, 1880-03-29
While DR., Williamson Preached Upon
the Immortality Of the Body.
Tho Crowded Services ut tho Episcopal
Church OF the Agcensions
Floral Decorations and Other Features Ut
Epiphany, the Cathedral, Etc.
First Sermon by tho New Pastor OF the
Second Baptist Church.
rs LIFE WORTH LIVING
sERNoH ny r1tor. sw1NU,


wherefore il light given to him TINT is In mis-
cry and llfo unfu tho bitter lit snul?
Who long for denth,, hut i eon,c'h not, and dig
Who rctOlcc exceedingly anu Ifn glad wien
they eau lind tho Rrarc.-Joo. H., 40. II, 2.
Last Sunday nsked you TO estimate tho worth
of mans sotourn upon earth. Viewed as dis
connected from the expectations Of Hcnven;
Viewed in it's Rt1nplo form MS being passed IN
obedience to tho lnws Of right nnl OF mentnl
md physical hcnlth TINT Hotourn sccInGd full Ut
merit. II waR confessed that we were dealing
lnrgcly with atl unknown qunntity. Wo wcrc
like tho scientists wion thoy think OF
that cthor In spnco which bGnrS tho snn-
beam to Our windows and fields. but
,yo struggled hlong toward tho conclusion
TINT cach day well spent In this scene Ia II Jewel
by itself alonc, and ttat NIL tho dnya man hnl
epont In this p1Nnot since tho rucc begun would
average good and not IN owl. To-day let us
mttach To man n religious nature, md destiny
that looks beyond those mortnl limits, and then
mark tho Increased vaIua Of his strange fuct and
his prospect
HIVE wc my right to ald to tho balnnces this
religious consihcration? This, too, Is IL peculiar
question, but tho affirmative answer Is the more
rational. We know nothing abotlt man IN prt-
orr" Whether ho should or should not have
been made by Cod Or with religious element,
VIC nrc Incompetent to statc. IT was not for my
created ruason to nitirm In advance whothcr this
inhabitant coming to dlsplRce tho bison and tho
deer should possess tho power Of articulation Or
tho power TO sing q sona. Tho prtori process
Is wholly out Of tho field Of inquiry. and VIC nre
compelled TO he simply spcctutorg nftcr tho factt
and, such being the casc, We are bo.ntl 70 a'lmt
cause. % fect, nan is 4 arci'F'ona anl created
quantity aud quality. lie did not make hifnsclf
thoso baanccs wbe hnve no ' rial,t t. woisia ay.
thing but facts must ho confessed to move down.
wnrd on tho sldc Of Il Creator md certain spirit
ruuft {f,Nn tn IN n kn0
It tho no.GOl idGl u0-rufgiOn fdpA must re-
veal a mnrkcd lightness, Dn you ask whother
hns maj ono.' Should he isve In,.sIc? Tic reply is,
He is q musician. he plays, he sings. Should ho
have the sstse Gf co!or1 tho reply s loySs tne
nornnt Of nnn M he should be, nnt to tho trses-
ton whether he has form OF pIuty tho nnswcr
e q nE ysssrcs s &c 81 aohor w1
This position Is not undonMh!e, fur II has been
and is still denied ny tho smallest number, hut
to become untleuinhle: VIZ must seek for I'M
n1cnso averages md irl'snensc results. und, hnv-
S ona esss %s sa ast II TIL IT, x* snx y tS hs s
vince. 1t ndds much to tho spiritual side VI tho
question TINT tho ltlcn that man is ati earthly be-
WHY Into ihn popuI,r belief, ind henco il c,,nnot
BE- claimed for t TINT 1t h,s ha,l no hearng ~
lines It l,as bern bcforu TIC s,tnreMic him.s,
and elMlucnt counsel, hut Just IN often hns It
ca,no % from 'tn''' On Intelligent Creator: w, W.
nre compelled, serGfrs 70 atHt1 ,hnt, ~
must be .Asked, Whit u rational l!ie worhtha
Wns designed md bestowed l,y IN Mll.w!so 0ulf
worthy of ltA Dcslgllcrl Attach Mnn to tho
Hcing whom we think Of ns God, nnd his paco
Tho nlln,l mid hpnvt of ,uun seen, TO hint ut a
high Relationship. Should you find nn0mg tho
wild lnnN tribes soI.lO buyor 1its9f bright fam
srnsIbll!ty. md with tho c1mpiexion. fall; OK.
crpt ~ .s sun ~; had bur burned f. yo o w at
mother hnd died of Il broken heArt, that tllor
children caEno nut buck frtn tho remote neigh
bors whtthor they hnd gone 70 havc few hours
Ct play. or from. tho i,Gnr.by woods whiihsr
they haa AZ gone for fruits pr or berries. ia1lx
r. te ns"sr the eeSnt of fcatnrs sn sssi nI
bearing of theso sto!e'' ones Ind revealed tholr
saretHn :!rIEin. Upon being qnest,oard those
anrlish lnnsnnEe: thoy know tho ,4tanus ot
"lathcr" md "lnothor,' and tnoy havo soiu
1ssYsetos s " ss ndr "f on9r hsS ,n tn wxwu
US wandering About ". this planet. we hnvo
5o',na ~ she v.ss nerl q VIII creatures 4
ar,una HIM. compuro MIN with tho inilnlt "
as ss M s @ a,,aSs tSts m nvans u Se ns bus H.
r!ants. Nc can bring yon fr,'lt Or \ tlower, 10
ayns s! ; h;es H. Ye,a Ye,''i need &c t' not teii a rs
tint this cIs,!,uro ie'onas 70 the trihcs
Ct Gu 'rSs o n s he 'ns SevaEs s L S5 see osns
home, and in his heart thero urc trslccs
o. r. lnsiE,.!ng" and happy hours. Froin closer
l,e bus notions of right and wrong, ~ though his
5nthor t., va a personase Tint hMssd sin aN nyed
1So"s IL s ~ rxn ScSs Fl so e 6enF sX shss
could show cnrnlmsalnn; hu has emotions IL tue
beautiful ~ though ho hui como rron mind