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Show 1 si MA. JSE UES. I li.llalouifcrvlcea. held t the I TV"."!'. Hu" '"'" 0IJ H""J",', Autuit 2J. 18"li commencing el a r , , l'ruld.nt Augm 51. Lauuou t rIJItiic. Tito choir tuiiff tlin hjrmn comraeno- '" itr.ta ieri,tirriii Iter l'!ll brim, tfi thla. Purer wa otlticd ly l'.ldir W.U. Uuubar. Tin choir aantf o Utd et Horn. IttoL lliT rplrllmoitdlftn The Prletlliood of Hie Knuite.nth ward ofllrletc.1 In the admlnlilrallon of IheBicranient. ,14)1" IAMUII V. HICHAM u the flril ipenker. 1U aiked Ilia ,,nipatliyoftlieconiireiiatlon. 1'reaclf lag lha O01H It Willi Uia l.Ueri a libor of love, anil 011I J If they hare lha filth and I "J m o' "'" heart can I , ill profitably. Hie Stcaker referred to tha prutnlio of tha 1-oril that the time ihell mum ib.n Iho Wplrlt .hell 1 rtinred out utou all Uwli and then, u the irophct .tele, "kout oni an I your Jaualilrta .lull 1 ro heir, he-ir, jouruldnitu aiialldicam "ream., uir younu mm hll eee vi.ioit." 'flili time will eeitalnl) enme. but a Krit rlianamutt take plate btfure It ran com. , ... If there ! a opla 011 larlli who anllclmtM nnd It prewired for the flme, It Itlhol.aU.r.day'H.loia. Our ilMtlny ! to I ting thla Rlorlotij day about, an two can do It hy oomfirm InirtotliolawaofUolaiidtyMliwIiiK Ida KulUaurv uf tho 1 1 oly Hplrll. Tho Clitllln world l not prciatcd for lh iwiirlnft Mil of tho Holy r Irll. Ouooftho reaullt of Ilia pretence la tbat there ahall be rotihei lea, hut the llirMlan wulM reject. rohitaand lotnlred men, doclntlwr that Ikey aio no tourer moded. ket, hero la a drclirallon to the elleit that In mm and (Mill ihall In brought loiretlur men .hall know m the) are know nan I . u th.v are nen. The rijeetlon of irophela lathe rijeetlon of tho word of llw Almighty, llul It linot lafo bi irlect that word, for It wlllcirlalnly route to lun. When the Lord maki-a a t roraUc, It will lw fulfilled to the very Utter, and lie will not ak Ihe cuumil of any man ai to lhe,lul Itlniont of what lie hit tald. t'nnrt rnlnii tho I ouiluir ! outof llltttplrlt In the latt dn and tlie accoiu.auilng viondcra. woriiili "11 iiI ronie to pa, tilth the lurd" mark tbenoworde It ahall cento In lata, Are we prefarcil for Itf Are we leeklng to tiro ao, that thew thlngi can be brought about? Hptaklngol living In conformity to our religion, we are rinulivd to Ioto the lord our (lod with all our heart and our neighbor atuurnelru Are we tryln to comily with llil. reiiulremenlf If we are not In liai inony with Ihlt Onl'a law, thrre la oiiiftliliiKledforualo do. A aereanlof tlwl had once atked Ihe tpiaker, II lie habitually Rae the Irfjrd hit fli.t and hit lait thought lu the day. Thltquettlon had made n deep Imj rettlon on hla mind, and he ofleu muemlred It. When we wake upliilhemorulnir, our lint thoughts alioulj terttluly he dovntrd til our heareuly rather, and to Hint nurlatt thouthtallltheeTeulnic ahoull ealn rtrrlt. The retult of thlt raitUu emldbetokeepmirdutlra iilwa)ebe tmui ant to trenlhen ut In our Win, th.ribyrearlnu to aucceM-fjlycombnt aucceM-fjlycombnt all dinicultlea we may line to mt")U l.reryonu In the vil lkD In which lie la placinl wolllj deilto Ijcneflt from the hahltof dally iltrotlou. an I the tinker wihiII aJrlteall topracllmll. It will tend to your Klorlfkallou. Andtobeizalli'd andK'orlltedlttho otjett of our numlnx Unn Ihlt earth. Ve are here not merely to ipvn I a few Tea,o!lrn In trylnis clrcumtUinoa, nor by chancef have a mUtlon to lerform, an I havlnif )erforniM it fillhlully. we thull Inherit ilrruat (I iry at llie children of 01 an I helit of I lit glory. All mi ti ate the ihll In 11 of (ltd, lattaklng of Hit Hplrll and thould, tin refute, tttlve to do the work 1 wulchUlaldcutUfiratheiu. Wentutt yield obedlemc to the law of Uud at lilt.11 In the tloeiiel ot Jouit Chrltt. Heelcic then the dettlny before ut ill J J laced within the real ll of utall, wliitmiiintr of llM iliould oun U? Iteinemtvr that he who will not conform con-form to the law of tlol mtyoueday have to htar the awful deiree, "!) I art from me." I'or do l'a iwuil It ono tf Immutable Juttlce. Atotheruoiltllltliaorilfe, they are great, We mutt antwer fur thlt Ilia which UoJ hat given 111. 1'athen aud mothert, fur Inttance, mutt amwer for tho children which have leeneiitrutttdlothelrtmre. The) aru tetpotulbla for what they have done to Lrlngthem buck to the pretence of thu tternM Father. And In a tlntllar man. ner, every tltlon of life In which wu 1 an enter bring w Ith It aorne rihil blllty. Let ut therefore atk ourttlvea If we are living ao that we can it) with Chrltt: riiow that Thou liaet flYrnrool have kcrt, and noiii. of them It Imi." W'heu tliall the time come wlieu we will conform In every, thing Willi the Itw of (lodT Take ono lntUun, the law of kiilng the Hah lath. tlod hat atked ut to aet apart one iliy out ol iuvi 11 fur lilt lutvlce, lut we litliti think wo lmo dono well If we give Him two houra. Yil, the cominan lment It to do no work on thatday. How nianyofua are doing on that dy uuly Ihat altiut whlth we ran ray Ihat we are Juttllled lfure Uod? There U ctrhtlnty room for grtat imtrovimcntonioiigua. We forget mi rullrourduthiaudthlnk,ierhatf,that Uodltattolorgtt,too. llutlledotanol forgit. He whotuuipruhendttheend from Iho liglniiliig It not likely tn forget what He hat aald. At lilt ( roni. Iei are tore 10 ure alto HltudgiiienU. The) will all be fullllled even If renturlra e!te hofote theyvoniu to rut. The apt akor lorea etrong testimony loat tlod haa ioken In thute latt dayi Uitoughllla tirvanta. Ilo waaeorr) that the kervanta of Ood wore not "lttmed worthy ol living on earth among tin. lr fellowmen. Joiul h Hutllli a u innocent, yet the leriu'iitlon of hltetiemtet never ceatMuutll they thed hla blood In the Jail efcaithauu And men had never rvptntvd of that dd )et. On the ion-lri'y, ion-lri'y, the itlrit cf iHreoiitlon "emtio leal work ttlll. Wow, J Uttlfy that thlt work la the work ut Uod, tad It will go untvard aud forward, for-ward, iiotwlthttaudlug all rteiull )u, until It has been carded on to Dual victory, WlUIDMT OIJJBCIK l) I1SM1 Iben aJdremd the oongri gallon, the following beluga yuoU of bit roil ro-il marki: There are aome rellectlona tuggetted ly the rcmaika of llrolher lllcharda which are 1 roKr to ek upon. There hat ieti tuch u ilwi-tluc of Inrldillty tweelug over the earth that Ithateteuied aa ihiltth It woul I be IntfioMlble to airrMltor atem lla on-ward on-ward cuiirte. It haa been proiUlmd that Uod hat caated to make ktiowti Hit will to men. It haa been looked U)ll o no ' inger neceamry In have colillhuout re vrlat lint fho fact that wvhae Ihe lllble haa been deemed tulllclcnt for lliegiililltueef lllelt to alvatlon, from Ihlt time forward. Hut tu Im pie who llae reaolird on Ihlt Hut It haa mmed that If thereeverwaa a ntn.tr forrevela lion front OhI, thlt necea'lly exltla today. to-day. There, certainly, never waa a lime when there wat 111 bnvarltlyof oplnlonaand lewa concerning ialva- lion at there It today mver ao miny tecla aud iillia aud illvltlont, all claiming to lie right, and to have the (Aire tlotjiel nod know the plan of tal ration. The human family leemt to be hit to grvie In Uarkt hi like ao many blln I, trying to find the (ath, with ao many kill let, all dri latins that they know the tight atli, until con liiilon relgna everywhere. Thirelore, If It ever wat nidtnarr to havouom luiinlcatlon with lieatn,that neccttlty eihta now. Wo have Ik en comelpd to rratou on title ltlt to tho ittaika hlailn nil ut, and we find nothing In the Hciltlirrathatkhoa that It la (lod'a detlgn to wlthhol I 1 mmunlcallou. Whenextr there hat lin tlliurj between be-tween heaven and earth, that wat In variably produced hy tho whkcdncM of men. riitre havo been Intervale when thcru waa no communlsnlloii with heaven, at, for luntante, arter the deathof Hauiuel. Haul inught then Iho witch of I tutor, becau.u there waa no Urlruand riiummlm, no man lo elunl the will or Uod. Hut Ihe leaton fur the withdraw al waa that thu I roj lo and the king had fallen. Ho whtn Jctut cania. There wat no lnr lied man. All I when he n u ami ireceileil ly John Ihe lii tltt. It wat a new thing In the wotl I an I xMpIu refuienl to llrh n to Him, althoiigli'they Mid, aamtr generation It Iticllnel to at), Uiat Ifthiy had been living Intho da)a of the rohilathey would not hive urticutid them. Jutt aa aome Mil le now think, that If they bad lived lu Ihe iltyaof Jetua aul lilt Altjpthatho would not have rtfutcd InVllevetluni. Hut let a man today ttaul up and make Ihe itatimtnu w hlch J "in mi Je, nnd he will receive Iheatuietltatuielit. 1 here It, at wat aal I, a II ood ti le of lnddility, monger, rh, than lu foituer uaja. J-jr fornnrly Ood wat Ullevelln, whllethettndtncy now It uottnUlleve lu tloil, and certainly not In a ertonal Uod. In there valleya there It a oIo pleat. Ilg for the old faith. We hold that Uod la tho tamo aa He wat, anl Ihat He will bcttow the tame bleating now at were formerly lattoaed. ThUlaa goodfalth in the mhlit of tho trouble an i confutlou Ihat ixltt. If It It true Ihat Uod hat rrttored thenuiientoitirt and gllla, It wutild Indiiil be a ood thing. And eveu If It were not a reallly It woul I l-egoed to contend for tlie ISlth of ancient timet. Itcnull certainly harm nobody to ray that (lod hi ait 1 raycrt. that He lenot deaf, hut that He will anawirlhe aunllcatloua of the motl humtlenf 111. UilMron. Intheudajt ufdnary darkmta ami dreary Ignorance Ignor-ance concerning UoJ, It It good! j be abletoaay tint Ho Hit not Uerted the human f-tmlly. Our indiavor It lo item the grett wave of unUllef. II It awave. Aa we In theauunuirhavoa wave of heat andlu thewlnltra wate of frteilug culd, to lu the (ritual world there atedlllereul iu, aud nownwavu of Inn Wily It teelng ovir the world. It It good lo ttauil firm Iaiy, llodlhet. Heluataaud will uutwer our ra)era. The lime la not far dltlant when Ihe 1 ruiulie referred to h) the prevlout tl-nter will Im fullllled. Hut gnat Change mutt Drtt take 1 1 11 e, W v lilt iiurvulciaof warning ,tnot Judgmouta aru at the Ihrethold, and iinlita Ihe worllrenl, Ihu wrath of Uud will uruiuly lie poured out. The tiaakir liore a atroug and elixt lent tittluiony lo Ihe truth of the (lueptl of Chilit. He knew that It came frjm Uud. Tliere It no harrier, no Intirvenor, betttien (led aud man, ei(et Jetua Chrltt. The humhhtt man or woman can go tothe lrd and receive kuowlcdgu fur lilai-aelforhtrteir, lilai-aelforhtrteir, rhla la the faith we Iry to liutll lu Ihenilndtof nun. Alt I whin every ttidy It guided by Ihe HMrll, there It 110 danger ol an) hotly I elng deluded. 1 1 It (lod'a detlgn that all thould know forthemtelvtt. l'eo le are of 110 ute 1 ce t they have a xr-aonal xr-aonal knowledge of what la right and wrong, uud only at faraathay wattta thlt kuuwltdge tail the) Ucuuiu a tiiillidKiwerfor gnod. lhetinakcrtxhorUd hit hrnrirato reek tool tain knowledge audio live to that IheHrtrltof Uod iulkLt rett down ujtinthem. rheihulriaiigtheauthimt,'Kalhrr, let Ihy bleatlugi at parting lie uuu ut M llinedlctloii by Illtliop W, II. l'rtt-toil. |