The New York herald., 1870-05-09
CHURCH OF THE STRANGER.

The Ycarnings Of the Human Heart-Power,
Wealth and Fame as Accessories to Happi.
ness-NapOloOn and the Plebiscite-"Victo.
rla,' and seller Majesty"
A numerous assemblage Of worshippers congre-
gated yesterday morning at the Church of the Stran-
ger to listen to discourse by Rev. DR.. Deems the
popular pastor. The text was selected from Jere.
miah, XIV, 6:-"Seekest thou great thingss Seek
them not" II the reverend gentleman had prepared
his sermon in view Of the vote to be taken yesterday
in France on the Pleotsctns 1t could not have be en-
more appropriate.
The preacher first showed how God and man DIFF
fered as to what is great Among the sgreat thingsn
OF men are wealth, place, power, learning and
fame. In the highest sense these are not great
They are mere externas OF the soul. And yet In
some sense they are great. God does not despise
them, and men should not God does not forbid men
to seek them. ON the contrary 1t Il the duty OF all
men to seek all these In certain measure and
tain way. 1t is the selfish seeking that lis wrong
seeking them s.for thyself.n
The doctor went on to show this from several
points of view. FIRST all these great things" are
not had for the askng they are obtained with DIM
Guilty some Of them, by fraud some Of them. But
the difficulty, the preacher admitted, not good
reason for not seeking anything If II right to
have and were sought in the right ways but in these
invariably disappoint when thus obtained. Take
the first as an instance. Caa any man be found who
VII admit that colossal fortune, built up with diff
Guilty and for
SELFISH PURPOSES, SATISFIED HIMq
Let him compare his present possessions and the
good he gets OF them with what he expected when
he rSt put his young energies to the work of build.
ing up that vast, golden structure and the disip-
pointment is manifest. So Of power. Had Louis
dreamed when imprisoned In the castle Of Ham :
Again, IN selfish seeking the tights OF others dis
regarded, to say the least. A man IN the heat Of
pursuit jostles his neighDor. Who Is hurts The
nelghbor only2 No. but both. The injurer in the
long run suffers more than the injured. But IL re-
pairs could be nader Here there's another trouble.
These very great things become instruments OF inju-
riOusness to others. Money can crush and when
obtained seltlshy it is generally used nurlousy. SO
fame - '''' -
ANOTHER REASON
was that they often put man out OF the reach OF
good influence. The learned and famous and pow
erful and rich are not approached by the sweetest
They are like Alpine elevations-very high and very
cold When the good Prince Albert died the Queen
who must always be called 'your Majesty'-when
her chaplain was trying to console her. exclaimed
with sobs GAN that is true but shall have no one
to call me Victoria now ' The last reason assigned
miserable with them. "A number q instances We're
Yecited as OF wealth being no bribe to trouble and
death. When Henry Beaufort, in the times OF Henry
"wHY SHOULD DIE,
being 30 rich? II the whole realm would save my
to buy it. WIN not Death be brlped ? viii money
do nothingr or rowsr Cyrus said, ''No one would
wish the crown who knew its cares.n sketch was
given OF Pyrrhus, who, when preparing to invade
Italy had conversation with his friend the philo-
sOpher Cineas, who represented TO the King what
warlike and victorious people the Romans were.
.should 1t please the gods that we overcome them,
be masters Of Italy," What nexts' "Sicy stretches
out her arms" said the King. "Wll that conclude
the war ~ asked the philosopher 80 no only fore
runners OF greater things Carthage and all Africa
will be ours" "True," said Clneas, ''and then we
may regain Macedon. But when all is DONE what
dear friend, I'VE shall live at our ease drink all day
long and have cheerful converse" "May we not
have all these without that trouble ~ was the wise
response. But Pyrrhus did not SO understand It,,
and went forward and perlshed.
NAPOLEON, AT ST. JEAN D'ACRE,
said:-"Th1s paltry town has cost many men and oc-
cupies much tmel but things have gone too far not
to risk last effort" He confessed afterwards that
he had hoped to ind the treasure Of the Pacha and
arms for 800 900 men. He then intended to raise and
arm Syria already exasperated. He would then ad-
vance upon Damascus and Aleppo, recruit from q
discontented country, arrive at Constantnople with
masses Of men, overturn the Sublime Porte, found q
terity.n and come back to Paris through Vienna,
having overturned Austria. The sad imprisonment
and death on st. Heena tells how the dream was
realized. Newton, in his dotage, could not under.
stand h1 own wonderful demonstrations, and the
great Duke OF Marlboro, having read an account OF
wSpderf1l Snn victory looked up idotcay and asked,
The preacher urged that instead Of selfishly seek
ing great tings. men should seek greatness and let
the great things come Of themselves. "Seek first
the Kingdom Of God, and all these Things shall be
added.n