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Show , SUM,v sun k is. lCtllRl,..""-"n,,ell,1,11"' (Malcr Sli'lMli comnuiicln at 2 m , l'ri"1' Ati.iu M. Cnnon reeldlrjir , . ,. Tht clio" I congregntlon tang the hymn co"'"'"-' tUlI in'""1 lkea.rlil,rnlB( nilJdiI fiery Ulm l eeme forth, l'r.jcr"" -ITered Counaelor Joaejlijlneliir ltir(il1l ili4ilH 11,1th and loia la tmr Ueait Tl rlntiiooJ ol tlio Fotirlli Wnnl onicl' I" ilinnJniliilttrntloii of tlie r!acrn"t ICtlJAIMI).TAItlAO ., llled UIjOII lO n IdraBt lb oougt. 8 1ralJlie fouuil hlmtelf tuJdeuly uiUnex4clcUIy !jm1 bifote tlie lrl.lo iIIpcIimro one of tlie ilutli UbKliiKlunn Hdir lu IlieCtiurch at Kli-oio of Clod ""!J n undcrUVa to comrly will tri rrieit to nddreaa III nudleiic K.dliliot feel thai II. ItUer-J-r HnUwewaiKcUInu their fnltli and UvKilnMnlfuf llioeo called -Iain tluntiuil Hum II" lid Ionic nitii .rell up the I lea that a Mer oujhl IkeKlveti o n piituiilly to prt ro nnliinea Lefimiinul Ih morn a icnki r n llftl on tlio Iti'pltatlon from wl, the mom litiiiillo ua would l, id llm more Marly lo lean our avculjr rntl r aud t enelll hla birth oinriiltlitrrsnirllnitiliiirelf W iiiiha-efallli luOid In ordir to re lire lllaKltte and blitaliua. rTIi term ' lalth" It freii leolly uriil tnong tii. Tho word ft alniottan itery day word Woliaielnnitaiglit liatfalllile Ihe lint prlncliilo ot re. tain I rellRloli 1 1 It llio ililef corner, ioue of the mi enlruct ire i f the Hoc Sol Without It, It ll linwluln to lltnaotliKl Ilia, llunfore well worth tthlletolliiulie Inlithe f ill luiauluf at that word, l-allb la oiler than He human raw, ) et many may not Ii-to i crui n heinled Ita rial aLnincancu. ComlltrluKlleword itaelf It may to obretVed that It IiiI0( aim l Hie rame aa the word 'belief" t-allll la nerecleaofbellel. lilt attlll jhllo. Ingtcal conaldernllona aaldr, fur tn lime belli., It may bn aald, that faltli lu Uid la linj licit conn lenre In lllm, a mi ana whereby we may know Him, mi unlit lllm nt tlio rathe of our rplrlltntid the author of tbn whole unl-erte, without which knowledge we cinuot wor.hlp lllm acce tably or Intelligently It la true, we cannot fully rompre. Iirn 1 nil the inwera anl ntltlbutee of Uod, for man It eatable of uudi r.tn I- j Inn only tlioaonllrhiulen of which he ten form Ida Ideaa br meaiia of com inrlwn InUla recogul. ii-a a true IiUokIiIo prlneltlr cr liiitancr, lo form a corrn.1 Idri ol II e In glli of ten yarda, la uecerear) to know the real length of the unit, one yard, auyonnwho hat lhl tin enilly, ly by tomtarlou, cum reliend tbe longer , meat-re In Ihe aamo way wu obtain kiiowlrdiroofabaliactthliK by coin i taring them to roncrtfe, of iiuaeen tblnga by coiui-tli g ilitruto that j wlili li l .-.n ' Thiiawealo enabli-J toundrntauil, toaoiueixtent, the attrlblitea offJod or He hii bieu rdeaacd to allow ua tocomareaome of them toattrlbutt-a I of which wo hare alrrajy forme I an I lira e hare tvcli told lo call lllm father 1 rerybody tiuder-lauda what tint mrana It la ft name familiar and tlrar to all of ut We know lllm to bo nn Individual with all Ihenttrlbutca which we hare, though In higher inr fecltou He la loving, He la Just f lile weran rcelre twill from illaworla nnd lllaacllone Aud aa we obtain audi knnwli Ifr, we can rxerclMi lallh In lllm n ow who had erectwl nnaltartoati unknown Uod, thrrrly InUiritl that II ey could bavo no faith, for we can tlaie no confidence Inn U Ing whom we do not know. Bring that fallh la nlwlutecoufl dence lu Uod, we may uak the quet ' Hon, How can we IialLto derclae fallhf Hoh writ abiunda (if In ataucea rrtllng furth the reaulta ol-lallmlby ol-lallmlby l lacing lm licit confidence In Uod lhraecanbeatudled togrmt advantage 11 ll alwaya good toatudy the blograi hy t f good u cu and to imitate their rxaini h Abraham la nil lllualtl ui loitance That man with whom Uod dellghtrd to walk waa called to leave hla native land an I go to a country he knrw not Hut he Iruilcd lu Uod and obeyed tht call and wi ut, guided I y Ihe Ixjrd The apcaker here dwelt at length uin the nmarkatle liUtory of that ureal patriarch, ahowlig how he waa tried but that he, III Ihe moitaevire trial place I lui licit coufldence lu hla Uol,k filth tl at wnarawarled with nu nbuulanie of tlie choicer! blrralnKlu ltrfrrrlng to the command of Ihe lord toAlraham toaacrlflcehlaonly clillil .a teat which mu.t have touched hlaheaitatrltiga to Hitlr utmoit tn .Iqii lliu nker rrinnrkcil, 11 at many haBthvugl III unfair of Uol to coin inand A!mhamtddoem.li an act 11 I ateoli held upaiau Inataucoof UoJ iltrmaiidlng n rervant of Ilia to ilefy the lawa of tie Ian 1 lu which he 1 vol and Inlldela have rail, It la tin )uklb!oto have confidence lu a Uod who talKOliimam! aui.ll violation of law and of i aturt llut we muat con akler the clrcumttatuca un Irr wl Ich Abrai am live I ihe govrrmnrnl at that time waa atllanhnl Die heal ol tl e family waa not merely tl eowner 1 1 hla I rowrty, but of hla houn hold t, nndllle and death if the dill lieu wire hi n large eaten I counted Into hla handa luring the lournry In tlio wjldernea, th lird roiiutliuea called HJ" Ihe I ea ll of Ihe famlllea 1 1 xercl Ihla iowir, luordirtoexUr initiate I U- hrmir aud oil ir aliiuera frcm nmong the enph Hucli ni the law at that rtiuote Un i , and tho 1 rd a nooimand war no violation of any ex Ming law The lint Intuitu of Ihu liorl nqulrlig lllaaervjnla to ilify the lawa of any laud, rtmalna yet to U found IlereUll ii , boili ni dent nidtnolirii, hnvt alwaaliin liuom 1 limu with tl o Juit lawa of Ihecullli try He liordlevercallrd Ulnll Ilia liole to ret a idi lawa at tidluucn Altai nm In Ihlagrtat trial, uodouht felt like Job thu Ijord gavo nnd the l.orl ha I n right to take that buck whl h Hoi ail hl veil Wl en olio J latia Imi lltlt confl leiue In Hie Ixrd, tbe rmulttennnt libut UnefltTiit tu mail We muat not j iJge the Almighty ncuirdlug to ounelvea He who hoi l, tulle tto Ilia utdiol, thella.h ofthellgl luluir,iiii I to whom time mil rime an no otataclrr, He who control even II e hearla of men nnd can change lliini to conform to lllailuBanndi invwea Hla rnuil.m can ri ivcr fall lie will In I 111 them lu llla owu lime nnd lu Ilia own way, ltliaabeeliobrervnl that tl know pome men la In Itwlf ngood tHhicatlon an I there It n great deal of truth In that, llut If thl t U ro, what l It to Liow the lord It la ludee.1 III" eternal eter-nal And the more wo know of lllm Ihe more lalth tliemoreconfldencewe catvplacu lu lllm . . . t allh la tl e gieat l tlnclple I y which nil thing". In the univenr nre ornted raulaayathe wollda were mala ly faith The Father and the Hon, who urgaulled there wort la, had to exerolae their faith lu order to accomttlili thl great work Yea, for Uod cover naked ua todoanvlhlig whldl In would ntt do Hlmrelf thtl-t alwaya loll lludlaclptealo follow fol-low lllm When He preached the necewltyofbatln(ll i rove I It by gologdown Into the water Hlinaelf, an I It la then fore but reiaoiiat In to aui ie Hint (lol, our 1 nther, nnd 1 Ha Hon eierclM fallh alice we are re-lulretl re-lulretl tnda ro. Tie l-ord txrrcln'n mllli lu tl e prluclplee aud lawa where. ly lleoiMratce Ileapakeheciuae He had confidence In the powet He a Bette.!, nnd creation waa organlied He may aiaak again lo ua, mil tbepowrr of penecullon mny ( alnyeil Ilia twrr Hlafnllli nre now the tame he tbey w ere before If wenrellli children we may ex-prcl ex-prcl to fin I lu u to n certain client, n me of the attrlUitm belonging lo Him rhlnkofllomechauluwho liaa brealhed, u II were, hla own geulua Into He work Ir haa compleleil He aprnka, lw cnuae lie knowa the exact nature of hla work and the lawagovtrnligll, he hat fallh In It, nu I nthlacunimau I tig word the machine movea Hi dor the Crentor command tbe work He haa male A man who doubla la not penccl. llut he who haa al while faith tan tx claim Though He alay lue, yet I will aervo.HIm" Itla notalnaya mryto truillntuo lord, for aoDulltiHa He trie Hlachlldren, but In trull II iiiikI Ut rimembere.1 that Uod ollen Hunt the gnateat ilinlculllin Into bhrilngt. hallhlanxirtofUol lauun.lhen nrcvuntalle lor u t ixercltlng lallh? rheHonofUod haa rail that eatla rboul I not be catt before rwlne He doea not htvlali Hit klftt on IIiuhi who do not ap reclale them, butthoa who ojien their hearla ahall have them filled with Ihla In aveuly gift, aud Uol la norcaiicctir of ieraina Ihe on turlon, Cornellua an I meuyolhera ha I no right to the bleiatnga of Uod ly luiatia of their colltiectlou with ll e ebon ii toed, ytt when they rewire I theinanlvet for tbe nccei Unco of faith, they received It. ihilr irnyerawero anaweril 1 Venn heathen, who will live up to the light he haa, will reci Ive faith, while nrialnt win doia not live according to hla light, will looto It. 1 verylaely will be held account, ntle fur what llblt and other ailrttunl clflaharo len beetoweJ tiuit hlni. Ill ncc, QVeu the Idolater, who la enili. ett In hla worhl , will bu rewaMed nt leaat for I la earncetnitt llut If there heouewho haa renlvel fallh nut llshLheluutl rlrrcUe thlt fnltll. or I e wlllilan I coudrmneil Home ih-oi le think their Individual iirorUnrnloet III the mullll l lo with w llkll Hie) mingle They fril naif It were ueli-ra to continue con-tinue the alruggle The tnkrr re lui nibered n man who ha 1 once entered n late of wonhlp aa It choir waa ringing n ancrrd liyruu D elr voice, however, mil gird lu the moat fearful dlacord he had ever beat I, all I Ihla lie Ing iMtlctilnrly painful to him, he Ibouglt of either abiilllug liln tara or liavlnglhe place llut aa he feared to how nuy ulrcourtcey to tlio- who- Rlleata he W aa, for the time bell g, he rinialned. and iretenlly he heard n renmrkal ly tweet o rn, not very lou I, tail In turfed hariuoiiy with thu luatriinient. Anl by anl ly, tine after the oilier of tho tlugera un. conicloualy fell in Willi Ihe aweet linger, till, Anally, the whole choir waa In harmony What n Ireton la thlil Wu almull not alop our ellorla becaum of the illrcordathat rurrouud ua We are lemi ted, home tlmea, to let thu dlacorda liava their own we.) . Hut that la eullrel) wrong What la It tu you. If II n harmony of Ihe gieat rong of life la I ol perfect, ao long a you do noliwirvt from thu patt nithrued lo j oil t y the great Ci m jiorir Keen on faithfully, an 1 you will aoou nnd that thoae naaiclatud with you will fall lu with yiu, anl when Ihla time haa rtl, n unlveraal retiettolre of rnlre will leglu In the nilllrulal rrlgu of pen e rhla we can hnateu on by faithfully rfornilng, each our own part The great Hell g although lucimpre-henalble lucimpre-henalble In Hla majealy, la au-ce III le to the Inlluencea which you tan eter-dr eter-dr Ilu can aiullu with tleaiuruor weep with eotrow, Hln uid we not thru endeavor lo Jiao lllm by pine lug nlaolule fallh In Hlni? May Uol blertua, and may our tealliuonlia In crearo, till wethall Join the heavenly choir nliove The choir antic the nnthi iu Irllirr let Thy UeiilBB at parUat ha llenelldlonwaaproiioucedby 1 Idtr William 11 Djugall |