The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-17
CHURCH or THE HOLY TRINITY.

| congregation gathered In the Church oil Tue HOLY
Trinity, on Madison avenue and Fortysecond street,
| yesterday morning, TO whom the pastor, Rev.
Stephen H. Tyng. Jr., expounded the words found
in Second Timothy, third chapter, part OF the fourth
and lr.h verses-"LOvers of pleasures more than
lovers of God; having form OF goodness, but deny
ing the power thereof: from such turn away" Before
| Mr.. Tying announced his text he said that one
| OF the annoyances OF the worship 10 this
| church, and which becoming every day
| more apparent, Is its close proximity to the
noise and hustle OF a great railroad station. The
papers this morning, he continued. announce that
| the military procession accompanying the funeral
| of some OF those who fell in the riot Of Wednesday
last will pass the door of THIS church at the hour in
| which We hold our evening service. We shall,
| therefore, be obliged TO postpone service from
four O'Clock to six, at which hour evening prayers
win be held in tins church. This building will be
open also during the summer for religious services
at halfpas ten O'Clock A. NJ and -four O'Clock p. NJ.
Q cry Sabbaah The text having been read, MI
Tying remarked that 1t described Two things which
always go together and which betoken unerring
sympathy with each other-love or pleasure and the
form OF goodness. worldly life is sure
SIGN OF A GRACELEsS SOUL.
The fair fruit of Sodom contains nothing but rot
tenness. 1t crumbles away in the hand. 1t Is a de.
cephon a hypocrisy. The inexperienced, who look
only upon the fair exterior, are easily Deguled by
the false pretence; but when they have been once
deceived they crush it beneath their feet again. SO
it is with life bent ON pleasure rs the chief end.
There is much in it to capvate the young, bur 1t Is
unsprtua, though the form OF goodness may cover
it as cloak ana the soul knows it right WELL There
can be no agreement between the two-beween
| light and darkness, God and mammon, between
! worldly life and Christian life. Where the power
OF goodness regns In the soul every other object
must be made subordinate 10 the love Of God, and
however pubic may be our forms, however earnest
.Inpnf NJ tatth Ttil
God unless we have his power and Ills love III our
| souls the end Is
| MoCKERY AND A LIE.
And so surely as God is in your soul surely will
your daily lie tell 1t and all VIII testify OF the
uves OF this life within And thus, whether you eat
Or drink or whatsoever you do VIII be done TO the
glory OF Cod But from the lovers Of pleasure mere
1over s % Gou, Io 1ose NV ve ' e III .,
turn away The Christians JOY Is his strength.
Jesus unscals the inner springs OF te heart ana Joy
fowS Out. The text teaches the danger and unrulJ-
luness or worldlncss and journalism III proiessedy
Christian man OF church. Gods truths go III pairs.
Mir Tying then showed the relation OF this text with
the cUnteXts ana said would TO God the passage had
no pertinancy to the character OF the Church Of
Christ in the present day. from every family altar
the land should the prayer ascend to Heaven tnat
While inquiry abounds the love OF the saints may
not wax cold. The reverend gentleman asked
whether they Uhe people were dead OF alive, IL they
had the form OF god!lness but knew not It's power?
Have You ever thought he asked of the solemnIty
OF those words as applicable TO the lives Of the
saints IN the Church to-day.
WELL DONE
Can Jesus say this to them9 or shall He not rather
be compelled 10 declare Of too many professors to-
day that they are whlted sepuchres. Mr.. Tying then
read the text again, and analysed The meaning OF
the word 'pleasuren which means not only want,
but the food which supplies it,. Pau. he SAID, does
not preach against pleasure Ii Is legitimate. GOD
never mace mouth but lie made something TO put
IN it, He never made want OF the soul that He did
adds the word s'nore',-..iovers OF pleasure more
than lovers OF God" When we MAKE the love Of
God subSerVient TO our love or pleasure we sin
against C.sa Music and mrtn are well ami exer-
cise ana agitation are necessary. The Christians
only exercise here should be TO love the Lord with
AL the Mint heart. soul and strength, and the
philosophy OF lasting found just here to Keep the
body under Subsection, ana the Lenten collect OF the
Churcn might well be used here. Fasting from de-
lights and pleasures of the world Is necessary to
enable us to love God.
THE FORM OF GOODNESS.
some men affect To believe that mind acts upon
mind directly but experience shows that they act
and react upon each other through the body
through FORMS The hearts OF al men are In Gods
hands and He quickeDeth whom He Will; yet the
Lord has been pleased TO speak through the body.
And all the types OF Judaism lead us to tins TRUTH
ana whether 1t was the man or the 'candlestick
they saw in both the promise and the type OF Him
who was to come. And everything which your
hands handle, or winch you taste at the table OF the
of God slam from The foundation OF the world.
And until we are delivered from the bonds OF TINS
flesh the teaching OF goodness must through this
form. 1t is Impossible TO silence the soul which has
received Jesus 1t cries out, come and see what the
Lord has done Tor me at lne bapisina 9nt ana at
preston Ossuch soul Is declaration that thy poo
pie shall be my people, and thy God my God.
MIR. Tying next answered the lnterrOgatOry "WhO
are they who having the power of goodness, deny
| It's powerr' They are those who exalt the forms
above the spirit and worship the creature more than
the Creator, and idOlaors. They are those who
make them the sole medium OF conveying the grace
| OF God to the soul, and thereby
BECOME sUPERsTITIoUs AND FORMAL.
To make the sacraments everything Is to deny the
power and efficacy Of the Holy Ghost and TO prefer
that which is wilhn you 1t Is that sin against the
T! Holy Ghost which has no forgiveness. 1t Is bias
phemy to say that the pouring OF water on the body
the putting away Of the hthness or the flesh Is
spiritual regeneration And all that tends TO this
declaration Is denial Of the Holy Gnost and makes
| men lovers Of pleasure more than lovers OF God.
1 How easy Ii is for us TO pray and sing without
wat r Me say say LIKE ne II
| per day. Let us not be deceived. Look within and
see that the power as well as the form OF goodness
| Is yours. Touching on journalist religion,
| Mr.. Tying remarked that the saviour, in per-
forming miracles ana plucHns ears OF corn on
| mere religious observance. The heart-teachlngs or
the Scriptures were also pointed out as opposed TO
Journalism, and by their fruits We shall know them.
| wherever we find the ROmish Church or liberal
religion III the ascendentfor the TWO are built pre-
we On re licenses nsS and than
evangelical religion prevails. Wherever you ind
MORE OF GOD IN THE WIND
| than'in the VOID you Will find Il man who spends
his Sabbaths IN sluggish sloth The doctrine OF
infallibilty tends the way, and the very word
"carnival' SO descriptive OF Roman scenes at q
| time when Christians everywhere are looking TO.
| ward Calvary shows what that system is and where
1t tends to. Gods way OF making men moral is
| not by asking them to break OF this or give up
that, but to give Him their hearts and He will take
| care OF the rest. God would have men act nom
motive, and every humanitarian scheme falls for lack
! OF motive Laws do not prevent crime; they only
drive TO secrecy that which was before public. Mr.
! Tyng applied the lessons Of the discourse to ms
| audience, warning the young CHRISTIANS 10 Pc
ware OF the shans and Journalists, and inviting the
| latter, II any were present, TO obtain the power
rather than the form or godliness
THIRTEENTH STREET PRESBYTERIAN