The New York herald., 1872-12-30
LYRIC HALL.
The Soul OF the New Year-SermoM by
Rev. o. b. FrOthingham.

xnc soul Oh the NEW 1c0T.Sefm0n OY
Rev. o. B. rockingham.
Lyric Hall was well filed, as 1t always Is, by an
intelligent and attentive congregation yesterday
morning The subject of Mr.. Frothinghams dis.
course was "The Soul of the New Year.n Before
we meet again, he commenced, this year will
have closed and we will have entered upon an
other. Some say one year Is just like another and
that the same things happen over and over again.
We have joys, griefs, disasters and trials every
year. SO 1t seems on the surface; but is not every
twelve months q separate creation and we year
further on. The new year begins when the gra
cious sunbeams melt the
EARTH's OLD FROZEN HEART.
Another year and new currents OF life are now.
ing over the old Continent. Every one speaks OF
progress and how do we know but that It con-
sists in the steady building up OF the future In
the faith that every cause has its effect and every
sequence Its sequence. Many believe that things
move in an endless circle. The discovery Is that
progress is law according to which II is impossi-
BILE for anything to stand still. Nothing perishes
We talk OF the lost arts, /" but they were nothing
that would benefit man. Remember that progress
does not go in right lines but in waves. There
Is an ebb anu flood tide in progress. We may
Wah the acn e wyes TSey INV and
60 back, and you don't know whether it is ebb or
hood tide The seventh wave goes beyond the
y
This IS the law which governs human affairs. In
WAVE OF REVOLUTION
swept over Sicily and Naples, and they determined
to throw Off the despOtism which seemed to have
overcome them. Even the Pope OF Rome seemed
to have turned reformer. The same wave swept
over England and even reached our shores. The
North became aware OF the atrocity Of the instttu
formers made their but the ebS began 70
set in. 1t began in Austria and ran rapidly all
Europe. Refugees from Hungary passed over here
lf fhn Ibn rit nf hnl1 ZVns.
troops and the spirit OF despotism settled down
hrmer than ever. The reaction struck our shores
ANTr-sLAvERY QUESTION
began to die out. Compromise came after COM
promise. We all sat in sackcloth and ashes. Had
offered IN vains Never. In a few years the flood
came in again and the reformers with 1t. The
French despot fell and how the Pope was stranded
In the Vatican. see by this that nothing is ever
IN epe we aae b m
exception OF England is the most remarkable for
drunkenness, the reform was signally marked;
upon their feet and families came together again.
Az that time 1t was worth almost persons
to say anything against the
Of the most temperate people is the
most criminal. Another that temperance does not
influence longevity or health. There is more tenn
perance now than there ever was before. There
are thousands who would sooner die than taste
the accursed thing; Wovih.s the ,,ours
question few years ago came up In flood tide,
but now 1t is beginning to ebb; partly, perhaps,
because 1t was associated with disreputable ideas
OF social life. We have touched bottom, but must
wait until the food comes in again. There is
ses Srs s ney sa Of e ser waia s ete4 as
nal the Son is eternal, the Holy Ghost is eternal,
and there are not three eternals but One."
the Holy Ghost is omnipotent, but there Is only
one Omnipotent.u This is the holy Catholic faith,
which II one does not hold steadfasty he cannot be
saved. We decline to read the creed. 1t is one of
the corner stones of building at which no one
looks, but II it were taken away the structure
would fall. The past year has been one OF
fRIGnTFuL DISASTERS.
Floods in France, Italy and England, connagra-
tons destroying our best cities, fearful famine in
Persia and an earthquake destroying the old city
OF Antioch. All these calamities show that we
are neglectng ourselves and running to idleness
We should build better houses. Every year Is Q
prophet The past heralds the future.