The New York herald., 1872-09-16
BROOKLYN CHURCHES.


BROOKLYN CHURCHES.
TALMAaE'S TABERNACLE.
Tho Lord Our Shepherds Care FOR His
Children-Thc Disa stcrs OF Life Calming
Our Greatest Glorics-A Hit at Puri-
tanical Dogmas-A Grim Religion That
smolls or Funeral Caskct.
Mr.. Talmage's sermon yesterday morning waa
founded on the text "Tho Lord Is my shepherd
portion Of the first verse Of the twenty thtra
Psalm. 1t was an earnest, practical discourse,
illustrative Of Gods care for His children. In open
ing the preacher said that, what with postand-ra
fence and our pride in S0uthdown, Astrachan and
Flemish variety OF sheep, there was no use now u
the old time shepherd. Such one has an abund-
ance Of opportunity OF becoming poet being out o.
doors twelve hours Of the day, and oftimes waking
In the night the hills and II the stars or the tor
rents or the sun or the flowers had anything to
say he was very apt to hear 1t. The Ettrick Shep-
herd OF Scotland, who afterwards took his seat in
the brilliant circle with Wilson, Lockhardt and
Maginn got his wonderful poetic Inspiration In the
ten years In which he was watching the aocks oa
Mr. Laidlaw. There was often q sweet poetryin
THE RUGGED PROSE
OF the Scotch shepherd. One of these Scotch shep-
herds lost his only son. and he knelt down In
prayer and was overheard to say:-"Oh, Lord, IL
has seemed good In Thy Providence to take from me
the stan 0fmy right hand at the time when to us
sand-blind mOrtals seemed to be most In need Of
it; and how shall climb up the hill Of sorrow and
old age Without it Thou mayest ken, but
dinna." David, the shepherd boy, was
watching his father's sheep. They were pasturine
on the very hills where afterwards lamb was born
of which you have heard much" the Lamb OF God.
osv nf novf
the shepherd boy, was beautiful, brave, musical
and poetic. There in the solitude he struck the
hearts string that is thrilling through all the ages.
Mr.. Tamage said that IL God would help him he
would speak to his congregation Of the shepherd'A
plaid the shepherds crook, the shepherds dogs.
the shepherds pasture grounds and the shepherds
folds. 1t would be preposterous he continued, for
man going out to rough and besoiling work to put
on splendid apparel. The potter did not work IN
velvet, nor did the
while toiling at her labor. The shepherd did NOT
put on q splendid robe in which to go out amid
the storms and the rocks and the nettes but he
work The Lord, our Shepherd, coming out to hunt
plain garment Of our humanity. The preacher
knew that the old painters represented halo
there was any more halo about that child than
about the head OF any other babe that was born
Sesoea and ramen Of
rugged rug work. hard work, and Jesus put on the
and, while earth, heaven and
HELL STOOD AMAZED
Shepherds % plaid. Cold moantains I and the the mid
night air Witnessed the fervor OF His prayer. The
shepherds crookZtnis was rod with curve at
was thrown the neck OF the sheep, and In that
way 1t was pulled back. All we, like sheep, have
crook we would have fallen long ago from the pre-
cipice. Here was man who had been making too
aNitcr a while / shall be independent OF all the
world" BY and by disasters came to him. What
@ the CROOK and pulled MIN into
better pasture. Here was man who had always
been well, and who never had any sympathy with
COUGHING, WHEELING NUISANCES.
After a while sickness came to him and he did
him. With the shepherds crook he was pulled
back into better pastures WHAT would become Of
mage related circumstance which occurred while
he was crossing the ocean from his summer trip to
the Ss
who put his large sooty hand upon him. took
knife, and, wrapping the lid Of the eye around IL.
was not There come times In our Christian life
when our spiritual vision is being spoiled and all
trouble and, back-handed, lays hold OF us and re-
moves that which would have ruined our vision fog
At the time Of the war, they might remember.
at the North and South the question was whether
THE BLACK TROOPS WOULD FIGHT;
found out that It was not the white regiment Of Joy
troops s Of trouble @ Misfortune and disaster where
you have gained one spiritual success from your
prosperity You have gained ten rom your adversely:
had his dog from the nomads Of Bible times down
0rampian Hills. Our Shepherd employed the
criticisms and prosecutions OF the world as
was to- Watch the inconsstencies Of Christians and
bark at them, and II one OF Gods sheep went
astray the whole world howed with an more @ avidsy @
It by the flank. It ought to put us on our guard.
They could not bite us II we Kept near the shep-
THE SHARP KNIFE OF WORLDLY ASSAULT
would only trim the vines until they produced bet
ter grapes. We had noticed that different iocks Of
sheep had different marks on them-some times
red, sometimes blue, sometimes a straight and
sometimes crooked mark; The Lord, our shep-
mark-the mark OF the cross. "Blessed are they
which are prosecuted for righteousness sake: for
rs aT4nu is The ksm Of heaven Re-
Mr.. Talmage said that the Lord our Shepherd
had large, pasture ground and took us ia the
valleys. oh, the comfort and Joy Of this pasture
ground for all OF Gods childrenl And, then. the
te al o and a
temptation and trouble.
In his concluding passage the preacher said :-Ic
Is time we got over the morbid ideas OF how we
shall get out OF this world. You make your relg-
ion an undertaken, planning cofins and driving
hearses.
YOUR RELIGION SMELLS
OF the varnish OF funeral casket Rather let your
religion out to-day and show you the sheepfOd
God has provided for you. Alas for those who are
finally found outside the enc0surel To-
day the Heavenly Shepherd calls you with the
music OF Heaven, bidding you leave your sin and
accept His pardon. on, that all this mock would
hear the piping OF the Good Shepherdl"
CYTTEn To A NEW CHIJROH