The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-28
NEW YORK HERALD MONDAY JULY 2s 1e7-wTH SUPPLEMENT-

hoped Tor from others. Hero is again illustrated
be revived by one thing-refreshing showers; and
THE PARCHRD SOUL
can only be relieved by the gentle influence OF the
condolences Nc sun which has been s" Sessina
IN prosperity now turned against tho shorn
~ ram %
rain. which would be drunk up speedily and
leave no traces OF itself upon the earth. SO 1t is
Henri Martin, is irresistible With the Saviour Jour
upon that He comes to rescue us from SIM"
DAvID's SONG NOT IN VAIN.
In conclusion Professor Barbour said :-"How
many OF Us can testify that this inspired ode has
not come Ginning down the ages IN vain How
many can Sing 1t, down to. the generations that
followf he comes like rain on the mown grass
hour OF our helpless hopeless, Ievelling afiiiction
and we have arisen under His influence refreshed"
ST. STEPHENS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
Sermon by the Rev. DIR. MeGlynn-Seif.
Denial and Charity-The Duties Of tho
Rich.
The majority OF the faithful who are accustomed
to worship in st. stephens do not permit tho
thermometer to get the better Of their devotion,
but assemble in large numbers at the high mass
every Sunday morning. And their pastor, the
Rev. DIR. McGlynn, il evidently OF opinion that
even during the heated term the devil does not
take vacation but, true to his dabolical mission,
daily wanders about seeking whom he may de-
YOUR" At the high mass yesterday morning a..
though the spacious edince was not thronged,
there was numerous congregation present. The
Rev. Father Power sung the mass.
After the first gospel the Rev. DR.. McGlynn as
cended the pulpit and preached an excellent
sermon on the use we should make OF riches.
Having read the gospel Luke xvi, l-9 and the
Epistle to the Romans, vi 1217. he said st seems
to me that we may probably invite the lesson In
culcated In the parable OF the unjust steward
and the consoling doctrine taught by st. Paul. In
the gospel we are told Of
THE WORLDLY PRUDENCE
OF the unjust steward, who is commended by his
lord for the selfish wisdom by which he made
friends, who might receive him in his
hour OF need. And our Saviour adds snake
to yourselves friends Of the mammon OF iniquity,
that when you shall fail they may receive you INTO
lesson and convert what might be source OF ruin
into source OF salvation; what might be q curse
into blessing. lie tells US go make friends OF
the mammon OF lniquity;" that liz, to spend our
wealth even lavshly on the poer and the needy, by
helping their poverty and relieving their wants,
ing dwellings," The life OF Christ, who had
pace whereOn to lay His head, shows the empti-
mites. Still these base things, because OF the
value set on them in this world, can be made tho
THE MOST HEROIC EFFORT,
the most sublime sacrifice. II we convert them to
good, charitable uses He promises in exchange His
blessing, His glaces. by winch We will be received
into the everlasting dwellings of His heavenly
Father. There Is another reason In the divine phi
losopny why we should deprive ourselves OF these
earthly things IN order to help our needy brethren.
Since ADAMS ial power, riches, honors, all that
worldllngs prize anu to which our hearts cling,
The devil works through them. They are avenues
by which he assas our immortal souls. We should
nan n nfrOn n oh nj oudr
against the enemy within and the enemies with
out. Our best weapon Will be found in
THE PHILOSOPHY OF SELF-DENIAL
taught in the gospel and more explicitly incul-
Gated in the epistle. Pagan philosophers had no
to an
dren of the void. 1--WE are debtors, not to the
nesh to live according to the flesh, tor II you live
according to the flesh YOU shall die but II by the
spirit you mortiIy the deeds OF the flesh you shall
i've" The Apostle tells us that we are the sons OF
WIN WIN christ: We are, therefore called to
those who are not the sons ms, Of Cod; we should
clpation by which Christ has freed US lrsm bondage
and which entities us 70 cali Cod "Abba' tFather)
IT. then, We really believe Christ tie inCarnate
wa1m a 9 a 9:e n!Ss evs tie soa
folly to value the things OF this world, We will
estimate riches at their proper value, as means
by which we can make friends who will well
come us into everlasting dwellings," Let US
learn, once Tor all, that It IS ony by depriy-
Christian charity that can secure tncse friends.
We must even deny ourselves In all things that we
may become conformab!e to the Divine Exemplar
on the Mount. II we are fully awake to the moth
lngness oil all things earthly
LET Us NOT ACT LIKE CHILDREN
picking shells on the seashore, needless OF the
voice OF the mighty ocean. Let us enter on the
road OF suffering and seii-deuia the truly royal
road trod by the King OF Kings; the road from the
Las. Supper to the garden OF sorrows to the pre-
toran court through the streets OF Jerusalem to
Calvary. II Is only by being crucided with Christ
q ascend
their talents their knowledge, or their riches or
their honors beware lest the Owly, the stupid the
ignorant the poor, the despised may rise up in
judgment against them ana demand their con-
domination from the hands OF just Judge on the
day OF final reckoning. 1t is most frequently the
case that the poor and illiterate are the most
patient scholars In the school OF Christ, the school
OF suffering and afnction. Make friends. then, OF
the needy, comfort the stricken render all the aid
you can TO Christian charity and friends will bid