Year: 1871

one destiny below, one fountain OF bliss beyond
and one ocean OF sorrow here IS the portion OF ALL
There is but road 10 Heaven and one to perdi.
| tiOn along which the race must travel From the
day that God created until the end OF the world
mankind has but one history. And as we read the
facts OF history from generation generation what
ts II that constitutes the bond OF humanity Is
our national greatness or our individual wealth. our
c0nquesIs fields OF battle, our literary productions
luxurious style OF nving-any or all OF them2 DO
they make up she sum OF humanity and the happi
ness OF hfef Not at all. Those noble aspirations
after unseen things; those heavenly longings those
thoughts that live In God and in humanity; those SEN
sbites OF iove those STRINGS Of mind against mat
ter OF faith, against materalism; the angels warning
within us against the demons OF neshly lust and
pride; the GRIEF we feel and the tears Of pentence
which we shed for sn-these, and these alone,
make up the sum Of our existence here below, and
make


HUMANITY ESSENTIALLY ONE


The same Joys ana hopes and fears animate every
human hearL from the cradle to the grave. what
difference does It make to the heart Of man whether
It's cradle has been rocked IN wealth and grandeur
or by the shrivelled hand OF poverty and decrcpi-
tude2 WHAT diderence does 1t make whether the
BODY lies unhonored ana unsung beneath the green
sward or In the oceans bed or whether 1t lies IN
yOnder cemetery, with its deeds anu Its greatness
enshrined on monuments OF marble or granitc2
10th alike have wept and sorrowed and hoped and
rejoced. Both alike have had the tears wlped away
from Their infant cheeks bya tender mothers han0s,
and both have been made alike happy and glad with
the sweet and LOVING tones OF mothers voice. These
memories can never oe e1dced or forgotten. IN
these things manknd In every place and condition
OF lie Is essentially one, ior God created man IN His
own image, and this Bible Is the book OF humanity.
These are not the records alone OF one nation OF
one select race OF men, nut tney are records of





who had to fight against temptation. Every human


~ verg little dsHcton M between one man and a
other III the hour OF temptation or bitter trial Have
we not seen within the past lew days how the great
heart OF humanity felt the calamity which Dcfel u
sister city, AMI how we were all drawn together as
by some powerful magnetic influence to help the
dents OF that desolated city also feel their depend
ence upon human sympathy What now was all
gOurd 1t perisned In night. And during the preva-
| lence OF that common calamity


JEW AND GENTLE, CHRISTIAN AND INFIDEI.


alike had but one prayer, and that prayer was for
rain from above; and but one response comes from
ity 6enevoence and love We all felt Inat there is
bat one God above and one humanity below. And
all the pulp.tS oil this land OF the world could
preach such powerful sermons that fire In Chica-
| go preached concerning the unity OF God and the


equality and brotherhood OF the human race In the


hour calamity and IN the hour OF victory there
| only Two OBJECTS which attract our attention-God
| above and man below And this book IL the record
| Of mankind as he was and Is TO be.


The artist In drawing the picture OF Adam and
Eve placed in the Garden OF Eden and then driven


from 1t, draws the picture OF every one OF Each


one OF us Is placed in garden OF Eden TO till ana


keep the paradise OF God, and II We violate the laws
| OF Eden we must be driven forth from our paradise.
Adam and Eve are but the representatives OF the
human race. The Lord placed Adam IN Paradise,


That is the spot we are to till and Keep aud there
are trees Of knowledge and OF life eternal growing.
Mans destiny here Is not alone that OF the animal,
to feed and 10 ENJOY. He has an angel life also.
BEAUTIFUL PARADISE


Hither and thitner run up and down the ladder OF
ntfnnf fhn YQ1Q ntn a
paradise OF God. But you have paradise In your
own home circle, wnere the little ones. ike olive
plants stand rOund about your tables, and, like ltv
| ing Jewels drop from heaven. Can you imagine
| more beautiful paradise than thsl Adam ana Eve,
| the father aud the mother reign supreme IN this
! paradise-he priest and she prlcSteSs. But they
| were driven out OF paradise; 50 shan we be II we
our paradise must till the ground and water ii


night and day, ana keep 1t that none touch It, No
| ton OF the human race. The ground from whence
l we were taken Is rich, but We must LABOR to bring


with tears, but we shall certainly reap with joy.


why Is there SO much superstition ana nndelity


among us today Why tais deluge Of nre sweeping


through our large citiess Why are the governments


soDoMs OF VICE AND coRRuproNp


IL Is because they labor solely Tor their own selfish


ambition and not for humanity. Hence the rising


generarlon depreclatng IN the scale OF hui


manity, and instead OF living Tor heaven they are


rushing headlOng TO DerdtiOn. Dear trends said
| the Doctor, you must toll for eternity yoE must


tnorns ana tnlsties why Is i tnat your sons are
| wayward and your daughters vain and sclGshs It


because neither you nor they watched the garden
| OF the soul and the serpent entered and scduced
| them from their allegiance 10 God aud to you. They
yielded to the tempter and became the slaves OF SIN
The Doctor closed with an eloquent and fcrvent ad-
mOnltion TO his congregation To watch each one the
paradise OF his own neart and To guard well the
treasures Of faith and nope ana love which God has
gwen.


After very fervent prayer, in which reference
was made to the chicago sufferers, upon whom the
blessing and care or the Great Father invoked,
Dr. Vldaver announced that subscriptions for the
mir In n IN thn
! dent OF the congregation.