The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-05
NEW ENGLAND coSmEGsuos.4 cagRcE.

NEW ENGLAND C0NGGEGATlOs.4 CAERcE.
Sowing and Renping or Cause and Effect
the Order OF fife--Iive Topics ) Treated
by Live Man--scrmoD by The Rev. Mcr-
riiI Richardson.
The New England congregational church, corner
OF Madison avenue and Forty-seyenth street, had
yesterday morning, more than iEs quota OF sabbath
worshippers, the church which has been well filed
every Sunday since lis completion ana the assump.
ton OF pastoral charge by ITS now eloquent ana
popular pastor, Rev Merrill Richardson, being
this occasion filled By larger attendance than
before. Aside from the stated congregation
among whom may be seen some OF tho
leading men OF business and most dis.
tingulshed professional men in the city
The brilliant and progressive representatives. mainly
or New England Immigration to The metropolis. A
marked feature IL the number OF strangers selecting
this sacred edidce their place OF Sunday worship
One thing is very certsin-and it is matter merto-
Tiously worthy OF special ettenton--al strangers
TO receive the
MOST POLITE ATTENTION
al the hands Of the ushers In The first pace, VINO
cannot be eXcelled Tor their graceful and pleasing
nrbanity, and BY the congregation Itself, which
evidently regards attention to strangers vital
and important component part or religion itself
After the usual predatory exercises or PRAYER
reading the Scriptures and singng-the last partly
by the congregation, usual, and partly BY the
select ana accomplished choir belonging to the
church--Rev. Mr. Richardson entered npon The de-
livery OF
THE sERMos.
Like all OF the reverend SPEAKERS palpit efforts this
sermon while strictly logical and for that matter
excelling the usual and stereotyped formulas of
theological legicians, and achieving the almost
q00d eIat GlTs1 lstsdndunt certainty Of geUme.
Tical proposition, was yet, warm and 'pulsating
with the vitalizng vigsr of expansive and .ihera.
illustration applied the every day lives OF every
men. IL in fact the lest sermon he has de-
Eyered yet. The subject was ''Sowing and ReaplnC,
or Cause and Eject the order OF ns." His text the
basis oil the discourse was Galatians VI, 7-"What-
soever man soewtn that shall he reap" He began
by stating that without the
CoNsTANCg OF CAUSE AND EFFECT
npon nothing. II man ceud not com.
nand results by his power over causes duty and
character would he impossible. Ixlon on mis- ever
revolving wheel, Tantaius tormsnted by thirst IN
The anomaly ana the curse OF existence. Man can
command results. He can know what he Will reap
by what he sows Christ taught taat wheat would
net produce tares, nor tares wheat. Grapes could
not be gathered OF thorns, nor lgs Of ihistes And
YET often o
FALSE THEOLOGY
has represented man as impotenC, and for him II
was ali n chance whether he was saved or lost. he
could set no causes in operation which God had
joined such g. result. He wished 20 bring both The
BiDie and nature against sucn a falsehood. IL is
Gods viii that man Shall reap 81 ne sows Alter
rlucidating with marked and conclusive effect
these general primary principles. he proceeded TO
show nIst That the great problem or cause and
effect Is embodied in the text, was revealed IN The
divine order OF things Cause ana effect seen
through the whole planetary system ana the wAoe
dragon swallowing The sun. not any chance, bat
the Moon orderly following its orbit.
The seasons day sna night, heat and frost, the
growing gerB, the falling leaf, the volcano ana The
dhunderoob had each It's cause
THERE Is ORDER EVERYWHERE,
Wood noated, Tor it Is lighter tnan water; rapor
rises, Tor ii IS lighter than air Build yeur house By
pummet and line and gWill stand, Tor the force OF
The earth holds IL. Health Is an erect and man, by
commanding the causes, can command the results.
Physicians al ways asked the patient "WhaG nave
you been deing to bring this PAIN upon you II what
cause have you started 10 counteract Gods causes
OF Eealth.n Here the speaker remarked lay the
way, that yhysicians as guardians OF public health
SHOULD be paid net Tor Sickness, nut Tor ne2tn Wleu
trade IL dull and
GOLD DISTURBED
business Elen ask the capse- III the crops poor
was IL not shallow ploughlng or bad seed or want OF
water nourishment? Men tunnel mountains.
Trains OF cars are held suspended by cable over
Niagara. Man can have republic ii lie VIII have
education and virtue. The Que Is cause OF the
other Ills family relations may continue happy If
ne wl continue to cultivate affections, and love
VIII die without care as soon as . Hover. He re-
ierred 10 the burning OF the Kansas prarles through
soldiers lighting their camp fires. be spoke OF
man killing his fellow man la the heat OF passion,
showing that thus everywhere cause and effect are
1ndlssolubY Joined, and man can know what he VIII
reap by what he sows HIS next point thar
much depends on the time we start causes There
~ no use
SOWING SEED IN THE SHOWS
OF January. In manhood aud old are II is tso late
u nave the discipline OF youth. cod regards time;
50 must man or his LABOR Is vain. The time to
stop eyl IL before beginning. The time to have
saved the Brooklyn calsson was when they knew
there was danger aud net arrer the IKE began. Look
at
TRANCE TODAY.
II at that convention ct Berlin where the uuesejOn
whether they should have peace war was under
consideration the Fgnt causes had been set at work
how different would nave been France to-day Now
she was being LAID waste by a devastating army and
lives aud treasure sacrificed On the dread altar OF
war. A wrongly uttered word to-day may make all
Europe resound with The CLASH Of arms he referred
~
THE MARRIAGE STATE.
ON the evening OF ones marriage one has Aot love
enough for his wife 20 last him tarougb lIie Love
should grow as grows their lives. And yet, q
slight word often was the cause 81 separating man
and wife and entaiIlng untsld regret and bitterness
through all their future lives. de enlarged on this
ropic with NEST demsnstratiye and earnest coaepcy
when the harvest Ia Fass and the summer 10
ended IT Is 100 late to 10 wnat Ged appoi ted
wight time for doing. Having Illustrated this at
course which was that this power over results
reaches TO salvation The text says 1.-THE Old
and New Testaments declare II over and over--'Tae
wages OF SIN IS deatb.r Death natural result,
slle cause OF which IS In our power. GOD gives US
This power He gives ali needed uelp and grace,
ger leaves liz this Responsibility. Sowing IL child
THE WHEAT or TAREs or YoUTa.
sowing ID youth Is the harvest OF manhood. This
causality runs through time aud through eternity.
Nan can know sDout his salvation. 1e
oy rI,rI hiusef He can write his in the book
Df HE or deall. There Is
No HAP-nAZARD
here more IN an in other things. Timely start the
cause and persist and sooner shall the hudson low
BACK to It's source or the sun revoive round the
earth trau one follows the oEder Oh Cos Iai OF
aviation Can man know how to build D house
snd not q character? Has the creator ieft
Is in darkness Oh the one great pom,
,nt douhf plant and reap. Build and live.
brewer $50 run that ye may WIN the e, prlze p