Year: 1879

Genesis. Kill, As. Joseph laid up the food in the
cites' Numbers, xxi. II, "And pitched toward the
sun rising"


Joseph gathered the food in the cities, said he, be-
cause the best way to supply country with any
thing worth having is to make cities the channel.
As i'll this they the granaries for corn so
to-day they the granares of thought, of religious
expedition. of educational force of world wide
benefcence. The result of all my investigation Of
the cities is exharant anticipation, that this
mon, like the tents spoken of in of my texts, is
pitched toward the sun rising. The darkness of the
night changes into the pallor that the dawn
and the pallor bushes into the crimson and the
crimson rcddens into the conhagration of the morn
ing that hoists the banners of flame all the spires
of the city, till the shall rise high enough
pour illumination into deepest cellars poverty and
lowest haunts Of crime What hope for the future of
great cities be found in the sublime statistic
that Chicago expends in education $604 073 per year
Baltimore, S1O2OO0; San Francisco S732, ,OUU Cincin
natl, $775.454, and New York, S3,5lS.92? Men say
that st. Louis growth in numbers il greater than
her growth in morals but they forget the establish
ment in that city OF some OF the finest charitable in
stitutions in the world and the efforts unsurpassed
the Continent for the moral elevation Of the peo-
pie i'll that city, which is the prospective capital of
the nation But my hope for the cities OF this coun
try Is not much through the mental culture of the
schools and the advancement OF the arts and the
worldly enterprise of the people through the Cos
pelzng of the great that tramp the streets of
our great thoroughfarcs.


RELIGION THE BIBLE.


When say that religion is to reform and save the
cities want to make distinction. There are two
kinds of religion that will never do this work One
is the humanitarian religion. which proposes to make
lncn honest auL pure for this life. but demands
inward reconstruction, and the other is dead ortho-
doxy which makes everything of belief and nothing
this life the other bridge for the next lire For
either OF those religions would not give 50 much
as, as ; paper ro of pms for who wants % Srige
that you and l want is bridge OF two
spans-the one arching this life, the other arching
the next life That is the religion OF the Bible 1
interpret it. Now this practical religion for both
worlds is what is to save our cities. Some have
asked how long this course sermons will continue
Well about thirty years. If / live long. In other
words, the rest OF my days am going to preach with
reference to both worlds--this and tho next We
must Keep things stirred up To save people .or two
worlds is the only exeusefor achurch's existence II
it can't do that turn il into lyceum reading
room or ten.pin alley or bakery. II we want our
Apothscsrie1tl thiae who want medicine Of soul.
Nearly all the people have something to trouble
them.


Again il these cities to be saved it will be by
makng the churches of God more attractive than gin
shop or art gallery or concert hall or theatre. For
that purpose want some Martin Luther strong
enough to smash the friHd conventionalities OF the
churches BY what law is that people drop natural
OF manner and tone when they enter prayer
meeting or church or pew or pulpit. Is there any
thing in religion to make you lugubrious? Why do
you always whEc when you make religious exhorta-
ton? The Gospel is mighty enough but we do not
give it fair chance. The time Will when it
VIII De acknowledged tnat any luaIl mas right 10
preach who can preach. though he never Latin
grammar and could not spell the word homiletics.
/ think it is about five o'clock in the morning.
The night of sin and crime is far spent and so pitch
my tent toward the sun rising. The tears yet on 80
many cyelids arr the morning dew. The croakng
OF the owl of the night is being hushed and the lark
will soon dip its wing in The day break. The morn
ing cometh Our cities will all be saved. The Church
OF God is yet to throw open all its gatas, and let
the plague stricken nations come in to be nursed of
Gospel comfort and saved. Room tor all. Come in
all We suffering and tempted and tried. Come in!
come in The heart OF Gods sympathy awaits for
you, like an illumined palace for weary guest.