The New York herald., 1865-03-13

In the above place Of worship the Rev. j. r. Thomp-
son, DID,, preached most eloquent sermon as evening
service stcrday He selected his from Matthew
Kill lo-13 and in the first place proved that greater
portion OF our Lords miracles performed for the
rolief OF physical suffering or the thirty six mira.ls
recorded by the Evangelist two thirds performed
for the direct relief Of human want and suffering and
such was the general way in which Ho displayed His
spiritual power The religion Of the heat un
dervaued human life by the institution o; caste, human
sacrn es, &c but Christ any steps in and places its
makes the care OF health arcgiousdu aad Christianity
concerns mans present visible condition. well his
future happiness The ary rules of tho Mosaic law
were gid IN the extreme, and the treatment
prescribed in tho Of infectious diseases 80
admirable as to- cause US to lons for the reappear
ance OF the old lawgirer TO act city
Inspector, and take ia hand the smallpox and other
eases which aict this plague ridd city Having thus
proved .ne intimate relations between christianity as re-
garded as means for tho Improvement OF mans social
and religious condition. the eloquent preacher continued
First publicly, as nun ser Of Christ, indic those
ra road corporations which, by want Of proper precau
tions cndanger tho life OF II, did refer to acci-
dentso calamities at the hands Of God but crimes
the hand Of man Hc referred the number OF deaths
which had occurred to persons while travelling by rail
since January monuments to the Grim nal neglect and
rccklessness OF companies who had constituted Mo-
lcch the divinity OF the sleeping and Juggernant
by steam. Secondly, ndct guilty OF a criminal CON
spiracy the whole OF grogseers and their allies
the extent Of this OWL when a Senator should
present himself in naudiin state Of intoxicaiion
curing tne inaugural ceremony NJ washington. the
grogshop made the polling plaCe during elections
and thor keepers appointed to posts Of honor and trust
In the government OF tho first city OF the United States
He asserted that In many the grogshop proved
stepping stone to Congress, and stated that more than
half tho health wardens are keepers Of those dens Of vce
and wickedncss Thirdly ndict thc civic atministra
tion of New York for thor gross neglect Of the sanitary
affairs Of the city and also the people who tan,cy wit
ness their conduct He brought forward a number Of
statistics TO prove the alarming increase Of mortality
this city which averages now one in thirty hvehat OF
London being in forty, and Liverpool one In forty
for He argned that the dirt and Nth OF the streets Of
metropolis invites disease that tho existence OF teno
those in authority has brought New York to the state 1t is
now in He concluded BY exhortng his congregation to
stir themselves He had been told in letter he had
ceived himself the preaching OF tho Gospel,
and leave fo0ing to the Now York Tttbune He would
answer his correspondent by at all times crying down
this monster evil and, in doing he would be but fol-
lowing In the steps Of his blessed Master whose mission
was to alleviate the temporal and advance the spiritual
welfare of the world