The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-01
TIE CHAPEL Of TIE GulY sAvllua.
Poor salsors = Prey t6 sharhs-ssernsen b,
DO, kliLhs...a lie s. Blind RYRachek.O

Poor Sllsors q Psey IL Sharas--sern'en BY
Rev. DR.. ElilburD, the " Blind Preachey,"
At the morning service yesterday In the Chapel OF
the Holy Saviour, rwenty-tith street, the Rev. W. H.
Mlbnrp. the well known 'Dlind preacher" aa-
dressed a large and interested congregation on
behalf OF the mission Tor the protection OF unsoDhis
ticated mariners. He took bis text from Romans
l., IA, 49, am debtor both to the Greeks and 10
the barbarlans; both to the wise ana to the unwse
so, as much as IN me is, am ready to preach the
gospel to you that are at Rome also"
lie said single man Is the epitome OF history.
His nature ana intellect the product OF all the CEN
turtles. He Is IN result OF all the men who
have been before him. The lineaments OF one hun
dred ancestors In mans face. IL Is not alone
tne fibre OF our frames we have got thus not alone
the strength OF weakness or our blood, put ia y
depth Of our degeneracy or the noDAity OF our
aspirations being by kind OF natural law OF entail
transmitted from sire TO son.
TO the past-,o those who have gone before us
we are deeply Indebted. We nave not made the
world what 1t Is. The vast ana uncountaDie com.
forts OF our material cit...zation, the wealth ana
magnilcence OF our knowledge, the variety, ln9en.
ulty ana almost onntpotence OF our mechanlcai
appliance these have all been 3equeatled 70 us.
TO build up society as We now lind 1t our i0relatlef5
tolied ana bed; they made weary journeys over
lana and sea; they drained marshes; they hewed
down forests; they turned Mucous deserts into
smiling gardens. or HE they were reckless
and OF labor prodgal to further tn s
pled poets sang, cages leglsated scholars and STU,
dents, seklied o'er with the pale cast OF thought
compiled the written monuments OF human wisdom
and knowledge. Homer and Milton, and bnak-
speare and Others VINO had sent stream OF lilumi-
nation through The ages, were only working IN
accord with humanity In our behalf. AS he passed
along the Sidewalks Of this city he remembered
that they were believed with tears and could tell
tales full of tragic horror in which we were all
more or less interested. In word al we nave mas
come 10 us from others, ana we are debtors.
How Paul, the great and accomplished apostle OF
the Genes felt This obligation he tells US in the text
which has been quoted. A prisoner Ill chains ne
the aitn OF the Lord Jesus into the golden
house Of Nora, and In an atmosphere debaucned Dy
| every species OF satlrnalian orgies he wins
followers TO Christ and TO CHRISTIAN discipline. X
one class OF men-those VINO had made the bound
less vast commercial highway-we OWec
much OF our greatness What return however, wal
made to the simple sailor when he landed at any 0
our seabOard centres OF commerceY Land shark
| seized on him. lie was piled with vile liquor, h.
was drugged, he was robbed and while still insensi
bic he was often hung on board some outgoing ship
to awake on the broad ocean TO the miserable con
seriousness OF all the wrong and outrage done 10 nm
On behalf Of those Who through peril ana danger
who, when the WIND was let loose from its caves ant
the sea became whirlpool OF wrath, advanced I'll
interests and ministered TO the comforts OF their fe
low men, he appealed with confidence. To protec
Jack ashore was the object Of the mission benz
organized, and ne knew the sympathles OF ever,
Ight-mlnded man in the community would be wit
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