, 1881-06-13
o,of. Swings Sermon - The
- World Preparing for the
Coming Of God.
-..,,pp11 Sermon of the Row. 2. L.
49, patton at Jefferson-park
Church.
o.,Ioatton Services Mt lilo Episcopal
Cathedral Of SS. Potter aud
Paul.
fh,,a,su's Day in Many Of the Methodist
sunday-eohools.
ma North Star Baptista looking for
Now Church Site.
A COMING GOD.


Prof. Swing prcHtHeA 3entutH"s Mu'1AH W.
,,,sc congregation In tho Central Church, and
took for bis thonie' " Il toIu'nR ooo' Fo'e"-
trufs the srenon:
"Srtrr kncr stluIl bnw to Atc. and every tongue
,,n;sss TO GtAl-fi0MnhF, ftr., II.
N ,houu1tful persons llHvo By help Of science
- hIstory rcachrd tho conclusion that OtIr
.s,h md our rnco nro unRnEcd III q urent
.,orrss. II our hcientItlc ieaslera hnyc, OH tito
sno hanj. led po,ue minds towarls tho belief In
onoercss lhut tssncs entirely out Of material
.,uscs they hnyc helped others to SEQ moro
rl.srY than ever TINT society Il aot!ng under
Mtty whosc fav0rlt method Is TINT OF pro.
roe,tio,,, Tho recent studies III science hnve
n'.red Us all nndcr new obligations to It In 70
t,,,, those studios hnye shown MS what q tln-
r,r,a1 md deep principle Is this progression.
rhs Icuuth Of ths march II tremendous. Tl1pn.
and, Of yenrs count little I'll Its grcRt cGcntut.
MA so,l now IN tho surface ut our globe Wns
xoro out Of e0 rock By rntn and fro. ntl frGst,
,nj chemical action With tho first thin solt cnlnc
,gartb Dt light Erasses or shrubs. These, dying,
he1pel make ashcs for n larger plant. Tho
e,rat aRe of tho flnnt onk or cct11r Is hut day
tne great year which flrat nude o,lr soil. All
,hs, man belIous, whether IN tho natural Or
tp|rtua world, IL seen fl tho form Of rcH,lar
,l,ance. Tho parable pf the mustnrti sccd is
iso story Of tho uuivyfso. Wo do not seo tho
h,ua wpch tirst sey6d tho seed. hut onF rciIg-
nus !a!1h tells us It VIVA the hn1td ut personal
doJ; But tho nnff.ral eye marks nil md follows
thai sowing. Rno there u one ssent evciywneert,
0, weakness turning intn power. What tho AMI
ns, and treca nl.lr II rcstatc.t By Ril the Krcat
ars and Ereat lMi,gaa1fes eMen ono ~ MMsea t y
thought anl sentiment and experiment. The
lbs Wheh !rst begun to fnrnt ol,r nostern words
tlkcd wsiou, and Inv. and rcligIon, md friend;
thp, three thousand years nKt. SAnacrtt, nnd
ttreek and Latin, Rt11 FrCllcltna11, ind SAx0t1,
ltalfel for thirty Or forty centuries. III MI 70
fashion that E1gllsh lanKunNo wn!cn now oh.l1
uur mlchlnes, our tools, our c,rriaEcs, ",r mil
eira Instruments, our homes ana t1o!r tgcors!-
tons. AZ! through and thr9ttKil. our wnriI. ma
xotd, i Is nut i failing flower. tlt ! budding
pint Looking at in nl the details o. it, com. com.
p;lon we mnst n9t; as taG aeteateM t,I' & ai1e'eM.
.ouf world has been" (a,t. sonipelled BY every
Dsh! cry; out, 'Our world shnll be. Lol 1t Is
"ntssi Tse sa,umn leat and The winds which borrow
helr melancholy from tue failing fotlaKo ant!
r. e'oudc ekiss niay whisper 10 nm taat ~
salntlse worls but tho ship mikes hcaslway
,EaaIt these sturt1s. and moves only t9rwnru.
cat ses s oy 9 HsA19 ~
a.n neei aof arEio ii, 'end, Snt nay oniy 10 a
at da!a or cnndltlons Ct another and 1reater
aTe taaSse 5 They 1 ns5s s oeo Nc so noaorax ss a
M fSdes bslonKod 10 tho k!nXtIo1n 9E IN advancing
", " ana arc more probably existing somewhere,
at so 30 fe IL ena ba1 r upor
t.n lite dies absolutely, for NO aro in world Of
eeoaomy anu not ono where the hcst p ilnnK
cir ~ ,y
a ala Or alt shapes OF l!fc. man y tno on'y per-
e9nAiy In all the countless 'n1yrlads nf forms.
gHy e9n 70 &, eaed pfTso aa 81 to pe