Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 31, 1881, Page 7

|ebiussamsaddm i sduas s aad 1 audasiid picapu #[a583a 3] Bwv [ttt B Fe3 | SibeerEan \#| Bx prof. SW pr, Thom! wTempl Hobbath The ! = RELIGIOUS. ing's Sermon on the Late J. M. Walker. ment of the Bunday Low. —_— Dy the Reve Drs Rydors as Advooates the Enforce- atlon of Indolenco’? — Lecturo Question Dissussad by the ov, B I Galvin, R. TR LATE J. M. WALKE guotal frof. 4 large speme b walker! When ways 14 AROUT TN e oF 118 DEATIL AND THE LESYONS ng preached yesterdngy forenoon to cs‘:ulu;;.mon In the Centenl mmml‘x’, l;;n pelng *Thogtits About the Late » Followlnge I8 tho sermon: piy FONTS NTY ENNL then ot FatI T b, 0 1t (s not my purpose to-tny to wpenk wo * paviers knaw an omory I’;“:vhu;u hady wo carrled to thy rds of of il whorm so many of you grave Jast Monday—ibe Tawyer, Jo M, Walker; but only f CXpFos: which 0! man 10 Tn publto_nud qulitys and bas what edueation arative ofter 10 sach vatue, € Abuntlan ught to arlse, over tho sudden deatl anome thonihts which nrise, and hofn eninont In business circics, and huving when n man dles In his 80tk and responsibility, and woulthy pratn el Roul, it 1ust be that oltizen places before us lessons of g privute lifo u charneter of high year, Rl through o tony manhood enjoyed com- and fino nutural pewers ean dying somo Jther n8 wartiga orus lncertives, An ce of wealth does not imply meri| t, and pot entitie Its pussersur Loty epitaph bet= 3::!\::\1\\ might cuslly be degerved by the lest of pendenco religlou: and ol d actor QGod's poor, s or politienl londa of ble e that men nre 80 poor that they oaun ford to diTer populuce, {bat arwang those fndependent in financial af- «l tho most perfect fndependenca of tho fatrs we fin anrument, and it therefore ofton ba Wa mny woil othor and bellef, and action, lovo to catiuste tho toneta and to spenk words than those found at last in tho closed-up t, mmm” (ntellectual ltberty to which T have bo adied that freodom which la 0l allnded must hum- but what s ealled inde- does often, sot A mind free from the party {t to becomo f moro porfeot thinkor In the dromn of life, Itoften hop- ot nf- trom thelr Chureh or State, or with ppons more likely to nppear in tho legul profession tugn in narrowl it of ly, or tho clergyman who thinks tuo fn thut of tho tradcsman who thinks too little. Tho enrly rrudiea and tho lnter practico of tho lexal brothorhood turn tbnt form of mind toward tho gathering nnd wolgh- tog of eyldence ant tho ono hand and toward great generalizations of tho truo and tho just on tho other; nnd, 18 nmind can possees but one pature, tho Inwsernets In tho templo of Rellrion exgotly as he conducta hitesolf in the tomple of Justice. No great lnwyer, therefore, can nt tho ageof 00 pass from our world without fur- plshiog to those frionds who survive bim somoe good ronson for the conversation o tho medita- tonof an bour. In the nnine of these rensuna [ come thls morning with these thuughts, and not 1n tho name of & publle grentness that bas fallon Isto A tomb, nor in the namo of a private friond- ahip, however deep. ‘Our lttlo encth I8 n yreat mystery upon mental and ep! all sides, and wo cannot etudy its fritnl phenomons too froquently or too soberly. 1y the most patient Industry wo sh all gather up only a emall part of ita hidden truth, and toward thesothunghts and researches the truth of o publio man comen a8 bothun tnvi- ution and preparation. The bealen torul burhs, the more brightly, 50 snys a distinguished thlyk- er,and thus n rummunfw shuken by those sud- dent endiogs of n publle life thinks the more willingly and earncatly wpon the facts and questions of religlon and churaoter. The wider il deeper the publle estomn of the one yond tho smore welcome and timuly sro li the lussons that wmny be spoken from such & topass ROy, | In .uZn o mind a8 this lamented man Chrise culled tanity pusscs through o sovora tiltration: not one that sepnrutes ull the truo frown tho false, but a0 nnalysis that tends to elimiunte nll except {be most casential parts. It buppens, thercfore, that In tho greatest of the public men, bo thoy In any walk of life,~Inw, or_ politics, or scfonce, or truflic,—wo cun Boo whut aro the moat tmprog- sive ductrines of falthi whut truths or toncts tho greatest purt i making up tho worals, foard, end hopes of socléty, Tho loading minds of tho world, from a Glndstons and u Beacunsficld, to n Webster or n Lincoln, or to such 8 lawser n8 this nbseut member of our co- tion, pulnt ug 1o the gravdest part of re- ligion, just na in thelr pumuits they grasp that which 18 grontept and best. IJtis quito custom- ury for statestaen, and great lawyera, and usiness men 10 dutgraw or forjat tho dotatls af thelr purauits and become only tha embodiments of tho must comprehensive fdean. Tho wido studies of Digruell tong nro wod srunt Itled bis Judn- lsts tho publie dutles und thoughits of Gludatone softened him as u churchinou; the wide reading. 3 and Iurfin subjects thut cumo under tho mind of tho Spanish Castelar. modi= ted nilko his Homan' faith ‘and his monarchicul prinoiples and mude him a Chris- tn and u citizon of th o wider world. Tho w&wn when Iu later 11¢e his heart I8 nbsorbed by tho idoals which I(lm)? coming, oue followlne 0] closely anathor: can no ngor ueo tho chlsal, he #mpluys for such work those not only poor In twney but not yet {mpatient of deliy "and of smell partiontars, In tho told of - ruliglon we ahall genrally tind in - eminont L Poiuts where doctrines and ere ublic tho s enlminute, or Flaces whero many sireams of thoukhit combine faouo ood. A mind vesaels onn Cresa.t o 1a 0 scn, which only ut wo may ot infer from tha form of bellet cmmon in pulilic men that what aro valled tho detalis of Chrigtinnity wre wholly Instgmticant, Mates; small things of our world aro Important, A mAn my sce_only A emplrd or a repul Lie, but thut will not muike unworthy of thought the homo und gavden and Mitlo obildron of the veasant, A Nupoleon ur o Qrant may look bo- Toeda hattloflold at n national rosult,—somy tango | Autrica,~and muy not wvven count lies heapod up under the cloud of smoke tenn and whito - 4 mothicrs, aiid wives, and slstors that follaw - day of coriioge nssures us that thero wderful moantug often (n that whioh esonpos ntellect and feclings of thoso esteomod fat. o tho sanctunty thor Is uften n gront b “‘g‘ and thore 18 move often o great ll‘l‘ol-u;ullmlnumn things that cluster nroutil uad dut, but tho taptism soogs of senija, Tiduat befary the mirrop Upon which ul) . Wo m) A Who cay fcea of those hflu‘l: W ey lke an Wrest gy Boat w iy i bery i A d:rl. ond | el meditation aud God and man 18 th BesoIn tho sweetne s of Tecent gy Botent 'y Sutielyy beey Tegety uf 12 eveui, S Whet, & nun might fealt iy 1y hh of midyy n{‘ foun ey \‘9‘3'"" tocq g 30 .&"R:' becomy duat, tafy, aot mm“:flllt'h aftor passing kln, Sun, el jaygyy, n tho mwup of Europe or in tho tl’:m tho vino altur, tho commuuion, the suured dn, violois {n these ool we do wlso bleas the Author of ou heso grouter ming we mnn, bu glad that the look ‘Loyun(l tho by 1n tho varled ccunomy 0 pruying, singing suint and ¢ ourued rellkloniat, dny thore socms R now domen: tteruicoy A iy hurch seeimns s entangled in 118 cu {hat it glvos in evidoucs too Ini wlc| urty ‘ulkor t; Tellilon. Mr, Bt ¥ conversation, y ono of tho nvon o tho thomo s world?” "0 il nguliries t| 0 nost fundumental. 1t stands g glant, 1¢ there ‘must Lo nan {s (q riso M G b 5 decidont By Kuing that | 1o much of ead and 7 lmmumm,,m"lu him preseeve his t ey 250 alitul will risc i a ful! metn sand tho wood i a full motaory doi und mankind, ety The publle profesalon, tho tho Bunday-school; tho Lright throes of ron thus ndsembloed, lll'u hul:rfl .al indl- ruyer huve 1 them i Inleserbublo worth and chirins ‘and. bowntiful porson who carries e 68 of perfeot churity. o are proud of those Christinua who soo tldden-nwa frounda, in whose pecullur sca tho groat principles uf faith elso lonns for support &nd ro- ro nreé nion of fube buttieflold and o ‘ulu #od not ‘bo turned bick Lroken o by tho gronus of thy sulforing and tho r a2 dead, Wo uduilre that genlus of the Rechior Wnosa scopn hus mado blin 40 b chnleal lybor AUy, Leed both th Tumentatiyo, In oup to find the great jdeals o of time wo ot gencral doctriues that are herty s e 0f lunralig, and of wenlth, und of berty, il weddod 10 0 partioniar branch rested witieys. To noet better the hhus conte from the hew fmpulse dies bavo givon to materiulism, more d exuct. A e e ell us wha aus came to his soul ut fast nu\mn{r Yt ucoeptmice and obedlency. Tt ‘yl'hflnfll:ul?wnn yonrs since [ flrst Aloott ted bupo to live ufter his B cotnpany of idoas cach one of the tiad Gosaguls s TOMDEIBE: soul when the house it Inhabited 1t chomiutry could by through loay vi- reached at Inst tho (oruf of 1u, it water that powor of earth, o tbe g 10 nssumo that it will ralso man lends at vnoo to the byll n;ln-ll Usulso tn nssumo that, per- ¥ buingone ot we elomenta of & sege loy of J;'ml 1ips. is o 8, tho Yot lestint r rieo ot tho ho ar- d for SLols muc groat beln his 18 In the from \fo fi1 ) {dan- lof in ory of n?ull ‘Thus X 8 ltaclf futo differont conal- A belief in rutes, b waaps by 8, by the wonderiugs of tho dream of Belp all tho Cuylytiun fu) foy DY wwllics which havo parted on earth with promisos to each othor. to meot aguin, Tha lender of the tonversation nttaehed wrout fmportinee to the niar hopes aid feelings of the soul,and elafi that man 18 conseions of wadivineness which pi cludes tho posaibllity of death, Next to this m:‘:.l;ll;:(x‘rllla!:: ll\“'ll" cnme lhlq‘.\ln JoM, wmlmre s Kong (wily from ol elrely o aifulra und of fo and to all thnt Mr. rienidship, Aluott anld hoadden that kind of proaf which his mind most loved, He poasel bver quickly and with fow choleo words ull the argninent o€ de- slgn of untiuished work and chimteter on onrtit, of tho Inthtence of such un expeotation un lnnmll’ of sl unpuniabed aud vietae nores warded, of the Infinit it tho witul, of the inteii- 8i0 grontness of the fiten, Tho memory of the avening 19 a8 perfoet na though the . converss tlon hnd weenrred only 1 week ngo, sl now that those Hps bave censed to speik, this romemns hrince may he thfown Upon the kenvo nlonse z-’lt&:“(!t‘m uthor flowera which decorato that henp "Flis nwyer now in perpotunl exila thus helps s Ny what [s tho thost pithotle gnd impressive of all rellgion. 1118 mud Aacins now to polnt upward (o tho aky', It Wi not to be oy years before he who dideouracd v l:lfl'}llml“.v swined Tog~ fenlly reggrrding tho pro anothor existe encg was to need all tho nrguments ho wan weaving In favor of o reunlon of rionis, for thero was et inge bim, whehover ho outered his home, a litte danghter of g montnl and Aociul power whio wits destined In- eacliost wome onhood to sink nwiy fnto that Ateaoge, colily brenthless sleep, und to leave tho futher's brenat thus omptled of « mensiereleas love to DL fsell with {18 fuvorit rhuumwu'- If in tho tieadthiul und unetowded duys of this lnwyer the notlun of n second life ening to ils mind " an the calmest concluglon of Jogie, 1t emno to. him igaln Inat erlllu n8 tho refige of u strieken henrt, To the old Jendings of reason cnme the how argument of tears, Nut only had tho tlassio wise men und tho 1lebrew wieo men nsserted o Heavon, not ohly hnd old Paleating uttersd much to tho same preclous purpose, not only had - Bute. Ter and Patoy nrgued, it the betoved and only daughter hid 1nken her plice on tha rnruwr rlde of tho tomband had mado the old volees ol wigdom combino with (ho splvit land, From that erave, openod only last epring, this man Jouked nnow toward unuther - cotintrst ilo doubtioss often recalled the lines of the [ wilshman whoso dnughter u sudden consui tion snatehed from tho morringe altnr: Hong, boauty, youth, 0, virt: OF uright Wens, Howars ot par Anyeruntorfolt, ih one ylite nuol nid prednt It Lo the akles: as nhl Ve gaoss of Heaven, And thewo weronll hor own Aud sl wan inine, wid | was, swas, mont blosi, Gny titlo of tho deopust misvry, 14%D blokimoil troos o'orturn: Luvuly In death tho benutouus y vernal storm e luys And will nit the suvore excuso A alahi? Beorn tho prowd 1nn that in aRlisued to woop. Qur tenrs induiged indegd deservy vur shame, Ve thut o'or fust wit an o), pity no, From tho urlol of this chlld this publlc man nover quite retrnod to this world, iy form, nnd face, and power, and plensuut words wero still tobe tound In thefi accustomed plavo aud titno, but the solitary. hours that enmo, ofton b« ¢ tho time of tlight into all that ta far mvugl‘. Alotter written fn December Inst will east lght upon tho inuer life of u man nllspnl('d thon by llll\llt" 1o bo ubsorbed in guins and 1o bean nrdent worshipaor of thid fe: * Buxswick Hoter, Boston, Dee. 12, 1850, My Dear Wife: When § lnst wrote [ hoped to bo with you to-dny, and yot here [ nm away from yoit i thousand miles, 1ow little we can seo of vur future. [ had that thought much i mind to«day: and, indeed, for munf'l uys, mid woeks, and munlhupmnulhink ot thls fecling bos been with mo: Whoroshall I bu to-morruw? Noxt woek or next year nt this time? Who cun tell, and what does it mattor? A I not cortain to be with those [ have joved and thode who have loved ing, swhether it be in our dear homo In Chls mui , Or il that ather and cvorlnating home, Only God knows what shulll be, hut I know that e will ordor what 13 best for me, and for you and for us all" Words, these which offor no excuse for bolng written, oxeept thut fouml in tholr siicerity, 'hey are proofs of a lifo harmonized with fis religlous belier, and help polnt out the deopest merit in the Christian system. Ceming from n mun who read much and thought mitch and who grew up.in tho Aumg uge, which i8 usking so many to lling ualde God ond Heaven us being childigh drenms, this one simplo lotier to a wifo possesson o puilic” worth, for whero sieh n nind londs the young of to-day need not fear to »rnlllluw. It mny weit be a sinbeawm Ina dark valley. Of Iato years My, Walker sustainod 1o notunl memberahip In uny chureh. is many forms of business.made him i wenderer from Westto cast and biek again, Old churehes were busned up, Pastors chunged Hucks frequentdy. 1n this cley uothing has been very sacred. The binds of the boly groves have not known on what fimb fo alight, Of Intc yeurs this pligrim hus been with this congregution and had begun to feol that onur bHowsy was bis public sauctuary, but In all theso Intor thnes it 13 alnost cortnin that his church was ruthor in his huurt, und that ho worshiped most when most alone, I8 prob- tblo thut bad big duties not tude him au in- habitait of tho whole country, rather thun of n clty, aud bad somo one pastor. romatned long enough fnn church to ennble slow hearts - to form docp attuchmonts, this mind would huve Idoutliled taclf more.fully with ail tho apiritual Hife and work of soma Chrlatinn fraternity. Such conjectures arg, huwever, of little monent,” for wa have apoken of the need there {8 of tho evi- dence that comes in upon tho multitudes from lendiug winda who staud outside tha prejudices of n church, Herecomes u man, Unnsked, {0 speik 1t favor of tho gonernl doctrines af the religion of Josuas ho comes from his sty rooin with a woll-informed mind, and yet testi- #les for tho wisdom and goodness of” God; be comes from tho sovere methods of the le;’nl Pru- fosslun, and yot finds proof enough of o Heavens Iy Fathert ho comes fromn wealth, but hus not one trage of perdonul vanity: ho comos from tho grave of bls anughtor Biylng, I have lovod ones in two workls, Our hearisare stono iF they are not touched by tho speotucly of sucha lifo and such a denth, Kven tho oceuslonal fron-like conduct of this mun in business nifairs wis mors u Komn firm- ness thun a niore rudencss. Luufilxu[u Mr. Care iyle catled attention to the fuct thné thoro are men who huve oo conception of tha hieht and depth of meanfug In the words-*Yes'" und “No.”" OQur age bus suffered geontly from men who have tilked tou tnuch und too blundiy, I¢ # Frouetiman once suld shat words were du- slgnod to conceul menning rathor than oxpross 1t thav erafty wit would noed exeept a fow men in each ugo, for thoro bas wow und - then coue along 0 man whose ward was clear a3 a. Bin- bonm und a8 firn 08 adwanant. Tho distingulshod law-partuer of this dead fricud suys that tho memory of thirty yoars now looked it in new and sud earcfultioss brings to Miht not ono moun notion to sully tho name, 1u wiit wus stony in this mun's nature thore wis by 1o MCANS ui wb- son00 of good, Sumo goldiers in tho alden-timos suld ghat thoir Goueral was silent ung hursh, bud Inbnttlo they fonnd that thelr confidouce Iy in thode m}uiod qualltivs of their chloftuin, In peuco with frionds and nefghbors thls hiun wo matirn was not #ilent nor birdh, - Woat of thosy aqunlitics ho possoasnd worg only for hours of Lyttle whon ginuts contended formastery. Slore thun in most publtio men fn this one thoro mot fl",'"'""‘ and kindness, and’senalblilty, und re- iglon, Lesson of rellglous bellof como to us In two forms in tho stu fv of thls chanoter. Wo iy here mark how few aud how simple are the essentlal doctrines of Christianity, bow thoy muy be winnowed from - lirgo amount of tho falso ur un nruruuu, und thon muy wo nark how sbove nll othor solirces of happlness those doutrines 11Ft up tholt grund outlines, All othor fdona le low compirod with thesoconcluslons ot tho religloussoul. It1scommon nong the middio cinssod 1o frol that whend hoino 18 Leautifully Dulle in o beautiful clty, 18 adorned with works of art aud rare books, und when gold |8 ready to add conatantly 1€ need or wish bo to that alrendy good and charwing, there remuing notbing olso to bodealred oxcept thoguyuty of tho sutround- fug warld, What falso eathinutes avo thus mudo of thuo that pass {nand out of the houses of thioso esteemed wenlthy! Fow of theat, indoud nono ol those whon oducated na was this frivnd, are consuloua Of possessiitg any Very greut tronaure n theolr property. ‘The commion sorrows Of humnnlty puss i and at ull theso uvenue gutes and doorss wrie vesaften up apd down tho atairway, howovor custly it muy huvo been LULILOF wood, 0F DFES, OF Hiurs ble, bitter tears full Inall the rovins, howover clogunt the tapestry nr howover costiy tho wol- orson tho wall, ‘Thors s u wonderfu o(\ul\“l( of bappinvsa und of unbappiness awmony all those who, huying oultivatod min the confessud misfortuno of poverty. differences in l'lmlmrry dlaappenr beforo thut unity of humun nature which ‘makes all ono I w happiness and griof which gold can nolthor cause nor doatroy, 1y this doath of a publie cltizen the doors 0f a privato houso Rro thrown open, and wo are_pornitted to sco the central Inmato of tho clrcly druwing the mo3t of his peace (rom cortuin doctrined of rellglon. 1t wmatters little,” wroto 1hia oblid of mortality, #whothar next montb or noxt your shall ind nio in this earthly home or In tho vno boyond.”— words which sayto us that wo may butlld a homo with much 6utluy or with saill cust, and when It 18 finfsheit tho nund must still lnok to G and linwortality for 1L best hours of dnn‘m und oxpectation. The wmystorled of this world, its meotings aud partings, aro busy ull tho whilo hnuu% all thouglitful peoplo nbuve tleir mute« riul things, abuve puluco and cottage, to mako them ono in an upper wir of thought and seatls ment. DIfference of property (s destroyed by thy unity of human luughter "or human tours. Whom property wuuld separate the solomuities of_timo biud togethor, The solomn words of the text now vame to us all=-1 roquiva for tho dead, a wurilig for tho living: * Whon # fuw yonrs aro come, thon L shall go tho way Tsnoll never return Blueo this wonth bejun four sotlve mon huve suddens ly passod from this socloty alons that path whero tho footprints all pulit ono wuy, und e~ ing thair forms fudo from eight in tho lmpres- slve dietanco, the words come that ouch of us soon * go1bo way slong which no ono re- arne.’’ What un oxodus Is golug on per- tuatly] Thisisa good and bouutiful world, DRt wamust all foave 1Lt “An tron Bund svoms ta leud us wlong; but ovidently It e not u hand of fron but u hund of love. 'Tho vory beauty of this earth should muko usiufor the Lighur worth of u world to cuine. In the unlverss of our Gr His cbildron ought nut to Journoy inte shodow, bt Into some more blossed light.” Tut onwal toward the grave wo all wove :leudll&'. ‘Tho lawyer, xwi’mm hiis books, tho clergymin from bils Qusk, the uotor from his stugw, the wifu from tho husband, ‘hn little cplid frow ita pluy, al from overyiblog, Empty-handed wo como, empty-handed wo retury, but nnlnmg!y-mnlod: Hero'the mind sud spirit beeamo Olled.~tlled with evil o with good, May we ull 80 live that we cal buy with tais cltizén thag “Afterall 1t THE CHICAGO matters not whether I am in this world u@ the world of Gty [n clther enase I shall by with thodo who tove nie atid wham [ loved.” THI SABBATIL SENMON B THID IEV. DI CTIOMAS, To n lurge nudienco fn the People’s Churel Ilooley's Thentre) | yosterdny forennon Dr. Thomas preached an oloquent sermon, having for Itatheme * Tho Bablath.” Following 18 tho WHsoourdo in full: The Babbuth wna tinde for for tha Babinyth,~—Murk, 81, Undor n form of eovormuent whera thg poo- plo make nud wiminister tho laws and regulato tho sustoms nf socioty, and In n country whero different ntfonulitles: and beliefs and foring of ruliglon como together, tinre will nlways be mnny quiestions over which debutes md sumes times unplengant contlicts inny arise, Buch 9 our comdition in this lands and one of the une settied queations with which wo bavetodead ia that of tho proper observance ot tho Bubbuth, It 13 perhiaps the mora dificalt und conpliented Leequsa It 19 both eivil and religlous, Mare than n your ugo there was an open meat- o of the clergy of our eity to diseuss tho sub- Joet, and to suggest sl measurcs ns inlght socn propur to keclire n greater hirmony of senthnent and netion, and, I possibie, to roaist the oncronchments that were steadity gainiug upon and crowding outour National day of vest. At that meeting a committee was nppoluted to conslder tho natter, and, It thonght Lest, 10 enll n publie meeting. Tho U mittee thought it best, and I think thoy n wisely, to turn the subject over to o nwme ber of cltizens, representing some of our Inrgest business-Nrms and nblest lawyers, with tho reutiest that they should bring tho mutterto the attenton of the publie in such mauner ng thoy might think proper, In this way it beenme A niovement of 1tho peanle oid ot ol the vlerey, Tty Imll{ 8 now Kiowi a3 the Chleago Sabbaih Association, nnd thelr fest publie work ap- poared in w docuinent or nddress 1o the puople, published in the duily puy of Inst week, This address s calm and digmtled, free feam: preju- Alee, wnd {n the best possible spieit, 1t gets forth the gencrul alms of tho Assoelution to by as followas . ' 1, I'o seck the cesantlon of such kinds of Inbap un the Bubbuth ns wre ncknowledied by eitlzonk yenurnlly to be nnnccessary, fllce ), and injurious to” individuals, to familles, to soclety, “¥, Toprovent such fllegal trafle and such foring of wmusement and dissination on Sutiduy as tond to deprive of thelr rights und privileged il who wish to enjoy & gqulet Sunduy for rest und worship, to desteoy I the mindy of the yuung nll sense of 1ts lmportance und value, to degrade tho purulic morals, 1o lntereupt the pub- Hie peaco, to injure tho public healty, or to' de- stroy the sceurity uf lume or properts, Mg, Ad to questions rogarding which thore 18 at present o wide dilference of opinlon, even nmuny tho profesesd fricnds of tue Nutfonul Babbnth forrest wid worship, it is the ntn of the Aswclution to avold extrumes, Lo aet on those sound prineiples which tend wndolibtedly to (ko publiv welfdare, ind to use weans to keeure u kenoral understanding of the truth on ull ques- Uuns that nay arise, “In these ¢iforts for tho protection of prop- crty, houe, liborty, purity, und peac thoy wil ultimatety suceced, Ity us they hope, they “ssall have tho coliperation, the sympathy, and” moral support of “the intelilgent community, Thoy k that this"miiy bo given them at nd contiailously, by Individuuts, fieins, orgunlzations, nuyd corporitiona, by ull preach- crs nad tenchors, trdes and _profossions, by the whole press, und by all eivll otlieera in citles, towns, und country; that thore muy he formed 1 united and general publie seutiment regurding tho Sabbath fu neeond with tho truths of Seript- ure, thn lawa of Nuture, the best Intercsts of labor and of property, und tho neceasities of freo governmont.’ "The Associntion then reeites tho lnwa of tho Stato und tho vrdinunees of the city wpon th Aubjest, bul In un overbearing or threntening muod, but rathor a8 indlenting tho public judg- niont 18 thus vxpressed, aa_to enli uttention to tho principles by which us n fren peopio we have ngreed to bo governed, And their hope Is that ultwill be so impressed with the wisdnm und utility of thosu Jawa 1s to yicid aeheertnl Ghedi- ence, and give o rendy wid eonstunt sympathy Bud support (o this otlore to secure thelr better observiue, 3 Tiot us take up tho subjeot for our studynt thls 1y and not man our. In the study of nny question n ponds ttpon tho pa upproucned. 1o s grent donl de- t of vision from which it i3 thlugs In thoir proper light, or us they routly ure, Is genceully 10 fred them from muny of tho diitenitios with wiloh oy nre otherwls smburnuksed, Aned until we do seo thiogs ns thoy nre, wo cun bardly bo stld to see thom at all. And from n fulse secing, many ‘rmul wnuses are often Injured: often comie to by ooked IPON 16 nUL KODd; wnd Trom nwiso nud extravagant metbuds, thole udvocated we often se down ua funutionl. P Whit then is the true standnoint fram which to study tho Sabbath? It fs found In tho text, Jesns ¥ays ** Tho Subbuth wus mide for man, and unt man for the Hsbbath,” Should wo reverse tha proposition and aug that ** Man was mady for tho Sabbath, and not”the Sabbath fur tman," wo_should” have quits unother nud u different statowaent, 1n the one case, it 48 1o superior, tho imuster, the ‘owner, nud the Satbath I8 his servant; * was mude for bim™; for nis uses 0 somuthing that ehould do him unud, 1n the uthor easg, tho Bubibath would appeur na the superior, und AR us tho inferlur; tho Snbhnth wotld own and dominate mna, nstead of man vwaing und using the Subbuth. Tho distinction that our Snvior hero mnkes is n very broad ong, And one whoss upplieation is by no neuns limired to tho Subbuth, but sbouid tend over u very lnrgo tfleld, und should teach mun his truo plice and relatlon in muny othor things. Tho Dible dvetrino s that mun stands nt.1ne head of tho -mrthli' crontlons that the earth and all the forms of 1tfo below mun were eruated for his uso; that he I8 tho possessor. the owner of the worll: not of conese fn nu abgolute sonde, for tho * varth 18 tho Lard's and tho fullucss thorcof,” but In tho onder of tho Divine appolntinont. Mun (8 upright In fovmj bas power to reason and ta utiiize ult the forces of natitre, And by n commun tonsent we act upon this rights wo old thut wild fraits and Janda und gume aro freo, nre open 1o till, unlesy BOIO ONO_hs nogulred i provivus right. And we elnim and oxereise tha right of property tho briite creation: wa mike thom do our work, orwo kill thom for fomd, M, under God, 13 tho vwner of this warld and all within It Now this suma fact {8 to be abserved In man's relatlons 10 socloty, Hao 18 to awn soclety. and not sucloty ta own "him, e )8 to awn aud usy bifs trade, bis Lusiness, his profossion, and not theso tu_own him, Ho 18 master; thoy nro serve unts, Wo tnay confess thut too often those things como to dwn us, und to commund us and o ugo R, mud NOt wo thom, 18 n st Levomes tho sorvant of woalth or of fashlon or mnbition or appetite, thoy nre tho mtkiera sud o IS the slave, And erucl mustors theso things ofion ure, Many men uro driven to death In work,—1iot 1o mieet tho wants of Hfe, but bucunse they have chinnged plices und becomy the servants of money and property Instead of making it serva thom, And 80 of fashion or of peido, “Heauty (0 Hio homo aid in dresd was - tendud to Lo man's suevunti but how olten it comnes o be mustor und leads hibn to saoritico onso, und® bonlth, and peico tservo 1ts dumundy, 1t §9 often u quustion whothor we owin our prop- orty and our clothos, av thoy own us, And tho suma principlo 13 trae In koclety, Ita crpntions, fts Ingttutions, (o tur our gual; aeg our servants, Wo shuutd own thom, und not thay own us, ‘Phis should be trao of governs ment, Wo halit that [t iy * for the peaple,” uid not tho people for It. Wao muke luws, not for tha sake of tho law, or that we iy uves Gove crnor, und a Muyor, and a Ull{ Couiivll, but that the lyws aid those publio oflicerd niny serve us. Wo orect . bulidings and empln{ toichory und huve schuols beeauso tho setiools san servo uss cnn eduoute our oblldren, Ani tho ¥ain I8 trug In religlon, - 118 Appolutnionts, S8 raquirenoit ita aervices upo dut u something 1o be surved Dby s, LU Rro our sorvuate: orara-for our o, Thrs tho *Babibuth was wida Cor mun, wad nay mun for the Hubbat And tho same 1y e of pruyer, and faith, and selt-doniul, x'ruyousnu; 2 sOMothing to Ho gone througl with (or ité owi sake, or oven to plenss God, but (4 ratlicetha goul’s privilege, 18 H Louvensn, is it commutiion with Godi ns asking thu wo Iy recolve. h {8 00t & Fequirement I any Arbitrary sonse, hut the cotnitiz of thu mind L sco the great truthy of God and to rest upon thotn boenuso Of the ro- Inttons we sustuin to trath and tho guod it witl dous. Andso of solf-donlal, Wo arunotre- aiired to deny olirsslves for tho snko of denial, ur that we may have loas; but to deny oursolvas, in ono thing that we nuy be richor 1 Bomothifg that {s bottor, And If wo conld ull conmw ta-sey vuliglon in this lght we shouid bo more willing lllll} ols of God und tudder worshipersut i niturs, Now, in this light of man's suporiority, or that: Lp {8 tho mustor, und the Sabbath bia sdrvant,we muy bo prepured to atudy the subjeet without any of thode fectlugd of projudice” that might nrign i wo woro to {oak upon the Babbatls ud W rater comaunding ouy survioe, or as an ardle triey commund of God, Far whit piirposs thon, leb us Inqnire, was tho Habbath eiven to nane Thy answer I8 two-fulds tirst, there oro tho laws of fabor and rost; wod socond, n 14 o splrituul bolng. ‘Fio $nw af labor and rest §s found In the na- turo und need of nan, and 13 oafareod 1ho nuturul ordor of things. Alan naturally dosired umeasuro of uotlvity, Tho physionl forces of hiig belng Hud plowsurs fn some farm of aetiou, a8 In walking or rupning, Confinomont or cons tinued roat bevomes tirvsomu. And tho noods of man requlre that hu should be setive ln Ronly form of work that whi sutlsfy the domunds of Tood, and ratment, and sbeltdr, The wind alsg desiros vmployimolit; It wants (0 nse L8 powera) wnd tho needs of tho mind—not wo uppurcntly fperative s those of tho , for one can iive without learniug, but he annot without hroad, nmllut really vury bupostant—require that tho mind sbould be uctlve. Thud hero ure grout 1nws of lubor that exclto and impul our raco to aotiviry, [ut rigbt ulong by tho sida of thosa luwa of [abor, or rathor us n part of thein, wro tho laws oOf rusl Aud theso vy iso found lu_ tho twture’ and neads” of mun, Whilat the hody deslres actlon, - 4 thi avtivity it cxponds it8 sirongihy i threa: und then it Just a3 naturally und nuncssurily deslres aud must bava rest. And thesine s fruvof the wiud, We may obsorve thls lu tho usg of unv of our powers, us_ the vys ar ihe ear, Wo dellyht 1o loak ut the prijted puko, OF ut statuary, or natural soenery: LT after & while the [t tired of seving, sud Wo tuve UWRY from (Lo s é TRIBUNE: MONDAY, { JANUARY 31, 1881. Leauriful objects, Andso the ear delighta ln satmle—ia palned at long-continued slfenco; but It tires at luat in listonlug to oven tho aweeteat routds of the harp or of the-human volow, Aud a0, tno, the mind will hinger for trath or fietlon, Inft atier awhiby tho ronsin and the lmngination Kraw weity und nek for Fest. Now the provisions of Nutira nes well ndapted to thin doubio-ennditloned 1ifo of man, ‘There ¢ hio physleal mnd mentnd inpitlse to dotivity, wnd nloniz with this eouies tho sunso OF Wnriness ros minding tho toller that it js time tn rost: und, it ho fail to heed this cnil, the tired body or mind Alnks dowh from want of atrensth to go further, And thon thore tha onderly arrangument of dny und night, and of tho hours of witking ul] slcoplige. [low suggostivo, how Impresaive, th eominy of night and dus, No it How Trusy aie workl, how presani its wark, OF, how ey und full It Iugater and oy, Use st riew int but gontly sinke Lehind 1o wistarn Btk Al sitently uro denwn About GIF Carth the enrtuind of nlglit, No mnitor how long ha 7 ourdiasipution, or hose gweot ming be our rest, at tho agpointen tomunt tho llght of diy reddens tl aturt aky il thon tonehes the tops of the mountaing, and svon foodd Al tho valleys anid Ml betoty, » 5, What i Mysiory 14 t3 And whiat n rest It hrivs to thatroublod neart rud tho weitry mind ang bods: wiat et 1t ay world, Iho saiine, tho und tho lllhlul“z Nt astlie "o volee oL, Tha sligor i kor I8 hustied, nnd tho t‘mm of the philose hnr, wid the statenn, und the liwyerand the physiclan, wid () Inesness man leat rest, 1ow wisk, how hmatitul; Gy ereat ws of Jabor andrests how exciting tho diy with il Its hurry und worky liow onchanting tho night with Its stilingneand ropns, HucNature ieeds moro than the natural rost of the nlght, nd the demanda of 1ife can be et with loss thun tho Iaborof nil thu days. Ani henen viir world has w Snbhath,—a rest, 18 that fobrow word eans, One day n g AGVeNth of our working time, sould b rTest of budy and mindi not f’ ubsolute vesaiition from all netlvity, for that would bo itsetf a tabar, bt w rest from toll, and A chango fom the or- All‘:mry pursuits of life. 'l‘lxml‘fil. wnthoritiesd (n l 0 inw ani tho slulogy dechio: this ing 1 of oitr human [ves, Atul tho grent litws of luhor and Test 18 coiditiontue 1ife und buppin wo flod the Babbuth, tho iy of rest, win niade for mnn. Anuthor ronson for tho Sabbath 18 found tn the fuct that man (8 a spiritued boine Within and nbove the Iife sad steuilo of the hody, and * the ottsgulig of tho mind (u ite Aty of (Lo low wind gafil, maid 1ts tmmstery of the Récrets ot the rocks nml tho lessons of tho staws, thare 14 soues -thing thut pereelves tho diving, that hungers tor ru‘mmusmmo that fongs for fminurtality, 'Tols spleitual patitee (s manls Just us inaeh g fuct adiy bis Loy und ns sich 1t o 1ts world and lts needss and tho Subbuth, tho rost-day. is the servant of the soul in many ways, At eulls a nalt in the ripll mureh of worldliness, ‘Fne acones of work nnd ol bushness nre rIwJu wnd nt‘n‘!s»lr{ pluces; but thoy shanid stot so 1l up bl erowdd baek the life of the soul. A t endenty unlvss there ot I some eheek, some cessntion in the mmfi‘nlu for xuin and plousure, And hence the Hab! 1018w dny iessing to tho soul; uday of retlectjon whien thie imind s culled to think upnn the qitess tious of life's doeper and vaster coneerns, und thu heurt s rest and sirength in the house of worship, And i this sense tilo Sabbath ls for ang not it something Jmposed upon bim, but the questlon of tho nunes of tho Suhbnth suould hlul ?1"“ us hoth a eivil una religlous bearing upon the wei- nn appolntinant ror his geod, Viewed | is Mght, thon, proper obsery of Lot individual pnd publle convern. furw of our oity und of the whole country. As i question npurt from tho Hll)}(’fl[ of ro- ligion,—~if Indeed iny such broud subject ean be sidered,—na . prrely eivil quedtion, our und our aountry bave recognized lts hine portanen as & day of rest, nnd s winding to pro- mate tho publie rdor und woll-beibg of soctety. And with this recounition our lerisintors have preseribed whut 8 thought to Lo proper wnd In tholr to ne o 4 1 tho Ply n trinl or test. Tomptntlon was-not an entlty, but n somothing within tho mind or heart. 1€ [t wun overcome, then no evil fol- lowad, and the victor as so much thae botlor for tho trial; Instead uf. Yolng o Wrong In mneh o s, tho tomptagdin wys, i benedt, It we mi's nature,do el temnted, and to sy that thormirwds abything wiong in buinnn nature would b to establish 0 cone troverdy *" wist' God,. who had created It, “The suprkmo quustion fn relution thornto wrd contedl. Even Christ wad temptoed when on - dhrtht Ho overcame the temptations, it waswrerequisit that tnan, In order to grow up u{llxllm‘llrunc‘l of his Creator, should bo nlso [ temptod. The temptations offered by a ety life were tnrler b0 overcomo thun thnso uf the country, nlthougl In essentinl churacteristics thoy wers the munee all the world over, Man was naturully nhitzy anlmial, working ot ot choleo, birt front necessity, 'The wanta of thoe iy te- turded thitt He shomtd fnbor—to get food, ond clothim, 1t was 140 sume waiy with the mind, Lt tho demands here were loss'|n stronieth. Nn nltul wan possesded of power tnless used, and It always bl to be used more or less with phyalonl labor., Hirth wits not life, but n mere existencos 1t mignt be ealled the entrance to lIfe, Just ns it tulght e «nd dhat &ty entered n city withiout beenuilnge tho ey itsell, Pora mun to d than dis wis simply tu o ife, A slowgasl vegotiteds by digestiig wilmal, But not a man. It was only pood soild work that mude tho man, and ft was not only better fu ter for his hipplneas, strongih, ne 17 chuerfiiness, 1t punple would valy stop to conaldor that haps piness ping most 1o thuse wha earaeil their dally brend by the swent of thewr browl A mag who did not work had o right 0 cat, Curlylo hud enrreotly sabd tunt o mnn must clthier toll or steal rrown those who ¢l or had tailed, It wis needless 10 state that the history of the world showed that no mun oe woinnn ever asblovod honorble distinetion without laboring - bard with toind or budy for it, The indolent win would look the worlit ever in vata for it peg o1l which 1o hiog suceess, A man miight resch Hunnelud avceesd temporarily by cheating, but he decelved hia own sottl, beeaino consclous of Hils own worthlestuess, und wos - huppy, I the lectirer wus tiftecn yours younger bu would thunk no mun_ to give himn enough of this world's pgoods te make it unnocessnry for him to work tor a ving, Lot every man start out in life with the mvieton that”he had u life's inbor to per- form, putting no fuith in dend mon's shoes, That whlch came from somaone clso wius not beautise you did not earn Jt ons und daughters of rich ‘men wero prone 1o look upon work as Ignoble, and the manhood nf such 0. 60N Was pOL to the severest (est I n city life,~whothor he should estnblist 1 clnim 0 the world us God fntended ho should estublish It, or whether be stiould rust content 10 nerely exist Ly living off that which had Been provided Ly the ol of others. Thore " were two Torms to which Indolenco lumglml men (n ¢ty life: One wus tho ek thut work wis lgnoble, und the other was the Juve of ense—sullishness, Mut-made society wis to Liama for the rat, and was wrang: and that the ather wad wrang wak upparent in itself. A lifo of Indolenee, thon, was sneof geliishness and ony of ungntislactory and unboly churueter. It made tho otber temtations uf clty lif harder to overcome. The fidolent “mun Hoated nionee the carrent of lite "“l‘l‘; ta reach the elernul suore with tho record that hls passake had 1 patd by othora, Ifyou wished 1o know what Industry was, ookt Ch'eaygo. Tho roen who enme West nud bullt up thia great ety had emno here without dollar, Tho fortunes of tho business-moen hud been aceimulited by years of hani toll, wad wero the sons to now subsist on what thair fa- thors hud prepurad, becows sifuminate, rnd al- low the work of continulng the buitding up of tho elty to o performed by the hunds of strun- FOUF oW ust Iawa for tho regulntion ol labor, iy d museqienty on o that ©day, b el | tno eluss o Cvounk weinen who Tnw does not geek 10 in any Wity enforce the obe sorvunce of tho Subbuth as n relllous serviee, or o eompel mteadines uponuny form of wore Ship. The hw dovs weok 1o preserve it as @ diy frew trom eonmon Inbor, k8 _to protoet thuse who destre to nse 1t ns i day 0 rest o wordhip, Audt {n this the law seeks “to avoid all u, tlseviminntion—10 trent it nliko, And the yreat Dkly af our citlzons are disposed to respuct tho will'of the peoplu ua thus exvressod, 16 wit ot bo dusled that aur whato city and eunntrs nced tha rest of tha Snbiuth, Wo aire unrr‘my onut a fearful rate, und thonsandsa breakme down from overwork. All it su 1l30, that In the vast complientions of lubor w corporstions, that far ote to Work or the work togoon it Kil many must work, And hency o that duy ien must when one suell eorporation wa it means that thousands ot Inhoris be doprived uf their rest: and hepes the mans ngera of all these should sow tho lprnlvrluly tryug to respeet the lnw., L know the of ifloriities In'the wiiy, st thnt often, u8 in the running of our strect-cars, the rest of the muny I8 Letter behind coitnters or factory machines contribe uted thelr shure (v tho ncilve, living work of tho city, Tho Indolent young tian should not dare ook down upon oo of thede, Sie curned nnd had u eluiin to # place in tho world, while hin did nat: he wis 4o mexn as to live wpon the earnings of uthera, and was betienth natice. ¥ Noxt Huniluy Dr, Hyder whl lecture on the “i'emptatious of Extravagunce, TIIB SUNDAY QUESTION. HERMON DY TUE BEV. E L GALVI. E. L.Galvin, pustor of the Third Unl- tuclun Chureh, preucked to hls congregation yesterduy murnlug on the subject of tho Bub- binth or Sunday, Jie was gind, he snld, that thg question was re- celving tho thoughtlul attentlon nut only of the clergy, but of the lalty, incluing men of promi- nence i velonce like Max Miiler and Prof. Tyn- seeurad by the work ol the “few. Hut dall, The discuasion, if earrled on In tho rhcht ju tho cakes whovs the pubilie good scewmd | Apleit, would prove sulutary not only to the coms to roquire n cortuln nmotnt of work the | munity but also to tho Natlon ut large. No hours of Iabor should fur ug possible, ‘The spirit of;tho law requires that no tmsliess or vecupation shontd bio fols lowed on that -day siinply fof proll ttpon othor dnysi but whii’ worl K18 Toinds” it shiould bu to micet some pulilic or private neces- sity, und 1 cun sco no renson why any 1y 0 Wioro or business, oF oiir pluces of nmusement, shoull feck to becoma oxeeptlons, Tlo roviwl mineed of this clty .-x;xxu.-ul(' Keeping open of saloons or any tippling places where Hquora are sold or given away on tho Habbith duy, 18 18 mude the duty of aur ait uuthoritlos to gee that thuse lawa dro enforcud, Tho Heense of eavh saloonkeeper 1y wiven on tho expresied eondition that. te will obe Inw, and the city authoritivs are churye thousand saloans wre open in broad duylight overy dmnsmllznu, and the nutiral fendency {8 to bring all law futo disrespeot. Elthor-the luw 1% wroiig _o¢ the administeation .18 wenk and Ve hortened “ns I8, O _ns ¢ 5 forblda the it with the duty of seulitg that the luw ts nat violated, Aud yot, rlght in the fuco of ull this, penr three Subbith,* The oxumple s certaluly moat words gave so good n key 10 tho right under- standing of this subject ns thoso of Jeius re- corded 1n Mark, 1., #7: . The Snblath was mude for man, not'man for tho' Sabbth,” ' 1t the apirit of this uttorance was rightly ap- precinted, nut only would a truo Iden be had of what tho Subbath stumd for, but it would be counted as ono of tho best belps to llving in this world, ‘Chis utterance of Jesus wRs prompted by tho compluinings of tha Pharlsces, who, seelng Him and s Disclples pluck some enrs of grala on thy Bubbatu-Day, cbnrgod them with haviog camtuitied an unlawful nut, \aich really wans not thio caso, - Onseverai othor occasion Josus Mimself wos opunly charged with belug o Babbnth-bronkor, bunilo refnied the ncuusutlons, which woru ut use us Wluateating to what deadness of cores monlulism tio Pharisato rellclumsts by unworthy, 1 av not llke the practiee of | Jegys entored into 118 minissey prop acralgning or Bpamking Cwith' anythiug | counter the strong ,,,.,,,,.u,_,orm' uigotry und Lut the highest respeet of - pubhs | jgoierminee, and to proclitm without fear that ollicors; und thore way bo dilioultles in the way ttuit u preacher cannot undestand, bat (e doed sovn 10 my that A0 Lwere uider the eath und abligation of this Mugor of Chioags Lwanld re- voke tho license of ‘every niin whn Koeps an apen asloon on Sunday, o T would rostgn, - And 1 ‘n;n not m‘x g LS now i i predetiee, Lut us o cltlzen, 18 pot Iore respoed wiil soon binve no Natlonnl day of rest, 1 believe In rospevting tho viewa and feclings of our fel- Tow-uitlvens of forolgu bicth: 1ot thom spend the sluy ns they mluu‘{mum 4 but thoy should not nsY; 1o bo perinitted to dogy (e luws at tha land thut I3 thoira as well s oirs, The botter oluid do niot ask thia, and will, [ucllove, gladly Juin n any DrUPOF Fefornl, Bt ud now very briotly look at (ho subleot from tho standpoint of réligion: "I'n thio Juws, coming from tho toll of hondavo, tho Subbuth, tho res| WS i great chitinee and n great blessig, ‘They did not, 1 think, obe gorva it for publla_ nssembluges in worship ttl nfter thoir return from boadiye. In thul lonely tand thoy ndopted 1o syniogue worahip, snd eareiod 1L with thom on thoir veturn, A with that, 0100 40 yeurs bufure Chiist, the Phurlsccs souzhit to hedge the day nbout with all kinds of restrietons, “Thoy forbado walking with shons bat hod naile; thoy forbude even " rabblie Krnin botweon tho hands,” and in many wn{l mado the duy u burdon, and not n rest, luto 1018 fortn 0f Sabbath our Buvier camus and Hy shuwed tho utmost diseegard for all thelr supor- stitlous notions, and, solzing ha spirit, thy in- tent of tho dity, suught to ntike (L slmply u duy of rest and worship, of growth to the lrlm n g v Love, und dovation, aud usutulioss, 1n t r- ller und medloval days of Christianity thy Bub: bath wad hurgoely scculurlzed, wud wvén the e Yormura Bevm not to havo rogurded L with imtich strictnosa. Thon from this falling-uway cume tho renction of the Purltutiy, who sought to do wway with tbo Chrlstmus and Kuster Hollduva und to 1naka tho Subbnth i duy of severity aud xloous, In tho ¢arly iuys of our owi) countey tho Furitan fdens of the Sabbath provalled. Wo way think thoy w%o wo sovore, aud 8o thoy worg, but thay mado stroni tnen and wompi. Tho tontunicy wow is to the nthor oxtrema, And wo aro fi_gauger of loslug our mors suered Amerlent Babbath and guthing In turn the looser Europenn. What 1 think we should conteiml for, both us citlzens and Chrlstiung, 18 nzlthor tho old soverity of the Purituus ner the fudhiferenco of the Gurinuns aud the Freneh, but nn Atnoerle can Christinn Babbath ’hul shull give rest to hody and mibid, and ghail find sweet employ in frivhdship, and love, and wobihin, . How fospend tho dny religlously ench ono st {1 senso dotoruiine fur bimsolf: that 1s, Hivo by gonseioncos Tho Sabbat shousd bo not ol u duy of rost, but of pihilc worship, 1t shiguld bo ditferent Trontothor days In this. It13 wat.npurt Tor thie. 1tshould ba o that ull tho Iwflv 0 10 ationd the Houso of God oney on the holy duyy, 1t should not bo o duy of gloon ng‘d Jiy ur " sovurl of -joy and rofololug. It shonkd not %/,lny ol sports or amusvinents, Fo make 1L such 1o ke, gway [ts sanctity; to dudtroy Its purpng wnd powor in holping tho »onl Lo bottur liro, énun&,wnp luses this tiner nonse of tha sanctity r&m "“*"J"‘ 13 In danger of losing with it tho sen3aof tho yacred und tho dlal‘uull 1ho soul. s 2 i autifnl may bo tho dny of rost when tho Inborers ceaso from tolly when the, noise of th warld's €reat work (s hushod; Whot'puronts un childron gatbor around the tably hud the hoarth of Immu‘ und whon tho churchsbally byl us go Iuto the Houso of the Lord. Lut-us all try 1o ko it suok to oursslves, apd In our homes, énd in our great elty, o OITY LIFELY, - LEGTURE BY DR BYDER. i The first nf 4 sorlos of looture wyauw.p:& on the “Tomptations af City Lite" waa.ig- Uvered py the Rev, Ur, W, I Rydor last Wy in 8t. Paul's Churoh, on Mlchikun avenue, nort of Bightoonth straot, to u lurge cougrogation. Tho subjoét of Jast night's leoturo was the “Temptution of Iudolonce,” tho‘toxt bolng takon from Provorbs, vi, 10, * Yet @ litlo slaap, - yet i Httlo slumboren folding of the bands to wloep.”” L4 " Pomptation was & partof our moral experi- enooj no bumnn 1ife wus witkiout it, for na lfe wus buman that did not per, Although it might Lo wroux for oto porsad t tenipt anatber Lo do smnething forbidden by onsoieass, thore way yothung wWrong ln tewptatton Iell; I8 was sliae Cectulnly blgh Vo thot o n ofty wo shottld com to respeetour luws; and If thoro ahown b the Subbuth we ward of spieit and Lie which should lead men to rognrd everytiing pertalnug to rellgion s fa- Qissolably connectdd with tho central princlple of tholr being, their charnoter, He found re- Trlon beavily burdened with a great iueabus of dend customs nud extorunt observunees,. il Ho Eoht 10 show that men miht, withh open eyes und fiearts, Lehold Ite benaty, and feel lta wou- drous power in unfolding the hettor hutun nature, and Urhmluf munkind into living syme puty with Qod’s” will, that so It wight work throitgh thom kn all grod endeavors, Twy oXtreitied were to Lo avolied n regard to this subject. Tho ono wus to advocite the Fourth Commandmuont of Modes us the law which sl governs the observance of tho Sihe [ tho othor wis to declure that the Institu- tlon is merely tho vemonnt of ut unelent sunor- stition, und ought to bo sverywhora sbotished, ‘Lo try 10 bring ,the Pmmlu of this nincteonth century to seknowledge the authority of tho Fourth Commundmont was ke tryhig to put now winu Intu oid_skins, In considering tho miero punishinents for Infraction of this law It wus only iccessiry to rentomber that tho Lsrnel- ftes had been bold I Lpyptisn Gonduge 400 years, and during all tht thue ind been undor tho intiuences of heathenism, und, thereforo, needed to bo browght under rleid rogubitions to lond thom to tho wnrlhlg of onu trie God. Thut tho vigis laws which Sascd tnadu for an- clent Isruel povermng the observanco of tho Sabbntls were nither designea nor adipied for tho governmont of advunved clvilization. It uppenred nowherao tn_tho Gospel that Jesus ro- utiored the Fourth Commandument, When Ho wus asked - by & younk mun whit wood thing be should do that He mixht inherit etoronl 1ife, ite answered, *Keop tho Commandments s and, Whun nsied ugain which Commanddincnts, whito Ha ropented sovern! of thom bunriug on 1ho duily Jife, Hodid not mention the Fourth, Nolthor was 1t found thut Haenjolnod this Come wandment upon His Disciptod, or thut o lndl- cated that tho Sabbnth was 16 be cntiroly sep- Wl 1rom uthor duy's us bolng, fn God's sight, wore ssored, Ho sought to awuken that nrger wid more roverent thuught that nl time und overy plnoe wero snersd, sid thut the worll wis full of wittiessea g Gikd was everywhoero press ent, [udtoad of regurdlng peliglon us o sort of exotio to bo grown under o gluss aad warmed by avtifiolnl lifo, Jeaus tuught wien that iwasn Jigu=prinolple to be dovetoped In the suul undor tho evor=ictive Intluenco of the Splrit, After Jesue waw sepirated from the Disolples thoy begin o meet in cacn other's houses an tho fimt day of the weuk Instend of tho soventh, Fliis plun did not appenr to heve n wlopted from any desira to institute a Babbath in oppoals ton to e old Mosule Hubbatl, Tho Disciptos no fonger folt nny obligations to comply with i roquirements, [t bid no more power to holp the Fho spirit of nows=born fulth spught en- tirely dliferunt modea of oxpression, And y mutunl consent and in full sympathy of soul, 1ho oarly Ubristiaiie assoutbiod {n fumities on first day of caull wook wid nado 8 a day of urtfelt thanksgiving und pralso to Usd tor s ur Kub) Jusus, ‘o Apostio Pl u Juw by bieth and oducation, who hud ul- Ways soughit o be obadiont {y all the ordinuuces of his religion, fully siared the s feellngs ns wus showii It bls writings, Itchiid sl uthor roisons which hnve served to porpetunte the Chrlatiun Humlny and towuintain tho Christiun Church has buen tho deep sense ot the nned of thole fntliuencs on the part of will- fona of overy land, Whlle thers might bu not few {1 0very community who, faltbrul to Go and their vwi concienves, da uot fuol this noed, 811l tho muss of unkind havo nut autgrown It. 1€ tha question wore put evos 1o the imultitudes, who ure oL poryonally connccted with nnr church, and seldotn crody 3te threshold: * Shall ali the vhiurches bo damolished and Hunduy he blotted out from tho oulendur 2™ thare 14 not & single uuuunuull{ whore a aajority would be found i favor af suvh & meusuro. "F'ho old Hebrew word Sabbath tnoant rost, and, 0:{ truusiuted [nto tho thought of Christ, whou hu i, * Tho Sahbath was niwdo for tan,” 1t would + by found thut it fulililod tho bivhust and Lost conceptivn of man's nwed. Exporionce bas wroved ABUE human horves, and musclus could noby with lopuuity Lo' Eapt on & Guits wtunt § . rmsion. Bl wnd wiud both nosdeit cede, which showed plainly tho wis- dom und Justice of tho old Hebrew plan of nake Iur every sovenih duy mduy of rodt, thouh it wiiht bo sald that munysuberstitlons aud geive ecrors hind_ from thne tmogorial boen asinoi- atod with tho Jowish ordinance, - L 1t was In the pawur of: the puopld to maka the duy contribite mor und inntd W tho blgaitng ue nmnkivnd—o day that suat’ ba hailed with Joy and whdness, and el fortl mai's botter nitare, ‘Thoy hotttd svva o ke thulr thonzlty, asplide tlons, nnd wnn-nll: on this day blend with thelr dully wurk and the curcent of their dally livos. What was needed wis notao mugh tosanotify tho dny It«olt na to weleome those influencos of tho Holy Hpirit which shoull tfy mon aud km!r thelr nearts pure and undefiled bofore Gad. By tho exercise of 1étio thought and n cnthinlie ApiriL the Any conid bo mnda whnt it ought to biy—=uty of truo refreshinent and . ro- exeation 10 boly, mind, and sout, Tt shouid b & Aty of rest, AMUSEMENTS. RLY'S THEATRE, -Managor and Proprietor, ha tolllugz artisan, the profeas stunal a biisiness mut, womita {1y overs® vocn- s AT Hon of life,—ril atlke neodod rest from their | . Jhadsmes Btanor CAMIPANINGT Amonasen, Sienor Inbor, o inru weny from woeldly things and to | SALASSL, famis, Senoe SUVARAL Aunoris, Misy entor ntn Foliowship f enrncat wonls sl hold AN IUUISECAYY, "and " Alaw, " Milg, ALWINA cotnmitnion with the Ood of Naturo and ol ¢, | Diy Mus *on —that wiis tho supremne sonrce of rost; and the “""'—ib.x?fi.?;‘l'.‘.‘&‘"’u‘éta’t‘.‘,‘{'v‘f ) bleeg g of it wits that 1t mnude elénrer the sonl's vision, and gave new abliity and strongth touvery muan for the better performunce of his futy und the ncequisition of the things ticedful VA Edanr L i nrieo Aston, Sit, AGEISTEN paRrmh sichn, S TR for his dully sustennnce. Lo (0 {7 intea yeara). v or ATERI BT IRISH OBSTRUCTION. (Fant Bmoe ‘\"&T‘I'A.‘\l{:\;,l];fi\l;yjiql};:llhlsbfilfl\prNo. archiariia. Stie, ALAVINA VAL A~ 204 Shiall Parlinment Adoptithe Previous | Inchentat mln“«mmun: by Mlie. CAVALLAZZL Question 1 e Use 10 France, Gera | " COrPnaolsict, av, pem s, et Atiriame e i ; Lamdans Times, Jan, 13, i, RAVE] unketo, Hig, DEL Pu- ‘Tho difleulties which prevent tho House logls. tnting xatistuctorily do not consist of Irish Lund- League obstruction ouly, The numberof In- T4t Pl U s COMBINT: "N 5 - Biaria, dmo: EIXLIA GBI RIDAY, FE, 4, ¥ tereats and subjeets brotight before 1t Incrnses. wperisla ey o, ‘The menibers who hnbituully spenk have of lato Fornando, Ml CAMPANING: Alfonsn, 81z, DEN) multiplied grently, Tho nightly lst of queations | BUKXTKS Hulasare, She oS Din Easpar, stendily lengthens: In fact, 1o topla 1s now | horm, st AN NI LOUISE CAT L Tlre inede il thought too small to be made by some momber | {rseiemony witl be ipported by Mile, MALVINA. tho subject of nn fnqulry, adilressed ton Minis- R T Y AT ter, and the consequence fa that discussivns which once usod to begin nbout b o’cluck are not upened until 8o'elosk or oven i tater hour. Tho tebige on Thitrsday lght, for example, was not renewed until twenty minutes pust 8 o'clock by renson of the lung strlite ofgueriesontne prper, In someletterson the * Block of Publie Business,” published fately in vur enhnnns, attention wis Urnwi to the gruvity of the s of aifaira. No words are too strong to descrile: the serious chareter of tho evil. #o many bills which the comatry Teally denires annunlly miscarry, 89 much time I8 wasted in futlln " discussions af § Flvin L RAVELDL! ¥ P RN BATOIDAY BY BN Tdi's 0} oL T OV ATOREN Hnriea, fl4{§~lg~'\!ll"‘*l{‘_l~“lx Cante 81 Luns, Eig. T Feonrm Stme MANTE b ro D188 CARE, : SONDAY, (S Grand Saorod Perfurmuiied, ats'élock, of Romlols SuTARAR M ATER " Follawad by n Misce R T i BuTaeE A SNA DEUELOCC portentous dimenslons, s frequent: are the | 3 AL CoSWIRT e Wilies ‘of” dho” wriviiion of el tat Pare | Y CAMPARINL siior'dXT,ar Wb Nt L;:nmlnr.\' lustitutions run & dahger “:n!l”: OIEICA Wil takis parls o I MAJESTY'S brougbe neediosly into disreputad reinedy muat be found, even IT we have to adopt tho French cldture or Amerfeun previous ques- tion, In the new conditlons Parllnmentary law Is steanaoly incomplote without rome mode of ropressiur dull prolixity und loquaeity which e intendey 1o Wedry, eXasperate, and obstriot. In Franee the machivery in nse, both in the Benate und Coumber, 8 slmple and fdoutical, Hefare pronaincing the elotira the President 118 tho Hor t tho purole be demanded for the purpose of apenking aintinst tha clotire, 1t is granteds Lut it e be given only W oug nber, Should thero be any doubt 18 to the sion of the Chumlier after o sccond vote tus n ke, tho discursion procecils, But, when the ciotirg bus onee been pronunneed, tho parole, whieh must alwnvs he obtalned from the Prestdent, I8 allowed vnly with respeet to the position e In girestlon. A moton of adjourn- ment, which i so frequontiy stsed in the House of Commonsy, i $pite of protests sud appouls, us n weapon of olfense by a persistent mewber who dealred to ke w épeceh wbnita matter inter- cating chiefly to himself snd not very relevant 10 the busititss in hud, I8 never 80 employed. Jlox-Otice opon”daliy from 9. m. untl fall of ear- Tlio Oporsa Tor tho remnl wiilio Ojroras for thio remnining Nights of the Season 'S THEATRE. COMMUENCING JAN. 3, THE LAST NEW YORK SUCCESS, "Tie new and charmin loniantic Piay by BALUTLEY CAMPHELI, (Author of * My V'artner.” The Galloy Slave,” ete.), entitied NY GERALDINE! Ttecotyod '§ OF APPL. Itecotred with TUMULTY OF APPLAUSE duriog tts FAT CAST] NEW AND E CENERY! I'he Grent Chunge Ecene, The Ruins of Gray Nun Abbey! THE EVENT UF THE SEJ. T e, on o Chumber, No | Erery even o, Wednesdar nud-Saturday Matinoes. anloe or | Deputy thinks Of minking | —areeurel s duys In nidvun n maotion to adjourn the debate n means uf o= AWYVICKER'S TH ONLY THIS W THE LATECT OPERATC NOVELTY, "o Parislan and Now York Succass, OLIVEIIE, WY THE ROLDENE COMIC OPFERA COMPANY, Grand Charis! Eleanat Cost Wedneuing At turday Mgwecn Next We K struction OF u peg upon whiclt to hang o Apocch, It ny be objected that French Asseinbilics have atwitys been too fond o decrees of wur- wyuah’. and’ uther abuormal pnd perilons modes ol sbortening diseussion, It {8 worth while, therefore, 10 inok slsewhero und to inquire whint would hie the fate of o minority which pursued i tho Letse uf Representutives of the Unite Etutes, sictles similar to tinse used by the group of members who jmpede tho bitsiness of the House of Commong, They would be very soon brougbt to book., The rule in that Houso I8, that, 3¢ 8 wotion for the elfture, or previous cation, be ndopted by o mufority of i meme preseat wiio ure sulliclynt to form a ali dehinte Iy stoppod, und tho Ho bt to a direet voto upon the iminedinte questign e questions_on which the elture bus heen asked and ovdered, Interminable or futile tHsetension on the pro! llI|B!\uBlH0n {5 proveited by the provision that ali incldentsl ques- tlons of ordur which urlse after & motlon 18 mude fur the previous question, aid ponding such motion, must be d e without debate, 4 not unlinpertant provision is, that & endl of the Howse {s not peratissiblo after the provious queation I8 ardered, and unleas it appenrs upon seount that o quaruin 18 not present. Similne vigar s discornible fn tho rogulations of un- othor represuntative nssembly” eleoted by pop- ular sullpige. A member of tho ftelchstag, or German Parllument, may nt any thne during n debato subimit 1 motlon, in w nt«, {n fovor of adjourniug or clasing the disenssion, Hefore heing put to tho Iuise it must hie snpported by thirty membiera. Whon thia {8 doto the Presi- evening, Jan, 81, toe mbination, MY, an} LEWIS HCERSOY, In the Iate Now York Success, THE LEGICN OF HONOR! From Abboy's Park Theatee. New Vork, aftar a 1 Joaka’ rut witt a Splendi piRd A wA G OF A, WAL EMMETT, o lu Propriatar, Fevory Evening nud Matinces thia woek, wud COGLLL BUIUS, In Bpecialtivs. Aent piits tho auostion thie > the devaty bo | GFO: LEAJOCK, GEO. W, THOMPION, sad the closed ™ rh o need uot spoak in support "'.5':,‘,".’.‘.‘&"“{' DR e or It o diseussion takes plico; aud the Hiuke DARK, Admisston—Tvenings and Bunday Matineo, 15 & ‘and de. Wed, und Sat Matlnees, 15 25 and Oc. Senls cul Lo secunsd by Loth Kdivou nnd Boll teleptiotes, CENTRAL MUSIC-HALL. THE STODDARD LECTURES TO-NIGHT AT 8. . Cuwiro, the Magwificent, And a Trlp Up the Nile. TUESDAY~Gents of German Travel. SPRAGUE’S QLYMPIC THEATRE, FEvery evening ats, Matinces Wodnesday, Baturday, und ¥unday, Gllmore's Mammoth Congrass of Alractons, B0 - Vavlety dturs - 030 Moniny, Feb. t—(ne wook unty, Murphy & S8sannon, ‘Mavk,und Asorivan 4 Consuliduiod Shows: Murpuy & HER MAJESTY?’S OPERA. A Very Few Choice Eeats, Garstor Nizhis, can be obtained at L. D. MATRE'S, EL\Vn-lllnulun-u. ST, JACOBS OIL, rrwyy TIXH 5 proceeds 1 vote by n show of hunds, - Ebould tho movdon bo lost, or shonld it be wpcorinin whotbor tho “Ayes"™ or “Nues™ havo it, the proposal for the olbture muy bo repeated, g the opinlan of tho House wmny bhe agiln tukest, It 34 aleo permissible 1o muke at any time i mution to pass to * tho onder of tho dny," Whon ono moember for and nnother agningt it are board, the guestion I3 rut to the Huuse, The Itelchstug abonuds in small partless but there ls no proof that under this system the Soclallsts, the P'oles, ** the Suvigwes,” or anv of tho muny groups of Doputies huve solid grotunda for com- plulniug that they nre gagged. 1o the lefchsrath of Austeln nlko ‘the c¢lOture 8 In operition: o mote majsrity Is sutlicient thore fo earry n mo- tlon to cloac tho discussion. Iu tho Belglan Chnmber any ten membera mny rmpuw the cjiture, and it may be voted atuny thne, Iuthe Danlsh Assembly tho Presldent or any groun of Mteen members tnity propuse tho closmg of the debite when o “debate Is bulng Improperly drawn out,” gad the _matter (5 desided without discussion. No ano aequatited with tho Parlfo- mont of the Italian Kingdom wilt deny that the rights of minoritles aro reapected {n thut young ussembly, and 1he cloture may bo demund- £ by nny member, ant HeTore the vote §8 tnken ouly” ong mewber hng the right to speak awiinat it Tho constitutions of fow countries huve gaarded tho fnterests of minuritles with go wmtch jenlousy ns thut of Switzerland, Both in tho Consell Nutlonul und tho Conseil des Ltus, Buwever, the clitura ks in foree, And we wro use sured thot the worklng of it (s highly satisfae- tary in both, 1n the Spauish legisintive bodies o romewhnt shinilur powor exists: wnd 1t would ol A hat 4o represntutive. asscmblics GREAT GERNAN ol tmuluum:rrrfil{n“ww mu{wb"wcd‘t'n nln;v al- most ulono It thelr buvlig Bu POWOr 10 suppress wbstrnetivo ik, : And yet In nuno of tho reprosentative bodies H REMEDY witel e o nontloned La the, nrn;ml L pu- ¥oR stealnr upon prolix and desultory dlscitsslon, 8 which is meant to retard fusteud of nsalstiug, so uh:u";fnnduruum a8 inour own House of Cume RHEUMATISMl mons, In noneof thow [8 thore nn organized . party whiso persistont policy I8 that of cbstruce NEURALGIA, tion, ‘Tho miunrities in’ the French Cunmbers, for cxamplo, aro fur from siient or submis: SCIATICA, position 1o the Guverniment i of obstinnto reitoration LUMBAGO, urziml:'inum;s ;:uv ! ll:lll r‘mnls:'l‘I;o't.:l.fll Mfl‘tlug majority. nhap " s thy e that mnst ol :hc ‘mzui‘uul?oivk ul: have l:il" uther :sltlwumrlu‘: BACKACHE, o idopt the clGture In one shape or other, wn Wich ViaFibua Testrletions, poly with tncreased CGOTT, forve to tho present position of thy House of Commons. SORENESS i , ormus In thia wise does n worthy Illinols contenis oLy bmm‘)uln :l St’“lm ly:l to (l;i#rllf)'d l.hux w_zf i CHEST, hinve hever trled St Jocubs and haven : e fusat Jdow whether It Ty do s goud SORE THROAT, or not, Even s, y6 Ledger people; but we i ?uuw‘laln ?I m:lupl«“vvluilml\\‘! hmu‘uilrn‘-ld fiv QUINSY, t, and such o glad thankselving as is doily 'WELLIN rendored by the uriy of wnrtyrs recovering 8 s as fram rhetmntism and othoer painfol dlseases, }vnuhl bo n n;\'lellllllll‘xiu of pleasure to the i SPRAINS, vored oties ealth, fvored one3 o 12 | FROSTED FEET Whon worn down and ready to teko your bed, AKD fop Bittens Is what you need to relievo you EARS, s fi.L._a.-‘-_.....,.mw..umL. =0 El.un INT =8 11 Tl’g} Jm.lllu“pfinu, R E S i soAnDS, HMOMBOPATHIC NEECIR "o, Liared, it o sttty Gencral Bodily Paios, Fistprilial Non: TOOTH, EAR & 'eu"; B O o it i 2 DS ek U ifaren or Kdutis. HEADACHE, L G s Coll, Bonc i 3 Somein, Gt iR ALL OTRER PAING Benduch h e ACHES. 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