The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-10-02
LEE AVENUE REFORMED CHURCH.

Tho Safety of tho GOGly-Scrmon by the
Rev. DIR. Ormisson.
The pulpit OF the Lee avenue Reformed church
was occupied yesterday morning by the Rev. DR..
Ormiston, OF the Filth avenue Reformed church;
and the fame OF the orator drew q large congrcQa-
ton. In the introductory devotional exercises the
preacher read a domestic scene from Old Testament
history some OF the running comments upon which
were gems OF original thought. DIR. Ormiston took
for hts text the 12lst psalm. After enumerating
various spcculatlons respecting THIS aud kindred
psalms, he proceeded to say that the psalm quoted
for text was adapted TO be sung by the as
cendinR hosts OF Israel on those grand re.
ligtous gala days when blending OF national en-.
thusiasm ana patriotic fervOr with Hottest
and pures pety rang out the gratitude the JOY and
the hope OF the nation. Tho psalm which ne was
about 10 consider was song OF real earnest conf.
dence in God-conadence IN His presence, In HIS
protection, In His Providence and In Ills promises
He showed. by narratng the leading events In the
history Of Gods ancient people-thcir passage
through the Red Sea- the miraculous supply OF food
IN the wilderness. the fall OF Jericho ana the over
throw Of Sennacherb and hls most GOD was the
keeper Of His people thus proving TIE truth Of the
first clause OF his text, "Tne Lord Is thy kccpern
The same God lives stil, ana, being Christ's, the
people Of God now were Abraham's seed ana heirs
OF the promises. Gods presence was their glory hts
Providence their shield and his promise their
hope Just as decidedly as OF old. First, Gods
almightiness was seen as-he keeper OF his people.
He who made the heavens and the earth, whose
power was resistess, whose resources were infinite
and whose provisions were boundless, was able to
take care OF His creatures. There was not nm idea
In the whole range OF Inspiration or In human con-
cepton that came with such wondrous power to
strengthen the soul as the thought that God Is
the broken IN heart ana healeth their wounds.
"Ihou art poor and needy but the Lord thinketh on
thec.n That one thought wreathes q diadem OF gO-
~ around the lowliesi OF Gods children II the vass
and almost ncomprehensiblc suggested His mighty
power, rot less did the minute. He who fed tho
sparrow and the young ravens wnen they cried, who
clothed the grass and adorned the N.Y. would care
for and iced Ills loving children. Weak hayward and
helpless as they might be- they could lean their heads
on the everlasting arm that was underneath them
that keep es raa as aaas or
slumbcr nor sleep.r No doubt the ausion was To
those idols that had eyes and could not see and
ferred to the whitening sarcasm or the solitary old
prophet, who, wrapped In his mantle MS gray hair
bedlzened priests, as they howicd anu yelled their
wretched homage, "Call now. doubtless he has gonc
asleep" But our God, continued the speaker,
slumbcreth not. His eye never closes. Ills watch
Tho faithful sentinel, the ssiIiul pilot the expe-
rienced nurse tho fond motner-tnese might sink
a waoned os %
siumbcred. poor woman was said to have made
ner complaint 10 inc sultan THAT when Sne
slept she awoKc to ind that everything was
lost. "Whcrefore did you sleepY" inquired
the sultan SIRE" was the response, II slept be-
canse thought you were AWAKE The monarch
might, with equal confidence, lie quietly down,
knowing that Gods watchiulness was MS security,
comfort and JOY The fact that God would take caro-
Of each individual in particular was further elabo-
rated and then the Doctor spoke OF the tenderness
OF God suggested in the phrase, 1he sun shall NOS
sme thee by day. nor the m1 s py naa INC ne no
the other day, when fond mother instantly lifted
her ian TO protect tho lace 81 her child rom the
her little one and Father ever forget us As tho
luxurfant foliage or the palm trees shaded tho
would the providence OF God stretch in lis great
benencence over our exposed and helpless heads.
lie believed that twenty souls were injured by
worldly prosperity where one was seriously injured
by adversely. Christians needed to be sheltered
from the OF prosperity FOR 1t TOO often hardened
and wilted a great many Christian graces. the
other circumstances meaning any kind OF anction
ana sorrow. IL mattered little what befel Gods
children, FOR the Eternal God would neither allow
the TO smite them by day nor the moon by night.
The next thought dwclt upon was the thoughtful
ness OF God indicated In these words OF the psalm
.rhe Lord shall preserve thee from all evil; he shan
nom all natural moral and spiritual evil, from
every want and every woe that could
afect or distress the human heart have
people who believed that God would
save their souls and not their bodies. lie redeemed
both, and both were to i've In glory. The Christian
might be pclsccuted but not cast down; suffering bus
not In DESPAIR because conscious that the everlasting
Arm was bearing MN up. But the real sweetnoss
OF the promise was IN the words "The Lord shall
preserve thy going out aud thy coming In from THIS
time forth, and even Tor evermore.u The believer IN
Jesus mao the assurance 1ut only when nc went OUT
from home IN thc morning OF tnc divine procession
Of TIC SHADOW OF Qeatn and W hts 'cOmlnx 'n' ~