Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 16, 1872, Page 5

TH¥ CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, i872 4 THE PULPIT. Seimons of Three Distin- guished Clergymen. Eloguent Tribute to the Memory of Herace Greeley by Pro- fessor Swing. Inaugural Discourse of Rev. Arthur Swazey. Lessons from the Life of Mr. Greeley by Rev. Dr. Thomas. ° PROF. DAVID SWING. Professor David Swing proached yesterday morning in McVicker's theatre, where his con- gregation now worships on Sundsy, to a large sudience. The religious exercises of the day having been brought to a cloke, the reverend gentleman chose for his text the following words: A city that is set upon & hill cannot ba hiG,” and spoke as follows : THE SEBMON. The death a few weeks 220 of a prominent citizen, re- smarkable foralong editorialand public carecr, ewakens some reflections that border soclose upon the region of jon and Christianity, that it seems proper they should be indulged in here ot this hour. - ing what are and what are not themes for the Sunday £nd the pulpit, there will often come shades of inap- propriateness which will be too delicate for some eycs 2o trace. As watchmakers can sce the most mixute things close at the eye, and as sailors can_distinguish objects at great distances, 60 there sre variations in moral yision and blindness, and the inappropriateness evident to some may be imperceptible t0 3 vust multi- tude of different vision. In such a world, poor in the axticle called identity, and poor in severe standards, each person must ofien be his own guide—alaw unto himself, The desire to do Tight may alone be univer- szl Tn the prominent life that closed sadly not long since, sadly in the form of disease that took away the reason from its oftice, and thus left the friendship of the man and the afliction of the father without s word cr o thought, sadly in the outer surroundings of polit~ fcal defeat and of misconstruction in the minds of his countrymen, in this life it would be wonderful if thero were 0o thotghts and feelings becoming the sanctuary of God. The melancholy alone of those last days al- mcst ask for it the sympathy and study of each relig- ‘ous nature, for, while religion is full of joy and hope, 4t also stands 80 closs fo the melancholy in humanity, that when a human 1ife closes in an unusual impres- siveness, religion feels that there is something in ita own natare that draws it Iovingly near this heatt over- taken by great sorTow. That “which, while Living, abeorbing politics, sep- arated from close affiliation with religious thoughtand action, misfortune and gorrow gives back to religion in death and thus the busy life separated from the sanctuary by its secalar pursuits, is brought hack to it by the solemnity of death and the tenderness of humsn. fergiveness ond concordance, Aresson for not permitting such = death to pass without & word, may be found in the fact that men ara tsught by pothing so much & by example. As tho child ooks to its mother, and lesrns its movements from ber, 60 wo aro all peering into the human race, and, confclously or unconsciously, shaping our ideas and'actions by the mirror of mankind. It is difficult for us to think of virtus without recalling Zenobia or St. John. Difficult to think of patriotism without the nsme of Prince of Orange or Washington. Of besuty, without the vision of Beatrice, Dificult to recall plendid perfection withiout the immediate remem- brance of Christ, Thus we move along, with our theories and_our most active perceptions grouped emorg our fellows, our brothers, near orfar, The gTeat men of yesterday become the measurements to Ts of the depth and breadth of life. They are the Tecard of soundings in the sca over which we, 0o, must sail. The angel that talked with St. John handed him & golden reed, that he might measure the new Eurroundings of sipphire and gold; but we mortals Tow receive from 1o angel & golden reed by which to determine the dimensions of this career. We are per- mitted, however, and with almost equal kindness of heaven, to stand by the tombs of the great and good, &0d mark how bright waa their light, and how warm their goodness, and how high the tide of human worth flowed among their hearts, Esch public soul isn mirror of mankind. Looking into this glass, the cheels tilll living may read its sickness or its heaith, Tt is thia close Telation of us all to the examples that Zuve stood before us that renders it nocessary for us %o zeriew the lives of the grestest, snd that renders it «<riminal stupor to permit them’ to pass at once into oblivion. Be the 1ife wicked or virtuous, intellectual or emotional, political or scientific, warlike or peace- fa), it is worthy of observation and study if it was rimply influentinl, If there was no infiuence, good or bad, that may be eilence; but that power which ~ has moved mankind, that ° soul which has bLeco an _ influénce for good Te the fact, but it generally is such, All these arts be- come imitative and mechanical. But be who _left the Tribune behind him had to create his world out of nothing. To do this demanded industry, zeal, and outiay of power. The thing to be done developed the docr, and the doer the thing to bedone. Thus tho mind rises to a gigantic power when it has something £ create rather than something o repeat. The professions that do nothing but Tepest vester- day, and whose creative business was closed with their tors, and which, like the Chinese, find their best Teligion 0 be a worship of sncestral bones, can never increase in freshness and power, but must give us o Lotus Land like that of Teinyson, whero It ceemed always afternoon, and round the coast the languid nir did swoon.” It is the conception of a great work to be done for a new age that seems to the mind an inspira- tion and to the heart an impulse. No one can reach ‘usefulness unless he blocks ont fresh world. But we come Bow to another fact in this busy life worthy of remembrance, 8 fact that dignified all thoso already recalled o your reflection, In what direction did Mr, Greeley turn the liberty of his times and tho art creative 0f his brain? ° The frecdom of many is exhausted upon games and pleasures, of Eomo upon o gold xoom, of somo upon indslence, of somg upon {nsurrection and war., The grand privileges and pow- ers of this once poor and humble citizen were all di- rected to the welfare of society. The freedom of elaves, the elevation of the black race North and South, tho rights of all the humbler class, were the prime’ impulso of his chreer—the resson of its being, When the Tribune firat began to get out of the East nd touch tho Middlo States, its appeas for universsl Iiberty seemed to many churches to be infidelity, and 1o many Abolitioniets hopaless dreams, To the theo- logians the paper was infidel, to the paliticians it was nonsense, ~The Bible opposed it, the Constitution made it absurd, In the face of those two parties, one groaning under the Scriptures, the other under the Constitution, this single mind and’heart battled along, creating o boautiful world ont of nothing but dust. Thus, in the scope and soul of his work, Mr. Grecley came into the domain of Christianity, 2nd is worthy of study, in that he mado the humanity of Christianity more conspicuous than ever the Church had made if. While in a score of ideas the Church has always sur- passed the daily press, yet as to the ono idea, the equality of man, and fhe drexdful wrong of slavery, the Tribunc for twenty yenrs surpassed the cloguenco and tenderness of the Church, It helped us see our own divino treasures, God seems to have o favorite methods by which s truth shall come into the world, Much of American liberty came by Thomas Paine, and much of French and German bensyolence and tender- mess came by the Infidels Voltair ond Ros- sewe. Bropldencs oftn comés to the heln of the Chburch permitting some mo; whom we call Infidel to spend his life in scour- ing up someof thesacred vessels of His Temple. Thus politicians, and editors, and _pocts, in ages when the Church eleeps, or mistakes its mission, riso up and weave out s theology and a alvation moro complete than that supposed to be issuing from the ore notori- ous and special source. It must bo confessed that tho heppiness of & slave beyond his humble tomb is the grandest object of Church life. For this the slave £ings his plaintive strain, But when to this liberty of the sky ihe great editors come and add a freedom in this vale, and precedo the grave by an educated and {ree life, this salvation geems more complete, having a Joy that begins at the cradle instead of at the'tomb, What may have been the whole Christian belief of Mr. Greeley I know not. Itis not probable that it had crystalized into a definife form, Toa lawyer, or pub- Lid man, or_perpetual student, the details of Christian ‘belief are always coming in like the waves of a turbu- lent e, ond death in old age will leave mo perfect photograph of the spirit’s faco, " In {his ignorance of what was in that mind and heart beyond the dying words, “I Xmov that my Redeemerliveth,” we cannot do aught else than beliold that close contact wjth Christianity, found in s life devoted to tho welfare of the glave and of tho poor of sy name, If the Sermon on the Mount and tho life of Christ have any significance, it i3 & no- Dlo pureuit when one is merciful and teaches men to Do such, is o brother to all, and teaches men to be o is forgiving toward all, and teaches that lesson to man: kind,’ If unable to ces all our crecd, let us behold o mognificent part, It was lovo of man that brought the Savior into the world, God o loved the world that he gave i Bon forit. The world is vast ex- pression, including in its ound tho swarm of life spreading over Asia and Africa, and in the fugar snd cotton fields of our Iand, The world is broad like God's love; and s earih has fruits and flowers and zains and suns and summer and winter for all, so Gods bosom is & yefuge for all somls. A powerful press, a powerful newspaper, created in behalf of hu- manity, white and black, and for a generation issuing forth "full of love and’ tears for the slave, emblazons Buch a noble Christian doctrine before the sight of God that T should feel false tomy ofiice if T did_ not ask you 40 sce, not this man, but this cmblazonment, of Chivls- tianity pringing up from his career, If that brosd sympathy which markod this editor through all his Lifo should work its way into all the pulpits and pews of the church, the defects of that singlo lifo will welgh agaiaat tho immediais and fu- tura goo 3 ‘The influence of Mr, Greeley with the most educated classes was, indeed, not destroyed, but: diminished by his eccentricity of manners. The’ eccentric character cannot be deeply loved by those who perceive the trait, for eccentricity is a jar, a discord, It is a condlict with the commonplace, As itisthe dutyof s musicin to avoid discord, 50 it is the duty of public and private life to move along in gentlo harmony with mankind, Eccentricity, therefore, is 3 éad blow to lover. When We can laugh at one love is impossible. But whila this defect cost the late editor tho deepest affection of the most cultivated and most sensitive, it not only left him some love here, but it ‘left untouched tho lovo of all the vest millions of common ‘people, free and alave, with whom not only do idiosyn- cracies weiglh little, but with whom the sympatby of man transformed him into s brother, a fether, a friend, The millions are not critics; they are souls craving help. . Hence, thislifo rolled onward for a gencration, 5 or bad can never be passed silently by, As the natur- alist gathers up the agencies that affect material things first, winds, rains, fires, chemical agents ; 50 the mor- alist must confess all the influences that shape the foul, and overlooking noe, must aid us to seck or 8void this spiritual accretion or disintegraticn—must show us the sonrces of life and death. 1 have already pessed over one of the reflections worthy of being made, namely, that every infinential character is worthy of this study of each citizen and each Christian, and Bowever orthodox we may be, and however far from 1S in belfef tho desd one may have been, yet it ia only the worst form of bigotry that can dismies the whole matter with a contemptudus eilence, There musthave stream of brotherly love, advising young men, cheer- ing the heart of slaves, pleading with Congressmen, developing all forms of ‘industry, and always teaching everswhero the grest principles,—lsbor and honesty, ‘William Penn taught Lonesty. The voice that has jost become silent oxliausted its cloguencs upon honesly and industry. We have sesmed now to draw several valusble inferences frum this conspicuous carcer: 1. How valusblo is ihe country whose epiritual liber- ty'is always producing characters of breadth of study, of purpose, and of love, 2, How powerful is the mind when it marks ont & e, fresh work for iteelf, and resds the crying wants of to-day rather than contemplates the dead issues of Deen elements of power worthy of enunciation and Fespect, perbaps of profound admiration, One of the most natural reflections that arises on remembering Mr. Greeley’s history, must be that of gratitude to God, that, in His providence, He has pre- pared a Republic by the help of whose liberty ayouth ‘without property, and without work, and without fricnds, can develop into a power of usefulness greater’ than are voucksafed to despotic Kings, Nothe {ng so much reveals that God is no respecter of per- 55 these boid ascents nade from time o time in our land by children of poverty and of humble life. God is understood by us as throwing dovn great laws of success, and as vTiting over these laws, God is no Tespecter of persons, e are told by our highest rea- o1 that there czn bo 10 favaritism with the Just One, and when we see a_poor south, with only ordinary ‘education, bowing down t0 the Work of printer, pub- Eisher, editor, and behold a vast outcome nd reward in efter time, we perceive at once that God is equally pear all conditions of men, and makes no promise to the ear of philosophy to bresk i fo the hesrt, If any young mind &nill deliberalely ond persistently Tollow Go®'s lows of growth in intellect, or learning, or mors's, the reward s reidy. be his home ever %o bumble and obscure, A free country is essential in order for these laws of human progress to Leve an arens, The seeds of the D doraamd ot 5 hotoues, Dt held, - The seeds ot i Pacific trees that rise 300 feet Gemand s valley hero the soil has for ages washed down from the faountains—they need 8 '‘warm aky and moist winds rom the sea. - So_the mind formed for an expansive career de- zends not bondeges. not kingeraft, not even mon- &rchy, but the decp eoil and open air of liberty, Each Doble' man confirms the value of our freedom—for tho world was given to man nat only to bo ‘ploughed and harvested, but 0 be governed, o God’ permission $o bocom great, that must, it Geems, be added the humun permission. God permitted Galiloo to study atronony, but the Pope interfered. God was willing the Hugucnots should worehip Him in-their own way, bat the Do Medici was not willing, and thus by the law thot delivered earth over to human occupation, the individual has been subject to the human ¥rong of suthority. Liberty is the paseing away of all human opposition, «nd zives us = Galileo withont s Popg; the Huguenots without a Lloody Oxtharine, The £ul moves freely like drops of water or the liquid air; and here in America man reaches his best cstite, and great indi- Fiduals are almost robbed of conspicuousfess by the general greatness of society. - All throagh youth, and middle life, 2nd the failing of Feurs, Mr. Grecley thought and rethought without any fuouive else than the merit of the case. There being D0 one to fear cnd no one to flatter—there being pothing before him but all men, he could ook only for the best trath, for that ie the only thing fitted for all, Free to estimate public men snd public measures: free to urge this and retard that idea of politics; frea 2o rebuke or to praise, and having at Lis hand the in. strument thats pread his thoughts before Lis fellows, ho was for forty vears & wonderful example of thé strength ond inflience constantly born out of Ameri- dcon liberty, Liberty being the death of Lmitations in govesoment, it strikes down Nimitations in education. b Jews bive for hundrads of years been compelled fo study money by their exclusion from office, from science, cnd Evorseciety, Narrow governiments ‘male narrow men. BOr Lia {he air of Lbarty, the mind Enowz no iron confines, it whither truth leads it i free 1o follow, A aapiration is oll that is demanded Tho man berere. onp notice now was feir_expression of the breadth, sgq force, and liberality growing all the while out of our pericet personal freedomw—an jllustration of our Re- publicls worth, 1t does not vitlats ous remarka, the Fact that the freedom of the land did ot ‘make’ this leading mind a clergyman, or a Presbyterian, or even 8D sctive religionist,” The work of earth isvéry great, #nd of meny kinds, Noone mind can da it all j not en think it all—apy more than the ssme man' can puild our houses and write our Travellers aust go in paths, not being able to sweep over all scas nd continents with their feet ; each foot takes a path. Fg liberty, howerer perfect, must be conteut with send- ing A fov mighty ones along each path ; and, if it fell o thc lot of one to plead foF the slaye, br fo? industry, or for common lumanitr, ot othend vise up in the pume of a more special Chiristianity, or more spiritual stead of complaining that this citizen half of current thevlogy, it bocomes tho theologian £nd clergyman prover to ask » great countrs, and a cat freedom, and o great age to dofor them 'in this cid what thes !d for the printer and edftor in his fusy life. Lot tho pulpit déinand noi thst ofliex peo- Fessions shall do its work. Al it need wish is the priv- flege of theland, the age, the liberty, and the sincérity, tuad of the Industry that work such wonders in othes gepartmonte of thought, ~The snecinl carcer of a7 cd- itor ehows what other special cifgers might be, - - The life just closed shows what great labor the mind cando when it has something not to accept of, but fo creste. Our young phyeician, our young lawyer, ur Young minister, all are called upon tofall into an exfablishment thatalready exists, It was created long 20, Thes afe tosiep upon ©3-3a"0ao stepn upon & strest iar or & ship, aud be borne along, Thispeod not former generstions, 7 3. Providence, in the spread of religious ideas, will ot confine Himself to the human fimitations of church and pulpit, but will permit a Wilberforce or a Cobden, = statesman or an editor, £o trace out for man somé golden thread moving through the New Testament nd on the very vesturo of Clrist. 4. If the espousal of, humanity, If tears over slaves and over the poor, and kind ‘words to them and for them, mzde 50 powerful snd fllustrious an humblo printer, carried him in_advance of Kings in infiuence, viiy may not the Churcly by o Laif Zforgetfullness of the Tich, and by an eloguence and love devoted to the poor, 'weave for itself a_richer crown, and secure for the human race a broader and. deeper salyation 7 - Tio philosophy of {his editor, carried into the Church, would enablo it at_once toaim its reform at hearts that are lowest, shed its Jight to minds thatare O ten f him, brought to his ©, ver the grave of hi rought to his grave by aver- toil by anxisty, and by's Taistake of AMDIGOR wich took away his faitaful mewspaper and substituted n Governor’s chalr, one must say he taught honesty and industry, and carried liberty to whero thero was the most bondage, poured out love where there had been the most neglect, and offered happiness to the deepest sorrow, REV, ARTHUR SWAZEY, Tho Rev. Arthur Swazey preached last evon- ing in the chapel of the seminary, corner of Asbland and ‘Warren 'avenues, before the Ash- land Avenue Presbyterian' Church. This was his second sermon before the Society to whose ministry he had recently been called. After conducting the religious services incident to the oceasion, the preacher spoke-as follows: - y P ' THE SEENON. © Eph.1: 92, %, And hath put 21l things nnder his feot, bo head ovor ll'things 10 the Charen gh?ci"flcfifi? Doay, tha fullnss of Hins thas Aot o 4 In this passsge Hes much of the theology and philosophy’ of visible and fnvisible Ohiristiinity— Christ, all things under his feet—head over all things, —the head of the Ch and a8 such a gift to men,— the Church, the body of Christ, the fullness of Christ, who filleth all in all, ‘The preacher did not profess to lay apen the pazeage, ‘but, standing undor the shadow of these grand ideas, to eay a few words concerning the Church. The Church is to be regarded as the re:incarnation of Jesus Chriet ; 38 8 society based on human noeds, but not originating in_the wisdom of man—the projecting of ‘which into human history is° the carrying out of the plan of redemption by Jesus Christ. 1t is 0 necesaary to Christianity that without it it were almost true that Christ hod Lived and died in vain; and Christ is so necessary to it that to ignore Him, or to put Him sim- ly in cate; of wise gpd good men, or in sny Siloratistugs than that of Head ‘over all things, s to cut off the vital currents of the Church, It is not the knowledge which Christ has imparted to the world alone that the Church bears forth into the world ; it ia Christ himeelf, dwelling among His poogle; Ml ing their 1fo with Mis lif, and 8o by de- ece filling tho world, yea, all things, - with Himoclt, ¢ in Tob mondly ‘Wit Obrlst plasted ih Chureb in His owa person when He called disciples snd gavo them authority to bind and unbind, but that in a senso He put off one humsn body to put on in- Dumerable humsn bodies, which being first few and then many, first stained dnd scarred and then puri- Ded and healed, should by tho body of it filling W by o o Wiien the women tonched the hem of his garment virtue webl out of Him, When He broathed an His dis- cplee, and said, receive ye the Holy Ghast, He turned the current of life in Himself into their Lives, Inliko manner to His life, the historical phenomenon of which in Judea was but the hiead spring, broadens out and Tuns down through the lives of His disciples; not one person standing as - the ¢ Viear ' of Christ” bt * many: not one dicciple or another giving fllustration of the beauty ‘wnd truth which dwelt in Him nof ope age noranother filling up the messure of Hia wisdom; but all believers in all ages {rom the Apostles to the end of time, Tavealing Clrist, ad carrying His falness Into all things, *Tho 8pirit of Christ™ which believers possess i mot tho temper of Christ, tho mind of Chmist, but the Hely Gligst or Ohuist, ” The aggrenate ob thd pedple- haviny the Holy Ghost'of Chiriét are the boay of Christ, the {fulgess of Him thot filleth allinall, “If it should be said, &5 thero a¥o threo Darsons in ong God, eq there are innumerable persons in one Olirist, ang tho wopdy of our Lord, Ye sball know that I am n my Pate, and ye in me, and X in you,” should be quoted as cor. Toborative, it 'would bé an exaggeration, but weard Deverthelels give somo clue 0 the ides We have, po real kinship of the belieyers witk: the Tord Fineny, Tha trusted Ghuyel, then, is nat the Qhuteh which can boast 3 succession, Episcopal-or Presbyterian; nos a Church which has any given form of faith or poce. livity of organization, but tha Church which has in 1t xmost” of the life of Chni: An{ Church fs a true Church, be it Roman, Greok, Tuthesan, or Weelogn, inso far ps it reprocented Chwist among mon, Tud trueidoa of Ohuzch ix tao ides of roprodneng Christ's life, and making revelation of the grace of God to per- ishing men. Taking another plane of observation, the Church may be regarded a8 o titness for God. ‘The Church,-| historically, is_ever pointing men back o its founder and lawgiver. Every age, and all closses of men, are compelled = fo inquire who originated this vast society, divided up though it may bo by 80 many names; Who proposed the great prin- ciples for which it cliims parsmount authority over the hearls and conscicnces of men? Tho philosopher, the historinn, the statesman, the man of lctters, and every 570 of the schools, finds theso questions in his pathi—iWho is Christ 2 How do His teachings compare with the teachings of men? Al thought s obliged to stop and reconcilo itaelf, in some way, with this organ- ization which spreads ifself like a web over all nations and times, over all orders of society, and kuows no distincHon of race or culture, ! ‘There is also another kind of witness, Inany given community or time, the world, overwhelmed though it De in its ambitions, and plesstires, and recklessness of immortal life, knows, and cannot’ help knowing, that there is something which calls iteclf divine, snd which challenges the admiration and obedience of mex. The Church i a fraternity, In the moral snd relig- 1ous life, as well 83 in manifold relations of industry and study, fraternity is an urgent demond. Having common Dopes and aime, beset with difficulties essentially the &ame, and deriving life from tho gamo source, thero i great comfort and great gain_in binding ued to man, carrying burdens together, sharing fears and :naking interchangs, (even though it be t00 agely in & volce- less kind of . communion), of the riches and the pov- erty of the soul-lifo, Kings aud sutocrats, supported {from others, must needs have & sort of imperial guild, Savants can’ hardly do without their academies, No typo of thought, no specialty in the arts, but makes a £chool of comparison, improvement, and protection for itself, Individual life feels itself to be fractional, and if it éan. bonothing more, craves an actual denomi- nator. Clubs and Jodgos are bred of the senso of lone- Tiness and the attraction of kindred ideas and purposes, Man is no different in this particular after conversion, Thero must. bo & contre somewhera common to him- gelf and athers. Bosides, his religion is s religion of fraternity. His lovo for the brethren is even a 6ign to ‘i that lie s passed from death unto life.” His in- terest in the poor, the uncouth, who have the divine spark in them, 18 the blossoming of his @ivino lifo, But tho idsa of fraternity rises to something far Digher than mutual gratification or mutual beneft of a kocial or secular character. Fraternity itself isdisci- pline. When two persons loving esch other yery much sttempt living together, they find frequentop- portunity for the exercise of dificult virtues, Tho family is s grand moral educator, bringing into visi- Dility selfishness ond littlenesses, generosity and greatness of character, A man may be o good man in acave. Is h good encugh to be associated with men 7 In the Church there is going on all the while & Divine culture, rosulting from the interlocking of life with Life, Chinrity, putience, forgiveness, self-sacrifice, honor to others, meskmess, humility, delicacy, burden-bearing, fidelity, truthfulness, zeal, oppreciation, self-contoin. ‘ment, and eandor are called into excrcige. and greatly promoted. Indeed, the value of the Church to the lifa is largely in this school cxercise, from which no ono wishing to become right and good should Tun away. Tho right kind of dealing with one another where selt- intorests of all sorts come in, and particulayly when peoplo are in responsiblo relations to esch other, make up 8 large part of practical religion. To think, speak, and act rightly toward s fellow-man, all orts of fellows men, all sorts of Christizn men, is to reack an attain- ‘ment in comparison with which the experiences of an ‘emotional piety and tho most, exact scrupulousness in churchly observances sink into insignificance, The Chureh only fills out its ides os it mests tho distinctively spiritusl wants of men, It 1s_moro than o froternity. It is o company of poople seeking salva- tion through Jesus Christ, desiring communion with God, and eatisfactory antitipations of the yonder and unknown-of being, which we call Immortality, To enter Church life is to embody all .these longings and endeavors, It is poesiblo that a_man now and then may worship and become strong spiritually apart from the Church, It 8 not true of men ordinarily. Form, act, declaration, fellowship, are ministera to all right conditions of mind., Be he ever g0 wisc, so honcst, and faithfal, & mon can bo instructed, awakened, warned, enlarged, and mado more faithful, by sharing the ministrationd and responsibilitics of ' the visible | family of Church, As an aggressivo power the Church does mof, the preacher eaid, Lold quite the place it is sometimes sup- posed to occupy. The sggression is the reproduction of itself everywhere, In-its organic capacity it has ‘but two thinva to do with the world—to afford com- fort {0 the distressed, and to stand forth as the Bride Who joins with tho Spirit in saying, Let him that is athirat come; and whosoever will, let Lim fako the wator of lifo frecly,” Tho members of the Church should be found on the right side of all the great and little questions of the world, they, and not the Chureh, Deing the judges which is_the right aide, The trug Church is the broad Church, and may néver assume to bean umpire between its children on questions of science, politics, or social reform. "As to'a creed, the Church having the Biblo for its guido has naright to mako any other standard of faith, with the aim to impose its articles on its_mem- ‘bers or to ehut out any true and_well-bebaved disciple of Christ, The Church may make s many creeds a8 she pleases for the sake of instructing ber children, A=n nssent tothese artcles, howover, sho con Zovet roperly require, Any other ground runs logically Et0 Bomanism and tho olaim of intalitaiey, For similar reasons the Church has no_nuthority to ‘make laws excopt such as are already mado and re- vealed in tho word of God, It mayalter ita voice in counsels, and may attempt to show the bearing_of all current liabits and usages on a_divine life, It can, however, enact nothing. Its ofiice in_this matter. Tather is'to show the bellever, with tho Biblo law in his hand and his heart warm with the love of Chrlst, how he may be 5 law unto himself, no man judging. As to the terms of memberem& there i5 only one condition requisite, namely, sincero discipleship, 4 Believe ou the Lord Josus Christ,and thou shall be saved.” “ Then were added tothe church of such za ghould b ssved Aoy interrogation {0 ono coming to the door of the Church except a3 to the reality o his faith, whether that question relate to “creed or opinion on various matters, except it be for instruc- tion, is entirely outside the warrant, and is one of the dovices of men who havo sttempted to improve on God's method of guthering and keeping the flock. The ministry, the speaker said, s an offico in the Church. The Chureh 1s not tho creature of the min- istry, but the ministry is the creature of the Church, A “hinister _is_nothing else than o layman, Whe gives himself wholly to the . work of the Church in amewer to the call of its members, His chief work is to preach. His theme is’ always “ Jesus Chaist and Him crucified,”— not the crucifizion of Christ alone, but Jesus Christ in all the fulness of His wondrous. divine maphood, the sharer in festisity, tho friend of Mary and Lazarus, the guest of publicans, the cxpounder of the diving law and the divine love, the enemy of tho Phariseos, tho great Dissenter of tho world, tho refuge of all who are torn and weary, the man in ‘whom nature and su- pernature are woven together,—this Man cracified for the sins of the world, ‘The minister, if ho knows his place, 6573, 08 to doc- trine, “1 havo ‘thought this matter over by the best Lights T have, the Bible being foremost ond para- mount,” " As o religion, he docs not look down upon his people &8 though it were a pity that they Iack hia experience and high and holy view of things, but ho says, practically, “I am one. of you, behind many erhaps, let us £o on together doing 'Hl our work is Bone, Bauting 1 we'vewon tha cown. An to. pers sonality he puts forth the truth and his Master so that you ses little of him, What we, the ministers of this eneration most need, i3 self-forgotfulness ; mot the bit of reducing the fnocent things of the world to the emallest possible number, and making this glorl. ous natural life blossoming out 1n a thousand waya as naked as o tres stripped of its branches, not such a habit of speech a5 ehall give us_reputation for being spiritually minded, but the power to preach * 25 dying men to dying men 3 by which I do not mean altogeth- er what i8 commonly meant by these terms, but this, the graco 1o look on truth, on gur_fellow-men, snd on our worldly relations to thio kingdom: of heaven, with the same self-forgetfulness, the eamo candor and mel- Towness, the sume gensrosity breadlly nd simplicity of mind, with which we will look on these things when the world is slipping from under our feet, REV. DR. THOMAS, The lecture-room of the First Methodist Charely, 'wh_iclq is now being used es the audito- rium of that Society, was'érowdod last evening, to Liear the pastor, the Rev. Dr. Thomas, preach on *Lessons From the Lifeof Horace Greeley.” The exercises consisted of the nsuel prayers and hymns, and reading of select passages from the Scriptures. Tho preacher chose hig text from Eccles. vii., and spoke as follows; TIUE SERMON. 1 think it is proper that the pulpit should not only seek to ehed it light and power upon_tho many living questions of the day, but that thero s o wide-spread and appropriate field for its usefulness in dealing with the men of our times, Men are the product of the times in which they live, as well a3 the times the ‘product of the men. They mutually affect each other, In ‘men’ wo havo the genius, tho force, thg posaibilities of lifo for good or evil,” mot not in tho abstract, but 88 & concrete reslity befors oureyes. Notqnly with the underlying principles of soclety should the pulplt deal, but with themen Tho act on one side or the other of thoze principles. Men who are unfeithful in public trust or placs, mer ¥ho corrupt public miorals, men who cambino 1o de- fraud {he Iaborer and fo oppress the poor should not go unrebuked by the pulpit and men who in their Lives llustrate great virtues, men who aretho bene- factors of therace muy be properly praised, Itwas 50 in the ministry of the prophets of cld, fholr teachings are instinct with the Life and men of their time, and o rosal valupcun;y nor apostatising ruler escencs ‘tielr ~ burtting rebuke; nor afa the do. servig ot % L pralse.’ We' have men I ouf ° Himes Dot umyorthy of a plico in tlie Calendar of raints, and others who' ‘merit the severest censure, Wers the was worth more than ll it cost. Had'he been content tobeno more than a type-sotter, the world would never have known Greeley. Now, tho lesson {s this : Make a choico in life of some calling that has s possibla out-reach, and tako along with that ‘choice all that is necessary o carry it out—labor, sacrifice, long waiting —and then do not stop short of jts ultimate realization, Degin, if need be, as an office-boy in & lawyer's ofice, but then, domt stop at beng an office: boy; use that as a _means - for ‘becoming 8 " lawyer yourself, Begin s sn_ sppren- tice ot carpentering or blacksmithing, but Jook forward and shapa your lifo that you may b the propriotcr. Black boots, sell papers—do anylhing that is honorabla 10 help you along towards & great end, but don't stop short of that end. A noble ambition ia in itself on ingpiration to manhood. 1ts absence is weakness and aflare, Tho lifo of Horaco Greelsy should impress upon all ‘men the lesson of u tender and solicitous regard for every child or young person setting out upon tho un- certain way of life, and struggling to got & start in the world, - Standing, as wo do now, with the grand possi- Dilities of such o ife realized, Wo tremble as we think of those times when that Lifa quivered between hopo and despair, between success snd failure. When the timid but smbitious boy went to Poultney, and 5t00d 1n his rags beforo Mr. Biiss, the editor of & pa- per, and said, “Do you wan s boy to learn the print- ing’ buslness?” and when, after being sent to the foreman, ho returned with the note, saying, # Guess we'd better try him;” or when, fiye years after, ho went to New York seeking work, and was told by Mr. Hale, of the Journalqf Commercs, that ho was 5 +run- away apprentice from some countzy office,” and when after days of hunting for work ho ast down on Satur- day evening, almost monoyless and dlscouraged, and Tesolved to leave the city, but was encouraged and Delped to_employment by fomo young Irishmen who mot him ot his humble boarding-house, and learning of his want took a friendly interest ‘in his welfaro, ho found worls, and, during tho forty years of his 1if in the grest city, ho Always had a kind word, an open heart, and a helping hand for those sceling & start in ife ; ' the lesson to all hearts 15, to do the ssze, Thers comes ot to offlce, store, or diwelling, one more Tn. promising in looks than wos young Greeley. -Bu what & wealth of mind and heart did that homely garb and awkward manner conceal ! And soof the strug- gling poor all sbout us. The possibilities of fino scholarship and princely fortunes often g0 groping their way through tho earth, waiting fora guiding ‘word or helping hand. Help tho young man to-day o i trying to hielp Kimself, and fo-morrow the world may call hoth you and him blessed, Tho lifo of Horace Greeley illusirates the possible achievements and honors of American citizenship, His greatness wos distinctively American, Claiming o illustrious ancestry, born poor, without the advans tages of scholastic culture, always allying himself to tho cause and interests of tho magses, without eivil or military position, he stood out in the simple grandeur of manhiood and American citizenship, wielding in lifa a power that kinga might covet, and receiving in death, zot the forced tributes paid to royalty, but the willing toars of sl mankind. In what other country could ho heve been 50 great? Waa it not tho genius of our gove. ernment, the common school, and equality befors the low, thet gave him his chafice? And how well and nobly aid he use his mighty pen for their defencol Though peerless, Horaco Greeley stands not slone s examples of grestness thus ab. tained. Itwas in this country that the awkward back- woods' boy, Jackson, found his way fo the White ‘House, and’ Abrabam' Lincoln left the wilds of Kenw tucky a barefooted boy, on a barcbacked mule, and, coming around by way of Ilinois, laid down tho maul’ and took up a sceptre greater thah was ever wielded by a Cresar or & Napoleon, Itis in this land that overy child is born within tho easy reach of an education, and within the posibla contingency of the highest of tho people. I¢1sin this land that every honest labor- ing man may havo tho assuranco of the comforts of o ‘home, the possibility of wealth, and the cortainty that B 48 & man, and has the rights of a man, Tho life 'of Horaoe Grooley not only illustrates tho possibilities of manhood under Republican rule, but it is s splendid examplo of & self-made man under tho most. diffioult. ciroumstances. His parents wero poor. His school days wero over at the agoof 10 years, The Bible, Webstor's Spolling, Alorse’s Geography, and. Diiworth’s Arithmetic, wers big only school books, Then working hard for his parents by day, he read by pine-imots atnight Mrs, Heman'a Pocrms, and the Ari. bian Nights, and such oflier books as he 'could obtatn, Poverty compelled oconomy, his entire clothing up to ‘manhood not costing over $50. Having no_one to do pend upon he” learned to depend upon himself,—to earn his own bread, and to do his ‘own thinking, ° Hardship, ' hard work, economy, good habits, _an dogged ” persistency, a mado the man. Tholttle traveller going on foot i Poultney, traversed tho Cuntinents. The Little boy standing in rags and asking for work, stood up befors Emperora and Kingd, The boy out of school at 1 taught Senators tosib at his fect for wisdom, And that name, 80 little when Mr, Bliss asked “Who are you?” and he bashfully said Horaco Groeley,” to-lay 1lls tho earth, And bo aseured of this, that the easyw going, pleasure-seeking, lnzy, lsundréas, barber and fallor‘made soung men of out times will hever becomo Greeleys, Ttisalso by much toll, much hardship, much working and waiting through tho long years, that such men are mado. The life of Horace Greeley is & shining examplo of the virtues that go to make up o moble minhood, Among these I put firet his love"of truth and right, and his manly independence, the utterance of his hon- est convictions on every subject. I put theso first bo- cause, with Mr, Greeley they wero first. Party, policy, ‘popularity, galn, tho motives that so much infuencs most men, never for one moment stopped his tonguo or pen from saying what he believed to bo true, nor turned himaside from doing what Lo believed to bo right. 3r. Grecley was not opposed to political pas tics, bui ne was opposed to puting party above prin- ciple and the public good, o worked Like a Trojen in the campaign of 1840, which elocted Harmson—writing il bis right arm brofio out in boils—nd then sald, “Tho Zribunc will give to tho mew Ad- ministration o frank and cordial, but manly support, judging it always by its acts, and commend- ing thoseonly as far as they shall scom calculated to subserve the greatest af all government—tho welfaro of the genpk-." Ar, Greeles's leading idea of what & paper should be was that it “ befreo from servilo partisanship on the one hind, and a gagged, mincing neutrality on_the other.” ¢ Party spirit,” le.says, * ia 8o fierce and in- tolerant in this country that s non-partisan journal is restrained from saying what it foels on 'the most vital topics, while, on the other hand, a Democratic, Whig, or Republican journal is expected to praise of Llame, liko or dislike, eulogize or condemn, in precise accordange with tho Views of its party,” Mr, Greeley belioved " in & “hoppy medium” botween these oxiremes, o position from which 5 journalist - might openly ndvocate the prin- ciplesund measres of the party to which his convic. tions allied him, yet {rankly digsentfrom its cause on a particular qucstion and even denounce its candidates if they wero ehown to bo deficient in._capacits, or (whatis worse) in integrity. Aud onlylst yearhe wrote, “I have all my lifa been doing. what people called vastly foolish impolitic acts, and I did ot ques- tion their judgments,T only said that what I did seemed to me to be the right thing, If I should die befors tho election, or bo beaten thereln, please testify for mo that T do not regret having braved public opinion when 1 thought it wrong and know it to be merciless,” That is the tuff that the martyrs wore made of. That has the ring of n broad, trus ‘manhood, and s real American, And how infiitely is this above the time-serving spirit which aaks, not is it ‘right ot true, but will it succeed 7 There is much said in tiis country about liberty, but does it generally mean much moro than this: Join whatever Church you please, but then after you are once in, da g the leaders tell you fo do, and think 38 they tell you to think, Think] Why, yes, think as much a8 you please, but then we will téll you in ad vance what you must belieye, Romanism is conistent in this, for it belleves in tho infallibility of tho Pope, ~ Notso with us, and happy will it be for this land when all hearts and minds aro {reo in fact as woll ss in theory, and when on enlight- ‘encd eclecticism shall seck to conserve whatever s trua snd good in all parties and Churches, and to put sway what is evil, 2r, Groeléy was honest, in paying all his_debts, In tho commercial convulsion of 187 ho toiled on at the New Yorker ata loss of $100 per week, and when he final- Iy suspended jts publication he made good every dollar 10 the subseribera, However heavy his own losses were through life, no man ever lost a cent by him, g Another virtue Was his purity, - A friend says that in 80years' intimats sequaintance he never heard him uso 6 word that would bring the slightest flutfer {o thé pur- est cheelk that womanhood ever unyeiled to soclety. “Ho waa geherous.’ The nepdy who daily pressed upon ' hfn wes mever turmed . empty owny, " Often = after ~ working herd all dsy, he would slt up’Iate at night and write an arti- ¢le for some periodical that by might have $25 or $50 to give fosome ono in nead. Possibly, no man of our es has g0 literally fulfilled the Scripture, which teaches to givs and lend, hoping for nothing in'returr., Not only waa ho generous, but he v thropic,~stud; planding, working for .better hnm‘e’af'beqer %R%zu,. botter lave, igher induse tries and ersthing that would olevato the asts, nd o -mossed, His témperatice is known to you all. Ho wag dovoted to the Church of his choice, and, in forget. fulnessof Eelf, Lived for his family, fof humanity, and or God, 5 oo Fow men ever began with solittle and ended wita so much, or_even didso much and did it so well. And his Tifo when looked ot from bayond tho strifes of party, and the ehadow of o nation's grief, will grow steadly greatér and never less. How xich is such n lifo in ezample and encouragement. How like tho brightness of dsy against the blackness of night does it etand out sgainst Fisk, the unbiushing Livertine, Tweed the thief, and il tho Tings that oppress the paor and gymle With the nation’s honor. Faung men of. America, loarn from Horace Greeley thst brain, and heart, and hard work, with faith in ‘humaaity and trust iR God will win in the race of lifg, - And to all by ihis lesson: In the contest Qf parties Jebno words of bitterness bo apokey that one could wish to récall 3t {ho open grave, Andin the hurry and ressnire Of of life's work as to live that, with Horace Togloy, wo can say: o looking calmly, sit humbiy for that'close of my mortal career which ¢auno¢ ba ey ‘pulpit t0 enter this wide field and put public men eves rywhere under tho steedy and searching gaze of & broad, just, ana fearless criticism, crinein high places would be diminished, and the mational virtu served. Not only this, but it would l¢ad’ 13" ‘groater familiority the ‘history" of our oWn fimes and" coun- try; and tend to placa the’ people in closer sympathy with thé siflt of thoage, and with the public saes why stand out as tho embodiment of our feclings and. prin- ciples, And we need not only to get near these in life, buit o ehierlsl, thelr nemoried When dead, This is the feeling wo hiave for Washington, and Lincoln, and Greeloy, and men are mede better by the bare méntion, of their names, 4 3t janot intedded in this disconrse to_give even an outline’of Mr. Gretley’s life;,—for with this yonare all familiar, ot to attempt an‘analysis of his character, further ‘than {hese gy come in incidentally in the leszons of his life, The life of Horaco Greeley teaches this leseon to all who ore beginning lifo: To st out with § pablo Fe- solve upon eome way where a worthy syicesa s possi- ble, and then to adhero to thst purpose witha steady and powayering perelstency. Mr. Greeley scems, frofn éarly childhood, to havo formed the purpose of being a printer, and Le sought, as best 3 boy could, to shape Lus lifefo that end. Je yres willing 16 accopt all that such a J}ife iuvolved—leaving home, & long gpprenticoship, sund Jittls - o no ' wa- o Dutto hirm, oll this was only o moxhs togn end, ihat 1o might mot only bo o printes, buran oditor; cont trcliing o papor of kIS ows, Nor *did Bo ‘fost at ony ! meint chart of this, And such av end. When reached, distant, T thank God for his blesings vouchsafed to me in the pest, snd with an sim that 89 10t fan, aud consciousness of derierit that doss not exclude hope, await béforo my steps the opening of the gates of the otérpal world. And as tho gates opened he whispered back, #I know that my Redeemer liveth 0 = = - —— A Good Idea. We earn that Mr. F. N, Field, an advertising agent well known in this city, is about to publish a bagk ¢ns titled, “ The Chicago Business Directory and Travel- lers’, Guide,” ayd s Teceived permisaion to place capiep i the pessenger coaches on the lines of the var~ ious railrosds leading out of Chicsgo. The books will e kept in o case just inside the doors, at each end of the cars, and attached to them hy meais of a chaln, so that they cannot ba taken awhy. When thé work is eted, it will Tiot only be of great convenience to ivelling public, but will relieve the conductors from a great deal of annbyunce in answering ques- tons, and give them more time to itnd t0. fheir. du- tles, ' This is a worthy enterpiiee, and we doubt not that Mr, Tie]d will'do' crédit to the work he has under- tako 086 who contemplate changing their placo of business will do well to send Mr. Field theip new address'as 800n a8 poeible, tia it Y, Directory, Hid nddresz s N, 65 Exchange Building, corner of (llary gnd Washingtor streets, A Cod Lives O, Hazard § Cagwell’s.Cod Liver Ol 14 the beat, Ga given in the |, THAT “WOOD-FAMINE.” What Govermor Austin Discovered Along the Line of the Sioux City & St. Paul BRailroad. From the St. Paul (3finn.) Press, Dec.10. Readers of the Press will remember a state- ‘ment, made a short time since, that, in_view of the fact that numberless complaints had reached him of suffering on the border on account of & Bearcity of fuel, Governor Austin had gone in person to investigute the matter thoroughly, and to apply whatever remedy ho might find neces- sary. His journey was to the towns on the line of the Sioux City & B8t. Paul Railroad, and more gu’ticn]nly those iying slong the lsto blockaded section between St. James and Worthington. On Satur- doy night the Governor returned, after havin, floundered in the snow-drifis, and experience: all the rigors of that hyper-boresn region for & weele. He has been duly interviewed by a Press refiortar, and makes statements in_substance as follows : The region of country in which a fuel-famine was feared lies west of Bt. James to and includ- ing Worthington. This coun is a naked prairie, and has been but lately settled. Its settlers depend alcoigechnr upon the railroad company for fuel. They were inexperienced in the West, particularly so the colonists &t Worth- ington, and threw themselves, thousands of families of them, out upon the naked prairies, exposed fo the howling demon, winter, and looking to a railroad company almost, if not quite, a8 inexperienced in the uncertzinties of & Dprairia winter as themselves. As aconsequence, when the late sudden, unexpected, premature, and altogether unprepared for blockade came, it caught the pbng(lo and the railroad by the hip. The prospect looked dubious, of s certainty, for the condition of things was like this : The road had a limited quantity of wood along this ex- osed mection, but not enongh to last longer an Christmas, and 25 all of the wood supply came from the Big Woods at this end, the block- ade cut off that base of supplies, The huo and cry then went forth that there was to be a fuel famine, and as the story traveled it increased in magnitude, until it reached its present absard proportions in the Eastenr journals. As far as the Governor could learn, there has beenno actnal suffering for want of fuel. A few poor families that would have been in want had thers ‘beeh plenty of fuel, have removed to timbered country, but there has been, and is at present, fuel suflicient to supply all. ' The only question has been one of inconvenient scarcity and a pro~ Bpective continusnce, with a possible permanent cutting off of all supplies. The present condition is, that the road has wood enough slong its border line to last, with the strictest econ- omy, until Christmes, for in the face of a harcnlean task it has done its very best to supply tho people, .and has managed to~ keep the line beyond Worthington open and wood and_coal trains running, and as fast as the track could be cleared this way wood has been shovedin. The compeny bas in fact done everything posaible to help the people out of their strait, and have kopt prices down as low as_possible. Boft wood has sold at $5.50 per cord, and soft coal at 87.50 per ton. The road is now open through, and a through train will leaye this ci? thi morning. very facility will be crowded to stock up the conntry withwood 25 S00n as possi- ble, and the only danger to be anticipated is from another blockade. The prima cause was, of course, the blockade. But a grest many things haye been learned this Jear, which has beon a crisia in the matter of ordor prairie occupancy.__In the first place, the road runs in an extreme disadvantageons direce tion, i. e., sonthwest, thus being exposed to the fury of the prevailing northwest wind, Again, it i8 built upon & sort of ridgeway, and over the Worst prairie; from Lake Crystal to Worthing- ton it runs on high altitnde, something like 980 feet higher than at 8t. Paul. Thus tho rosd is very badly exposed to storms, and was taken all unprepared by the late one, niob even hewing its 8now fonces down. Again, it is well known that since its completion to & conmec- tlon with Bioux City, it has been taxed to ita utmost capacity to carry froight and run out the harvest. As a consequence, ita cars were used for other purposes than to haul wood, until lato in the fall. The company also expected that a portion of the settlements, and especinlly those from Windom west, would use Iows coal to a great extent, as, in point of fact, the company re&:ixeu nearly all the wood it can. obtain along its line for its own use. But it un- fortunately transpires that the demands upon the coal mines overtaxed their power to supply —tho country had developed g0 fast during the past summer that the mines had not kept pace with them. The consequence was that the prai- rie gettlers wero not only obliged topay an ad- vanco of 82 per ton at the mines, but they conld onl, securpa Timited quantity. owaver, the people are not frightened. They are looking the matter square in the face, and do not propose tobe caught napping another inter. ‘They have fuel enongh now, and will have a fall supply laid at theirdoors, i another blockade does not occur. In this lies the only danger, and organized plans have been made 8o that, in case of & recurrence of the late dissster, tho people of the endangered settlementa will gather at Mountain Lake, Heron Lake, Windom, and Worthington, and crowd into as few houses aspossible. In this way they hope to get through the winter, if worse comes to wort. But it is to be hoped that no such action will be necessary, The railroed company will do its utmost to gat fuel in quantity to the people, andall will be well if there are no more blockades. & et Singnlar Murder Case. larshall County, Tennesseo, there will soon be & trial for murder, which will possess some eingular features. Throo years ago & young man in Marshall Cunu!iwu engaged to be married to a young Indy, whose family strongly objected to the union. e lover ran off with his intend- ed tyice, but was 8o closely watched and hotly pursued by the lady's friends that it was 1mpos- aible for the wedding to take place. Hemade s third attempt, when he met the girlatan ap- E;)ll:ted lace, and took her on a horse behind . Thus they were going to finds minister to make them one, when two men sprang up ot the roadside, and called nupon them to stap. The young man increased tho speed of his horse, and several shots were sent after him. He rode on 8 littlo way and fell from the horas, dragging the girl with him. The assassing came up and - commenced beating the wounded man unmercifully, he begging them to desist as the shot he had received wonld soon finish him, Tho murderers proved to be the girl's brothers, and they tried to force her to get on herlover's horse and go home with them, - This sherefused to do, even by the persuasion of & severe beating which they gave hor, They then left tha two he!fil‘ess in the road, went home and told their mother they had ‘“‘fixed” that fellow, and left tho parts “fo avoid mzest. The girl and her wounded lover got to the house of one of her {riends, where eg were married, and in a few hours the husband breathed hislast. The assas- 6ing wers shortly after arrested, and befors the day of ¢heir tri th:;zhmmged {0 break jail and eBcaped to Toxas. They wero lately reprrested snd brought back to Marshell Oounty, They will be tried in 2 shory time, The Wife of thy murdered mn, theif own’ sister, expressos s de- tormination o' do ‘all in her power to secure theif conviction, Sha lives with her husband's sister, and has not'gone near her own family sines the tragedy. The United Brethren have been so much en- couraged lgthe success of their work in Ger- many that they have decided to send an addi- tional laborer to that country, —Tho London Telsgraph says : “ Wo have re- coived from the accomplished discoverer, Mr. Gegr%e 8mith, of the British Museum, the sub- joined most interesting account of the record of the Deluge, Which, as’ we announced s day or two ago, he has lately deciphered from .the Ag- syrian monuments : “The cuneiform inseription ‘which } have recently found and tr: ted givos & long and full acconnt of the Deluge, ¢ contains the version or tradition of this event Which existed in the early Chaldean period 8t city of Erech (one. of oF Nimrod), now ropresented by the : tn this newly discov- ered inacription the account of the Deluje is put 28 & narrative into the month of Xisuthrys, or Noah. He relates tie wickedness of the world, the command fo build the ark, its building, the filling ©f it, the Deluge, the resting of the avk on |3 mountain, the sending out of the birds, and other matters. The narrative has a closer re- -semblance to the gccount translated by the Greeks from Berosus, the Chaldean historian, than 30 the Biblical history, but it materially from eithor. {he Jringipal differ- ences are as to the duration of the Deluge, the name of the mountain on which the ark rested, the sending out of birds, &e. it | gccount s much longer and fuller than that of Berosus, and has’ several dotaila_omitted both | by the Bible and the Qhajdean historian. This scription opens up many questions of which | welknow nothing previously, and it is connected with a number of other details of Clisldean his-~ rory which will be both interesting and impor.. tant. 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