Year: 1874

| this connection severed by and tho
cT.0'' cipes in the mind Of man, IL is necessary
that man should voluntarily remove them. The Lord
and assumed mans nature that ho might got fu
and free to man. He out from within man
and conronts him as he Is rushing adly to destruction
As Is spiritually blind aud deaf the Lord comes 10
his natural senses. How this doctrine simphes the
whole work OF human redemption The motive Is sin
gle IL Is wholly the work OF Divine love, OF the love
OF the only Lord T1e means are IN harmony with
| the purpose Jehovah humbed himself willingly to
gain access to man. The human nature suffered tempta
| ton; wrosed with mans enemies IN Gcthsemane; was


could IN np1 NO % o5yr S5y wsg be- ord
and infinite love was equal 70 any suffering II thereby
Is and will be the mediator by which life is
to In the divine humanity the Alpha became the


ie and by OF 1t lie In every state.
Thus the only purpose for which he camento this world
| 1t abundanty, and become more fully one with Hin
| DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SUFFERING.


The I<r Henry Ward Bsehsr plymouth Church lOongrgstona
| The warm and cheerful atmosphere of yes
terday helped to swell the congregation OF Plymouth
Church n the morning to Its usual size, and
| the preacher delivered one OF his usually
forclble lectures. It's tendency was to en-
courage the impatient seeker spiritual by
mindinG him that all knowledge by patient work
and suffering. and it based tho text included by


the 3h 35b 36th 37th and Ssh Of the 10th chap
ter OF Matthew, In which the Savior commands HIS
disciples to forth and preach the Gospel. and tells





sword to set man at variance against his father the
daughter against her mother, and the daughtern.law
against her motherin-law.


IL exactly, said he If this stroke at
the family ITSELF something be sacrificed for the sake
Of following this new leader When men enter upon
revolution campaign they nerved by the
pectaton of victory. of good but Christ says. do
not come TO bring peace but sSOrd" not union in tho
household, but division In the family. Ordinarily the
household is refuge. man expects TO tnd enemies
In a.. 4ndtu and
sympathy hut here is sword within a mans own
Household. He comes to set man at variance with his
hard thing to do. lLaughter II He came to
do @ S s make Es SpGd wa as enoua s
already; 10 set men against each other-they were
II seems very strange but the language is not TO DO
taken literal. There never was human teacher
angnage II you take these words literally fncy land
you just where the Sermon on the Mount would II ou
took that literally Ii men should attempt nbw To
follow literally the Instructions OF the Sermon the
Mount, it would reyolutiozi and destroy the world,
unquestlonbly. What. then, Is our escape from this
When we look at a syetem with complex develop
ments We have right 10 look at il In either OF two
ways; either "a final result-a thing to be accom-
plisheu by that systemor We may look at the method
py which the desired result is accomplished. You
look az the end or the instrument You can look at
History at the fulhlment OF that history. All tho
way through life Christ was obliged 10 rebukc the desire
OF the disciples for that which OF the lower
It necessary Ia some way. as 1t were, to stamp,
barn. INTO their minds the impression that they were
not going ont to establish kingdom without diff
culties. Don't expect tnat where human nature
Is going to smooth itself. You are going forth into
battle field YOu 60 teach the domination OF the
noDlcr feelings. and you Will find revolt. You to
teach men that they are more than animals ana they
Will bs worse than animals Tue Savior speak
ing the consummati0n OF the thing TO be sought, but
he told them they must not expect realiZs at
what ultimately To be derived from their teachings


SO regarded i'll this large way the passage IS not
only consOnant with all the representations OF tne
fruit OF the Spirit. but IL is also consOnant with
scientific principles at the present day 1t is an inds-
tinct and obscure way Of declaring the unfolding OF
things, the gradual Development and hnai consuinl&
OF the moral or spItual lie upon earth 80 1t Is


lie is joyful ife and likewise IL 10 proper to say that
npHn % may be- G hGeS !TH % D D the
source unbVunded satisfaction, but take 1t that no
boy to school thinks his first taste OF ntel
Sence gave him much satisfaction Eich step III our
knowledge requires an effort an eJrt OF faith, an effort
OF selfdena certain kinds OF positive suffering but In
the end we are seeking We fnd ways OF peasantness
aud paths Of peace


troIble SEQ It actually In life Look at the build
ing OF house. What joyful place is 4 complete house.


ed wants OF the household whose home it Is to
bel II Is OF suitable size erected with tAoroughness
furnished with Gooi taste cool for the Summer warm
within and without How poets love to descant upon
them ana world loves to have them But this
It was "A nsshapcn mass of tnbers, when the ground
was heaped up with loose earth and rubbish when
debrisi While we admire the end can We perceive this
glory in the beginnngi II any one tells me he was
born into the kingdom by fash, and after that Ish
that all his evil tendencies and desires burned out
OF h should say he is not only barren Of all thought





reality believe there IS a sufYIsion and inspra
uon that very materially changes things, but
builds regcuer3ted Character III himself except
by suffering and labor.


But If that be 80 in the individual how much moro
must it OF necessity be taking men collectively You
might trace the progress OF CIVILIZATION and humanity
had almost said In the way In which the table stands In
the family. III there Is anything In the world that Is
animal IL Is eating II there II any thing that pulls man
down level or the beast IL Is eating aud drinking
and you see W IN All us m or m
nal operation. See how the old German barOns In their
vie
themselves drunk with wine, and filled tho night with
reye:y and this their highest conception or earthly
10Y after excitement Of the chase Theirs were vast
eonine natures which needed only the utmost physical
excitement the field and then the lowest conceivable
animal form OF enloym In inc house HOW an,
morning descends, her face like the rising OF
the in the east full Of sweetness hand IN hand with
head OF the table, and begins the meal with thanksgiy
ing, Genteness humor. and Joy prevail, and we have
almost forgotten that there Is auy anlmalism IN It,
When We have the thanksgiving dinner do not think
OF the animal enjoyment before Is the idea OF tho
feast that makes our hearts thro6 with pleasure and
good will How long history Is that OF the period
during which have learned 10 suodue their animal
passions and appeties, training them to higher
until they have ceased to be animal almost! Meat
means soulmeat; bread means thOught-bread


Now In the household whether you look at IL hstori
cay in the race individually In way things
actually happen, the conception the final idea Is
Chanting and one longs for such q consummaton but
is t so easy to bring up all the children that they
harmonize with anOtherf Is IL easy to do IL III
communitiesf A society grows complex aud men seek
more comprehensive ends multiplying their ambitions
IL becomes and more difficult TO live together II
is not easy to teach men to DO collectively In good
without philippians and great throes This ought to
give us q new conception OF the methods of Divine
Providence In relation TO human society In the ends
which are to DO gained.


MANS DIGNITY AND DEGRADATION.
n, Rev. faer Patress Cathedral oman Catho,


The Rev. Father Kane preached in ST.
Patrcks Cathedral yesterday morning from the Gospel