The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-03
head What notice the American government will
take or this affair remains 10 be seen.



The UnseiGsh Spirit Of Moses and Joshua
The Great sin of the Age seiH,hness-ser-
mon by Rev. DIR. Gutheim.
Notwithstanding the threatening and disagreeatIe
weather OF yesterday morning a goody cOngrega-
ton gathered In the Temple Emanuel, Fifth avenue
good many Genties were present Also who re-
NAMED at the close OF the services to look around
and admire the beautiful edifce. The trustees have
recently added new feature to the beauty and
brilliancy OF this house OF God. There are about
SIX hundred and thirty gas lights in the Temple and
when these had to be lighted up was necessary to
begin an hour or more beforehand. A great deal OF
time was thus wasted and much gas consumed. II
was therefore resolved 10 have a galvanic
battery introduced, and to light the Temple
by means OF electricity This Arrangement
was completed Two or three weeks ago.
and now the entire edidce can be most brilliantly
Illuminated IN one moment. A lilcle cabinet con-
tanning the battery, stands In corner of the
choir gallery out OF everybody's way. and having
rather a pleasing effect than the contrary The
gaivanic plates do not stand In the acids as plates
generally do but are let up and down by pulley at
the VIII OF the sexton. by q very simple arrange
ment The battery is divided into nine sections, so
that only few or the whole number OF jets IN the
body OF the Temple and In the galleries may be
lighted in one and the same instant. The echo
galleries on each side toward the ceiling, and which
contain 1875 jets are not yet connected with the bat
terry, but Will De- probably, In Q short time. This Is
the only religious place OF worship, 1t Is said in the
United States tnat IL thus lighted by electricity.
Yesterday, at the close or the service the president
OF the congregation ha0 the entire building lighted
up Tor the HERALD reporter, and the effect was very
grand indeed,
THE SERMON
preached by Rev. Dr. GutLeim was based on Mum.
bers xvii, l2-l4-"And the Lord said unto Moses.
get Inee up into this Mount Abarm ana the land
huvA % N annt.
wnen thou hast seen II thou also snalt be gathered
unto Thy people US Aaron, thy brother, was gath
cred, Tor We rebeled against my commandment III
the desert OF I'm III the strife OF the congregation 10
sauctlly 1T the water before their eyes; tnat Is
the WAFER OF Merlbal IN Kadisn, In the wilderness
OF zin." me day approached he said, when Moses
must die, and tbs people Tor whom he so long cared
and so anXiousiy laDored were now ready To eater
into the promised land lie was not TO 90 with
them, however. Ills work was done, ms task ac-
coinpshed, agd II only renamed Tor him 10 render
up his llle Yet before ne could lay down his
charge nc should see that the great WORK ne had
undertaken was placed IN proper hands and would
be prosecuted faithfully after his DEATH Ever since
that afal day at Merbah the great prophet knew
that he was TO die, ana as the appointed time drew
mountain ana there TO lie down ahd die. Wnen he
received this inimatl0n what was the foremost
thought IN mis- mnds Nothing concerning himself.
All his thought was for the welfare OF the people.
LET the Lord the God OF the spirits OF all flesh,
set man over the congregation which may go IN
before tnem and which may lead them out, and
which may bring them in; that the congregation OF
the Lord De not as sheep which have no sneDherd."
son OF Nun "A man IN whom Is the splrit-aud to
lay hands on him that he might lead the people.
MANIPULATION OF AN UNsELFIsH SPIRIT
which we may trace the lollos OF history to find
he had given his instructions to Joshua there was
nothing lor him but to breathe out his alter he
had viewed the promised land; joshua mad ''nah-
the SPIRIT vehemenCo and elevation OF SOUL the
essential qualities OF mind, disposition and senti-
ment to distinguish rightly between virtue ana vice,
good and evil In tins sense the word ruah, spirit,
Is used In different parts oil the Bible and read or
the spirit OF truth and the spirit OF ialsehOod the
spirit OF love ana senshness, OF justice ana oppres-
sion, Of meekness and pride, OF wisdom and Jolly,
or llberaty and avarice, OF pety ana wOridliness.
meaning IN the Hebrew anu Inc English IaliTaaSes'
In the last chapter OF the Pentateuch 1t Is SAID mat
Joshua was Iull OF the spirit OF wisdom. Joseph Is
also praised as u man III whom the spirit OF God
u.s. The question that suggests Itself TO our
mind here IS, What IS the spirit OF God In man
and actions, and which shall overcome and subdue
the spirit that Is within man The Doctor here
offered an Ilusti alton OF q man standing upon the
crest oil a mountain and looking upon himself as the
centre Of the horizon which seemed to surround
ZION, he st appears 70 be In the centre rms pnys.
Cal phenomenon, said the Doctor, finds its analogy
IN Ise spiritual ine cen, man EVERY man regards
world moves. lie refers everything TO >Almself aud
judges according 70 his individual tendencies pro-
nounclng good mat winch he nnus useful. and bad
that which Is injurious to himself. But you should
see such man when he IS stripped of all the dls.
gulse5 which hypocrisy has throw around him.
There Is seldom to he found man VINO has not
something OF the spirit OF God tending to mitigate
the evil oil his nature and soften his harshness.
ABSOLUTE AND UNQUALIFIED sELFIsHNEss
continues Uut a very snort time beyond the term OF
chldnOod. IL Is only when man becomes duly I'M
pressed with the thought tha the Is an agent of God
10 do good upon the earth, that he ceases to De O
"SOn OF man" anu becomes "SOn OF GOd.n It Is
only he VINO keeps self-love In proper control who
wOrships God IN spirit ana truth. There scarcely
known SIN which Is not based upon lie-upon
TINS spirit OF selshness which is opposed to the
great fundamental principle Of love to God and love
10 our neighbOr. This Is the whole law; all else Is
commentary. Sensnness; therefore, Is not only one
oil the greatest suns, but Is the prolific source OF hu
man welcomes. Everr sin In the catalogue may
be traced back to selfishness The man who re-
spects neither the property the reputation nor the
lie oil his neignbor out places his own selfish grat
fcaton above the peace and happiness OF Others Is
Cne or the greatest characteristics OF to-day Is low.
ness ana s0ruidness OF nature. Not that men are
generally given up to l0OscneSS and gross vice. but
there Is
LITTLE ELEVATION OF SENTIMENT,
and comparatively few seem to prize The greatness
OF their calling. But thanks to GOD, that IN the
history Of every nation there have stood forth noble
men, nlled with true aud noble sentiments and
animated by the spirit OF God they have given EVIL
dence OF having virtue, have labored earnestly Tor
religious principles. Men who have chung to God
and TO truth, and who have sacrificed personal
power, ambition and fame to TINS great object
And with this object both Moses ana Joshua were
endowed Let us endeavor to cultivate sucn a
spirit OF unselilshness and usefulness IN the circles
In which we move In the world, and let us Iucul-
cate the principles and the preceDt oil the great
prophet ana offer the prayer that he oiered:-."O,
mat all me Lord'S people were prophets, and that
God would endow them with Ills sprlt.n Amen.
MAJOR BUNDY'S LECTURE.