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THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: -MONDAY,. THE PULPIT.. True Ideal .of Ohristianity. Sermon by tho Revs Dr¢ lalsoy, of the Presbylerian S8ominary. The Rev. Mr, Mullins Appeals for tho Union of the Churches. The Rov, Dr, Ellis.on the Glor, * of God. ' THR THUR 1DEAL OF OERISTIANITY. Sormon Prenched ut the Third Preabytering Chureh by Dr. Hnlsey, The Rev. Loroy J. Ialacy, D, D,, of thoe Pres- byiorian Theological Beminary, proached tho following sormon yeutorday morning at the Third Prosbytorian Church For wo have not followed cunningly dovised fables, when wo mado known unta you the yower and coming o€ our Lord Jeaus Chrlst, but woro oye-witucsses of hin majeaty. - For Ho racelvod from God the Father honor ) ‘glory, when thoro camosuol a voice to Him from Bt diory ¢ Tiiiata my beloved fon in whiom X am woll pleased, ~And thia volce which came from heavon, wo hoard, whon wo-wora with iiim in the holy mount.—1I, Pater, 1., 16-18, 1 The Apostlo Pator, apeaking by” fuspiration of God, would seom Jioro almost ¢0 havo anticipat~ ed tho times in which wo live, and to havo oat- tioned us boforchand agalnst that favorite but insidlons form of ‘rationsllem, which rogarde Christianity in the light of a cunolngly dovised fablo—a beautiful system of ldeal mytholory, gradually dovolopod out of the traditiona of Jow- Ish history, with no sclontifio basis to rest on, &nd 10 trus rovelation from God, Wo live in an ago: of unbollef. Oneof the most obyiona charsctoristics of this ninetesutl con is ita ‘wido-sprond scopticiam—its ten- doncy to doubt, to call in question, not only tho fundumental artieles - of ' Oliriatisnity,” -but the vory foundations of all “ morsl aud Yoligioua i boliof, Nover bofore, . tho history of mau, wah thers so strong. and 80 pehoral s disposition smong mon to chal-' lengs tho horoditary. boliofa of the past, and bring everything to tho aruciblo of investigation and oxponmont, All, opinions, all orceds, all Bystoms, all natitutions, good and bad alike, are * sifted to the bottom, nre examinod, and testod to tho last analysis, < Chbristianity "Lns not escaped. this scrutiny. Through all ihio long centuriosof it bistory, but eapooially sinco the groat Pratostant Roformation of the sixteenth contury, and,still more, slnco tho waat advancomont of tho physical soiences during $ho prosont contury, ' Chrlstianity has boon pass- fug through this ordoal, sud 18 atill passing through it, in every clvilized land beneath tho sun, And 1thiok it is safo to eny that thus far it Ling passed unscathed. It has Atood tho tost of history. It Liaa stood the iests of learning and philokophy. - Iv has stood tho lights of soi~ entitlo discovery.. Aud/it Las conio forth from il theso battlos of opinion, even os it camo forth from tho carlior conflicts of persccution, withong the smoll of firo upon its garments, The laarnod ‘Max Mucllor Las pointed out eight great religions s having divided the suf- frages of mankind,—iwoin Ulina, iwo in Indis, Bud four of Wostern Auia, - Of thoso Christinn: ity i tho only one (ombracing a8 itdoos, iu part, the Judnism of the Old Testamernt) which has succcasfully stood theso tostd 3 tho only one of .which 1t can be affirmod that i Loa fully indi- cated itsolf a8 a true and divino rovelation ab tho bar of tho reason, tho consciouco,’ tho scionco, and the philosopby of the most Lighly civilizod natlons and races of meu. In harmony with thoso thouglits, ond as » theme not inappropriate, I trust, to the prosent timo and place, let us endeavor to develop and illustrate tho forde of the Apostle's %runt do- fenee, or apology, or, more proporly,vindication, when he claima for: Limself snd bis fellow Apostles and his fellow Christians, -through alt timo, that we bavo noé followed cunningly-de- visod fables. Christionity is moro than somo beauttful und Inkrun\ons mythology enshrined in the legends of antiquity, and supported by the superatitions feara of lgnorant and orodu- Jous men. Obristjanity, unlike all ofher reo- Xigions, i _somothing Lighor and nobler than sy more dovolopmont or outgrowth from hu-. maon‘instincts, and from thouo alloged signs and: wondors which figuro go_largoly in anciont his- tory, and mork thio so-callod infancy aud cbild- hodd of our raco. Christionity. is eome. thiog moro than o superb and 1fargmus flowor, blooming now at. tho full, and tilling tho carth ‘with fragrauco, but planied origivally by human hands, watered by tho toats of toiling aos, ma- tured undor tio sunlight of advaucing civiliza- tion, and springing ouly from tho rich soil of shie hnman heart. i What, then, is it? What is tho true conception and ideal of Christianity 7 What do we embraco aud follow when,in the lead of inspired Apostles, ‘we take the Bible ad a true revelation from Ged, and the Gospol of Christ as_the infallible, and only diving, religion for man? 1. Cbrigtinnity, asrevealed in tho Seriptures, is » great historio fat, or sories of facts, fouuded on competent teatimony, and forming togother a diatinet, comprehonsive, aud cousistent system. No obo cau disputo tho oxistence of Clris 41anity, 88 o palpable fact, and a vital force now in the world. “No onocan deny tho grest facts of its prowmulgation, progress, and power duriug tho post oighteen conturies. Well, thoro is juss 84 little ground to doubt, or dany, the facts of its origiu and onrly history, ss narrated in the Biblo, For theycoma to us in the wsme_way, snd aro attested by the samo kind of - evidenco,. Ona of the most remarkable fenturos of tho Biblo, and of tho wholoe religious system’ devol- oped in the Bible, is, \hat it 18, from first to Iast, & connectod Listory of facls,—of gront oyents, sunning through o porivd of 4,000 yoars, om- bracing the long aud checkored national lifo of one wholo people; 60 connected with tho na- tional existonco of othor groat Kingdoms of an- tiquity, and so interwrought with their history, &4 ita vory warp and woof, that {uu cannot do- gtroy the ono without destroylog tho othar. Chriutinnity is not moro interwoven with tho istory and progress of every civilized nulign of modein Buropo,: than ihe Biblo bistory of the Jowinh raco was intorwoven into the history of all tho groat Btatcs and Empires of autiquily, It ploased Gad, for ressons known auly to Ihmeolf, that this divine reyolation should be in the form of a writton rocord ; and thut this book ehould tako tho form of a history,~a history of the world for forty ceuturles of its existenco, That grand schiema of aelvatiou, which began to bo unfolded st tho gatos of Paradiso Lost, which culmiuated on Calvary, avd was closed ouly with tho closing vislony of tho Apocalypso, oposing iuto Para- diso Rogaiued, is, from frst {o lost, pro-eminently a narrative of historie facts, o panorumna of the world’'s most woundorful and wost jwportant trsnsactions, Tt is the history of redemption, and, with it, of civilization, Thus Christiauity is u religion founded on focts, All ta groat doctrines aud revolutions stand on tho buasis of historie truth, : Who striking fonture of the case is, that all its facty stand or full togothor, Whey are vonsistont and harmonious throughont, not only with ono auother, but with all the kuowan prinaiples of Lumao -naturo, sud ull tho other events of lu- man history, The rocords of Bibtical Listory, both nntionnl and biographical, sacred and seou- lar, natural and eupornatursl, both of the Old Teatamout and the New, all couvergearound one grand contro of Tnmanuel and tho Crows, - They aro bo linked togather fu indisuoluble bonds, and 80 connected with ovorything olso in tho world's bistory, which wo know {0 bo true, that you can- not rajeot ond impugn, them without siriking down all Listorio truth, Tako, for illustration, soma of the facts in the history of our Bavior. Iow do wo know that Jeuuy Christ lived in Galileo and suffored doath under Poutius Pilate nt Jorusalom ? Dreoigoly in tho same w-i, and by tho same kind of avi- donce, that wo know Scoraces lived sud diod at Athens, snd that Julius Cwsar lived at Romo sod wad slain by ooneplrators In the Sousto Chambor, And ‘how do wo know that Jewus Chriat, after Leing oruclfied and buricd, roso from; tho doad sud ascended up Into IHoaven ? In J):eamly tho wwino way, and by the ssmo muthods of proof, that wo know Mo lived and died, aud that Boorates and Cuowar lived aud died. Nor can you invelidato the one clais of fuoty without “uvalidating the other ; nor eithor of Miem without invalidstiug all hiatory, = You huva as good ovidouos to Imrfiovn that o livod aud diod a5 vou huve to ballave thut Bop- rates sud Ciesar lived and diod, Aud you have procixely the wamo ovidence, for you have tho Jolf-uamo witnosues, to beliovo that Ho rowe from the dead, nnd nuconded alive (o IToaven, ay youhaye for buuuvnu,z iu Iiw lifo and duath, But, pave congedo thone datn,—Lho lifo, tho death, the resurroction, sud the m;cam;lnn to glory,—snd what follows 7 Why, thie : If Ie roso fiom tho load and wiconded 1o Xoaven, thor e roligion 8 divine. 1t ip wo ouuniugly dovised fable, but he stanal truth of Qod, “If Ho rose from tho ésad aud aaconded to glory, e wab no more man § ITo waa all that Ho olaimed to bo; Ho waa tho trorld’s proat Redaomor, God mehifest in the floahs 3 and llo ia In Hoavon to-day, sonted -tipon tha throno of tho Uniyorsoe. Admit tho pinin historie faots, as rolated by tho four Evangolists, and gonfirmod by all tho Now Toatamont writors, and {lora I8 no rational - eacape from tho conolusion that Josus Ohrist ls Immanuel, and that Iis rollgion is from God. I1. Ohristisnity.is also.a groat doctrine, or Ays- tom of. cogunto and logically connooted doo- trinos, having all tho symmetry and conslstenco of n selonco 3 botug, in fact, tho only trup relonco of God, man, and tho Modlator, Jeaus Obrist, *Wo mado known untd you tho powor and coming of our Lord Josus Qlirist, and woro oyo- wituossos of Iis majosty whon 1le roceived from God, tho Fathor, honor and. glory | -and thero camo such a voleo from tho nxcuhenl glory ¢ ‘This is My boloved Bon, in whom I sm woll plensod. » Jegue Olrint, as Modiator botweon God and .| man, coming from one to save tho other, i the contral figuro of.all the Soriptures. o {8 tho 8an of tho systom. All other_truths stand ro- Iated to Him, and revolve in 'hnnvnnlly harmony around Him, Ho ig tho glory of all Ohristinn theology, avon ns theology is the glory of tho Churel p 8 This grand nesemblage, of co-related truths clustoring around the Porson and work of Christ, 88 Mediatar, nud “roferring o God, tho' Father, -atid the Holy Ghost, on ono' silo, and to man nnd bis salvation on the othior, and -thus inelud- iug tho whole teachings of the Bible, conatituites that sublime doctrinal oroed, or formulated tho- ology of tha Churob, which has' boon oxprossod in all tho groat symbols of Clristondom, from tho Qounull of Nico to tho Reformation ; and then in all the symbola of tho Roformod Protost- ant Churohed ; and with apecial fullness in tho famond Wostminstor Standards, the _Confession of Falth, and Catochlems of the FProsbytorian family of ohurches. . The Biblo is as full of dootrines as it is of fncts, Al tho doctrines ave indeed fonuded on tho facts, mwmhd'hy the tacts, deducad from tho facts. It is noteasy alwayn to draw a llue of distinction botwaon » doctrine aud & fact, ho- causo the dootrinos thomaolvos aro ofton groat gonoral facts, aud the particular facts some- timod rlss into groat doctrines. Yet thore is a diforenco. Ilor exnmplo : Ohrist’s resurroction from tho doad is & spocial fact ; that of Lazarus snother 3 that of Joirus’ daughtor a third; the widow of Nolu's son a fourth. But tho rosur- roction of the doad at tho' last asy, of which thoso speoial cnses wore tho - firat fruite, fs & gmnt gouoral doctrine of tho Boriptures. Paul oliovad In Josus and was saved. Blind Dar timoua belioved in Iim and was saved, Mary blagdalone belioved in Im and wns saved. Thraey thoueaud persons ou the Day of Pente- *cost bellovod and were saved. And 80 thagroat doctrine of saving-faith, aa foundod on all theso and othor cados, and annonnced by thio Maater himsolf, {8 : *Whosoover bolievetls on tho Son of God hath evorlnsting lifo,” Tho groat dootrinas of the Biblo wstand rolated toall its partioular facts, very much as the Lhighor fennruflzmann of sclonce—its groat prin- ciplos, laws, or forces. liko that of gravitation, coligaion, or chomieal afiufty—atand reisted to tho ton thousand spocial facts and phenomons of obeervation, induotion, and oxperimont. But it must bo observed that thoso - dootrines of the Bibla ara not presonted thera in any ays- tematic, formulatod, and solentifio ordor. ~This 18 tho work of tho theologian. @od has boen pleased to roveal them and leave thom thero, seattored ovor tho pngou of Berlpture, vory much a8 Ho left tho facts, tho phenomens and “genor- slizations of physioal sclonco in tho groat: book of Natoro,—writton on tho face of tho hoavens, writton on the wide domain of the Larth, writ- tou in tho atmosphioro, o tho olouds, in the wa- tors of overy sea, in thio rocks beneath our foot, written and loft tiil ant expounder should appear. In tho one cago, it has boon the work of the groat solontists,—tho explorers and expounders 'of Natwro's mlg}liy volumo, . tho Galileos, tho Nowtons, the Horschols, tho Humboldts, the Cuviors, tho Agassizen of theso modorn agos,— to observoe, to olassify, to systomatize, and to formulata this vast arzey of scicatic knowledga, aod give it to.tho world in mauy a toxt- book “of lostruotion. Even so in” {ho oth- or, the great theologians of Olurch history,— the Augustiues nud Joromes, the Luthers and the Calving, the Melanothons and the Kuoxes, tho Edwardses and Chalmorses, down to Thorn- “well and Hodgo of onr own day,—bave cxplored the Biblo, systomatized its facts, formulatad ita doctriunes, aud brought out all ita sublime tenoh- inga in truo sciontiflo order. Tho result is, our Cbristian theology, the growth of .cightoon conturios of profound and ]wnyurl‘ul study, the combined work of many nborors, aud many of the most gifted Intellects that God ever oreatod among men, ; the common heritago and tho common salvation of all Evan- gelieal Ohurolies under hosven, : Lot it not bo forgotten, that tho gospal which “wo preach, and yhis* has come down to us fro Tha' Apostics, I8 o sublime ystom bf dooteinoh, 80 symmotrical, soafiliated,so logically, onnect- ed, that you cannot strike out one of thom with- out, marring the bonuty of the whole. 'lie funda- montal truth of that system is, that Josus Chriat died for our sins, according to the Beriptures,— that Ho enme into the world to save sfunors ; that Ho wns yery God and vory man, in two dis- tinct patures, and ouo porson forovor; that as such He waa delivered for our offouscs, and raisod again for our justifioation; that Ho was God mnnifest in tho flesh, justified fu tha spirit, soen of nngals, prenchied nnto the Gentiles, bo- liovod on in tha world, received -up into glory. On this centre, as_their true pale, turn all the rovelations of tho Bible, and all tho doctrines of Onristianity, Honge the necorsity of dootrinal prenching in tho ministrations -of evory pulpit. Lenca tho importanco of doctrinal instruction to every generation of Christiana, Tho doctrines of tho Rospel form tho vital cssenco of Christianity. The doctrines of tho gospel aro the life of the Qhurol, Thoy aro the food of the soul. Thoy' are the snlvation of the world. Nothing can be more sengoless than the hue and cry often raised against doctrinal preaching, and the study of theology. Tosay aman can bo & good preacher ot the gospel, without pronching its dootrines or understanding its theology, is about equivalent to saying a man con ba a succossful lawyer without knowing any- thing about law; or & safe physiolan without having studied medicine, i "The professor of natural selenco may sond tha studont, to tho_ fiolds to study botany, to tho Jorcata to study ornithology, to tho -rocks to study.goology, or to the stars to study astrono- my. But thon ho will not sond him “without a text-hook or s guido, or, st any rate, without go- ing with bim. Bo is'it with thoology. Vo say to evory, student of tho gospel, to every mau,wvoman, and child: Go to the Bible,— oxplore theso green and glorious fields of the revolntions of God,~but go not alono; you will need s guido and & text-bool, all tho help, all the guidance, yva can gain from iho wisdom of ages, from the instructions of tho groat ex- poundaers #ho have gone before. 111, Ohristianity is also a groat eentiment, or emotion, or oxpericnes of tho heart—au inward lifo of alfection towards God aud man, & prachi- «<al oodo of morals, a rulo of virtue, 8 systom of, othics—apringing from God, prompting to duty, inspiring tho soul with the Lighest devotion and enthusingm, » . Our gospel ia mob more truly a roligion of dootring, aud a rolipion of fact, than it is o ro- liglon of fooling, It{s at this point, and be- cause of this grand oloment of power, that it bo- comea aubjectivo to man,. takes posssssion of bis nature, and produces ite transforming in- luonco ou his hoart,. and_on the world. The facts and dootrines of tho Bible may exist in all thoir fullneus, may even bo known and bold by tho mind as wo mrich objeetivo truth, but whon, under tho" quickening, enlightoning agency of tho Holy Gliost, whoso Ligh prorogstive it s to do thia Work, those facts aud doctrinos aro Ao ro- vealed to tho soul as to beoomo ita living bolief, then indoed does Ohristianity becoms to the boe lever the mighty power of God, controlling the will, purifying the affections, onnobling the mo- tlvos, olovatiug tho wholo moral aud spiritual mnature into the likenesa of Christ and of God; fitting us for & .c¢aroer of duty and usofulugss Lere, for & dnlln{ of glory’ and fmmortality horoaftor. Asa rol Ig‘lon of feellng, ittakos hold of qur naturo with the deathlosa' influcnce of pootry snd musio, -enkindlod at thae altars of di« viue fnspiration snd human. gonius, breathing itgolf ot in panims, and hymne, aud songs of raisa, ' ¥ It is worthy of romerk, that all the dutios en- joined by tho gopol—all the procopls of it ethleal codo; ita sublimo sentimonts of devo- tion and love to Godj of boenovolance and “ehnnty, and brotherhood for mauy the splondid’ virtuos, gifts, and graces that adorn tho most porfect Clristian charaoter; all tho sublimo emotions of horolc uelf-sacritice for the good of othaers which it Inspires, are foundod upon, and prowmpted by, its groat dnuwlneu; even aa theso dogtrines rest on 1ta fuotd. . Cbrintinulty is pre-ewminently distinguished =8 a religlon of sentimeut, of devotion, of poace, of good . will, .of . love, of virtue; for thero iy overything in it to inspire thouse exalted emo- tions, It claima the homage, aud it is entitlod to the adimiration, of all men, on this ground. | As & codo o}' pure morality, of unsolfish bonof~ iconco, ‘0f olovated and eanobling vh‘ll‘mu, it. 1s " allke worthy of Giod, and wortliy of man’s docept- auce,, It proclnimg & God of love, aven €od in Clriat, roconolling tha world unto {limkelf by tho awazing fwsmnolation sud passion of the Oroes, It comos proaching peace—ponce on earli~peace in Lipayen, snd good 0 maa. It comoa with tho offor of salvation to tho por- ishing, Tt brings the glad tidings of reconolln- tlon with God, and fmmortal lifo in hoavon, to ovory soul that will fly for refuge to its Divino Bavior. It npgnua to overy high and gon- orous fustitiot, to - ‘overy smored and noble faculty of tho “sonl, -sud to oll the motivea dratn from throo worlds, hoaven, earth, and lisll—tlmo and oternity, lifo and doath—tho love of God, tho Crona of Obtlst, tho bliss of hoaven, and the doom of perdition, “to Induica men to bo saved. 3 Belug thud a groat sentimont of lova and dovo- tion, of good-will and kindnoss, of chatlty and selt-donlal,springing from tho oxamploof God and of Chriat, Ohristianity oreatos s nowspirltnallite Inovery believory becomes Lho groat molder of moral _charactor, and the most potont and vital forco known to hnman soclaty. "It in imposatble to estimato the influonos of ‘Christinpity on tho world, becauso it is impossinlo to say, or even imagine, what tlie world wonld bo without it. I Doligvo tho worid could better spare avarything ol4o in 1t than to sparo Ohristianity ; oven as the individual soul hnd better give up uvnr{ other ‘Emc:smn thanits hopo ‘of inmortality through 8 Proclaiming the Fatliorhood of God, the re- dcoming love of Cbrist, the lfe-glving Infienco of tha divine Bpirit, tho univeranl brotherhood of man—breathinga warm and expansive char- ity for tho poor, tho outeast, tho sufforing, that would olasp every hnman henrt to it bosom, the Gospol of Jesus Olist, so far from boing a cun- ningly daviged “fablo, has boon thus far the groatost clovating forco in human olvilization, ond it must commond itsolf to overy unproju~ dicod and thoughtful mind se lm}n:; atill tho ‘most potentinl and hopeful energy for good that ‘was over mads known to our raco—tho lmpnlllnF forco to all good, the extorminating foreo to ovil, tho rogenorating forco to himinan nature, the consorvator of ail good to ocioty, Being a law. of duty, srule of action, & prin- oiplo of love, onforcod by the highest of all sanotions, Uhr‘nunnuy bocomos a groeat practioal lifo. X6 is a lifo of falth, **Whilo wo look not at the things which aro scen, but at tho “thiings which ara tiob seon ; for tha things which aro seon are temporal,. but the things whioh are not seon aro otorual.” And *faith is the sub- stanco of thingzs hopod for,.the ovidence of thiogs not seon.” ‘“'Chip is the viotory that ovorcomath the world, evon our faith.” - Itisalifo of bouoficénco, * Fraoly yo havo ‘recoived ; freely give.” Romemboring the wordsof the Lord Josus, how Hosaid: ‘¢ Itis moroblesged to givo than to recolvo. The poor yo always have with you, and whonsoever ye will, yo may do thom good. To do good and communicato, forgot not, for with suoh sacrifices God is woll plodaed.” ' And to tho poor ‘the Gospol is proachad,” It1a a lifo of self-donial, ¢ For the grace of @od that bringoth salvation has appoared to all mou, tonohing us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should livesoberly, righteonsly, and godly in thie presont world, looking for tha blessod hope, and tho glorious appearing of tho great God, and our Bavior Josus OChrist, who ?nvn Himsolf for us that He might redoom us vom all inlquity, and purify tnto Himsolf & peoullar peoplo koslous for good worka,” 3 Itisalifo of virtue; it is & life of holinoss. *!TTo hath showed theo, O, man, what is good; and what doth the Lord th{ God require of thes, but to do justly, .to love moroy, and to walk humbly with thy God?" Givin all diligence, add " to your fait virtue, and to virtuo knowladge; and to Jmowl- odge tomperance ; and to tomporance pationco; and to pationce godliness ; and godliness broth- ffl; kindness ; and to brotherly kindnoss chari- Y. Itig nlifo of conseeratlon to God. *‘Whom have I in hesvon but Thee, and thers i3 none upon earth that I dosire besides Thoe” ** My moat 18 to do tho will of ITim that sont mo, and to finish His work.” * For me to livo is Cliriat, and to dlois gain.” Lo, I camo, in the vol- umo of the book it is writton of me, I dolight to .do 'Thy will, O, God.” . It is a lifo of boroic doyotion toduty. ¢ What moan yo to woop and broak mine heart! for I .am ready not to bo bound ouly, but also to die at Jorusalom for tho namo of the Lord Jesus?" * But thia one thing I d0, forgatting those things which are behind, and reaching forth nnto those thinga whioh are bofore, I press toward the mark for tho prizo.of o Lighcalling of God in Cist osu." . ‘It is n 1ifo of hops and joy, nnspenkable and fullof glory. Whon Clrist, who isour life, shall, appear, then shall we also appoar with Him in glory. - It is the groat foundor of Chris- tiaity, our Bavior Jesus Clirist, aud Ho alono, who hath abolished doath, mado au ond of trans- greasion, destroyod the works of the Dovll, un- barred tho gates of the grave, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the Gospol. Thon may our faluling hoarta tnkoe hopo again, hopa as an anchor to ¢the sonl, binding it to the skiea. Theu may we look upward aud onward from this graco whorein wo stand and rejoice in hops of tha glory of God, Romemboring all the ?rnnt things of God's salyation in the padt,— rown Eden to Binai, from Sinai to Calvary, from Calvary' to tho presont hour,—let us look for- ward with exulting hope and joy to the mightior triumphs-yot to come and the grandor glorics ot to bo roveslod. It is lifo in death, For with thia hope, dying .i8 but going home,~to the houso of many man- sious,—to th3 bowors of tho blessed. With thig hope, lifo bocomes a discipline of oodness, timo tho proludo to immortality, and the sepul~ chro but_ tho utu{)p}ug»ulflun ‘to glory. When hoart and flosh fail us, and all oarthly onv('s de- cay, it ig this gospol that illumos the dark val- loy, shows tho way across tho river, and brings ug bo the happy fand. And so whon this cor- ruptibls sball have put on fncorruption, aud this mortal shall havo put on immortality, thon shall bebrosght to pass the eaying that is written, Doath is awallowed up in victory; oh, grave, whoro is thy viotory; oh, death, where is thy sting? Thanks be to God, who giveth us tho victory, through our ‘Lord Jbsus Christ. And theu shall be renlizod, in & new honven and a now earth, the long hofiu of ages,—tho golden day of Paradiso Regained, SHov iruth, love, and merey, in trinmph desconding, “And nature, s glowing i Edew's first. bioom, On tho cold chook of deaths smiles aud roses are blend- 1ng, * And Loauty immortal awakes from tho tomb, —_——— PLEA OF THE DISCIPLES, Discourse by the Rov. (. G. Mallins, ot the Central Christiun I 3 £ The following ia the sermoun preached yester- day morning by the Rov. G, G, Mullins, which will be found to possesa spooial intorest, owing . to its appozl for the union of the churches, and its atatomont of tho mannerin which it will bo offected: ~ Neltier pray I for theae alome, bub for them slso who ehall Leliova on Tuo through thelr word; that they oll may be ong, as thau, Father, srt v me, and Tty thoe, that they all may be aue 'tn us; that'ths world muy eliove that thou'hiaut seut me,—Juhn avifs 20, We plead for the union of sl Christiaus | Pleaso noto tho emphasis ; it is not the union of tho * profossors of religion,"—of *roligious do- nominations,” or ** Chrlatlan acots,” but of all Christiang; thoso who are siraply and truly the followers of Joesus Christ, 'nis plen is one of our most distinctive fonturcs. Wo claim it ns characteristie, bocauso, a8 o people, wo contond- od for it through long years, whou all othor re- ligious bodies in tho land treated tho subjoeot cliher with ridiculo or silont indifforonce. Now, it 18 among. tho most popular thomes of the pul- pit and the religious pross; and to-night mill- ions rocognize the truth that God's children should bo umted. The poople have grown weary. ot divislon, hoart-sick of Dittor strifo; and the dny #eoma alroady dawning. when thoy may no longer bo * cabined, cribbed, and confined ” by tho withoring teuets of party, The light of the ago and the splrit of our holyraligion are leading all good people up togethor upon & higher plane —around our great comunon Lord. That thero isa union distinctly taught in the Now Touta- 'mont is now most gonorally eonceded, rarely evar donled. A fow, however, blind a4 1noles In their burrows of Iignoraut prejudice, "hiave tho hardihood to'say thut union is impossi- ble, and 18 not onjoined; and even protond that the Biblo pormits—God wills that there should ba divialous, In this they claim divine wisdom and gooduoss, *“sincs no two mon van sov thiugs in \lmoinul{mthu samo light; (borofora In tho charlty of the Gospol, God lLas gruciously ar- ranged to accommodate all.” Again, division ex- citod omulation. Compotition i the well-spring of mauly aotion ; it kaops the rellgions sea from atagnation; and far moro good 15 accomplivhed by tho distributod forces of a divided church than thero could be woro thoy all tmerged into ona poaceful body, ‘fho man that indulges in such faluo sophlstry, fals to romember, or never know, thiat thio Qluiral of Chirist ia a dlvino aud Eurfvcl Austitution, aud unlike tho entorprises aru of the fiulte mind, Its law and spirit aro from heaven, and not from earth! Wa do read in buch works sa Hhakspoare of *‘emulons mis- wions 'mongst the gods,” aud n Parker of tho **wisdom in the licouo for numborlews uchoola s but, in our Biblo wo find no countonanca given to sirifo, confusion, and division, Heur tho Am- bassador of the Son of God [n hils oarncst en- treaty to the Coritithinng,~to all Obristianss 4 X you, broturen, by the namo of our Lord Jewus Olirist, that yon all speak tho vame thing, sad thab thoré be 5o divisions amoug yous bub that yon be porfectly joined togother I tho #ame mind, and fn the same judgment.”” - Now, while sdmltting that union fa taught, tho fimnlnr part of tho Protestant Obristinn poople 0l that tho Bavior and his Aposties munnl [y *'apiritual, invisible union,” composed of all nrtlos, —Moroaver, many ablo thinkers teach hat such n unfon has always oxiated, and docs now bind the truo body of Ohrist, Now, if you think at all upon tho words, you must find thak tho theory, whatovor it moan, is couched in vagno andjmysterions Janguage. Tint tho masned comprobend tho munlng 1 gravoly doubt, This theory hns boon aufforad long to pasa unchale longed, and haa now bocomo as it wore storoo- typod. Novertheloss, wo pronoso to examino it for oursolvas, and, it posslblo, underatand itg hiddon wisdom or unwisdom. We ars informed that tho word . “spiritual” donotos somathing that relates to tho spirit—~tho splrit of God snd tho apirit of man. By tho spirit of mon wo moan that doathiless somothing that thinks and fools, All wo can know of this spirit in othors 18 what it tells ua iu words and actions. “Invisiblo" i3 that which cannot bs scon. By “union " we understand the stato of bein, Joined as one—an ng‘:nnmunt—-u harmony,’ Tl mo, thon, where id tho ovidonce of a spiritusl union of tho peoploof God? Is .the ovidonos liko the unfon—such that we must recoive it u‘}mn the ediot of dogmntism—being invisible? We must find somewhore the proof that Chris~ tiang, althongh not united in ono organie body, aro bound by & ononoss, an Agroomont—n ar- mony, at least in nmngi\t. in sympathy,.in will, and fu love ; or that, according to the Apostlo, they ate of one mind and one e?lrh. Whon e go out into tho world we aro cone frontod at onca, snd everywhere, with party namos,—thp oxclualvoshibboloths of numborloss sectd, ' Fach churoh, onob tomple, onch littlo chupot ins xomo dlstinotive tltle on its front ; and in theso vory namos alono wo read a melan- choly trentiso upon division, strife, and confu- sion in tho army of Chrlst. Porhaps gomo ono will exclaim, * Why, my dear air | do you not know that thore {8 nothing in o namo; that churchmon may woar different namos, and yob be porfaotly united in mind and spirit!” No, I do uot. On the contrary, I boliave tho timo has come fo tront that poelic exprossion as o pootic lio, A name stands for an object or thing; it i used in lnuguage a9 the substituto or ropre- sentative of the object, and & name is importaub Just in tho dogreo that tho thing roprosonted {n important. What, thon, means this divorsity of names? It moaus a diversity of things and ine toroats, Ilora the epenlor illustrated humor- ously tho importance attachod to s neme by- the caso of & nowiy-marriod ocouple, in which the room wanted to bo unmarried because tho tide porsisted-in the rofusal to wear her hus- band's name.’ Also, by tho suppomtion that the namos on all the housos of worship in this oi should some night, by miracle, bo changad. The people forget tho old - paths, and cach ono starts out nd ‘*our _church.” May be, the Mothodist brethren would happen to come hore. 1t would be a cheory sight to soe them so happy undor their own fancied fig treo. They would think tho discourso on the glories of Biessiah a good old-fashloned Mothodist sormon. Intdeed, but faw nre 8o educatod in the’ scienco of thoology, and in_tho difforentia of oreods, a8 to bo ablo s00n to discover whothor, ns Ephraim~ ites, wo Ymnounccd tho pags-word “Elhhnlo:h," or, 28 Giloadites, *Shibboleth 1" B It would cousumo &ll our time o enumerato in detail tho many ovidences .of division, and oven of bitter strifo In thought, word, doctrino, and theory, filling tho religious world with cons fusing and uncortain sounds, Ohurchos, schools, Dooks, perindicala and papers,—everywhoro an- togonlstio lu their teaching,—show that God's peoplo aro not of one mind; thay do not spoak the samo thing, and how can they bo eaid to live in a spiritual unfon? -As to love and gonuine charity, the songs and the sormons sometimes, b{ thoir cloquonce and beauty on oxtra occa slons, eauso us to oxclaim, ' How mweot, how hoavanly is tho sight " Bué who is 8o ignorant a3 not to know that partisan_jenlousy ia tho rankest plant 1 our gardon? Especially among opo-tdoad clorgymon has party Bpirit grown to be & huge upas-troo, whoss vory postilential breath poieons thio roliglous atmosphoro, and withers avery noble attompt to unite the army of Israel, T'ruly ey wo exclaim, the union is invisible] ‘Thoro 1s uo unicn—lot us faco tho sad fact— #piritual or organic. And now lotus look for light in tho Word of God. Who can imagino tkio denominationnl walls, party lines. of any kind whatovor botwoon God and Josug; who can concoive the barriors soparating Obrist from his followoral Lot him road tho Savior’s prayor, and then tho eighth chapter of Romaus, God aud the Son are one in uature (o far as nature sy ba aflirmed of Deity), ono in apirit, titought, will, and work ; and the "Redeomer prayod that all bis disclplos, thoas then tiving and thoso who shoutd yol bo born, might so bo one, If thero thon be & union, it must eviuce {tself by some- what of tho pamo love and harmony thut oxists botwoon the Fathor and the Son—botweon Jeons sud bis first discivles. Whonever thore shall bo oven the distant approach to such a swoet and intimate tnion, wuch & oneneea of mind, of spoech, of heart and aim, thon division will die, Lo loving cbildron cannot bo kopt n}mrt by bhonered walls, Titoro must bo a courtship and s marriage. Oh| thien tho bells, the groat bolls sud the littlo bells, which now peal out their solfish discords, will grandly chime together the glorious wodding march, % 3 Tho Itiblo toschos that all Christians should | bo in an organic union. Tho Church is figura- tively ropresonted as a body, aud it_is exvrossly atated that thore ia * ono bady,” and that tao it digtinction from ono epirit Which animntes tho body. Christ alone {8 the head, and all indi~ vidual Christinns sre mombars, “There 18 one Bliophord sud one foldl Thoerg is ouo Kiug snd one Kingdom! It is not doecribod as a potty limited monarchy, with no territory, and no }maizlva organization; but an absolute mon- srehy, in tho bost sonso,—a dca\mtium. baviug millionhs of subjocts, & fixed constitution, and an sll-sufliciont statute-book. Again, Jesus, speak- ing to hia followers, says: .*'1 am the truo vine —yo are the branches” You cannot lind tho passage whoro tho great Mastor evor spoke of tho difforent ** branchos of tho Church.”” Iach lowly digclplo cau thavk God for this honor— that he belongs to no branch chureh, but is bimgolf n branch of tho groat l(lfl-givlulli vine, . Tinally, tho Church is represented as the botrothed Brido of tho Lamb: ‘Thora ig only one groom and one bride. - The boautiful crea- ture will bo a8 one body ia hesven; aud surulf if wo can understand Hi languago, she should not bo divided upon the ocarth. All wyho love and fonr our Lord onght to stand united, for Ilis sake, for our own'sake, and for the sake of tho dylng world, Listen to-night to Him tenr- fully pleading, ** That thoy all nn? bo one,~—that the world may beligve that Thou hast sent ma,” This, a8 a prayoer of Him who was God manifost in tho tleyh, was an oxprossion of divino will, sud may be rogardod a8 a prophecy. Upon its fulilliment, more than all elée, deponds uow tho salvation of this rujned and lost world. With intonso onrnostuoss oan wo say Awenl to the memorable words of Wesloy, **Would to God that all party names were forgot, and that we, 84 humble, loving brothren, might sit down to- gother at tho Mastor's feot, roud uis Holy Word, - imblbe His spirit, and transcribo His lifo in our own.” ‘What tromendous influsuce & united Churol would spoadily have upon the world no mortal could torotell,” With non-ossentials all ignored, . bumao gpinions aud theories held in nbuynno-:l overy gl pit and eyory firoside in Isrnol Lighto with the blarlug glory of tho croas, the Churcl would appoar a8 if suddenly wakenod from the dead, and the powors of gin and darkness would tromble, All Christian men and women stand- ing panoplied in the liviig forces of s living ro- ligion, spoaking tho samo thing, moved by tho same spirit, tho places of inlquily and death would be ofoaml, the mouths of gainsayers he stopped, and thousauds who now sit in the scat of tho scorniful would soon bo brought in peni- tonce to tho Bavior. Thon would be proclalmoed saround the earth to all them that sitin dork- pogs tho gront Gospol of light and liborty. Would you have somo foblo notion of what might bo dono, watch the ailent but over caward and restless march of tho udmirably, organized army of Rome, Lok us bo warnod in- timo—nn- lous thoss Who recoguize Jesus us tho only Kiug, and who tako the Lible as tho rovelation of God's will—until era long our country shall novitably be the divided torsitory of Romanlsm and (s0- oallod) Rationalism. Alrondy thoy seem stoadiiy and unapposod moviug “Y to possess tho land, Tho Protostaut army {8 all divided, snd each petty band of troops occupled in buildlug up and defending its own stormed and crumbling fort. ''ho time Jins como when the Church, in one grand consolidated colutnn, should move lu aggrosslve war, and prove hersell tosrible ag an army with the banuors of God, Somo msn will suk, It ench a union be taught, ‘how can 1t ever Lo bronght abouty” I'hora aro I boliove about eighty differont ro- ligious partios in tho United Btatos. Buppouo, thon, deoply impressed with tho solomn neoes- sity of combimug ull tho Christiun forces iuto ono grand army, oach of theso partied should nond hor most prudont and devout mon to a groat Congress of the Ohuroh, The purpose of tho Convontion is to detormine how to unito all the followors of Obrlst in one organie body, I whluk that the nugels would hover over and around that meoting, Aillions of good meun and women at iome would bo knooling In prayor— ralmnlng the Bavlor's own petition to the Father, Tho mon assomblod in that Congress aro mind- ful that thoy are God's mon coms togathor for o holy purposo. Thoy aro uot siwayed by partiuan motives, but by the' love of Christ and of hu- menity, ‘They will not waste tine iu idlo gas- JULY 20, 1874, conado, or in paasing sugnr words to nnd fro, They fool that thoy must 1ght throngl a season of atorm and battla. hoforo tho grand objact ia accomplished, and stornly will thoy frown down any moro porsonsl conslderations, Temorso- 1esialy wlill thoy out Lo the right and the loft, lop. E}ng off ovoryt! 1n¥ notosaontial to salvation, 'he flary and awful oarnestnoss of Panl,'of L thor, Waaloy, Knox, and Ohalmors, will porvado thoir grand offorts, as ono after another unfolds Nl own concolved plan, Without hositation, and only In ¥ + Phrance such a8 camps may tosch Babro outa of Baxon Kpoech, will ench and every proposition bo disonased. As to their prabablo conclusion, wo can boldly prodiot this much, Upon no creed mado by man will that Convontion evoer 1nite, and no party namo can they over adopt! It would notbo long beforo ‘the Uonvention would go unani- monsly resolvo. A{ Inat, some man will riso and Eranuno that, forgetting ail olag, loaving all olso ohind, and boginning snow, lot us tako the Bl‘zlo, nothing moro, nothing loss, a8 our solo authority in roligioua instruction ; as con- talning tho “all-sufliciont rule of falth and prac- tico, Lot us havo no other tost of fellowship but faith in Christ the Savior and obedionce to his unmistakablo commandments, If over at all-in thno God's childron unite, this proposition substantially must ln«vllnblx bo tho vory firab thoy adopt. ' Bhould it De doslrablo to have somothing more comprossod ‘and spoclficas s bond of union, such a bond would be given by the Apostio Paul; in the fourth’ chaplor of the Iphosians, Totus read it: 1, “'Thoro iv ono God sud Father of pll" Of ::nutr:« evory ono accopls that aa & fundamontal ritth, 2, **Thoro {1 ono Lord,” Josus tho Mossiah, tho Bon of the liviug God, tho Savior of tho world, Rofaot that and thero would bho nothing loft, Unloss that proposition bo true, thore is roally no such thing us religion atall. ALl mon aro logicnllf shut ap to it. + 8, "“Thoro {s ono Bpirit," the Holy Spirit—the gift of which every Ohristisu clnims. p 4, #Thoro is ono Falth “—indisputably tho simple faith of tho Gospol of Josus. Thousands woro mado Christians without any knowiedge of Moses ; and bofora the lottora of Paul, or avon the Qospoels according to Matthnw, Mnrfx, Luko, and John, were over written. Bat no mau over boeamo a Christian without_sccopting tho Gos- pol which tha Bon of God Commonded to bo preached to avery creature in all the earth. 5. **Ono Hopo," tho precions hopo of ever- lnsflu"( life. , ' Ono Baptism," fmmersion in wator, into tho namo of the Father, the Son, and tho Holy Bpirit. History doclares unoquivocally that the Tomah Catholic Obureh (and 8o says the Popo) originatod Bapsism l? spriokling, and Protost- sutism thore borrowed it. Tho.united Church cau only practice as in tho first ago—immersion. © And "‘now what next? \Why, Paul says thoreda: P 7. “Ono Body,” God spaed tho day, and let 18 1ive to soa it, whon tho hn{)py Church shalt thus stand 1n powoer, and shall unitedly batttle to gonguor tha sinful world in Christ's uamo. Holoved, bave you nover thought upon tha ‘beautiful way of the wators in Nature, how thoy work, aud in what swoet harmouy bless tho world? I we climb tho mountain Aido wo Beo tho littlo spring giving drink to'deer and: Dird, to tho shopherd and flook, but, scomingly nothing wasted, it dances down ik tho brool, to malo greou the moadow aud charish the life of tho farmer's hord. We follow it on in the cropk whore it unites with many other springs and brooklots o turn the old waler mill that eawa the lumbor and grinds tho oorn, Soon wo fiud it poured into tho small- er rivor, huurinig tho tug sud rafy, nnd making Boautitul tho landseaps. At last, bolold the tiroloss thing of life and good, sweoping on in tho great, deoep, broad river, proudly bearing upon it bosom the glgantlo ship or mighty steamer burdoned with the riched of commoros, and hundrods of huwan boings. Thus should it bo with Christian love! Wo would not do sway with the littla log church far out in the wild for- oBt; wo would not tear down one whito-splred templo in the villago, nor take one atone from the aplondid ahd massive odiflees of tho city. Lot them stand. Tho army will noed more than wo have. But lot the cougregrationa bogin to flow ontward; to give away somowhat of their unususl and stagnating lova to the great brotler- hood—to the perishing world! Let them varry thoir _constantly-accumulating forcos, pouring togother brook after brool, river after river, into ono mighty rolllnglutuml, which shall bo able to boar the Gospol ships down to tho sca, and awsy to avary land beneath the snn, The petition of the Son of God will yot be granted—~it must bo answered. Then tho™ groat cities of the world—(he valloys of Montozuma— the jungles of Afries—tha gurdens of Ohina and Japan, yoo, evon tho far distsnt islands of the nea, shall all be made glad, and will join to awell tho anthom of the sngela: Glory to God in tho Highest, on carth peace and good will to mon! Then Christ shall havo the heathon for his in- heritanco, and tho uttormost parts of tho oarth for his possession ¢ ¥ Tho shouts of Jubilgs, Loud as mighty thuuders roor ; ©r the fulluess of tho sca, ¥ When it breaks upon the shore, 8lall yet bo bieard tha wide world oar P ———— - THE GLORY OF GOD. Sermon by the Rev. F, M. Ellis, of the Michi- 4 xun Avenne Buptist Chnrch. Tho following is .0 svoopsis of & sermon proachod yoatordny morning by tho Rtov, . M. Elis, of the Michigan Avenuo Baptist Church. Tho text was taken from the 17lh chapter of John, 22d verse: *‘Tho glory that Thou gavest mo I havegiven thom,” This prayor way tho most touching part of that boautiful anthom of Chriét. Its echos camo along the strong lino of patriarchs and pilgrims, now ringing with the tono of war, now with sadnoss. But Ohrist filled it with s meaning that alt will try to undorstand, olaim an exolusive right to this prayer; it {8 tho prayer of the Bon of Man, Itisa prayor bind- ing allmenito onoanother,—n jawel of that neok- Inco of love with which God bag bouna Iis loved onos together. [ Ouly tho pure heart can know God, and than ‘but pactially, Every one has had experieuco which ho has attompted to oxpross, and tha rorl olomont of prayor is whon ono bas thoughty which bo strugglos to expross. This prayer was not the moagro ollaring of o reluctunt leart, no starving stream of meroy struck from tho flinty hoart of Sinal, but & river of bleauing pouriug ita tidos of lifo on tho Hlnmu of 1co, finding its way fnto ‘caverns of darknoss, tinting overy shell, wrapping in its folds every stoue, gilding palace and cottags, shiniug everywhers without roseryo, copious, free, and oomforlm%; Such is God's love, It comprohends all, it belongs to all. As every plant in Nature 'may.claim the sunshinoe as its own, Bo overy soul tired, worn, comfortioss, wicked, may claim that lovo as its own. But, secondly, theso twords arc spocially adapted to thoso whom God has ealled to be Iis own. - Jesus, passing over the top of Mount Ol- ivet whero so mauy associations were gathored together, uttored those matchloss words, “‘Go yo intoall the world, and pronch the gospel to every oronture,” Out of thin commission civill- zation bas been evolved. The world has ealled thoso mon, those dirciples, ignorant mon, But suppose they were. That commiasion was one worthy of o King, and linkod thew to Johovah, Christ rising from thom, gave to thom thoso lnut worda a8 Hin blessing, but bofora He entored Hig throne 1o loavos his roho of labor on theso fish~ ormen, * The glory which Thou hast givon me I hizye given thom.” Aud oan those who have honrd Iis words to- day rofuso to_bo worthy of such an honor and do this work? No truo man can bo hiddon be- hind the badgo or insignis of his ofiico; homust magnify it, A man must be greater than his typo, and to no position does God call A man whier ho expaota him to Do moro of & man than when Ho ocalls him to bes Chrisian. Bvory man's lifo fu Christianity is a link botwsen somo other's, Time may duat this man with the nshos of forgetfulnees, but the influence of that life romaing, Noman leaves tho world just as he lrlx:nnd k3 but it 18 bettor or worse by rouson of n A And how powerful is Christ's life to-day. Nover did it lead o many to henven as to-day. The world still feels the powor of thosa thoughts uttorod by Paul, and thoy are engraven in tho loving hoart of Christondom; and, if & look is given over history, the wonderful influence of thut pet of sin_of the flrst woman in Paradiso will bo felt and soou. In this accountability to which dod holds overy ono, nona will bo Leld to strioter scoonut than Lio who tonobes tho Btornnl Word. In_ another's words, '*Tuo Christjan toncher stands not alono, and alone he cannot 1all,” If he loiter or negloot this duty, he is but » sign of shawe iustoad of & guide to the way he should teach. Every one romombers the anecdoto of tha brave soldlor who was wouudoed so thu hiw limb was amputated, Tho artery was bound u{:. buk tho cord becamo loose, and ‘tho life-blood bogan to flow. 'I'ie surgoou was consulted, but ho do- olarod nothing could bo dono ; thut 1t could not Lo retled, A nurse put his thumb on tho artory and wtopped the flow. Hour aftor hour ha stood thore, with the {oriblo (hought that when bo wlthdrow bis hand the wounded man must dlo, The arn grow woary, almoat paralysed, buk still he stood, 'I'he surgeon told tho suffarer of dangor, and sdvasod it hae had any mede No ono can* sagontoeond to loyad onox to doso, Tholnst mos- angon word sont, A prayoer utterad, and thon the brave soldior, mmlnql 0 tho nurso, maid: ** Now you may take your thumb away, Tam undr to go.” Tha haud was' withdrawa, the life-blood ootod away, and in & fow momonts tho eufTorer was at rosb,, | 2 8o iflll and I, g0 ovory one, aland in lifo, with the Jifa of htindreds or thousnrila undor his pawer, What svo wanted in the world, as the Chinoso told 8 missfonnry, aro ‘‘mon With hob hoarts to prench.” Tiors isno loglo that can argus down the power of s Ohristian lifa, no skoptlo Iaugh it dowa, no ridieule uneor it down. Thera 18 auch power In earneatnesy thnt ¢ can make Kings tromblo on their thronon. And tho Ouristian's dl;snuy must_ba commeon~ surate with his rnn‘mnnlh lity, Lot Christ bo the gnido, Ho took his typsa” from commion life, tho water by which ‘Ha aat; & child in it mother's arma; birds, troos, flowers, woro the toxts he-usod. Henling the slok, comforting tho sorrowful, and stirring up & now lifo in the bosoms of sinnory, loving and laboring for the sick and ainning,—such was Chriat's “fu, and nuch must . be that of his dixciplos. The small- est nct of a man's life will Lo Jittod into dignity, it done for Christ. In bearing such rnnpmm{- bility, Jeuus givos his holp; Ho Is not dead, but ia looking on from above, oheoring and atrongthoning. : Christ's hoart haa flang tgelf far in advanco of bLis dinclplos’ tootsteps, undor the fect of the alions, tho wicked, the world, sud it Is the Chris- tlan’s dutty o follow it and recovor ft. And if apy soul should be temptod to fall, and tnrn away from tho right way, may s thought of tho lovo of Chrlst, n remombrancoe of h?s ROTTOW and anffaring, ¢afl him back’ from tho forbidden way, and tirn him to tho right path,—tho path of duty, of love, of lifo, NEW PUBLICATI LIPPINGOTT'S MAGAZINE FOR AUTUGUST. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED. NOW READY, CONTAINING :~ THE NKW HYPRRION. From Parls to Marloy by ‘Wayof the Rhine, X1V. An Agrcsahlo Duot at Frank. {fort. By EDWAND STRANAN, Illustratod.—A TOUR IN THR OHINA BEAS, ly Fawsir R. Fronor. Il lustrated,~LOVK'S OHOIOR, By KATR HILLARD,— THRER FEATHERS. Obap, I, By WILLIAX BLAOR- authorof ** A Princess of Thulo."—DANTE PRAISKS BEATRIOK. By TiTus MUNAON OOAN.—~CAMP QURK. By B, Wemn Mrronstn.—MALCOLM. Chaps. 32.37. By Gronax MAODONALD. —PHANTASIRS. DBy PMsta TAZANUS,—~PORTRAITS OF MINOR OELRHRITIES, By BArAn B. Wisrten, — ROUGHING IT IN THR LEBANON. By M. B, Broxk,~TWO ENRMIES, Dy CARNOLL OWEN.~A MOONLIGHT VISIT TO THN COLISKUM. By T. 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W.RANLIT, Propristor. CATSKILL MOUNTAIN HOUSE, Twulve miles from the Villaga of Oatakill, N, Y. Acsesslblo by tho both mountaln-road in the country. Elavation, 8,060 foat, Viow, extouding otor about 10,008 o4 o A'wonora) syuare mi! by 'n‘ in the world, muoppheeo, Tomperature 15 to 20 degroos lover than that nl‘ 50lnv Y:xk Gll.yimlluuln lnrn Junolto Oct.1, Board, . A oF WOtk FTor dory e var Wt VL ertota, Catskill and Mountnin House Stages and Carriages. Visltors will ploaso inquire for JAMES E, BEACH, Agontat Oatskill Landing, who will bo in atteudance o b i Hoate, upon tho arzival of alae ol BRNOuY, Traputetor. MISCELLANEOUS, Propety-Dvmers Who havo Bean damaged by'the construction of the tracks of the (ollowiugennined railcoads ara nolftiod, tiat rallruads aro roquizod, by the orainancea giving thon Tight of way In thu cltyy &y coninonce atd. prossoute in a court nf compotont furlsdictiva, within “‘"‘3 jonrs from The timo of 1aglng down. thelr tracks respedtivoly, pro- coodiags fur tho sscorfalnuunt of, aud mating comiiones: lon for, ail loyal damagos osuaod by tha leriag dowa oc eonatrubtion of wich traoke: Lt thio baualt of (his pro- n caa only bb bau by proporiy-owudmy who ehhll have o e el Borme of. Gve Ubiago & Lndiana Cantral, ordiaatca aalle & Uhicago Rallcoad, May 6 5y i Chiloage & 'itvanston Nailraa llo & g 19, 1873 Chicago & Cannda Bouthorn und Olicuyo & liliuoly Miver Iallconds, Nov. 11, 18734 Oblcagy Sihie wankoo & Bt. 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DEXTER PARK--1674 SECOND MEETING ‘JULY 21, 22, 23,and 24, FIRST DAY~TUESDAY, JULY 21, mfi"{“?flf‘x‘ X'REMH‘!IM: INm 1, 81560.00, TROTTING PREMIUM No. 2, $1,000.00, { !Msmgmss-m.m to Oraly, 820,00 to second, and o third, ENTRIES~Bam’ Grooks entors gr. m.r Ross of Washe oo un Sullivan entora b, n., Hosing, Jr. James Walsh ontors b, m., Holviua, W, IL._MoDalo entor m BfoD, SV i S i, nl(l)ly‘l‘;olfll)\n.l 5 "h; Z an;‘ rino Walker, formerly 5 RS B e RUNNING PRRMIUM No. 8y 8700.00. Milo Jleata—throo fu fAva—g4 to first, B150.00 o L %‘::l%'n;fld 100,00 to third, G BMonday, 5“!}2& at 1 m, SEQOND DAY-~-WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, TROTTING PREMIUM, NO. 1, $1.500. 20 OLASS—8000 10 firat, 840 taseoond, and §20 te TiNT . olf NG LLES <Y, IL. Mitohol aators b, g., Matey Miteh- 8, Uolumbla Ohlel, fom 8 10, ., G Judd.' g i e an. A ontors b, m., Mollle. ontors gr. g,, Tion Stnith, entors oh, m., lattlo, 0. I3, Myars ontors b, Fo Bteohen Bull enters gr. il Sharidan, arge Onarroll entors b Gan, Howard. A. Hacholder ontora John I1, 8. Brown entorsr. tlo Jako, RUNNING PREMIUM, NO. 5, 8300, For threo.yasr olds Hatal atako of #00 added to swoe # #takes ol ch, 810 forfolt—M . Bored to” recoivo $i0d. Olosod Sy 1o, with 1ho folew: ng NTRIES~RA, Harrin it KA Harrlaon A D Siod: LiovLanters b. €., Caiio b, elokie of iacn Mo, bo Taiipfood thiry misates TROTTING PREMIUM, NO. 0, 82,5600, (3 OLABB--81,600 to firat, $600 L6 sasond, aad §%0 ta Thos, 0'Connor enters bigy Gedrgo. okar, omis enfors b, ., Chicago, Tandoll entors b, a., Bilog toniota. Doblo entors b, m. 'Ells Wriglit, Uowla ontors g, m., May Howard, 2 e, o Gy Tud Rowoll onters gr. 3 THIBD DAY—THURSDAY, JULY .23, RUNNING PREMIUM, NO. 7, $300. Dash of a mile and a half: 200 (o firat, $100_to acand, T d gl t} ‘mio pad,pamg audclose, thity mioutes alise desision ol TROTTING PREMIUM, NO, 8, $1,250. 3:2 OLASB-8300 to flrat, £300(0 sdcond, $180to tuled. ENTRIESI. Doogroy ogtors ge. ., Ton Smith. oo Smith ontora by i WoHOH] e L. 1jsacl ontorube ia., Sloas oo, ? Fanchor entota by ., FABOer, ' Snlan ontors Oatali 3 B, Math ontées .'m., Matflo el Alfon Goldomith antors b, i, Tady Moretsod. Jahn Downs entors 8. g., (ol af, . 5 1, vord entors . g Toofer - formorly Blsa i, . Brady ooters b. 8., Young Whlkos. {5 A Bnteholdor antors duir, Ik, ins ontora bl g., Albort. 0. W, Pililips ontors b, m., Amy B, 5 RUNNING (Hurdlo) PREMIUM, No. 9, 3400« Dt of @ mllon, avar elahit hurdles. 8330 go fleaty 81 to sncond: B to llllh?. llnrdlamulrllu. "")’;“gh\.l', addod fo walglt for ago. To namo and oloso thiFsy mir lew attor daciston of Promiu No. 6, July i TROTTING PREMIUM, No. 10, $2,250. lors b, g., Joker, ., Olomentine, Favas & Loomia ontor 38uudd Dobin onters dit. i Cha Pridgeon entors T i ot ! ro ontura o D. W Mattocks antora b fom Wandor. A, O, Fisk onlers gr. g., Gen: Shorman. FOURTH DAY—FRIDAY, JULY 24, TROTTING PREMIUM, Na. 11, 81,000, S MINUTR OLASS~8600 to tirat, 8230 to socond, 81 JNTRIES—Geo, Bentley ontors ro, i., Goorge Judd, Gan, Vacnsyorth enters v, &, Georio F, Tiou Macu entcrs br. g., Jonics Howoll, Wr, Littlo Jak . Rose of W K, 8. Brown sntors ro. Bamne} Ui ntors gr. M, J. Tor] ora oht. g., John W, H- 1tay Warr: 2o, ey Mambring Wal Billy Hotapn-. . J. P. Peck vutors ch. g., Randall. . 2 RUNNING PREMLUM, No. 12, $1,000. Two-Mile Hoat 850 to first, 829 lo seoond, 31004 third, To name aud close thirty minutas after decisfon of premium Na. 9, July 23, PREMIUM, No. 13, 82,600 tolflest, $600 to second, and $3¥ w P R1ES 1., 7. Martin eaters b, m, Nottls, James H. Wada enters b, g, Rad Cloud, Alden Goldsmith anfors b, &. Glistor, Frank VanNoss ontors b, g. 8t, Jamos. RUNNING (Consolation) PRREMIUM, 1, 8200, nathat havarun and not won during th oottt on At g ot sround the track, Tiokats for tho four Jays, t‘nfl!"n“fibl ‘holdor to ] 1 the riviiogos of tha track, ‘To bo had at the Palmer, El’lmd ‘agilic, Shormen, Troniont, and Trausit Hotols, ¥ Mieligna Southori spocial train leaves for Doster Park at 1:16 p. m. and at 1. ittsburg & It, Wayne yraat 1:15 lrld];’- ? 5! p. m. Tho hurso cars ~avory 18 minutos, X enioadid Band wrdor (o' losdorskp of Honey 8. P‘A‘\fila, l.lu‘t -}nflmuvd nv\l}lml plagor of tho world, will fur o tha Gooming: : e GRONGR B, MANSUR, Mansgor, POOLS . On to-morrow’s Races will be sold a$ WOL- FORD’S, 123 Olark-st., to-night at 8 o’clock, and every evening during the wook- ACADEMY OF MUSIC. ‘Engagomont of Chicago's Favorite Comodina, T O ELTNT DIL“ LOMI.\., ""m. by Si: hts and I'wo Matinoos F to hlg "“""::’iu“r"d.m:r"nff. " Somploio rounid of his arast personations, Mong Tuosday—IRISIL DOCTOR, JONES' IlA‘fi'Y‘h:m\‘;nifnb fil;:v ln’l\\'onm. “THE TWO PUD- DIFOGTS," Woduesday, entiro change. Friday, Bonofit. _Sasurod acats, b0 aud 74 de L0OF TEERE WILL BE A (GRAND PICNIC OF THELO.0.F, AT SHARPSHOOTERS? PARK, TURSDAY, JULY 81 Trains loave cor, Carroll aud Cltnton-sgy st d .. Rofroshimouts can o 'at s, mo an L . ‘on tho aronnd, ‘Trainawillatop at tho prineipal crossiugs. 1 o may bo . Tiukots only 60 conts. A good tit Gxpooted. Muslo by Vass & Holfmau's Kxposltion Band, EXPOSITION BUILDING. Bt} on vlaw, That miraculons achlevomont of nrt, ARRTS X EXLC L g b . GUSTAVE DEMARS, Fron A Lot Rk Setiosta, - Alno DON SUAN AN JIAIDEE. Opon affornoon and svonkn, No, EDUCATIONAL LAKESIDEH SEMINARY, A Home Boarding School for Boys nod Girlsy AT QUONOMOWOQC, WI8. Thorougl lustruotion ta svery Dopsstment. For Olrea- MISS GRAOE P. JONES, Princlpal, Tl e Ol G O ELY, estor M. 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