The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-10
BROOKLYN CHURCHES.
CHURCH OF THE PILGRIMS.

The Narrative or the Bible-Peter and the
Lame Man-Dr. Storrs' Sermon Yester-
day.
DR.. Storrs preached yesterday morning on the
narrative Of the healing OF the lame man at the
gate OF the temple, and the lesson to be drawn
therefrom. In opening his discourse he commented
upon the fact that very much of the Bible given
up to narrative-either general historic narrative
or special narrative, In which striking and some
times commonplace events were re-
corded, and slight but suggestive and
vivid sketches OF personal experience and
character were presented. These narratives which
were in contrast in some respects In the matter OF
form and method with the psalms and the great
Apostles after all wonderfully rich and charm
ing, because, giving such variety to the Scriptures,
they were ali the lovely In contrast with that
which surrounded them. II these narratives had
been taken out and only prophecies and psalms had
remained the Bible would have lost one OF Its
chiefest holds upon
THE MIND OF THE WORLD.
The place Of these narratives was 30 important
that 1t was often necessary for to dwell upon
them and illustrate some Of these stories. SO he
would ask the attention OF the congregation to that
narrative In the third chapter OF the Acts-the
narrative OF the healing OF the lame man at the
gate Of the temple. Peter and John went into the
temple at the honr OF prayer-the ninth hour.
There were three such hours among the Jews, and
their ninth hour was the same as three O'Clock.
At these three hours not only was prayer offered,
hours OF prayer for the Jewish people. II would be
well II such stated hours OF prayer were universally
distributed throughout the Christian world for such
stability and sobriety TO that life. They
went up at the ninth hour into the temple Thus
we were reminded that the Apostles at that time
had not Withdrawn from the ordinary temple SER
vices nor nom the Jewish Church. They were like
" Ar rpuv pppopurpa
DESTROYS OF remaining In the body to which they had
been SO long attached and from which they had re-
ing and purifying It, That their idea. 1t after
wards took q miraculous vision 10 convince Peter
that there was no propriety In his going out and
constituting new church out of Jews and Gentiles
together "Peter and John went up together" We
not said the preacher to rely too much on that
be quite as perfectly translated event up at that
time" Yet, whether the word be retained as II is
in our version Or not evidently they did go up in
Peter had denied the Lord, and 1t showed that John
did not remember the fall OF Peter after he had
against public law OF morality we said that his
fall was forgiven but we did not 30 far forget It
saas ws i oreoe
pie, daily asked aims at the gate Of the temple OF
Dr. Storrs to the time when there were no hos
pitfalls. We would observe that
THESE AsYLUMs AND HOSPITALS
came in with Christianity. They were developed In
that primitive impulse which associated the wor-
ship OF God with alms-giving. 1t was not quite
certain, he continued, which gate this was
whether In the interior or whether 1t were the
larger and more beautiful gate the eastern side
valley Of tehosophat and over to the
Mount Of Olives. AS Peter and John as
cended from the valley and entered the Temple
Not expectin g to receive more than q few PEN
MES at most, he received that which made him an
Independent man for life. Peter, fastening his
eyes upon him said--'Look on us,h and he gave
them heed. Then Peter said-"Sver and gold have
none, but such as have give thee.n How CON-
mon the feeling, said DIR. Storrs, II we had not
money to give 10 an object, that we had nothing
TO give and on the other hand that II we had