, 1881-09-12
o,ot, swings First Sermon on tho
~ Bottcr Covenant.
4. miller, Of Iowa, Praaohes in Place
Of Dr.. Thomas.
- tatlor Explains tint. Ills "Sus-
" pcpslou" Compels Him
=. Abandon All Ministerial 1abora Until
After 0onferanos.
q. nu,, ot lhc CIi',en as Understood by The
Rev. G. c. Mila.


o-., giving preached 10 n lurHc congregation
n."s,ay fa forenoon In tho Ccntrul Church. tak-
,or his tupme "Tt1o 1tetter Coretlant-" Fol.
nsne Is tho sermon:
NJ s,thourb this pnssnge Is Of nncu'iar theo-
,,s;sai. Import. 1t as., scts before its tho h'ah
.s,m.u t,f tho world thnt wns conspicuous III |
y. n,t..,o, Of Christ. In ills t1ew this wns
'Ss r., uori. Worthy or nil rho lat,ors and, lo,r
.. ,o,M Acstow, worthy Ut. nil the r3cn hopes
:. u amid rhcr1sh. While the fnrtnu1 thooldEans
.ssT.cuss,,,g tho mrnntrg nf "nna1At0r,. afu
a,assonnt.'' and s.prsnit<es ,Sn niurt Ia n ron-
-, way tho kn and hopeful vipw which Jesus
sav NJ the nsars OF sorloty. md hnw In IL bsosd
,tosc tIe wns tho mediator Of better rian or
coi rho hcarcr Of t,nttor rromlscs Nes!dcs
@ ~, .rpc,oI relntion 10 tnnu which "a set forth
,rrarJntst,c, or Methodist, or rrutcstnHt Or
n.m,nst one cnt rcAdlly stetcdt In the Man nf
xs,.onb tho in!iucncu nf a hKh md Hereno
t,.,i N b,,snantty-nn ItlcuE of lmucns,lrnho
ro,ac III The htstnry OF our race. Society being
,c,ed ,,ppn continually by. idcnls as shore IL
rorn nway Or canhtuntly n'1Etneftea ny tue
lc,tlup sen, very Important IL tim enrcer OF ono
.hocnsts among the muittudes Ideas of COIL
It4sed pUwce.
Nan /, by nature bllnyaut md hoporul Of sntl.
ra nycs Iifp Fur Its own atike atl not because lie
/. afraid IL die. THO little, children md tho
1ouuv who arl little troublea with n ftar nf
,hIaas hQyont cnth, lave thla world tctply. at11
ihiuk II n plnen ot Innrvclols Interest, mad
/ neauty, Frw of them wish for any heaven
beer than their playground. or thotr vfnyn, nr
,h4r ttrcsldc. Thus nlal! assumes Tho rxcc!-
lanrn ur tho life on earth, And MI through his
ra|uppod polnts uat perhaps tho Crentnrs bn'
| neyacnt design. Hut tO mature yGhra, which
tayc trcn much TINT escapes tho yul,nRcr soil,
spch sorrows npprar Oh every sand that the
r%f 1tt11tu . 4 II.
ject"t serious ,leate; ra!n. Roy"rty ca!Sn,sty. @
y aud vre .rcar st - snca M M ,,s,a1 @ vso,ms ur,aa*
sac,her lite Il worth nvlngY atheists ask lis
lopfosc that tho universe s'lHla fruti E.'tH nt
ibs tWo c,,ors In which ths ecc.e Il pa!ned t'y
youth and ux., antl cunlot tllt relnsct' that stluh
ID yaser of tto rcasuselr*s vHiua ul in.,1 ~
here and IL hereafter. E.thcr ty ilfs own words
prtou'!uEt, Or thrnil3t thi'sn ufe:lnlcN VINO no.
feoped Ills principles. lie fna1u the Wcrail Seg'n
Of esrat significance. aud tntlKtt that even tho
e1l1nittes Ut ratfh worked cut for 1t tnnru az.
h. jsnpressive tci,eta OF Tint J,idcnn tr,r!,t,H
uthat n's things WORK together for Eon'' to th"so
r'ayInx u.lr tcct upon SO bronti n doctrine wo
experiences which ,nrpears 50 i!ask. Tho burden
ihat Via, We ts, ctviisation IL manufactured
largely out Of tho t,rlnollA and ncsual .nLsfort.
unes IT huEnhn nnture iroos aretlits,'tntcs TINT
IL oiscn hls highest success. Those. Ills
nd ;enior Than co,ncs from .,nininE!ei I'ros-
pe1.5.- Most OF tho lla OF life brcotns ttio
easlsot i,s greatness and tho worst J. f%rcansats %
ot ihc race wpru suynges or refined, qitlzpus Of
tsara a. mi 'hs s Gss as ss
h's nntenla1lo. that ~ tar ny history Wy! ror,,
n Ruft1 In y
shleh make atheists doubt tho buug of n t1o'.
Of mao hah nlwnys been hia arrogance. 4 ynin
nan Il always crllol. Orcat R,tccuss ilas always
osa osay ei% IL sspSts f. @ " tGo.s
Tho Wished tho people 70 rail him End: ln-
dted sanIty his always bcc,1 thu cardinal dts
.a:s With tho most malicious crnli,,M,s nnl prl-
sae l!fe with !ta most rcpt'lslro tnenhers; y ono
oss4 Gfse ne oSs u ss 81 hn. Ssa %
sshieh bud swelloi Itself into ,noMstro.ls crime
and 10 long aEn as when Cesar itvett and wroie
e. e. a1!a that whe4 the gras wsh TO punish n.:
ivae psosperity u.Jer ol fh.s M nppnrene ncrtc. u"
l,on u condition it, ch"tactnr sinks. ~ ,nall i
son.tnted IN earthly parntlt*e would not bt
Ut Il seems !" need The at''lstioa. of {hest
yeats In order That his cxcecsttnR weIAht ut Hns,
tsIon 10 snoS tho relations Of man 10 a world t.
l1u,s but in the ttfn thaf r,,R il thnrn il I
Weight Of glory IN f,c tlcrrtnfci nntI tho ntfjIc
tons vhirh tb1 nnnatio a"rs t.trns intn si,'l
brightness In heaven turns juto similar bright
ness here. Tbs expcrrnrds which rusnnt,su ,
aeayen cntuns,se m Inrth fnr innn. tn Fla l,
beauty must in beauty iiin. "' '
lluw Gun tbo mind mark tho urent ness of ma,
llsecn In the times nrnarnf and nmyt. and nj
tontes. soine,hinv Of n,iinirasion' fSr tho cir
tunslauecs that canaed s,,ch rssultp Uchoj
what MuliIluJcs Sr ihG InSrnSi. uni ,y1sr an
hQhte,sani besnttful ~ rntni, III, ont; al iii
sutld Qyer whIch the nns1trnist tnnkca h,s coI1l
plaIat. Our al fhia rIn,, MI onrn Sbnketi Ii
tsy,h1uake an.1 hmrnc,i nv iirr. md wSst1c,, /,
,he hsihY srn rntnn nj n.t wrrat iIelis fi,ii a
yratn, and trccss mi, n,,wcrs ali thut iuu,itt,
Gus past statI,i4 fnrviv"n ~ mi ghs tndnr ini,
0Ses tho rlnr. ~ Er.nrn t.r Tho anIrrs al Asin
Grlho harycst .trita nf Amrrifn. Tmkinr IN
stant utnli tho s,,lrun n,uIintt3ns er,ynrrI Wit
lnux aud all tes,IItit,n, stnhtiinr mar tha nr4,
tsry of Volcanoes from waoh' Ire rolte.! tort
lie rivers ur ,rsrc,i,I,nv iii, tthe iH,n caifnn
*bere M ulnnt run nnJ soli "na.irh f6r n rI1
and WHERE lie s1imiIIht tsI, nsvnT 11,,, I'm hnnr
may feel ihnt I'M ,nitst If rxisIim". Ho mi
agi4nntic i,Uwer: h,t a,tf,,ienix tnti, contct,
plates lbs tnrh NJ Sr@c ~hi,I, ~ NJ. ~, from tho.
satt disror,js ana IT, Els"nrnonh Xiii nya f.,r,,
nd the hupny ntzI.,t ~ nraxs nn.i trtn whtsnn
hat the cnrthn,,ntr, mi s,nrtr .sot, ri, fns III
lest. l1o thpHTics ~ f;bret nu, ~ ~ ,nnmsmr M
the moral unrIA r. Nis ""t, ns.nt " ~ .,.ns - :,