, 1886-05-09

her Of new members, and on such occasions
the church Is adorned with a special wealth ol
floral decoration, and the music Is more
elaborate than on the other Sundays OF the
year. This morning sixty-thrce persons
joined the church and received baptism nj
Mr.. Bsccher han Is The beautiful spring
weather brought out an audience which
crowded tho church to its utmost capacity.
Mr.. Bcecher spoke from thu following
text; II am come that they might ave life.
and TINT they might nave 1t more abundant
lyn john Z, 10 IL said;
Tho kingdom OF O Il within YOU n ew
meaning Is here given to Tint II we any
Of us are unfo,ded into the higher l.fs, II the
church Of God collectively on "a til Is ap
proaching the boundary Of the more material
and civic life, and entering upon that higher,
wonderful. and ms some may say, miraculout.
life, "the kingdom Of God Is within you" II
Is not a sacrifice Of al below-this higher
unfolding At every It p OF ci vilizltion on
ward msn have kept all they got. but super
induced something yet higher; for the his
tory OF man. both rs an individual
and ms a race, has been like the
history o, n plant which came up In
f~eeblcnsss, a single stsm, which gradually
threw out branch -, and these Others, and
these sim others, ascending to the blossom
and the final fruit And tho fairest OF ali
these fragrance hearing cups that are blos-
$ ming now In this earliest spring, there Is
not one Of them that holds itself up to be
filed with sunshine and repay the bcnefac-
ton with exquisite flavor thai ia not as
much depend mt on the root for its existence
A. H.. rnaf l. I.rauI.,e ,. "a. af.., ..,I fhs
leaf above H. And we do not &c
out Of these inferior stages in order
TO reach n higher ono. 1t is the whole man.
In an orderly succession unfolding through
the successive Stages The kingdom OF I'D
ist highest stage-the blossom OF all this
rest, 30 that we are made perfect ms1 In
Christ Jesus Before that w arc raw, I'M
ripe, undevclop'd undiscloseL Before that
time, W are plants that grow in a clima 50
far north hat the summer Is not warm
enough nor long enough to show what they
are In their higher Developments.
IL Is not a sacrifice. then, Of everything be
low, but n development Of n higher range OF
experience that is promised. | think 81
have como T. give life" That is. a life which
is the life OF life. the highest element Of the
human soul And more ~nhundantly.n TIL
prophets had touches Of il; holy men and
NHHA ~ 90 AhA NAEt AAAA NAHA| AAlA EAANh -
The few. the men OF moral intuition and go
mus, had had more or less insight, They
stood on tho edge. as 1t were. They were
in the twilight; hut Christ came 10 make
II the common property Of the human race:
20 teach IL more abundanily. The indi
viiual and the collective RAGS shall have
this h CHER development, and by and by II
viii rule everything beneath it. Alas. not
while you live or while | live. Yes-whio
l live and while you livs. For / do not die
because the grave takes the holy. You and
l shall be as stars in the armament Of i'm
mortality and shall sec IL there II we do not
sec II here.
IL Is, then tn, supersensuou lie. tho final
state Of mankind on earth that Christ here
tenchcs, n life that has all things that belong
10 the body, hut which hns also a whole
world beside, the grent word OF the heart
The last power OF animllism will not he
purgcd out u mankind until the hcart rules
Col is love. We are in tue kingdom Of Col
whom love Is relatively in rs hal lows Is in
God himself. Other nttriLut $ und powers,
but thrc% central, regal.
IL is a life that gives the soul n chemistry
that knows how TO solve and change all
things and re-comhine them. Il Is the phil
osopher's stone that chnngos to gold every
thing IL touches There Is n state OF devel-
orment possible TO the Christian IL; there Is
a s~oul-life that can perfectly manage tn
broken and Wild world 90 ours. that runs
riot Thfre is a chemistry that while the
world all cts men with Ia at and cold, makes
them Indifferent 10 heat and cold. We hear
the voice Of Old crying out. Il know both
how TO abound and how 10 suffer lack. 10 be
hungry and 10 b, dlcd; to be cod. unc.othod.
aud not TO know it, There IS an experience
that has taught ths martyrs in the midst Of
rudy fame 10 cry out that they felt no pain.
There is n power in tho soul, rs this body is
now easily In common things moved
according to physical law this way
and that according to the sous
%yolition, 30 there Is state in which a man
becomes insensihle to pain and almost in
sensible 10 exterior circumstance II is not
to be substituted for tn, under knowledsas,
hut IL Is that which oyert1ps them aud Il the
completion OF then, Aud that is what we
hear chanting all the way through tbs most
magnificent dramn Il the New Te lament.
1t Is tho unfolding Of the life hat triumphs
over all ordinary lf,. l. DOS not d spiso
u, docs not put d out, hut It l. developing in
mon n power In tho spiritual RAIN by which
all things ne thcirs; oil dignitaries, Paul
and Apollo. things present and things To
come; Christ Col. all things are yours
Tho las, OF thu dearest things. sorrows TINT
like cvil-omened biris OF Right come Il ting
in the darkness upon rs, Il creates into birds
OF paradise with a touch The los Of al
properties, OF all things, Of name, o. place,
oi houors. IL makes them no losS
Tho life O eyaltel export nce ~cnntains in
timations of God; the daily consriou ness OF
HIS personal presence. The kingdom OF Col
is not a though, but an experience II \
not tho lower cxncrlence Of mind acting on
matt r. nor min acting on common mon.
nor the necessary relations Of snricty. Thena
Is nm experience that lifts n man 10 a him r
realm thaa this, into the spifil OF
Christ hin eli And when ones who o
lie has teen devclopei rnunl about
this mninsp-ny OF faith AMI lova
and when IL has 30 deye'opsl hat IL is vicio-
rious, Mt last tho who'll character, flow o.
thought, emotion. becomes 50 different from
tie lower and unfegenerate life tnat the man
rmaEedly finds that he Is knowing without
study what no loo could tolch him. aud
what no de.t could tench him he Is lcafnin
from spiritual intuition what life is and Whit
f.
IL l. possible for a man TO learn thinss
without the ordinary auxiliarias A man
along nhout ID Sc DAYS or ssqucnt ones,
passing through the land OF vineyards knows
that there is a vineyard somewhere. a garden
OF viues. Can YOU see itf 'Nn. | cannot
rc II "Cnn YOU hear itf Nc. / do not
hear anything 'Can yon pluck 10
bv tn hnudf "No. I canro. touch
it, "How do YOU known 81 know by III.
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That Hnrc-t oil Combinations.
True dpllcacy of flavor with true efficacy