The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-14
CLAREM9NT AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH, BROOKLYN.

Or. Dnyrcn's Church-Whnt 1t Does In
the Vacation Season. Help for the Sui-
fering, the Sick and the Dyiug-Sermcn
on the Life that Row Is, and lie.
buke to the French Inadel and tho
German Pantheist.
DR.. Duyrea's church In Classon avenue does not
ad opt the fashionable practice Of closing its church
during the cheated term.' neither does the pastor
take the regulation vacation. 1t is neither desire
for the reputation OF singularlty austere, I'M
human piety that prompts this practice Anybody
VINO may have thought SO had that notion dispelled
pretty considerably yesterday morning. There was
q house well llled in the best sense, with highly
respectable congregation. Just before tho
hymn was sung, before the sermon, the
Doctor said that the congregation might
remember that about this time last year
he asked them to contribute TO collection
for the poor, the suffering and the dying. The
response was 50 hearty that much good had been
enabled to be done by their benencence At this
season Of the year there was more than usual dc.
mands upon the benevolence Of the church, and 1t
was to meet this demand that he would ask them to
make similar collection that morning. Now that
the churches were closed for the summer months
the ordinary organizations for the sustenance OF
THE SICK AND THE SUFFERING
were not available. Their church was in Its ordinary
activity, and they had consequently the honored
position OF sustaining the sick and needy Of the
whole district who required Christian help and
guidance. They had been able TO succor many a
needy one, to smooth many weary head on the Pill
low of sickness bury in lots where the borrowers
could visit the graves those whom death had
GAINED for It's own, and in some Instances TO for.
ward the survivors other parts OF the country
where their relatives lived, anu they bad the
pleasure of receiving letters from those who
gratitude graf and notllying Then union in
those places with some christian church. Now
of
be very large collection. but sufficient to tide their
baskets were passed round ana from the rustlng
pie OF stamps that we've upheaped IN all OF them
the congregation seemed 10 have given OF their
DR.. bury cas- subject was "rle hope OF Immor;
was the nineteenth OF the fifteenth chapter OF
ST. Paul's episte to the C0rinthians:-"lf IN this
the o most c' miseraOen There were two ordinary
views OF looking at this text Ono was, III ia this
Only have hope then are OF AL, 81 s e on ne
we nave hope In Christ, then we are Of all men the
most miserable" Rope had been defined TO be sx;
Without desiring; but If we desired and expected
then we had hope. Let u.s. then, see
WHAT OUR LIFE HERE IS,
"A viewed from our expectancies and desires, and
sec whether il Is OF itself satisfying or approaches
the ideal OF what We ourselves would wish ~ 70 De;
Cnildhood mad s hopes IT'S sorrows, lis greis and
us jOys, and childhood felt as pognantiy Is tne
we foroei the epochs of intense feelings with q
%osner nhv,o,lsness tan IN alter lie. In outh we
grow up with strong desires lie IL 70 ee very Joy!
ms 10 u.s. our hopes are set to concert pltcn; we
VOW eternal friendship as scho0lboys and school
Girls, promise to write 10 each other every month
TO David and Jonathan: Manhood comes, anu nd
attain unto itG Looking at Il from our mau lSt
, fcnng traced ihereon how little we .renember
Of the oy but how indeiDly impressed are tue mus.
taxes Of The days Of our hlsiory Then II we renec,
upon our being, upon VIA. VIC n1o ,ona NV mis-
our gaze away from what we nave uohe' ho" luis
eraty apparent Is failure and
between the promise and the performance! we
would try 10 gather material Tor apprentices, ~
were for ne history o. Tw e Mo Won desire to ore
servel IL was my opportunity, sald inc Doc
tor 10 listen 10 group oil college men u. co,,eE
reunion One said to the other, "Have you near.
anythiuu OF A. y, and so they went on through th'
list of tIe men OF their own term How Jew III tma
list MAD sncceeded; how many had fallen snort evei
or the expectations Of their friends; how very, yer
few had achieved an abiding ZANE NOW coh.s WI.
that as class there was class OF men WIN WIN
hy the circumstance OF their training by their prey
arations for the professions they were about
enter upon, were ayIlkcy TO achieve success a. an
: | cmmstances could gather together. LOOK aroun
ct your own experience, and now many nion nr
achieved such Wilderness sue. M ,sor e
no incomplecness, no memories tnat nau uc.v,
. | forqoien2 These are the hints OIL THIS pelec'nes
,s oSv S.t q passing glimpse OF, this unfatbomabl
love that man feels for MS vic, tne cnas.ch,u
lection Of friend for TREND 70 40 o qow or, 70 r
is our love and friendship here 10 cui1ine wv
0 tho exclamation, "Let me bury my aeau o gu.
panthe,sf say so do not wonder that 50 benevlni
N they commit suicide Science TO-DAY ~ Myiu ~,
teach us this II Is e naehvIpg naerary exquisite
Is with their canes In their hands ana stanuine oa
lI tips OF their toes. affect brilliant wtticsms on "
It faith and mine. by pun or Joke, smile anu iaugn
+ IN riItcr n away IN newspaper and maya Zlpc ~