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whose Influence they arc brought up fervent
in its solicitude for the community around
about it-yca, and for the whole world.
This change Is very natural. Men in q
church form friendships among themselves.
arc accustomed to see each other every
Sunday. They fail into the regular track OF
obscrvnnceS. Little by little they come to
fell us If there was enough for anybody to do
in takin. care of The ENTHUSIASTICALLY if it
Is such Il great church rs this. They come to
say, "lr Only we can dc all that Is required by
the mulLitudcs that continually come To us,
that is as much lis could be expected from
one generation or class OF men," But The
latent spirit is conservative IT. has ceased to
be centrifugal. and has become crntripetal.
Now, the Gospel is this: GO--Go yc Ont-Go
out into he 'corii-tio Sc out into all the
The Old Testament said, stay at home
Tie New T'cttaIncnt says, Go" The Old
Testament was attempting to establish such
institutions as churches naturally run into
conservative academies, rs IL were, in which
to educate those WHO arc afterwards TO 20 out
and carry the lcaren of the Gospel every
where. The function of the Old Testament
was to tuild walls high, and make
ceremonies and instruments hy which the in
hurc should dcfcad itsclt--wc defend our
before they are old enough to tuke
care of themselves, by Keeping them In the
house until they have grown to intelligence
and ~SclfcontrOl. But the New Testament
church Is esteemed to be manly-tO be in a
state of ~manhood-and 1t Is told to go out in
to the world TO preach the Gospel; and when.
in any church, that idea Is lost out of the
pulpit and out Of the pew, II Is n church that
has gone back to tho Old Testament days.
and is like the Jews. The education by Il
church of its own members, then, while 1t Is
q duty, and is never TO be neglected. Is COLI
with TIE greater idca-tie care of the
community; and the care of the community
is one Oi the methods, and one Of the most
methods, by which the church shall
uLrCd for by Its members.
Or course | have had my eye all the time
upon this church; the pastor, the officers, and
the members of it-and upon the period
to which 1t has come.
1t is now thirty-thrcc years (Which, accord.
ing 20 the tables Of insurance companies, Is
about the average duration OF the genera
iOul, since twenty-five men u women
stood on the ground where the lecture room
now stands. II were organized into {. new
church: Called from the western wilderness,
as IL then was, q young man came here who
had nothing but zeal For four or five years
he had been labouring az II missionary II part
Of the time. and rs q revival pastor the rest.
He was settled over this new church. At that
time il was said to him., All 1t Is best for you
to 10 from the West, 1t does not follow that
it Is best you should settle in Brooklyn wllcn
there are so many more promising fields IN
New York; and even If you should go to
Brooklyn, it Is not OF necessary best that you
should take Il church that has been aban-
by one Of the most brilliant preach.
crs because congregation could not be sls.
a"iie" u,r'n, ~ M"n H,nn 81 =" mn, ~
~ n Sv" W.. sn ~ IL vii pn, In W. VIC "m" NV" ,try n ~ a.
the eastern cities what you do in the West
81! J"s. m"a' s"" .ninM. l - mc,Essn,s
y v o pnJint te,p'I. LILY CO...
that arc likely to divide your church. Be
ware, therefore,, OF committing yourself I'm
duly on the subject of slavery and all queS-
OF moral reform. Take care now Of
yolIr Influence. and Won NAV grow I'M TO he n
man of some nulr." Fathers In rho mir istrv
rray.haircI coupselIOrs i'm the church. told
him so, and in more WAYS than | hive said
and ihiuj, that In Tho iirst Sn,n,nn tL,t he
nrcocIci. crrG,jniv Ihe tirst Sumd,v.nir
srriI,nn lie hirw lilo trn,rnrt md sr;1' al
va Ihut arc IN favor. oC iiharfv tn thr slaves.
hitlcr: ali We that, are in lnyor of right
trInpcrapcr work. come hitler nil We
that are in favor of pcuce MS thr outcome ol
the Gospel as against war, come hithcr: ali yc
who feel that IT. is the business of the church
to sacrifice itself for the good of the commu-
nifty, that 1t may be clcanscd. come hithcr;
for, by the grace OF God, that Is what you
shall hear III this place." And for the poriud
OF ten or fifteen year the question came up
annually, because The minister wal put up III
every year, IT was Il very trying
time. 1t was q time when party spirit ran
high. 1t was II time when respectfully was
1t was Il time when Il man
forfeited his name and reputation If no wus
anti.Siayery man.
Meanwhile, they whose hearts were Of the
Lord still gathered around that STANDARD ri;
and, little by little, this church grew and
Ii went in the samc spirit through
all the great conflicts thai just preceded the
war; and think | may say that IL was the
stcudiustneSS Of this church, II the mora!
power that went oat from this great c0ngrc.
cation, that held many and many a item.
bling patriot steadiast in the day of trial.
And throughout all The period OF That terri.
bic war, which WAS more dreadful than
has ever described, or than the imagi.
has conccIvcd, still this church held
its uwn private prosperity, and from time to
time, on this platform, one and another was
froIn slavery; and in the seats,
without amy request from me, and ut Il time
when 4; Dl;tck lace was summed rs u II were
anu when sympathy for co!orcd nirll
was looked upon as II mortal ilcrScy, they
could come IN here and worship God un-
lnoicslcd. This church was never ashamed
Of It's sympathy for The blacks. or for any
poor and dcSpIScd class. II went through the
that followed the war, and
It's testimony in bchnlfofthc wLo'
human family, and it stands vet, to-day I
think. with lis heart right ON nl the rrr,t
moral ourstlous of tl,c hn,r. and ir tbc ,Iar
To- care for the human rncc NOV. I'M,
for itself, If the day comes when Ihc ncw
over tIr nI,,:t nr ,rt% m
pew itself is in suho-iinailon 1o The
outward notions OF the world, that day the
Lord will have dcparlcd from il. tho urrri nj
covenant Will have flown away from MS,
shall be left to drync>S and 10 deafness,
and there will be nothin. left to do but To
bury the corpse.
Nevertheless we are In doncer Wo oro
coming into smoother times. 81 course tb"re
will bc the uundrennjnl cnnldron. and r. iv
made 10 boiI Inv Gu,rois of alarm u:h icj, ,nvnr
ninr,n mo JYicrr vii ba lives "mr ~ mIt os,
rvcitcu,cnt Rnt ihcn Lnro nrn tLo rrnn,
ortn nnns,imnr nr to.I,r ,bbnt "rh " i,n".
ON The feelings of The wlmin cnn nn,u ut~"
oucstI0ns of the purIficntion nf mnrnis.
imnstinns or tcn,n nnrn. ,,,,ost,". ~ W"
mo m tin men whocr libnriwv hn. n ." "'nt,
LIE ie Linni Ina, iinrrtw 10 n " nT.r p Wy III
riE,ht Of fine %ionnoli,T9 IN u en-, NE III go ,nni "a omr
W ~ cn,:t ~" ~" Nv ~ HGs HJn Mot on OUT
", W eT..'" r'n ~ ~ ,.,nc,, is .ne lrlSninhh toSci
, u 'ooS ~ ;, o ra h-S ot Gmasl; ana tnc qu's
tlollS III Inc IiIhtS oi citiZcilsllP, the rights ol
"S .ou ioohS upon Ihcm, ana ~
nn !, inoNn upoi, tlieiIi.
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ciiu'cn liz LILY VIII nhVG gone out Oh IL
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+ + ~ mi itiie h~ iii,iSS p."SPuritS nemimu -,
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. .U snrnIt = mun d'c ~ II eonu cauSe
nn" "uim -, = snu niE Wiling 10 lnSc res
pe lnaL - Sou n'o Wi,linG 10 ne unJuSiiS
ti.lkEu hn1ul, u you are wiling TO work with
u.iim.'"S " She "nilu nrollid on, u yn"
"i,iiis W io,'o" Ilrlst ana sympathise
WIN .hnSc ;nat i'rr you most. then YOU
i"iVe : ,oM; ',,r - assumes before YOU; ,,
imfn ~ ~ ,u,S 10y W unk l4r hlSScll. },
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.Mn tscn",.r-Nin tnnc mmi'nir powerful tnaI
tir 'rvp'n ~, moo 'bbuucn a.u HI'li me; lnr
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~ ~ n,"'.S SwiSI,,S au"ns olu, ana ! slion't
i,hu ~ hiIT NV" Snu soins toSctlt away
y. Nv. h'o"sn hloSt aliil
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.Iau u ti.alc' ~ tiic ueHli' ana nave M mn
a,anS ,iniGS. ! .'aSc nuo inc opportunity o
Eifr""'HN nc. q! amnntti, any Witnessing 10
iilueil uiilelcLrc "iiht Siaii TAX place durln;