The New York herald., 1872-12-26
ST. IGNATIUs' CHURCH.

Nineteenth Century Civilization .
5. Cheat-Christ the Only Hope and Joy or
MankinA-sernAo~ by Rev. DE-. Ever.
The plain and simple Reformed Dutchmen who .
year or two ago worshipped in the plain and un-
pretending temple on Fortieth street. near Sixth
avenue. would hardly know their old religious
homestead ~ It appeared yesterday, decked with
crosses and evergreens and pictures, and Its altar
lighted with half hundred candles and gas Jets.
At high mass, as the halfpast ten O'Clock A. n SER
vice ID technically termed, Q procession Of eleven
boys and seven men entered from the vestry room,
sacristy and made half the circuit OF the church.
The drst boy carried a long stick In his hand, ON
the top OF which was an ornamental cross They
chanted Christmas CAROL whose burden was that
they were Christian soldiers and were bearing the
cross OF Jesus. The service was performed by an
comparatively brief, and before the administration
OF the sacrament OF the Lords supper or the mass,
m nre on the ss ss
only source OF JOY since the expulsion from Eden,
he said, was now announced. What Is Joy he
| ual emotion and satisfaction. Ho had spoken, ne
said, for few weeks past to his people on some or
and to-day in the presence Of the mangcr he would
| speak OF another device. The devil would per-
world better, but se IDr Ever, denied t. The The
comforts Of life taough accompanying Christianity
are not the cause OF 4. The civilization Of the
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and railroads and printing presses and the general
progress or terrestrial science have not produced
one particle OF comfort to the human race. This is
| the cheat Love, peace, chastity, 6c.-these don't
grow with the growth OF our civilization. Wealth
increases and satan persuadcs that we are bet
ter o But tic rich grow richer and the poor poorer.
| The large railroads swallow up the small ones; the
large stores eat up the smaller, and while we are
deceivlng ourselves the red nag OF the Commune
waves in our great cities II you want to see what
| Ii coming you need only look to Paris. IT. you want
| to know what shall triumph here In the next cen
| tury look across the water. Make way for IL.
Many hope In some other way, and wealth beckons
| on to power, but IL is useless to think we can
escape the incoming nood. "Give US schools cries
Henry Ward Beecner, land we will have less crime. -
But cultured intellect only makes the bad man the
| worse criminal. What q wicked man wants il
| Christ. Without Him evil becomes more malignant
iniquity. why is 1t that there is no real augmen n.
tation or human happiness Because all its Terms
are
TYPES OF FALLEy HUMANITY,
In whcn the descendants OF Adam have built and
reared their Joys. Born In the image OF the fallen
| Adam, how can he escape this And thus II there
| perpetual propagation OF misery among men. It
| Is, therefore, impossible that the stream should
rise higher than It's source. He tthe Doctor) would
not say word against schools or teiegraphs or
| cause OF sin. II is gift OF God, and we cannot
arfcct 1t by one hairs weight. IL is the wicked
heart OF man that grows beastly and proud with
| civilization Build up your brown stone houses,
throw open your lyceums to the Tyndals, multiply
your schools and colleges still murders will not
stop, robberics Will not cease and lesser crimes
viii not decrease. In Christ alone can man find
true happiness and JOY, for In Him were not only
light AND ine. put Hom Him must now forth trpe