Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 10, 1876, Page 1

VOLUME 20. REMOVED TO 164 LAKE-ST. MANUFACTURERS OF Bailding Paper, Felt Roofing Materinls, Moth- Proof Carpet Lining. Alwninons and Orna. mental Building Parer, Water-Proof Sheathing, Straw Boand, and PAPER CARPETING. Also, Sole Agonts for the (Beloit) ¥.N.DAVIS MANF'G CO, - FOOur old warshouse bulidings, located on Eart Honros-it, with 65-{set Chimpeys, for 811 st & ar- o SHIRTS. SHIRTS!| WILSON BROS ORDER DEPARTHENT, imr York bills or Wamsntla Hosll will Reest laen, " seond 2 u “ 2 $2 per dog, Shirls exira 17 GOl are altached, Our linons aro made to our order in Ireland, and aro scarcely equalod in elogg::you.ot appearanco, and in I $34 e dog. e " 0o durab; ‘With our extraordinary systom of adapting the garments to the woar- or, our superior workmanship in manufaoture, and our exquisito fln- ish in laundrying, the complotest gatisfaation may be relied upan. 67 & 69 Washington-st., Ohioa,go,. And Pike's Opera House, Clncinnatt. ARTISTIC TAILORING, 10 PER GT. DISGOUNT On all garments ordered of us durlng JANUARY and u FEDRUAMY, 183, Quality, Style,.I'it, Durability. % Oniy 20 far aa Dress l&flnm from and iliustrates gharsctér, can it be admilied to tha realm of art.” WEDDING GARBMENTS A SPECIALTY, BEDWARD BLYXY, Oorner of Monroe-st. and Wabash-av, STAR BALL LINE. UNITED BTATES & BRAZIL MAIL STLAMSIIIPS, gmlg‘s roagu;ly avery month from Wataon's Wharf, rookiyn, N, ¥, For Fars, Perpimbuco, Tabls, and Bo Javerio, calliog at 8t Johon, Porto Rico, NELLIE MARTIN, 3,000 tons, Jan, 23, at 1 p, m. JOHN_BRA 600 tons, Yev, 23,0t 1 p. m, J. B, WAL 9,900 tons, March 24, st 1 p. When the c of the molith falls on Bunday, alosm- e mall the d-{ previous, Thoso sleamers are perfect- Iy now, with all the latest tmprovements, having first- claes prstonger accommodatlons, s for freight sud passage, af uced rales, apply R TUOLER & 00., Agents, ne- ONLY DIRECT LINE T0 FRANCE, The Gonerat Uransatlantie Company's Matl Btssmois between Now York and Hawro, Tuospleadid vowsols o 1bis tavoii(e ruute for tho Uontlneut (Lelng more south. ther), will aall from Fior No. b, North gty National Ling of Steamsbips, NEW YORK 10 QUEKNSTOWN AND LIVERPOOL. IHLYAT] i : i A, 8,616 ton Mmuunh, 4,696 BPA 4871 s RGLAND, {8 T Sa, GRERGK, 4,600 tone e Wednestsr, Vednesday, Jan, 12, 3t 8, FRANOE. 8'st8ton Sneas T 2 2 2 oS et LT surigner. Hoimmtior: o tioke ancy, Avi:‘l’:r‘l Ao Domards on Uroat, Bdinin o oo ortheast oorner Olark ana i hate e N“.mn Hrmase). Uinicnsn A8doiobats, (opposito now Great Western Stenmship Line. From New York to Butatul (Kogland) direct. ARAG. I Byone, ‘ocnesiiy, va. DORNWALL, Htawmpy Wodheadar, dan, Oabin Passaye, 870; B 863, Steortas: §31; Esoursion e Aliawy et D0 ., MODONALD, Auout, Al Laks Bhore & AL b. I, it STOCKHOLDER! ITING, Orrice ay Tux VesseL-Ows Tow1na Co,, No. 204 Bous Watzn-et,, Cuicado, 9, 1878, The sonual mesting of tho stocklolders of tho Ves. 3i-Owners! Towing Company, of Ohicago, 1l be beld Mtthe rooma of ‘the Lumlierman's Excunnge, No, 438 Youth Water-st,, Obicago, Ik, Tuesdsy, Jun, 13, 1676, 1t 1 0'¢lock p, ‘The buziness of the meeting will be the clection of u Board of Dlrectors for the ensuing yesr, snd such ac- 400 in regard 10 the purchase or reiiring 8 portion of e capital atock of the Company s slull be doemed Wvisable. JOUK OLIVER, Becretary, _ELEVATOR STORAGE, FLEVATOR NOTICE, Rates of Storags far 1876, Untll the recond Monday fn Jnnuary, 1237, the fol- Tovringg rates of atorage il bo chiat,jed by uss Ou grain rscolved o hulk from rars, and fnapacted 18 gend candition, two ceats pur Lushel for the flest iwenty dayn, or part of same, an‘l one-hall cont per bushel for cachi additional ‘ten daye, ot part of +ame, 8o long a8 §t rewofus in good condftion, On'nll reccted gralt, recelved i Lulk from cars, two centu per buabel for this firat twenty Jays, or part of #nme, and ous-slf cont per bushel for each adaitional A8.inys, or part of sanie, On contemmed qrain, such aa n unflt for warchons- in, rocelved from cats, two eents per hurhicl for tha fizat five dayy, or purt’ of samie, and one cent por busbal for cachi additione] Ave daye, o yart of same, On griln roceived from teams, and foapected in oo coniition, threa conts yier Yuskol for tno Arat twenty duys, or part of mame, and ouelf cent pir bushel for each addtilonal ton dnys, or part uf eatme, to long an It remaius fu good conditian, On sl rejected grain recelved from tesms, thres conts Jeg bunbol for first fws daye, or prt of pumo, aud one- a y If cent por buskiel for eachl sdditional fivo days, or T of sama, On grain recelved In bulk from canal-boat or yes. sol#, and fuepected in good candution, ous and ane-balf coni per buskiel for fitst ten dngs, or part of rame, and one-half ceut per hishel for tHo neat ten dsy, of 3me, and onc-balf cent ror busbel for ¢ach additloual ton days, or rart of ssme, so lung a8 it res ‘maiun I good cond)tion, On unsonnd or condemned grain rocetved fn bk, from canal-boata or verseln, two coli per vushiel for Gt mve dayy,or gurt of' tume, snd one cent por bushel for each additional fAiva dags, oF part of same, On and affer the 1541 day of Novcraber noxl, upon srealn fn good condltion, atorag will be nt the furegoing rater, nubil four ceuts par bushel Alnil havo ucerucd, after'which no additional storags will bo charged until thio 16th day of Aprl, 1875, 8u lour a the grain re- matun {5 good rondition, Tpon unsound grais, ot 1 good candition, thero il bo nospacal rate for wintor storae, but %ill bo sisboct 0 the sama charg ox grain of thesama quality recelved prior to the 15th of November, All graln that moy becomn lieatod ur out of condi~ tlon wlilo 10 ptore, will Lo charged ono cent per bushel for cach additionsl fiva dsye, or part of ssme, that sald graln mey romuln fa ioro fiva days after notico haa been given by posting sald notico upon the bulletin-board of the Chicao Banrd of Trads, that auch grain has become hoatod o out of condition, No grain will be recalved in storo nntil 1t has been inspected and graded by authorized inepectors, nnteas by opecial agreetment, 3 & E DUCRINGHAM, o, Wi T & CU, ‘WM, DICEINBON & CO, Cuic4c0, Tan, 10, 1816, Ti Toperial and Nortiemn INSURANCE CO0S., OF LONDOR, Roprosonting $23,000,000, issuc a Joint policy, ond have authorizod tho undersigned to insure Morchan- dise, Business Buildings, Dwellings, Household Furniture, Grein, Pork, Elovators, Packing Houses, Lmn- icango BDaily Teibune CHICAGO, MONDAY. JANUARY 10, 1576, THE CHURCH. Serion by the Reve Dr. Durrell on tho Final Triumph of the Gospels Showing What the Last Contury Has Done for the Ohuroh in the World, The Rov. 8, A, W. Jewelt Disconrses of the Unsolved Problems in life. And Suggesls Patience, Humility, and Hope as ihe Lessons En- forced by Them. Argument in Favor of Christianity in Education by the Rev, B, W. Dufilold, Qiving tho Reasons Why thoe BDible Should Be Kept In tho Schools, THE FINAL TRIUMPH. BENON BY THE LEY., DR, D, J. DURRILEL. At tho Westminster Prosbyterian Cburcl, cor- per of West Jnckson and Deoria streets. tho Rov, Dr. Burroll yeaterdny morning preachod o sormon on **Tho Final Triumph,” as follows : And when He was como nigl, cven now at the de- sccul of the Mount of Olives, ihie whoto muitituda of thn disciplos begati to rejoico’ and praies God with & lond voice for all tho mighty works that {bey had scen, aayiog, * Hlesnod b the Kiug that cometh in the nume of tbe Lord : peaca i beaven, and glory in tho highust,"—Fuke zir, 37-09, 2 We are to meditate this morning ou o thomo euggeatod by tho Evangolical Allianco an fitting topic to close the weok of prayer in the churchen of all Christondom, the flual triumph, tha vie- tory of tho Gospel over the powers of darkoess, and the lifting up of Christ’s banners in the far- off corners of tho eartlh. Thore 18 no littls in- spiration in feeling that at this sppolnted time tho Learts of nll God's peoplo aro turned with ono accord in the same direction. Among the arclies of old-world cathedrals, In chapels and ootivg-houses, in rude tents pitched on the bLill-eides and by tho rivess of lands etilt Iylng in darkness, nnd wherevor thé disciples havo gono, acattered abroad, with tho pillar of fire Lofore them, there thoy aro preaching the Word this moroing with o voice of hopefulness, and with eyed turned toward tho esstern gatos, from whoncae they look for the rising of tbo sun of righteousooss. Wa live v au age when a topla like tbls bas—not only for the Church but for tho popular mind—o tpocial intoicst and ap- propriatencss. Tho dsys of wailing, and of erying “*low long, O Lord, how - long?" aro slmoat over. Tho lsaua of that great battle whorcof Chrint apoke when ho said, **1 come to bring not peaco, but a sword,” is no longor doubtful. 'fho **coufused woise” i bor Manufacturing Establishments, Churchos, and School Houses., Par- tios dosiring insurence in this peor- loss combination must apply direct to us. No brokors nood spply. Losses adjusted and paid at this qfflce. DAVIS & REQUA. Agents, Lasalle-st. The Hollct, Davis & Co.’s Upright Pinnos are taoroughly kuown throughout the West, Tuey stand ia tano longer than any pranos made, They ore rich and foll in tone, construcled fo endure, and aro {n every coaentlal the perfact planos of theogo, Mus- 1cal marters nnd smatoure lu Americs and Europe yro- nounes 1o Laller, Davis & Co.'s Uprights supremo and dorivaled, Musiians and tho musleal publio aro invited to ¢all and exatone them at W, W, Kimball's, carner Atate and Adams-ata, NEW PUBLICA'TIOND. T VL CHICAGD ALLIANCE PROF, DAVID SWING, EDITOR. A Family Newspuper, Deyotod to Neliglon, Litersture, and Covernment, This paper, which fs exeiting 5o mnch afteution at present, contafus ons of Prof, Awinp's calebrated ser- nou in evory numlwr: a most exbaustive summa of news, Literary, Selentitio, aud Biscollancoiia mut- ter, sud'n colloelon of frish and vaiuable cditorials. 1 a2 aleo Junt botn sdopted s TIE OFXFICIAL ORGANM Of tho Bunday-8eliools of tho Northwests sud fg fhe only paper in which full and authentio Sunday-teliool amionncomeats, news, und repotts for thin localily can Le found, T Atnoiwes is Christlan, but not fies- tarfan; Grthodos, 1t wot Biguted, Drice, 48 year, nclidlng portage. We rectk tho aequuintancy of ths Iovers of wood rindiug, and invite them ta addsess 11, 1 ENSION, Buriness Manoger, Chirago, COAL. T, T, HATHAWAY, Stockholders' Meeting. The Annual Meeting of Stockhnldera for the Etection ¥ Directors of the German National Bank will bo hield # the Bank on Tucsdsy, Jan, 11, bolween 2 and 4 . . HENMAN SCUAFFNER, Cashier, INOTICH. The annusl meeting of the stockholders of the Chica- foGas Light & Coke Company will be held at tho otlice it ihe Comyany ou Monday, Jun, 10, 1876, at 8 v'clock + B M. 84 which time an clection will e held for nino year, and for tho trans- mey ooms Lefora the BURTIS, Bocrelary, et JA s Hiternian Banking Association. fhe annual mesting of the btockholders of this As- welation, for the elociion of Ofticers and Directors, ‘nil:-“hda sl its Banking Otfice on RAlonday, the 1uth woen {be houre of 11 m, and | 9, . MILTON'B. DOX, Cashler, Chicsgo, Jan, 6, 1875, Hechanics' and Traders' Sevings, Loar, and Builiing, Assoclation, e ottcs, 89 Waslingion-st, 116, 8471330 D s for 10 oieiton 6 . A, HOYNE, Preaidsnt, FAIRBANKS' STANDARD SCALES OF ALL XINDS. FAIRRANKS, MORSKE & 00. 111 & 118 Lake St,, Chicago. DBscusfultobuyoaly the Genulns, HARD & SOFT GOALS. Mnin Offico and Dock, Comer Market and Randolplsts. Also OMce and Dock, No, 1 North Market-st, Ofea ard Yard, 711 Weat Lako-st, Down Town Oltice, 146 Ladallo-at, Orders from country and cliy sollcitod, CHANGES. SOLUTION. nk Co. 1t tis day dle- . Burulin rolfring, BUUNTAM, o JUNATHAN W, PLUMMER, RUBERT MOURRISUN, COPARTNIERSIIIP, Rotert Morrison and J, W, Flummer hava lurr)l\rll LY copartnerahip under tho firm fitle of Morz{son, Plum- Tie & Go, All notes and sccounts due tocr from E, DVuroham, Fou & Co, will Le setilod |){ iho present T, who' will coutizie tho busincas st ine ald stend, 2ud b4 Lake-st, MORRISON, PLUAMMER & 00, Obieayo. 1k, Jan, #, 1678, Hibernian Banking Association A. dividond of 10 per gent on the capitsl stook of this Associztion bas beon declared, peyable to the Stockholders on and after Monday, the 10th inst, By order of the Board of Directors, HAMILTON B. DOX, Qashier, s (hicaza, Jan. & 1518, . ' groming fsanter, and the smolie is clearing away, and the army of the Lord is seen to bon pos- eeasion of tho flold. 'I'%ie slings und ramshorna, nud the lamps, and pitchers, and trampota of Iarach hove been used for the casting down of the strongholds of Batan, till, Hark ! from nll lauds, from the 1ales of the ocean, Drino to Jebovak ascending on bighl Tallen are the engines of war iud couimotion; Blouts of salvation aro reuding tho aky| The overtirow of all othier and false religions to mako way for that which contres un tho atouemant of tho Cross is no longer & prophecy, but has talieu 1ta piaco among tho toregone, 1f not already accomplighod, facts of history. Itis pleasant for us to think bow tho Lord has heen ridng through tho agos, conguoriug aud to conquer until tho powers of this world oro all loa cuptive at His charriot-wheols, Thu work has prospered from tao begioning uatil now, Neeror and nesrer comes the prophesied day when tho hoialds ehall return, and ey to Him that staudcth among the myrtlo-trees ; We bave walked to and farthrough tho oartl,and bo- hold, =i tha carth sitteth still, and isatrost.” It isuot possible for us to rockon tho years that must vot clapse Lofore tho 1ong-looked-for com- ing of Shiloh. Yo, diecernibg the sigus of the timos, we cannot avold the conviction that wo are liviug near to the beginning of the ood. The rood sorvants of Curiat, tn the toil and bluod of wapy conturies, have gathered in the vintago of Abi-ozer ; it only remalus for us toglean the grapes of Epbraim, and then the Master will call Uy 10 the feast of Uarveut Homo. 1t ia worthy of notice that tno progross of the truth as it 18 10 Josus has not beon according to the common rules of entcrprise ; ils bistory is written In the parables of tho tustard soed nud the loaven. unug the gfimt coututy of tho Cbristiau orn o few thoussnds of bravo hearts were bound together by & common hopo as the pioneors of the Chureh, but thoir succesy, grand as it wos, was amnll ouough when we ounsider their awbition, the con.ueat of the world. But fromn thut tine ouward overy step waa gain ; tho means employed were lika the flvo loaves and two smail ishos which fod she multitudo ; us thoy were disponsod thoy woro multiphed. All 1Honie Ktood wondoting at tha strong, compact. lnll-prn‘pngntiuu body that- had Pu!herad around the fshorwen of Galiiee, Il was uroloss 4n oppuse thom, HBeourwo, duugeon, aand sword were of no avail. The wild bonats of the amphi- thoatre wero lot loose ujon them and thoy died, but their death pangs were pouly tho paius of travail out of which wero born a gouoration of suli braver souls, Thus tho advancoment of the Cluich waa alwaya a mirsclo, aud oach sucocss- Ive cpoch of its history waa moro wondorful than thiat whieh wone beforo it, Iis growth was ac- cording to the principle of geomotrical progros: s1on,--the hundreds of onoe century bocame tho thousxuds of the uext, Aud the peuple of Uold, wnazed all the whilo at the rapidity with whicth their numbors wore multiplied, have felt that thu very sturs of heayen were Hghting for thew, and have poured forth their joy fua 1o Doum a8 constaut s tho vestal fires: “ Thiss the Lord's duing, and marvelous in our eyes 1" Now thiat wo are entoring upan tho Cantenolal of Amertcan history, and alf minds aro turned tonard the ovents which Lave transpired in the laut Luudred yoars, it may bo woll for us to con- fiuo our meditations to the kame poriod of tims, for I 10 slight dogrce the bistory of onr native fand has Dbeeo snterwoven—l had aluiost wald idontiflod—with that of the Chustian Church. The bride of ‘Lruth and the gzois of Laborty bave gooa forwaed in paraliel ways. In lookmg over tho past contury wo aro at once impressed with certain inighty chunges that have taken placo in she Christisn thought ot the world. Here, perhinps, maro than 10 thoso outer works of progrors which aru more frequontly dwslt upon, we diecover haw rapldly and irzesistibly the atornal truth of God by beou marching on, ‘The truth never changos, but nieu's opiulons of it are ever giowing clearer aud moro trustworthy. The Biblo Is tho sawo yealerday, and to-day, and forover, but creeds nsed upon thiat Liplo are subject to all the mu- tations of time and fashion. Already thoso parchmenta on which the sects haye been nco - totued to piu thelr various fuftha are begiuning ta look hiko Pope's manuseripts, which were said to bo crossed, and blotted, and juterlined, ou every page. No bad resnits neod be apprebond- ed from thie process of development in re- liglous thought. for 1t has boen going ou under tho supervielon of the Bpine of (God,—that 8pist who is ultimately to lead us {nto tha right underatanding of all moial truth. As we amund our ereedy, wa change them for the bettor,—tuat 18, we briog thom into a more perfect harmony with that systom of revealed truth from whicl they comu as dew from tho ocean, and in which they are deatined to be ultimately lost. Now, what hias cho lsat oentury-done for the Church fo regpect $0 its mothod of thought ? Firgl—1t has gimplified 1t. A hundred yeats sgo the wiss men of Chriatoudom wero fot, Jike Milton's dark angels, lu tho wandering mazes of * froo-will, fixed fato, fore- knowledgo sbrolute,” sud in other problems equally learned and unfathowable, Xt was tho golden ago of conuraversy. All truth waas proe sented aftor the moat appraved mode of argn- mient, with premises and orgos, Gxatlys and flanl . Iyn, and ¥ practical ramarks,” Al that time tho worka of Jopathan Edwards, who had Just been latd awayto his flual rest, woro real and dis- cusred a5 cagerly ag 1ho newapapers aro now. David Tluma and the more daring, but ot mora [auluvn, Infidols of Francu worancattering ahroad ho dragon's-teoth ont of which wero to ariso the bloody forms of '03: mnd their philorphy wau rreparing the peopla to join in the revolutionary ery, “Godis dead! Down with the wretch of Nazorethi™ Over againet thiv might of unhal- lowed sophistry the Church had brought no counter-forea but that of ptira logic,—a theology intensely rofined, and formulatea with antl- nite cara. To nn outsider in thoso days it must bayo appeared 88 If rollgion wero nothing but foalty to s s3slom of, doginatic truth, Iiut after o whilo this malady was cured by its own vio- lonco; it came to bo sustactod that tho saving puwor of the Gonpol lay, uot In tho Ipso dixit of tho schools, not in mxnl‘: thoories of doctrine, not In profound philesophies, bul rather o thoso Rroat central truths which are sll embraced n tha faitkful sayiog, that Christ Jesus camo into tho world to eave us. Aud 80 wo fiud tho Chureh to-dey neglecting hee ponderous volumes of thaologr, and standing with upilited ayes under tho Crors. Wo Lave no living Jonathan Ld- wards, and the ronson wo have nono is becauso wo neod none. Woe havo well nigh forgotten the meaning of tlioso anciont battle-cring, Calyinism and Armunianisny,—oo simple s tha vocabulary of tho modorn Church. This, then, may bo ro- gardad s ong of tho evidences of tho progress of Chnattan thought in tho Iaet century, We lavo sloughed off o yast amount of the non-es- aeniis), aud declared our preteronce for funda- mental snd eaving trath,—for the old story; tho garden, the Cross, aod the open wopulchira, Becond—Of nocessity this involves a second . 0., toward s larger crsnl toleration, 1 do not mean ihat tho Clurch s more clisritable tuwanls lioroay or scepticiens, for this in evident- Iy net so; but faith is nuw demanded only in theao things which nre 3lal end fundamental. A man may think what be pleases about the doc- trines which kindled tho ardor «of the myatics nnd recholastics, to long a5 ho Lelloves that tho blood of Jesus Chitist cloanseth from all slo, A fow leadiug truths iave beow cxalted far above all othiors ans containing the life-giving qualily of tho Gokpol, snd around them all beliovers como closa together for united work, waiving minor points of differonco, and ngrecing to disagree 1 things not matenal to tho welfare of souls, Tho Lrave knights who tilted in tha liss of controveray a hundred years ago toft nodesconid- anta. Thelr Order and the fashion of their life diod with them, Thelr steeds are dunt, Their good swords riat, Thoir sonls ara with thelr God, wa trust, Had thoy been told that in a brief contury the verious ranky of tho Church wonld closo up and march topethor, thoy would bardly heve helioved it. - Why, fifty years ago, n Mcihodist and a Presbyterian were aa widely soparated by their projudico of sect a8 were tho Turks aud Crusaders 10 the olden time. 'Tho only peaco thoy ever Lnew was now and thon an armietico, when they rested on thelr arms. But now there 1s, a close union aud friondship among a1l branches of tho great Evangclteal Chorch. and among all those who be- heve that Gad hatl mado theam of ona bloed in Cbrist. This is the only true liberalism, ana its vravalonco is ground for thanisgiving Lo that Ged who is making Himself koown 1o us a4 tho God and Fsthor of us all. Third~Dut, paallel and consietent with this nprising of the spirit of charity and brotherhood, wo obeerve elill snother great chaugo which Liag tranepired i tha religious thougbt of the world. 1t hag grown moro orthodox fu the Inst handred years, loaemucls a6 tho universal creed of the Cbuich hos beea varrowed down by common conachit to u faw cardinal points, it is oy natural that thesa poiuts should be dwelt upon with groater emphaniy than before, aud recoived with & moro willing aud atondlest faith, A ceatury #g0 tho chutchus were Jilled with horotics aud slioptics, It wns not poeniblo that tho gront flaud-tido of intldelity then ewelling and surg- iog thirough tho world ahould ebb witLont loay- iug & doposit of unbelief i Christian minds, It wod nothing ubudual to hear n denfal of the doctiine of _ retributive justico _or_ tho deity of Tesua Chileg from so-called Evangolical’ pulplio; but in our day Auch ensed 010 comparativeiy rare. The Church I8 faithful to the old Iaudmerks. fow in number, but vitally importaut, wbick nor plabted by thi suthor and tinshier of our faith. This result has been Inrgely brought about by the departuie of Unitarisnism and Umversafism from the Fvaugehenl fold. Not until these epints of un- baliol” wero cast out was 1t Toseisle for tho Churelt to be found clothed and fin ber right miud, ‘Thus a8 we look back aver the pust cen- tury we fiud that Chnstisn thought has under- gove soma romarkablo and vary blessed chauges: It has toosed 1ts hold upoa things non-osse: tial, and gone baok to tho cardinal principles of truth,—tho simplicity of tto Gospel as iistn Chrigz. In consoquenco of this iz bas cnlarged itu charity sud propared us toveslize In some de- Rree how good aod liow pleacaut it 18 for broth. ren to dwell togethor in unity. By emphasizing tho mora imvortant pointa of faith 1t hae strengthoned 1y barriers of oriho. doxy, ‘The Uburch in all itswidelv different sot barigovious parts was nevr 80 Evangelical as now. ‘These ate signa of real progress, nlid thoy eacoursgo us to hope that the day is not far dis- taut wioh, ag thero Is only obe Suopherd, 83 thore shatl Ls only oo fold., But now let us look in atothor dircction for theso tokons of advaucemot. I have spoken thus far of tho chauges that have tuken place tn roliglous thought, No Joss cwarkablo are the which bave transpired duritg theso 100 v tho modo of Chnstian lifc liere sgain the rulos that wore ouco Inid dovn for our walk avd oonveryation are forover unchatjiable,~tho tablcs of tho Iaw wora table of etonos,~but the fasbion of tholr obucrvance nay nlter, ' One gou- eratinn lives up to tho sirict loizor of tno law, tho next with the samo proession of pioty may ba natoriously lax. Now, itis 3 noteworthy fact that when the minde of thopoojie are overmuch given to thoorizing, uud thudicusson of imma- ternl trutus, thon the pradical duties of overy- day lifo nro in dangor of beiig overlookod. Tho Creelis were at oncw tho myst philvsonhic and tho most nngndli{ of all LYo races of sntiquitv, ‘Ao samo truth found un jlustratun at the be- inving of tho prosent ceutury, Whilo our Hathore wore. ongagadl s Hicking st the hard Loty of doctrinal theology,tho woigntior mat- torn of purity, aud sobrisy, amd buncvolence, went sadly by default. 'Fais, thore was a leavon of Puritanism among thar which was doing 1ts milent work, and tbe (dan lewsons taught by Wesloy and Whitetled could mot but besr abundant femb. Yst,do0n tho whole, the state of momlily in the Clutreh wan altogother doplorablo. This was tha uenson when Disbop Butler wrote: ** Notbing remuins for reilgion but to asmail b with. ridiculs snd mirth "t when Archblsho) Bocker safd that *Open ‘mmonmy wad (be chief eharaoteristic of thy age,” Tho clorgy )f thowo dave wero #aid **to kKnosr evorything hit Jeaus Christ, and Him crucified.” Thoy "iwnted aud farmed, awore, diank, and gamblel.” The colubratod Inwvor B ackatono biad tho wrlosity escly m tho reign ot George 111, to catvnss the churches of Londou ; and ho says thai le did not hear a sin- la discoursa that bad mao Christlavity in it Lan tho writings of Cicsr, aod that it would have been imposaiblo for bin to discover from what Lo heard whothor tha yroachior was a fal- Jower of Mohammed, {infucius, or Chsiut. Ths wad In England, Lut §i Awerica it was no better, Now, such being tho charastor of tho clergy, what was to bo apected of thosa who val tontng nt thelr fle? Liko palest, ko people. Duvling, drinkiny adultery, profani- ty, Babbath-brouking. thowcil not constensncea wero wiuked at. Fielding and Smuollet, sud Lawronce turno were prevding light literaturo for thowasyos, ‘I'ho fguoraico of thoso dayu was appalling, e, g.: It {8 rolacd that a Weatovan exnorter was brought belon tho magistrates on » chatgo of sweering, thagound of tho cuargs being that in tho puipit by md quoted the text: + Ho that boliuvoin not shal bodamned.” It was an age of darkncss, net o horriblo perhary thet which bad jrecoded {6, bud Ul & darkueds that coud bo felt. The groat benevoleuces by which theworld bas ainco been alwmost glorited bad not ye cumo iuto existenca. obort Hakoy bad not ypt orgavizod 1k first Sunday-schuol. Thore wisuo Bible socioties, no forelgn misalony, \Wilrforco had not yet put an omnbargo on the tuic 10 slavos. There wero almost no hospitaluor cheritabla tastitu- tions. But now, look abrad over Chiriitendom, If v caunot Lo eaid tha tho Oburch is alto~ gethor purc, v msy at lout bo eald that the tlagrant sbuses, and eonndls, and vices, 8o com- mun & buudred years ag ara no longer fash- ftopable. L'ho hves of Go pooplo are oleaner sud more ciroumupost. ey walk by a moro intlexible rule. Profussio' gocs for les practico for moro. It iy sidom (I moan com- puratively soldom) thet a pluistor of Chnst is brought to the bar for tha yommission of such osimes w4 drunkenuess, pmbling, ox adultesy, l g In thelr preachiog they rov forth that Gospel whoso fitat fruits are ntegrity, purity, and love, And wo aro now ablo to may with some degrea of immblo pride that tho mombers of Christ'a Clurch are no louger a target for tho world'n dorision aod pcoru, Thelr benevolence in ap- provod by the many charitablo anterprises which they have devived for the nftnz up of tho masses into s hanpier and hetter lifa, Tiospitals, reform schicols, missionary sosiet anylama for tho 0)d end holpless, al) theso t fy'to tho fact that tho loving words o1 Jesus bave beou mightily at work in the historyof tho pase century. The Brido of Heaven, though still imporfeet in bor beauty, is weoking woro rarneatly than of old to keep bLiersolf unepotted from tho world, and to rlmlv" herself ia somo degren worthy of tha Bridegroom's love. And now, baving looked mpon tho onward march of truth n tho departmonts of shought and wdividual l:fe, we moy concludoe with a rapid survey of tho aggrousive work of tho Church. Tha past century bas been marked by such o crueads of mismonary zeal aud enterprifo o% never before wan dreamed of. I have alroady Apoken of the rira of Sunday-schools and chart- table roforms ; bat beyond these and all similar plana of Lome labor, & zigantic scheme has boon devinell in theso Iater years which aitns at noth- iug lors than the ovangelization of tho world. As yet this stupondous work can bardly bo re- garded s woll undor way, sud yet what mir- scles . have been wrought! ~ Wo can ouniv giauco at gomo of thom and paza on. A handred fiunrn 80 the Curlstian relizion was hemmed in )y tho borders of a few privileged lands, Now thero 1a 1o tribe or peopla on earth that has not Lieard tho Gospol, aund 1n womo_dezroo accoptad it. The Biblo has been transiated into moro than 200 languages. God's meseengers have crosaad asas, and degorts. aud mountains; havo braved all dangors and oudured ull bardships i carrying out tho Master's injunction, * Go ye into il the world aud preach thieGonpel to every creature,” What are tho results? TLero are 25,000 commuticants in the Mission Churches of Went Alrica, which was formerly unknown to tho wasld, except in fta couvection with the ter- rible slave trado. Capo Uolony bas mora than 800,000 nominnl Protestante, aud 515 schools, Mnadagascar bias coma fortu out of the unbroken datknesn of henthonisin Lo occupy & place anong the LEvangehizod nations of the earth, having a Cbristian ruler aud mors than half a witlion rofessod folluwers of Christ, Austialis aud Now Zeoland Lavo been reclaimed from barvarism and idofatry. JMore than 340 of tho largor {slauds of the [Pacifio have expoused the religion of the Cross, Janan s+ boen only recently thrown opan, aud yet the enlightening pawer of the truth hay boou felt in every portion of that populous Lmpire. In China torty years ago thers wero ouly two mis- sfovarics nud two converls; now thoir are many thonyaods, and tho work goes on undor the Comple of Coufucius with tha approval n of tho Government. In India, hkaswise, thore are more than 600,000 na- tivo Chiristians, and it is conceded ovan by the Weatminster Reciew that bero tho work of for. olgu missions hes securod £ brilisnt vindicas tion,~—tho heart of Aria brought captive to the foet of Christ. Thess wiil serve re moro oxsum- ples of tho marveious growtyy of the Chugeh in 1hio last 100 yoors, Aud yat tho work of nus. s10ny hss but just comwmencod, ‘Thus far tho Church hasonly been etruggling to reach the slistegic powis of tae world, What, then, msy we not look for {u tho hundred yoary to enme ! Who can doubt the flanl rosnlt 2 Let me ropeal, in view of thoro sczomplishiod facts, that tho trumph of Christi- anity 19 no loniger a queetion for I'rophots and oracles to anewer,—therc is confusion among b0 ranks of the cnemy, aud a marvalous hope end cuthasiasm among the soldiers of ihe Crons, which betoken tho epecdy advent of tho (real Conqueror, Woaro living in tho last days— noar to the dawu of tho Millennium, God halp us to live ay thoso who look upon flelds white for the haiv:ut, and to hoar tho voice of the Lusbaudman calling, ** Go w rL," 1t15 & day for ope, and confidenct, and thankfuiness,—a day to sing tho 150th Pealm, but, above all, 14 a doy for waichfuluoss, aud prayer, aud work. ——— UNSOLVED PROBLEMS, BERMON 5Y THE IEV, B, A, W. JEWETT. Tho Rev. Dr, B. A, W. Jowott preachod at the First Mothodist Church yosterday morning, tak. | iug a8 his toxt : Tor now we sce through A gl darkly, but then faco to face.~1 Cor.: 2., 12, o spako as follows : Now and thon. Buch s tho contract eharply made, and put before us in tbis passage. Now wo journoy ihers our sky is overhunpg with claude, with only hore and thero o ray breaking through 1o hint thot the sun is shining above them. Thon woshsll live above the clouds, whero It will not bo the occationsl ghmpsca of tho *‘amilvery lining,” but ths fadelexs glory of au olernal morning which will break upon our viow. Now weare living intho ignoranco of our childbood. Then the manhood of our boing shell come with ita wider vision and better knowleago. - It is ounly & brief outline of diccursion that can bo given to sucl: & toxt as this in the limitoy time of o Sabbath service, Paul's words in the Greok soom not to rofer to the visiou of objects tiwough a glars, 88 our verslon roads, but to seoiug them by tha refloction of & mirror dimly, ‘Tho genyo {s, that io tho presont Jife our knowl- edgo 6 limited and imperfect. Tho proposition 18 true, it apptied to the whole range of haman ttudy. I do nok depreciate the achiovements of Bciouce, Ifor triumpbs are wonderful. Yot the smallest weed by the wayside confronta hor with a quostion that strikes hor dumb, 8be cuvnot, with all her kmowl- odge, explain tho mystorlous lifo which builds up that tioy form. It is not tho mout learuod, not the truly great in wisdom, who talk of having eolved all tho groat problemw of tho universe. The Neowlona of the raco, atterall their rich and variod atlslunionts, tell us that thoy scom to thewaselvos like children who have merely gathored o fow rare sholls and pounles on the sbore, wbilo tho vast ocesn of truth is loft unexplored. Wo tura to roligious themes and our vision is still obacuro, In thisdepatt- ment of our knowledgs there sro unsolved prob- loms, God's sdministiation brings us perplexity. Thero aro evidences of 1lls wisdom and power all abrond, Wo fiud proof of & moral gaverument and ovidences of mypuporintondiug Providonce. Justice ju vindicate1 by sha trumph of tho right in conlict with wiong, Tho whole frame-woik of tho world scoms to bave been built upon the priveiplo of giving sanction to virtue snd con- demning viee. Bit, Jo! tho ray of heht wo werae followiug goes out in da-kucss. Thero wu sco s proud, corrupt, ambitious man winmng bigh position, whilo renl merit is pinivg 1 pov- oity and noglecs, Hero a cruel tyraut tramiplen ha nights ot milhous in tho dust. Rmely Ho who reigns ou bigh s a God who hideth Ilim- su.f, Hoin the life aud dealh of thoso aronail us wo fied perplexity, ** Whorefore do the wicked Hvo" while the virtuous mon Is- ent off in thoe midst of lus ueefulnesy 7 The statoeman dies when juet en- teriog bis carcer of bighest promive. Tho father is called away from hfe when his belploss fumily most noed "Liw connasl and caro. ‘The uiother dles to feave an infant unprotected in droary orphanage. And the moat usoless mem- Lor of aoclety lives on yosr afier year in sirango coutradiction of s!l our gotions of whal is fit~ ting, Revelation ehods light npon the mystory of human hife by her great doctnines of probation. ‘Fhat doctrino is a fundsmental priuciple of the retigion of Clinst.. 1t teaches that thus life is man's time of diaciptine avd trial, Ono great purposa of our liviug hore 18 to develop our trust fo the wisdom ang goodnows of our great Fathor, and test our devotou to Iim iu the midst of illlenlty, tomptation, t complote knowlodge of the of Cod iy not to bo expectod. ‘Lhen, again, it s biuted that w6 bave onlv just now beguo tothink, It bs not then ot all sirauge if tho’ vast and conplicate:t machinory of God's governmeant abould perplex u4, That government embraces in its swaep all tha countless gensrations of men of all psoples and uations, It stretches back through tho paet to tho begioning of all thiogs, sud ta linked to #ll the measurelous agos of tbe comiug etotnlly, We seo oty oue little wheel of the vast mechaus fsw, 1s it wondertul if we do not undorstand ft all? ‘ha boy of 6 years Is unwise if ha froty with impatlence becauso now wuoo ha has takeqy his first a1y 1o loason in matbomatice be caunoy solva tho weightiest pronlews of the setroyomer, Let us hido our time with patience snd hopa Theso hints that ase glven us show tbat God our Fathor does xm’t Hoopkul l]r:{:xnflm‘l;uhhorin;m He is fealous of our koowledge. Helis giving v now the gractical Jeasons which lnnuwp‘ 4 l dom He kuows o bo best auited to our pr-unné :,: etate aod capacity. If wo sccept Hia tuitloS with dooility, we ®hall ers long outgrow ot childhiood, and e will lead us np from this o, scars corner of the univerao to highar, widor Lnowledge of Iils providential governmon? an:d all truti, 'Wo ehnll share the taition of wiuds thut have atihiod thess grost probloms for centuries before we begsn to toink, ‘Ihe im- perfection and sin that now blind us shall ba romoved, FEvory holy aspiration, overy act of truo faith, nvery trivmpt of conscicncs avar rmlan and solflsliness, every act of truo heuevolunce, 1 tramning our apirits for the homa of hght nbovo tho clogds where wo sbnll no louger sro, 68 fu the refleetion of & mirror giuil, but faco o faco, Tho veil that uow hides aar Intinito Father fram ouc view shall ba Jifted away, \We shailzoa Iim faca to faco. Wo ahallntand fo his preseuco amid he bright- ness and besuty of Ilenven, *\Yo shall gatber at the niver” which tlows by Hia throna with our loved ones who biave parasd on beforo, ‘hon tho clouda will break and the lightof mblday benm upon all the dark probismn of the proeent lifo. e can thon woll aiford to roceivo thankfully the partisl light now given us, and wait with patient hot.s for the comyleta rolution of thesa probloms. If we da it fn that ssirit. ft will not harm us to etady them now. I eannot dwell upou it, but want™ to eay with empheia that nothing casts such light upJn thesa differ- ent probleme Ay true faith in Christ, Iho unnqusl distriontion of worldly blessingn in ono of theso problems which meets us the motnont wolook upon hnman lifo sround us, In overy commuunity you find thoso who scom to tho **pets™ of fortune. Wealth, and social position becauss of wealth, cono 10 them without auy epecial merit (u them that suy ono cau wues, nod _with far laes of esrncst effort snd patlent indumry than mavy of their neighbors put forth to pecure A bare liviog, In many tostances weaith is fair- Iy esrned by uwremitting toil, by frueality, by lionesty, and fair dealing ju businioes purawits, And much of tho world's poverty is fairly caused by indolouce, intemuversoco, snd prodigslity. But these cases are not ombraced in the duiicult problem of which I am spesling. ‘Thers aro many who havo fortune thrust upon them with the excreiso on their part of far Jess skill and prudoneo than tmany of thelr least-succossful competitors in the race of lifo havo cunstantly cmployed. And wealth is properly regardod s one of tho groat advautages ol life, 1t is often misnzed acd pervorted, So are all other gifts and blessinya of hifo—intellcctual abitity, gonius, oducation, poiitical power, persoanl boauty, aud peraonal intleence, Dut the perversion and ill- u8g uf wuch mfts does uot prevent our calling them bleariign. Lach one of thom i o rual yo0ad, though mau's folly and sin may ttansform any ono or il of thew into & curse, Ho wealth is 5 1eal good. notwishistauding the bad use so frequontly mado of §t. Kightly used, it wittrot only bring personal enjoyment to 1ts posseshor, but be the means of cultivativg the mind, rotin- 10 ths Laste, eolurging benevolence, blessing batnanity, sud honori g God, Why, then, aro the sdvantages of wealth so often” witbheld from the wost deserving? Why sto the good sud wirtuous 8s oficn omedto walx through hife fo the vals of pov- sud obecurity, while thousands who havo sourcely anu, higbor mernt_than tho mont juteuse solbdanees roll in srealty 2 Tue more we wiuldy thiy subjoct tie wore wo ehall bo consiocod that we do not fully underctand the problem. Wo muat ba content for the préscul with s partial rolution, aud wait for tho ** by and by " to vin- dicate tho ways of God with men. Bt though we #02 ouly in mirror dimiy, vet we do nee. \re Beo eoough Lo coufirm our fakth that, in the ultimato isaus of all toings, parfect justica will moted out to ali—juslico tempered with mercy, dospity the baywh appearance which wuny things ag present weni. Tuo best and richest joys'of lifo, after nil, are more equully dis- inbuted than may 8t fist view appesr. Tho famty affoctious giviug somo of tho swed ot juys of lilo, courc.ousticed of pernonal vir- (uo, words of Lindnesw. true [riendship, useful- noes to others, love of the beautiful in uvatare, Lealth of body, activity of miod, and nial, joy- ous faith in God as o Fatbor—iheso wre ourees of Joy and blesaiug which sra as faliy within the reach of tho poor as tho rich. Twe strogulo with advorsity may o the best poumble ahaipline of charncter, sud a uobie, puro, holy chinracter In of uuspoakably higher worth tusn fome or gold, Ly such charscter the pourest may wiu tho esteem of woud mon and Food angeis, Amid sll diversitios of outward condition i life, in all tho ireuks of fortnue, it sl romning truo that each one 1w the arcitect o Liy own charactor,— and chmacter datormives destiny, 501t s seon that ontwara conditwus of the earthiy lifo do uot gbapo our future Lifa. 1n tho hardest humsn lot s life of poverty lasta but a fow years ; and if God's redeewiug meres 18 nccopted it soou oeds in the everlasting glory and uucountod wealth of Hloaven. 1t in & great fallacy into which somo good men Lave falien to argae from this unequal distribue tion of earthiy good to an usconditional predes- tination of & piven number of pertuns to over- lasung life, thus excludiog others trom * tho grace of God tbat briogeth eaivation,” eo that their personal doom to [futuro misery In Oxed by arbitrary dectee, and without tho elightost refcrenco to personal characor. Al tuo 1upqualities of this lifo can Lo eanily ad- Justed mo long as thoy do not control tho endless destivy of tho soul, liut tho absoluto stid un- cunditioual prodeternmnation of any human being ta external exclumon from tho gmrace of God by arbitrary decreo is a thonght whict per- veris the fuet and rightoous sovelelgoty of tiod into tho unronsonable, capricious, Uujint cou- ducs of & ernel tyrant, Buch a thought is not to bo named in comparison with tless tomporary mequuhities of tho present lite. Theso can casily bo ntade right wlicu the endless futuro 1y left uotouched by them. ‘I'noro ura othior tucts of human life which pre- seut still mote difllenlt probiems. Two-thirds of the human raco ero botnin the darhuens of henthen lauds. From childkood to old age tloy grope tholr way without ono ray of light from tho (tospot and tho Crosy of Jesus, How terrible tho lot of children in our aitios born du the baunty of vico, and having all their carly trawning tuere boyond tho roach of overy good fnlluvice? Theso facts ate, how- ever, allevisted by the teachiog of the (toepat that those who havo lived without revoaled fuw will bo held reaponsible oniy for the light and ovporsunity they bava sbarcd, * n every no« tion ko thal fearett God and werketh rightoous. noss i8 sccopted with Hun," ‘Tuo ropoutant beathen who bias never hourd of Jesus will sbare 1L redeoming graco as truly s tuo ponitaut sinnor of Chnistian lauds, On these problems wa seo ouly by tho reiloction of a mire dinly. But we do soe. Wa sos light cnoiigh cast mpon theso difficult problems to iuspire and sustain our faih i the impartisl Justioo, the goodness wud wmercy of God. Wo boo euough to show that tuero ls abundant light above tus vetl of cloud that for tho presout ovur- Lianga our sky. It miay stirtle un st first thoughit, and yot it iy true, that these unsolved iuuulnms of roligton wrs icroased fu pumber by kevelation. Hovela- tion esns uncoveriug. It {8 not tho creation or invention of sowething new, but the unvel ing or disclosure of tho old which proviously existed ih tho wind of Uod aad iu tho moral nud soctal nature of man. And s RBevelation un- covers 10 our viaw the facts of Gods lito sud being, it piles tho mystories une upon another Butil we aru euvironod with thom on every #ide, sud they riso around ua lke im- meuso, impenotrdblo walls of wmwuniain lodie, Wo até faugiit ta thiok of (God a8 possessiug sho three-fold_persouul distinctions—fther, Hon, and Hoty Spurit. And thig tnnity of tGod is u profeund inystery, Thus Hevolation tellw us that tho infinito aud ombipresent (iud is incar- nele in the person of Jesuw, tho won of Mary, Tua Lord of Glorvis Lorn in a wanger. Tho U'since of Life, whose Kingdom sbull uuver oud, falla 1nto tho havds of Hin enomiod, and dies upou the Cross. All thoso myaterics are crowded upon our faith by Revolatiou. Uod is no wys- texy to us when Wo snow vathing of Him., 13ut as our knowledgo lncicasod the mystorlos mu tiply. Dut leb u3 ssk what wo moan by this word wyslery. Many scem to moan by 1t an_impossibility—~sn absolute contradiction, But that is not the meanmgof the word fu Serip- ture, und 8y 1 liuve just now been using it. A mistery {8 a lndden truth, It mavy bo a truth bidden from past sges and now roveatod. Thus, Laal, 1o lus lotter to the Kphesiavs, calls the purpose of God to Lring in tho Gentites Lo shate tho blossings of the Gospe! a myetory. It 13 s truth bidden from past sges but now manifest- ed. Or it may bo s truth accopted by faub uud reacon upoa mufficient avidence, yob nat fully compreheuded, ke the mystary of the incsrus- tion, spolien o the” eame Apostlo lu bis fist letter “to ‘Timothy s - the great mvetery of godlnoss or roligion. Like mystertex coming jusi as theso of religion do from the luitation of our facultiea e alf aronud us and within us, AsIsaid st the be- lnaing, the smallest plant embodies & mystery. fn m‘fimmom there s o Lte-principle whode E 5 e 3 NUMBER 137, stonce yoa know. Bt you oannot wees It £ indlo It.” nor explain i, - nor undoratand it % hist mysterioun power works on steadily, creat, . 3¢ stem, and branchos, snd fragranco, snd bostw ty of form andcolor, It I+ 8 silent worker. Nao' naisalaa sawing wmachine of man's invention daes ita work half no silently. Yet it is an oner- Betie, mighty, living powar.” Bat you caanot aps it with “your microscopo, or catch it with any flneat net of wcientific analyms. An eminen modori sciontiat, & faw yoars ago, thought ho had caught it and unfocked ~th Toystery. Woat ho did flnd he called protopiasm, And that waa all thore wasnf {t—a now name for tho homo of lige. Whils ho was writing tha naw name tho lifo itseht hiad fled, In tho wamo way tho detoctivofinar ..o nones whore the eriminal makes his buwe. 116 shouts with triumph, +*Now I have him ! But when ho enters the lLiomo the man baa fled. Tho mystory of life in nst as far from explauatlon now as bofors Urof. Huxlcy told ns about ** protoplasm,” “ the phynical besis," or conditions of life. What lifo i8 1n tho plant or animal no ono can tell, 1f you wauk to sland in the prosenca of some of tho greatest mysterios of tho universs, look within yourself, “Ihe tiroless, coaseless besting of your boart,—a hundred thousand times a day, i o myatory, Thoro ia a mystory in the develop- meut of muacular foreo by o sudden volition of your mind 80 ay to move your hand n gesture, or guida your poa In writ- ing your thougiia for the oye of a friand. 1Lere nre threo leasons enforced by thin glanco At the nasolved probioms of life,—the lossous of potisnce, humility, and hopo, Humibty m moat becoming ta those whoro knowladgo ts 80 limite ed and “fmuerfoct. Thia virtue Is constantly urged upon our attention inthe Gospol and throughout tho whole Bible. Espacially onght wowno leve just begun our etudies of the world's mignty probloms to bo modeat in our critielsms upon tho works and the providences of God. Buch huunlity 18 neodtut, both for our pemonsl comfort and our advancement in kuowle, olge Tue boy who fancies himself wiser than all hin teuchers will not advance much fn Luowledzn till cuzed of that foolizn coucert. Patienca nuder tho dlun‘mnmmnnu and ad- vereities of lifo is auother Jewson from our aub- Ject, 'he great prizes of tuia lte, Auch ss wealth aud diwtinction, may have eluded onr Rraep. Iu our purknit of them, they Liave often seemed just within our grasp. Luy, like tha large rubber Lalj the elsticity of which causos it to bound frowm the laudy of the boy trying ta cateh 1t, thess prizes bave shpped from 18 whon wo thought wo liad them in our grasp. Bat if one bns fawrly tried to do hia best in tho use ot the ta'onts bostowed upon bim and the oppor- tumties mven bim, Lo may woll be con- tent with lin lot. God, our Father, sees moro widely the future resalts of present ex. periences tuan wo, You all remomber the story o the two tresco-pantors upon a high scaf- foldiug In an immevgo cathedral, One of them bad acuioved unexpected success in a beautiful pictara just finisbed, aud, absorbed in adamira- tivn of Ly work, he graduslly stepped back- viard until ho waa within & few mefies ot the edge of thoncaffo'd, 1iis follow.workman saw liy danger, nud, feariog to epeak, dushod hir brunh ncross the picturo nud spotled its boauty, Tho artist immediately sprang forsard, flushed with anger, to resent and punieh tne injory to s miawtorpioce, His frienl pointed lum to tha fearful danger from which ho had baen raved by tho daub upon his_ pictura. His angar was suddsnly displaced by thanks- RIViDg tur Jus rescus {rom poni, and he waph tears of gratitulo upon the neck of bia faithful frieud. So Giod may tind 1t ucedfal to deal in cbat way with us, ‘Fo save tho apiritusl Jifo sad protect” the wsoul from danger, He permits our cherished hopes for this lite to bo spoiled, Blind unbstict 1% wuro to ers, And wean Iic work in vail § Gou I 118 0wy futerpreter, Rud He il males B piats. Hape Is born awid the twilight aud cloug- sliadow of this life, This Jifo is deed & cloudy day. fButit wil be succeeded by a clondless morning. Now wo sos by the reiloction of a mirror 3 thou face to faco. Faco to faco with God, What rapture in that thought to tho Chuintlau! i CHRISTIANITY IN EDUCATION. PAPER BT THE LEV, 8. W. DUFFIELD, The following allo esssy en tho goneral sob. Joct of the Bible in the schools was read bofors the wookly meoting of Proabyterian minlstery lust Monday by tho Rev. S, W. DuBield, pastor of the Eighth Presbytorian Church: What we call civilization fs tho product of mental offort, Wiero mon bavo boen thrown to- gethor in tho valleyn of great rivors,—as tho Eus phirates, the Nilo, tho Gangos,—the resulting civiflzation Liss expressed itself in groat trading cities, 1f population ban held a poninsuls,—at Siom, or Italy, or Greece,—tbo resultant advance has boen in tho divection of thouglht, If an island of considerable wizo has been their homo, wo find tho yellow race coming to its best in Jupan, tho brown ju New Zoalund, the Llack in Madagaccar, and the whits in England, Thus, u couslderiug the natural progrosa of men, wo are td remawber that climate, locality, freedom from molestaticn, and luducoments tq exertion, affect tho development of any peopla, We also observe a decided preference for the white rnce, and for a genoral northerly direos tion. Anclent civilizations present to the mind singular nnity. Tuoir coutres ara cities, like Tbebes, Ninevol, Dabylon, Athens, Rome, Iley eryatallizo around some central and dsspotia powor, theocratie, monarclic, oligarchic, or aris- tuoratic, aud itis onlv iu the best estate of the au- cient tafud that the demacratic vution of couutry surpasees tho tyrannic notton of King, This was thocaso at Athous, aml hence, at Athons, tha greater freodom and dovelopmont of the intel- lect. A rupublican or selt~goverued natinpality is thus andicutod ag tho extorual form of the bghest ervilization, But even this s 1o be ual- fled by religion. It miay bo annouaced as a dic. tin that tho anciont civilization never rose be- Y'und its higheat rolizions ides. Lhe Ewyptian olicf—as Koon i the ** Book of tho Dead "—wug highly spiritua), and this stfocted their civilize~ tion, Un tho contrary, tho Boman belief was quita sousunl, xnd henco Lo went in the direction ol 8 deetructivo Inxery, Tho fall of theso va rious arvilizations and tho phulosophy of their fatiuro will provo that any doparture from the higheat purpose of the wind produced ultimata nun, Inaword, those may bs said to be ade yaucomauts e tho linn of volishuess, whereas Christianity toaches thesurronder of wolflalinass. To them bolongs tho charactoristic tyrauny of a monaren’s unfelterod will, and the cousequont foigotinluess of tho poor, tha sick, the weak, sna the captivo. _* Vao victis " iy wiition abova all thoir gates. Even in Judaism it was ‘‘an ©va Tur nis 050 &0d u tooth for & tooth,” though th did uot xml{ interpret tho upirib of the row ligion 1y which tho Jew waa rearod, Le foll aa far short of the precopts of Mosaio inatruction 21 the Peralan fell behind Zoroaster, the Hindoa vehind somls laws or Buddhba's *Path of Vir- tug,"” tho Chinesd behind the avalects of Confu. ciits, or tho Jnsusse behind the tive commands of Amila. [u ovory Lcathon civilization tha form ¢¢ advaucoment ts Lelow the fori of proe cept, sud this might vatarally be expucted. And as thig itself 18 below, tho” evontusl stope puge of rogrosd is a forecono conclugion. Juat autecedout to Chrisniy comes the Qrook Puilosoplsv. It apprehoads fally, in both I8 Bpartan und Atheuian shapos, the necesuity for thio education of tho voung, It had felt its Wway from Assyris to Lavps, and thence to Grucce, and bind kroan bolder as it _graw older, Hocratos diod & marcyr to his pedsgogio zeal. Plato has (v thas he wald to Hippocrates, wha was just obtoring ay tho pupil of a certatn teachior, * You are nbout to put your spite in his bands, and it belooves you well to cousider who and what the mau _is Into whoss keepiog you dolivor up so sacred a dopasic,” Alrendy thore hiad been Liuts of this same truth. To tran tho ctild was scen to be a nocosatty, Tho young Porvian was instrucied in justics, totuperance, grautude. and tho use ot'thg bow, And in the aucient civilizations gonerally tho education of the young was upoa atixod muewouse principle, Tuey wero to ac- qu ro virtue auy kuowledgo in tha hereditary way, ''hu unmobility of thess civilizations 13 traced by Guizot aud Hittoll to thia mechanical and upludindusl wotbod, ~Chins In its ances. tral worship sod Book of Ritus ulfords & fina if- lustratiou of she indl¥erontism which such & courwy produvos, e The wore advanced notlons as to education come In wita the Greek philosopby and the fres dincussions of pupll with teaclior. And if ono will pay attootion to the fact ko will fud tosd Chrit bimsolf uses tho Bocratio styls of dis- courso,—handliog it, however, in & uaiquoe and authoritativo way, as §a the proviuce of inosr~ uate wisdom. That Is to eay, ho does rot dog- matizo, for that Iy to crush the mind, nor tradis tionallse, for that ia to potrify is; por dosa be _REoRose thosos Lo bo queationed, for thab ie