The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-01-05
THE REV. DR.. TYING. /.


therford Place.
AT st. Georges church there the usual service,
varied only by special Psalms collect and the reading
an address from the Right Rev. Bishop Potter.
Rev. DR.. TYING commenced his discourse by remarkng
that upon occasion like this which brings US so un
wontcdy into the sanctuary, curiosity and excitement
everywhere evnced what the minister has say
Never there land people in which the etching
earl characteristic than In day. II was
sorrowul thing to say that when conscience and
justice led public teachers to uterance Of their dis
tnct convictions not merely gave aron to individuals
but almost certain to make violent separations of
Christian comfy and affection between the pastor and
some Of his hearers. for this that in the
Episcopal church, the discussion Of political questions
was never brought into the pulpit, rule; and he ap
peaed TO sixteen years mnistraon among this congre
CATION 10 testify that never single occasion Of public
worship, Sabbath or week day, had he brought mere
temporal and political questions into the sacred desk
Whenever subjects Of civil interest had been touched
upon it was in connection with the great principles of
Christian duty and the circumstances that the providence
Of God had brought out On the day Of national Thanks
giving he had discussed the single principle that there
could be peace for man. personal domestic social
or national that did not follow from righteousness and
that therefore, to obtain the dominion Of peace in this
land or community IL was indispensable, first OF all
dig down and ascertain what the principles of abd
ing and everlasting righteousness upon which that peace
should be built and yet in discussing subject
entirely acknowledged beyond the reach Of question:
he found himself unable TO express in the simplest and
most friendly manner, the sentiments which, Chris
tian PASTOR he bound TO ncucate without the one
side the other starting up irritable and rrascble men,
and bringing out state Of relations least Of all adapted
to the blessed mission Of Christian duty He had there
FORE to-day nothing TO say upon that subject. Whoever
was wrong or whoever was right state Of things
listed which demanded personal collective, social
duty, and it would answer good purpose to inquire
upon whom the greatest amount OF guilt dcvolved
Dr. took his text from the ninth and tenth verses Of
the second chapter and the first verse Of the third chap
ter Of Ezekiel -
And when looked, behold an hand was sent unto me-
fore and it written within and without there
written therein lamentations and mourning and VICE.
Hndest Then did / eat il, and it was In my
mouth as honey for sweetness.
1t was perfectly apparent that the subject Of this pas
sage the Christian and Divine appointment trial.
The first lesson to be learned was that human trials Of
every kind were Of Divine appointment An oustretched
hand from the heavens brought before the prophetic
mind No one should 60 aside moment from acknow
Lodging 1t t. be the hand of the living God the manifest
revelation of that Divine power which ruled the world
Whatever might be the instrument used, whatever the
circumstances ordained by which TO accomplish the de-
sign the great truth for the servant of God
was TO look beyond all to the hand Of God If day of
trial in the family it was the hand Of God that brought
it was the hand Of God which a. directed s Il
day of peculiar trial and danger TO the
to the gracious, divine, infalbe Hand that heidi con-
troled and directed ALL In present trials could
not make mistake in looking to that Hand. It
ties OF the andof TO throw the blame upon this
that individual. No calamity or suffering can come
upon land without the national sin provoking the judg
ment and TO people who love righteousness tho solemn
promise OF the commandment that mercy should be
shown TO them for thousand generations was certain
. Inc second manifest rsoS brought gu. in the vision
record The hand was not sent to inct Judgment but
to show "roll Of book The familiar illustration Of
an ancient book written parchment and rolled up,
was brought perfectly before the eye Whatever the
elements detail of this Divine government, illustrated
by the hand they all parts Of Divine purpose and
plan 1t was not merely in general principles Of Divine
Providence that to seek this purpose. We
but too ready say In unbelieving age-Where Is
the Lord God Of Elijah that answercth the cry Of faithful
and earnest prayer IL blessed thought that all the
details Of trial, whether individual social
parts Of a Divine pan-that the very hairs Of our
head were oil numbered Impossible 70 perceive an
far reaching for the fact everythn that may minis
ter TO the welfare happiness promote the grace OF
nity-a part Of the wondrous plan which guides them
and receives them TO heaven And did any ask whyS
Because the world lived for them.
He loved 10 look at this truth in lite extreme degree OF
application; to think that we lived in world In which
ment less than that Of the great Architect who made
the whole Every sorrow and every care was was
In His bottle, and our groahs recorded in His book
Therefore, when the hand appeared held out roll in
which, though lamentations and mourning were written
yet the succeeding propheses that out Of ii closed
with wonderful triumph and most magnificent displays Of
Divine wisdom and honor.
Again a third point in this remarkable passage-not
merely was 1t a heavenly hand which extended the
roll, showing that infinite wisdom directed our trials
but these trials also part OF the Divine warning
well of Divine appointment and record Ezekiel Gays
"And He spread II before me, and IL was writ
ten within and without, and there written therein
lamentations and mourning and wos." From this we
might learn that nothing would BIO concealed the sin
ners way would be made perfectly clear the men who
truly; those who the wind would reap the whir
wind the men who sacrificed principle to cxpediency,
would all his plans fall TO ruins In night No human
being could afford TO make the God OF justice and Of truth
enemy OF his successful living man could afford 70
detach himself loose from the wonderful scheme OF
Gods government. Whence came the folly OF
men in power-the madness OF men who pos
We might answer from the botting out Of that which
In the derson OF the day. Is called the "hgher law
II the Word Of Cod which to endure forevcr were not
TO be exalted supreme Woe to the who dscards III
the nation that casts II out Woe TO the people
that win detach themselves from H. and rule by any in
cror standard Of authority than the Word OF the living
God Sorrow tho daughter Of ain, and human suffer
ing Ia ever growing Of domestic sin and guilt and the
Word Of God hesitated not TO say that this was the
SIN of the drunkard and Of the gambler was
TO be in it's effects upon the children OF the
second and third generation the innocent daughter
ried about with her disease Inherited from fathers de-
hatchery or RIGHTEOUSNESS WHILE then, the Saviour
taught us that not 10 make the application TO
individual suffering and say that they were "sinncrs
above other yet the truth held good that pain and
sorrow never did but as the Immediate fruit OF
mans iniquity. Accordingly, whoever might be the
agent Of producing the dculty, the duty and privilege
Of the Christian to do what they were doing this
day--to humble themselves and fall down before the
Lord Of Hosts
The fourth point OF instruction TO be derived was the
pudy of the servant OF God under rlbulation sore-
Oup IN N
est" What was this eating but an absolute acceptance
opening the mouth that God might thrust in his roll,
written within and without We should not only acqui-
esce In Gods appointment but checruly accept the D
vine command. Whatever the trials recorded upon
the roll The simple principle that they could work
nothing but benefit 10 the servant OF tho living
Cod All, how delightful 70 dwell upon the
great truth that "who is he that shall harm us
II be followers Of that which goodf That the
principle laid down here. This roll written with amen
tatons and mourning and woe could II be nourishment
to the servant OF Godf Surely tho trials that bears