National Republican., 1880-12-20
PULPIT POLEMICS.
SCRAPS FROM SUNDAYS SERMONS.
Rev. Edward Everett Hale Delivers on Eloquent Dis.
course Before a Distinguished Audience
Dr. Rcs Again Asssils the Papscy-
Sermons by Other Diylnts,

The announcement made In Saturdays REPuB-
LiCAN that Rev. L. T. Hale, of Boston, would preach
at All Souls Church brought 10 that house of wor-
ship an audience which packed floor and gallery
even the aslcs were filled by those who could not.
obtain seats in tho pcws. Among the prominent
persons present were President Hayes and wife,
Senators Blaine Morrill, and Hoar and their fnmi.
lies The event Is interesting as being the return
70 TINS city and preaching TO this same society by
Mt llalc alter nm absence as its pastor of nearly
thirty-tvc years In 1875 Mr.. Hale came here under
the auspices Of the Unitarian Association 10 what
was then mission church, and field of labor.
Young, ardent, full OF fervor IN the upholding and
proqoon ofthe cause, and but lately from college,
the duty was arduous and Important The society
was not able TO employ n pastor but for short
time, ana Mr.. Hales work comprised q period Of
Dut TWO months, He returns in the hcighth OS his
iame MS an eloquent preacher, n learned and pro-
found theologlan, and a brilliant essayist pnd
critic To- the scene Of his pioneer labors The Uni
tarian society has advanced also. No congregl-
lion in our city Is more representative than this in
Intelligence, wealth, social position and good
works. .4.,.
ME text was announced. "Af,cr have been
there, must also see Rope. Acts Xiy.2l.
Even now, when Rome Is ruin, sdld the speaker,
the yearning to see Rome often becomes n passion.
there huddlcs only ah0ndNi Of pc6pic. II compared
with the millions who liyed there in Pauls day.
In the wreck Of these palaces they have found n
gem, and from such rakings In the ashes they have
collected museums which attract the world. Sec
Rome and die" Is proyerb which speaks for this
yearning.
There Is pathetic story In the first class book Of
poor student who sold NIL his books for money TO
travel TO Rome. looked once ut the dome Of st.
Peters once Mt the contours nf the seven hills and
then went home not dissatisfied
Paul felt this same passion to see the master
city: felt II as man of letters gentleman careful
Of the object of his travel, and also IN a higher
sense as the apostle reaching to the Imperial city
ns central point In the work and mission Of his
life,
Three years pass by, and Paul secs Rome, but
under different aspects and circumstances than his
hopes hUd marked out. He goes there nlcr II
TO stand his trial. When he secs Rome at last,
where INC Appian way passes Albano, q company
of Christian disciples meet him. With them he
rises the gentle slope of the roadway. one Of the
most experienced runs forward and points TO the
north, where tower the palaces of Rome Thus
| Paul secs the great city.
And Paul's experience Is ours. The end comes
| by means the most improbable our hopes and
ambitions are satisfied or not under condition OF
which we did not conceive.
| Men and women come to hate slavery, with In
tensity of purpose they seek to overthrow II they
preach, prophesy, and their end Is the dissolution
of the union. But the methods they proposed are
thrown on one side, but the end they sought Is ac-
complishcd as God elects. TO iill St Peter with
masterpieces Of art the Pope sells indulgcnccs and
| the conscience of ChrstcndOm Is awakened and
we have the great revolt of the people against
Il religious crime. Those who read wisely are nj.
ways coming upon the story of men who buided
In the courses OF life which we are studying our
| problem Is more like that of the navigator when
he has come into the oiing and taken his dc
pnrtnrc. Ills way is before him, his home behind
10 his port the ways nre infinite in number across
the oceans, In the voyage of the seas before us
We trust ship and cargo to such varied contin
| gencieS that we expect the commander shall have
| experience In the voyage of life we need make
no such demand-all that Is asked of any of us Is
alOyal desire and purpose to succeed. Only let u
man have purpose and that n good one" must
see Rome" There was the best place to work, the
most to do. Tncitus nor Seneca would have
| so planned H. But through Paul the world Is
| lifted TO nObler life; men are TO rule themselves
women arc to be free; there Is to be no slavery o
| the body or the soul. Because Christ has come
| because he dies these things are SO.