The New York herald., 1870-06-06

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THE SERMON.
The Bishop then ascended the pulpit and taking
his text from St. John XIV, 27-"Let not your heart
be troubled" &C., said:-Twice over in this chapter
does our Lord use these words charging His dlsci-
pies not to allow their minds to be troubled. And
truly II In this world which is so full Of trials there
is any one VINO may feel that he has sure remedy
Ior them. 1t is Christian How is thisf Is he not
exposed to trials well as othersi Is he not made
OF the same material as his brettrenp Does not
David declare that 'many are the afiictons of the
righteous" And does not our Lord himself tell Ills
disciples that '1n the world they shall have tribua-
ttonr' Yes, 1t Is So And yet our Lord says to
them, eye have no cause to fear; let not your heart
be troubled, neither let 1t be afraid" Our trust aud
confidence in God has lately been put to the test.
BODY OF DIsAFFECTED MEN,
mostly our own c0untrymen, but disloyal to
their sovereign and haters Of England and
her children, have made a rash attempt
to disturb our peace. For the last week or
two they have kept us in constant state Of unquiet
They have called forth our soldiers from their peace
full homes and forced them to quit for while their
wonted calling to buckle on their armor and to sally
forth in defence Of their country and their home
steads. And most nobly have they stood forward
In the hour Of need. Laying aside their Tor while
worldly occupations and their worldly gains they
willingly offered themselves for their country's SER
vice. Some of you had sons and husbands, and
brothers. whom you were called upon to spare in this
emergency and doubt not you felt little anxious
for the welfare OF those who were so dear to you.
The past few days have been
DAYS or UNEASINESS
for you. Feelings OF anxiety found an entrance into
your happy homes. And yet there was voice which
whispered to you then. as 1t does now:-"Let not
not your heart be troubled neither let it be AFRAID
care; tney are safe in my keeping. ! can
protect and shield them from danger" 1t was well
and not be afraidn feeling that sthe Lord Jehovah
was our strength and our song" 1t was well II We
could leave all with Him who ordereth everything
concerning us, and "without whom not sparrow
falls to the ground" And what has been the issueS
Our troubles have passed away as tale that is told:
Our volunteers have come back to us safe and
sound. Not hair of their heads has been touched,
and yet great work has been accomplished. Our
enemies have been driven back; our soil has been
cleared Of those
TRoUBLERs OF OUR PEACE
those Ocusts that threatened to destroy the fruits OF
our ndustry-and all this without one drop OF blood
shed on our SOIL Truly God has been better TO Us
than our fears, and we may now take up the thank.
not been the Lord who was on our side when men
rose up against US then they mad swai-
%ss knaed ue AGAINST ack u.s. "rn Tnen the waters
had overwhelmed us, The stream had gone over our
SOUL Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as
prey to their teetn Our help is in the name OF the
Lord, who made heaven and EARTH" have been
pressed to apply to the government and urge upon
them the appointment OF general thanksgiving
day, and feel that the occasion scarcely warranted
such an application on my part. 1t seemed 10 me
churches, to put up with all quietness, and YET /
trust, with hearty earnestness, our special prayers
and tnanksgvings to God, who has been so gracious
to us. But there may be some who will think that
even this hardly called for. They Will be dis
posed to sneer at any marked recognition of Gods
posed to regard what has occurred as mere sue
cessiul exercise OF military tactics and nothing
more, and that we are making
MUCH OF SMALL AFFAIR.
But might not more decided engagement have
taken place, and might not the same repuise have
Let remember that what has turned Que
to be small might grow into great Importance
and that II God had been against us instead
of for the matter might have assumed O very Sc
r1ous character ana fraugnt with great disaster.
No. we viii not be ashamed OF either seeking help Of
liverance in the hour OF our success We viii not be
ashamed OF commit ng ourselves ana all that be-
longs to us TO Him VINO Is loving Father and our
Almighty friend. And now, as wish not to lengthen
out this service. which in itself is longer than usual,
let very briefly show You how 1t Is that the
Christian g heart has remedy against trouble.
Flrst-Because God has specially promised to be
tivity with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in their
sorest trials He was with ST. Paul when all his
Gs Lord Stood ei with % me- and strengRed me-" He was
with His people Israel in all their reverses. 'Fear
not" He satd ''for have redeemed thee. have
called thee by thy name; thou art mine. When thou
passest through the waters / will be with thee."
And SO, too God Is with His people now. Never for
get this. When all seems dark and gloomy renen-
Der there Is bright light behind the cloud though
you see IL not. When :, no human aid Is neal near
ona on my may right ma nand IS 1t f' was Vas ia Some some
movement Of great diaicutyl and beheld that there
Lord. d. Thou art my refugee Fly TO Him. dear
need, and you will find him ever ready to befrend
you-a very present help in trouble. And you Will
tlnd too at such Time tbat you VIII realize near
why the Christian need not be troubled Is because
there is so sure and bright prospect before him.
In the first OF this chapter Lord says "Let
not your heart be roubled;' and then He gives His
reason-"In my Fatners house there are many
mansions; If it were not so would have told you.
90 to prepare a place for youn The thought that
Jesus Is gone to make our home ready for us-that
He has already entered there rs our forerunnerea,
and that He viii come again and receive us unto Him
SELF that where He Is we may be aisothls thought
should make all our troubles light. There VIII be
FEW MORE CLOUDS
and then will come perpetual sunshine-a few more
osslngs on The ocean OF lie and then shall enter
our peaceful haven. "There remaineth rest to the
people Of God.' There is another reason why the
people Of God should not be over troubled, and Of
this we are specially reminded t0-day-I mean the
abiding presence Of the Holy Ghost, the Comforter.
Look at the verse before our text Jesus had just
promised that the comforter would be given, and
| then Immediately He speaks of peace and the re-
mOval Of trOuble-"The Comforter which is the Holy
Ghost whom the Father will send in my he shall
| teach you all things. Peace leave with you; my
peace give unto you. Let not your heart be trou
bed neither let it be afraid" AS much as to say,
"Y0u are gong to lose me. As TO my bodily pre-
sence / shall be far away from you. But leave
with you one who viii be your ever present com.
| torter. Therefore despond not. He will
EXERCISE A PEACEFUL INFLUENCE
over you. He Will breathe holy camness into your