The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-25
SERVICES at YoNKERs.
Sermon in the Reformed Churci-The Rev.
DIR. Cole On Vacations.

Sermon in the Reformed Church-The Rev.
DIR. Cole On Vacations.
Yonkcrs Is fast attaining the proportions OF city.
1t is now indeed as largely populated as and OK
tends its jurisdiction over moro territory than many
ambitious in the vicinity Of the metropolis which
sport the cognomen city. 1t ia not to be wondered
at, therefore, that the several denominations OF
Christians should have here commodious places OF
worship in which the Sabbath Is solemnized and
homage is rendered to the Creator. These several
churches have each goody number OF adherents,
but yesterday, owing, no doubt, to the peculiarly
oppressive heat, the attendance was very limited.
In the Catholic church. under the direction Of the
Rev. Father Sievin, the sacrifice Of the Mass was
duty performed, but the good father, in considera-
tien for the feelings OF hts flock. refralued from
INDUCING IN A SERMON.
The services were rendered quite long enough for
such day by the efforts OF the choir, each member
OF which did, no doubt, his or her best to render
their performances pleasing and appropriate. The
weather must have affected them very much, If no
other reason-such as the want of good voices eff
cielt training or proper musical sentl ment-could
be fouhd to serve as an apology for the painful
punishment indicted on the congregation. tal
AT the two Episcopal churches, the Baptist and
Methodist and the First and Second Presbyterian
churches, the sermons delivered were brief and
generally orthodox. The most interesting sermon
was that by the Rev. Dr. Cole, at tile Reformed
church, on Broadway. The reverend gentleman
read from Marx vi, 9, 81, and founded his sermon
manly on the saying OF our Lord:-"Come ye your
selves, Apart into desert place and resi- awhie.'
In these words tie speaker said Our saviour shows
that rs
SEASON OF REST IS NECESSARY.
His apostles returned from their several missions.
They heard OF the murder OF ST. John, and the men,
tal trouble caused thereby added to the bodily IA
tigues they had undergone, showed their Lord thai
rest would DO them good. Then, as 1t were,
THE KIND MASTER GAVE VACATION,
telling them to come apart In desert place and rest
awhile. On this point the reverend gentleman a.
lated, drawing some appropriate suggestions An
other point was that our Sayiour's Judgment as to
the best mode OF resting was shown in Ills advice TO
them TO go into some desert place. BY this He
meant to go to some place away from the men and
scenes they had been accustomed to- to go into
some desert place. We should
LEAVE THE CARES OF BUSINESS
the rush and hustle and the hurry and whir OF city
life, and go where we can commune with nature
and with natures God In this way our minds and
bodies would be refres ned ana recuperaed so that
we can enter again upon the cares and duties or
life with increased vgor. Then again our Saviour
showed his Judgment as to the extent OF vacation In
saying "rest awhile" He meant that IL should not
be too long. 1t should be only for 'awhlier Then
further our Saviour showed that it was our duty to
rest, and who can 60 TO rest without thinking Of
the work which calls for everything but rest
The reverend gentleman then gave some sugges.
lions as to
THE BEST WAY TO SPEND VACATION
enlarging on the views expressed by our Saviour in
the sentence above quoted. Che rest required might
be regarded simply as change. Rest In the true
sense did not mean inactivity; rest does nor mean
dissipation; 1t means getting away from what we
have TO meet with daily and hourly in our various
vocations- getting away to some ''desert place.
/ BY intination the reverend gentleman properly
rebuked the fashionable style OF
DOING THs WATERING PLACES,
where dissipation OF all sorts IS painfully prom
nent and his discourse closed with a neat little
h0y, urging upon the hearers the necessity OF re-
membering that the child Of God should carry his
religion with him everywhere, and that the work Of
worshippIng God and preparing to meet Him In the
life to come was the only work which did not call
for rest ana IN the pursuit Of which there need be
no vacation.