The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-30
THE QUAKERS AT WORSHIP.
Devotional Services Of tho Yearly Meeting The
Spirit Moves to Eloquenoe- sermons on Mod
ern Idolatry and the Light Within"
Anniversary Of the Friends First
Day School Association.

/ Yesterday there again gathered great crowd at
the meeting house OF the Friends In Rutherford
place, the occasion being that OF another solemn
sitting for public worship. The congregation was
even larger than on Sunday, and was PACKED as
closely as possible from the porch to the ministerial
high seats" Here were seated the preachers
among whom were William Dorsey, Samuel J.
Levick, David Barnes, Samuel M. Janney, Aaron
@. Macy and others of noted elOquenCe. The
gallery on the right was filled with sea OF bright
female faces, looking very picturesque with bewder
ing ornamentati0n Of brilliant ribbons. On the other
side OF the house the seats were filed by young
men; and below on the floor, the press Of
the crowd great that the usual distinction
OF found impractloable In the seating Of the
congregation The first silence that fell upon the
assemblage was impressive. Then after long time,
looking from near the door, over the wide level of
human heads some one was seen to arise In the
distance and begin to speak. Discourse after dis.
course with short intervals, was delivered, each
seeming so fitting to the time and place and to the
spirit that broOded over it that dream could not
hours of the services.
long and fervently about the virtue OF humility.
AGAINST IDOLS.
SAMUEL ]. LEvICK was the next speaker
Standing up before tho audience he looked Won
derfaly like the great English Quaker, John
Bright, only much younger. He wears side-whiskers
ana s IN e Sdn nay STYLE only
expression and his voice is searching and conf
dent when he begins to speak he seems not to
sent in subjective thought. He always has free
command Of his subject, and, what is not too fire.
never to move him to the beginning Of a discourse
the end or the purpose OF which he cannot see. He
people, whose God the Lord isI' The question was
when and how to compass happiness. Is our God
nv q nj a
but happiness never attended them while they had
other gods. 1t rested with every mind to answer
shade OF thought or religion, there were always
those who had their idols. Look, then, within your
shrine at which you worship, and il at that shrine
your god is not the Lord you cannot be happy He
had thought that II preaching the Word could con-
vert and redeem the world, all the world would be
saved. But the Word cannot save. The mission OF
Jesus could not save the world. 1t did not awake
the idolatOrs of that day from their false worship.
To-day
THE WORLD STANDS Welded TO IT'S IDOLS,
seeking and longing; but the source Of happiness
Is not attained, nor do they know where 1t can be
found But the promise has been and still Is true.
Happy art thou, 0 people, whose God the Lord
What more could we DESIRE '' God adapts HIS posi-
withhold from good thing that 1t it necessary
for us to enjoy The glory Of the spiritual and the
the M ave ey meade god to e
sevess When he said gods he meant things That were
loved. Let us ask OF the Lord to purge our hearts
He did the holy temple from the money changers
ana the vendors 1t Is written that He will not give
glory to another; and let us remember when we
arise in the morning, and the glorious sun comes
shining In our windows, that language OF the text,
and pray that lie shall purge thy heart and make it
the temple 1t should be, wherein His light can
shine. Throw away all vain things,
DOGMAS AND CREEDS
that troubling us, and come into that happiness
which can only exist where "the Lord Is God.n
Soon after the close of this address the silence
again broken-a woman rising. She said that she
felt that the Lord there in their midst and she
remembered the words spoken to Moses-''lake on
thy shoes, for the ground whereon thou walkest is
holy ground.n She felt that a fire similar to what
Moses saw in the bush was there but that Gods
love would shield them from evil, that they might
praise the Lord with all their hearts.
AARON G. MACY delivered long sermon to the
yonng men and women, and closed with fervld
appeal to them to listen to the voice OF the Spirit
in their hearts.
After long interval OF silence the hand-shaking
announced that the services were ended, and the
congregation poured out under the shade of the
trees that surround the meeting house.