The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-17
TWENTY.THlRD STREET PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH.
Tho Pcace.Makers-rhe Late RiOt-Evcry
Mnn To Stand Up for Observation-Disclosures by
the Rev. III. ID. NOrthrOD.

The Peace.Makers-rhe Late Riot-Every
MINI to stand Up for Priuciple-Discourse by
tho Rev. III. d. Norihrop.
The Rev. Mr.. Northrop, pastor OF the West Twenty
third street Presby church, took for his OPEN
ing text yesterday morning the fifth chapter OF
Matthew, and commented on each verse as he read
1t. When he came to the ninth versc-"Blessed are
the peace makers, for they shall be called the chill
drcn of God"-he SAID 1t was good thing to be
peace maker; common sense showed it to them; the
Gospel taught it, and 1t they supmitted to Its teach
ing they would have peace. In the act of self.de-
fence man may sometimes appear the aggressor
although he was really not So They had passed
through OF trouble and through deadly strife,
and they mad given those In power an assurance
that having principles to MAINTAIN, they must not
be recreant TO their trust. He prayed God to as
suage the grief OF the families OF the Dead that
those who are wounded, II consistent with the
Divine Will, be restored, and That there be
blood shed. He prayed for peace, but If they do not
have II except at
THE EXPENSE OF BLOOD,
may they be as firm as the everlasting hills May
the members OF the government stand up manfully
for duty and right and may the police force perform
their duty. and he prayed that every soldier should
consider himself citizen and not a man with a
mere uniform. He prayed for peace ana righteous.
ness and that the nations OF the earth now shaken
be established and the welfare Of humanity pro-
NOTED.
THE SERMON.
Al tile regular sermon the reverend gentleman
took his text from Matthew XVI, &c.
But all this the Scriptures OF the prophets
might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him and
fed.
Abiding to the text, the speaker said--Never was
there time In the life OF christ when he stood
more IN need OF friends. lie would have been graft
He'd 10 know that Ills followers were true to Him. IL
was marvellous That after Ills resurrection he sought
out those very disciples whO had been rcceant to
Him. He did not fling an unknd word at them for
their unknd treatment, they fors0ok Him. lie never
forsook them; they brought disgrace upon Him, He
never dishon0red them. He knew now To compass
sonaie the guilty. Christ has been often since for
saken by his followers, like men trying TO skulk
away when they should have stood nrm TO the last.
lie liked history IN which he saw Luther or n
Whitfield In every page. lie liked that history In
which he found
EVERY MAN STANDING UP FOR PRINCIPLE.
He ala not like that history In which he saw men
processing the truth, but who were not able or Will
ing to pursue IT, If they study history they VIII nnd
men steadlast TO principle while others are tiInlu
and vaclllatlng. One class are called conicrva.v Ives
the other radicals; but he cared not what they were
called provided they did their duty. The men VINO
announce their principles and stand by them de-
serve support Only for that steadlast aunercnce 70
principle he would not be there that day, nor w0uu
he be IN the pulpit. There are Times whcn prince
pies are put at stake and when men VINO 90 not SHOW
their cOors are put down as towards. They passed
through such crisis last week--an eruption, an up
heaving of society," Many thought there would nave
been peace, when OF q sudden came the crash. l
don't care. said the reverend gentleman. Whether