, 1881-10-31
rt,r y,cy. DIR. I'alfnngc's Eloquent
sermon on tho Newspaper
IsrcyS.
w,th All. lis Faults He Loves Il Sll'I-Thc
t,iahtest Forcs Tor The Worlds
Eyaugelizatlon.
7bn Rsy, Mr.. Mercer's Last setmon in
Hershey Hall-Fhturc Of the New
Church.
The Rev, j. o'B. Lowry Discoursen
of tho Christian rs Gods
Poem.
,r11E WORTH OF LIFE.

III
v.,t,r;ay forenoon T'rof. Ewing prenGlIcu TO n
,.rca congregation III tho Central Church. TAX
ms A bts theme " I'llu Worth or 1lfes" Follow.
llx Is the sermon:
JUt, tt.,4 ..- ...
hict, bo ca,, extract tha nost goll from tho nru.
AZ the most food from the soil, or the most heat
+ro,o tho flames OF tho coal, nor has lie learned
raw ho may mike most ont Of the years Of hls
,Ica Exports examining tho realduttul OF the
,hi xold mines In North CnrolInR, aul Peru, and
1Inngary, tsI,,l almost rs mich gold behlnd tue
mines as pnco lny IN front Of thcss'. German
and French gardeners could thke tie lel'E cu(-
tIyatcl IN our West md almost doub1o tho re-
suIts of the haryoat-flcld. or tho millions Of
inns Of coal consumed Annually, d lnrgc per cent
of tho heat Is wholly lost to MI the comfort or
fntereets Of man. lly atloh steps Of Illustration
wc mny proceed 10 tho conclusion That uAn
docs not extract nil the good ont Of his
NE. As in tho times AMI places OF
bad agriculture, IN OLD Virginia ast0
Kentucky, one Gun sec farms wlteru ignorant
and Indifferent negroes havo for years scratched
slightly tho surface Of tho ground. and have
1tto,uptol 10 mike wheat and tobncco Initiate
Shn lIchen ptld tnpss, by cllnRnR 10 a rock--so
tan ono SEQ everywhere arGns oI human Jite
tIni tho lesst COOL in tho large space hetwee.
birth and death. The agriculture Of the old
East, where tho ground wa8 scratched over With
sud Cared for by mingled Ignorance und lille
ncss Is fair cnlbem OF the agriculture which
prevails n many Of tho arEe an! an smnl ~ ile,s nc
managed, Is bold nt u hNh price. and, as Job
raid thousands OF years ako, nun VIII part With
ui else rnts1er than surrender his existence. The
situation ia II very curious que. aud not Offering
an easy analysis. Words can bB uttered over
ho Interesting faSt q H. a H., ana n M nis year, nt
AItrkqblo for great omissions Of wisdom and
aetion. Wo cnn scratch Tho GROUND, but cannut
Waiting 40 dniles Analysis a. existence. An
ancient argued tl,nt death ,'onld not Dt Hi evil
oetanso 1t was nothing, anu could not beau evil.
Ill p!ase o e eforc lie Child All VIZ sho
hu weep row when the Guild fnl ceased IL bc:
III was MS n0tllnE once mort. For tho last
statement si' or ac,,tencss Of inte'icst: Yet We
"an,os fDrbshr to tisa tne a.tasston, iaow to OK.
1sEesnittud to The most Of tho iorus OF unlnlnt
ITO. The tnhlcs which limit mans nxlstentp q
II is liz e earS int @ tso WGo ' Have rcaizc,i sae
aru which Gun ask about Tho value Of their be.
tny, hre NJ, mud OUTS tho peflls Of Infancy and
child. Those who nrD old enough 10 punlcr
Npon th0sc problems have haf-htinure1 yenrs
u +" wr It, t. S fern =, Of Welfare ,,, Or
sincere meditation.
res,tWthas af m ,nnkinu tbo most Of ths.c venr.
must be cultivation Of tho feeling liiat liiv
bA veFy larrs and Important possession. Many
eacs that bey @ arc oftoa WonJsrnx n ! inv thsy
cau "kiii time" Instances may pocur whara
u1jtll In nrison or IN eyt]a mirht wall wnrit}cr
aoW tae days MiEht be nnde 10 pass away un.
3elt; oaG when my one, posseass1iR health aisu
thug wrong ia his nstimata ar uzo sf III ,rnrII
II posslblo, one SHOULD ruaoh s.ich al exalted
inr thst ever, i,aw I ~ aoiifn4c shGul1 "a mnia
sday Of one FORM OF nappIness-thAt Of cnm.
peslFo and reflection. Io tie developed nind .
tho hanpIncss al co1nnanionsb|t, or 11rirbt ID.
elety ii ended for ttne then t}.e plens,,rss Of
the mind alons aet III; and 6o that tnlnti any
where, It's ploastire In its thouuhta rtlns an.
u1oa tho bsnk Of o. M strtam: xa:'o u so''u ''1us
7fs s, q sss @ 5Sps, ss4sns s9Ss .'
s ist,ess ienx,li Il u Muoatsdc Tou1 DO N Strafei,
H., Anu pour apoa DO brook INIT 6abhles vi I'-'
scctn fantastlo wreaths, and Nhotaer tho brook
snail babble swectIy, depend upon Tie nstttai ]
Spf SSsgff'pmsnt p sb9 IF 90 say Nnp 5sfass
world with ts BROOKS, and beschea. XII smmmer. sa
lines, T. large faotor ID Tho valve, Of suc,i q
ssy nsof or anv FIX ynn so vas onsy
material and spiritual sl,rrouudinRs Of The soul
prime reisit Hat tie ~ Inn a eIense t1e Itaef
rory OF Things material md spritnais t',It nf
ibis power cou,eY rlchntds nut pniT nT socjaty.
hut even Of Solitude. anti the senriy tiesart n9s
comes tho rival Of tia rHYt,en. ~' Nv
This lnliuu the sTeei nj e esistencs IN fba uop j,
tr Of appreciation lakes hnnpjuess nwaS Frnrn
1he keeping Of wealth and ruuE. and places It
within the reach Of those lsD in hSmbIo cirol,,,.
stances. Wealth viii greatly aii tho educated
YEARS, but il comes nowhere near Hcinx nrces.
sity, Earth was 90 ,nade by tGp ali. wise Creator
hat u u interesting both IN Tue iargo and the
gest from coatinont 10 contlncnt @ and over e liz
oceans, IL can ruNaiu by onp spot. nHu lf,tt
smaller conilue viii tbon rival tha ynlyerse' IL
1simpes!btg 10 etste whethnr t1,S iii Iinivrrso IL
Rbrb admirable in Its rrnat st,nces or awnji
uhes; and 10 il IN f,nnassiiIt ~ ,,etor,ninn ,
whether tho traveller nItrncta mare From liz
globe than ID found by tho onn whom nnUert Nv -
9onancs TO n c0ntinHpt nr a atntc, nr n ,,i,;s.
Thu rca tsutn Mvst hs tHat nmn;s wnr,t 10 n, .
measurable in nVsry sffrars;on .nt7 et,,t.;n -. N
home or aheoSa. h,a taalt niIE2o ~ .S;,.f 4.
lesa- Wealth thrt,xs nt,at, f',nnv t,asns inina1
but II il hl,.sonh link, ""'tn tn.t '''c, ,hn
rates waob nprn n 1ba .n"nh s.Ithn"r ,,.rh
HleHey 4rp IN i,,rTorn,,s mi ~ -, y.
lf0 Ii otiw The hi"1n-M ~u M ~ y" uts y,
illol with 6ictnrea ~ ,ott ~ No., m ~ - , @
Perfectly fiji ife. Witt 1ovf,tI hdi1Ja nIss
Hhom tia MILAN Tx ySayn WsrS nyS4 " nln.
70 tccpY riIns onn ,,tryu ,aS wtn - sp.vM .SN
part Of The InnHnrm r.n utnn%s ~ ,1H uIEt,
ats not bess.G s1th naa,i. ns LII LII, ~, WIZ
Of nn1,ronjn.is., Nam "1"stA uus WIN kAV puHeE