The New York herald., 1871-10-30
THE BROOKLYN TABERNACLE.

The Rev. william Alvin Bartlett OF Chicago, and
formerly OF Brook n, took the place Of Rev. I. DE
Witt 1almage at the Brooklyn Tabernacle yesterday
moruing, and preached an interesting sermon. In
his prayer previous to the discourse, he alluded to
the chicago calamity, and prayed to God to remem-
ber
THE DOOMED CITY
and aid Its people to reconstruct 1t; to remember
the poor, homeless, fatheriess and down-trodden
and be especially With those who were made SUBJ
ject TO the disaster
The reverend gentleman then took for his text
part OF the thirty-th verse of the sixth chapter of
st, John:--"And Jesus said unto them, 1 am the
bread OF hfe" The words or Jesus In the text were
used 1guratvcly, as It was tnrough HIM we lived
and had our being. The body Of man always re-
quircd recuperaton, tor 1t was lax and constantly
needed air and nourishment. Laziness and over
action were alike cruel. The lazy man was
likened to some fruit when had been stung bv an
insect. Instead Oh being Cf line quality It was
tainted anu It's goodness dcsIroyed So II we should
send our OF erranu AMI he should i0lter aiOlg
the way we would become Impatient as Coo De-
comes imDatent with the lndocnt. over acton or
over exertion was equally Us pad. We should cOn-
form to the laws .. uod. oh Monday morning,
TIE FIRE WAS RAGING
IN Chicago, ne was passng down @ Waoasn rs , avenue ,
churchr' "No," lie replied, "i h We opened II
already, and they can get the wounded anu suffer.
inside and they should lay IN there. The church
was handsomely uph0lsterei, the seats finely
cushioned; but tlab was 50 much the better. 1O
have kept outside and calicu prayer me tngs IN
the open cir at such o time would nave mad M
erect. The physical as well as the spIri ual
wants Of tue people re uired attention. lie then
al uled 70 the ainbi Ion OF men to nInaSs great
wealth; men VINO put one hundred .Ons upon q SUB.
Ject that could only bear ninety; men who put
strain upon the machinery IN Their actories than It
could bear, or put three twists more upon
snaps it asundcr. It showed mat, by
over work or ambition, man could
break his body 10 pieces In no time. O,erwork was
the greatest Gu sc o t.c5c great cities. Mhen
man had accunulatcl ten thouSaad dollars some
years ago lie was S.tisiicd; he felt Jnat he had
enoul n but Id these latter days IN re was limit
to meas ambltiOa In the accumulation we llth.
Our lives snuud u narInOnl US and in accorI Iance
with the Divinc law. jesus brought tue bread OF
physical life that all life should he q luxury. IL
was the
MORAL BEG MINING OF THE LIFE
thereafter, and men wanted Jesus to teach them
how to live here Jesus nad been erred to as the
physician to heal the sick, as the surgeon u set
broken DOae, as the succDr 10 the shipwrccked
mariner, as the ST. beriaid dog to lead the lost
traveller to placa OIL shelter: ou 10 look TO God
only In time Of q st ess was most contemplate. II
they nad no bread W eat, we would wonder upon
what they led. should we not wonder when we
found men who did not live upun Cnri5tlan laitn?
At the close oil the sermon Rev. Mr.. 'ramag IN
vited the mcm0crS 10 remain. as he wits deSirOus OF
getting their PERMISSION to sell tie churcn formerly
occupied by them The meeting was subsequently,
ned and lt was resolved TO sell IL.