Year: 1879

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With expectation that amounts to supernatural


glow, that know. That it is the sedatlve for all


nervous trepidation, the stimulus for all inertia


and that 1t tears up by the roots the red dahia of


war and plants the white lily of peace, that
know. That 1t hangs around the dying couch
Of the Christian, the saffron and orange and pur-


pie clouds Of heavenly sunrise, and swings open


the gates Of glory 80 wide, they shiver to pieces


the gates Of the sepulchre, that know.


There are so many things that do not know


beyond controversy and mistBke, that shall
take neither your precious time nor my own TO
tell what do not know. 1 had large fire at my
house the other night. burned up about 500
manuscripts Of sermons, for at the beginning of
my ministry wrote all my sermons out word for
word. These sermons explain all the mysteries
Of religion, and the doctrine of election they
made clear as Scotch mist or San Francisco
fog. As we put these manuscripts into the kitch.
en- fire, felt that they gave out more warmth
than at any time in their existence. The best
thing we can do with Christian work with no
warmth in 1t is TO burn 1t. We must make our
pulpits great fire places around which people be.
numbed Of the cold world may come aud warm
their entire nature. Let US stir up the fire about
the green back log and all the people bring their
chairs up closer.


There is severe irony in the term frequently
used to describe the notes Of sermons when they
are called the minister's skeleton. The doctrines
Of the Bible, codly stated are nothing but skele.
tons. They need to be clothed with the warm.
living, bounding sympathies Of the gospel. The
most fascinating novel or romance ever written
is not so enchanting as the old religion Of the b.
BILE when fairly seen, but put 1t down on your dis.
sectlng table OF sharp analysis and rip out its
heart, and you make 1t loathsome and a corpse.
Another resolution have been trying to carry
out in this decade Of my ministry Is TO sm!te iniq
uity whenever saw It. reckless Of the coAse.
quenees. The reason the sins Of our cities are 90
rampant Is, we have not called them by their
right name. We must, as the Lords artillery.
men, fire away at iniquity, and let others provide
the ambulances. What has made the national
excitement Of these sermonsP The factthat thev |
were swfully true. If a group of dogs be ighting
on the common, and you throw q stone at them |
which one bowls2 The one that Is hit. The worst
sign Of the times is that the public make so many
ministers hush up. You might as we'll expect to |
cure yellow fever or Aslatic cholera by saying |
nothing about 1t. In order that 1 might talk |
straight home at these inquiries, want to see |
them where they WERE The common sense of
the church and of the world approved my
course, but there were some people who thought
that instead Of thai ought to have gone up on
Brooklyn Heights, loaded my gun with blank
cutridge, aimed over at the Fourth ward New
York. turned my head the other way, shut my
eyes ard then pulled the trigger. Because did
not do 1t thAtwa there were some ministers who
became frantic In regard TO my plan Of explora.