The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-26
TWENTY-THyHD STREET PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH.

mony Of the Bibic--;stockbrokers and Cor.
Observation-Disclosures IniQuity-WcInen ANA
East Hc.sos-Waite Gloves Eud Sntau-Poor
Louis-Sermon by Rev. III. ID. Nortlrop.
The congregation OF the West Twenty third street
Presbyterian church attended IN full force yesterday
and listened with deep interest to an eloquent ser
mon by their pastor, the Rev. II. D. Nor.hrop.
The reverend gentleman took his text from the
Book OF Proverbs, kill, 15-'The way of the trsls.
gressor Is hard" How great, said the speaker, IL
THE TESTIMONY or GOD
on this point, ana man who reads the Scripture
with the intention to learn, when he lays 1t down. II
he Is an honest man, must come to the conclusion,
what poor chance the wicked have All intelli-
gent persons who read the Bible must DO Of the
same opinion, and 1t is for this reason that the Bible
Is hated and scOfed at by those who are disposed to
evil. Who ever heard OF man taking Bible with
him when about TO commit burglary or OF PICK
pocket taking Bible and leaving purses Who
ever knew of a stockbroKer
GOING TO WALL STREET WITH BIBLE
In his pocket Each word OF Scripture is solid
shot OF evil doers and for this they scorn and
hate 1t. The Bible is book OF horrors, and though
1t contains some OF the grandest passages ever
written, behind its grandeur stalks the dread tidng
OF misery, disease and damnation. Open its pages
and what do you nnd' No statement that man may
break all laws, human ana divine, ana yet 1--we. No;
but it tells that sin is an attenuation, and
that the sinner must bear ell the consequences
OF his crimes. man who stands In a
IRE must get burned, and q man who viii recklessy
jump from steep precipice will leave his bleeding
body on the rocks below Equally certain Is the
result of SIM and all nature must be reversed before
this law can be changed. Christ and the Apostles
have taught us that "he wages Of SIN is deathn and
ths'lnan who continues In an evil course
DAMNs HIS OWN SOUL.
Here remarked the speaker, let us look for some
evidence that sin and suffering 60 together Call
the name OF Cain, and the poor blasted wretch viii
start up and run to hide his broihefs cory corpse
Call the name OF judas, and look Tor him wnere he
belongs surrounded by poverty and misery. Call
the rich men who SIN against the beggars, and you
IN THE DEEPEST rIvs OF HE'LL.
We Otter see upon the ice stakes erected over air
holes 10 warn US Of the danger. SUCH stakes are
found upon every page OF history but their warnings
not s o m liz M
tered thousands OF his enemies, and wantonly muir.
dered his own people TO prevent them being taken
awaits nims True, be might continue for three
score years and ten, but re'ribution overlook him
and lie paid the penalty.
TO come down 10 more modern times, what shall
THE NEPHEW OF HIS UNcLES
The French people needed Just such man
to rule them. He aided them in their atheism
and superstition: he ker5 an army IN IN Italy
world; he rode over the necks Of the PEG.
pie, and on mere pretext provoked bloody war,
Poor Louis his own acts have hurried MIN from mis-
high positions and VIC con shed tear FOR his misery
Nations tell s op these u
doings, but that they come In the natural course OF
events. Look around and Judge for yourselves.
France has Tor years Iebeled against Cod and what
nas happcredf She has passed through terrible
ordeal, and her SOFT has been plougned deep by the
burrows OF war. Look next to our own war, which
can OnIv be atuiDutcd 10
OUR NATIONAL SINS,
and surely we al i9Tnd anat amG way OF me trans
Selves for examples 10 kings or nations when each
Individual Is ar example 10 himselff We all know
conform To, bat many think they can be violated
with impunity. We should all WORK. but We should
tiers, many Of wno. while they ad yocate the moral
law utterly neglect the physical law. In this way
NE se k h anu ~ sent ~ aSad obsv said
physical laws which he had ;ransgressed. All the
vices OF youth are simply drafts on CID age, and we
"whcD the law Is broken The penalty must be paid.n
The evidence is not yet exhausted.
TIRE STOCK ERoKIR
ia not necessarily dishonest designing man. He
Is entitled to his commlssjons the same as the gro
ccs u his BUSH cas- he can nowi at the Stock Board
sedo These men may &c nonos and we We
should not sweep them away IN Wholesale coll
the cLIcUgs AND CORNERS
II which they engage Is neither moro nor less than
gambling, and the han VINO "bul5v OF "Dcars'' the
market for the purpose II robD.Dg his fellows Is no
better than the mar who robs his wife and children
tory his fortune OF cards. The Stock Board con-
tnued the speaker, Is den OF horrors. The shricks
and howls Of the ambitious winners, with the groana
Of the losers, mako scene most hideona
III tna inmates OF q madhouao wo1ld raf~e such a
olanor tney would be confined III separate cells AMI
&c on bread and water; but here VIC have reason
able, thinking men, who kil tn emselvos for all time
and eternity by their miserable love OF gain IT. by
accident, one Of these monsters reached the New
Jerusalem he would ask the way to Wall street. and
Il there was no such place Ia the sacred city nc
would
90 TO HELL REJOICING.
This was the result Of the lie vi o gambler, and
the speaker trusted no ono would be In doubt con-
Cefning MS opinion Of the Transactions OF last week.
Concerning tho way OF The iranggressor there Is q
practical dlgbeef. Lock ut the b0ated bIear-eycd
dwellings on two legs that wo see every day about
the street corners. They prosner and 1--we well
''ihey work not and netvef 90 sney spin; yet SOLO