Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 28, 1881, Page 2

Sipchat z TEIS RELIGIOUS. Ryder's Proposed Roform Platform for Our City Government. Dr. ITe Firmly Opposcs the Inact- ment of a Prohibitory Law, and ¥Favors Disoriminations Agninst Saloons in Which Whisky Is the Main Beverage. Prof. Swing’s Sermon on an Enthusie astle Life and It Methodls. Dr. Thomas Preachos ¢n the Use of the World. A RETORM PLATFORM. BERMON DY THE REV, W, L RVDER, D, The Hev. W, B lydter prenched Inst evening to a Inrge mudience in St Paul's Universalist Church, Iy thome heing * A Iteform Platform far Chleago.” Following is tho discourses Righteousness exalteth o nntion; butsin fsn Toprowel 10 Gy, propie, —Prov., Fite i But ke heed leac hi any this liberty of yours become nstumbling-block to them that. are woenk.—I Coru vith I the orgunization of Lumnn soclety certln Ideas, nims, and purpo: uro nssumed to be heneficial to munkind: while certain othor fdeas, aims, undd purposes nre assumed to ho harmful to mankind. A history of civillzation would be Impossaible IF this wore not trae, Hus man goctety emdures beennse It recornizes cor- taln prinviples of order, Justice, and reasons and, sliee mun hears theso within himself, he Inbors for their supremuey. Guizot atutes this fmportant truth i those words; * Independent- 1y 0f the Inbor of i, by a speclal ew ot Prov- ulence which It is hupossible to wistake, nlaw annlagous to that which rules the matesial world, thoro Is . certaln degres of order, of intelils genee, of justive tadispensable to the duration of hunmn sorlety. From tue staple fact of fts duration, we mey urgue that o roeluty I8 not complotely leeatlonal, savage, or InlquXouss Ahat 1t 14 not altogether destitute of intetligence, truth, yud Justiee, for without these sovioty can- not hold together, Azain, us soclety develops ftselt, it hecomes stronger, nmore powerfulz if the soeiad system I continunily sugmented by tho fnerease of mdlviduals who nceept and wp- prove 13 regulntions, it 18 beenuse tho netion ot thne gradunlly Introduces ino it more rlght, more futelligence, more justive: (1t §s heeansa i grmdunl approstnintion i3 made i lts nitaies to tho principies of true legitiuey. : We thus whiut Indeed tho mere statement of the fuet takes almost self-evident, that his mun soctely nesumes the existence of certaln prinetpies of conduct and 1ile, and that it be- comes stronger uud more wsefil ns these privel- ples obtui reeognition and chntrol, We learn, Turthermore, til these prineiples are the out= ward expresston of eertn fdeas of oreler, Jis- tice, amid reason, whiel are nutural to man, and hnt these Wens nre ln sceord with the Inws ot Nature and the Provitenes of God, From this sturement it follows that soclety s Influenced by tue preseneo of ideas tnd motives ns well ng individuuts, nid thut, while gome ne- tions und forms of ndustey muy be encouragedl L, other things for i lke reason mny e fore bidien by It. Tho value of u eitlzen to the Suite depanus upon the kind of citizen hie fs,—whechor he coutributes towarnl the genernl prosoerty of socloty, or whether he contributes towurd the suprenmey of mere anlmul foree, or to tho strengthening cl those elvments which it I8 the purpose of wl suelul ndviuceement 10 8 ppross,— that Is, bis vatae us a socinl factor is determinea by his relntion to the prineiples of order, justice, and resson. A momeat's reticetion will nlso show that tho usefuliess and justness of any lne of nction are not determined by the number of persons who follw It. A wrong principly is the swme in ita nnture and in_ita ultimate elleets, whethor oncouraged by i fow peesous or by wany, Tho fdcas, nims, purposes Inwrought lo our socll system nre of universal application,—they nro applicable to mnn _everywhere, Hecause certaln numboer of persons acting uwder gome detusion, o impelled by faoatl- cism or controlled by " u - kw phase of civilization, attempt to bulld up roclety on n Tulso buals,—thut I8, u busis which thu experiency of munkind shows 1o be falde, Levausd 1t §s vps pused 10 theso busleldens which slone distinzuish clvidzation from burburisin and which are op- posed by the inhate seuss of right and wrong in man,—that oes not set nslde tho tenchings of history, nor chuange tho essentiul nature of hingd. 1f one visit the Gounty Jull, or tho iridewell, or the Stute Prison, o will bo sutis- fied from tho very appearusnee of the criminpls that 4 lurge share of thom are tho enowies of socioty, and that the elements which thoy would ancourage are haemtul to humuntey, This fuet would reuigin the same 1Y these eriminnls werog fncrensed tO ten tmes thelr present nuntbery tho moro of them the less of permuanen ‘ythu o would bLe, and the greater tho probabiiity of disorder rid the sthority of tnere toreo,—or'thut state of things in which ™ might mukes right, 1€ now, Instewl of the so-ealied erimingl elisse: suppnsc n lurge number uf persomd, many of Wwhom Dy 0o in sutme partionlurs useful cltl zens to concentrate their Influence to seeire sumo sellish end, which enit enn bo reached only by disregardinge those maxima which #il good poople respeet, and which, us wo_hay seen, constitute 1ho luwd of humul progress, does'the fuct that theso people wre not erimle nals before the luw, nor ostracised by th cus- toms of sockety, fu nny way chanke tho real nature of thoir condiict, or render thelr pro- cediro uny tho luss subversive of the publio gomd? Certainty not. The lnws 6t huinnn so- elety remuln tho sume, 1o nutter who assalls thom; and they are the only laws that will se- cure 10 16an true prospority, 1o matior how muny attempt 1o vvady thei, They ure tho rock, oo which bulldiag onur temple stands: all else 18 hut sand, ** lighteousness oxalteth o hution," und nothing but rlighteosnoss will, It thia stutoment sectn 1o yuu covreet, 1 um desirous that you should recognizo Is connee- tion, and see Is beaving upon certaln practienl problems of oursocinl Hee, To dlustrate: ity einiood iy cyrtaln quarters that one min's rights are as mueh ontltled 1o respect we nny other mun's. To which we roply: that depends wholly upon whnt 18 uicant by the word * rights,” Certalnty the cunduct of onu man i pot as much enlitled 10 ropect ns thut uf uny oller; nor is tho viahn tenablo with Torurents to tha o Fhlymunl ur oceupation of tho individual; for, by general col L eertuin - farms of conduct and certain kinds of business are forbidden by luw, unid thoss gallty of thum oro punished If the luw by not obeyed, Wit reforonce to certuin evils sociuty ussution the right t declure that no good citlzon will be gullty of them, and If any cltizen 13 gulity of them he shull bo treated us un oneury to the genernl welfure, ‘Pho prineiplo in tho ensn I8 clenr. 1t (8 stmply folly to cluim that beenuse this fs n fepublie, or Beenure dit thls country, by aur forms of gov- erninent, so groat coutldence s placed i tho ol intentions und setso of justice of tho fn- dividuul eltizen, that, therefore, one mey do us he pleases, engaire i uny kind of lmsiness be wll!l.,-uu HOL lo4o thg respeot of thy community, nor tho privileges of citizenship, The unly real question In {ssue Is, How fur shull this dberty ot the lndividual be pepmiltiod o go? In oiher words, what form of conduct aud clussof ety vhall bo regnrded 1a subversive of the grest vrinelples of suclul progresst Now, tho anawer 1o thin queston of tho ap- plicution ot tho principio depends somewhit upon time and plice, upon the hubits of tho community tu which the guestion I8 1o Lo wp- tied, and the state of civilization reached. For ustunce, there wro very suveee laws in Holluna in reforenco to the walutennunce of the dikes which prutect u portion Of thut colitey from the ever-present danger of an iuvnlation by tho ci; but wu huve 1o luwd n this oity which look !n uny such danger frow our Inke, Tor 1o sueh flnnljrur threatens, Lut our luek of luw upon the subjeet is nut a denlul of the vight of the peopls of Holland to protect thuimselves uguinst any danger whichh may boe tmmingnt with them, noy of vur right to defend ourselyves gpainst noy custom which muy bo i viclution of tho priuci~ Plo of soclal ordor, In this view tho appeal that I8 often mudo 1n tomperance dlscussion to the cistotns which aro recogulzed 11 the OId "Lestuinent, wnd to the habits of thy carly Christiuns, b very ity boaring upon 1ho question of WOt wo o 1o do 0 our treatment of the view of temperance. For ut uo thne, elther In Syrin or Juden, s the Bublt ot futoxlention bron at vll provalent. As Dr. Gray, of this chyinu puer rocently givon 10 the publly, truthifutly snys: ** 4t 18 right o uso fricton watches, but would 1t thorefore b right 1o leave thom arquint lonsa fu powdvr-magizin or b play uilly Tho ountrast betw the miik-dri con blooded shepherds and husbuudus uled- Atne fu the thuo of Chirlst und thoe American peos ple of the presont duy 1s previsely thut. Thero ‘Wi 1ot thuh o muluu‘r‘y LT W LuBEN oL spiritu- oua Hyuuns in the world. Thurs was not & lguors aalova witbin LUx miles of Jerusalens, Tea, colfep, tubuccy, opium, und scorcs of uthordrugy which fusiur o cruvivg for strouger stimulunts were whully unknuwn. How i it uowy Wo bave, by Inberitance, en generations of these slumbering fires in our blood, There are oW salvonse in Chlvagg whoss business dependd upon the kindiing of theso sppetite: lutaxicution u some forii 4 03 0W us the race. Noarly all peoplo buve somo kisd of ui intoxicuting boveruge. But Intoxication umony most peuplo bua el an vxceptional vice, ‘Fais wus sspectully true It tho couniries which aro the socties of Bible Bistory. Iut bery 1he stuty of tuloys 18 rudivally different, Intomporanco 48 tho trultful source of mest of our vices pud crimes, and nccasions more domestic sorrow und dndividual depravity thansoy other cause. Aud the only practical question 1y tho casu ts, Whut cun bedouo tu leasen the shurmity of the evil? A 10 vthvr pugplu sluce (ho days of Adwn had made an attempt elther to check or suppross i, that would not ke the ovil any tho less hurm- ful in this City of Chicauzo, or the pecessity of DLemprng to tessen it any the fess fmporative, What would have been iny 1y a8 Jewish Patefaveh of LK years wedfor o Chrlstinn disolple of LAM yenrs ago, is s question about whien Lgive myaell no trouble; what [wish to kuiow [+, What 1 my duty Inthis ago aud tine, wid wht e of actlon will - best proviote the wellnre of this el this esty vhnt 1o Vo 0F whieh T am u et A0 destre (o eeves The prinetple Interpretution which (s here sotilzed 1 geneent, aind iy to be appiied to all that i loeal wind temporary in Seriptitre listogy. Thus, el 19 wreitten e explanation of tRe taniange of the Apostie Panl, or in wpology for ilowherein e stades that women shonld” not 'l)l'uk in publie, it shoult be very earoful nbout nppearing 11 @ pobile assemtily it ol Ianl was tallline to Grecks, and to people whi T vory strone prefidiees 1a 1o the saemt v nk peoper to women. The purport of bis wdvies to the betievers who were sitimted aimung |muplu holdinge those views, is that they should not neediesty offend the community of whieh they wera inembera, bt 04 far as they could confori to tho t=ages of (1o people among whom they Hved, Bot, nt the same time, tho grest Chrls daotrine ns taught by Pawl was eqility (¥ il It I8 perfeetly safe to sy that er nlive to-day i wonld glve no such ol s mdvics bas slmply a toeul bearing, minl the necessity for reanrding (o long 8ine censed to exiat, niud oo one of nil tho noble host. helstlnn tenchers bis done imore than Pail Timsell to render his own ndvico i siteh cases. unBCCesry., What therefore may have been found expedi- ent I othor countried nnd under othor con- Aitlons Is nut to tench us wit it 18 best tor usto oy Wonre Hvine in this Weatern Contl- fient, in this ninateenth century, nnd what wo need o know [, how cnn we most effectunlly” suppress tho evila which exist amony us, AU # recent meeting of the City Councll n mentovil to tho following eifeet was presented, Trom un tysocinton of saloonkeepers: A, An eltore 18 now helng made in this cklosy O tho comuon interests and 0 puas Inws and to the Coastitution to interfure with probibit tho munufacture and. sale ot and fermented liguoes: and WITENE, As is shown by the experience of othor Stittes, such probibition and interterence does not stop the manufnetitro und drinking of suid Heuors, int would deive from this State aud fnto other States sume of thy most profitabic entarprises which pay millions of dolirs annn- ally 10 the Stte and deneral Government, and whieh form one of tho most_importaut fuetors in the nerense ol tho wealth and the material adviancement of our ¢lty wd State: wnd Waengas, The reault of such intervention md prohlbitdon woull bu the inevitable destruction of milllions of dollars’ Worth ot _profitable props ty, throw thousainds ol laboring men out of loviment fn this Stite, npoir the vilis of werlenltural property und products, und In eonsiderable mewsure hapale the prodperity of the City of Chieazog therefore, be it 1 L, iy the City Councdl ot the City of Chieago, that wo protest agndist all such pro- Libltory mensires, Wil request our Ssiutors and ltepresentutives ju the General Assembly to resist all measures of this kind, £ Lexoleel, *I'tae a copy of thede resolutions ho forwanted to our Sunntors and lepresentatives at Springliell, witn @ request that they be pres sented to the Gieneml Assembily now (0 gession, Now, vory much that §s stated in this memos vinl 18 true. Tho ensctiment and enforeeent of 3 prolibitory Jiw woukd thraW 1y persons ot of employment, le tho valite of quite o Iarra amonnt of property, for n whils decrense. tho revenue of the Governmeut, and bring burdship to quite n Inrge number of pevple. But what then? 5o much us this may bo said of tho utro- dustion fn nny community of a ralltowld, or of the eubstitntion of muchlnery for hand labors still, the change 18 made, nud mado not for the purpose of IbJUry to any onoe but in the betet {Jlmb A:.IB chunge on thie wholo will be of public et . Hut that which 1s suporseded by tho milrond, or by the substitution of muchinery, 18 solf 1 good, anly the good wroukht is conllned 1o & smaller numbee of persons, But how 18§t with tho saloons_ of this elty? Aro they working tor the good of the people? Are thoy o useful in- dustry? The anloonkeepers hive told the City Council bow useful tholr business s In tho su crl Wity they name; suppose, now, the Council turn over the leaf und seo what i written on tho other gido of that memorinl, IF tioy wonld know whut the reverse af thut picture is. In one respect Lnm thnk ful that this memorinl was sent to the Couneil. It lnvites attention to the nature of tho bnsiness they nsk stion for. 1f It be useful [t sboulkt bu proteeted from the assuults of bud weas but If |t bo i bad lLusi- ness, worklng general disurder and individoul riin, then it shoukd not be protected, but should be naanlled und disconruged by all good inen. 1 sbull not Insult the good sense of those who hear wo by attempting w show what the nature of the suluon systent of Chlengo 13, Every ong wha hins oy knowiedye upon the subjeet knows thut, tukerns o whole, ftis about ud brd us 1t cun be. Possibly infummatory gout or the smullepox might bo sone worse us i painful or 1t louthesome disease than 1t now 1s; but the lr- tla ulther may luck of bolng the worst of ity Kind will not commend the discase to the favor of healthy people. The shnple teatls 13 that the suloon system ns [t exists in this city I a dis- sincea Lo it, aid LtHoro are very fow people of nil our popitlution, except thoso in tho very lowest woril grade, who will not adule thut this (s true. ‘The Tact that somo saloonkeepers nro vory fair men, und do not intoutionwliy cncour- fge vulgarity In uny form, does not alter the terrible tuet that th suloon systet s It now exists In this eity i3 s disgrace ‘to Chicayo, and suonld not cemuin auother month us (it now iy, T learn nlso thut the celliclent Superintendent of tho House of Carrection of this city hing sent nup 1o the Councll a request for Increased ne- cominodations in tho nuspital department for patients, sullerlng from aicohollsm., And should say from the fueta I buve, that lnrgor ne- commaoditions emanded. HIs rouort for 1450 siutes thut o averoke of not less thin ono ,llllluulu el duy, * laboring under sovery alco- oligim," wus sent up o thit Institutdon, aud the report of the City Physlelan, Dr. Dunne, siows that of tho twelvedenths in the House of Cor- roction hust yoar, cleht of thom were cutised by aleobollsm, * By tho suue report wo learn thit the wholv number of commitmunts during the yoiur was 6,755, OC this number 1,014 woro churged with fntoxieation, 5t with breach of the pauce, B20 with vagraney, und 011 with iulse ceilitneous offénsys. owing us wo do that 1= tomporn i the principal cause of ** breach of tho pe of vugraney, and ot * mlseollaneous olfenses’ ns well, I consider it safu to suy thnt ditring tho pust yéar tne Aloansof the city hnve Turnistiud one«hulf of all tho prisoners thithave been sont up to the House of Carrectivu, No wander an additlonal room 14 noedtul to fure IllNlil. suitable spuca for the vietims of ulcobollst to e, When one confronts such factsas these, and thon rends such resolutions ws the suloon-keeps crs Buvo Just scat to tho Counell, ho finds it g fleult to restenin bia indieantion, and I8 moved 10 Bulggust thut the Council would et conslstont- Iy It they should vufer the humane ‘recoms mendition ol Superintendent Folton to thoss Who sent up tha resvltiitions, with n requost that 1t would b crstnently ling for thous, us *hons orable™ mew, to furnlsh nccommodations to luy out thuir own dend, With tho broad foundation which this discus- slon places under our feet, we nre prepared to wdvuneo to the specltio tople of this leeturos “What s the proper policy for this eity with b 1w 1o Intuinporuiey, tho Sunday theutre, und other viees and customs?*! L aware thiat in uskie this question 1 awm presenting o dittienlt problets. P'eople who uro of i like mind Inruference to tho hirmtulness of certain customs olten grently diifer ns to thy Ledt muthod 1oe abolishing thein, 1 sttt not calenty untugonize nny good citizen who i3 secking to udvauce the interests of the uity, My way muy not by the best way but 1uy’ way Cls the one [ opresent und wdvoente; and g the swmne thne 1 shall give nt consuluration to any criticluing that y Do muwde upon it, My desire,Is to ndjust iy thods to the work to bo done #ud to the facls s thoy ure, Firat of all, let mo sy, [ wuant to see some Kiud of pulicy.—something 1hat bns ut fcust tho appearance ot un utteinpt to improve the morsl comlition of this elty. ‘Those who think that the present deploruble state ol things can wud should be chunged tor the better should unito In some goneral Clfort th nivke thiom so, 10 thu noxt phice, any eifort that 1s practica- e will not A||rmu{{ suck 0 o what I wish to hava nocomplished, 1 would Jike to have socinl ordur, Justlco, and reagon everywhiors wnd ut ull thnes prevadl; but thoy do not, nud iew bt liko- 1y 10 du 80 for muny 1 year; but that Is o reu. st why the frivnds of 4 truo elvilizaton shonld not poraistently dufund those principles, und e covpornte them Iito the lives ol moen aid women a8 (st w8 tuuy con, Fhie fwportant considerie ot 18 to keep the objective point clenr, wad to press forwnrd toward tho vrize of our bigh eall- g, ‘Tho ot knows what port he woukl bhuve his lhl{l reuch, sud e makes lownsd 1t by the must direct coursy rmmluuhln. Thu Iike {8 trae of every rlghtiy-gilded hunmn e, uod, so long ud ono flocs thy best ho can taward redchiig the oul of truw nanhood, bis coming short of his ik T scareely even i fuuit. on— 't camplexion of this ity 18 very marked. Wo nro htendly o conglomerate wsad, All kluds of lduus, tastes, und thoorles cabilblt thetmsel hore, wid oit eléetlon-day euch eitzes, wiitoy Dby quility, s tio ke powers so fur us his poe- sonit bnllot i3 concerned. Naw, ws u good uitl- zen, soeking to promoly the welfure of 1he whole eity, the guestion which coutronts i s what step cun bo tuken and maiotulned In tho direetion of a better clvilizution, und not what 1 mi' ideul of perfocted wmuboud? If 1 am wisu I w will uttempt lmlhlumn o wuy of meas- which nre sure to deteuted, o with duleat thero s nowo loss, und in tha mean- 10 bitd 1en bvo tholr awn way, In every community 11ke this thore are many Peisuns who do not attuch themselves W tho soe culied tempernncs purty, or tuko iny partioubur Interest dn relorm work of uny kind, but wha are nevortholess In sympitby with the hlghor purposes of fife, und would fot knowingly all uny fora of vice, or encouruge Vulgarity of iy kind, Whoover woult clovite the staiidurd of murallty i Chleago nist buve the sapport of Ihls cluss of people. Tholr futuenco wud thelr voted uro needtul to o siccess of uny clfort tlrm luul‘(" to the moral und socinl Improvement of vur city. Prom tho morsl aud legal standpolut, our cone ditlun seeins to be uboul this: For tho muinto- nunce of good order and publle deconcy wo can depend upon n groat mn‘urll of our citizen Fhero b8 but very Hittle trouble found in the ¢ furcewent of thoso lawy which ko polico uls toimpt W euforee. Properly snd tho rights of fudividuats in rolation to )m\: ety uro iy well vrotected bero us fn uny city lu the lund. But Luuuy of thgso vitiuens who ure thus fu fuvor of CHICAGO 'TRIBUNIZ: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28 il these great pubiicintere thons au this o that top Kensitive on the guestion oy el not approve of inteny selling of lgunrs 1o minors, o tho 1w that lewd outof many saloomg, oF of (e o ovil ey form: thoy wonld b oftended § fhat thoy new ot good eltizens, do ot fined tnstes, and e ot ou the shle of p; and pubilic’ virte, Amd they wonlil binve the rhelit to bo offendend IF 8o eharged. The notlons of muany 0f these prople miy seem to yorn weitk md even tonlish, and {18 your peivilege =o 1o regard thom, but they, oi ‘the other hnnd, call nany of your [ens hiupracticable, some of thom na actindly hnrmful, and temperanes people wenerially s n get of fannttes. Now, 0 view of all thess great prineiplos that we wish to malntian, aid of tho et it fnw eomplex civilizatian ke uurs we can take oty onw step At a thme, nmd that ofl 1 ’hort one, whitt ahiutl wo keek to do? What measures shll gu'lldnnlv What s the bestroform polivy for Chleago? | ply to gquestions of this kind it sounds 0 #ity, itnd there {8 ncortain satistaction n suyimge lt—wo Lo the reot of the whols trouble,— cuact i prohibitory lnwy und enforce it eyl 1L is not probable that Jlmmhllury Inw ean by eoacted in this 8tat nd @) §0 Ut wero [t conld 1ot b enforesd In Chiengo, Personnlly 1 wontld not glve eithier iy vote or volee for o enpet- vt I this Stato of a prohlintory lnw, The publie Jidgment of what iy he etied tho res £peetnblo portion of oue clty’1s not in favor of prohibition, amd llmdlsmrumhln ulidses woull Ml combing to aefeat ity wid this bring the Wworst eletiients of itk population mta cantol, 1, sa¥s one, If we eannot have prohibition, wo cnn at least huve u vespeetadile City Gy ment, I authority who witl ehforoo the laws. Well, 1t itocs seoni'ns IF we onzbit to huve nt lonst as much as thnt,—mon of recognized (s tegrity for our officluls, who will en- force” tho ordimances of tho eily, Tt whnt arp the facts? _Suppose what ure calle tho wood peaple In the eity wore put in nominn- ton for the Mayaralty and for Counc onch ward, men who will ‘lhulne Then comduct tha wilatrs of the clty on a striett, perines and mornl basty,—who will lasue no ! 43 who will shut p and T shut up v nloot in whieh eithier distitled or fere mented Hanors are voll; who will elose tho Sus- day thontres and nll places of amusenent open thut duys who will ‘banish ot retieement alt phusea ot the roctal evil, amd have the police 1l every ovso that belongs to this class who will brenk up all the wambling-houses of the city,—thho Douard of ‘FPrade exceptod,—in faet, noininate n ticket plediged (0 uttuck vieo and I Iquity on nll sldes und give thom no place of refage within our corporite Hmits: Rapposo, | sy, the so-cilled good prople of tho elty shoulid pue into the field sueh w teket, with such pledges, what wonld be the result of thet ticket on electlon-day¥ -~ hu nusser muy bo n and one, but this | beliove to bo tha trunlis suoh o tleket would bo defeated 3 o2, It noLito 1 And that Ia not tho oply sorrowful fuet (o the case, for the ticket thiit would be ele wonthd plice i Dower more unworthy persons than nre now connccted with ihe Governtents would inerease our taxation, impuiv the orudit of the city, awl senerally take from us tho wround which thy fatee sdministrations of tho ety have lfnlllcd. I would unt myself vote for 2 tleket pledged to s swesplog 4 chiange, bo- cnnse | nin sutistied thut the nlmm‘u tu onforco such a policy would result in grent injury to the very Witerests walen Linn anxions to protect, But this (s nnt utcering o syllable m favor of the nomination of bud men, or of men who have tho support ol bud men. lLerllmni djusting tho plui of work to tho material ono has to work. with. ‘Ihe buttor the Muyor and Alderman tho 4 havo peenllar no- A wro especially nnl Hhorty, o, o tha 8 of death 3 2 better for all concerneds but overy {_»mdm\: i will earofully conslder the nutiro « 0 f8- sue ho makes In a city cleetion, however oxs cellent tha personal churneter of the nominees iy be. You sece, thercfore, thut I would apply the dactrine of expedicney (o ny attompt to givo healthtal, moral gonthnent to Chicigo, us 1 wortld npply It to myself tn referonce to my in- fluenco npon other “people, Certuln things aro not expedient eithor In you or e, though thoy muy not be especlnlly harmful In themselves, 1t 18 ‘uot expudient” tor e to wo nto mtloon and drink 4 glses of kquor, though | might not In that act commit any sin: but my exnmple would be harmful 1 anonld saerllico u cortain self-respeet whi t becomea every mitt to maintain, This i3 the weukness of Dr. Croshy’s argiment in_oppo tlon to certelu oxtravieent elntins of the t peranco pacty, The Doctor dous not attneh siif- llefent Importanes to the duneer of the hablt of drinktoe, to tho fenrful prevalence of the vico in this uge, nud purdenlurly in thls Nutlon, o does b properly trio the importittice of por- sonl solf-control for those who may be dliter- ently orgunlzed, or bo more besot by temptation. But for the reason that I urge expedicoey on the side of persunul condu would 1 urge ox pediency In our elforts for n higher moral stund- ird in our eity, T'o my mind it 18 clear, and for the rensons which [ huve ntroaily iy thut tha only hope of chunging tho conditlon of our elty Tor the better I8 by the culiperntion of whut 1 have ealled tho respectnble portlonof the eity, And thint cluss of perdons cun bo united, I talhl, in o reform poliey which shall omprace the following partiouinrs: . Lesien tho number of saloons by mnking the liceuses much moro costly, = Discriminnte between those saloons and garsdens in which beor alone Is sold and those in which whisky and vthor powerful intoxlcan ure sold, “Thv former muy bo open on Bunduy frum 2 10 8 p. i tho lutter shall not be open at ull on Bunday. ik Sunday thontres and othor lico places, now wpon without leensu and contrury to law, #hall boe strictly forbldden. 4. Noisy processions, whether etvil, rellgious, or military, in thmo of peaco shall not by per- mitted Ly the streets of the city on Sunday. 6. Dealing in lottory-tickots shall be treated tha snme a8 gumiding, 3 U, The suetil-uvil sl be banlshed from tho streots uud foreed Into retleney, But, I such bouses ure ralded ut adl, the police shnll nrrest only the men who nre found visiting in thom. Coneernlug this plutform, Lam well uwnre that it plank in 1t will be distustetul to some, L recommend tha Inerense ln the cost of licenses, huping thoreby to decrense tho munbue of gis Jouns, Bome oppose all Heenses for the sutling of liguors, on tue_ground that such licouse 18 i quast Indorsement of the teutho Itsoll, 1 recome memd thut the sloons bo graded, und that cer- taln privileges be geanted to some which ure not to othel his, sumie will say, Is not only w dise eriminntion between two phuses of the une evll, bnt n diseriminution tn fuvor of u certaln hatjon und prople, and muny will resolutely objeot to the cluuss which permits salouns of nny grade or ¢luss 1o bo open on Bunday ulternoon,~and thus on throigh tho list, Iiut In splio of these objootions and come luints, this platform has at leust one morit. 1t 8 01 nttompt 1o do sowmcthing, und 18 nlso dofinit stntement of wbut ot ledst one man thinka it s wise to attempt to da. 0 friends of un erderly Sundiy—tho poor mun's diny of rest—aro chorged with a desire to return to Puritan wuys uud ulng. ‘Thid state- ment of our purposes nnswers thut objotion, ua, Indeed, un_exumination ot this reform |101Icy will be found to answer muny others, Jut enn even this pun of work be uuuceusmur adoptedy That 1 do not know, Much depends upou clroumstances, Most of it cun be, If not all of §t, provided the good l)(.‘fllllu of the ety will stand togethors bt it they divido on quese tlons of wettod nl fall to seo 1he victus of no- cepting o part of the lonf when thoy eunnot got the whole af it, thon acither this ‘plun of work nor any other can be ndopted, und matters wilt K0 0n i the presunt shametul munner, Whatover ~ ubjection thore mny be to the lieonsu system, us a rulo tho wisdon of it will be approved. Lbelieye ateo that fnvestlzation and exporl- onco will prove thut It I8 wise 1o discriminate butween suloons, both on thie ground of what Is “ml Its thous und the cluss of people who visit o, Coucerning the inbumanity of raldlug houges of prostitution of a certuln grado | huve o very decided convieton, and 1 betieve tho praotical Common-sunise ol this city willsny (€ suel houses are to Le oiticlully visited by tbo police they shou bl brlug into court tho nien whois thoy find there and leave the women wherdthey aro, O th Sunday thoutre question the good peo- plo of thly clty vught not 1o bo dividel, Flve Fours igo the prepunderanco of publle sentis oIt Wis very strongly wesinst it but of lae Yuurs I (his eity wo live begh stendily golng to ho wurso, untii now ull suMhoutres’ uro opun Sunduy evoning. For this Invasion upon the PIOPUE OLSEEVIRLE BF SUIMWY, tho ReLOM G oL thumyelves us u ctiss ehirgonble, Muny ot thom dte oppo: to tho vhitire,—somu on prineiple, sud muny . on grounds of personaf comtort, Tno tuult lics with tho muanagess wnd tho publie,—with u certaln roputably msnnger fu bnnweurating 1t and with the public in In- dorsing the aetion, Do you wish the places for Imbllu amusement cluged un Sutday? “Chen suy that uch wherever f'uu nre, utid whon thoere u°uruputablo thoutro 1 our clty that propurly respocts the Subbath, fl\'u o thut theutro your sabmtainlal patronuse, nstitutions of thut “Kind desiru 1o plonse the publle. Aud | vonturo to say that If tho reputa- Dlu peopls of (ho ity should deoidedly. objeet 10 tho opoitlng of such plices o Bunduy ovenlng, sud et according to thelr tutk, there ~would bo up uvecusion to test the question us to whelbor Bunduy thoatras u{u not anly existing without luw, but contrury to it Fhoso nomlnel Christinm who imdo 1o dis- aritinution in thelr support whon thore wis o chuiee to bu exerclsud shiould be u hntle eareful how they speuk of (e exceeding fmpropriety of Sunduy theutrea, und cust tho blame upoi mnnugerd wnd actors. 1€ they—~the professediy Carlstinn people of the vity—unide no_cholos Whiet) thero wis i cholee, but wont bure or theru us tholr whiling led thom, whit stall wo smy of The mereennry conduct of thoatrien) pooplo of whrnn many expoect only evil thlngar To iy mind tho spoibility of this prosent custuw of Buliduy evoiug (hoatres lics ut the door of tho Carlithe puople of Cnleago, It thore vver wuy u veritication ol tho atulenoit Uuwit “whliv tho, husbndman slopt the vhoiny suwod tures,” we Buvo it ln thu case bufory us, The Chrlstisn poople of tho ety buve lost rrmlull which thoy might have held” aud sbould e hel), und wihiloh thoy would now oceupy it thoy had donw their duty, But Ido pot aespuls Lt the ground cannot be rewitned. | think it can be, und 1 behovo (6 will be. Tho reputsbly pooplu'af this city ure disposed to take' n fuir und just view of ull theso quesuons, ‘Thoy knuw us well us wo that the ol Puritan Sunday 18 gono out of our national eastoms, und will uover return. Nelthor hoy uor wo wish It to rettira. Dut bucuuso tho strletiess ot thoso colunlal duys has passed away, it docs not follow that good “pople ure fudilferent us to whiat comes n Its glncu. Thoey are not {udifor- unt, Thoy desire Sunday to bo malutaiued s @ auy of worship wad rest, sod If on reticction v illscaver that the Sund stens with 1he proper ol iy, sied ot best for thir interests af our poapl thoy will 1 his elly, 18 o same e o people did In New Yerk, and diveet that they bo closed, T bl walt for that diy in e, and SR Work toward 6 renlization as best T iy, Chriathan felends, §um noalarmiat, 1 prediet nodire enlumity to fall npon (his eity. 1 heliey: I Chlenro—in“its Tndustrinl supreatses sl in 1t morat Improvement. We are not wholly go- (e to the tud, Tty T snbinit, wo have gone ng far in that divection as I3 snfe, 1t s Hme 1o hult—tino ovon to retrace our steps, Wa Bhanld ot be satistied with mera caommerelnl prosperity, gad we are nof, Blementd of cult- fire in varlows Forms geo nleondy recognl; ueernl torees in o bettee elvitization, ot come, Give plaea to them i), them il They nee all helps, Whate enconrige suchil opder, bring tho peineiplo of Justiee Into wlidee operation, and ealizhten the reasnn, 18ty bo comimnended, by whatever unto At imny bo knowng amt whntever does not do this I8 to be comlemuel, Jurest by It We nee workiig for the midvi et of nwrent eity. One population ulready excecds € million of hatman saonls. Whero the fnteresty of o many are involved, thor honlil be no hatting aa betweon vivtge noad v or 18 between q eivilianton based upon prinelple wil ono b upon Foree. Chlcngo 14 fust he- coming nhe of the geent business centres of the world, * The elements af power wreo here und the workd I recognizing thom. The e uty of teuo grentiess are hero also, Let usall goard them, miid work: steadlly for their supremne; Whatever mny hoour trivde oF oceupntion, or woelnl rank, wo cun i varions ways show our appreciation of tho higher aims of Jite, and our purposs to aid all good peanlo in changing tho customs of our eity for the hetter, - . AN ENTHUSIASTIC LIFE, SERMON W PROF. SWING, Prof. 8wing preached to quite a lurwo congre ratlon yesterduy morning In the Central Chuech, taking for his thome * An Enthusinstic Life, Followlig is tho sermen In full; Now it fs hilich time to pwake out of sloep,— Romans, rill, U, ! It hns been discovered thut the srentest suc- cess of life comes not from mero fearning or mentul power, but chietly from the soul's en- thusinsm along It noble path. Men of smatl Ine formution hnve deoply murked our earth when thoy have pnssessed grent vivacity, Tho aoul Is not n storchotso, Lut v wnchine; s erentness Iytmz not fn what It has but in what it dov When that anelent definod eloquence to be aus tlon he wmust huve hed referenco to nn linmensy mentul netivity,—u full casting of tho heart Into It cause. Muny of tho grent ortors hnve como ar short of Leing learned men, but no one of them has come siiort of bonge un eathusiustic tun. To fafl fu that emotlonil part wonld be to fail utterly. 1tinust have been to this splee ftual netivity 0 nnclent allwded, for if hf' netion ho meantMut imitation ot a passion which ho hud 80 aften susn on the stuge that would still mnke vitnlity i part of vratory, for thiat deamutic presentition of i truth or Sentiment tnst be ull of Hite end onorgy, When somo theatrieal spouker sald to w clerrynm, *You sponk yoir truths w8 thousxh thoy were fHetlon, while wa #peak our flutions as though thoy were truths,' ho meain reminded not only the clergymun, bt socioty at lnrge, that the good of omr worlit comes from the awikened and Increased sensi- bllity of tho heaet, Thero must. fmleod, he in- formatfon enongh to guide and enlighten, but thote 1nust be w tully aroused spirit amid whoso delicate strings nll tho gorrows aod Juys of tho carth shall make musie. In physlalogy we havo tho general priniple thal warinth |8 ife, cold- ness §8 deatit,—tho guneral tomperatire of wne Imal life being i huindred degre “Fo u alinllar guenernlization we mnst nll eome fn onr splritunt science and ntust confess that warmth 3 onco more Iy, and eoldness donth. In rouding tho fugtmolra of ngrent min llko John Staurt Mitl, or Thomus Carlyle, or Macanlay we ure glud to happen Hpon <omd puges which contaln traces of un intinit tenderness toward little childron, or i wifs, or u friend, for siloh page becaing slwnds of verdura In u lonoely usd briny sen. Unless theso pluces ean be foumd 1 n bi- ogruply, we deny tho grentness of its subjuct, uid eall that w desert which nt fiest goon a_continent. Mun Is nu intelloctunl orout- ure, fndeed, but be 14 more seathmental than (ntellectund,—that Is, ho ismors u ereatury of feclmga thun of thought, Having Tound somo daminuut feollnxs that are noble, his suc- cead I8 nssured, I 18 nut accopted us nny disernce to be called a sentlmontulist In thoulogy wnd to bo elnssed utmong those who attempt fo drive Christinnity wway from ereords into tho heart, for the hitmuin 0 I8 upon the slde of guch un otfentier; sluco it has mudo s literature emotlonal, and has built emotionul houscs, and has fHiled thom with omotfonal plotitres, und hus Burroundel ‘tha hearth-stone nnd the dining-tublo with emuotion. al friendship, and bas brdulged 1lways In its emotlonul limghter amd emotionnl tewrs, - An in- tetleetund theologlan would he in- burmony with 800 N or somne nerdemy—n sentimontal theo- loginn sucrifices that biosalng to bo In burmony with the human rues, 'Po_this school belonged Christ und his disetples. Ience,out of tholr ne. tions, and lives, uud words nrt hns takep its subjects Just a8 llitle kings and pc(!‘y rulers huve buile thole dwellings by removing tho atones and columi from the mnsalve bullkdbigs of greater men inn grenter ngw. The learniig and wikdom of Jeans wore not rreater thitu 1ha ntre iy not e of that aymputhy und putfos. Tho Latigicts of tha Lord aud His rriends woro not thoso of philosos phy, but rather banguets of virtue and: fricn #hip, Thue world out of which our Now Tust ment cnme wus i spleitunt workl nd rieh In-feel Iluus s tho Huastorn llelds wore of tropieal pors wanes, In full unlson with the higheat demands of so- cloty comes tho udmoniton of Faul that %1y 1y high time to awiko out of sleep.”” Along ull thuso hunan paths which [nsich countless nium- bers run to und fro over aur globy mon hurrey along with zewl. What countless puths thore ire of lnbor, or recreation, or pleasuro, Hundredy of new pursiits kave come fnto belnge fn tho (st thirty years, and hundreds of othors are coning nlong (o mect tha new wants of oxpanding mind and pxpunding tuste. If the veoun gould show tralls ns can the dust whore mun's teot step, or us the rond or ralls atong which his wheols mlide, it wonld be narked on all 1y whole = surfaco by tho vessols sl lng day und wlght o betweon eontl- nients or butween lalands. Even the Arctls scus would tell that man, tho wanderer, has passed to und Lro amid those fields and lvlyrnmllhlfl[ feo, But tho sooret of theso puaths which lio lko lnce upon our glob remaings thoy huve ull been the bighways of nn enthuslastic heart. Tho mors chant, the explorer, tho truveler, tho englnee: tho etatesman, the General, tho inveutor, the urtlst, the orntar bad atl awaked from sloep. “The reallzitdon thut it was high time for thom #0 to do hins abvays come to thelr sojls, snd thoy huve nrisen in “full power 1o run nlowg thoir road ug though the duys wore few, Thero has Mways been w lnsto that hus mids wiato~nn onthiusingm thit by become thut form of | aenity vulled tunutielym, but, after we huve miklo thls exceptlon, thon comes the wenernl tritls that all suceos=ful perions of olther sex or of uny ngo or conditlon hnvo moved b thoir apheres, not dozingly, but us though fmpetied by an inspirution, "Thls haste, fustead ot being wdestruotlon of 1nun, hus boen o source of his houlth und strength,—an oxcrolse which nas addwd to hlg temncity of lifo and power of, nehivyemoent und of “huppiness, ‘Tho soul s u8 much atrongthenal by its ontbusiuam as thy nrm s by exereiso, - Our most sonsitive boets lve “lonwor, lives and llve tmoro pow- eriul fives thun thodo lived by o suvage or un indolont Turk. Life I8 shortened ciilor by very Krent aetion or by very Hitle; but the heart that Buras brigttly burns Jong, Man 18 ot unaniinal that muy work but that must work; und this fuw applies to Lis sontiinonts us traly'ns to s mind und his budy, Ho must lovo by pursuit deeply und retnrn ‘to it dully with pleasure or not only will it dectine in his huuds but o will devling” I its atmosphere, 1t will bo a sickly ellmnto to him. Men of suceess inve heen mon who havo laved thelr profossion, of whitaver uume 1t muy buve boen. Thoy hnve bad thole sout qulckuncd by its demand, “Thova hicleod nra some pursuits 8o hard und so perlectly bumble and meehunical thut the workmoen follows his 1usk only us w sumel doos 8 burden (s tho dos- ort. In - the mornlug when the greut londy of mercinndise are el strupped to tiose knoel- ng bunlvi-Learers thoy moin in a pititul men- uor ue thoy forses tho lonk day’s nurea in tho burning sund, ‘Thelr gronng wrw well placed, for thera is nothivg to cheor tho tusk, nu pulni-tron, 10 soug of bird, no stream of vefreshing water, ‘thud thers are tusks for mun over which ho might well moan in the morstug, for they uro u palntul load borno In n desert whore no i or dute-tros wuves, Bt not many ruriullu aro of this quulity, Almnost ull of the orms of libor coutuln In thema mental una un wiorional purt, surd cun bo (ollowed not only ws tnode of wustenance, butas w constant thoma of thuoaght und ad @ soures of happiness, And thon up uhiove this bonorable throng of pursults thero riso some of surpassing nieeit and charm, which most fully nrouso thio wminds and tho Lunda that toueh thow. Tho great pursuits of Inw, mudicine, politics, literature, theology, commerey, fnvention, art, solence, und muiy othor great companions nre ns awakenmg and Tuspirutional ay i sunrise 10 Juno or a3 w band of high musle. ‘Fhe votdries of thoso callings #ly on tho wings of cagied, They Und the duys tooshort for tholr delightful employmont, wid nenight fool with the pouet that somothing f8 loft unidono, Zoal cronted w world for the soal, and ench year enlarges 1t owis Dnlvorse, und so 1ilts the heart thut evon a Voltalre, not supposed 10 bo i child of wurship, pruys that ho nuy bu permittad to live 1o uuulmlrflun wore of his chiosen toll, ‘Tha frisudship butweea these ign workmoen und their wark 13 14 deeo and as saored whdeenp, The work of Huigts Miller broke s beart. o was 80 mtiached to (¢ that he could pot lunve It long enough to sloupor cat, Liko iousu of romuntlo love, it broke the bheart thut eher- Ished §t. (0 Blm wo ses Hlustented the shuple fuct thut therc ure tmany pursuits of such brondth, and depth, und NgUL that they are suble uy suouitains, AUFUCLIVG 08 gurdeus whiel huve unladiugs s within gites of ponrl. - Nut oftun ubjo to break tho hunrt, thuy alwuys il it with inspiration, ‘The arguineut now b this: that 10 ploog sll thuou dlgnified highways alluded Lo tho success- ful buvu run uoder the hnbulse of an e sunthment, thon wlung tuo roud of Chrlstianity mun must not crovp ko w snull nor monn liko lowdod eamel, but g ImUst HOVO 1 ono fully uroused. A relilous J|Fe buars all thy marks of ugrout culllug. 1t hus nothiug sinall ki it unicss it hus hoen Injured ng keep g bad compiny, Evil commuuications do ndosd corrupt good uuntiers, but in lsylf the path of Curist has all tho eluments of u nobls pursuit. Hrowdly cons sldered, thay puth 1 wucli Uke thet of the teye atatesinnn, tor it Isn freof the people, an studl, n soliartile lgloniae | W capote tho oan s nman Faoc Find e grreat docteines where you muy, el o will thiek that they aea a full decinra bl al Wive tram the devateo to the peoplo, nEnlion wite anoat tall In Chriat, wnd o o 114 words with 1T blood, 11 wis madn by Paitl, A Keepiing bls promjae e sailed feom land fo i at aad kept iy vow with his bload. hiadl the Pagenn statements of doctelue, w0 the mditleatlon of Christinlty, tin ke B wlwityn hoon avewed that (o eepansg res Liglon wiig Lo ceponse thn highest happine: mpnanity, To nge of the South Sea slands, wver the door of ntomplo of God, 48 this iy catinnte of duty as coting trom n sty of to Deity: **The world was glvon for tho upbuili- e of i and ot the building only of simot- wons hotsess Hfe wis wiven for the disehargo of mord dutics, and not for wero ldulzen weilth way ot given to be hoirded by nvarie Bat o he wisedy and kindly spents and lenrn by I8 not to pro empty dhpiitos, but to omisa good aetlona™ Thus the profession of rollglon 1y uny ong nhove chilnbond 18 the open eapouwil of »ll tho interests of socjoty. T the profession of religion werg only the making of u personad Jedon with Gord it would still e i larseo ealling, hut in addition to such a sluple worship it 18 nlsa n profusslon of love iing out to tho worlds What eould be browier than tha earoer of St Paul? wint more impresslve than tho lives of nll thaso wen who have in all ees lelt homg al countey to plant smong suviaga tribes dio benutitul morals of the Goapel? No ey winds wne plalus tn tha north, wmil no binzbie #ins b the troples, have avalled to anmlu the advanely footstep of the herald of this now olvittzntdon, Withorspoon and Chalmers ad ull that school have shown at home the sume Aympathy with the peoplo which (he missionnry g displnyed nbrowd ond thus wit gpreat Chrld= tinua Juln fn bearing witness that the vow of retiglon s o vow of tenderness toward man- ki, Looked ut in both of ita rolations to AeIC and to nunkhed, this vow of fidth s an Im- menso puranit, Wers 1t n money-proanoing Form of Industey, us nre the learned “professions and the most of huomn patha, it woull outrank il oshiers in 118 dignity, Inteingically It 4s the most apleandid of atl tho ocetpation nlong which Ui Heats pours s encrgy, b, IVoIving no ro- witrd exeept the approvial of self und soclety and the bouedietlon of tad, it compuras lilly with those findustrios of the heart which bring in rich roturns (1 gold. Tho Hrst wanta of mun nro thoso of his plysieal situatlon, henco tite populnrity of tho pursnits which yletd food, wnd - clothing, and - sholter, uls more spfeitiunl must st asido and wult for their other duay, But, coming quickly or 1y, It 8 ngrent” dny fn the yoarsof a human slged Uy ita nbsolute merit, tho rellelouy d ny or business of any onv born fito this workd is tho largest calling bo wit! aver llnd on those shores, Nt the tact that tho parents of Jahi Colvin begued him to stady buwe beeauso i retiglous puruit olid not bring {n enough of gotd romintds us that it ks dittienle for w mn to tind the true estimate of any and all the forins of spirlinnlity, A sublime (ife nay bo hidden from sigdit liko tho geld under mountuins, 1 whit lns now been sald is true, or {0 one- half of tho greatners olalmed for the vow of re- lgton be true, then shail wo ugrea with aul that it Is tine to witko out of sleep. A reliefon held without uny enthusinsm fafls In two futl partieutura,~it Tails to nuko happy Its posses- sor, 1L fulls to bless the surrounding throng., It 13 only tho ealling enthuslustically tollowed that Lrings good or bustows kood. AIlhippy persons aro inspirntionu! pewrsons. They are decply moved . and they movo others _deeply. ‘out “notion’ which mnkes u poworful ori- tory or dramn, tmt lntenso vivacity must cume aad mukae our public nnd ‘privato ‘rellgion for us or It will dio of dloness and sleep, = Bud duy for uny of 14 when wo shull carey our falth 14 that cumel ussimes (ta prekages I tho dosert, With moans thut tho way 1880 desolnte nd tho Tond 80 heavy, Oneresort belongs to all modern Christinns,—that of rutlnnln{ tho lond of beller 1o he borne. ‘The mind need not besooppressed A onee It was with lirgee il TN of doctrine. ‘I'he croed may be simphified until tho yoko shill e ukl{ and tho bundea luht, However [igit these doctrines miy thus bo made, thoy will be SUHL powerless 1o bless nnless tho spirit iy which thoy reslde shall know und feol thelr worth, snd shull deeply love thom in thelr fowuess. 1t wo, huve only ane tenet we must love it tho more heenusu of 1ts bolng an only child. The ration- ullan which destroys ko many Ideas must de- mand of soclety that it shall love the more deeply nll thut romains, 1t has been an evil of ratlonutism that it has bullt up u critlent fuculty which enn dustroy muore ousily than love, It hne onlurged tha bralns of pioty” and to n parallel degreo has diminished ity heart, and has lof't the worlid awaiko fn 118 diserlminauon of dowmn but usleep 0 its nttuehments, This Iy a bud result In # world where ** out of the heurt nrothe fssucs of Iife,* fn - world whore ledrning must be wedded to pussion. Tho very tering *awakenlng® and “zenl" have been” brougsit Into diarepute by some of the so-uamed vovivaliats who fave nt Intervala pt over tho land, The ** Hamnionds* und Vi Cotta* have. perchups, mude inany Chiels- tiuns ashuimed to displny zeal vt thoy might be ehsed wmong funaties, 1t 13 quite probnblo thut theso sensationul persons have not rovived Curistinglty, but ritther have smitten It with n putisy, for tha rebound nguinst retigion amonyg tho upper clnssea nftor thesu sensadonul dias pluys 13 ns great s tho Impulse for Chrsthuity i wmong ehildren In tho days of - thelr progres: Hut ull zeal has lis oxtreme.” Ynch |“"’" cilw pushed to an evil, Thore must ho ln relfglon a form of sawakenlng ™ which shall indced b 1ife, Just tiko that uprising ot a peaple which sometimed brings learning baek to dnri ngoes, or the nrts beek to u rude period, or liberty baek miltions whu lind become slaves, Edch o nof mun hos beon ngin and agnin swept over by revivals which gave lifs. The ook suns will not amako n sumnorting, will wot melt the nccumuiations of snow and fec which now cover “this Northorn Intitude; those sundogs will ba tho wonder of nn hour: but after them the truo sun will shino on, and will nt Inst wurm the winds over the hiend und the ground under the foot. False rovivals may eomo wnd nmuzs the spectator, but thora I8 possible and easy a truo rovival In nwakening an enencstnessand zeal which shall transform one winter of skeptielsm into'u sums marthne of ralth, It [4 high timo,” said the Apostle, ** to awnko aut of sloep” 1t Is quite geoerully admittod 1hat atl tho wpostles expected an early end of tho world, and that in the limmedinty presenca of auch u solumoity Pl fels that the thue for n- actlon und for peaceful days bud passod wway, On the eve of such un event i Sirango onthisls ugm should spring up In cuch Christian soul. Wao ditfor trom those carly samta in our not exe pecting any near end of this humun dynusty, but we ngree with the salnt In the lm.'uni{ thit gront eveuts itre [n the worrow, and that it wore dis- graeeful w sleep with u cold slead creed in our Iand, 1t 14 time t awake out of sieep, not bo- cuuso the world Is nbout to ba closed nwp, but rather beeauso it is to go on, und ask those Christiung now living to olp It go onward the more sweotly, It 1810 go on, and vico und skop- tielsu and evon atholsm uro mixing polson into tho cup. 'Tho world hus tou much of lgnoruuce, too el wickedness, too inuch poverly, o mich unhapplness, too much distrust bt God and Christ und another lifos and with all this untit. nesa it 18 moving (uto that immonso aren enlled to-morrow. Our ourth 13 u8 solomn 1n it vone tinttance ud It would be In Ity cuding, ‘The thought that here ure seon to bo u bundrod millions of people, ull of whom vught 10 Nod hamus und eduontlon, and a shinple roliglon, nnd Aomothing of Buppuiess, and thut 1ho strowma of these things uro ull to law out of our ugo Intoe thulr contiry fsono whose welght of responsis bility cannol by mondured, . Insteud of sinlting mto gruves und lenving 1ho tarth without i oo eupant, milllunguro to go unward with all that awlul powor of the soul for Joy or teard.: Our nstitutions nre to move into andtbor ventury In # Fow yonrs more, and tho Christians now living wiiler the numes of many denominations will by Kullty of great neglect If those luws and customs which to-duy surrodnd us stull not puss to our ohldren much bettor ftted fur ali the wants ot th penple, L presence of such a thellling future we mav allizm this: that what tho rulig ranks or tie highor cluss ot Christluns most need 18 enthusi- adm, All the othor forms of buman life uro mlly uroused, Onr nge runs along its many paths, Bupty of all inspiration, rellglon ity town and gontly sleeps, awake {t dobutcs or studies Futhor than loves, thusloam would tenbstorn such s desort into an Eidou, * Awnko, fur the tine 1s short," sulil tho glows fug soul of Paul, Not short for buminity, bt short for ench Individusl, Diifer us stidonts mny abunt thy end of the world, wo ull agreo in this: that cach ono of us will soon quit these seenes, 1f we huve any task to porlorm in the o of dod, wo mudt busten (o tho work; if wo knvenny kind words tospenk, we must busten 10 speak thom; If wo ire to hand any cup of re- froshing wator to manklud, we must til it now, 1t i titu to awuke from tho eleep that bus long wnchained tho brain and buiart, Huch day reads 1o us y list ot friends or of steangors who buve goue, Whlle ploty siceps, deati s fully awako o hld awtul tusk, A distingalshud son of onr West bas just gono. A slow diseano took down the tubltution of flesh and the mind hus returned to jis God. Ax long 1go ad lust sutnmer Mr, Matt i, Carpenter jmust have begun to think ot (he nour ending of by powerfut Lire, and with that thouyht thor must Buve come o Bid gitged wind many wa bour of punsive nud perhups cowmforting meditation, In T lust oF luwt Supfombur by WEGLo t 16 quite i long lotter regunting the intrinsle inerit of tho Gospols, wud from It 1 gIve u tow sontuncss to show Ity spirit: * Whoever will read Cleero's twillkhit specaintions sbout duty und (he future lite, romombering toat perbups ho was ine tull- cat wan of untlnuity, thoe ripest scholur und e dent of tho highveat perlod of clvitfaition, und remombering thit ffom the birth of Cussar o tho bivthh af Christ the only ehiange that came to elvlilzation wis n decline, “and that Jesus bo- lunged 10 un out-of-tha-wuy peoplo, u psoplo npurt f1om the bigh tides of buman greatnoss, und thon will remd from tho Sormon on the Mount, [ cannot cowprehend how hu Lt cseupo the conclusion that tho dif- l\;runuul 0t oueof degreo but of kind." -, -, Wirhat Jusus, surrounded us ho was, could hayo promulguted n aystow of mworals ombodymg wil that Is most yaluable iu the prior 1o of the world, und to which ningtoun centurivs of cive Iizution Huyw Hot been uble W wld o thoueht or IMPAFL ui OraRIEnt, (3 4 et Hot 1o bo vxplalned by auny ridiculo.’” I such scotiments scomud the more rich und valuuble W thy Bopatér bu- CuUse By MULE soun pusa Nt tho unsven world, 1ho 100 Fousen f0F tho Rame line of thought stunds goud for you ail. The thne 18 lodeed shurt, Awuke! arisul wid attomps to mossure and reafizo tho worth, and responsibiity, and dignity, and tho uwuparalisted ul(vuf this world] Mark 1ts uwrul landsespo! What an wXpuns ‘illu way be wede to Lo of fulth, any bode, and love, ‘and buppluess, Murk what . world of mind and b noblf e af religlon! What sory| humun race! What M won from: mankind, nnd Tu whi they huye bldden nilie to this USE O TIfl WORLD, RERMON DY THE BEV, DIt THOMAS, Notwithstunding tho wninyiting eharacter of the wenther yesterday forenoon, n gomlly cons grexation wis gathered I Oie Peoble's Chirehy Hoolog's Theatre, whers tho Rov, e, Thomus preached an steuctive sorimen on * The Use of tho World" Followiug is tho disconrse in (ull: Atid they that use this world,ns not abuslg e =T Coriy vit 31, ‘The term * world " has many and lirge mean- s, 1t wny be applied to tha earth, or to the materinl untverse, or it iy mean abl the things of time and se, 08 wenlth, or plensure, or earthly pursulte, In thie hrowd sonse it of stunds In contrast to things spiritaal, as tho (hings of the world, or the pleasires of sense ns opposed to tho things of tho #pieit. Thus wa apeik of the worldly-mindedand the worldty-wiso us those whoae 1ives gu Inrely to tho pursuit of wealth, or to the pleasures of time, As used bn tho text, [ suppose the word properly covers the wide flelil of ullenrihly thinge, ny lnbor, plensure, wenith, and nll soclaf relations. Into this vast systom of things man comes a3 a user, ns n posseasor. Mo has faculties to ne- quice, and powers to possess and to unjoy, o Is the master, tho owaer, wid not the scrvant, ‘The world (8 to serve wun, and not mun to serve tho world, It was mado for hiny and not o for it. And henee o study of the proper uso of tho worlil, or how 10 80 1o It as to seeure the high- est entls of our earthly exist ence, Is one of very gront mportanee, ‘I'o thiug sosm evident: the worll should bo useds fLiay be abised: and from thoso fnety abouid urlse the Inqulry ue to how It shoukl by used, and this will open the questtdn ns to the fnal canse of Life, or that for which the workl Is given to man, "o world, using tha term in It genoral sonse, shauld b usedt in somo way. ‘I'ols will seem ovident 1f wo observe the pownrs we huve to and tho things providel, ov within reich, to used, . Tho one means the othier; or the posse slon of powers moeana that they should be eln- ployed, shonld be netive, andthis actlvity should 0 in the direction of those things erented Tor t8 0, A wo thisd ourselves thies conditdonad we huve many capaeities and nmnr WIS, nad wo nre {0 wvorkd of rimost bouidless sitps phes. Tdewd, the world of supplies seems in- exhansinble, Mostof the things that ave line perative I luman need ke oo sting they iro '3 hoy hnve rend fiey have hanarahly Ulessed hopos fatence. pourcd ont fn exhanstloss quantities, We enn never breathio all the treo wirof 0, Wo o er that flonts In tho clouds and fulls (o rdn and snow, und flows nronnd tho eartlh In overs, snd lakes, and oeewns, I never have had pny fenrstlint tho water of our world would piva out sineo [ rode aver our b You muy deepon the ensul so us to Hogt stewmors and give all the Inbubltants “tlong the [lwis River pure lako water, snd Ningura and_St, Luwre will not know the ditterence. You enn never by looklg nso up tho ight of the sun, You Hover exnmust tho ehenlenl und mechuni pu of our world, Water {3 no weaker attor it hig turncd the wheels that drivo millions of aplndles and looms, When you buve konuiuted stegn enough todrive nil the coglues In the worlil there is Just us much money tomeks more ns thure was vefore any had been used: and there 18 conl enough to "boil it, and fron enongh to make tha boflers and the chgines, Wo awro fn e workl Wihoso resources ara practieally exhnustivss, Tn aumo (s trite of tho [ile Torees, With propor care they Inereuse In vigor wid multiply ulinost to inflafty, Tlo lIfe of corn, or wheit, o grass, or elover 13 not worn out by reproduction, ~ One car of corn, or one graln of waent, or one s of thmothy OF clover, IC eared for, woitld soon plant and sow all the tlelds of the workh, And thusame I3 true in the reproduetive power of ~atilmal [Ifo, Une palr of Hah e Hilall the rivers und Inkes, One palr of birds con M the forests, Thore I8 tio end under proper lthagement to tho fneeease of cattle, o horses, o hogs, Wo slaughtor 2,000,000 hogs i yeur in onrown city, but niora thuw 0,000,000 pigs cun Lo ralsed vrel y on our prajries.. We nre In o world wonderfully futl of life and of litu-progucing power, it thu'wator, und i tho adr, and, in pard forme, elings tw animals wel covers vegetution, And tho same oxhnustlesnoss abounds in tho t. Tho morg truth you ro seeins to bo to dis- discover, tho more tho ) cover, And tho yame I8 truc of benuty, Trulh don't wear out by belme used. The laws of muthomitics or the principles of - chemlstey noever gut wearled of bolng studied, Thoy nre fresh and strong for every sge of bLeginnera, 'Tho fnws of beauty—whntever they may bo, for they ure bavd to annlyze—nlwnys ablie; they walt nlways ugion tho atteative mhid to enchant .and to titl with pleusure, 'The suwno i3 teuo off art und music, Heauty sppears in now forms wisd comblnutions in the bund of art, It fod the oye of Ureece nnd Italy and Egypt thousands of years ngo, and I8 Just us remiy to feed us. You cu't wear 1t olit: you can't oxhuust it You cun't oxtnust musle, It always hus i something higher und finer boyond, and’ {ta simplest prin- oiplus wuit tpon tho Hrst thoughta of 1he ledrn- er, T'ho mora you use of it, tho more thoroe Is to uso, And tho sume s truw it tho world of of- featlou und of worals und rellglon, ., ure Hiimitahtel Love hegets Erom tho love of self and miy g0 out to the love of [ nolghbors, and_country, wmd the world froin these you iuny rise up to the love of Gud: and the wore you love, the moro you witl ses to fova, and tho grontor will bo your power to love, nud ) novur oxhuust olthor love or the ovible, Wo mny wotder how theso things enn L, but 8o thoy nre. You caunot overlowd tho Juw of gravitys you cannot put ko giany worlds A0 Apnee as to brenk down this luw, It ein earry A niillon suns In ks nrms Justus easlly as it can aurry agralt of gand; and woro it possible for 1 unfverso to bu born overy lonr from now on Torever, spco cOuld not be filied 1w, nor would the dnw of geavity grow weary of ts burdon or 1t work, Aud so it 4 of truth, and beauty, and lave, ‘i'hoy aro Intinit. Thoy nro ke Gad, They uro Uod. And we clilidren of time are born joto thls inflnlt wealth of things, and we neo hoj to use, and tho moro we use aright, tho hetle we glory our Crentor. "Thore I8 no philosophy of Hfeso poar ns thut ** which hides its tulvnts fn wnupkdn's us that which shirinks awny from the intinity of things, us thongh there wero dunger uf thelr belng used up. 1018 hke bolug suving ot ale or suntiynt, . liut In e prescnce of this law of uso that bitls us go forth nnd satlsty tho longings of our. nature /nd revel fn tha lnfiuit werlth of things, wo are confronted by the fuct that it I3 pussiblo to ubuso this privileso, to abuso e world fu- stend of using 1t Whethor we can expluln It or not, It is still i fnot that thoro is an established arder or muture of things in which thoy ure help- fuly thoy minlster t onr good, and vutside vt thls thoy become destructive, they turn to ho It iy Lo usteange fuot, but nevel tholess It f8 0 fuet, thut things ave double In theie netlon, ve n ‘thelr cifeets; thoy tuve puwue to burt s well a8 to hiolp. Einoh possibie blesying b lifo has 1ts reverse sido of dungerand uvil, ‘Tho fire thut wirms us will burn us, The water that Huats our ships witl drown us. Ve ale we breathe may chill uy, Fousdund exerclse, AF tukun In excesy, bocomo /i Anjury nstewd of 1t goods and 80 of 1 tho nppetites wid prsions, Within cortntn Hinlts they minlstor toour ploas- uro; uu?'uwl theso thoy turn yound and Intiet puin—thoy becomu istrimonts of tortire, Aud thore fs” thls steenge Luet, further, that all oitr power of will and - our - grontest ciforty uro utierly Impotent to reversy this ordor of nture, O Lo WVOrL the gou- sequences whon this order hus boen violated. Tt I8 trup ono pajgun may antidotu unothor whe tuken nto tho systom; but oven In this wo fn- voke the ald of W law of chemicnl effeots, nnd our only hopo 18 in stayiug luslde of law ruthor thun t tegiug Lo gut outeide, And L ls not nlon in the renkin of the physionl that we comg uidor this cuvironnent of un es- tublished order. ‘The Juw of sequence §8 in the warld of wind und marals us well ua In tho workd of matter. ‘Thore 14w reverse side Lo thingy In the spiritual nd well ns in the natural, Uvor nguinst love stand tho dirk forma ot anger, und hatred, und - Jealousy, Cruclty stands over wgplnst kindnoss, and’ n possiblo despule muy cuat ta ahudow nto the sunshine of hopo. And tho luws thut govern In the world of " the sout liuunm Lo tritled with uny niore thun the luws of fre und water, Lovo 18w tendur, a sensitive 1lfo; it will not bear fulseness; it cwnnot vidira deception. {t dles In such wn nimospere. It -y change to Jealousy, or reveuge, ur ubhor- ronce; or it uwy tuke on tho form o N deop sorrow, A plnig uwiy, or becono W uiniul pltging. {100 as love, It must huve ita condivons. Thoro Is but a siugle fule step be- tweon wny Individual, or auy '"'""g und do- struction.” Oue stroko may sbattor the dulicato vise thut now holds thd Hlowers of afivetlon whaso Crugrince mukos glad the 1ife or beaat(- ful the home! Tho faws of public confidenos #ud estoem i the buslness nnd wnolal world ury Sery senalLive (o ubie, und quick uiid sovra n thelr rotribucdons, Lot one i publio or pri- vilo trust become o defunlter, or lee asuliioe turn trdtor, und rotributive sequonees uttuek bim on il sides, from withln und without, And thus wo sce tat the vust woealth of life iy be sbused, or {t may bo used; may bo turiied ton right or n wrong purpose. And la tho midst of such w world wo' stand ns arbiiors 48 doterniinors of roulty. Au we touch the Ko the Instruinent of lle givos forth hiemony of discord. And {t 13 not ntone trus thut wo iy ubigo the world: It fa n sud fact with nil Dt In aome wuy we have nbuscd it lgnoran wilitully wa have brokon ita faws, Mo abusing tho world now, They nre turiing tho [awa of houlth to dlseasvi they are turning Luwtul guin to greed; thoy wro toraing lave ta Just; they urd pussivg frowm temperonce ta drunkenntss, Hauving seen that tho world should be used, and may bo sbused, let ud now usk what tho proper usy of this workd fs, Aud this will towd e tu nak tho further questions us 1o what is th futentyur tho end of lite, 11 wo can understid whnt i1y neans: whint 18 1t Tor; wnd (hon can fourn iuw tha world vun Lo bost ‘wsed to urtain thut e, wo shall luve reached tho wuswer us o wht |8 the propur use of the worid. ‘Tha Hual cuuse of (ife, or thut tor which our oarthly pxlstenco 13 given us, iy bo butter un- doratood by obaueviug those fuots, e Ono fuctio by noted 48 1o shortl presoat I(10: tho fownuss of onr carthly yenrs, > Tho Lo s abort,” suys tho Apostlo; and that fuct shauld modity our viewd s to the nsture und fmport of il worldly pursuits snd posses- slons, "Wy ull recognizo this fagt wholi wo sot- tle in soime pluco fur only u fow weoks or woats, Wo suy that It 13 uot worth whlio y ey 83 00 our « Freo i ereaseld the dntoradt I bis work, nt peh tr Hhort nny, o ureangn Weatee therg rfr n'".'.'““* tor vy 0F Ao Bl purnoss; all wy® way 9 Sy, TN Lo <erve o temporary 8 el not he awise to preay s o kg AN T 00 B0 OF il Bireh wogge, 15 1 tr, HOHeR 18 Iy Bes (eIt i the Wi v g, 10F! cottvigee wli tha st inpr i e vl b tho worls for 1 reat I bl settled T o 0, 1 eyer i o home sties. e, IRt st 3T ES o Fuet thag o h.f‘.‘.‘fi il g 4 Feore and Conrsenyn T hren- wre *tRonn e Ay We Dt thing begond o 1t { death, If thoro \\‘Iultllm e i ) e woulil dofy al) exn, r v 1ot 1 Lo w0y Lt Gue pd.""f“i‘&'un. 1 coptinees ae vanteys L1 et je gy D6l arten geand in 1t detinvementss ;i Uy fiet of tho erundsue of live thie olenin, only tho e 10 1Mo hnt 0o rewl vl Jutepo horms worait i L uigh flke (ho srass bo 116 of 50 el pos this'y ks v s, S0 SOIRIL U ot perdt vit, | LY ooty 07 8 1 Kbty or elghty yeurs wiabi ' oo’ 10 e ery. (1 s only ny 1S Loy ey oie YOUN Ui gERYo LAt 1t on seom w0 e iy il e, FIE DELor, DOVor L liv o TR AL ALy tmo'to cewse to e, 1 e, thay And ‘ nrolog our enrthly 11t Tor ‘cone S thousands of ymm}, wl e jhould xhurvl-)"hu{ 'l;‘lr THE RO for o - 0 DL Ui ol of Miey years would be futeder than at o i o Vilon digars Hito o earit,” U 0F o, ¢ huve ‘thon lwforo us anoth . present mido OF being it o sy OUF HUOEL LNg, Tl chniige 19, 11 one seguo. g (L8 et one, TE Ieans o° [eave e i 1NOVO 0L 0F olir earthly tbericlo: o g them Duaelc to dust. Whataver oo g j, 550 Cuturn Kturo may bo, it must be sepirateg [ o oue prasent bodles, i ience remove foptrad wants that belong to the sunses, Ienth Wirke . ehungo In vilies. Mowey, clohen or, i 1uikds o f o posaihic yso s Who huve pngsod out of the budy, or, ns we m" v Rt betos us to w st Now, this brings us to n study of the u worll from the double standpoint of um??er:f.'.'f: rul and the spiritual, Tho use of (ho m,rnh temporal hings 18 to supply tenporat nnm“ Uhiesu iy o on Inrger or sinaller seile wg e Tstes, OF ONE posiLons, OF OUr direnmstances may duniitnd ar enubie U8 10 grathy, But oven (e this temporal standpolnt the” proper wau of he waorld i Wworthy of Chotlghts . Ok fur neks, Wit shull {profit i wan it hoe enin tho whoy sworld i Tnso s own HEeP” Tt s, lifg 1y mora valuablo thin propeets. Praperty’ hay gy volua to the Individual beyund Lif fn 15 1 grent mistake to imperil or saln prdperty especluliy beyond neetdd, IS A mistake, oF 4 m); 10 live simply for_property: and foolish 1o ki onosoll o gali it. Tho s who lives for and iy property nlune 18 elving bimselt foe wometning o lurl 04 \'ullllltl lllmll II|\; l’i Wiadowm woulq seem 10 suy that *having food and raima; should o tlinrowith content, e Bt it s from tho spivitund view of Jifo thay Wwo innst get aur highest ldens of thie usy of thg worlld, Deith ends our "bodily cotdidons and our eurthly needs, But whit 18 1L that survivey deati? What [$10 that wo tako with us whey Swe iy away "2 IL IS Y wo," not anather pOVROmALILY, LUb_ourselves who % iy nwug s jp is one mentnl und spiritual econselousiess thag suevives deaths ‘Pnut I8 the life it goos fors wird—that never dlos. And mow from thiy atundpoint whint IS tho wisest uso of the worl|? Certainly it wiil b found 1 8o usiog it as iy nister to the wealth of that whict 13 tolivg forever. And here we rench the conclusion that ton much of the workd should not bo putupoy the senses,—should not go to minister to the witnts of tho anpetites and the passions, And why'? Beeauso these goon perish. * 17 we sow 10 tho tlesh, wo Bhull of the Hesh reap corrup. thon "3 w ot reap anythiog eise; wecean. not ralse Immortal ralts’ on such perishable soll, 'Thare 18 suro and o torrible dostitution, n calumitons 1033 nwaitie those who livo for thy present anly,—live in thelr senses nnd thelr prs- #lony, 'To wieh, denth menns the Joss of ullrh huve. It will teavo thom epieitually poor., .?; will enst tng #oul out upon ity lang journey poor ond winost niked. ‘Uhat for which 1t Lived will have patlshed In denths that which It will then need will bo unprovided. Aml wo ronch the conclusion .n1so thut It 18 not using the worl] wisely 10 neglect the souli and mueh less 1o in- duirg ‘tho sotil—to Injure character, to sacrifico truth, or Justice, or munhomd to galn property, Better, a thousund tiines botter, to live snd din pour, and live und dio honcst, than to gk waalth by dishonesty, by defrauding 1he lnborer, or tukiog advintage of ‘tho lynorant ur the contiding. We shoull all bave a high respect for thosu who honestly gnln property und uss |t gonerously for thewmselves and for tho eod of the world; but for thoso who would crush thh poor, whio erre not fur the success ot othors but wottld run over the wouk and helpless In their greed of guin, thote oan bo no warm place in tho henrtol socicty. From tho stundjoint of ourspiritual natirs Wa reuch unotbier conchuslon s to tho use of the world. Wo should not only not live for time aloug, und not saeriflea the spiritual in the pur- suit of tho temporal, but ‘wo should nso the world to bulld up tho spiritual. And by the apteitunl hera, I do not menn somo abstraet the Ory, HOr 1L nery cestnoy of the souls not these: but the spiritual a3 fostnd In its relatlons to il tho ligher aims aud pursults of life; as found It humes,and schoal, and ehurehes.and the vast beuevolences that fook to tha care of thour- phang und negleciol youth, and tho genoral bets eroent of mankind, It we can once reafizo tho fuat that all nur present lifo fslntroductory to und a proparation for our longer existenco boyond the urave. o ahall thon in tho light of this fact see the proper wse of tho world. The quostion {3, how to use he world, tot* for presont gratification nlone,— his {1 nuTmco 18 proper,—but how 1o use it ns to build nup thought und sontlmont: how to 180 it in Lufldlng up purity and love; in mukine churactor for vurselves and In domg cond for othors, ‘Fhls carthly 1ife, ns wo have seen, I3 not ultimpte, does not find ity expling- tlon here, but {n the tony hereafter, And the highest wisfom I8 in 80 using tho world A8 Lo earry up ang transmuty 1ty present jors ud vadues (1o those things that we carry with ud,—1uto tove, nad hope, and all the noble quall- ties of the soul. Oue wealth, our work, our amtsemonts, our sociul relutions should uli tend inthese higher diveetlons. Wo shiould so plaa our lives as to find time tor friondship, fordeeds of kindness, and for hours of pwdlluuon and prayer, ° ‘Tho Apostte desoribes this kind of a lite n & mast practioal mauner In tho verses connecied with the text. Thu Chureh was fu_troublous thnes: tho pueseeutions of Nero wero nar, and il of Nifo scenied anly nepan; and in this Hight ho st that thoso who thuerled should be b though thoy murried not, wnd thoas tht boughé aud s0ld ws tholigh they tradod not; that fn nothing should thoy worry; that in llmm{‘i oy sliaitld bo as those who used tho world an didnot abase it, That s, they shonld look upon ull this world a3 but a passing seened ey khoutd not stap hero; this wus not thelr redi but should uso. all as somethlsg lutended ta ECPVe (1 Presont, o pussing, purpose, sud eludl ook beyond, ook to whero nil should fnd {8 higher meaning und use in cternlty, I 1 15 wisy thion to use the world 18 a school for discipling; and 10 ali (13 uso to Lo mnking ullbr- selves ns wollas making pnuwrlfl. 1t Js not the I)Inw or tho loowmn thut we shoul) bo fntent Ill‘"; L the graln and tho oloth thit wo get. thnigd tho tise of those, Not tho eamern, but tho P‘Cb ure, do wo want, Wo 1nust neods ciro [of (h insteuments Lo got the results, but tho reuith nre whit wo should look 1o, Aud i these sults wo dhould luok not enly to the present, 80 10 WHIL WO CUPEY 1D Wil tranainity 0L the £ during e of the soul, and henee mrrf l;m WIth 3, bitt wo should Jnok 1o thoso results o follow utter. Wo muy 8o uso tho worid n;“ Teave Inlluenoes duy shul) tewd tor wood :rlu woursgone, ‘This muy be sl mmnmnw”r W lunve I the bome, 'We da ot cise 10 KE0 wheu wo dle. Danth brings ont 1ife; stanips 48 lmpress upon it, und fn that (eness it rem ] in tho mewury of ehildren, th tho memorr shorten lifagy Wit th lify Hstae of the worl trionds and nelgbbors, wud i ofitd b wore powerful - Tnotor ' thun wren e know ‘muny vircles thag abwell hullowod llgnt Toft burning ou tho alars wl:!fl tho loved ones wout nway. ‘wenty \'|'"_'l‘u v, Eddy traveled, and preactied, uil 'fi« s ull over'the Northwest, and 1 find his up‘ o noorgy suill presout with the people whEty Lyo. And thus ingy we sl In our q_munus e ut ditiuenvo for good thut stall 11ve st oy when wo shull huvo pussed awuy. Our oy lent oltizens, men of wealth, who fl“w!b\l houce from year to-year, hive, luoke! B ‘They bive tlled to plunt sohoots, and ¢! sl aud orphnungos, Some huvo left Illrl(""nr money thitt stntl o on nultiplying W poves plelte gooil.” And 08 thoy und we piss on 10 1o shEC wor! o sttt ook buek upon \\hul[ \v\r: :": donog’ wo shill turry With us tho ool W0 TS gainod; wo shill from tho othier Abure W Costs W8 sU1ps A8 thoy vomo In bouring the “"';‘flf,‘(:flo Belpod ta plant, bringing tho souls wo et g suve, O] thon, go usntho world; !mk"fw"-l' every powar; bu faithiul m overy work: bl i evory pluce, and your duys w_m grol and tho yenrs grow brighter torever. FATIER GAVAZZ‘" CLOSE OF IR LANORS IN TIN3 Lfl;:-mu Futhor Guvigzl, eonpjuded bla ibont B g clty yesterdig, prouchiug thyge tuies. AL in Christ Cbureh (blshop Chenoy's cumq § Michtgun avenuo i Twonty=fuarih KA subject belng *The Woyk of Gud ln’ Tl Jnv"“ Bulf-pust 2 {n tho ufterivon ut tho Fist AR Church (Dr. Lorlmer's), corser of Tnirty street uud South Park avenue, o8 7 Liberty, Civilund Reifglous™s and st B85, in tho "Fuird Presyterhm Chureh (U5 G2 tredgu's), cornor of Ashlund und Oxden 81550, rugieding *ThoEvungelizution Work 0 iy Italtnn Chiareh,’ Nolwlthatut s, gy urn, thorg wero good - congredttin i tho throw churchus, il Fatber G ndes . i vory fivorable haprossion i (nmnffl. take Vit wil doubitess asult in beowiit ‘.[,:.".."uum tuus, u8 usalatuace tn bulldig np PEET, thore hus been promlsed. o oris sud gontloman losves this morntug (0F PO, o g0 Bt, Louts, and thouce bo yous l".“mn of e Coust. AL prosont hu his iy HIEHEOE, IFDing hora—u thing (o Lo CeRrviiets 5y, semuils UV buen so Seresini AR o peoble who did nut ear bim would s selyea uf tha opportunity if be cabie i THE {EV, GEORGE O NE .lmlr 4 o ropuated bis Ieoture on tho lnmll R cruoom hougg, fu Farwell all, yestoods 8ocs | ‘Ihe audicucs wus largy, i viow