Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 19, 1875, Page 2

2 THE CIHICAGO TRIBUNE MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1876. eontemplation of (ko voleoloss elkica to tho do. mandn of present duty, This i3 no soasonablo Lour for gazing npward ¢ lifo witn all ity taske and trinly is beforo them. Tho worli still ehirouded fu sin and darknews calls to them in tho words of their groat commission: ‘ Goya; preach tho Gozpel I To thom in [utrusted tho nalvation of tmmortal rouls. Mako Dbate your arma ; thrustin tha sickle for Jo tho fields aro whito for tho larvest! It is no timo to be dreaniing over tho past or pecking with curioun eyes ta piorce tho veil helund which the Lord hias dipappearad, ** Why gazo youpward ? This Ao Jonua who fs taken up from you shall so come in liho wanuer &s ¢ huvo seon Him go iute heaven!” 'Ehis, then. is not His finnl depariuro. Tho groen oarth shill onco mare bLa troddon by the seotof Him who ban yanished from thelr alght, But for this resurance, their Learts wonld havo heon excoeding Botrowfal: as 1t \an, thoy Jopked jnta each olhor's faces with tho gladnoss of a new aud glorions hope, and, muriering, “Tio shall come agawn ¢ e shull come agam 1" tisoy wenl huck to Jorusalem with greal Juy, aud wero continually in the tomple praiting aod blessing God, Trom thin time onwgrd n more honrty zeal is evident in tho work of theso early Diseiplos; they have romathing 1o live and labor for, Tho disguired King who had breathed i hfs away amnd tha blood amd darkueas of Galgotha Is come fug apnin to take unto Himeelt s great power, ~coming jn tho clouda of heaven, and all flis holy angale with Him! \What strongth and pa- tienoo, what ostnest of honor and victory, i the worda with which they groet ench other, ** Tho day ia at handl™ Why should they tremble at tho rabLi's snatheme, or tho roaring of tho beasta of the amphitheatre? 'The day b toar ot band whon the Lord shali avengo {lis own elect! Iu the Rot-far-o futura they geo tho {hrono of Isracl yobnilt and occupicd by Quo wore splendidly sirnyed than Solomou in all Ins alory ; the esglen of hated Rome dergged in the dasl, and Goi's ormies treading . their oncmios under foot. No donbb they fally expected to meo all this in thoir own_ day aod generation; bub n this they were doomed ta_ bo diappointed. L'wouty contutica have passod away sinco then, and still 1o eyes of tho Lord's people are turncd townrd the clouds_of heaveu s thoy wait for lis ap- poanng, Hope teforrod malieth tho hear vick ; * and mony a Lo when tho Church hay falt oy bitterly na ferael in Egypt the Insh of tho hard tagkmastor, 8 cry from thie depths hns gouo up- ward: **How long, O Lord, bow Jung! Come and mako no tarrying 1" Yot siill Ho waits, sud $ho years go by and the ages with thoir slow-ra- volving wheols; end tho eyes of the watchers arow weary, and tho scornful mords of the au. cient oubeliaver hiave worn at length upon the paticnea of tho Chureh, hke tho long dropping of water upon & stoue, till Christisus, hoping against hope, begin to sk, ** Whoro is thoprom= woof Min appearing#” It is nothing unusual for learned men to assert that the lotig-hoped- for ndvent of the Lord Jesus 8 to he merotv o piritnal mnuifestation; tuat is, that Lo wil vomo not visibly, but ratuer by the oxerciee of waving arace and the power of 1is spirit in tho palvation of souls. 'Chis, however, i a poor equivaleut for tho glorivus hope of the early Oburch which Jed thew to belfeyo that ons doy tho ciouds wonld separato amd Cinrist would vomo in liie manuer as Howas (aken up into hosven. Tinis word of promise, uttered with no uncertain sound and oft-repeated, ndmits ¥ no question or peradventure. He shall socomo 10 ltke manner as Ho was taken up; thoy saw Tim go and they shall sece Him come, Thon #hofl appear tho sken of the Bon of Man in heaven, and Ho shall come with poser and grest glory, We heve not followed vnnnlngly-devised fublos when wo made known uuto you tho coming of our Lord Jesus Clrist, but wera oye- witnesses of His majesty. Bo Petor warna tho Dieciplen that scoffers would appoar in the latter day eaying ‘*Whero {8 tho promiso of Il coming #” And to meet this objection, IR re- minds them how tha delugo wos long dolayed, hut camo at last when mon ware no lonzer look- ing for it; reminds them alvo that with God s thousnlul years are ns oio day, sud one dnyns A thoueand yenrs: and roponta the arsiiance that whou the day of the Lord does come it will como a8 o thiof in tho might! From this it s evident that tho Apostics and early Chrietiana fully believed in tho advent of tha Lord Jeena, and that Hia coming would be in pereon, visiblo and glorloun. 'L'Lis ‘articlo of thoir foith wau ovar before tbem, aud thoy urgod it upon the atien- $1on of all beliovern ag o motive to patienco and gindness, and oy living. **Lhere is loid up for me & crown,” eays laul, now “rendy to ba offered,”—¢ a crown which the righteous Judge shall givo mo ot that day, aud now to me only, but unto all them that love Llis sppeanng.' 11 this testiwony of tho Apostlos bo taken in conncction witly tho protuiso of the ** two mou in ebioing apparol,” and with tho mnuy unequivo- eal woris of Christ Himself, thoa, brethran, we iy look ta the skfes with a confident hopu that in tho fullness of timo tho man Christ Jesus shall through theta como lu potson to reign King over all and Llcssed foraver, Tho workl that saw bimrobed in tho enst-off nurploof o loman magivtrate, crowned with thoruy, grourged, spit upow, bufleted, fainting nader tho burden of n cross, aud * liited up” to dia 1 abame sud agony, will yet soo I robed iu the whito raiment of heaven, sud croaned with the diadem of the universe. Tha clouds thutmourned in rackeloth when tho quiverning limbs of tho dying Christ were atill shsil gather their brirhost houts togathier for tho tlrono and canopy of ITim who ta alive spain and livoth for- evermore, ‘Llie legion of ungeis thas hovered in the daskness over Calvary, aud mourned bocause they nught not toar thar dving Kivg trom Hin cross, shall throng 108 cbarlot-wheels aud ery, “I'reparo ye, propiro ye the way of tho Lord, for chold “Ife cometh, and all pations ehall fear before Him!" And the Christ who wandered, footsore and nomeless, over the Lills of Qalilee | sball reign upon tho samo earth iu light and glory that is unapproachabla, The tawme earth, and yet not ths wame ; for it shall be mode ready for Ifis np- penring. All traces of sin and gailt sball sud- danly bo removed, a8 if by iire, at the sigual of His uppronch, Tho trumgpos eliall sound, aud in the mmlmnfi of au eye & flame, us of God's Apocalypro, Thusthoy reacbed the last nlght of year 1000. Ail that night tho strecis and opon flolds and monastary roofs wero fhled with mon and woman watching tho skles. Dat the houra went by; tho stars grow pale, tho first fafub streak of the morning cams out of tho Eaat, and then, as if agreat burden Lad been ifted from ita beart, the wholo world with ono glad cousent arosa from ita paralysia of fear aml turned again o the esrmest duties of lifo, e memorablo words of Hylvester, * Soldiers of Chriat arise and fight for Zion,” wore ro sponded to by thonsands of brave mon who wero tived ot wearinyg sacengion robes and walking in tho rhadow of death. Grami echiomes woro do- vised tor the conquest of the boly nopulchie and tho universal diffusion of tho Gosao) of Christ, ‘I'ho world, rejolcdug 1n fts now leaso of vigorand life, was girded with zeal and ambitton, Ji\-crf- thing 'sas projectud on a gigantic ncala. At this timo woro Iaid tho brond and desp foundationy of those pgraud metioval cathodrals which atand o this day with their immenso walls and syuare butiressed towees s monuments of strength and beanty s o Gul strangth and Losuty which only the glad scrvico of a world born enew from the overstadowing fear of doom could ever hiaveo orentod, Theso thibgs are spoken of only to ustrato tho depreslug aud paraiyzing forco of n morbld espectation of tho_ coming of Chyist, 1t was to avert this that in divino prov. ideuco the tinte of the advent vas lid from thoe eyes of the living, Itisthe very uncorisinty tint makes nsover watehtul, and fhereforo it was deeread that no man should know tho day or the hour when the Son of Man comethl *1t i wusoleas to puzslo tho hrain with prophotic arthmetie." 0 key to Danicl's mystical fle- utes bhas never been found. and all ‘fapeted s terpretations of it bave thus fae utterly failed, When the great darkncas foll upon New England moro than a hundred years ago tha peojlo thought that deomsday had surely come, Duu the presiding ofticer of the Logialature, thou in sossion at Hnriford, sent out for candles and lit them, eaying: ““We must not adjourn; il tho Lord Lo conning fet Him flud us epgaged (n fha discharge of duty.” o this apieit should all Christians live. “Cho ono thing neodful 13 devo- tion o present duty. Loy our loios be girded about and our lights burning, and wa ourselves Iike mien thot wait for the coming of their Lord, that whon e comuth and kaockotl wo may opon uanto Him immediately, Andif o stall come iu {ho aeoond watcl or in tho third watch, and Nod u¢ so, *“blossad are thoso servante” B> yo theraforo rendy, for tho Son of 3Man cometh ot an lour when ya think not, T'no man who i fiving a lifo of faith in tho Son of Godia the man whoso loius aro glrded, and whoue light is buraing. Fitness for His appear- fng doos not imply auyelic porfection § it ro.juircs 1o man to rotire futo solitudo snd wear asccu- slon robes,. Why stand vo gazing up wto heaven ? ‘Tho voics of duty calls our oyes away fiom the clouds to sconea of guilt and eorrow, to the natfenco of hiope, and the fabo: of fove. to slifeof dowg and sufforing for Jesus' rako. Why atand yo gazing upward ? Qo preach the Gosgpel unto avery croature, Happy s the man who nt the Lotd's sppeming shall be fuund in tho nct of feeding the huegry with thoe bread of hfo, or puiting a cup of cold Water to tha lips of iho feast of Iiia liteio ones, Busied thus, if His Lord como in the second watch or in the third snlch ne i3 oyer 1eady to open uoto Mim fome- Lately, Au(?: friends, lot us loso nona of the phn}ncls of onr hope hy reason of our Lord’s long waiting. For yot a hitlo winlo, and Ho that shall come will come, aud will not tarry. Though it bo uot right to stiod gazing upward all the day long, yot tho soul mav of.0n bo refreshied by ‘an up- waid glanco atthe sluos. Porba;s tlicse very flezhly oyes of ours shiall ons day fee the parting of thoso clouds, for who can discorn the signa of tho timew, who can toll how nearly tho *littla whilo" 18 ended, whoknoweth theduy or thobowr? Under tho frost of wiuter tho rools of horb aud treo, unsocn by human syes, &ro OvOr proparing for tho approach of srring. o the myetetiond forces of nistory, its wars, and tumults, aud cot- fusions, visiblo only to the sight of tue Ouw- niecient God, e weaving the bauner tor tue great u(umyhnl advent of the King. The years to va pasas elowly, but with Him they are flving like & weavor's shuttle; and ever aud anon His volce is heard, *“Bo patient, weary souls, a thousand yeats aro ono day; avd Jrelo’d I coma quickly 1™ Iu this therois bope, and strapgth, aud comfort, for all Christinn lears ; for the day of tho Lord will bo for Ilis neoplo as for Hinsell o day of trlumph aud carouation, De- loved now aro we, tho sons of God, bat it dath not yet appoar what wo shall be; yot wo kuow that when [{o shall appear wo shail bo liks Him, for wa ¢fiall aco Him ag Ho 16. And every man {hat Lath tbis hopo in Him purifieth bimeelf, even an le is puro. Thorofora let us not sloap a8 do gthers, but Jet us watch wnd be sober. Once Ho came ns the slowly-dawning light, yeo furnace, shnll sweep osvor valloy and hill, and, when thio denso smobo las cleniod awey, bobold w» new enrth, and overywhsro the glory and beuuty of Paradixo, Justead of tho thorn shall some up tho fir-troe, and mstesd of the brier whiall coma the myrtle troe, and all tho tracs of tho ficld ghall ciap their hands, audthe lulls sliall break forth bofore Ilim into ringing, The (a8t roriuant of the curso shall bave been awopt away, toowlcked shull hava been suddenly remmoved by the death-angel to their owa place § and the saints, * canglt up juto che sir " dure ing thegreat configration, sball descond again in the grand triumpbal ndveut {0 reign with Christ & rhousand yoors, Thig is tho pictnre that waa pyer boforo the mind’s eyo of the anclent dis- siples. Nor wau it & mero bopoful dream. It brighteat colors wete caught fiom tho visions of Prophets sud Apostles, Ob, brethron, it wo tid but realize that uil this 1 coming, fa not afar off, our short-lived dvy would be crowded with dutios that must neod bo wrought befors the ssiting sup, sud gur life would seem liko that pussover might when Iarncl sinod, girt and tondaled, with staif in band seady for the jour- noy of deliverunce! But the watchword of thie carly Church, **'The timo drsweth near!" falls upon our eats, dullod wiili long listouing, like an idle, oft-told tale. The oil of fuith which the vty provided for thele Jampy when tho words of promise were spolicn solong nzolies beou well-nigh exhausted 5 but this slko waa foretold: +V/hen the Hun of Man comotl shall lio nd Sulth on the earth 2" Itisous of thoelgus of ils pear approach whon the foolish virgind lie axleen with *¢their lamps gono out.” Darker and darker must grow th mght of uabellef, till ut miduight tho sudden ery Wil be heard, *Bo- hold, the bridegroow cometh 1" Dut for various reasons it 18 both needloss aud jmpousible to fix by signs sud_omens tho exuct timo of our Lord's nppearing. Frowm the oarhest sges thero bave not been wanting dreamers in whe Church toery **Lohere! Lo there!" yot Chrlst Himsolf forowarncd us, “If any msn shall aay unto you, 1,0, hare 14 Christ or there, bolicve it not, (or'ss the highitnlug comethuo ulso shall the coming of tho Hon of Man bo 1" Paul folt callad upon to check the too forvid uxnucuun‘y. of the bellevers in Thosealonica by rewnding them that the Lord's day wuuld so come as s tnief inthe night—not Ly observation, 1n tho dark days when fire aiid sword wme let loosa upon tho Christians of the early Church It was everywhero praciaimed thet theso were tha tribulations which, liko the falling of the ' stars and turning of the eun 1o blood, forcboded the immodiate coming of Cbrist, Lut tho oyes of God's peo- plo at longth grew weary of witching the clouds, and tho feverish bope of the Adventists, slowly dying out, was not vevived sgam uutil the cloxo of the tenth century. At that time wars, and plagues, sod. famiucs, the Dnulzln% up of Jaw mfl:der, the deluga of emn whichk bnd over- spread il lands, woro thoupnt to bo signs of diseotution in heavon nud earth. With oue con- sont tho pegple cof God looked upward aud pre- pared foy the advent of thelr Ring. Ali work was_puspended. *¢The laud was left unuiled, the houscs unrepaired, the right unvindicated,” Henry, tue German Ewmperor, esme down from bie throne, put on the munk's cowl, and went rosobing everywhero, ' Hepeut ye, for tho &mudom of God is at hand[" Crowdsof the people slopt on the porches and under tho lhl&)w of cathiedrals, Prayer was offered withe out ceanlng, sud the truce of (God was pro- alsimed, Tho ulpits rang with “the prophecies of Daniel and tho vislous of tho sy / once sgsin will o come ug tha lightaing, Watch, for yo know not when tho Master cometh, atoven or at midoight, or at tha cock-crowing,or in tho morniug, And Ho thal tastificth theao things eaith purely, I como quickly., Awen, Evon go como Lord Jesus! ——— IT IS NEAR, BENMON NY THE REV. DI, RYDER, The Rey, Dr, Ryder preached yesterday even- o at Bt Paul's Clurch on Michigauavenue, uear Eightocnth, taking a8 Lis foxt: to Itkewiso whon ye shall scc all thewo things, know that It is uesr, oven ot the doors. Ratt, xsiv, s i), Thera are two positiovs in rofercace to the recond advent of Chriat that seem irrofragable. The firat {s, that our Lord during His personal ministry foretold His scoond coming, Tale Ifo did on sovorat occnsions, fo languago vory ex- plicit, and which soems to havo beon oleatly une derstood by thoso who heard Him make theso tredictious, I quoto tho following passages: John xiv, : 8 ; i And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will como aguiu and r%um. )x_vmp:mw Alyself ; that where Iam tuere yo niuy bo alvo, Agaln, verso 13: 1 will not leave you comfortless ; I will coms to you, Hee, ulko, verso 28 Ye bavo heard Low I sald unto you, I go away, snd como agala unto you, Thero passages aro nll taken from the conver. satlon of Our Lord with His dieciples, just bo- foro 1lis crucifixion, and form a promiuent feature of the instruction glveu thom by Himat that timo. Tho other position iu rofercnce to the second coming of Christ, which I cousider irrofragadte, jsthias His spostlos and immediato followors, guided by His fusiructions, bofieved that Ifo waa to appear the socond time. Theroscoms to have been among them but one opinion on this sub- joct § they looked for the appoarance of Jesus tho aocand timo as an event cortain ta bo, Paul fu biy First Foistlo to the Carinthinns, iv.15., wsys: “Thereforo judge nothing bofore the thmo uutil tho Lord coms,” ste. Assuming that the second coming of Christ hna not yet transpired, the largost portion of the Ontdytian Clhurch has, from age to sge, cone tinued to boliove that Jesus woald, in somo forin and at soms time, fulllll tho conditlons of Ihin teachinge, and reappear upon thiy oarth, It s beon gonerally supposed that He must ap- pear hierally in the elouds of heaven, ovorthrow the Governmonta of this world, and sos up s kinudom of rightoousnoss and {zmco. ‘I'he Advoutiats, who aro lifted into prom- Inenco occusiounlly, simply fix tho date of tuo Lord's appearance, If 1o Is to come to this cartt again, when cbell that oveut trauspire ? If some time, wby not to-morrow ? Aud so swudying the history of the Church, and thoe text of Heripturo, and “fiuding what they ounsider syldence of tho fulllllment of propheov, they locate tho event, and wait for thogoueral closing up of all subluuary affaire. What is the root of tho dificulty in this case? Ta it possiblo for the Adventisis to be oorrect, or Rre -fi their nrocuiations groundloss ¥ Our auswer fu thia: If the sccond comivg of Clirint e & yet futuro event, they may be correot. Clirist may appear to-morrow ;3 but, 1f tho event linvo aiready trauspired, then, of coune, thoy aro altogether in the wrong. Whersupou I am of the opintou, that no petsou who accopts the current theory of thu sacrlticial churchos in reforence to tho coming of tho Lord is oumpoteut fully to answer tho arguments of tho Adventists, ‘The moat that they can hopatodo s to show that thona predictious as to times and sessons aro ituprobable, for the question will continually recur why Dot now if somoe time ? Tuc Is fho mecond sowivg of Obrist an eveat otill future? We anawer, No. Tho fires ap- earance of Christ was Hlis bodily presonca asn eacher snd guide; Hlis second appoarance was eubsequent to flis crucitizion when tle Jowish Dispensation ended aod the Ohrustisn Dispansation began, Tu this position, as & denomination, we stand largely slone. U'nunhnu. as the new Church, tako wubstantially thu wame view as oursslves, but the great body of the Christian Church ".n-ch that tho second comiog of Chisist is still uture, How “ip this? one wnatmilly aske, If tha romised coming of ~ the Bon baw already traoepired, wh{ daes not evarybody “so uuderstand ft, and how Lappens that these sects aro tho ouly oncs ta discover the truth {o so tmportant & subject? I will snswer es cloarly snd concluely ns [ can, ‘The sccond comiug of Christ, as understood by the no-called orthodox Chuichon, s s paitof o theoluglcal eystom. When Uiriat thus sppewa, a8 thoy think, fla 18 to srt op ITis Kinadom, {udge the worid, and divido mankind into the two classes af righteons and wicked. Cone noated with thin second alvent fy the cen- tral doctrine of a gonoral fudgment. Now, fo ssy that Christ las alroady ap. ponred the second time, b4 virtuslly lo get aside the wholo proup of ductrines whieh eluster sround b, Fortnermore, thn langunge of the Diote employed_in_onnneotion with the sesond apuearanco of OQur Lard {4 i cortain canos yery fgnrative, amd, if takon litorally, doscrives an ovent of wiieh history has made no recovd, Tho battle-gronnd of this controversy Is tha 41l and 25th chiaptors of Matthows and tho is- aup fa practically this: how much and what patin nl" thesn ~ two chapters ara to Lo Iunr.llv interproted, and hat figuratively ? In pasaing to nn Intacprotation ol thase two chapters, tho snosker mado tieso points: Al ngrea that tho 24t chyter of Matthew opens with a reforence to tho desttuction of the hieral temple of tho Jowe, Dut whon we coms {o (ho {d vorse, romo suppose Oar Lorl to introducs tho now subject of tho ond of thin Iitoral globe, ¢ Whon shall thoso things be ? and what sbalt bo (hio sign of Thy comlug and of the anilof tho world "? Chue, tney uodeistand that in this versa thoro = aro thaeo threo uostionss (1) When aball theso thinpa—{viz. s tho destructivn of the tomute, &a.)be? (2) What #hall bo the sigh of Thy comuug fto brug thin destruetion] 7 (3,) What ehall bo the sign of the oud of vhe world itsclf 2—which last 18 of cowso & vory differout ovent from tho other two, Bot, in point of fact, thero aro in thia veraa but two questions,—tho first1olating tothe tune, and the rocond to the aigns of liis coming, ‘T'liosa who liave givoh any atfention to tbis aub- Ject know very wall that tho Greek word render- od wortd s aion, siemifylug ugo, aad not JAos- 1103, tho materinl globe. Vernos 20 to 81 cannot bo literally Interproted. but this prophetic description is fotraducaed by tho phrase, ** Immedintely nfter tho tribulation of thoso days," etc., aud onds with this vorsos o, likowise, when ye shall aes all these things, kuow that It { near, oven at the dosrs, Vorily, 1y uats you, thia generation shall not pas uatl all toese thiuga be fulfiled. Or tako (bls from Matt., xvi,, 27-231 For the Son of Man sliall comue In the glory of His Father with His ongols; ond then He ehall reward cvery man accordiug o' lis works, Verily 1eay unto yott thers be woma stawding hero wideh shall ot reo lboth 14 they sep e Bou of Mab coming ia 11 Elag- lom, Alatthow hero assorta theso particulars that Obrist would come ngain; that Ilo wonkl sppear 1u tha glory of 11is Fathor attend- ed by His angela ; thst tie would render to avery man nccording to Mid works, and that ho would do o] the+o thingo tu tho lifetimo of ihat gen- e1ation. Lut baa Christ thus appearod fn tho clonda of henven? This 18 not elutwed. But Ho said Ho would thus appear in the lifetimo of those then hving. Sball we, then, tbrow discrodit upon the woids of our Lotd? Tucre Is vo ueed of this, When wo read in Isatah, cbap. xxxiv, fu rofer- enco to tho Jand of Idumen : Aud tho Liost of caven sball bo diatolved, and the Loavenn shall by rolled togethor as a eroll’ and all their osta shall full dows, a8 1l leaf falloth oI from the Viue— wo ligvo o diffioulty in accapting the lavguage 04 figurative ; and why not apply tho sawe ataud- atd of criticism to Blatthen, xxiv., 20-30? ‘Tho samo ditficulty occars in tao case of the Book of Revelation. ~ That prand religious apie cantaing much Imagory of great beanty regardod a8 metaphior, but if wo interpret ity statements as Jiteral history there is no limit to tho false ductrines that may be drawn from tho book. And yet many in-ist [a rendering tho book in that ‘way, aud that notwithstanding tho vory {lrst verso ot it states explicitly that the Rovela- tion i3 of thinga ** which must slortly como to asg ;" snd tho last verse hut cus of the snme ook reafiims tha ssmo etatomont, w theso words: **Surely I como quiokly." Tt i:clear, thoreforo, that tho only way to reconcilo tho teachings of Chtist with thom- scived, and nith tho oxpectations of tho Apostles, and with the facts of history, is to nccapt tho words of Clrist in Matt., xxiv,, 81, as lwraily truo, and 80 aciuatly fultitied. [lis Ringdom 1 set up, It was 8o 80t up wuen the Christian Dis- ponsation began, ''he Baok of Revelation was written bofoto the overtbrow of the Jawish polity, and so ralates to tha vamo great event, Thus luterpretad, the judgment seat ot Christ is now in the eartb—~aud by tho priuciplss of His Kingdom o'l the nntions are judzodnnd soparated ono from snothor, According to tha law of virtuo, 89 a shopherd dividoth his sueep from the gonts —a judgment that ia as perpetual as rigatoons- ugss, and & Kingd.m that koows 1o end. Whilo thus wo Lehiovo ana teach that the coming of our Lord {s n past evont, wo recoguize the fact that in practical life His coming to tu- dividuals is progvesaiva and porpotual. He may nover, as yot, .have come Lo Bomo of you whom wow address ; or He may have come in tha power of Iis glory mnoy” times and in many timos and in many forms. Happyis Lie to whom tha Loy hing come,and with whom He conatantly abides. ———— PAYING CHURCH DEBTS. BENNMON BY TUE REV, EDWWARD SULLIVAN. The Rev. Edwvard Sulivan, Noctor of Trinity Chureh, preached yesterdny morning on **An 0ld-Fnakloued Way of Paylog Church Dobts,” taking aa his text: Upon ths first doy of the woek let every one of you Ioy by lmn 1 stornas Oud hath proepered him, that tiiery bu no gatherings when 1 come.==t. Cor,, xek, 2, In this way the Apostlo proposed toralsen speclal fund for tho relief of tho poor Christinns at Jerusalem, drivan, as thoy were, to direst dos- titution by tho fafluzo of that year's har- veste, and tbrown for their support on tho sympathy of thelr brothren of the outlylng provinelal churchea. This sympathy 8t. Paul undertook to awakon aod bis sppeal on thele bohall everywhers received o mosat liberal renponse. A large sum of monsy was raiaed, in tho place Indiocated in the text, in Romo, 3acedouis, and Achuia, and submitted by tho bands of Paul and other dolo- gatos choson for tha purpose to tho weody brethron in Jerusalem, making their heaits to overflow with gratitnde, sod ndding onoe moro to the many illusuations alroady givon of the loyal ohedlenco rondored by the primitive Church to that great law of Christian raciprocity—** Bear ye onoanothor's burdons, snd so fulfill the iaw of Cluriat.” The counsel of tho foxt, howsver, cannot bo summarily dismissod as though It were only s tempotary oxpedl. ent dosgned to meet an oxtraordinary omergency in the Listory of the primitive Olurch, To my mind, the Apostlo hos hera enunoisted tho truo; thoary of the Church's maintenance In all ages, adapted to all possinlo varlotioa of circumstances, and a3 unnivoreally applicablo to the material sspect of hor eatthly existouco as the commanud to * bellove 1 tho Lord Jesus Chrlat” is applicable to man's moral needa whercvor sinful man is found. In- deed, tlie text, whon analyzed; will be found to embody tho whole philosophy of Christian beneficonco, and to offer what must commond iteelf to overy thinking mind a8 In evory reapect the best solution of a problom which the Church lias not yot successfuliy olved, sad wilch, uatil 1% la nolved, muss voriously cripplo ez officloncy i doing Qod's work of tho earth, the problom, I mean, of Ler own material support, tho queation bow to got mouoy sufticlent to eustain aud oxtond ihe variod sgencles through whioh she oporates,—the churches, bospitals, rofuges, colleges, Sunday-schools, wissions,—by which, iu tultiliment of hor divine trust, sle caren for tus souls aud bodios of men, and tralus them slike for the dutios of the Nife that now is and for tho lufuer destinies of the lifa to come, In solving this problem thors ave soma thlngl which 2054 no yroof, and thersfore may bo taken for granted, a3 thls: ¥iral, ‘thsti, junt aw Clrlet, while on ono side of His naturo divine, and in that higher dopartment of ilis bolug sustained by purclv spiritual influences, ot was at tho #ame (ime human, and, becauss uman, subject to alt the necessary hmitations of mero humaulty, and sustsined by such ma- terisl food ey muy buman boiug needs, Bo the Church of Christ, while on ila mgher or Gudward side constructed for epiritual pucposes, and sustaluod by the continnous communlcation of spiritual ener- gy, tho sceret fudwelling of the Holy Guost, yet on her lowor or earthward sido alie “must néeds accopt all tho conditions of oarthly wxistenco, sud carry o bag, as her Lord did, aud learn, like Bt. Paul, **hoth to be fullandto be hungry, both to abound aud to suffor need,” according to tho scantinoza or othierwieo of tho money wuich the world's cold charity mav ** put therein,” . Whence is this “mstorial snpport to comer From the clouds of Leaven ? Fiom a continuous wirecle fu the Church, like that which twined water toto wine, or multiplied five loaves aud a fuw small flshos into a supply suficiout for soveral thousauds? Burely uot, CGod could doubtices caura ohurched to spriug spootavaius froin the ground, like Jonah's gourd, 1n & siogle pight, aud shon Ha could, il needs Lo, raln mouey down morning by moruing for; thelr sup- port, &8 Ilo sent Elis chowen people dally sup- plioa of food from Heaven—npay, wore, llawould thus, iuterpods if such wmothbods of iniraculous 1 osition wera cither for the Churclvs goad or tor Ilis owa glory, which thoy mamfoatly aro not. Whonca, then 1f oot from Teavou ? From tho national oxehequoer 2 (lud forb'd | Stats en. dowament is the direst pathiway to Stata vassale ago, aod the Churol cannot eacriffos Lor liboity on the altar of G.vernwont ronago, ~ By all means, * Rondor unto u of Cnrist davo not suffer Groant Lo pince hin foot aar tuo things that are Cicsars," but too Rrido uj ou hor neck. Thoso avenues of support ba- fug thus closed o tha Church, what othera re- madn 2 An appeal to tho aympatny of the world of the nuboiteving snd unrlly? Surely not, The Church of Chrint 1w dovbtloss tho boat safe- rmml of nociety's higlieat int-rosts, so strong o buinark that, with hier nbolition (wero auch o thing possible),.—uny, even with the tem,orary fuspenalon of ber ordinancos by tho com,ulvory closiug of her housos of prayor,—Inty would lovo her lotticst snnclions, and yeaco aad order would bo driven from amongat us, bafore tha wurush of thio demons of soeial conjusion and anarchy, but not, therefore, may the Courch bunuliate” hor- #olf to tho condition of a publicmendicaat, aud, ni ting {o the placa of concourso, meekly ask alms ‘of thom that pnss by. No: bersolf so riolly ondowed from Heavei, haiself must pro- vida tho maana by which tha largsze of epiritual Rifen 6+ lnviehly beatowed may bo not oul{, par- potuated iu Lier own possession, but slarod by hor with all who, stranpers to ber light. and lifo, and hborty, are *sittng in darsness and the shad sw of doath.” Man aud women who live I the full blaze of Gospel light, nd fars sumpluonaly overy das on its foast ‘of fat things, aud sro clothed in the purploan finelinen of a Christlan pro- fension,—thens ore thay to whom Christ bas com- nutiad the caro of his Church, In othor words, the Churel, 1 regard to tho necessities of har visible oarthly oxistence, muat caro for lisrself,— must supply fiom Lur own internal resources all tho varied ngencles by nhich Choist's Kingdom and the ralgn of truih and rightoousnces afo to bo extendod among men, How or on what principle, if sny, should ts bo donoP Can suy broad, gen- eral rulo bo Inid down Dy which the performance of this duty may be governed ? For tho auswer, brothren, 1 refer vou to our text, Bt. Paul has hore onuuciated the plan ro concisaly that the shortest momory may ons- ily commit aud retain ft, and yot wo (ally taat overy quesidon that can bo asked can hiero ob: tun it angwor: ¢ Upon tho firat day of tha waok Jet every ono of you lay by him iu'stoto as God hias prospored him, that thers bo no gather- inga when I como." by 8 very slmplo nrocoss of analysls, this toxt will” readily yletd tho following priucivles for our cougidoration : Firet, monsy for tho aupe Hofl. and oxteuoion of Christ's Church aod King. lom in tho esrth shiould be a fes gitt, a volun- Lary, spontaneous offoring, Emwntod not {u pay- mont for (whicn ia impusrible), but 1n ackuowl- edgomont of tho Chrisunn privileges enjoved. Hero we_touch the foundation-stons on which all beneficenco that deservos the namo must mun‘y rost, * Lreoly yo bave teceived, Treoly give," ‘God loveth a'cheerful giver,” *Give alma of such thtogs as yo bave.” ** Ho that giveta Tet bim do it with simplicity.” Tako a1ay this egscntial elomont of siaiplo, spontancous giving, and tho moral worth of tho act 18 wholly javali- dated ; our Christion charity loses that which coostitutes cbaricy’s brightest charm; thora is no lovein the act, and, that lucking, it profits ua no more than for the common work of lile would s withored, paralyzed arm. Dut s this prin iple, not to say universally, but oven gen- erally-acceptod and undortosd # Do Ciriatinn menand wowmen a4 a rule believa o it,and act on it? Burely not, olsa we ahould not witness the pitiablo expedients to which tho Church [8 driven 10 orser to keop her mauifuld axoucies 1o opara- tion,—expediouts which aro fost eating out all the uonest prido and manl ness of hor naturo, and present lier Lo the world's gaze with tho gaib and ‘attitude of o u\l‘pplhut. boering with tho crlnglnfi‘meckneu of sycopliaut for that whioh sho ought to Gomand boialy as her inalicnabie birthnight, Expedicuts, wors: of all, whioch not seldom pander 1o thoss very lusts of tho world, the flosh and tho devil, which sho {8 solemuoly pledged to reaist snd forswear, thus deliborately ployiog Into the handa of her own doadliost eus. mics, and dunrndvmg gould that Onrise died to redeem. Expedicnts which 1 noed scarcely narne (we are olf of us, unharpily, too famihar with thom)gthe vory enumerations of them in the pulpit would only provuko the smile of smuso- ment or tho tell-tale blush of shame, but of which I am bold (o say that, whenover resor.ed to in the Church, for tho reslemehing of hior {m- poverishied oxclioquor, they drag the Church dowy to the world's low leval ; chey secular- izo that whien God meant to_be saciod; thoy grieva and counteract tha Holy Ghost; thoy o po offouse and an abomioativo to tho Kiog of Kioga, * But tho Churoh must rosort to such things (it {w said) ordragous (wnr, foeble, stiugpling oxlatence,” _Well, 1f this bo the onlr alterun- tive, tliou, I say, lot hor diaw. getter far to raluin to the poverty of hor primitive times, so only sho retain the gift of the Iloly Ghost, than U1l ber Lreasury to ovortlowing ws the heavy aont of dishonor d.né to the Divina Coaiforter, nod torhops His withdrawal from her midst, Dut we aro wmot dnven to choose botween thoso alternatives. Tho truo eolu- tion of the problem les in another diresticn. Instead of witbholding thoir slma tlll extorted fiom their grasp by iho forco of somo urgout pulpit-appaal, or the purchas:d certainty of valuo to bo received in the form uf au ovening's frivo- lous smusement, let Chifslian men ana wumon loarn simply to give 28 freely as God Las given to them, a3 spontancously as tha sun poura oat Ius radiance, or tho stars their light, or tho oarth ber fruit { and thon, and uot till tuen, will this heavy reproach be romoved, and the Church dtaud forth in =il tho conscious diguicy cf hor lieaven-born origin, Louored by man, owned and acknowledged by her King and Houd. In tho next place, this freo, spontaveous, un- purchased giviog must be an individual act. Lok evory one of rou Iay by him in store."” Tha command i addrossed not 1o tho Curinthian Church iu its collective charneter, bus €0 tho in- dwidual membersol [t. Nono conid plead ex- emjtlon. Tho distivss of thess aufleilog saints 1n Jorusalom appbaled j:01ntadiy to each, For thie sako of thefr common Lurd each wmust belp to boar thelr burdon, ‘I'ran, it was but it o that cach could do, but many liands joined togetber would, if willicg bauods, dimfuish toe disiross materally, and ronder it m.ro tolerable, Aud a8 in anclent Coriuth, 80 in the Christian OCburch of our doy, it iathe united offorts of many workeis, cach perhaps by itsalf feeble, that rours the walls, and finally comploten the struciure, Noono, bo heas pooror iusigaiti- cant 38_hoe may, can stand aloof and plead, “ Horo T uave no inteiest—liero my sorvicos are not noedod," for bero young and old, rich and poor, flearned and iguorant, meet to- gather oo tho sime torms, oun com- won ground, belis of the same promises, e tader of tho enme grace, ncoding the sate bmd to cloause, and tho vame spirit to rouew their souls, aud all togother loukm.& formard in hope of he awmo fimortahity, Now, brethrenm, if svory ono of you thus onjoya hls indiyidual share in all tho gifts and consolations of tha Gospel of Clrlat, aud occupios his 1udividual rlnce 10 -the Chuioh of Ohrist, is it nat reasouablo fiat opol should make inw individual sckuowl- cdgment, and do his part of the Oburoh's work, sud boar his jroportion of the bur- don she carrioa? Ia it right that any oue should ovado lis responsivility ? Is 1t houorablo? Is it fust ? Truo, It may be & vory littlo that some can do, only & vory little help that some oan contribute, eithor of timo, or wurk, or snb- stance, but the htilouess of it in no wise dimin- Ishion the obllgation imposod, Loave tuat little uundoue, and other shouldnrs moro wiliing than ours way carry your burdon for you, but none Lo loss lavo you dishonored yourself by your noglect or rofusal. Bnt, thirdly,thisgiviogmust besyatematic, both in its smouut and metuod. ** As God hath prose red him,” that {s, u caitaln amount shouid be mud upon, which should bor & ressonable pros poition to the whole substanco or annual in- come—whors God han givon more, there ymors ; whoro loss, thoro & proportionably smalter sum, but In overy inatance, with an bonoat, consclen- tious ecrupulousnoss, a4 studlons of dowg right in a trausaction botweon ourselves and God ay in svy ordioary busioess traneaction with our fellowmen, In avclent himos God fixed shna proportion as socuratoly as hs fasbioued tha plan for the Jewish tabernacle and it furniture, putting it at one tithe, orone-tenth, of all inen hud ; for, a8 under our uigher econo~ wy, the amouot i lets undetermined, byt tha practico and the proportion ara solemaly coms manded, The principle is everywhers upheld tiat what we render bask to tho Giver of all Good for the uso of the worldly substance of which He Lsappointod us stewards, should bear at lenst as falr & proportion to what Lo has lont us se the iuterost we pay to our eartbly cieditors beais to tho loaus ‘we have negotinted with them. Thore {8 nothiug uureasonable fn this—it 18 not au urgent snace tion—because it is oll God's, ** The eilvor and gold aro flis *—your subatance muy e the prod- uct of your own honest toil, but {s was Ha who wmado you wise and stroog to tolf, I1la who so ordered events 1hat your toil way E-oductlu. Ilo who averted disastors that might haye .wurn away ollits fruits, and loft you like Job, destis tute sud penniloss. May he not therefore Jusily ;lemmfl & fairiy,proportionate ackuowledge ment And of the method of acknowledgment God's word takes cognizance no less tuan of the amount, leronlso & dus regard to l‘uum is domanded. Io the Corinthian Church {t was s weekly gitt, st apart on tho Babbail, or flret day of the weak, and sacrodly resorved for holy uses. ‘“Order s heavou's tirsb law;" *Qod |a tho Autlior, not of confumon, but of order,” All Mg norks extibit this order as their crowning charactoristic, Tho Blofulne-s of ain consisln lu ita siolation of the moinl laws of the tol- veraz Tho Courch I8 tho lof st tllasceation of this ordor being tn lually rosto.al, ‘Lhorofora in the Chrels, said_P'aul, * Let afl things Lo done de¢-ntiy aud i order,’ apil this amon thom, Bvsteut is suroly at laast ns essenta theroatin thywoild and the condiet of iie mareantile and o:lier bus ness Thera it tne din cnsable, Lot any busin:ss, T earo not what, proceod withous reaatd bo this pringiple, aud it ends m inevitable banlruptor, Bat ** business itaoll (Lam told) {s very une certain, and ite rosults vory variablo, und this nncorinity furbids the obssrvance of mothod in iwpousiug our bonefactions.” Not neocsuarily, A willing imind will ensily disposo of this neom- Ing ditlicuity. Faint Learis cai alwavs discover lons in the way, Ouco admit tho general prin- clplo for which I contend, aud whethor it bo the first day of tho weckortha sovonthday; whather it bonot a weekly contribution at all, but onlv s monrhlvor gaar.erlysppropiiation that you make, ShnLnrd'n"mnsur;l’mll uot Lo atlorved to get ompLy becanse of the soeming diliculty of kuo - ing beforotiand Just how much you will Lo able to spare, k Again, tho text Leataws on this giving of monev a directly relicious chaincier, **'thn frt day of tho waek" wa« then, ns now, tha weekly asscmbly day, whea tho moembers of the Church met together for pirposes of & unived publie woiship, aud Paal evideally dowrod to con- nect thrie alisegving with that worship, a3 ono of its cysontinl fugrodionts, and ho was right. Ounly when we lift it upto Lhus, its propor fovel, do yvo Invede 1t with ity proper d.nnfl‘;’. Just beeauso the Church has loaz sight of this fact, or been afinid to teack und onforce it, baa this wholo queation of alma-giving bosn dingeod dowu to Its present condition of deyradation, We Lava slruok from folling them that tho mone; they givo in the Chnrch 18 given to Obrist, and, thecefore, according to the sepirit and mo- tivo thay is 1 il, constituias & towt of tuorai roligious charactor as rol.ablo as the sin- cority, or othotwiso, with which they prav, or praise, or rcceive the tacrament of the Lord's Bupper, and o8 tho natural rosuit of our culpa- Llo tinudity lhef'hnw como practically to re- eard it ss morely a sort of Church tix, which they conld rofaso if they choso. bat which mav as well bo pationtly subaiitied to, lilie State and nounty sascssinonta, test against this error, and ask vou to uodor- stand that your money-offering, for nny of the varied uscs of tho Church. be it much or Iitile, is a thing of which tho Ilead of tap Chuich takoa cogmizance, snd in which o finds grocnds of consire or of commouda. tion, sccording os the thouzht of lunoring Him thoroin outors or docs not entor into it. Doos any one fear that I nttach to this giviug of money an oxaggorated value, far Leyond what Beripouro nuthorizea ? I answaor, Beripturo it golf ja never woary of the theme, aud givos num- beclans counsels, ot merely for tho performance of tha duty, but for its performance from o pure aud mimple motive, Nay, niore, it directly con- nects this duty with othor and ‘ecom- ingly mora spiiitual acts, as bhaving with them an equsl moral slzpificance, Cornellus, & bravo Romau coaturian, **a dovout man, who gave much alms Lo the people, and prayed to God'aliway,” was wcoking aftor God, to snow Him and Christ, whom He Dbad eont, more fullv; aud lo, an angel was sent to bim, who sald, **Cornalius, tuy pravers and thnn alms aro como up for o momorinl befors G " Hence wo unito them horg iu our publ.c waruh.fi —tha ona uo add ous. tarough our groat ui’; Diiest, to God'a thrane; the othor wo 1gnllmr - cently, and pioce reverontly ou His boly tablo, Dr. Bultivan coacludod with & practizal appll- catlon of thesa princivlea to the problom o' the payment of Trinity's debt, and propnsad to his congregation for their accaptanco and sdoption & vo.y simplo but effectivo mothod of contifbue tion, extending over flva yea's, aud to overy member, axcording to his abilisy, those con:rl. butions to bo collested monthly o¢ quarterly, as msy oo sgreed upon, The achiemo will bo put {oto immediate operation, and, it I8 oxpected, will not 310,000 a year for five ycara over and obove tha rogular incimao, — REVIVALISM, BEPLY T0 ** CLRBICUB." To the Rittor of The Chicago Tridunes Citicago, April 17.—1o your issue of Aprild you pubiish an article from an ** Old-Faehionsd Clergyman,” headed * A Blast on Scnsational Crusaders ngainst Siuncre,” You will allow mo a briof reply. I sm sorry that clorgymen can writo u such a fippant apirit of ridiouls on 8o sacrod and solemn a stbject a5 tho salvation of souls. 1f those bo apy tinth fn the Bibloatall, ftis: tirst, maa {8 & sinver ; and, eocond, Chnst isa great Bavior. The groat Dr, Alexaundor, of Princeton, and Dy, \Wayisud, of Providonce, rmon of unbounded intelloct and great yioty, accord- ing to the confession of all, died with theso words ontheir Jips : ** Tnisls a faithfal saying and wotthy of sl accoptation, that Jesus Chiint camo Into the world to savo minvers,” Thoy nover could havo wntton in the tritliug aplrit of * Cleri- cus,” Will he tell mo what that is which the Bible compares to tho ** Craoling uf thorna nne dera pot"? Mayhis ** Loaty head Lo touud ln tbe way of wisdom.” Ilo ridiculos ** modera ovangoliats,” ** anxtous sonts,” ¢ machinory,” *outpouring of tho Buirit," awakenings ;' comparea oxtia efforts to 4= cidor~mulis,” which pross out tho ** trade '—to ‘¢ froga " which gionk on tho returu of spring, oto. I envy unt tho heert that cea wiltoou so eublime & thumo in such & blacke guard way. It 18 not lko Chrdst or Paul or Joln, tho * beloved *Dleciplos,” Ho could hiave pointed out the arrors of evungelista without the exhibition of suob a light spirit of seorn as will, in tho langungo of Ioly Wiit, *“‘oondomno tharightoons and justify the wicked,” or mako the * judiclous griove.” His articlo will be read with pleasuro in bar-rooms, pots hounes, and danco-oalis, Wil thls bo & eatisfac. tion ¢o0 him ? In condomuing radical measuros, and ** bloods earnest™ offorts to save souls, Le condemup Moody's and 8avkoy's miont success, ho cins demus Whitatieid anl lennent, (he Wosloys, Luther, and Paul, and Ghrist Himself, This" is s0. Ko taunungly usys, **\We rend of notbing like shis in tue teacbings of Josus, But thon thev did not kuow svery thing dowa {n Judoal” Lot us soe liow thus new propuet 1eads lus Biblos “And a grest multitudo folluwed Him,” ugaiu and again, Such & multitude, aud 80 far £1 bome, that 1le wrought mirsclos to feed tho “ thousands ”* who hung nvon ks lips and woro weary, Thev aat ugon the grass, and e fod thsm by tho evor-growing and nover-wasting loavea and flshos. Was that an nolmportant mattor, aitontion to whivh fustificd the Lord of Lifo and mofi For one, brethrou, [ pro- in sauctioning aud feedin; thom while doiug it by Almiglity power? * Aug thoy could uoc gos at Him by roason of the pross.” *And tboy trod upon one anotber by roason of tho proas.” Zavcbeus hod to climb a sycaulore trou to sce Josus far the sanie reavon, and Christ approved of bis * excitement " by fu. 'm"i Himaelf 1o his house. A swgle doy in t.e history of Jesus of Nazaroth Kuocks tho sheory of * Clericus " Ligher tasn o kito. v ro- gard Lo John, the harbiugor of Christ, It is gald ¢ #Then weut out to bim Jerusalem, and all Ju. des, and all tho reglon 1ound about Jordan, to bo ‘baptized of Mm’ in Jordan, courolnuflhulr wina” A littlo **excitoment," suraly! d of the Apostles, aftor Christ, who understood whay Ohriat believed nod taught, it is ohu?ud by the enomvi *“ And thoy that have turned tho world upuido down biayo come hither aleo.” Audoed, 1 miglit keop on quoting by the hour, In what compauv does * Clericus ¥ flnd Limself? 1o mistakes the vory gopius of Obristlanity, Thoy did understand “theso things **down in Judea—+all Judea"—pnd they did thetw, too, 1s our friond falleu lnto a Rip Van Winkle sloop down in Plko Conuty ? Wako up, Brother Jonah, and go preach to the Ninovites. A poor aiok man was lot down from the top of the lLouse that he might bo heated. And again that the *shadow of Peter might full upou thom.” “#And, at midught, Paul and Silaa sang praises to God, and thors was a groat oath. quake, and tis walls of the prison wore shaken," ¥lenty of Dible sutbarity for excltement, Shall we bo moved wud oxcited about busiuess, about l:omm. about fuabion and curront evouts, about jove and hiato, about mouey-gotting and smuse. menta, aud on the Savbath aud i tho House of God want & loaden dulluoss snd stupor ? Bhall we bave nothing from tho pulpit but back- nosed plrases and |guulad prfll uden, under which men will eleep Tho “pulpit In many places {s dyiuj *dignity " wud the * pro- priaties.” "I do uot ask for buffoonery, but ¥ do ask for upnizm and downnght earneste ness. It s contrary to philosoph a8 woll as to SBeripturo for the tru 83 it s fu Josus 10 bo _presouted in a ‘alaloand flat " mavner, Let the prescher eay: * L will bo Lieard, aud the truth shali make rour boarts feel.” The mind will foel in the hot laze of truth as surely as the finger o the blaze of the caudle. At to ** anxions soats™ and rising for prayers, thoy aro all right if uoy overdone, The (ucs iv £2 get men, when convincod of the truh, to_ack ou; thewr convictious, thes aud thore, sud so break away frow the boudsge of sin sad the world, The Bible asys: * Break off your sine.” * Come, for all things sre ready.” ** Now is the the tims* “Turn yo; why will ye dle?” Tho Latin word * converto” and the Foglish W oonvers " Is atmply to ¢ tum., When & man thoy tarns—ylolds to the truth—ha &-mpli wiih thio glaw of walvation, and is » bow-born souly an infant Clyixian, It does not make mnch diffeconca by what outerard act hie [udicnies tao golug out of tho Teart ta Curint, bis now Master and Savir, 'Tois, also, 18 phifos.plucal. ** Clorieus ™ wnitea a8 3f ho profeissd 1ho old hunulram earse witione nay exsitom=nt, undsr which 1t Linlf a dozou #o1ln ace saved in's venr. 01 auah an icreass, ot Lymau Boochar i-od ko way s It muat rain faster.” And he was right, ot the warld will o to pardition,” Strange that & wimstor, (f ha 14 n converted man, canuot seo sud Peal this et Many a poworinl man In the Chnreh to-day owen lus ¢ wvotgion tu the decidtug act of rising for praver, or muvhn‘ 1o n soat to ba prayed for, ‘The zondioss in not in tho outward acl, bub tho yiclding 8 Iz, whish, by that act, * comes outon the Lorl's wido.” ° Lvon Moson enyd, ** Gome over to tho Loid's aido." An ex-maoln- her of Congress, ono of tho best Chirlstiang in tho Innd, to d mo bio dated bis hope whea ac, n lasyor, yiolded to tho yequost of an mwkward young toinister to take tho anxions seat. Drother ¥ Ciencus," wo live to foarn. A ML B — i PUBLISHING SERMONS. To the Fditor of Fhe Chicano Tribunes Tockronp, Iil,, April 16.—Tho publiestion of the Sunday sormous of thu ministers of Clucago in the daily papera is exorclamg n woat powortal educationnt indlaonca 1 all pacia of the country, Itisn practical hio dfug up for Inspoction, 1 a publio pillory, of men who all prufess to Lo preaching nothing but truth, bu: the wido differ. encea of opinion mo strikingly shown up by s comparison of the various viows thus placed side by side Lnvo the effoct upon tho peoply of jessons fng rosvect for mon who cannot agreo nmong thomeelves, and who apuear to ebstinately shine tlioir oyes to the incroaning knowledzn and hight of the age. Your Prof. Bwlug staudy by aad charges aund convicta thom all of *ignoruace,” which might bo Interpreted to moan a warfaro ngainac the noals of sin and corruption, nok with the modora polishod artil- lery of facts and truths whoeo moundnass has boen most abundantly tried aud proved, but with the nnclont and now entirely useless and silly weapons which bavo beon banded down by tuoir Faihers, tbo woodea swords and Lows and arrowe of nusound and wocthless dogmnas. Your loarnod and profound Prosocuting Attarnoy, Charlos IT. Reed, plunges deoply into thie anclont Ghoely and emergos again only to shaw that the Now Teatament broves that Carist 4 o God—ond with less labor ho might Lavo nlso shiown that tho Now Testament also proves the truth of fie. quent and famillar Inteiviows between angels who desconded from a hoaven situatod imme- iately abuvo a flat and jmunovablo esrih) and baman belugs, aod also miraculous ascausions of other buman beings into thit hoaveu ; and nlaa tho Lruth of the retuen to lifo of dead poo- ple, cures of eick and fmpatont fols, avd many othier as nstounding and imoossible occurroncos, But he s coufronted nt onco with an offer of &50,000, aud challengod to show in what respect the sacred writings of the Chrisiiass aro miorg suthoritative or of anv. mora lmpoitance thau than taose of tho Euyrtians and Porsisus, from whom many of the ideas and fanciful storics contaived s the Now ‘L'estament were diawn, ond from which Mr. Chailes I1, lteed conld nlso Frove *“uruths " which would rival the wildeet storica contained in the verilabte history of Bar. on idunchrusen, Contiuue, O Lnrnuxe, to stand the Chicago di- vincs up in 8 row overy BMoadsy mocniug for public ciit cism and inspection. Possibly in time thay will bopin to seo thona 1vos ni otfiers seo theu. ‘I'hero js only ono fault to find with Tuz Taroune, and that e that it sbould appear to oxcluda the Catholica from 1he humaniziog 1n. lucuces of dwect contact fu tho public press with otior {dol-worsbi ein. Bond reporters sitor them alio and show them all up at once, Ouno thing ia very evidont, thaz tho various aceiarinn shoeta aro no longor of much account. Tho groat dailies come noarer to mooting tho wants of the puople. in publishivg side by mide the writiogs of tho ropreaentat.vo men of ) the seets, aud too Ity se beginnlag to loarn also that the columns of Tite TRISUNE uro as opou to th-m a8 to their mimatrs, ond that men way now come forvard and daro to dispuso with their tonchors, It will bo of incalcuisble beneflt 1o the clargy to learn from the peoplo that their toacliupa aro b:ginning to by valued onlv fn proportion to thoiranudness, to thelr devotion to tha causs of progroes i edncation, as well as. 10 the aits snd sciucas, and,to iheir willlngness tn lay amdo the suporrtitions of ancient and Lay. barous races for a better kuowledge of & more enlightened presont. % Gnaxosg, i SR MISCELLANEQUS. THE NORTH IXDIANA CON¥ERENCE. Spoctat Dispateh to The Chicaso Trioune, Erxuant, Ind.. Apiil 18,—~The fourth day's seseton of tho Mothodfst Eplscopal Conferenco was beld in tho Proabyrorian Church yesterdny, and tho attoudance s Isrger than for many pro- vious days. Tho Counfercuco was opened with the reading of tha miuutes of tho provioos ses- elon, which woro adopted by the body. A draft of 830 on tte chartered fund from which worn out ministers draw was orderod. The Itav, J. V. I Miller, of tho Logausport District, was called, his character passed, aud hia report madn, His district has not been an prosperous a8 o desired, but be Lad dedicated eeven naw churchos in bis distriot, besidea many old dobts amouating to many thousand dollms, had boen pald. Throe er four new churches aro in prospective ; somo have nl. ready beon commonced, Tibaucos wero depress- od1n hia district, Lorge quantities of stock died Iast yoar, crops wera weagro, and work had beon dono under kovero .ressure, Holdatock, of tho Muouclo Distriet, reporte that reviva's have boen hr%unut aud fra tful of Rood, and ono of tho best parsonages in tho State had boen built at Maron, 3Mr. Benson, of tha Bibfe cauns, made a raport of the coudition of the work and suocess of tho causs. ‘Throgh tho Btato goneraily thore Nas boen o derlina; Iudison hos raisca 18,000t over 05,000 housea hava beon view.d and 8,000 were found destitute. It weamoved and carriod that the noxt year's minutes bo so propared thas a showing for the cullegtion of the Bible cau«o could bo made, Bishop Bowman then called tho names of (L claes who are candidates for Doacon's otderat John Egup, R, . Smith, D, J, Liklin, A, N, Tampart, H. L. No-ris, and J, A. Lowellon. Inthe courds of tho Lislop's remarks to ths cluss e gaid i was nocossary that candldates, should hwve Tml Cbristinn chiovacters, clear Christian experlonces, and tuat It was & orime for any Christian winfater to run into noythilng that 1o others would bo simply imnrovidvnce, snd urged them (o ho'caretul of thoir words, thelr tempors, tholr Labits, and thelr goolal ra- Istions; to convorse spativgly nud bebinve prus dontly with women, X, H, Smith was cont{nned on trialy the remainder wore oldated to fuil cun- nection. In svswer to & question if thero was any prascher's caudidates for deacons' orders, ryaon, of the CGesheu Disliriet, Lincoln and Ilonalaw, of the West I't. Wayno District, Wal. ton, of Ft. Wavno, Alleman end Patrott, of the Walnsh District, Kemp, of the Richmond District, Lang aud Anderson, of tns Logavsport Diatret, roplied, snd wera grantod thoe desirod ordora. A resolution was Introduced, saving that this Conforence heard with iuterest tha statoment of the urgent noud of the Bible causo, -nd‘ recowmended that the causo be urged by paviory, After passing resolutiona demanding greater oxactions In tho examiuation of candldates, the Coutereuce adjonrand to meet to-turrow, FOUEION MISHIONS 1N 10WA. Des doixes, In., April 18.~1he sunual mest. fng of tha Western Dranch of tha Woman's Foroign Mlasion Bocloty will bo hold In this aty noxt Wednoaday, Six ‘Btates—Iows, Nebrusks, Kaneas, Minsourd, Mionessota, snd Oolorado— will bo represcnted. Mra. L. Prescott, Mrn. Vinde, aud oiher prominent speakora are to be prosonf. EPIBOOPAL CONBECBATION. Kinasto, Out., April 18.—The consscration of the Rov, Dr. O'Brien as Dlshop of Kingston lt}nk place thiu mornlng, with imposiug ceremo- nles, The Callfornia Evangelist. A upew elemont fs to bo 1utroduced into Meaars. Moody sud Eaokoy's services, ‘Lo Ney, William Taylor, the woll-kuown GCalifornia Evangellst, now lo Calousta, will loave iu a fow days for London, by nEucxnl fuvitation of Mr. Mgody, o mssisy in the revival sorvices, Mr, Taylor I8 kaown in South Africa, Ceylon, and tho throe Indlsu Prosideucics. 1o ls said to have converfod mun( Ipzso-llmbed, »pfiuhlva Zulus, who looked quite, ggugoious kg the br~ standors whilo s plous hymn, with ag sccidental wnaterial topdenoy. was boing suug, as they wero belug *recolved ioto tho Cuurch.” AMr. Taylor weut to Co»lon, whore be created s great futoro, the book rolatlug Liw oxtraordinary rolizious ex- perionces aud bair-bieadth excapes while bo wae evangeliziug smovg the Katluw beiug cagerly bought up. e visltod Bombay, Madras, aud Calcutta, aud jn each cily managod to creato o prulqumi commotion, especluly among ilius doos. Alr. Taylor, & Califorulan by bisib, lassid | to have haan nverted o the Yo - V"‘l iaplized E‘ % e Yonomlto Vally, ail. y Tmweiston undor %1y L'nug] —_—— THE LND OF THE WORLD, A Narrow Eeenpo frown 0 FH I i L Lo the Lditor of The Chiccuo Tribune : Oncs T was & younw man, and, ke map, young mon who are sawing tholr wild oate righ’l aml laft, not very particulnr, but rather Tecklngs, n iy fetigunge. 1 hiad 1ot L0 lean how o yop ance oolien cannot bo recnlied ; nnd, bo 1t # that v raiua | ersona, fawilies, wealtl, apg cnmn fart, yob, onca escapoad tho Lips, you have to by . powatfcss +pectator, and soe it roll oy and mfi on, sorenalng destruction, (TUAL I8 ot by foy n Leginmog, is 4 ?) For somo yegrs Ibnr beon clork in tho employ of o WOAlthy mey, chant in ono of the principal tawng 1; v ol1 canntry,~Lis trado being buying and o, potting rountry produce ; e aleo dope m' #iderablo banking businors. For inory thay . you, In tdo buslness all over Eniop, .“(: spoculation bad been the reigning bower ; ang my employer, bolng an old, eautions ma ), often satd tiat tokngs were not an a sonnd bags, g & -orash wonld soon como. Although proply groerally belioved lim 10 80 ghosta iy () timo, and told Lim o, etill bo drow Lack tho compotition whero o could do mo slhogy mjure to iy trato with the farmers, ang .;,0' dacltied many banking onorations with pegply whom ho did ot coneidor to ba A 1, i Thon it was,- «I romembor it 80 wolt,—[y the Iatier pa:t of 1857, whon tho crisis broke ent it Now York, rolling ou to Engtand, aua thenpa g the Continent,—sweaping away, fu the ficat ony. #at, all that was rotten it the tempest smging worso aud worse everybody holding on to 1eady money, f ordor to meet thoir obligations, and tha rey, money being thus drawu out of circulation, s credit atoppod.—rroperty, manufacture, prod. uce, and overythiug oluo, at ono perfod, being ungalablo at any rate. Under such elreqm, stances, even the oldest and miout raspecibly housos had to suco1mb, and at inst but very fey thero were which had not atopped paymont, Oce of these fow was my employer, who, laving forceoen & calawmity, although noat to the exfent that it roally camr, was, notwitstarding he ay many obligations Lo mect, and part of his wesith was nvostod in houscs, land, vessols, aud jrod, uce, better tuan most othors prepated, ang by fought desperately i order to kaep going, For woeas 1 hud boon busted {u uothing el buat conuting casn, packing 1t up iu bags, sod souding it to the post-vltico to bo courese] to tlaos whore bills due oa bankig houses, aud baving the indursoment ¢f our lirm, bad to bo mat with carl. Dut the off mun 1ought the Listtio bravaly, aud came oy victuiiouy, without having to stop payment for ouo day. It waa fu tho bogianing of this, the wong ponioil, whon game ** propact " prodictad thaf th day wiion ind Just begun would ba the last of the world ; which proplissy was bolwved by many all over Bur,pe,—rono vven becouing so fzautiy througa fear tbat . actually tnev committed swoiao, aud the news) apers wero fall of aavar. tomeuts and paragra hs, maro or less wiity, rioicaling * tho destraction of tae world,” Mg first sigitor fu oor oflico was & wealthy uobloman, by uame J., owner of largoe eatales 1 the eyua. tiy. e inquired for my omgloyer, whom I ez. peeted over/ moment ; anl, waiting for Lim, we entered luto conversation, Nuturul.y cnough v o day., from 2000 amustd ourselves with “the worldy oud:” and ho suid, jestiogly: A rignt! 1€ the. world "goes under today, thou thero will he saved ths expendo af tho kg collin for mo.—ullud.n& to L standiog 8 feer| {u s poota. Lattle did be tmuk how uear] shoutd be Litilag bim bofove long. The oldag haviug srrived, 1 told hun that bo hed, fo oy maudiun 10 tbs country, 2omo £34,000 13 cuy which ho wanted to dsposit with my emulopr; who, ot coutse, was ploased with the man's wr. fidence in him, snd for tho navistanco the wouy would b to him in rioing over tho galo ; Luk te ing a manot tuo old, mlah{ bouertand 8irsights forwatd stamp, he tola J. that things wero k. Ing vory ugly, and asked nun sheilior ho wa not afraid of thas loking bis money. J, asued bim tusc o saw woll cuoush that banl funes wero comiug : but, having tha fuilcst eonfidens in the 80 iditv aud intogeity of iny emploser, by, Jo wisbed 1o coutubate 8 it toward. keoplog an oid. roszectabis frioad sbove water, iu tha comwmon wress, Uaviu hoaever, uol tho assurance that, sven shoall the Liouso hava to -alcp pavinent, stlll overyley would get thewr fust ducs, it wae aranged iha 1should, on s certaia day, ropair 1m a canligy to tho resldouco of Jy, Buiuo 12 unles oft, for iy mopey, Tha nppointed day camo, and, fust bofors vy starting, the -mail srrived, Liwgtog datesira DPmis a8 lste as tas day after that oue appoialed for *tua ond of the world;" aud ouoof thete POrts tosnce Was k0 lunny dhai nit of us in ity oftice wrero convalsed with law :bter, and { de clued upon tol {og ibo atory tu J., sure lo iy the plessurs of Letug the Lrst yaj.orter of it 1 hud, eithor ou busiucss or Ly juvitation, s ited most of the squires nod farmersin ot neighborhood ; but J., bolug one of o lughost uob.omon, kad boon ratuer 0w my gphore, 1 theroforo eaw Ly masiea for the flrst timo, aud s bundronio and comwode oun ona it certainly was ; 8till, u.thuugh erer. thing had the nppoaruuce of riguncey acd th most tolined comfurt and taste, I wasnot 1w leant tnspired with awe, Having, f1om myes est 1imo, buon of & strong demo:aatie wad | DuYor was ablo to upaorsisnd tho trombliug . boating of tho hoart whiclh so ustaily mitcts Poaplo when usheted inte the I!row'ucn of »by olus," Tholr flus residoaces | ndm..q, aseb ing the art and coltivaied miud of 1he bu ki but, 10 the proeet.ca of the oocuninis them:ehes I fosl notblug more than whar 1 feel whenlmet aoybody elss of govd education. Quito dufer eut it Is when, for the firab timg, I bin beon intraduced 1o pooplo who, thiongd therr thelr own mmit iu Ad o Sclouss, huve -wmads holr pame w0 fur aud_wide, Do 1t even in tha most hustl surraundings, I always fear tho influcnco of bue mighty Brliit, and mvsolf to Lo iz aenideautls ouall, IHero I had nothing bub the resre wl;i'ch llh_ava for avery man v:ho conduci bine self well, ' Having beon shown by tho |lclzlx'-drc-seq o man tnto the brary, J. made his ap, ed tnn aud we immediataly weut to wark oountigib monor, which 1 had Lo taio 1ack with we “_'; finishiod, and whew [ ea it 4L up, ll.""'l' mo the ususl question of ** Avy news? l|‘4 ] eager to tell ny niory, and nut |lah,n}un;: of 84} bad offeot trum iy, Lot out: "lnul"“mm, brought roport from Paris tuat nmm‘.'m:d ;i day whon the worid ‘wea to have clastd 8 ainfn) coicar, tho wosthier was extiemely U 50 much so that sli outdoor pleseurd to bo ubanaoned, The followlug xnnrullllll-wm Parls amoke, postors woro found &l ovef 1% toiling in bir lettorss * Owing to the ‘M'm}{lfi of the weather, tha deslruction of the wor postponed (il furthar nolics.'" o wenl Thia brought J, down completoly. b looked at lilm, e was sibiug $u bLie e motionless, with siaring eyos, his hmmum up, and 84 red ib the face a4 au elootion mor ou hix bwoifth whishy, bot 8nd Ifl'flil-“ { thought the man was koiwg to be chnk" o siarton to my foot for Assistonce, when it bronght down by his uttoring a sell so un ik theg atill I tremblo whon L tulak of ‘:‘mm Lroke the charm. Mo, fyom fhat bursh B, fit of lauguter wo violent 8ul ovg 4 .lung duration, tha tosrs atreamiog A0S cheoka, that | bogan to foar bis mind 0 ranged | whon, thank Qod, he came roun Tuls having acvéd as & ty-valvo, Lursting ; and although he, for muzeddm y an hour aftorwards, had mulomb\ld it an if somebody wes bokling him, I lnI faction, wheu leaving him, of scetag It all daoger, 1le dlod ton yoars alicr, st old age of 73, of dizonso of the ""m'&cm maked me hopa thiat my thoughtless BEE Y killg 4lm by apoploxy did pot uumflm”n rnrluro o’ that country from whnel nh,“w‘ urng, —_ e YHRESHING-MACHINE DECISION. Special Correamondence of The Chicaga Tr Y Dis Mores, In, April 18.—Tbo 1“r!‘n cass of Lyon vs. Robluson—sn ucfluu“‘ul Distriot Court {0 recoyer §10,000 damsd leg broken *byean unboxed tbmhmg-n;“ ] tumbling-rod—gave & verdia ,ulmlfiu bat dotondant, Lobinson awnod 156 WACTUR o DLad loased 3t Lo olber partios for :fl.n of ik white the machine was in the m""mulo frer iomsco tho accidont occured “"nl-n i tho owner, or tha p n"hb. lil;%lz o damegte with au uuboxed rod, J 1t was beld that the ownerslup w2 18 snd that Lyon, kuowiug tho rod wad v contributed ta the accident. i s Baturdsy Captain Day, of the LsSsl L f, aum-.re’mvfdnuta:m(mawk‘h;‘f';;‘"% [ Lsoge for W n\‘u,: (l))uuux;\lllh-:li “ln‘:xc with brecchi-toaders louders now bold by the compaage