
Gcsl.Isy, they said spirit wis tho good force, Or
\ litter phasu Of though. w.ls found III resoly-
ing tho universe to unity In which thore was
was conceived Of us good. hut still tho fnct of
nprarent tr rcas evils and contradictions WIS
prsssm!ti md n, ia.t sasow 70 be explained nr
Df tho lnws and movements nf natural tt,rcus
catnn at,,iE and showed TINT night u,,! tlny a1,,l
ttsAN tAINI NEao sSAuAkltA Wy NNkutAt ltlHds
md evss, want or plenty Or ackness or henllls
dnponie4i. very largely Ut lc.st, uiun n proper
knoWlGtl9e Hnil usp or those lntnrAl fi,rGcs or
cn,.t!!s!nns. hut still is,o problem Of wilnt w
may tHill n!ofalt CIVIL hnA to be reeoncllGl with
tllo lsan ns tsio knvGr,l1lcnt of tho otie supreme
tnu Ht'ou iienE, who was supposed to bo tho
Anthar atal llulrr ot All
,.tnd herc several theories havo ar!sen. Those
hnvo l.ll sttrteh from tho standpoint Of unity
nnd Rooaiicss IL thu or,ler and purpose Vt thtugs;
Or prove tho standpo!nt OF onc supreme ind
| Euou lselnY. Tho i'ruhcn IN thought hMs been
y hArmo,ze tho ii.cts ot life M they nrc found
70 exist nbnstt ny with tllls prmnry conception;
or tn rrconslla the oxistnuce Of evil with tho
| Eo0unrss Ut uOtl.
ONO theory seems to bo TINT, whilst God Ia
good, thuru ~ SILL so'ncihlnx nbaut Him. Or
within Him, sonethins that Is nrs Ut llH rat
.ro, tlMt requires for tho grntlu4tion Of tllnt
MI t,c.nss SHOULD not bo happy; that sol,,e
should be nscrahe; un1 that s0,Te
need be saIl ttat saei. 1 tlieory rcnlly does nut
simply nrgntrs it; ticstrtiys IL, II takes nwny
tho Thought OF perfectly good f,ol, mid tcnvrs
ils Instead one only pnrtjy Kpol; GDI Win en,
enjoy Himself mid inanilcst lis glory oily IN IN
thg rest.tttu Of lMst md IN frort 1f A;,,nu ,Inre
buck -grtyilril Or ny1., it gives liz II UOi ,ni,rf