, 1881-12-05
Prof. Swing Discourses Upon the
Affiliations Of Chris.
tianity.
Dr., Thomas Speaks to n Crowded
House on Vital Issues IN
Religious Thought.
The REV. j. NJ. Pullman prcncl,cs
from DR.. 1syder's Pulpit
on Gottiy Living.
The Congregation Of the Union Park
Church Do Some Moro Debt
Raising.


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AFFILIATIONS OF CHRISTI
ANITi.
SERMON ny mn. SW1SH.
A large congregation assembled Mt tic
Central Church yesterday forenoon to hear
Prof. Swing, who took MS tho subject OF his
sermon "The Altilntto.is Ut Christianity"
Following Is the discourse:
The wind blowe.h where II p!eascth and thoM
tr9,n whc1ca It colnoth or whittier It goeth.-
Jpln. ~. 3.
In spiritual things there Is ,nncl, TINT is it,
visible aud yet powerful. Society ~ colstl-
tntcd today 1s tho result Of l,Inny forces
which once seemed 10 wslirl nbont ns they
liked In the Rreat past. nlltt 10 corlc and 60
ns they wished; and yet, nfter MI, there wis
Il force III all tlesp e,s.lvings Of the moral uIr,
anu great seasons weru innde by thu'i-duys
Of cloud and days pt slli,. winter, and spring,
and summer, nnl autumn. Tho hllir has
not perceptions fine enough nnr Il grasp
broad enough 10 gather up the ST. INFLUENCES
Of Asia, md Egypt, and Athens. aIld lsoinp,
and the Christian times, AMI determine
Just how they combined to make the rlcll
md varied present. Not OILY Iatlol,s, bit
individuals affected MI the past world--fndi-
vtduals whose names even urc not upon any
record. There blew gently or violently u'l
over the past certain gnseS which made tic
moral climate of mankind. Sonc Of these
Nllsee,, Winds carried the seeds Of disease
nnd brought ill.tlealtl to some nlen; sonic Of
them bore the principles Of lifn alll inaue
the cheek bloom and tho eye brighten; but
M one cam tell just whence they cnlne ltur
whittier they went. Our population, larger
Ia
s ~ w., .o.a.. p'o ,,,.1, rs
hih1a whlrilng "lnas lilAt s's' or "!llspet rs
rs 10 whence they come or whittier they are
tlvfng and carrying their freight. Only IN a
most ' reneruI way rn,, wo murk the col,,nuss
BY this figurc. used with xrent eileet by
sur Lord, we n,ny be led Il, tile thought TINT
rl,ristlonitv snstnfp1 1,,,,trect Relations tn or
eiets and Is wt'let III Its scope tl'an might
cardinal iJens, rs s,t fnrt by its prniesslu,lal
ti.eo'oElans a,ld ministers. ~ 1l,os1 uf The
sei,cntu ii iiral salvation. asni in harmony y
With such statements uf ,Oetrtne NEST
preucters Of tile t;uspel linyf spen III It tl,nt
their discu,1rses slonl.i iie wholly within the
;toglnus of belief. Much ns ltlls nbstrnetness
ult ir0nliku hur,l,Iess OF prnfrsssanaI Chris
tim teachers hive CHECKED the growth and
symmetry. OF onr religion, tllat religion Inns
deficit their 9uaulialls!IIp., a,ui las always
broken over these plIilosopllIc boundaries. AZ
when yaur orchard blouuts, lis psrtNte
pNsscs beyond your walls aud carries Joy 10
liz, surrounding cottages, which may pussess
10 blOssoniing ptant So ltcus nsll emotions
uscapo frUnt my anil MI farms Ut durA,lcb
and 60 wandering atar Oft. It was 4, yn!n
.Frunce atte!!plcl 70 hnvc, ~ part III The ref-
Germany ~ deeply. Even wllen t!le tar.llual
taiM deductions aid coral.aries S. sp!a,,k ap in
tle South Of Europe. and white l'r,,iestunt-
formed K0lnollisns was marching up nut Ut
F1nncc; AMI lionlnnls,n. without cSpo,lsnc I,
single lnglMn Of Luther, WIS chai.gcI In
i.s quality and ail nit come o!lt q
church It went IL. Winds which cunt froll,
Unseen sources bicw.to mud ffr over Tie t,il.
willing France, atl,l nntie Frlieln,H. and
Would have been lIgots l,al lhoy llyetI III tiio
former generation.
:. Christianity, while busyng Itself chiefly II,
the preparation Of tie saul for Tie !luu bar
lli,e,l to Uyerjlnwlng. II ),ns been tVJ Iurxu
for church walls nid lns beef, compelled 10
ask tho outside wOrt 10 rtuiye /, l:lrt Of tts
b brsi, a very m impor,ant part, abe ottHn M to to
cou.arnct tho nvi tinit cane frolt, tho Church
rs Il creator of abstirctiolls, Of Of n contempt
OF tle WUrld. i'rcorlleil GENERALLY AZ q
hnIi s;hri.tinmiiw Inv tnnnh..d % iii trti III
sslitinrlit n,,ti I"nn NJ nitrs.tIvt, MI nj "nr "
Sy:pat0s rs aiSux Is thooloslcNl ays9qes a!tl
Ht!EM,Ways. lhe Etent caihl when JOINS tle
Snte fUr oy one W 1y 10 VIII ai 1Sa tas
wOr.i's commerce, II wns expected to cRrry
shIlw BY d SHORTER pail. tIlnn tie vast circle
tpa , g"ss nSSol Soa a ing makes ts / ,a4 t fer ,s
t!le Maons ~ pulthst tnu Gmfats y purt ~ tlle
ueSeTL WITH ftf0uff. INB new RlfeAn