, 1880-04-05
a Four-Ycars' Pastoratc and Its Re-
suits Reviewed by the Rev.
g. H. Peeke.
"Tho American Idea" Commented Upon
- at Unity Church by the Row.
Mr.. Uathrop.
Closing Exer: ISIS Of the Wcmon'g
Missionary 5ociety Of the
Universalist Lhu1oh.
CENTRAL CHURCH.

ills one beauty Of tho old Iieblow poets that
II tho first import hNs fallen nut hf Ron1o OF
their SONGS, and we no longer know what was
TINT great vision which mnic them cry alOtld
along tho paths md strccts. there Kener1llly
springs up SOME second sense which Ia full of
truth md beauty for our far~nn time. The
world Inns lost tho .lrst reason Of tho pyrnn1lts
Wo ,1o not know whether thoy aru tonbR or u.s.
tronDmical monuments, but they do tis ns much
gool as tlloy bru,tght tho Egyptian Kings, for,
they onco sang funcFcnl or mathematical
songB, they now sling hymns OF Krrnt.
ncsa, hight, and breadth, md power, and
Inug continuance. We cannot stnnd |
by tho Images Of tho old prophets and note whit
rnuy have been uppcrmost in tho thonnht 81 |
Ezekiel, nru Isaiah, md Nnlnch but VIC walk ntl
nround und over these pyramids Of int!u1ncd t'n'
Mglnntton and pcty, and Gun lcnrn from tho'n
1cssons for our dny ns prcciouR tH tho of'Hinal
lesson WIS for the ngeA thnt are gone
Nuns life, measured nctar It's fountain, WIS 4
shallow atrcum; measured III tue classic epoch,
1t to,scd UP nyur tho ankles: measured IN DIR
period pr IN sutnc nHo beyond III, THE waters
s,nTc riscn,-waters to swim lii, river that
cunnot IN r.sscd." OF our own land this ts
more tr,,a than of my other country, but atl
through tic civilized nations all tho forces If
mental nctlnn und being nrc nssusning lhrYcr
dimensions. In our pnrt ot thu Wtrlss per-
feet liberty nnll tho Inherited virtues VI rnce
hayr been met byu clln,nio nnd IL tnatcrlal
intellectual ltre-tho life TINT atlrs tho sDfl 0r
explores the mystcrles VI sc'cnce or which pom
dtrs over II butIk or Heditntes amid the tsheer-
tnln ties Of religion. All tbcso tcrits, "lcarned
md "ignnrN1lt," and ~ beautiful md hOtnely,"
and'" brond " md " "nnrEow," IRE relative terms.
and each nge, no doubt, has sGcuc.l broad to
itself, md yet tho dimensions OF human Rotl-
ness and greatness beyond doubt, constantly
GnnrrIng, md It IL sno IL sny that the Intellect
unl an1 spiritual scope OF our era IL thu lnrKcst
yet seen by man, We can find much littlcness
In the hulnnn family somewhere. hut
It is diminishing iittlcncss,-a littso-
ness on tho rptroat For cxalnplo
III nn obscure corner ht Now Mexico,
there occurs upnn each st. Pntriek's Dny,
br,ltnl old ceremony conducted by the Pcnl.
tents, which ceremony sconaIsts III self-lncteu
tortures, as tho sufferer crccps toward
but this disgusting md cruel cere-
nony WIS once popular nil over Europe,
and drew into tts tltabollcal spell such men as
Pascal and Luther. In this lies tho proof OF
progress TINT what sclf-torturcs tho 1tonnn
Church once inflicted In nl its greRt CApltnls,
such rs Romc. aud Pnr!s, anl London. IT now can
Intllct but Only among tho Wrutchel ianatlcd III
New Mexico,-a district cut OF from tho civilized
world. lii tho progress Of tho human raco crrrs
and follLcs do not suddenly riso up Md dlsnp-
pear. Thoy slowly rctrcat, us tho wild be,tsts 30
filrthnr buck into tho forest when tho NJ, nnlt
fl0W, anu th8 gun nal como 10 INC nQIuNFSs 4ut
anIlilals, tho rabbit uud tho squirrel. hut tho
isrocous ne,.st ~ ly INSTRUCT moves deeper into
triacs and castoms move sw!!y Slowly fr9m c,
% new supply is ~ q III fs mi an. 'is ian,cs IN isEi's
whether mum is n,Mktng any ndvnnGe,
" " se ep ss M s vr%
retrcatcl from tllo cuntrcs of civilization toward
IL ss eh'seh 4 Il f Hs os St 1y aas sn s
sick. and TINT th's water should sti be ao1 M \.
iho hIxhor CathoIlea have handed these aiI'a1ias
.bio that Fathsr TYTly. Il Utsa. xho i e 'aael,
suy! viSls of such ,nr,cuious. waior. nnr Is il
sSs;y Sy III Sss ytiyss IL St
'hS lie '"'t ssS sa,as snssT' Il aSs ons
nocentiy Nsketl the nlnnka, who wero custodiA,!e
Of such il hull and IL it,conn, whethor thoy real
ioSso xa s:iso Shsh nNhs be earrcsl, thSy pill
smilingly. :" thas their business was simply tc
nut tho estcliat.a of tho !ne,'le' rcsults: fr.,r
Teh rYpy ws my WS s Infer Infer that to s,pr,st x
iux nwny frt,n tiu points ot most etiucMtoi a,it
y naE tonporry Msya y in @ sa9 S"l @ ~; ~
spirits ur tho New Testnnlsnt seem to hnvt
tha s lowor tn ess hcrs sfss sws M mi io's
career h!a folllas aud crs,ctles may thus 10
moving daw4ward 70 pMng%o M % T. last Int tn
Having mnde those Kcuenli statements. tet II
Illustrate tho general proposition hx seeking
It sst sroStS y
s%S; IT,, !. growing xsr u II /, nayn ,,
:'!Sss:asn A.: i %ss
irnrs tan Specialist! il, SONS form of bIlsines
Or industry. Tho vdurntlon which was onc
E,oks IN bis hand fs 1us dSssalns to 10 i Inwys
oE;a olergy,nan, or q pfys!ciAn. nn m LONGER ~
youth % bus bcc"nis t lars.s .hat my nirre drslda
cry ind must ba educated rrK,E'iless ni h!s l0rt
,cs Of S%a aa a Sr ssy sst4 sa y '5 as
days when hn eo1'a sny Whhteyer pieslsea ~
tam audience tlAt aamiroa larg" t. verbs ai g.,
hAs bccon!o 70 universal Tint tho a,1dlcgces t,n
assamble IN theehurchos to-day. fro.n Now Yor
eortmun sense; rhe Inventions " our til!.
> 4 nan that eantot read o. WRITE or think. Gu
hnp cotton Or sugar cane. but he caii'.nt sM u
i ductor 1t Svcn = iroght tr,n ca,1n"t 10 tr,.stu
% rs even y switehmuM: Tae Mtg!eGanh M Gpsrat, @ IT.
g f. II %o % aet ta Is
street aud store must 10 9hle y road and Nr
quickly. Ihus hunuretl new pursuits nave /
e,lrti INV lo1nantis fur Il BETTER Informed min
mud are nukinK hotter forh, of manhno
Hhould tho nnny shapes uf NorthGrn lndvst|
Church in compelling tbat land ~ wicn o.
its intt!loetual possessions. hi!ehlKan u
1..ptW.-bnt. eompatu those nlassts
quality, and Michigan bud G},uD 10 years o
wh!lv Michigan Ind 4. Uschool- tcArhrrs Ocurg
, hnl only 2,uN. In Atlanta aud Augusta tfint'
giN} WlcrO nnMufacttIrLes have sprung up cd
cation u demanded and is approacnH Il
s,andurd al Lnwoli and other industrial tow1
helping expand tho mental trnuq and I
formation uf the ialnreEs, thus tnakity ~
more Invention and the ,,,s,re complex lnAcht
cry tho world n,pts, tho higher will be t
Mluu thAt u,ist niaHnxG these new hpleulen
few Simple, hegrot.s cal pick cation hai
Or Or u ~ cylinder p printing iS' press. r. T Thpcds
PARKER once expressed ths wish II
iuuru accidcnt OF d nun, and not N