Year: 1879




The Rev. Robert Collycr, of Chicago,
| preached yesterday morning TO a congregation that
completely filled the Church Of the Messiah. at Park
ave and hrty fourth-st After the sermon Mr. CoYer
| announced that there would be an adjourned meeting
society in chapel at o'clock tins evening AZ
which a pastor would be called, his salary fixed ana
other matters attended Mr. COllyer took his text
| from ST. Marks viii, "a, 81 see men as trees"
| We have IN our bit of gaIden, said the
speaker, which broke out with WONDERFUL sp'endor
this Spring. filed the whole place with It's fragrance,
| aud then set thinking about what one may can
the reckless waste OF blossom. And remember ID my
own childhood about the tree we had Whlch OroKe
olt every Spring into these extraordinary promises Of
fruit That luokess did keep the promise
in the Autumn it made in the Spring-never Oae woful
year. especially after almost matchless outburst,
there only plum ana that was forbidden ifui'
set apart by the mother sernly rs were growing
on the tree knowledge Of good and evil, as suspect
! now II


And s on the trees about us all over the land there
are ten blossoms that Will bloom through their BRIEF
span aud then shower down, to which will set and
rpen into good fruit the tree of life there NAV be
ten beautiful aspirations TO one good frultlOn whe
these aspirations very sweet and good IN their own
way and be counted as the blossoms are In the
beauty and glory OF the year. Why you intend and
aspire enough in sixty minutes to ruin your root ana
branch if you should try to make all your aspirations
rpen into good fruit lifetime. SO it is good to turn
10 this quieer and more Testul estimate OF what we
can do Massachusetts, boy, after returning to his
own state from my city asked what church he went
10. 'We" he said, " at first went to Presbyterian
church." that of Mr. Patterson, and he preached OF
nothing but faith faith, faith And got sick OF faith
and ran away. then went to a Unitarian church,
said he and will not tell you the pastors name and
he preached works. works. works until left and went
to an Episcopal church. satisfied then, for the
rector did not seem much about faith works
other" Thus you the harm Of strainng men to the
last point.


Bear what fruit you can this year without damaging
the stock for the next Believe in the trees if you can
not quite believe in yourself and note their happy les
The blossoms IN themselves are g0O0. Ihey mean
ten times tnan they dol but what beauty ana
fragrance stl ABIDE in that meaning! How t has been
floating over homes a dencste woman nothing can
stay, the ugly onormlty OF our Wded tenements
that there must be IN ALL II the strength and sweet
ness OF the sprng are IN Us. this plus Of the promise
the TutlOn. We should let the child be cDlld
aud tend II rs We do tue sapng. To imagine that ch-
never begin 100 soon 10 assume the cares an
burdens of e If prevent H. is ain for which
know OF no forgiveness The best fruJaso ia children
Of . tender age IS SIMPLY 10 bloom.


There are men ana women everywhere VINO. h whe9
the Spring smiles them. catch this crown OF splendid
aspirations. They VIII write books the world must
read things Tor which the world Will 20 down
its knees to thank them take the hrst place In their
profession and mold II against all comeIs; or make
fortune no disaster can catch from them. But they
cannot, cannot, cannot, learn the lesson OF ten
blossoms 10 one fair apple aud 30 all our later life is


We may see once how this lapse between the
aud the Tut may enter into the whole OF
life to help US II Will only consider It's law, or 10
hurt us beyond measure II we will sim insist fruit
Tor every blossom. The who after twenty years OF
ambitious toll finds the fruit unequal TO the blossom IL
apt to become little bitter and doubtful about the
good providence OF God who, he should either
have helped hm make his aspirations come true, or
have left nm more moderately endowed. The trees in
blossom are a lesson TO such man.


1t is tue secret again OF true content IN the lie ana
heart OF the home. Not many lovers suppose, have
found that tneIr welded life answered quite 10 the
Of their cOurtsnlp-nOt quite, mine didn't Yet
who would cnGer complaint against heaven because
May does quite match with OcOberl IL my experience
can be any think thunder storm, 20 IL was not
10 mischief may sometimes clear the atmosphere under
the roof about well does outside. And so sure
OF Is blessing that when hear people say they
have lived together i've and twenty years ana never
had the difference wonder II they have not had
grea deal Of indifference. II Is the lesson nave 10
learn, too through saddest aud most painful be-
reavcments


Mr. Co yer also preached In the evening on Running
Debt" After the sermon Informal meeting Of the
trustees held IN the council room OF the church to
consider further the subject or seecting pastor.
gentleman VINO Is IN pOson TO know says that Mr..
Cuyer decided t0 accept the call He VIII start for
Chicago a 10 o'clock this morning.