Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 28, 1875, Page 1

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ELEGANT DWELLINGS ALMOST GIVEN AWAY, t-clase dwellings, bullt by maself, aut sor aposuletions tit iar auderanceld auld eointart, at r jt, borhoud and te eh aS hue, all ro y chandeliers, @aak ip baud will vin obiavors, we it Weag low! Call ua the onaur, 67 Bua THE PULPIT. The Rev. Dr. Stocking Preaches His Farewell Sermon. A Summary of the Results of a Snc- cessful Pastorship. Tho Rev, D, J, Burrell ‘on Sensa- tionalism in the Pulpit, Three Grand Classes into Which the Evil Is Divided. Baccalaureate Sermon of the President of tho Chicago University. The Last Services in Old Plym- outh Church, MINISTERIAL ADIEUS, FAREWELL SEAMON BY THE NEY. C, H, W. BTOOKING. The Rev. C, H. W. Stocking, who bas recently accepted a call tothe Roctorsbin of Grace Church, Detroit, proaghed his farewell ecrmon at tho Courch of the’ Epiphany Iast evening. A large audience was prosont, and the discourso was Hatoned to with groat iutorest, It was as fol- lows: 2 Dut none of these things more mo, neither count I my lifa dear to myaelf, eo that T might flush my couras with Joy; aud the ministry, which I have receivod cf the Lord'Jesun, to testify tho Uospel of the grace of Goi, Wherefore I take you to record this day, that 1 am pure from the blood of alt men, For T have not shunned to declare unto you all tho counsel of God,— Acts 22%, 26, 27, Among all tho records which Christian bis- tory has written for our justinction, uous aro more intorosting than thoze of tha Church at Ephesus. Nature bad thero sproad with prodi- gal haud the evidences of her bounty and tho wealth of hor boauty, aud Apostolic bands had camo, na to a placo whoro all social and business tides mot, to caat the Gospel not into waters which promised s generous gathering in of souls to overy faithful flshor, Ionic architecture had hero its frat glorious nud gracoful develop- mont aud triumph, aud sround it beatheniam had gathored its most attractive coremonial, ita magio arta and fucantations, imago- minking, and image-worship, Horo rove tho splendid Templo of Diuns, in which such cerc- monies found its most magnificcut possibilities, ‘and whose svtondor exhausted the wondering admiration of tho whole world. So frutfol a nurgory of heathenism could not long oecape tho vigilant ove of St, Paul, ever on tho alort for freah conquests over evil. ‘Tisico ho visited the city, remuiniug “above tho spaco of three years,” and drawing on his supernatural ro- eources for auccenatul assault on the diabolical arts and heresios of Gnosticism, Wren in Home and in bouds, ho wrote to his Ephesian children in Christ that admirablo #yliabua of doctrine and instruction, which Borves 84 #0 Alena) an Hustration of hu love for all whom he hed begotten ju tho Gospel. And vow be joe, bound in the spirit, te Jerusaloin, not knowing what things ohould bofatl bim there, wave that Lis farthfulnons was to bo tost~ ed hy methods known only to an arrogant and hateful Judainn, and that should try him unto tho . Pawt Chios, fairest of all tho isles of the ean, hotaila; part Samos, with its deep ra- wand lofty peaks, until tho anchor is drop- in the peacotul bay of Sitctue, ‘Yon mites y, at Ephesus, Christian pastors wiro fold- int, a6 best thoy contd, their fow sheop, tho wal of whaso ownership was outlined with a crows, and the Afoutic, whoue oye syvopt along tho horizon of tho Mture only ta Boe dan- ger and doath, yearued to supploment bis minis- trv among them with words of parting counsel. ‘Tholr eager feet measure tho intervening din- tance iu quick response to hin call, and ho site dawn by the tonnaing wea tu toll thom of what has boon aud what 1s yet to be. It is onsy to conceive of criticlem unloving enough to see in bis sober review of lis minetry among them only an egotistical rehearual of his toil aud bis successes, tor he diemisses all false modeuty, and tna of hitusolf with wingular frauk- nees of speech, Thero 1s uo mock humwihty in his address; no belittling of his upoatloutp, or his ifthe, or his triats. Ho tolls them plainly that io had “served the Lord with all humility of mind”; tho nubiddeo tear had frequently stolen aulently to the cheok aan mito wimoss to the sorrows of heart that could find no expression half so oloquent; that trapa had boen Ind by wicked men, aud which of God's morey ho had oxcaped ; that froma fertile brain and a loving heart ho had brought forth treasuros for thoir | everlasting enrichivont, ax ho taught from house to house, : Wocan readily imagine the yoico of tho grand old man deepening im ecarnostudss as ho takes = that rapid ratrospection of ministorial Jife sud Jaber, and wo cun‘datect nu troinor in it ay Lo comes to the prophotic econo in where clear perspective stoud a prixonor's coll, On the contrary, io scome toerect himealf into an altitude of calm doeliance ng ho oxclauna, * None of these things move me, neither count Limy lifo dear unto myself vo that I might fnivh any course with Jov. Lord have not shunned to deciaro unto you tho whole cuunkel of Goa.” And now that he bas dove with himeolf, ho hag sober conusel for them, If Juday, under the very oye of the Maxtor, toyed with tho thirty pieces, the Ephestan = Chrintiaus need think it nothing strange if they Lo drawn Into fatal cojuetry with tho diaciplos of Diona. Notiongebould the white wings of bis good ship Lave disapyeacod beyond the line whara water and Biy worn ty meet, before yrlovous wolves should’'enter in among thetn, ot spars ing the fleck, Woreo than this even, of their own number ehould meu arieo, nocaking porvorso thinge, to draw away disciples attor thom,” Aud 29 he bids them reniembor shat * by tls spaco of threo yeata hecoased not to warn every one, night and doy, with tears," MMistain'stry had not been a lucrativo one, and whatever had come to purse and scrip had been fairly earucd, for his Tinud had miulstorod to hia necessities a3 well ay to those of hia feltow-laborors, a4 ho alternately stiched bis tents and proached the Word, ‘Thus bo talks with thom, and with o aslomony born of tho conviction that thia was their Inse intorview this eldo the throne of God. And now as thoy knoo! in prayer, that great and tender aud bureting heart emptica itnelf of te most loving iuterceesions that ever huug ou human Ups. until strong men wero not ashamed to sub with emotion, and to cover with kisses, aud to beduw with teara, tho face they were to eco no mor, Nover did feet moveln more mournful Procession than whon they passed down to the sca-nide, and, in an hour, tho veasel with tho precious freight had passed from sight beyond the headlands of Mycale, More than clghtean centuries bave gono, sod where onco stood roud Ephesus the traveler now finds only a Tittio Turkish village, Christian ohurobes sud heathen templew tave found a swift oblition, aud where the glories of our holy religion onco saluted the wkiea te heard only the cry of the muezzin “Allah Ha.” Ephesus firaé forgot wpostulle counsel, thon rejected apoutolia doce trine, and her candlestick was forover removed from the seven whose ‘light ouce dispersed tho darkness of heatheniem, And that solemn sceno at Miletna ts roponted in spiriz in this westera workl and Ser-off time, as Christian pastora gather thelr people about them fur parting counsel and comutendatory prayer, Insuch a scene we are actors to-night, tor & winistry among you of abont three yeara and igbt months, I am to glye back to you tho trust committed to mo, to ley down at the Master's feat tny fow poor kheaves, aud thon to yo out to othor tlelds iu tho exorcise of soy spiritual hus- bandry. ‘Tho poputar expectation, which, ou an oceauinn hike thie, looks for « farawell, iy ground- ol in an eminent religious propriety ; fur, white the preacher's message is aljyeye iutondad to af- fect the most momontous intoreste that can con- cern ahuman goul, st 1s cortalnty invested with eculiay solemnity when he comes tothe Jast our, and if in his careful retrospect he can flud apy reason for eolf-gratulation as ho seals up the records of bis mivlatry, Done gure can be CHICAGO, MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1875. more legitimate and satiefring than that which onablos him toray: "I taka you to record this day that Fam free from the blood of all men, Fur Ihave not shunned to doclate unto you all the counsol of Gud.” : On the 16th of December, 1871, after praver- ful doliberation, in which Trouzht to Sud ind:ca- tions of the Divine will, I accepted the call of tis parish to ite rectorahip, Jut ® small por- tion of those who now Gill these pows was then pretont, and yot most of you, in your several dogreos, can exclaim with honest gratitude, an Fou wurvey the past, ** What hath God wrought 7” Tho suddan decease of iny predecessor, tha con= sequent threo months’ yavancy in the reclorstip, had nomowhat scattered what was, at the Lest, but 8 feeble tock, ‘Tho frightfal seourgo that haa made Chiesgo a Insting sauio among the uations of the eatta ad peaplad our vicinity wih Jarge numbers of homoters refugees, suffering aud auxtous for the oflices of our holy religion. Hefore thros months bad gone the life that waa throbbing in the pulso of the conrnnatal world was anutrored by a corresponding life in the parish and in re- ligious concerns.—n life which haxcontinued with monsutable and even tuegialad, regularity uutil tao present time, have baptized eighty-four peisons, futty-ono have ror ceived tho holy rito of confirmation, be- siden thirteen now prepared for the aaino. Holy matrimony has boen nolemnized for 67, and 62 havo received Christian burial, I ‘have preached 447 sermunn, hold 639 eervices, and mado an average of 1,500 pariah visits o yeor. Besides the fsbor implied in those vat ious ofticen, I haya beon priviloged to serve tho Div- cease in sundry positions to which the confidences of my brothfon bave called mo. During this time ‘there Lave beon added to tho parish 175 familica, beaides abont 40 slugle potsona, and to the communion het 416 souls. ‘I'he total of contributions and rocoipts from all sources has heen to dato 637,020.85, an average cf €10.188 por snuum, the Isizost annual recoipts and con- tiibutions baving been $11,156.55. ‘Ihose tig utes include, of course, monoye received and expended for all purposes whatsuever, aud thoy may be verificd from tho parish regivter, In addition to the work implted by tho above statiattcs, there have come upon me maby bure dens, throvgh the providence of God, unknown to mont of you, and which cannot be a proper wubject of pullic mention, Siclnoas and death havo intonsificd thom, and only through tho suppore Which sympathy and affliction always bring havo I Leon ablo to discharge the dutics deveiving pont tno. With St. Paul's oxamplo bofore ine, J thus make my trists a part of my record, thanking God for sending bath them aud the gtace to bear thom. As Ho taught tho Ephesians, 80 I havo tried, in my poor meakuro, to teach the peopla of my caro, ‘Taking for my standard of doctrine tho Holy Bibloanu tue Cath- olic Creeds, Ihave over etriven for tho main- tenanco of ‘the faith cuco for all doliyered unto tho ealuts,” a8 3 olurchman, 6 wholo churchman, and nothing bus 8 churchman, aud Yo aro withoseen that no novelties cithor iu doc- irino or in usage have come to disturb the peaco ot our bousevold of faith, Behoving that an loneat pulpit tte iteolf as a sturdy broatwater avalnst the surging flood of modern iniquity, and that the ago calls for s Curistian bravory that no social or political forces can intimidate, I unvo stood up io thid pluco, and, acceding to my ability, ‘avo not shusmed to declare unto you all the conuual of God.) While nuvor uttering: avnthemas simply to show my Lolineus, L have, on tho othar hand, never hesitated to éundemu Wroug Wheasoover anid in whomeasvor found, fearing moro the diepleasuro of Almighty God than the Joss of whot men cali popularity. Whenover tho unity of Cathohe doctrine and ussgo with o ponuine Protestantism have oooded illustration aud defense, no cry of *rituativt* has frightened mo from enltsiing my poor ability an their service. If fot Lave boon sandaled for an afternoon social round, ond thenco have strayed Into the Cuurch with their harmful burdeu of goaxip, cometitnes malicious, xometines only thonglt- loo, but always most hurtful, 1 have borrosed t. James’ language to characteriza tho crual miluchiefs of un idlo tongue. Whatover tucito- mieut to the lagging, strength to the wook, con- tidonce to tho bchevor, comfort ta. the sick, and hopo to the dying I could impart, T Lave honest ly bought to give, aud L look to the Apostle for my wacrant in dienitsing sll false modesty, a8 Tift my few poor shoaves in a wave-offerlug be- fore tha Lord, aud esclain: +I take you to roc- otd this day that Iam tres from thu blood of all And now suffer tho word of oxhortntion in behalf of him whom God suatl send to you in wy stead. ‘Pho needs of this nacisl nro moat peouliar, Its comparativesy forbids those social and family + inveat every stone with sacred ageovintions aud historia pride, aud its sinanciat condition has not reached that coint whoro it may disines ait pra- donutial considerations. Nobiy an it has dono, it haw resources which I bave been unable to do- velup, ond which would greatly ainultiply its strength and spead tho glory of Chriat's Kit dom. Its mombvers need more coliesion, A inill- ton particlos of waud iu contact havo no strength, but ns foot of granite in auhesive unity may dofy the strongest biow. Emutat oxample of the pious Hebross when who fearod the lord poke often to ona anothor,” aud ovidencea n hoarty interest in those who ura ‘of tha samo honsahold of faith," though etrangors in the tlesb. A wol- come to, and concern for, the stranger is one of the eutest proofs of unaffected interest, as it is ono of tho surest tucaus of parochial strongth, and so loug #4 quostions of porsonal convenionce ‘or otiquetie or tanto are allowed precedenco of Christian work, so long will panshea lixe this lauguish, May I uot asi you to 1smember how largely tho success of your futuro pastor will do- poud uren your uniform attendaneo upon pub- lic worviecs, your hearty co-oporation, and fervent sympathy. Ife will come to you, I trit, not a3 @ popular lecturer to entertain, not aya clerical ptage-mannger to dolight with scenio sure prues, ‘Tho crous thiows just ag dark iadow across our path to-lay, ay whon Ault infod siuners cruvined thoir Divino Master, and cowardly Petors, vaciilating Pilates, and treacherous Judason aro pteutior than evor thoy wero in wad Jorugslow. ‘Timid counsola and ab Irresolute manhood will speedily make ship. wreck of religious trath and life, “Indovendenco isu manly aud Chnution virtuo, and tho master who tunui consult overy snilor before Lo can at- tempt tu uavigate astrong ses is soaicely fit for command, Giyo your pastor, then, your conti- dence, andif it pleaye othera to obstruct, tet yours bo the better worth of holping, Whon othors critieino, may you pray, Jf othora erect the surplico tntos turget for the arrows of ill- natured = wpecch, may yours be the ho- lor work of looking through it to see that sacred = oiticaordarned for the salvation of your souls, Lat the haud that pours the wator of tho bsptiwinal blessing, that breaks the Paschal fvod fur your soul's huns gor,and that shall cradle your bo.oved dead until the rogurroction moraing,—tot thiy bo the last bandin allthe world tu receive tho Liow aud smart of treachery, Iest your own bands boar a atuin which not all tha waters of Jordan can wash out whot you meot at tho bar of God. If uneundorstandings arivo, udjuat thom farrly and openly ia the wpirit of Christian candor, uid uovor carry thon from fireside to vounting- rou in thoko muistekon efforts thar always eud ‘in wuleido. “Send not your pastor on {a warfare at his owa cost," but ro- memboring thatthe laborer iu worthyof his hire, and that ue is subjected to domends of which the laity are quite unuonscious, socord to him a hearty aud onerous support, never allowing bim to wait on your personal convenience, thus removing a tos vommun scandal aud a fruitful causo of tha £0 frequent change i the pastorate, Above all, do not seok for pertootlon. It is ove of the marvelous coutradictions of our Luman unture that the most iniporfect persona themn- solves domand in tue clergy a watntebip Uist lacks only wiuge to fiy, and the ailigont reader of Holy Scripture. caa novor forget Who once id, “Lev tum that is without sin firet cast a stone at her.” And thus, after tho manner of tho Apostle, I review my bumble ininietry, ite trials aud its succouses, acd” utter the counsel that ia born of overy pastor's experiouce, “And now, brothron, I commend you to God and to the word ot tts grace, which is able to build you up, and to givo youan ivheritance among thom which are sauctitied.” ‘The regrets aud tears which my removal has callod forth in such uuexpected moasure, both among tho numerous frieude within and without tue parish, aro @ rotusy pres enough to reward the poor labors of a lifetime, Tor tho oun- stout kindness of many on whom I have not had a claim of a common Sirimtianily, and which havo vomu go freely tomo and to ining, unseen wave by God and the recipients, T offer in bebaif of myself aud family the as- surance of my profoundest gratitude; not a kind word or deed shall ever fail of a lasting remem- brance, and ‘ivasmuclias ya did it uoto one ar sho loast of Hin disciplos, yo did i$ unto Ye elders, whose tell-tale gray kaire are als roady whispering of that City of the Bilent, through whore atreeta you are soon to be carried, and for which long journey you have not set mada tho preparation; ye middle-aged who have timo enough to serve tis world but no time for Christ, who have hoarta toner and trie for kindred, but no hoart for the Ba- vior's keoping ; ye young, who sro fast paring into the subornore of maturity, end who have as Jot no divine rule of tite,—n solemnity Lorn uf tho other world pervades the air of this holy viaco, a9 I leave with you my farewell mensnzo, “Seek Uod aud live,” And yo, my own Chnin~ tau brethren, trusty, triod, aid trua for your unfailing affection, your unthaken confidence, your aotsiderate charity, yonr constant patience, your choerful co-operation, your dovotiva to tua utereste of true religion, I prav you necopt tha bhumago of «# erateful pas. tora heart. In my new homo I shall hang the walla of memory with beautiful pice tures of your own dear f22en aud denter virtiios; Of the axcred norvicen that pave Bo often thrilled our eouls with their snitit of dovotion ; of sour babos *Lou J pasacd through tue waters of holy Dartiam ; of thoxe wom I have led to this chan- col-rail for tho graco of caotimation ; of others now bolore mo who, after the examplo of Ivanc and Renecea, have hore reeaived sacted to holy buman love im Caritlau wedlock ; aud of all thy delightful interchange of friondly feal- ing, aud gentle courtesies,aud sraccful hospital: ity and beeaking of bread that ave wade up our own eocial life, The path that lends from the homestead takes us to tho churchyard, and our Inet words shall be eacred to our dead. Often Lavo wo to- gether looked upon the mystery of death, of which we know wo much and yet ¢o little: and 80, from thero pews whero they once kat, and from this altar befora which thoy'so often kuelt for Eurcharistic food, 1 go in imagination to drop a tenr ovor tho departed, and to thank God for tho ptivilego of putting on thoir freezing lips, aa thoir foet woro dipped in tuo cold tiver, tho sougs of Christian trinmpla. Fifty-two on which I havo committed * earth to sarth" aro the rolemn milo-ntones that mark ths yonra that have gone so quickly, aud hecaure jn ove of thom I have placed o Littl flower that bore my own fname, therofore from auch hallowed grouud 1 yive you all, be- loved friends, mv Jast pastoral blessing, and of ‘Theo, VU blessed Trinity, Father, Sou, and Moly Ghout, [beseech forgivanoag for all my sbor:- comings, seceptance tor my prayers aud lavore for the souls sf man, pardon for all cvil-doers, bleesings for all Thy children, and valvation in that day wheo shephoid and sheep shail moot before the Groat White Throne. — SENSATIONALISM IN THE PULPIT: BERMON BY THE NEV, D, J, BURLELL. Tho Rev. D. J. Burrell, pastor of the West- miuster Presbyterian Church, cornor of Peoria aud Jackson streets, preached the following in- tereating sermon to his cohgregation youterday morning t Mow teautiful upon the mountains ara tho feot of ‘him that bringeth good tidings, that publidheth puace, —Iaaiah, ti 2 7 For wa preach at ouraclves, ‘but Christ Jesus, the Jug fu crafiness, nor handling the Word of od decctifully, Dut by manifestation of the truth commending ctirvolves to every man’s conecleuce iu the algbt of God.—I2. Ci "i ay Bad Be Ithas aluays been the pleasure of God to bring about wonderful results from tho most in- significant causea; orfecting His praise out of the mouths of babea and saoklings; choosing the weak things of tho world to confound tho things that are mighty. His manuer of work- ivg ts acen amid the wilont forces of history, as it was on Mount Horeb when ''the Lord passed by," not in the strong wind that tears the rocks sender; not in the carthquake nor in the fire; bit an tho “till email voice.” It is marvelous how quietly and almost imporcoptibly liis grand- eat purposes aro accomplised; no firing ban- nora, no ruinbling of heavy artillery; Te ia tho Qod of pencoful revulusions. When earthly things resolvo on conquost we hear the marslial- ing of hoaty, the sound of hammors iu the ship- yard. the call to orme and to battlo; but when God “gooth forth conquering aud to conquer,” Tle gathors around Iiim s company of fishermen and tout-makery, aod bide them go forth besring no weapon but tho two-edged sword of truth. Not by might nor by power, but by 3ty Spirit, saith tho Lord! When Christ stood in tho midst of Ilia lite group of followors, none of thom rich, of lesrnad, or influ- ential, and eaid, "Go yo futo ail the world and preach the Gosyel to every creature," the powors of darkness wore not nlarmod, Kings did not tremble, for no onw dreamed that In tho ful- iitlment of thae prophetic command all thrones and oracles shoul! bo overturned, and the cords of tho tabernacle of Jcsus, the despisod Naza- rene, shoul oxtend from the river to the enda of the earth. Yet Ie who for fm glory nacd tho thug of David, the ox-goad of Shamgar, the lamps, and pitchers, aud trumpets of Giaoon, can also and will make uso of the * foolishness of preaching” for tho castiog down of atrong- holda of ovil and tho upbuilding of Ila oan cause in morcy and righteousnees. ‘Teas not to bo expectod that the ministore of a faith which, Ike ity su.hor, ia despised and re- Jeoted of inou should meot mith popular 1avor, ‘Lho chitdeen sitting in tho market-place will never cease to lament, “We have piped unto you, and yo have pot danced ; wo have mourned unto you, and yo have not Iamonted.” Yot, the firet duty of overy minister of tho Gonyel is to command tho respect of bis fellow-mon, for himself and for bis heayoaly monsaye, and to perauado them that the preaching of the crows is not" foollsbrioes,” out the power of tiod and salvation, Paul waa ambiiiona to ‘ commond himuelf to every mau’s couscionce;" and who- evor desires to win souls by proclaimloy tho Gospel of that Cbriat of whom it iy ald, “Tho common people heard Tim gladty," will seek alter poputarity by ovory art which dued not affect the iutogrity of truth or tho Mignity of lus high vocation. io who strives after the yood wiil of men ouly that ho may feet hte heart upon their praises, puts iimsolf in tho vame condemnation wit the Vhorweea of old; but ho who bacomes ‘atl things to all mon" that bo may win thelr soula for Christ, Ja ou able workroan noeding not to bo Bsbamed. Areligions toacher has no right to ignora the frioudnuip of the would, though thae trondahip, when secure by couipromiso with evil, is hatrod toward God. Thero is a wrong way aud a right way of courting the favor of our follow nion; but to reject taat favor when it can bo socurc by propor meaue, is to disablo our. selvox tor the reeponsivle work of the ministry, Nay, rathor, ints incumbent on every Christivn pastor to atrive attor it, ouly nuking suro that le atrives tawsnlly. When Vaul addrewod the ilosophers on Afara’ Hull, bo began by saying, *{ porecive that in all things yo aro vory do- yout,” und having thus gained a reapectiat hear- jux by a trathtil and well-timed compiinons, ho was free to declare unto them with greator bols- neas the plaiu Gospel of Jeans Carist, Wo tiavo hoard @ great doal about the ‘*secns- tlonaliain” of tho moderu pulpit; inuo far as this moons an oxtraordinary use of right dovions for arresting tho attention and moving the hearta of mon, itis mattur for congratulation that the chargo is not alicgether unfosndod. It was Christ’a injunotion that in winuing souls we sbould combine the wisdom of the serpent with: tho harintessness of tho dove, The Gospal it- self, in its vory nature, 18 sensational, for, lesding the mind along tho path of an old, old story, it points gut by the wayside a never-ceastng array of things novel, sud startling, and oysteriouu, Yot I wauld uot be understood, as detonding the atrango arts and tricky of ora- tory which ara sometinos rororted to in the pul- pst forthe mere sake of gaining appleuse and poruonal notoriety, It was long azo foretold that tho timo would coma when the people, “having itchiug ears," and dosiring, like the Atboniang, * nathlug else but to boar some now thing,” would multiply tuto, thomselves such teachers aa would willingly pander to their dis- cauod tastes, and glvo them novelty in oxchange for pop Whe supply, in quantity aud ality, hae afwaya been sogulsted by.the public lemand, Atdidorent timoa tue Church hae boon alidicted with this abuse of ite mode holy oitlos fu avarioty of forme. ‘The sonvationalism of the present day ts of threo kinds, Tho Hirst is putpit-buloonory; the usa of un~ scomly modes of speech, vulgurity, aud current phravou not adapted to the sscreducss of the place. It is the easiost thing iu the world for a Guristian pastor to force himseif tute publica no- tice if he will only stoop low euough tu do it, All things are propor which aro malapropos, Low comedy in its own place may suffer for the want of an audience; but low comedy in the temple of the Mout Hi God will Al tho pews, thi wiley, and the vestibule, Alea love the humor of {nappropriatenera, The clown in the playhouse, wheres he belongs, may fall to amuse them; but, if you put bis cap and pella where tho mitre ought to be.—on tho priert’a head, — thoro will bo uo end of applause, When a stroote amin nos worn-out nlang, no ono thinks it worthy of altention; but let a preacher loan over hile pacred dowk aud utter the samo vulgarity, and. his hearors way with ono sceora: ' We will hoar thee again concerning this matter.” Hav- ing been hold enough to introduce the dialect of Jow life into ths pulpit, tio {4 well-ntarted on the highway to popnlanty. A crowd will always gather to see Antiochus offeriog unclean flosh on tha templo altar, ‘Tho plain, old-fasaioned preaching of the Cross may savo soitln, but it will eotdom draw the multitude unless there ho ongratted pom {t note foreign attraction. Au oar-riug in a isdy‘s oar is a thing of beaut7; but a wico tan bes eald that a fowol in aswino'’s suout” is more remarkable, The world loves to soe things out of place, The man who will ad- vortine to preach next Sunday on tho Brooklyn ecandail will not have an empty pew in his church; and if lie will graze jas: ox poar to ob- ecenitv aa he can without being shipwrecked, prudently hinting at certain Thing which tt might uot bo wise to expresn Anglo-Saxoo, and handliug tho caso fo delicately an to he pratrod for his skill “in painting a” ran- bow over a cers-pool, ho wi!l over after- ward be famous in the catcem of all those who rogsrd the church age kind of inn, = placo of “entertaminont for man aud beast.” God may be offended, angela may blush. but bo has gained whathe sought for, the prataca of incu, and, haoly, the notice of the secular press. This is tho cheapest. form of sepsationali«m, aud the surest way to the public he Yet it seems after oll hke eolling one’s birthright fora mess. Of pattago, Tho iucome fram tho culogy of un- godly isn is to equivaient for the outlay of seif- Texpeet end tho forfeitureof divine approbation, itis roquire-t of avery minister of Jesus Christ that he eball magnify his ofice; notte do thin ho must at loast old faut the form of xound and decorous words. Tho world wey appiaud. but at the samo time it dexpives, the wers: ft God who stoops to pander to ite vals: and appetites; for the world" in ax well awara as we are that boliuews becometh tho Lord'a ONES He thot negotiat As Gutl's Ainban Of judgment an Of igutuoss £1 Lis ape To courta laugh when Woo a soul, ‘To broak a Jest when pity would inspira Pathetic exhortations ; aiid aldross The skittteh fancy, with facetious tales, ‘Wheu went with God's cotmmtaeion to the heart, Anothor cinss of sensationallets aro those who sook for pubho tavor by standing halt-way out of tne puipits thoy profesa to occupy, and eet- ting forth doctrines which are rejected by tho Ciurches to which they Lave vowed loyalty and faithful service. For instance, a Baptiat clersy- mav, who tnight othermiag remain in movest ob- neurlty, may farce himself into notice by douy- ing tho necessity of immersion aa tho only Iaw- ful mode of baptiem; or a member of any evan- gelical communion by holding up orthodoxr to ridiculo, aud espousing the creed of advanced “Hberatisin.” ‘Iho world is onty too happy to loud its countenance to anything that savors of heterodoxy; it’ athors tho ‘old landmarke;" its best-loved hero ion heretic, Yet there 1s no real horeism io the violation of 8 solemn trust. Toa gentleman (not to esy s Christian), who found bituself nn authorized teachor in a socioty whowo characteristic doztuas he rojected and despised, it would uaturally occur that ho might bettor retire from his place than abuse it, Yet, if bo choso to romain, as many do, assuming toward his brethren au air of injured innocence, and maintaming before tho world an attitude as of Willlam Tell refusing to bow dotyn at Ges- lors bidding, he may count on popularity; but he wius it at the expougo of « goud conscience, ‘Thare is still s third form of sourationaliem ; that which secks to captivato the multitude by covering over all that is distastctulin the Gospel and presoutlog only suth vegative shindes of truth agconinend themactyes to the natural hoart. Bo long ax tho world says ‘Prophesy unto ns smooth thingn,” thera will ba no dearth of churches, whore overy thonght of justico and retribution ts kept in the Last ieuuiis to mako rovm for a prominent display of love-sick son:i- Bieotalltes whoro nothing but * smooth things’? are prophesied in most clegant and meaningless. phraacs, where watchmen, sot upon the wails to ery slow) snd show ths poonlo their eins, ery nothing but “Peace! Peace!" to souls that stand on tue very Lriuk of death. Ibis easy to popularizo tha Gospel by taking out of it boll aud Jadiigeut and the offense of tho cross, but o Goapel thus emasculated bas lostits power to sayo; nnd ho who presoute it is no better than a pious Christinn who seeks bis own advantazo by deceft and fraud. Whoever ifvew tho people an impression that morsiity and social reform aud benoveleuce aro tho um total of the religion of Christ, is golly of pslarenreien oy it; sod, if he docs this for the sake of winntng favor, he 18, in the very worst use of tho epiilct, a eensationstiet. No amount of tine rhotoric and poetry and classical exprosvion can savo his ministry from failure aud condemnation. His periods may bo cut aud rounded av delicately as cataeos; he may bo as learned as Erasinus and as ofoquent as Chrysosom; crowds mv flock to hear him, and all mon may apesk well of him; put, nevertheless, be ia a blind leador of the blind, an unfaithful servant of Christ. It is rotated taat Faith, once bearing of a throatened nvaslon of bor terntory, revolved to mustor all her teachers and propate them for resiutance. ‘Yo her dolught she found that all were scemiug- Ay woll-armod aud in readioass; thoir tormy en- essed in mail and thelr weapons flashing Dbright- jyinthe sun. But roviowing them, a4 she drow nesror, sho discovered to hor wiamay that alt thoir proparations were not for war but fora dress parado, ‘The swords which sho had thouxht to be bardeood stool wore only painted toys; thelr Lreastplates wero made of tho soft hivon of self-indulgence; their helmets of tho wax of plumed vanity: their shields wore of papyrus written over with saraps of wong ;.thoir speaia wero thin reods of conjocturo; thoir Danucra woven out of the spiders’ webs of philogophy, And thia great martial bost, when in plain wholo grand cou yatta they enw their mistiees im teara, bado hor take heart, for they would provo faithful unto death, Her suswer was: “What avails me your courage and your fine array, when you havo neither arma nor armor? One good soldior of Jesus Christ, a sing® one of my anciont martyr-band, would nervo me better now chan all thts goodly host 10 gilded and wilverod panoplics,"” It ja vain, my friends, to think of warring sgainss the olomouts of this world and the Puluce of the power of the air with no better ammunition than rhetoria sud sentimental, Ailtho Pistonio dreamers and rhapsodists that over sought ty adorn tho cross of Chriut with Rarlande of fancy nnd eloquence have not ren- jor an agerogate of service equal to that of many an old-time Mothodist itinoract, woo trav= elod a-fout, through sun, and storm, and frosh- et, and preached the everlasting Gospel in tho ct of the bacd-waods, but with a power hiko that of Thor's bammor iu every argumont, and a harvest of sou's to show for every thrusting in of hia rudo sickle, because bis lips had becu touched with a coal from the altar of the vicari- ons eacrifice, and his heart sprinkled with tho Mood of the Lamb. The dlessing of God came dawn upon the whole City of London like rain upon the mown giasa when Dwight L. Moody, ublearned in the schools of theology or polite literature, came in botwoen the people aud their clorgymen, aud pointed, first to the flaines of Sodom, and then to the refuge of the bills and cried, ‘scape, for your livos!” Tho Church such mou,— men who caro more for souls than for apple who Bre not afraid to proach as woll iy of Bivai as of Calvary, nor svbamed ¢o be ac- counted ‘fools for Christ's sano.” ‘The minlater of Jesus Chriut Is not appointed to bis holy ofico for the purpose uf airaugiog truth In mosaicy, or entertaining the minds of men with brillant flightwof imagivation, His commission 1s all ombraced in tha command “Feod my sloop"; not picase, not amuso, or entertain, but feed thom and guido them in green pastures, Preach tho word, in eeaton and out of veauon; the wholo word, hell, the blood of the covenant, regeneration, tho winfulness of aln, free grace, Do the completo work of an Evangollat, Ho stands by tho rivor of life, ax modistor between God sod man, to way, and to say nowling olee but this, “Let him thut thirat- eth coma; ho, every ono, coma yo to the wators.” Now, aside from theso threo forms of ing which Lavo Leou indicated, | bolieve t! chaige of senoustionslism which is urged so fro- quontly agsiust tho Couristan pulpit da without foundation. It ta uot fair uor right that overy effurt made by s preacher of the Gospol to win tho oar and heart of the poople snould bo ro- garded ax sensational, Tbeio ares thousaud ways of astaiuing populerity which aro perfectly legitimate, and nu method of commending our selyos to the world is abcolutely wroug excopt- fog that which involves s surrender of uth of & at compromias with evil, Ministers of thy XD are often critlcinad for proachingonf "2 ¢ the day, yot in thoirown dofonse thoy tm o- peal to the exampio of Christ, who took for nis text whatever wax voing on around Slim; found ‘eermons tn etoats, books in the running brooks, and good in everything.” Fvery ine ntructod ecrivo is hike unto an householder who Uringeth forth out of his treasures things new aud old; aud ono of tho highest arts of tho prerhor is thot of applsiug cto old truths of thiehem, ant Olivet, and Calvary, ta the oce curronces of every-ilay life, It won ouce anid by a famous preachor that his vocation waa « like that of a Feonch milliner, always bringing out ew motes in order to heap up the inte snd stimulate s lauguisbing taste.” Thus using tho same cloth of truth ont of which the prophota und apostles made their discoitsses, wo inet uoods fashion onr garments aceurding to tho de- mauds of w progressive hfe and ever-chanmug mind. But all this is consiatest with autrict ad- herence to the simplicity of the Gospel of Jesus Chiint. Our manner may be intintely diversi- fied, but our subject-matter must evor bo tho “amo; we preach not ourselves, but Christ, * Behold the Lamb of God!" Woe is me if [ Preach not the Gospel. We may uve an eatthon cup or an Etruacan vaao, it matters not which, providing tho water tt contains is (rom tha river of life. Tho ong thing required of ua ia that wo shall quench the thirst of souls. Tho river in fall of water, yet muttitndes perish fur waut of it because too many of the servants of Christ sro constantly employod in docoratiog thoir pitchers, Water, water, avorewuerr, Aut all the sourda did abbrink Water, water, everyerli Aod uot s drup to dr: My brothren, in ono sense we aro alt alike anointed for this holy task of puthng the cup of col:t water to the lips of tho dying. ‘Tho servica of Christin s nuivoreal priestiiood whose minis trv is not in the Fac alons, but in homer, and counting-houxos, and workshops, aud amon: the highways aod bedges of life. Wo aro all Preachers of the Goxpal, in word, and walk, and conversation. It is important thoo that wo should know the ways and means of commend. ing ouraslyes to tha 1espoct of our follow-men ; but after all the ono thing noedful in that. whether we bein the pulpit or out of it, wo thould preach Chri hnwtin us the hope of glory, Christ the friend of pnblicans and ainners, Christ the Aiphs and Omega, the bright and morning star, the chigfest among ton thousans, the ove altogether lovoly. An blessed is that servant who, having done this, shall icave be- hind bim s memory likethat of St. Mernardino, whosa monnmenut wae inscribed with only na pame, and that not bin own, but the namo thas in above every other name in beaven sud on earth, —"Jeeua,” ——— PRESIDENT MOSS, BACCALAUREATE gENMON TO TUE GRADUATING cuass. Yesterday afternoon Dr. Lomucl Moss, Preai- dout of the Chicago University, preached tho baccalaureate eermon before the graduating. claca at Michigan Avouue Baptiat Church. ‘Lhero was a largo attendance of students sud thar frends, Jr. Froat and the Rov, F. Sf. Ellis oc- cupied seata on tho platform, and assisted in the oxorcrses. Prof. Moss took for his text Matthew xix. 21; “Joana said unto him, if thoa wilt bo perfect go sud sollthat thou hast and give to the poor, and como aod follow mo.” Thore was o peculiar juterest, bo said, attaching to thia incident. We had boro s young mau full of sepirations, who bad some concoption of the opportunities of Jife, some conception of the posbilities of a mau in a world like this, and wo saw bow our Lord met such an one,—recognizing his aspirations, sympa- thising with bis desiros, and, in the simplo words. ofthe record, “loving him." Our Lord appenl- edto tho young man's desirca for perfection. Ho had rocitod his croed, made manifest his o3- pirations, and given testimony of lus regard for Christ, and then coms the appoal of the text, In evory living being there was a desire for por- fection; it scemod to belong to tie principle of life, and tas certainly ove of the characteristicn of conscious oxisteuco. Amperfoction waa a dis ease, a deformity, bindrauce and want; aud where those thinga oxisted thore scomed to bo uome kind of pain, if not actual physical suffering, for, in comparing Limavif with his fol- lows, a man was made aware that be lacked that which, perchance, thoy pontoasod, In tho tiui- oat thing beneath onr foct, in tho grandest ob- ject that occupicd space, there was thia dosire for perfection. Aud was it not right to appealto this intluence,—to eeok to stimulate ond atrengthon this deairo ? Did our Lord commit any violonce againat our nature; did Le appeal to auy unworthy motive when hs wad “If thou wilt bo perfect "2 What was it fora man to be perfect, entire, wanting nothing, conscious of uo defect or deformity,—coneciouu rather that iho full tide of Ifo run through his nature, and that evory function of lus body, soul, and spirit, was performod with exactness, promptitade, aud completeness? Waa thera any= thing In it which fostered self-concolt, that could at all acgravate those unnaly passions? Unholy passions wore wanting in the perfect man. Thero wos in him no dofort of body, af jntelicct, or of wpirit. There waa in bim a per- feot physical framo, a porfectly dovolaped mind, ® perfect soul responding continually toa'l the intimatious of God's prosonco xnd the Divine will, ‘Thoro wax harmony, comrletanons, calm. Lows, andthe “poaco thit paswoth underszand- ing. What would we givoto bo perfect? Did there Dot coine to nen sonictimos, atnong the dreams of the future, a hops that somewhere there was perfectnoss to bo attaiued ? A goners! law for tho governmont of lifecould bo acduced from tho text. The incident was uot s uairow, limited, inolated, individual cxamplo, but a principle ag broad and as pormanent ae human life. The way to perfection, it was thua shown, was un- weltiah sorvice. Muiman society waa so conuti- tuted as to turnish the necessities for this law, ‘That which constituted uaa raco and a society wos in part gloxo nocesaltios which linked aud comeuted usta cach other, No man could stand alone and rofuse to givo or receive wnvthing from hiv follows ; and it was oqually true that tho way to porsonal advancement, to porsonal perfection, waa in te rendering of those wervicoy domandod of us Ly othors, ‘Tho Anontls Fant, endowed as ho was with woudrous gifts and grace, sald, "1 ama dobtor to all men; and Lecauna I am uuder obligations and owe to othem that whio! have = reooived iu trust for thom, becanso of this 1am ready to rcacli tho Gospel to those who are in Huine.” It was that obligaticn and indobtednasy that impelicd hiro, asst has iinvelled all noblo men wince, to consecrate himvel! to an unsollish lite, It was partof Divine Providence, af the are Taugoment and constitution of sorfety, that per- sonal porfection, idividual growth, and individ. ual attalomont, was dopondent upon nnselflal servico for others, All the activity of the wortd depended, on tho one band, ou tho fact that things wero not In equilibrium, aud, ou the other, upon the fact that we were striving to reach that ‘equilibrium. If everything nero completely balanced, there would be uo motion and life, but stagnation and death; and if overyithing wore not} aspiring towards the attainment of the oquilibrium, there would be no movemont according to plang, aud no tendenctes towanls tho fuitillmoat of an intelligent ond. The boisteruusness of the wind was caused by @ roaching out for this oqui- librluw,—a vacuum was croated somuwhere, aud it risbed to fill the need, ‘There wae pot a pore fect equubla temporaturo turcughout the solar syatem, aod the hoat of the ean helped to sup. ply the deticlonoy sud reatoré tho equiliurium, Sapposs that Iu agoa to come, ay plnlosophers declarod, there should be no datlciency anywhere, —whon that day came life and powor wot! have doparted, and wo would seo u dull, dead aystew, dose, then, was the law controlling law, oue of the | fundamental principles of ‘human charactor, society, and Ilife—that — in- dividual portoctuo was oul weoured by unsulfish worvice. No man could bo — mau, could come upto the full measure of worthy, complete manhood, if be rofused to porform tho duties he owed suvioty, This fect wlowed the geod of adoquato propsration for the worvicos of life, What tho world neodod wos not sentimont- aligm, howovor good or exalted 1% might be. What the world demanded of us was eervico,—a wervico which porhupa those who needed tb most woo uot copscious of. Manys man cartiod with bim through lifesome organio digeass, of thoexistence of which bo was not conscious; and when we passed from mere physical ailmon to the iutellectus! aud moral neorasitica of socie- ties, bow true was this. What ¢ha world needed, and society demauded, were belpers—tralned, NUMBER 308, Prepared helpers—ab’m to nnderatand tl of society, aud able ‘to supply them. ne ante Tr to renovate thta world and make it bloom ike a Paradiso aentiment only were nocessnry, the change sould have been mado long ago. Why gan Floreoco Nightinealo so successful during the Crimean War? Not because eho was & woman of clevated roatiment and could give expreerion to hor feolings in towing pootry or Progo, bat becausa she had heroism and Bolte fecrifice with it, wnd bocatsa bofore she minie~ tered to the wants of tho wounded soidiers abo had trained herasif as a hospital-nurso, Sho wana noble example af what pationco and golf- eaczifice, conpled with the noodful discipline and preparation for tho work, could effect. All throwzh soclsty woro mon suffering from deformities of mind and bod: "1 ssmply ‘pecause they eniered the battle of life too noon, without the mocersary training. Bion, ity thoir' xroat hanto to do aomothiag, pointed to the world aa dying for want of tho Gospel. That waa true, painfully true, and liad bean true for centuries; but could they imagina why it was that Christ waited ao tong Tetors Ho camo? Could they undoratand how Ho refrained. ce ming for thousands of years, aud did thoy un- aratand how, for thirty years aftor he did como, V0 was content to labor In the carpontor's shop? 7 ¢ was to train for the work bofcra him; and if ‘hoy wanted to serve mankind they should go toto eociety and moasuro their poworhofore yen= turing to “work. ‘They had started out, thelr fatnee life was before them, Imperfect "plang succeeded exch other in their minds, snd somo- times in roter carnostnoxs thay attomnted to foer into tho future befero thom, Thank God, ny man could tall what.the future would bo so far os individual ‘acta of life wore cancerned { But thoy m'ght bo assured of this, that if “thoy atrove —aftor. unrolfivh gervica tho fnture would bring porfoc- tion. In ordor, howeve:, ta get into thia lino of life, it wae necessary to discintino the charactor and store up strength to grapple with their work. They inst Lavo tno teaching onl tho help of Ono who stood hefore thom aud ald, “Iam tha way, and the trath, and the life.” ‘Lot bim ose euro them that ail th so gonorons impulues of their hearts, alt those desires that lo know some- titnes visited tuem, all thosa yoarnings after tho noble aud horoic and the trly worthy fn life, Wore right, and stiould be chetistiod and fostorad. Dr, Mozs then referred to tho testimonint which Messoucer Prics received for lis bravory, and, in conclusion, urged hia hearora to dis. charge their duties bravely, and thelr reward would come by-nud-by, when. tho Master shall, way. “Welldiue, thon good aud faithtnl sore vant; enter thou into tho jor of thy Lord,” ——a PLYMOUTH CHURCH, TIE WAST HERVICEM IN THE OLD NUILDINO. Yesterday morning tho last Sunday sorvices wore held in Plymouth Church, cornor of Indi- ana avenuo and Twenty-sixth stroat, prior to the removal of the congregation to tho now edifica ou Michigan avenge near Twonty-sixth street. Tymouth Congregational Church was organtzed. Dec. 1, 1882. Tho fret houve of woralup was on tho southwest corner of Dearborn and Madison atrosts, which was dedicated in January, 1853. The Rev. J. M. Davis supplied tho palpit until July, 1953: in Novomber, 1859, the Rov. N. IL Eggleston roceived a call aud bogan bia ministry Jno, 1, 1854, conning with the church until July, 1655. Inthe antumn of the samo yor the church removed to the corner of ‘Third avenuo and Yao Buron streot, Tho Roy. J. 1. Roy was called to its puiplt, and began his ministry in November, 1855, In Juno, 1860, Mr. Roy rocoived an appoint. ment as District Secretary for the Northwest of the American Missionary Asgociation, and ro~ signed bia charge. Tho puipit was irregularly supplied until April, 1862, when the Rev. J. R Shepherd accopted s call. His pastorate torml. nated March 19, 1861, by rosignation, inthe fall of 1864 the church-bulding was sold, and tho congregation occnpled temporary places of worslup autil April, 1663, whou the now church-odilice, corncr of Wabauh avenue and Eldridge court, was comploted. During this period the Rev. 1. D, Kitchel, D. D., acted na pastor, In July, 1466, the Rey, Lewis E. Mateon accepted a call to tho pastorate, but, owing ta fauliug bealih, waa obliged to go abroad. He diod in Lous, France, Juuo 21, 1863. ‘Lhe Koy. William A, Bartlett, of tho Elm Place Congregational Church, Brooklyn, Nov. 24, 1863, aucepted’ a call to become tho pastor. In 1872, the South Cungroyational Church was united with Plymouth Church, under Mr. Bact- lett's pastorate Tho united church occnpied the building, proviowaly occuplod by the South Cuurch, at-tho corner of Indiaoa avenue aud Twenty-sizth stroot, which ia the one uow about tu be vacated. dn the fall of 1872, the eburch on the corner of Wabasu avonue and ‘l'wenty-sixth btreut was auld. Ibo erection of the new churoh on ALichigan avenue, near ‘Lionty-sixth atract, was begun in Juve, 1874, and the building 14 now ready for occupancy, und the first servicos mill be held there nex: Siuday. ‘Lhe pastor, Mr, Bartlett, preached yoatorday. from tho toxt:— cine art not far from tho Fiogdom of God.—Iark, tay The He eaid that whon tho Saracons captured Al- exandtia thery was au oMleor of the Mohumme- dang who mot a philosopuor of the city. ‘The late ter told him that tho greatest treusire in tho city had vot been found by Lis troops, ‘The olli- cer asved what it was. ‘Che pbiloeophor waid: “Tue library,” and he ontrosted thist theso rece onds of Luan thought and wisdum should be epared, * But,” said the odicer, “if these bovsa axtee with tau Koran, thoy ure iolusa; if not, they should be swopt aside.” Jesus Christ was placed in the same relation to the Jows whon Mo appeared, If Lv agroud with them, bis teach- ings were usoless. Lf he was an inuovator, thon Ha was to bo uwoptasde, All moana woro used toentrap him. Tio Scribes spat quostions to Him to envesvor to entauylu Him into wodi~ tious Htacoment or dissent to Hebrew thoolugy. Ut was during one of theso inquimsorial oxami- uations that ono of the Scribes, struck with tha lorea of Jesus’ eayings, aid, * Well, Mastor, Thou haw usu tho truth." Jesus theo sald to him, “Thou art aot far from tho Kingdom of God. What was thia kingdom? To the Jows it sug. gested Solomon's anzdom in its elory aud urandeur, or Caesar's kingdom, including all the Tegions of the earth, Power and greatuess were thoir notions of a kingdom. But the kings dom of force, Jesus repudiated. Nor did ta coue to sat up 8 kingdom of opivion onturced by pretense of —_tufallibility. Neither was tt a kingdom of reasuu, whose discinttiva power should bo that it would seize upon the rational comprobension and pervade it, Chriet’s kingdom waa a king- dom that was notto come by ausorvation; it was & kingdom of purity, humility, and truth;— truta, tbat verity that Isy iucorrespondenoce bo- tween intorer thought and the realities of the unlverao, It was a kingdom of thon things that got bencath humavitv. That power that worlted buluw all the wickedness aud luequalities of the wurld was tue Kiugdoa of God. But who was not far frum the Kingdom of God? Thin ago, it might be said for ove thing, was not fur from she Kingdom of God in ie wide extevsun of spiritual — agoncice, But on this last occasion of preaching in that church, he would nut deal in genoralitics, but eudoavor to bring the toxt personally home. ‘Toon it was true tuat this congrogation was n0¢ far from tho Kivgjom of God. t waa not an ussemnblage of iutidels, but of thoroughly con- yiueed Curiatians. ‘The bateves of skeptical opin- fou continually thrown upon tho community had no more effect upon them than a trumpet ‘blast against the Pyramids. ‘hey had beau reared {rom chitdbood In Christismity. Their eartiewt wisociutions wore connected With Christiansty, sud thoy bad alwats dwelt near tho Kingdom of God, Thon again they wore wear lu their morale ity, Ho waa nocaddressing drunwen and dissolute porsuns, but thows who wore closs 10 God's Jingdor in their moral doportment. In relig- ous opportunities thoy were near tha Kingdom of God. ‘hoy could take Luther’y thoughts, Molaventhon'y and Venclou's, sug thove of othor holy mon, and so gather all the religious think- ings of the world luto a slivat of boly sents mont. Arg was subjected to the sarvice of religion ; music and song carrie? holy emotions Into the soul, ‘hoy bad Suuday-schooly sud prayer-meostings, aud in slimost countless o portunities they were very noar to tho Kingdom of Cicd. ‘There had been tines of great aenaltivonessin tho religious uaturey when they bad boon very, very near to the Kingdom of God, Men sometimes got tuto sicha sensitive position that they wupt it aus mentioned a religious sub~ joct. ‘They bal ‘been in such positions, and bad con the Kingdoi of God iu tts glory, aud been #0 near that thuy could look iu, + dbou art not for frum the Kiugdom of God,” but ‘not far” ia natto bein, Just about to bo bat pos quite. He related an episode in trout! _