Morning journal and courier., 1881-04-11
Center Church.

Interesting Discourse by Professor GeorGe
 T. Ladd, Of Bowdoin CoIlege-The
 Great Thought of Job. g...-..... ..rY. ]
 Professor George T. Ladd, of Bowdoin
 College, Maine, occupied the pulpit at Center
 church yesterday morning and afternoon.i
 Professor Ladd, who is an entertaining and
 able speaker, breaches without notes, and his
 easy manner of delivery holds the interest of
 his listeners from the beginning to the end
 of his discourses. In the morning the ser mon was on the death and sufferings of
 Christ, and it was most ably presented. In
 the afternoon the Professor discoused from the words found in Job, 23d chapter, 1st to. 9th verses inclusive. The preacher spoke
 in substance as follows: These words may
 be considered in some respects as the great
 thought of Job. Providence thoroughly
 took Job through great discomfort that he
 might again come to God. It was by the
 dissatisfaction of Job that God was to bring
 him to Himself. Dissatisfaction is admins
 tered to man by God as a guide to Himself,
 and to this would call your attention this
 afternoon. There is 8 necessary unrest of
 soul which God administers to man. God
 has many thf4gs in nature that are only the
 types or symbols of what he administers.
 The mouth of the robin opens for food be-
 fore it knows the taste of it, and
 craving is necessary in all the early forms of life. This law, which is traced
 through all life, belongs also to the spiritual
 life The preaching of the gospel of Christ
 appeals to the needs of man. It belongs to
 all growth in the Christian life, that there should be craving 1n the human heart. Desire to gain property is one of the in- stinctive desires of humanity and we know
 how it grows, ruling the world entirely too much. Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven is that in the Christian heart which should overshadow all things The desire of knowledge is the instinct in the human soul which should be cherished more in the Chris tian church. We may be sure that our best view of the kingdom of God is this craving of the human heart, and it is in this form of craving that God ministers. There are af- fections in the human soul and they have their fullest desire in the love of God. God has given to us powers of love that he alone can satisfy, and through these desires he would train us to Himself. Man is ever dis satisfied things are not right in the social realm and never have been. It is true that what they do not like is that they do not have more them selves; yet give them more and they are not satisfied. With all our understanding of human life God does not intend that we shall rest in them, but when the kingdom of God shall come, and not till then, will all be satisfied. All down through history we read this dissatisfaction of the human heart, and we find that it is not at rest until it rests in God. He has given us rest through recon ciliation to Him by Jesus Christ. Man is dissatisfied with his normal condition, and being a very gifted animal he is dissatisfied with death. He looks before him and looks
 behind him. We feel that things are out of place so long as man dies and we feel as though some provision should be made whereby man should not die. When man feels that there is something in death that is
 inhuman, the voice of God comes to him
 through Jesus Christ and tells him that there
 is eternal life beyond. Let these thoughts
 then lead us back to Job, where we may learn that pain and disease is necessary for the
 Christian life until all things are fulfilled in
 the perfect blessedness and kingdom of God. United Service Good Friday Evening.
 It has seemed best to change the original
 plan of united services of the Episcopal
 in Io