The New York herald., 1873-01-20
LYRIC FALL.

usually wen attended. After the usual preliminary
exercises OF singing and prayer the Rev. O. B
rockingham commenced his sermon. Speaking Of
the spiritual man, ne began, Paul in his second
epistle says:-"Wc know that II our earthly home
Of this tabernacle were dissolved we have building
Of Cod" We all earnestly desire to be clothed. BY
that phrase, "a naked truth" is meant the simple
truth with all pretence strippeA OIL. naturalist
wishing to get ut the truth tears acorn to pieces
and h0rtculturist for similar reasons
feels down into the ground for roots. We speak
Of the naked eye, by which we mean the eye un-
assisted by any artificial lenses Is the eye richer
or poorer by thisi Arc not oil the appliances of
srt supplementary to its powerf Suppose there
were no telescopes, there would be no astronomy,
no knowledge Of the wonderful universe, only an
acquaintance with the small world below Nature
abhors the naked truth and is always covering
1t up. You never see truth in nature unadorned
We wake In the morning to see tue twigs
oLlTTEkINa With DIAMONDS
Go where nature has the least chance and It
covers the toughest rocks, weaves with nbres so
fine and delicate that they con only be discovered
BY the most powerful lcnse, then by nbres thicker
and longer, and not satisfied with this advance 1t
clothes the rock with vesturc of perfect shrub
berry: Would you get at the naked truth
Of this stone yeu must strip on this covering. A
brilliant writer was standing IN a foreign gallery
turning, behcld modern sculptured fgure. They
were both naked Everywhere man is clothed; we
shows how much taste he has. Artists OF to-day
like TO pant silk and gold, feeling that when they
put In these accessories the man is complete. Dar
win tells us In his "Origin OF Species" that man
Is descended from an ape; that when we get at
the bottom OF the matter we find nothing but
PERFECrED MONKEY.
How does he get at his naked truth BY burrow-
ing down, and at the bottom OF the cruciblc he
9nds an animal erubDing IN the ground Tor iooa:
cannot see him. fbls ape stands on two
Instead OF crouching down TO the earth he stands
upright. He has the use OF his hands and can ieel
objects. Ills Ills head head is balanced @ now and turns
heavens and the stars are revealed The very
cuticle is changed. The rough skin OF the baboon
have nothing to do with the naked man. Suppose
you take the human BRAIN and separate al Its
es or " ve The easn s p4o
duced by a human genius in the brain. Is the iact
extravagant where he calls 1t the dome OF the in
teliigence and the seat OF the soul! Analysis is a
very fine thing. To resolve endless rocks into gas
and to reduce things which seem most eternal Is
and reduces 1t to carbon but We should learn more
II nc could reduce the carbon back to the diamond
but only
THE ALMIGHTY CHEMIST
could 90 that How wonderful II Is TO think Of the
cheapncss OF material out Of which such extraordl
| who seemed OF the lowest order his habitation
was q hosei, his food coarse, his friends few He
provemenr. He died, and bequcatned q fortune
which he had saved to the founding OF an orphan
asylum. Tne naked truth was that he was poor
unkInd, cracked; the clothed truth, that he was
wrapped about with human sympathy. Mr.. Bergh
has told that very handsome Legacy had been let
10 his Society for the Prevention OF
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
by an obscure man who lived down town in gar.
He died, and when his room was searched iI was
found to be an abode OF misery 1t was perfectly
carpetless. There was no coal in the box-utter
discomfort rcfgned. Under the heap Of rags called
bed was found chest full Of money, which was
all willcd to the poor animals that lie was accus-
tened to see abused and killed. The naked truth
declared him miser, while truth clothed showed
that his heart was underaid with such sweet
sympathy that It fell upon the lowest creatures:
Apply the thought to character Ii was an Old
way Of judging character by pulling 1t to pieces.
Man was said to be
and made out that naked truth was machine
played upon by the opposite forces OF hope and
fear. slanderers Will ind mistake-some wretchcd
little foible-and say that they always thought you
honest. poet says that We are such things as
dreams are made Of We are what we are, and
this stun OF which dreams are made has become
body "learfully and wonderfully made.r Faith in
God-of what Is that madcS A feeling OF depen.
dence and longing, an emotion Of trust and graft.
tude.
ST. PAUL'S METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
The "Chosen Gcncratfon"-Respons sibili.
~ OF Man and the Convention OF the
World-Missionary Sermon by Rev. DIR.
DashieIl.
The spacious and elegant st. Paul's Methodist
Episcopal church, Fourth avenue and Twenty.
second street, WAS exceedingly well filled yester
day mOrnlng-as 1t always is-by an intelligent
and attentive congregation. The services were Of
the most interesting character the music being
very fine and the discourse the annual missionary
sermon, by Rev. DIR. Dashiel, Secretary of the
Missionary Aid Society Taking his text from First
Peter H., 9-"But &c are chosen generation
the eloquent gentleman commenced by a1uding to
mans responsibility to God, which reason and our
souls own consciousness teach US. We are the
daily benenciaries OF the Creator and In all things
must remember We are His stewards. This grand
old truth, underlying the commissions OF forty cen.
tures, Is forced upon our minds. 1t is the utmost
stupidity to suppose that God intended to leave
man, so great and
30 GLORIOUS A CREATION,
nothing TO accomplish nothing higher to aim
for than mere existence. Some Christians think
that religion means to have a good time only,
not rejecting that we are responsible beings
and In the measure OF our circumstances and
intelligence Thus wherein lies the dignity and
honor OF this chosen generation God does not
propose by His own power directly and imme.
diately to save us but this will be done by human
agencies. Like a thread Of gold running through
fabric OF cloth, 80 the Gospel will accomplish the
great work. Certain great truths God has been
pleased to institute. As an illustration the preacher
referred 70 the history Of nations, saying that
around each and every government one great
principle and one great idea were observed
crystallizing oil about It, He also said
tnat denominationd churches, oil churches
were governed by an idea. They have
specific work.and specific doctrines one supple.
menting the other. The experimental religion OF
the Methodist church marked It, and Its influence
has been 30 extended tnat the world all around
and about them rose up to do them honor Tor what
they have done. God has selected two great por.
tons OF the
WORLD TO CONVERT 1T.