The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-04-17
Tn. Brick Presbyterian Church.


Rev r sprina coynez Of Thirty seventh street and Ffth
avsuue the Rev. Mr. Murray delivered discourse on
the all absorbing topic u the Presidents assassination
taking his text from the 1l2th Psalm, fourth verse
Unto the upright there sriseah light IN the darkness
s remarks 80 far they related 70 the calamity were
- follows .al
horror Of thick darkness settles over the nation 70
day Nothing like before brooded over the nation
al heart and plunged II u deep depression We turn -
by force nstncnay rather "a under the progress OF
dark agency those passages Of the Pssms which
reatbe out in their solemn cadeDces all the plantive
of bruised and broken hearts, and all the forebodings
Dubbed and anxious spirta Not that death has FOR
time entered our halls Of State and cut down our
-isrates IN the midst Of their public service and
49,, trusts Twice before has the nation been
~ =, ~, IN over the deaths Of Presidents In once
-, was bowed with mighty grief Then the
,,.noa ,,,s, TO God-,he unchAngng, sverlovins
-. .on,..soa that in Him was all its hope the
..,,r,, ~ All humsA dependencies then iorceo i'een
r,n ,hs national conss usness ana all parry ss'hes
~. bu,hed in the stinD>. OF 'na' s0'emn i'oVr
nee But to-day while
n, in form, the darkness upon '"' r.' eo,1
u.s. the anxiety depressing Us w. .ents II comes
es.rfu cr,sis Of our history comes IN
N ovor which by turns we shudder WV re poorest
n That Srars ont some loathed life ardcuH W w,
,tcl hear OF or read Of but TO be deeply moved .'
mot ono fell hound by Satanic energy OF eInHS'
vb ,,icn iaan, 10 us utmost Of damnable wickec.
ASSN i,s utmost of and dcsoation, and strkeS
INTO the ma 0pa1 n The persons Of the pres
y into secretarv of state-not AZ they were ciusens,
'sy were r. To which hi Sassdne, which had
tory.s ned ,mmeas ,rably atrocous, grow, tame ,1s
en- dee which hsn itself might well turn
bcfor ~ The darkness OF the hour 10,
10 with a. .,Saaow Following other shadow q. -
rooyeh lows disk few days since anu hsS
dDight TO !. -. - every guarter-heht when ia.
light "a N, a.. 10 The long long agony o. o y"
en- upon drawinx ~ w close The light q pens,s
nty dawnn va nninea h. And from this oaw u,
the day lea bsSp On 1 10 the shadow, ~. 2. p nss
sun has 20 re ten degrees bacA essive that We ha
or "a d. ss, and chseros be %srnes re'iso
peace It's. Ny friends the hish Of gloom II ~
console and ga q e.nsn Us IN our days duty o. ~
/, syated pm eN :. u is the sscrs> 'cd cheer !,
n;: q s, asns s1 K: INN. word. e. o.
!: a s,sans .os s ~ s. s,
:s. SUCH 70 !. s, n, f. S''% sss
the settled con vlctcl that there NJ
u, yet 70 n. n oU. 'P ao onI1 these slcua
He has done AZ ain and ain bd ore IN this most ssfslA
rod Of our national HI IVORY n cal to day me r.
ms hearts have failed Them for 'ar before To- dsv
We not our armies. been eaten Ha, not our pro- |;
e miscsrred Hss not ;tiona disso ',Ion stared Us
the face grim and hob le spectre at an yet aran
taking more Of dres reality while osine none
its pretcntious frightulnes ~ Has not oo time ana
Of this struggle will have more than onc. :. ss~
this point at that crisis thing seemed roorc ore
'n ns the fortunes Oh the Al esrcan people Bus he
torian, like an undsvout astronomer 10 ma ~
point God said let there be light there was Itch,
this dealing OF God with in tho pas, IL grnnsa s
hdence for similar dealing In the futnsa u' CO ~
nplees His work In the world Ho lcsvca ,o,,o oa Nv
0mDs'' IN nature Or gra'e or providence, In some mi