, 1880-03-22
RELIGIOUS.
Prof. Swing Replies to Ma!lock
that Life is Worth
Living.
4 Plea for the Education Of the Southern
Negro by the Rov. F. A. Noble.
Unhappy Ireland and lis Connection with The
History Of Methodsa.
Dr.. Thomas on His Silver Wedding
and the Need for Holiness.
The Fashionable Fo1Ies Of Tho lsntsn Eeassl Crit.
itlssd bT The Res. 4. I. 1al1ln.

The Fashionable Fol1Ies Of tho lsutsn seassl Crit.
ttlsed by the Rer. 4. |. oal1ln.
IS LITE WORTH LIVING
SERMON mr. PROF. SWING.
There was largo congregation yesterday
morning ut the Centrnl Church, and Prof. Swing
preached m earnest sermon on tho question re-
Gently raised by Mr. Maltock. nn English think.
cr,-"ls Life Worth LivingT' Following IA tho
discourse In full;
~ ~ ss se'sh f0t'a as f''"'f and ID cut do"n-
Ono Of tho most singular questions man can
rl!so 10, "whothor llfo IA worth l!vsnKY II hhs
como into the mind of nil thoughtful persons as
fnr back aa NO can SEQ mon and women through
tho mist Of history. Considering what lore
OF life, whnt horror Of death. thcro Ii in tho
human hcnrt, tho question woultlaocm answered
at oncc TINT lifo must be very valuable since tho
person TINT has 1t Is 20 unwilling to give It ,lr
But tho intense love OF nnything will not deter
mine tho intrinsic worth Of tho thing beloved;
and this fnct forb1s US frnm inforrlng
tho valua of existence from man's at-
tachmcnt to life. Men hRvo been 80
Influenced by love Of drink TINT for q
glass Of spirits they would give thoir last piece
Of money or even thoir last cont, but from such
passion we cannot infer ths intrinsic worth Of
tho glars Of spirits. Wo cannot nfsir1n, that tho
CLIP is worth drinking. After tho fact has been
nAn,Ettcd TINT man holds hts lifo nt high price
the question remains whether his attachment Is
we'll founded. or whether II may not 1o stn,lMr
TO tho drunkarda frenzy over his glass, or the
ylpttoh's hunger for a feast. a glltton otcr
expressed tho Wish TINT when he wna summoned
to do be might he cntled nwny after dinner.
S for Ssrsr s S s 1ssss oss s sss ~
to n ppsna%t hS reo e. ss nd occ 81
il not only Of no positive vaii,c, hut II Is
'i, ns iHerc VI Ire ts morc ' porsona % iyins @ for
donol,lc @ Purpose, rp /. not detcrmnnhe. We ,nrc
Mnnbc 10 scr in Il pirate like Cnpt Ejtlt1, or In
Henry i'll. auy vai,la Of lie. There have ieci,
Sn, 4 r d. WI who Hsys carried font Il ,c % .Sm
at Icnst Mi joyo Of ifc ftl1st have beer, oacs f
m!sRaeca Infection, W. q! Ioys lItc VT with ,, AZ
mating Dir fnvorit, '
oi,eston M is tl,o faci thnt .o owost n1,lIs ca,ni
man in their attachment TO lie. Let m MnitIiml
susrsct TINT It e about to b. k'a,e; and w,at
iiryl Or any wild nrinn and in tho fcar Of death
lis heart will bent 20 MS 10 10 nlbie and its cyrs
seem 10 think m nn;sndis ife K worth sparinE
nr worth lis living ThAt II to MY, n,am catinot
fsr fnnf fnT ae ~ q s ;s r1n tU
Kidd, aud Hcf1ni, ani Il Sioux lndlan, anil tho
hynnh and me wolves. NJ iove tnls MinG plalih5
Wn csneooi 1onaness h. e. taesn t fn. wa
tious,-a q1,rstia reraia. '''''
lut sso nrp met hy fn'Iu ana Sill Ercn,tcrr ~
oEh1ncIe.-nht lGMplnty 70 IinM my slunt1nru nL
mbnsurcment. Wncn ono asNa now ftllintIle
silver r., We can cotl!pRre IT Win Knd: Wiiet.
ono asks .or ING Vaie 1t o. M,nnmn; we @ Snn
the newspnpcrs Mll , ~ Il n,c'; o Wso a no'lgtlt
in!se ioT s!SW ah9 Sna sNe Sau,sg, , We Har
celvo the i,npn5t q fso paE.Efnph' aiaM whe1.
vas worth 3io00g wo can al [enl!zc TINT IL ,y!ts
costty ortnfncnt even Ter 4 tltloen for Wo nave
dfA'1tlnrtis Ut denrnea3 hEA ehtarnesH ~ Arhnnti
rs tstandnr,ls 0f clleMtncss pArtlo.llnry fh our
own 1cwc! Boxes: but Mhc,l InC str,nEe gaes1 s.
my rtsl vnlse Z, yon Or ru or Mhy:onn. hc'io!d
by what asn1.d"fd CAN VIC measure "! Wm Snn
report tr1m thg either sltle anu tcll ~ wi,ns
nnihtng1esa H.? Whit 1t wAs fnr hs nat tn TO ?
What It will hU for us mt any longer to cxi1t
Plutnrch, upon tho drntlE nj y beloved child. ut
how huppy the hbsp wNa before tho 1T 10 ttnliH!l-