P??(or of itlltrten P_rlt Pratby
Ieri_n Church. Chic-go
Chicago, Oct. ll.?In this Hermon the
preacher drawn the distinction between
the worldly aud the spiritual estimate
of greatness and shows the character
of the traiulng and preparation neces?
sary for true greatness. The text is
Matthew xi, ll, "There hath not risen
a greater than John the Baptist."
"Great men, great events and great
epochs grow bigger nnd more colossal
as thc years pass away from them,"
once wrote the biographer of Robert
Burns. Like the mountain shadows
they Increase in Bite and their reputa?
tions lengthen in importance as tbe
sun of their day sets and the long
night of their rest separates us from
tkem. Like the mythological heroes
and heroines of old. their leaders' brews
become luminous with crowns of gold.
Abraham Lincoln dead is a great deal
more honored man than Abraham Lin?
coln alive. When Edwin M. Stanton
turned to the sorrowful grtup of
friends who had gathered about the
deathbed of the famous statesman aud
said, "We must now leave him to the
ages," oven tbe firm jawed secretary of
war did not realize how great a man
tbe ages would consider his chief to be.
Ko cathedral impresses us so much as
the venerable pile that ls covered with
moss and creeping Ivy. Man ls seldom
called great and truly great until he
has been dead at least twenty years.
