The New York herald., 1870-05-02
Howe sr. Sae organist. After reading portion Of
Scriptures was sung congregational hymn, begin
Ming with the VerSg--


Ming with the verse 5~ 80 -
Deep n our hearts iis dwelling hath
Thou sheddest o'er our lowiy path.
Following the singing OF this hymn, which was
sung with great iervor came ra
1t was announced that the subject OF the sermon
IN gt %a q q l1ex loo a.
Az the basis be took the text Matthew xni. 10.
"Blessed are your eyes, for they see.and he talked
power OF illustration unsurpassed In any OF his pre-
y!ous sermons; After few words Of happy
walk along the i straight sas and narrow path q
duty, but, under the sophisln OF not knowing what
SS G aq nsn 'ass S m
tfrefent standpoints. The poet hnds beauty "a Tue
ocean; the matter OF TACT man casts his eyes about
hoping 10 discover some OF the lost treasure OF the
pirlte Kidd Men looked at life through the medium
Of their prejuLices. 1t was mean twist. How I'M
look alike upon region This difference he described
at engrn, showing how cacn ~ the antpodes OF the
aa ever seen things as they are, and this was Jesus
Christ. Describing the clearness and justness
q Cn%rists % vision, and how p, approxlmat,ilnIg
him. IN God, he described the atneist-the man
believing IN no God,-the man believing everything
man9 Nothing. Give way to all your passions
this was the teaching OF ali sncl. What would be
the result q this teaching The moral sensibltles
OF tile world would be blunted. There was no more
wretchcd man Than the atheist. Life had no gran
deur no herolsm for him. Another class was what
he designated as indi!ercnts This man was living
constantly in perplexlty. He had no faith perfect,
strong and conndlng. lie did not look the great
distinct religious belief. Dwelling at some length
upon this point ne showed that the Christian man
was the only man vino had right view OF life or
could lave IT.. He pictured the lie OF the Old
prophets, Moses ielnah and Isaiah, and the life
OF David, and how he bleathed forth his faith and
hopes In his beautiful psalms. More than giant
among giants came Jesus Christ. He came to Them
an exceptional man, WONDER q miracle, man
who called God His father and US his children. He
went 10 His death on the cross telling all that
thoy were. the chidien OF God. HIS les
son remained With us to-day. Moses sang
and died, Isaiah sang and added 10 It,
David sang and added to 1t. Christ came
and the song became comp lete-the song OF grand
Christianity, Further, he spoke Of the Richmond
me There e was M God In ~ it was no blind accident
men nom life to DEATH In conclusion, he urged
that this was the only right way Of interpreting
Gods pr0vidences There must be trust and faich Id
God. and all would be WE'LL 1t was this that gave to
life here grand purpose. nobility, and 10 the lie
to come assurance Of glorious immortality.
An unusual thing after the close OF the sermon
was begging appsal By the pastor for funds He
80 toward helping society organized here and In
DR.. Bellows church to fnrntsh sewing to poor
women. He gave a very interesting exhibit OF what
tl5 organization had done during the past year and
was now DOING and then stated that he wanted the
rest Of the money TO pay on debt still due on pic
lures IN me yestry Plates We're promptly passed
about and liberal contributions made
Communion service In which everybody present
was invited to participate, concluded the morning
service.