The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-03-20
The Clergy ON city Affairs.

THE REV. MR.. MORGAN At ST. THOMAS CHURCH.
The Rev DR.. Morgan preached mos, eloquent sermon
city affairs in the above church yesterday morning
The learned divine took bic text from Zephania chapter
18th Verse aud having briefly referred 10 It's particular
religious bearing, showed Its connection with the social
and ary condition OF He pointed out the evils
showed how such evils mi GIT be remcdcd large and
nppreciave congregation listened nttentively throughout
the reverend gentlemans discourse.
THE REV. DR.. g. osGooD's CHURCH.
Yesterday morning discourse bearing pointcdly on
the sanitary state Of tho city delivered In the
Unitarian church, Thirty eighth street. by the Rev. Dr.
0sgood. BY way Of text the preacher read from st.
Lukos Gospel the narrative Of the casting out Of the
dumb spirit Many persons supposed the day Of entire
individual empire had come; but It not We
must still all suffer together; oil rejoic together This
very week had not authority compelled each Of US to
watch the turning Of the wheel TO II we we're dnfted
An ignorant Official drunken magistrate might bring
modification and ruin upon thousands OF us We
own but because sickness and disease were around
The sanitary state OF New York far below that OF
January and February Of this present year fifteen thou
sand OF smallpox had been found la the city by
the inspectors and last year sixteen thousand cases of
Hpbus fever had been reported health chart OF the
city was brought 70 him yesterday, and was most
tonshng, showing that though certain districts
conf aralvely exempt they closely bordcred upon tho
infected Districts The defective sanitary state of tie
city attended by corresponding moral degradation.
dumb spirit possessed tho people In these neglected
moral or religious influence, and grea. would DO the
transformation, when the poor degraded eighteen thou
sand beings now living In CELLARS were endowed with
rational voice aud entered into fellowship with rational
men. Who could ray whether from these elements
literature might not be looked for like trt OF Augustine
and Bunyan In the olden ChurchY How this regcre.
ration 70 BE- cncctedi The Christian rcl zion do
this, with tie hcp or ecience We have tbs power oil tho
air tho light q waterfall OF God gifts must be used
II far moro important In Lent time TO avoid dir; and
drunkenness thu ieeh meat FAR moro important 70 be
clean than 10 at M ana eggs Then the preacher went
TO speak Of other classes possessed by 'dumb spirit"
aud undertook 10 show that the luxurious well the
miserable o. Affected With powerful hand
be phi.rised the nntlpua exiraya Of the day,
speaA OF those WHO oEod aud danced al the winter
aud whom tho 0u'nsr came LEFT thu city ~ It's disease
an on TO pnrsuo similar round OF ffiyolties In the
fashionable watering pla "a They algo had dumb
siuL pd knew not the TRIO speech n humanity and of
God They spoke tie Al bboslh or the nodss aud not
we Ga ect Of Gods children. Lot thcm learn better
aet u en- learn 10 rnrect 9ods Image IN The hum
ploN 70 N Lot all natonJiles TIME IN this roa work.
-. tne Irsh Toak thsf good wori, the GrLshs ira,
ana we Ainotlcans ,htlfa Let Irish er'haslnsm be
united wth Seitnan Intelligence and Amorcan thought
Then le al ne great ms, tvtons ~ rcci IL oa tvs.r
property oomone via edo alien and liberty a,l capital
with laer Dgltar lines would III oo,no TO this great
city All clatha e0nla uIlte uron Netk Of srr gsing
beauy--tho faik Way could nlt al Ola ses unite
upon work Of BnrpaS.ng uss4lBoss-a true san!tary
eyBtoin.