Year: 1876

and walk - bat he said .sYou be OF good cheer thy
sins are forgiven thee" Chrst wished says Cnrysos.
tom, that the OF the paraytc should be remitted
nrst, and afterward that he be healed OF ms bodily
pains Everything that annoys US 10 this world IS
sent punishment OF the crimes we have committed
ourselves or in our first parents they are conse-
quences OF own quit or OF the downfall of Adam
Our Lord did not consider the sickness an evil for He
told the man be good heart IL was only when
the scrbcs doubted His power to forgive sins that
Ho performed the miracle OF healing tue paraiyuc
The Saviour wished TO show that on account OF past
sins stricken with temporal inhrmity All
have sinned in Adam, and in him We have meriied 70
suffer II the human race had not been contaminated
by the body would have been endowed with beauty
which It does not now possess. We would not be sub
ject 10 disease. death torments OF any kind. But
after ADAM fall necsssitated 10 bear not only
the paraiytic OF this days gospel ills IN the
body but the most enduring pain in the soul Also And
yet those very alictons which are so common 10 hu-
nature may, wni.e they satisfying the anger
of cd Tor The guilt Of tho human be sanctfed by
individual souls and presented 10 Almighty God as
records oil victories gained In conflicts Tor us love
They may, by supernatural power, be changed into
supernatural weapons with which TO crush satan We
have ench OF contests in this liie, some
ailction TO disturb our peace, and amid all this tho
Saviour says TO 'Son, be OF good heart" We were
happy indeed could We only realize fully the
abundant graces that would flow into our souls
II we accepted in good spirit those trials That
could only cast of the CHAINS that bind US 10
earth We are proud and avaricious, seeking our own
qualification IN everything and cndeavorng TO free
teriere with mCmentary enjoyments. Wo cannot bear
to look affection in the face And yet these Affections





TO souls tnat may be healed Of our lndrm
lies. This poor human nature Of ours shrinks from
everything that is painful IL cnde,vors TO anticipate
oy ndulgng all the false Joys and pleasures
that earth afford, thinking lte the iuture glory
which Is 70 be reward for The pains aud trbulations
borne in lie The sucrings OF life says the Apostle OF
the Gcntes, not worthy to be compared with tie
glory come that shall be revealed to us. St Paul
understood we'll how acceptable in the sight OF God
is the soul that looked only 10 the future prlzc await
ing it The preacher then went on to
low, and how they could be best offered up TO
God in cxpiation OF sins. The thought OF ever
pleasing God by offering up TO him all our trials and
in TINS life not only consoling to those
who in trouble but pleasure far greater IL
only properly considered, than the neeting gratidca-
tion Of our worldly desires The reverend preacher
spoke at considerable length on the many points incl
dental TO his subject occupying about threcquarers
OF an hour in the delivery OF tho sermon


The iair, which some time announced in
connection with this church, Is open, and the
friends Of st. Stephens were invited TO give 1t all the
encouragement their power. The tables all
loaded with interesting and valuable articles, we'll
worth the money at which they offered. num-
bcr OF attractions may also be saen making visit TO
the fair both pleasant and profitable The proceeds
arc to go to pay on the heavy debt resting on the
church