The New York herald., 1870-06-20
CEUaCH OF THE NATIVITY.
Tho Love Of God for Nlan and Mans Debt Of
Love To GOd-sermon by the Rev. Fnther

Tho Love Of God for Man and Mans Debt Of
Love To GOd-sermon by the Rev. Father
Everett.
The Church OF the Nativity, of which the Rev.
Father Everett Is PASTOR Is situated on Second ave-
nue., between Second and Third streets Viewed
from the outside It's appearance is by no means i'm
posing and its architectural merits are not Of the
highest order. Its interior Is equally unostenta-
tiOus, and very little attention has evidently been
paid to the ornamentation OF the church. But II
everything is plain, and the gorgeous embclsh-
ments to be found in other churches are wanting,
there Is an imposing air In the very want OF these
adornments which makes feel that the struc.
ture is built for the worship of God,
and that the one object of saving souls
is the supreme desire OF the pastors OF
the cnurcn. and that In that one object
all others are forgotten. And that success has at
tended their Efforts can be seen by the Large congre
cations which attend services there. Yesterday, at
the half-past ten mass, when the heat was almost
unbearable, the number OF wOrshlppers which filed
the church was pleasing sight TO behold, and tha
rapt attention with which the preacher OF the day
was listened TO was sufficient proof that his elo
quence and his labOrs were not without mutt aud
that the word of God spoken from his mouth went to
the hearts OF his hearers aud raised their thoughts
on high
The Reverend Father Everett, by whom the ser.
mon was preached, Is the pastor OF the church. and
Is both beloved and respected by his congregation
TO his hock-knd and genteawith the good, but stern
and striet with the transgressor.,
His text was from the gospel Of the day, CON-
menclng al the seventeenth and ending with the
twenty-third verse OF St. Luke, sixth chapter-"And
he came down with them, and stood IN the PLAIN,
and the company OF mis- disciples, and u very great
multitude OF people out of all Judea and Jerusalem,
and from the sea coast, OF Tyre and Sdon.p
The reverend preacher spoke In glowing language
OF the
GOODNESS OF GOD,
OF the love or God and OF the great debt OF love due
him from Christians. God, the Father, had sent His
only son to redeem mankind from That Son
had come on earth IN human shape; had suffered
ignominy contumely and death for our sake, ana TO
open for US the road 10 heaven. He showed MS by
His lie OF humility and obedience to the will OF His
Father how we should gam that end, and when by
his cruel death ana
GLORIOUS RESURRECTION
heaven was secured to us lie eft to His teachings
and His apostles to guide from darkness TO light,
aud, above all, lie left Himself in the blessed
crament OF the Eucharist, that we might want for
nothing that would help to our salvation. God
having thus done every thing for us, ought we not
give Him the little He asks In return Ought we
not oner up TO Him that which We hold merely Dy
His bOunty-namey, our lives our rhopes, our hearts |?
He asks Us for but little and that little ourselves
Father Everett concluded by exhortng his hearers
to consecrate their lives to God by prayer and good
works, and they would reap the benefit Of 1t IN the
world to come.