New-York tribune., 1870-01-03
CHURCH OF THE PURITANs.

SoouTged to bis dungeon, bat sustained and soS;bed
By an unfalerbg trust approach thy grave
IiEe one who wraps the dIsPery Of ti, couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams
CHURCH OF THE PURITANs.
The Rev. George b. Cheever, d. d., preached
OF Apollo Hall, yesterday, upon the subject Year
Wen Begun" selected his text Romans xiie1: " /
beseech you therefore, brethren by the merce Of God
that ye present your bodies living sacrifice, holy, ac
ceptabo unto God, which is your reasonable service
One can hardly help thinking reading this call Of the
Apostle the morning Of the first Sabbath IN the New
Year. that OF the greatest merces Of our Heavenly
Father this arrangement OF our beng by which the re-
curing estsl and memorial seasons OF our LIE unite 70
draw us back 10 hn that we may ne Ills IN honess anu
happiness forever God takes us Hs arms, and puts
our Feeble stumbling feet into the standing stool OF occ
be trained up for his service God divides our life by
mile and rememDrances both OF mortality and
immortality that on lhe very IodI OI our
every other thought be turned TO Him. Our Sabbaths
every week the angels OF God are ascending and descend
ing with Gods messages In Illustration OF the text
might % So termed tSo t Ne% Years. Offering ever
brought FROM man 10 God Tho reverend speaker read
offering which God demanded. In detailing the duties
which we arc perform in the coming year. he said we
IN honor pIeierring another. Paul, contemplating
called TO suffer for Others for the sake OF
Christ cried, Yea, and II be offered the sacrifice
and service OF your faith JOY and rejoice with you all
10 their individual conversion TO Christ which was
Joy aud rejoicing of Paus heart and he endeavored
To Dc tho lnsunent himself oI bringing as many souis
to Christ possible. Iherewa no other way into the
kingdom Ot Heaven. 1uCre IN some modern pGehcu
tatons ot the truth from an assumed STANDPOINT oi
lofty and liberal piety protest against the system OF
grace by individual conversion through the instrument
taliy OF possession OF personal salyat0n as Dehg a
system OF individual sesness and pride, calling in
question aisying the universal FatherhOod OF God
We would rejoice II the adoption OF saIvatlon was
could be by nations, but cannot be wise above
that which is written IN the Word Of God, nor
dictate nor suppose any other OF salvation than
those presented in the Gospel The Gospel Is for lnd
gathering ndiyduas Its appeals TO individual con
sciences on inc ground OF known necessity of ind
AFaf tal al kHt
the Jows were saved because they were Jews, or by
means Of being jews but only by being ue-hearted be-
levers in the Lord Jesus Christ
In closing Dr. Cheeyer referred to pilgrims dream as
related by the poet Wordsworth The pilgrim in his
dream a conference between a star and glOw-worm.
ne,or AND taUVtcd the worm win its feeble Tght
The latter Of ambition rival the
did IL shine, but IN submission 70 the DIVINE WILL
Ne are all e,low.worms with all the brightest OF our
shining and tho greatest treasures OF word and OF
Christian experience our Lord hath deposited IN earthen
and not OF Nevertheless they that be wise for the
footsteps Of pilgrims shah hereafter shine as the bright
GOf the armament; and they. that turn many TO
righteousness, as the stars for ever and ever.
90 PREVAILING IMMORALnIEs.
The Rev. U. Tracy Tracy preached last
evening at St. Jamess Church, Seventy secondst,
Thirdaye from lid Corinthians With chapter
nth verse "Touch not the uncean thing" He said :
There is universal complaint that the morality OF the
age degeneratng. universal fear that the old safe
guards that once preserved society will be down
hat an age OF unexampled luxury coming, in which
inc unlimited cense OF immortality will take the place Of
the moral law aud ultimately sink our people depths
OF degradation from which they raised. In
social life the most careless may see unmstakabe signs
of rapid moral decay The growing for the noxous
sensational literature OF the day. the increasing favor
shown spectacles and plays that would shock tho
modesty OF the pure minded she wide latitude
allowed the young OF both sexes as TO assOcia-
tion; the license Of action and language permitted
and sanctioned and ndulged these. the natural results
OF the Indifference OF the community to the moral obga
tons imposed upon Them are rapidly destroying the re-
atous that should exist between the sexes, aud their
fruit IS fast rpenng haryest OF DEATH In the hours
OF business 1t the OF to overTeach and get the
better of each other in trade In legislation 1t is an old
story that men lost all desire deserve the public
confidence aud honest legislator is a curiosity Ju
dical honesty is the object OF suspicion Among her
chants amentabe loss Of business honor is noticeable
traders no longer pretend - believe the asseycr
Of men vho anywhere else but In the market place
would be honored for their Integrity 1t is terrible TO
know that the great majority OF the noted business men
make secret OF their disregard OF truth IN their bus
transactions IL was once considered disreputabe
operate in Wallst but now there is hardly member
Of the mercantile community VINO does not
occasionally o. resalarly gamble IN stocks.
contaminated one would nd Dnt few who have not been
guilty The poison in the air and all bamable,
SG fST for t1s aH1 en o when the duty Of ali to
rem6nstrate The condition Of affairs is deprecated
effort at selfemancpation is made, no earnest hearty
scorn expressed at the perperaon Of the most corrupt
man must meet with success In money making let his
means Of wealth winning be despicable highway
gained let him dsburse for the merit Of beraity Is
counted offset to all the wrong he has done. An
and when men OF standing come down with the vulgar
horde and give up sefrespect and honor for ROld
is left for the ship of human credit but TO drift
ashore upon the rocks and go TO piecesi IT Is
the bOunden duty OF the minister OF religion
10 sneak these things There protesting Christians
among gulltest of the guiltyChrstlans VINO steal
boldly aud bbe and sooth their cOnscences with Law
sh outlay charity. They appealed TO by the world
as authorities In morals When Christians fail to uphold
the Of their faith everything fails for the is
betrayed by those who have sworn fealty 10 It, They
have allowed the safeguards be torn away They have
aided the enemy To be silent, then would be treason
n1 is III uOta ~
warning put the Church upon her ward Of defense TO
urge her 10 withdraw herself from the mad spirit Of gold
seeking the scepter Of righteousness depart from
her fOrever-tO come out from among them aud touch
not the unclean thing" lest when He shall seek for HIS
children lie shall find that they have sold their brthrgh
ALANsoN N. Z. CHURCH.
Mr.. n. Ward Cady, teacher of Bible Class
No Of the Alanson NJ E. Church Norfok-st, pre-
sented yesterday with rich and beautiful Bible by
pupils OF bis class. The presentation took place in the
church. and was made by superintendent Thomas on be-
half Of the class The Bible presented Mr. Cady s25
The pupils Bible Glass No l. took this occasion also
show their love their teacher Mr. WIN. L. Bell, and
through Assistant Superintendent VIM Mcbride, present
ed him with costly Bible. On the OCCASION the
Sunday school teachers beautifully bound book of
extracts from writings Of the great poets, Miss
Hester Rodman, who although young lady the senior
Sunday school teacher IN the Asnson NJ. T. Church Mr.
John l.. Lunnan made the presentation address.
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