The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-09-27
Services at DIR. Chapin's UniversaIist)
Church.

Yesterday was duly celebrated day of fasting and
prayer by The congregation attached to the Rev Dr..
Shapns church. AT halfpas ten o'clock in the morning
the church was Oiled by highly fashionable audience
principally ades-who went thither to join in the gene
raj prayer for the protection OF the Union and the safe
guidance Of the old American ship Of State through her
present perous voyage The services belonging To
the Unversatst persuasion having been gone through
the Rev Dr. Chaplin proceeded 10 address Ills hearers
taking as the basis Of his remarks the following text
which may DO found IN the 18th chapter aud 18th verse
OF Paul's Epistle 70 the Ronaps-
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribuiaton; continuing
instant III prayer.
From this text Dr. Chaplin preached very eIoouont
and able ''uDion Sermon" in which he took hrooa .,
comprehensive view of the present dlG,cu,tios r os
titlng our land He besougb his hearers to liyes than
serves Of all party distinction and 70 oin hand and
both democrats and repubcapsor the purnoso NJ 70
storing the country to peace and prosperity nrce No.
ie sd ihat we (americans) had been brilliant but not
peat people and IT was necessary that We should ho
humbed by ribulation sone shape or otber H 20
ana patience were the chief points on which Dr chantn
or ia MIS- se,"arks Let Them hope for tbs result
VI uy Tesent conhict. u mght be nnly a hone.
pus, lneh, even in doieat, they shoaa hone on
sun arI, me history o. the past few months occupied
past nty Yeas Therefore IN this r.c,,,.r So " o
haen history we should rejoice in hope In his or,sis
nope was the ground for action and actio tho
more Else what meant that movement which C,ra;u
writer nad termed "thc uprising great peopes, Sn
man could make his idyosy 90 go far az 70 Az,
That there was hope But were thore really ano iy
grounds for hopper Yes First the vigor and voSSn,
Ie.s OF our nation Some of tho European co1ntr;os ha
eoked upon u.s. probably, as nation of the mushroor
xna, ana thought that we had attained our maturity
wnethes they thought So only said So he cond no.
teA; put the object Of those European COW
tries was to lash that theoretical deyoocracU IL
Europe winch was tho practical democracy here Amer
ca had been ana would be called the continent of rns,
Europe was the continent of transformations Amer;n
sne Continent OF results. received all the contribnon
ron me other continent, and developed them Tie~o
was mo eVi IN our institutions which nanqcrcd really
noon o. those institutions But spite of our
nhubuIions eV mad crept ill., Another reason for Inc
iope VI winch ne had spoken the loyalty OF The
,oople All, the people loyal, ami democrat an3
epuDncan stood back 10 back in the cause Of bortv
ney naa risen, hot 70 s1hugate not to destroy but to
preserve Another reason the hope in God FOR win
" that hope all would prove useless When the verv
lie OF the nation was mperled they should allure nar,
INK party, and ny TO the nations assistance TheyySS
we're some men who II they their brother droyn'
you'd scramble for their loaves their tom distances ~
hey should sink party in the present crisis lei bo
ehod the Roman mothers bringing their Jewels and iha
lood OF 76, or draft in 1851 The nation was on ;,s
nees that day. and on rising from It's knees ID vond ~
feat After an eloquent appeal TO his congregation ~,
eha Of the Union tho preacher concluded by Offering IN
appropriate prayer TO the Throne Of Mercy after With
ny mn was sung and the services closed