9e Jkttf aftera fntdliaehi& j ijt Volume XYlINe. 243 LANCASTER, PA., MONDAY, JUNE 13. 1881 Price Tw Cent- xr S1 DMMEK UUUDS. JOHN WANAMAKERS , PHILADELPHIA. T)K "jCRS goods. ,, Our dress goods have been most heavily .mwn upon new for three months, ami et eeuic iiiitny ei ts are gnu altogether. Mich lis could net lie replaced, liut the Hteck in still Very heavy, kept e by continual buying. U'tiy, we sell almost our whole htecl; evcrv fcneiilli in theaetive time. The iiickc.it store isn't it the one te llnil the best thingi in? JOHN WAXAMAKKR. Nine counters, Thirteenth btrect eiitranee. BLACK DRKSS GOODS. A hhift gives us a little mere room for grenadines grenadines plain ami figured. The plain are few and the ligurcd many; but which most need room is a qiiPMien. All black geed nie together in a very suiull hpace ; an uncommon block tee. JOHN WANAMAKKU. JSextreutcr circle. Chestnut street entrance. LADIES' MUTTONS : 1'eurl, metal, beaded and plain brechc. jei, steel-point, ivory, horn; bulleus fiem 5 Jcnts te $8.50. JOHN WANAMAKKU. Fourth circle, northeast from centre. HAXDKKRCIIIKFS are moved. We have about everything in bilk and linen handkerchiefs ; nothing in cotton or cotton mixed-nerer keep them. JOHN WANAMAKKU. Outer circle, west from Chestnut-street en trance. - J)I,ACK ISKADED NKT, J eight varieties, 50 cents te $1.50. JOHN WANAMAKKU. Second circle, south west from centre. -IUKS 1 et Ureten net and point l Alencen, our rnvn make; couldn't sell lit GO cents it we bought. Embroidered mull ties, by accident, at 75 cents, that we have been paving 7" cents ler, and shall again. JOHN WANAMAKKU. First circle, southwest Irem centre. ANTIQUE TIDIKS under a dollar at about thiee-fiuarters our en ii prices lately. "JOHN WANAMAKKU. First circle, southwest Irem centre. J A OIKS' COM. AUS. A Twe new cellars ; embroidery and point d' Aleneen, 50 cents ; Swiss reversing, IS cents. Out of our own factory. JOHN WANAMAKKU. First circle, west from centra. JOHN WANAMAKER, Thirteenth, Market and Chestnut Sts., PHILADELPHIA. G IVLEK, UOWl'-US & UUKSTI e CLOSING SUN UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS. An Elegant Assortment, te be cleed out at a saerillee. They must be sold; se cull early te secure bargains in theui, :i we will net carry them ever the sc:isen. WE OFFKUTHK SAME INDUCEMENTS IN SPEINGl DRESS GOODS. CLOSING OUT SKVKUAI. LOTS AT A GUK T REDUCTION KIcgaut Line el l'laiu ami Lace Uuiitings at Lew 1'iiccs. Elegant Line of l'laiu ami Fancy Summer Dress Goods at Kargain Prices. Elegant Line of Lawns and White Dress Goods at ISargain Prices. Elegant Line of lilack Cashmeres at prices lower than they ever have been ettered. Elegant Line of all the New Laces, Embreidciics, Ribbons, Lace Tics and Cellarettes. SPECIAL BARGAINS IN LACE TIES. -:e:- GIVLER, BOWERS & HURST, 25 EAST KING STREET, J ACOB M. MARKS rOIIN A. CI1AKLKS. :e: LANE -ALL KIKDS OF- Dry Goods Offered at Great Bargains, AT THE OLD UKL1AULE STAND, Ne. 24 East King Street. SILK DEPARTMENT. Special Inducements in Rlaek and Colored Silks. The general DRKSS GOODS DKl'AUTMENT constantly being added te and prices marked down te promote quick sale". y.OUUXING GOODS DKl'AUTMKNT complete, in all its details. CARl'KTINGS, QUEENSWARE AND GLASSWARE in immense variety and at very Lew Prices. - DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT unsurpassed in quantity and quality, and goods in all the departments guaranteed te be what they are sold for. 2Call ami see us. JACOB M. MARKS, JOHN A. IKOS lSlTTJiliS. TKOS 1 JITTERS. "ICON HITTERS. IRON BITTERS! A TEUE TONIO. IRON R1TTERS arc highly recommended ter all diseases requiring a certain and cttt cieut tonic; especially INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA. INTERMITTENT FEVERS, WANT OP APPE TITE, LOSS OF STRENGTH, LACK OF ENERGY, &c. It enriches the bleed, strengthens the muscles, and gives new life te the nerves. It nets like a charm en the digestive organs, removing all dyspeptic symptoms, such as Tasting the Feed, Belching, Ileal in the Stomach, Heartburn, etc. Tlie only Iren Preparation that will net Dlackeu the treth or give headache. Sold by all druggists. Write ler the ARC Boek, 32 pp. et useful and amusing reading sent free. " BROWN CHEMICAL COMPANY, tMyd&w Fer Sale at COCHRAN'S DRUG street, Lancaster. MZLLNEltY 1881 SPRING FINE MILLINERY GOODS. THE FINEST GOODS, LATEST STYLES AND LOWEST TRICKS TOR EATS, BONNETS, FLOWERS, FEATHERS Al RIBBONS. Alse, the latest Spring Styles of DRESS TRIMMINGS, BUTTONS AND FRINGES, at. E A. I0UGHT0FS CHEAP STORE, Ne. 25 NORTH QUEEN STREET, MOBS. 'UMMKlt GOODS. -AT- 1?Ott IlLACK TBAVKUXG DRESSES; plain and plall nun's veiling. 23 cents te $1; Krmures. 75 cents te $1.25; and cords. 73 cents te $1.25. JOHN VTANAMAKER. Next-outer eirclc, Chcbtnut street entrance. U.S. SK ASIDE . bunting, all-wool and 40 inches wide, :',yt cents, and that's a rare price. JOHN WANAMAKKU. Next-outer circle, Chestnut street entrance. C1UUTAINS. Scotch, uettingham, madras, tambour, brusscls curtains. $1.50 te ?'8. The variety of e.ieh sort is very large. JOHN WANAMAKKU. Northwest Gallery. JACKS. j Our lace quarter has been tee crowded ter a long time. A tenth counter added te-day lately occupied by handkerchiefs. JOHN WANAMAKKU. Ten counters, southwest Irem centre. UNTUIMMED HATS AND BONNETS. The new Pelka sliapc is among the por cupines at 30 cents ; all colors. JOHN WANAMAKKU. Outer circle, northeast from centre. TMBIIONS. JLV Seil serge ribbons, 5-lnch, 40 cents ; mentioned Saturday; came Monday; going fast; but there wen 12.0t;e yards of them. JOHN WANAMAKKU. Thirteenth-street entrance, outer circle. I1KGUN KMliUOIDKUIKS J) ler summer leisure, en linen, lelt, cloth and plush. Outline designs urn in especial laver new ; applique also; both are easy work. JOHN WANAMAKKU. Centr of all the circles. IACK ItREAKFAST CATS j ami old ladies' cansWe. te $! ; haven't had them befeie. JOHN WANAMAKKU. Third eiiclc, south from centra. nANDKEUCHIKFS. II AND. II KM stitched, uulaundricd, at 25 cents. Many knew them here. "VIEW HENRIETTAS. 1 Twe makes of silk warp hcuricttus are uneoiniiienly satistactery; one is of an ex treme jet black for deepest mourning; the ether, with a very faint trace el blue, would commonly be considered, black. 87 cents te $2. JOHN WANAMAKKU. Next-outer circle. Chestnut street entrance. 1 lVl.i:it. IJOWKKS & UUltSTl X SALE OF LANCASTER, PA. fOHN B. ROTB. & CO. CHARLES, JOHN R. ROTH. SURE APPETISER. BALTIMORE, MD. STORE, 137 and 139 North Queen OPENING OF 1881 ILanrastft I-ntcllfgencev. MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 13, 1881. THE KINGDOM OF GOD. THIS llAl'UAIAUICKATE SEKihON. Preached In the Chapel el Franklin & Mar shall College, Suuilay, June IS, 1881, by Itev. T. U. Apple, 1. D., l'rchideut. " But seek ye first the kingdom of Ged and JIN righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you." Matt, vi., 3.1. Since the wei Id begau ineu have been seeking te knew what is the supreme geed and te come into the possession of it. This earnest search and persevering effort have net been without results that may be studied with interest and prelit. Such study leads us into the interior workings of these Ged-like powers et" reason and will with which man is endowed. Different .answers te the question have been given by ethical writers from Plate in ancient times te Kant and Spencer iu modern times. One iiuds it in tlte highest devel opment of the reason, another in the right determination of the will, a third iu the highest normal development of all man's powers, and a ieurtli in living in conform ity te the Divine will. The deepest and most earnest thinkers in every age, unless we except certain modern agnostics, have connected man's highest happiness in one way or another with the favor of a person al Ged, and looked te a future life and a future world for its full attainment. But while it might be interesting te refer at some length te the answers the great minds of the wet Id have given, in a service such as that in which we ate engaged iu this sacred pl.tiv te-day with its solemn associations, we may net linger in this realm of human learning, and therefore we turn te the, er.iules of heavenly wisdom and ask what .mswer our Lord has given te this inquiry el the ages. In the words wc have selected for our meditation en this occasion lie points us te the only proper light of man's first and greatest pursuit, and gives the premise that its at tainment will assuredly include all lesser geed that is necessary for his temporal and earthly existence. " Seek ye fust the king dom of Ged and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you." This is au answer net from mail but from Ged. In endeavoring te understands these weitls we must distinguish the kingdom of Ged here spoken of from the Di vine govern ment of the world in the order of nature and providence. We tneau net, indeed, that nature and providence arc separate or excluded from the kingdom of Ged ; but the glorious mystery that here challenges the apprehension of our faith comes up before us as a supernatural revelation. If wc believe in a supernatural revelation at all wc must hud it in a movement from Ged which transcends the order of nature as this confronts us in the lirst creation. The entrance of sin lirst into the angelic sphere of existence, and then into our world through the fall of man, introduced an clement of discoid into the universe and brought misery aud death upon our fallen race. By reason of siujnau became alienated fdmi Ged, aud the Divine Werd iu its original form of communication could ue longer find free entrance iute his reason aud will. In order te overcome the power of sin in the universe and te open the way again for the communication of the the life of Ged te our humanity, Ged the Werd became incarnate in the person 'of Jesus Ghrisi, suffered and died as a sac rifice for sin upon the cress, subdued the powers of hell, aud arose victorious from the dead. The consummation of this rev elation aud redemption brought in through Him was reached in His glorification, which sets before the eye of faith the com plete establishment of the kingdom of Ged in the universe as the supreme geed for man aud for all creatures. The kingdom of Ged. then, is that su pcruatural realm of truth and love, inaugurated iu the incarnation aud established iu the universe by our Lord Jesus Christ in the gle rificatien of His humanity. Beginning in His advent, reaching in one sense through the pre-Christian ages, when the light was shining in the darkness of our fallen hu manity, but mere especially in His incar nation when the Werd became llcsh and tabernacled among men, it moved forward" through successive stages of eenllict and victory, until its completion and perfec tion was reached in the enthronement of the Sen of Man at the right hand of the in liaite majesty iu the heavens. The sublime announcement of the full inauguration of the kingdom uf Ged wc have from the lips of Christ, when He de clared te His disciples, "All authority hath becu given unto me in heaven and en earth." and in these words, " all things whatsoever the Father hath arc mine." Alse in his last prayer, " And new, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was." St. Paul who en his way te Damascus sawthcglerillel Lord and declares, "1 was net disobedient unto the heavenly vision," speaks of His cxal tatieuin the following strain : " That the Ged of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may ghTe unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, having the eyes of your heart en lightened, that ye may knew what is the hepe of His calling, what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, aud what the exceeding grealn-s of His power te us ward whobeliovc,according te that working of the strength of His might which lis wrought in Christ, wheu He raised Him from the dead, and made Him sit at His ewu right hand in the heavenly places, far abeve all rule, and authority, and power, aud dominion, and every name that is named, uet only in -this world but also in that which is te come ; and He put all things in subjection under His feet." Again, " He that descended is the same also that ascended far abeve all the heavens that He might till all things." In the lievelatien of St. Jehn this same Lord says, " I am the Alpha and the Omega, which is and which was and which is te come, the Almighty." But why quete separate passages when the word of Ged from beginning te cud shines forth with the light of His glorious majesty? In that word tbe light of the uew creation dawns upon the first creation and shines forth with an effulgence far ex ceeding that of the natural sun. The processes of that kingdom there go onward with a heavenly majesty and power that infinitely transcends the organic processes of the natural creation and the sublime movements of all merely human history. That is the King dom of Ged, before whose coming because of its glorious light, sun, moon aud stars shall go out in darkness and " the foundations of the earth and the heavens shall perish. They all shall wax old as doth a garment and as a mantle shalt thou loll them up, as a garment, and they shall he changed, but thou art the same and thy years shall net fail." Thus even time itself shall be no mere when the eternal years of this kingdeji ceme in. The particular thought I wish te em phasize here is that in this glorification of the Lord we have set before us the vert substance and constitution of the King dom of Ged. Of this kingdom He is the supreme head, in whom dwelleth the full ness of the Godhead bodily, from whom new flew forth through His Werd by the power of the Hely Ghost salvation and eternal life for lest and ruined men, and the power and the glory of the Lord new hit the universe with infinite full ness. Science struggles te place before the mind of man a faint glimpse of the infinite expanse of the natural creation with its myriads of worlds and the infinite power aud wisdom manifested in upholding and governing them, but iu all this natural creation we have euly the visible shrine of the glorious spiritual realm that chal lenges the apprehension of our faith in the glorification of Christ aud in the King dom of Ged originating therefrem. Iu this Kingdom the first creation is" glorified iu the new, and here man finds and at tains his true destiny This Kingdom of our Ged is the realm of eternal life for man. Its coming was heralded by angelic lips when they sang " Glory te Ged in the highest, and en earth peace among men in whom He is well pleased." In it is set up the eternal reign of peace. Frem it are excluded the powers of evil, of dis cord, of death. " And I saw a new heaven and a new earth ; for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away, and the sea is no mere. And I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from Ged, mule ready as a bride adorned for her husband." This Kingdom is the supreme geed for man, the place where his weary feet may rest, the eternal abiding place for his home-sick spirit. If we have power at ali by Divine grace te rise te this sphere of faith and catch but the faintest glimpse of this spiritual, yet most real, kingdom, it must cause every ether object of pursuit te vanish away. Try in comparison with it any ether chal lenge and see hew utterly insignificant it becomes. Seek ye first the pride and pomp of this world ; but hew seen they cramble beneath our feet ! Seek ye first a career of renown among men ; but with what grin ning satire the skeleton of the grave beck ons us te its iron embrace ! Seek ye lirst the culture of the mind, revelling iu the pursuits of literature and scieucc ; but hew little this al jiie can satisfy the cravings of the immortal spirit ! Seek ye first te traverse the dusty thoroughfares of busi ness activity ; but what is the end of it all ? Bring forward any and eveny pur suit of man aud in comparison hew un speakably sublime, and hew satisfying te the soul, sound the words in our cars, "beck ye first the kingdom el Ged and His righteousness !" This is the supreme geed and every ether geed must rcccive its bencdictioe from this. Let us go en new te consider in the next place in what this benediction consists : "And all tliesc things shall be added unto you." The premise is that these who seek the higher end of life in the kingdom of Ged shall net lack these blessings that come te us through the providence of Ged iu rela tion te our natural earthly life. Frem what has new been said iu regard te the higher spiritual life of man, as find ing its true end in the kingdom of Ged, it might seem as though Christianity had little or no concern in regard te man's mundane life. It is indeed often thought and said that religion leeks only te a fu ture heaven, while it docs net provide for the wants aud requirements of man's pres ent life. He must live aud labor in a real life of stiugglc and toil en earth ; he must seek his daily bread, previde for his family, secure the culture of his mind, carry for ward the interests of government and in dustrial pursuits ; iu short, provide for the varied necessities of the present worldly life. Hew is Christianity related te these wants and necessities, aud what cau it de te elevate and improve man in his present life? There are theso who divide and sunder these two interests, who allow that whilst Christianity may be adopted te meet the .spiritual wants of man, his temporal and earthly life must be nourished aud supported from a different source alto gether. But our Lord relates these two. the supply of man's spiritual wants iu the Kingdom of Ged, and the care of his caithly life by the Divine- pievidencc, iu a very different way. The same Lord who supplies the wants of the spirit is also the upholder and ruler of the order of na ture, and by His allwisc providence he provides for all the earthly wants of His creatures. Wc may uet be able te cempreheud the union and harmony of the order of nature, or of Divine providence iu aud through nature, and the higher order of grace, but of the fact of their living union aud har mony we caiiue entertain a doubt. Ac cording te a universal law the higher in eludes the lower in its previsions, the heavenly includes the earthly. When, therefore, man's higher life is iu right re lation te Ged it fellows as a necessary con sequence that his earthly life and earthly interests will ba properly provided for also. Wc must, indeed, at this point avoid the error of supposing that Chrtstiauity is a mere instrument aud help te advance purely earthly interests. This would be te reverse the ttue order. A selfish and worldly life may press en te the acquire ment of great earthly gain and earthly geed, while a life in the order of grace must renounce the lower geed in order te gain the higher This our Lord plainly declares. He that would save his life iu the Kingdom of 1 leaven must leso it in the selfish earthly form. He that will he His disciple must deny himself, take up His cress and fellow Him. But this by no means contradicts the truth that the higher life of grace brings with it a perpetual benediction upon the natural and earthly interests of man. The blessings and gifts of providence are in the same hands that dispense the higher gifts of grace. Bnt each in its right order and relation. " All these things shall be added unto you." Feed and raiment and shelter for the bodily life are net primary, net an end iu themselves ; they are net te be sought after in that character, but are te be regarded as subordinate and incidental while the highest geed is te be sought after as the great end of life. The mys tery of providence is included iu the higher mystery of the Kingdom of Ged and is ordered continually and at all points in infinite wisdom towards this latter as the end. And the life that is in harmony with the Kingdom of Ged will be in harmony also with the order of Divine providence. The life of faith thus becomes a life of full trust iu providence. And this is just the difference between the life of the Christian and the life of man of the world. "Be net therefore anxious, saying, what shall we cat? or, what shall we drink? or, wherewithal shall we be clothed? Fer after all these things de the gentiles seek ; for your heavenly Father kneweth tha'. ye have need of all these things." Feed, raimcut, shelter, these necessities of our mundane life, may be taken as rep resenting all the proper necessities of this life as it expands into its various social re lations and calls for numerous ether things besides these, all thinss in short that come under the protection and guidance of pi evJ laencc. xue object ei earthly toil ou the part of the great majority of the race is te secure these bare necessities of life ; it is, as it were, a battle for subsistence. The life of ethers takes a wider range, calling for a certain degree of culture or wealth, of influence or power, in order that they may properly work out the problem of life se far as this present world is concerned. Success in business and trade, in profession and calling, which many regard as the creator end of life, comes under this class of natural necessities. The truth, then, which our Lord here announces is, that man's life iu all its earthly relations is te he determined in subordination te his relation te the king dom of Ged. The life of the scholar no less than the life of the laborer, every call ing and pursuit, receives its guiding light from abeve. This is the light te which our Lord refers when He says, "the light of the body is the eye ; if thine be single thy whole body shall be full of light." This light represents wisdom in the true sense of that word, which eens'sts iu hold ing steadfastly in view the great end of life. Having this end iu view every life is true and faithful in the degree iu which, pursuing steadily this object, it commits itself in all its interests and activities te the providence of Ged. An example of such perfect life of faith we have in the life of our Lord. Every act of His life was directed with reference te the kingdom of Ged which he came te establish. Ne considerations of earthly prudence ever influenced Him te deviate from the course marked out for Him by His Father. " My time is net yet ceme ; hut your time is always ready," He said te His brethren when they urged Him te go up te the feast. Their life steed in the order et worldly policy and could move according te the changing dictations of the same, but His life was under a higher di rection at every point. On another occa sion, when lie moved te go into Judea, His disciples said unto Him, " Iiabei, the Jews were hut new seeking te stone Thee ; aud geest thou thither again ?'' Jesus an swered, " Aie there net twelve hours in a day ? If a man walk in the day he stum bleth net, because he sccth the light of this world. But if a man walk iu the night he stumbleth bceause the light is net in him ;" which means, iu its spiritual sense, that if a man's life moves forward in the light of the heavenly world he need fear no evil. His steps will be guided safely. But if this higher, heavenly light is net iu him, aud he walks according te werdly prudential considerations he is in volved iu darkness and will stumble and fall. In a certain way the truth here stated is accepted generally. Much .is said in re gard te being guided by principle, net by policy. A mere time server is like a weather-vane that changes with every change of the wiud. However much they ceme short in practice, yet all acknowl edge that a man's life should be deter mined and guided by right principle. But all de net se readily acknowledge that the only true light for every life is the light that shines upon our pathway from the kingdom of Ged. They de net see that, the Kingdom of Ged is the true idc.il of human life, before which Plate's repub lic, aud every Utopia vanished away. We admire the ideals of human gen'nu;. They picture forth in creations of the phantasy forms of beauty and of truths which serve te inspire the inspirations of mun. But when we turn from thesis and contemplate the infinite glory aud perfection of the kingdom of Ged, through which shines forth the Divine perfections of its author, we cannot but feel the wide diflcrenu-. Plate and Shakspcare and Milten give forth neble thoughts and lefty ideals, but they arc as the shining of the lowly glow worm contrasted with the full orbed suu when we compare tiicm with the spiritual world opened up for faith in the kingdom of Ged. Still the question seems, can he who strives te live for this high end of life. se implicitly rely en the providence of Ged as te have no anxiety for his daily bread, and for all things necessary for his earthly life I De uet facts seem te contradict this truth ? In considering the mystery of providence we cannot overlook the fact that there is a principle of evil in the world te which Ged allows a certain de gree of freedom. And is it net the case that the evil in the world organizes its forces te impede and destroy the pros perity of the virtuous and the true ? Has it net well-nigh become an axiom that te compete with the workings el" the world in all departments of life ehc must use its own methods aud employ its own weapons ? that the man who resolves te be honest aud true iu every work and relation in life will be left te starve, while the dishonest and corrupt ride en te fortunes V Let us net be deceived by this appearance. A geed mini's life m:y suffer temporary defeat ; he may have te endure the hatred and malice of enemies ; he may have te face persecu tion, but the prosperity of the wicked is always fictitious and the righteous will finally be vindicated. Whatever measure of worldly geed is necessary for him, whatever degree of prosperity is best for the advancement of his spiritual life, will be guaranteed the geed man and true, and mere than that he ought net te desire. He that strives by Divine grace te commit his earthly interests te the orderings of Prov idence, and is true te this faith, will most assuredly build his heuse upon a rock, while he who, rejecting this faith, pro jects his life by werdly prudence and un un righteus methods, builds upon the sand When the crucial test comes the one will stand and the ether fall-. ' All this may seem like old fashioned, homely truth which the boasted wisdom of this age has entirely swept away ; but we regard it as of the first importance, especially for these who are just beginning the battle of life. If there be a kingdom of Ged which is founded en the principles of eternal truth, and who of us will doubt that ? and if the victory ever the power of sin. and hell has indeed been gained once for all by our Lord Jesus Christ and hew can we doubt that,? then the life en earth whose found ations are laid in that kingdom, will stand and be vindicated by Divine providence iu the face of all thac cau be arrayed against it by the machinations of evil. Let us consider yet the bearing of our subject in relation te the social order of the world. The premise here made te the individual applies tehumnnity in its or ganized forms et life, te families, states and the whole race. Thcse two, the indi vidual audJseciety,arc se related, se bound together, that what affects the one will necessarily affect the ether. What will elevate and ennoble the individual must also de the same for society. Yet the two are net exactly the same. We may con template the influence of Christianity upon the social economy as involving a somewhat different problem from that of its influence en the individual, a problem that is mere complex and mere difficult of solution. At this time especially when the social life of the world is advancing se rapidly iu the accumulation of intelligence aud power, wheh all its currents arc growing mere and mere intense, as though ruslu ing onward towards an epoch greater than any preceding ones, the question, What hhall give it right direction ? is becoming invested with fearful interest. The prebl Iem of subsistence alone arrests the seri ous attention of political economists, Whence shall we buy bread that all thcse millions may be supplied? And all this then connects itself with ether questions, the sanitary regulations that may contend with pestilence, tbe prevention of vice and corruption, the preservation of comity be tween the nations, and the gencral eleva tion of the race. Slen who leek beneath the surface of society, and feel its feverish pulsations, -stand in dread of social con vulsions that may spread disaster and ruin such as the world has never yet witnessed. What shall preserve the feundatians of so ciety aud save the social fabric from gen eral contusion and destruction i mere is only one sufficient seurce of help. The Kiugdem of Ged in the spiritual order is the euly true and reliable support of the kingdoms iu the natural order of the world. "Seek ye first the Kingdom of Ged and His righteousness, and all these things," all that can give security of tem poral geed, "shall he added unto you." The fundemental error of the world, as of the individual, is the view that the material interests of life are of primary importance, and that it is by securing and providing first for these that man can be prepared te rise into the recognition of the hisher necessities of his intellectual and ethical life. It is held that prevision for these lower wants carries in it iu some way the guarantce for the right prevision for his higher wants. The world roust build from below upwards (.se runs the theory), laying the foundations in the sphere of material interests, and upon this building the superstructure of intellectual aud moral advancement. Thus te a la mentable and perilous extent docs the world still pursue the oeurso pointed out by our Lord, " after all these things de the gentiles (nations) seek, " while be proclaims the opposite, "Seek ye first the kingdom of Ged and His righteousness." Wc need only te refer te the materialis tic and utilitarian tendencies of the age te confirm this It is the beast of the age that it is se rapidly bringing the agencies and powers of nature iute subserviency te man's physical wants. Much of its ad vanced science shuts out Ged and a spirit ual world from all thought and knowledge and professes te kuew euly the phenomen al, and upon this it would build as the only real and solid foundation of the world's life. Positivism (se-called)! and Agnosticism are the new evangels or the iucemiii": golden period, in which mail is te be set free from the trammels of faith iu the supernatural. Education is brought down te the service of a utility that finds its cud and service in advancing man's physical welfare. The demand made upon the new religion is " Command that these stones ln made bread, " and before the power that responds te "this demand the world is ready te de homage And yet- as a withering satire upon this boasted material progress the toiling mil lions cry for bread and find no adequate supply. The preblem of subsistence con founds the wisdom of the political ecoue mist, and couvulsive uphcavings caused by discontent shake the foundations of earthly kingdoms and powers. Our Lord declares that " mau shall net live by bread alone, but by every word that preccedcth out of the mouth of Ged." He says te the world. " Seek ye lirst the Kingdom of Ged aud His right, ceusucss aud all thcse things shall be added unto you." Human governments aud seciil institutions generally need te be based en a true and solid foundation. They arc net mere empirical or accidental creations of man, but they grew out of tlte constitution of humanity and repre sent spiritual ideas or forces. Hence they should stand in' right relation te that spiritual world which upholds them and gives them life and power. When this ha: meuy is disturbed aud perverted they readily become cngiucs of evil or lese their stability aud totter and fall. It is by the power of Ged that governments stand. " The powers that be areerdamid of Ged." Hence they must seek te rest en the eternal foundations of the King dom of Ged, or seek te stand in harmony therewith if they would have any guar autce of pcrmauence and safety. They must be in accord with the grand pur poses of that eternal Kingdom of our Lord if they would withstand successfully the evil powers of confusion and anarchy which issue from a superhuman world of evil and seek the disaster and ruin of man. Whether the world believes in a spiritual world or net, that world exists in the form of geed aud evil and works in upon human history. If Ged is dethroned in the na tional life, as for a tiinu seemed te be the case in France, there will result a fearful paudemeuium as iu that awful revolution in the last decades of the iSth century. It is easy te sec then that in the case of the world's social order, as iu tfie case of man's individual life, the right order here is te make the highest interest supreme and te refer all lower interests te their legitimate place. There is no necessary antagonism between Chris tianity and material progress. It is right tiiat the social economist should study and pursue whatever tends te pros per the earthly interests of mankind. But thee interests dare net bu elevated te the supremacy ever man's higher interests without involving confusion aud failure. "Why de the heathen rage, and the peo ple imagine a vain thing ? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, aud against His anointed, saying, Let us break their bauds asunder, and cast away their cress from us. lie than sittcth iu the heavens shall laugh, the Lord shall have them in derision. " Just in the de gree in which the world stands in harmony with the kingdom of Ged iu that degree will "all these things be added unto it." Ged's providence is abundant te supply all man's necessary wants. We need no Malthusian theory te warn us that the previsions Ged has made for this supply arc inadequate te the increase of popula tion. The difficulty lies net there, lte lte metcas the connection may at first view appear, yet there is such relation between the kingdom of Ged and the kingdom of nature that that the latter is always con trolled by the former. Wheu the world learns te believe in the reality of the spirit ual realm as the foundation support of the phenomenal creation, when it seeks the righteousness of that kingdom as the highest geed, then and from that source a benediction will descend upon all secu lar interests and the disorders and dis tractions of society will begin te pass away. There is a salutary power iu that kingdom, as there was in its Lord while ou caith, te heal all manner of sickness, te rebuke the pcstilcnce, yea, even te command the disorders of nature te disap pear. The kingdom of Ged can reach the world for help only through the Werd of Ged, which carries in it the living breath'ef the incarnate, glorified Jehovah, and only as that breath animates the spi rit of man cau he live in tbe highest ana truest sense. And this higher life from above alone can save the physical, earthly life of society from sinking hepelessls into the darkness and death of the world's sepulchre. And new, in conclusion, let ma speak a few words of counsel te you, the members of the graduating class, in whose special behalf thcse services have been appoint ed. The subject we have considered has special lessens for you in the peculiar po sition you occupy at this time. Your course ei literary culture in this institu tien has new come te a close and yen are about te enter upon the commence ment of active life. Yeu are about te launch your beat upon a sea ia which there are many perils. Comparatively few make the voyage with entire success. Yeu must new cheese some special calliBg and work in life. This itself is se easy task. Hew many make shipwreck here ! But beyond any specific aim, you have been taught, what I new repeat, "that in order te develop the highest and best form of character and be finally sueeessful you must make the supreme geed your ulti mate aim and receive inspiration from it. What that supreme geed, as. set forth in the Werd of Ged, is, I have tried te show. Let your ultimate aim in life be deter mined by faith in the kingdom of Ged re vealed iu Jesus Christ, iu which kingdom the true destiuy of individual life and the last meaning of human history are reach ed. In this time of youth you may see much geed, and rightly, tee, in differ ent forms of the world's natural life ; but when you shall have lived te test by expe rience what is in the world yen will find at lasf that there is no stability save in that kingdom which has foundations, whose maker and builder is Ged. When ready te faint under trbls and disappoint ments that sooner or later will come in the weary way of life, this vision of faith will re vive your drooping spirits aud strength en you te labor en te the end. Seek, then te find the true end of your life individually and of your work in life, in the results that will bp gathered up finally in the world of spiritual existence that is beyond the temporal and transitory life of this world. Secondly, maintaining this faith in the supernatural, commit yeurwlves for the rat, by faith also, te the protection and care of Divine Providence. De net lower the worth of your education by making it a mere instrument for the attainment of pecuniary or secular prosperity. Seme, we knew, will have it that this is the end of education, and that in this way only it be comes practicable. What is it for, it is asked, if net te enable you te secure ma terial prosperity in life? Yeu have beeu taught that education is, relatively, nnend iu itself, and that it is au -invaluable been for what it is in the culture of the higher powers of your rational nature. It is mere than meat and drink for the body. Use it you may, and that legitimately, te previde for your bodily and temporal wants, but make it net merely an instrument for this as its end. Avoid the fatal error of mak ing your work in life leek for its end in any mere worldly material geed. Laber net first te secure worldly advancement and place and power among your fellow men as an end. If you de you will prosti tute your liberal culture te base, sordid, purposes, and meet bitter disappointment at last. Physical geed and worldly advan tages you need. Success in your calling in the worldly sense, preferment and pros perity, promotion te place aud power among yenr fellow men, may be'necessary te give proper effect te your life work. But thcse must ceme net as the end bnt euly as the conditions of true success. And se far as they are needful for your life- work they will be given te you in the all wise allotments of an overruling Provi dence. Seeking the true end of life in the supreme geed, rest content with what of earthy geed comes te you. Remember that your hcavealy Father kneweth that yen have need of all these things, and that they will most assuredly be added unto you. It is net an easy matter thus te commit one's life in rcference te all earthly geed te this seurce. Man loves te take his life iute his own bands and use aud direct it te his own pleasure and ac cording te his own notions of worldly pre ferment, and there are comparatively few who really believe that a Divine hand directs and controls all thcse things, even the most particular and miuutc, always and only with direct reference te men's spiritual welfare. Hence the lives of most men are in constant conflict with Divine providence. But the victory of faith brings thewiil into screne and tranquil haimeny with the will of Ged in tbe or derings of His providence. With these parting counsels, in the name of your instiucterx, who have la bored te give right direction te your edu cation, in the midst of imperfections and failings indeed, as we are all truly con scious, yet with integrity of purpose and true regard for your best welfare, I new commit you te the keeping of Him who is able te guide and preserve you in all the pathway of life safely te its close. In a lew days you will ceme forward te receive the honors of the baccalaureate, te receive that recognition of your studies, and thus enter the great republic of letters as al umni of this college. When the work of .our life en earth comes te its close, may you each one rcccive that higher crown in the eternal kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is Ged ever all, blessed for ever mere, te whom be glory for ever ! Amen. JL Geed Aceewrt. Te stun it up. six long years of bed-riddin sicklies ami suITerln, costing $S;u per year, total. 91,900) all et which was stepped by three bottles et Hep Hitter taken by my wlfc,.wne lias ilene her own housework ler a year since without the less of a ilajr, anl I wantcvery wantcvery bely te knew U ler their benefit." jl-2-vUftw Jenis Vf kkxs, Butler, K. T. (Je te H. It. Cochran's Priift Stere, 137 North Queen street, for 3lrx. flrccman' iVne tfa tfa tienul Jlycx. Fer brightness anil tlimbilltjr et coler.are iinrriualcil. Celer from i te 5j)euuln. 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