New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-16
SERMON BY THE REV. HENBY WARD
PrECUrR

Last evon;ng the Rev. Henry Warl Beec'ier
preached in his church Brooklyn, the loss of The
Arctic He had given notice Of the subject in the
morning. and the church was Gro sled TO is very NJ:
most capacity Every spot that could be stood on in
the building and the entrances to il was occupied.
The text selected was the 10th Psalms first three
Verses "God refuge and strength very present
help in trouble. Therefore viii We no. fear, though
.thc earth be removed, and though the mountains bo
carried into the sea- though tho waters thereof roar
and be troublcdi though tho mountains shake with
" the swelling thereof
The following is The sermon in full:
There is experience of the soul more noble, AMI
even grand than its power OF setting aside the sensos
and materal thngs and of realizing the invisbe OF
lfing efup, in its most desperate eStremhes 10
ropote upon the presence and strength OF Being,
who is not obvious TO the senses but only 10 the pr
That hour in which the s0ul res.s in God, in such
way os TO despise oil natural hnmin fears and the
trembngs Of the body is tie hour Of its glorcatiOn.
The spirit tiumphs over its clay. The sonl IL su-
preme; the body subdued. This supreme tre3 n
God, so wonderful, 50 full Of all riches Of JOY ard
peace, has received illustious expression in almost
al The v,ites whose records compose the Scriptures
Of the Old Testament. BIT by none has II been ex-
pressed more nobly than by David. TIE text Is one
Of these lyrical outbursts of true bca-rcst in Jod
Strangers visiting South America or the Mediterra-
countries often very eGrions Of earthquakes,
and quite DESTROYS for scientific purposes, Of e1pe
renoiDg the sensations which they produce Bet, il
is said, that never known 10 wish the sensa-
tons but SO sres. is the shock to all their pre-
conceived feelings and habits the falling Of the most
substantial structures SIS II they were nero cob
houses, tho oscillations Of the earth which swings be-
resth the feet the alterations of urd light and hor-
rid darkness, the cbasms that yawn Suddenly the sink.
ing Of the earth, the cracks sndfsures in very noun
taira, the dovn-sinling of rivers and lakes,
or tho tumultuous rise and inyas.on Of the
ocean for beyond its accustomed tonds, these
things DO so appal the mind and reverse
al lis experiences, making stable things uns'able
and sold things untrustworthy, that no MAJ comes
forth from the ordeal without such terro. and shock
forever after makes him COVER a, the thought OF
sn earthquake. The same is true of the experiences
OF unaccus;ol.ed voysgers when storms ssf6ny toy
pent the ocean. The terrific force Of waves, the
bl:ekness Of tbs furious clouds the sweep aud almost
omnpoten' course OF winds the utter be pes'nes' OF
the mOst sbIful nav ation and OF the strongest ship
20 resist s,ch sgenc.ss, which they can only over
come by ISeent yielding and waiting tlese proigoc
the most ivesy fens End the most profound dread IN
those who have not been isarei to them and the most
expert and long accustomed salor can Ne yer grow TO
such hsriihooi % be careless in an oyermsst.og
storm a. sos. The poor human heart lei; to rs OWE
power, amid earthquakes and rolling ocean s.o,ns,
comes to consciousness Of It's patty st-sns.a
and inSsnifssnes enid those osnlesiias foTSes Thcn