The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-12
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TIE Church or tho Holy Iishs~seyAss BY
Bishep Armisage, sf Wisc1asAn.
A very intsrefhg discourse was delivered yester-
day Al the mcfnina service d the Episcopal Free
Church OF the noly Light situated ON the southwest
corner Of Broadway and Tnirty-seventh street. by
the Right Rev. VIM. E. Armitage, Bishop Of wiscon-
sin. the congregation Of this church meet at pres
emit in q very plain and unpretending place Of
worship, but which win be used only until such time
a. more suitable edice can be procured. The les
sons and litany having been read by the Rev. Mr..
Rankine, Of Gensva n. Y, and the usual chants and
hymns being sung by the choir, which u selected
nom the poor blind for whose benefit special mis-,
mon ia attached to the church, Bishop Armitage
delivered short but Impressive sermon on the text
from Numbers, twenty-third chapter, tenth verse
sLet me die the death OF the righteous and let my
last end be like his.''
He said:-This Ia q natural and common wtsh
which suppose everybody among us entertains.
Whatever our lives may be, we certainly all
hope that our ends may be that OF the Just. How
ever we live, we hope that something Is to nap
pen to us which shall at to die and for the life be-
You'd the grave 1t seems 10 me the man whose
words have quoted may be taken as type OF
many men nowadays. He talked beautifully Of reli-
gion; he had . very great respect for it; he could
pray as the text and he also could prophesy the
hnal glory Of Gods people, 1t seems to me we have
adopted tone OF preparation for death not sound
or good. This wish, common as 1t s is not the best
for us to have It is good in its place. but by no
means one that man should take for the ruling OF
his life / suppose we have inherited some Of the
feelings Of the Romsh Church for extreme JUNCTION,
and we are also Influenced by the Calvin
istic teachings on this point. After q long
life spent In devotion to the world the
inevitable sickness comes, and then, with
death staring MIN IN the face the dying man at the
prea cSes to him that GOSPEL Which he has despsed
perhaps for threesc0re years and ten. few broken
expressions Of penitence come from the sufferer and
say word against deathbed repentance, for I re-
member the story OF the penitent thief. Many soul
is always over us; He is patient with u.s. and even
at the dying sinners last moments His arms are
stretched out to save him But my brethren it is an
ting for possibilities and opportunities which God in
HIS providence might deny us More than once In my
disappointed. have seen the poor soul drirt out
beyond the sympathies OF this world without that
last WORD to bid It trust in the mercy Of God which
would have secured its salvation. When Jacob ut
ious to die the death than ne was to live
Ss the mors saS ne dd ABOUT
what he was doing from day to day. Has he not
c0unterparts among uS to-day who hope to die the
death OF the just without having the slightest wish
70 live right How many are living In the world as
y there was no Saviour How many are there who
caring how they i've but buoyed up by the hope that
ct the last day an opportunity for repentance would
be given theInq Men go on from infancy to age with
out thinking OF God but hoping IN that last Oppor
tunity which to many Of them never comes Do you
think man who has been living in this world for
Of L M the Of the
SalntsS DO you think q few brief words Of repent
ance uttered on his deathbed fits him to enter
that presence into which nothing de1led can conner
Gods mercy will receive many such, no doubt; but
he who lives in such q hope, and spends his
may forgive m, but his S'I lie has Been Wasted s Do
you think there ts any greater miracle than that God
will receive at the last moment one OF those selfish
his life never gave either money, sympathy or aught
else to his poor suffering fellow creaturesf Do
you think that chapter ~ st Matthew where our
sons OF men, Identifying himself with the poor and
needy the sick and the suffering OF the world, was
blotted out, and that man who never in his lie
knew charity will be admitted into the fold at the
the sah Of e WIN TG n s
for the glory Of Cod. The light Of the Cos
heaven By him. where is that course to be found
he ii II soine to deths man who never knees AZ
the Lords table or identifies himself with the Lords
people, the man who never confesses Jesus Christ as
die death Of the righteous then close your doors
and your hearts on the Gospel. But you can only
not 70 be Obtained By the miserable sesnness witch
life q the Just you desire to i've sn the ellie lie
God, you desire to do charitable works In the
name Of the Lord and TO grow In meekness and hol
s asS - no mater what your Gitcuiiies may
carry you to successful end. Let us not separate
among US, no matter what his place is or what his
difacultces may be, bias not the power to help the
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divine grace, while the man-no matter what he
saws, matter how he talks about religion, no mat
motive than to die the death Of the righteous SO far
- this world 10 concerned might just as well die at
no faithful servant waking in The way he should TO-
God help ~ one and all 30 to live aud 80 TO depend
upon His Holy Spirit that we may live the life OF the
just through the tender mercy Of Him who died for
us on the cross. and who regnetn now at Gods right
three persons IN one, forever and ever.
sc. Patrick's Cashedral-eerm0n by Arch.
bishep McClosley.
The collection In all the Catholic churches Of this
city yesterday was in aid Of the provincial seminary
at Troy which educates the priesthood OF this do
cese. The importance Of contributing to this object
was made the subject Of the sermon preached by His
Grace the Most Rev. Archbishop McCloskey ct the
Cathedral, where high mass was celebrated by the
Rev. Father Mclean in the usual solemn manner.
At the Gospel the Archbishop, who had been mean
while seated the episcopal throne, assembled the
pulpit and read as his text the twenty-second chap
ter OF st. Matthew frat to fourteenth verses, incu-
sive:-"And Jesus answered and spoke to them in
parallels" &C. The king spoken Of In the selection,
he said was meant to be NO other than the King Of
Kings, the Lord Of heaven and EARTH The son was
our Lord Jesus Christ and the bride was the Holy
Church on earth. The wedding feast was the
spiritual banquet for oil invited within the house Of
his spotless bride on earth. The good things set
forth noursh M to eternal life. Who were they
that were invited to this festtvais At rst no dis
function was made BY the king In the parable; all
were called 70 partake Of the banquet The blood OF
christ was not 70 be applied 70 few chosen ones.
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