, 1880-01-19
DR.. Ryder Considers tho At1lctstlc Qucs.
tton I Ia There n {aola
What Must I Do to Be Savod 7---sarmon
by the Rev G. ". Sweeney.
Dedication Of the Wicker Park Evangel-
ieal Lutheran Church.
Dr.. Butkham, Of Vermont, prtatles on Tho cray'
Ing Tar knowledge.

A"As N"A'S 80
tortlny fnrcnur'n nj tho Ccntrnt Church, IN tho
INV Mustc-I.nlI, on tho subject Of "Church
MusIc" Following Is the sermon:
ts,,%pets.s, and ,,lp"ss @ shail @ bo heari 10 m"ra
:" III ,n epis,inE n io esamtics that wou, ut last
nvortnko TINT 1iabyl"N,, which, IN st. Johns
vision, stood Us \ typo OF wiekcaaoss, lie .nli
Perhaps no ono specialization could a,is1nss That
~ lint t,niral c,tv. f1nc missing n,onu In Tim
ft ~ ,,a,.ons ~ ,,.r,,o,,. ,yn,I1 and
Sve , ar s ,st ', " s'un tr,,,nno,"r m"" "ma
ptpor hull become silent. III that Inst chapter
Of tho Ecclcs,nstcs, in whict, tho wrttor describe.
tho 'n .lo.rg s,,,ca nr thls worlJ. atn,,nr nthcr
imaEca We sec tho a"u91ters OF mns!c nre
brought low thoy sI' by tholr Instruments
.,.,e. ee M sot ,nr,h T., mi, ro,nr tna % f"tmrc
N'snca !" NV ,., a"." III 1, p'"n , ,'a' ,,,, ,Ms,o
men have ceased l,p,a their tn,slc." All which
incidents in tho e,,rsy history nf our rnlIgion
INV wcl, ,nukn In rc,icot ,,pon tho power Of
t we.' .'no M.'..'s. no io1e .pu '.', o r' ,.,.',
music. ltaerits MI hour of our thoughtful md
loving har study ". ,s or,,,r .o,,, ,o,.on ,,v
Church lnusio may bc tho thome Of tho ho"r.
We MI dcsir0 That th*. tho best ntlhGhcc- r0um
tta,, ~ h, ,,,,t nv u, ~ ~ nru,,n -. g,.1 M
this rom, ns lnrge ha our c"nsrc9ationtl hymn.
shall not ask ask y"a for ,nuei, money, eees,,sc NJ
been SECURED; hut the offerings asked fnr to.,'ay
music md to Justify my text and discourse.
Never hcr,,re hayu ton,o lpo,, s,ri, n tholuo for
,,.a,., .s, w., - Ia w., .hnt ~, I,,,Iant
viii eyer arse to invite us to mako I asl!n M ser.
nEn upon this one af tho !rts, ..,.. ,.
not sats,ea VIII taeas,rc,nent i q Is iSs irssn!S
and depth # tho rlueo where thoy hnpper to
touch lis S,a nut at e stS Tho w"Hs S
nf nnire man rs ono person, md. cosnln9 ,.poi,
this form, of tho beautifni, mil whittier ,l,E:s it
tent!Y Tho ovo'uttonlsts would nFa,,ro III that
{no Dyo S"sn Of IT % = snnn nnn t
crRtes, md by natural selection, mud by s!lr-
yiral ct the tittest Sounds thnt have beon sNkinE
Il in eeran limits, it seems 10 me that tho best
oscent that roason Gun tlIll fr thls str1,ngo art
boa1 .sent M % A~ss Il 3se a 1as sc {"
na.t. Evolution and selection nniy do much
md exrnn much. h!ie when upon It
upon tho highest brunch OF II hlossonlinB Mppit,
treo, md when II few hours nfer W. hear tho
Church nmong tho trcos, We mist asK nii tho
iaws ii prugso u tnstrp luck for tho n",tncnt
T. = oS fr q n Mss |; ono e q ,na
Emptiness As uod xavs ns,.i, rs,.sam aud i,nax-
inatlon memory and lnvc, 10 Ile gave INN tho
pt,yUr 10 cntpy certain forms Of sn,ul-un In
rxplicahle, uiiinnto sentiment IN tho s0i,I. Mini
il ulothcd. oyitlcntlv. with certain divine ut-
Tributes which tbs brute world tli,s moi mMsess
THO brute viii tr,.IDple under foOt ,iiscctl ii
flower which 4 human child will run wildly tD
possees, md tho ielicnte perflmn which Woultl
net hc IGtroinI iy i'm nnilnni Ia untherSsd lin
with xu.ncs. is Ii1nt,. The tMast II prey cltl
scent Efnr tho bioo Uf IT, uutlrlj food enil eyrr
follow tho Oht ir.uk e,f lis Victim, G,t yaDt,nt
percciyp tho bcst nerf,IIuu OF Ar.Illn, nor
the nron,a nf n et.n- wini. Mum AIni,u rcyuuls Il
power, e tlitcer1,, tic l,pnutiin. Tho universe
dstunvrs, nut II in grain, III il i,ea,liy. rIe stT
distances nlI,n7e tho hlsnNi l,r4lrt 1t Krs,tv1 NJ
lent nnl thoughtful WHEN u leAfna that son,D
suns nro 80 fur WwNy TINT their lluEt consumes
1900 years in coming IL nt,r p,unet, Tho stjIlu
soirt rrOWB sitOnt and y,t1t,itiyt, when It jOtkN
out v1On tho AtlnNtip or EmuItIu MN. When thi
flowers nl burst forth In thO si1rnu mil when
they rfre iii futii,lF in nutitnn tkiis stp sirnu
soul marks withn itaolf thu sririttiul nw mid
uO al tcljrht and regret nril wlif,n tin fhti,.
dor nils or fha Io tr,.ts tnon, nr thf lirtls s3nr
rr tho tnr,ts ~ v,,jrn rr IIstr,unt srn,, torf1,
fhcIr rihrntinna ihis ht,,mnn mn; ntvstcri",s
ssnwer nss"rts Itanjr oni ntnntIs IN hn,tnv nt,I
f,icasr1 in thn Wnr.i ~ s",,I,js IA II WIS
and norf,t,ne. Or thIa x,nti,m"nt of III
DSautffIi. NJ t,n nn1v NM tint Il II Mn ,,Ituntt
uttuljtv IL mar. mi; II thn I,lprs III f;MI In