The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-21
SUBLUNARY SANCTITY.
The Worlds Worship Of the Divinity
That Shapes Our Ends.
Fashionable FervOr. at Long
Branch.
Brilliant OPENING Of st. Stephens Roman
Catholic Church in Brooklyn.
Sermon at St. Patrick's on the Ne
cessity of Prayer.
Il. Cabaret In the French Evangelical
Church Preaching That Christianity
Must Abolish Caste.
THE PRESS AS A PREACHER.
DR.. Eddy on the Good Work Done by
The Herald on Sunday.
Church Dedication by Archbishop McClOskey
at Poughkeepsie.
u. Cabaret In the French Evangelical
Church Preaching That Christianity
Must Abolish Caste.
THE PRESS AS A PREACHER.
DR.. Eddy on the Good Work Done by
The Herald on Sunday.
Church Dedication by Archbishop McClOskey
at Poughkeepsie.
81. PATR1CK's CATHEDRAL

Sermon by the Rev. Father Saiter-Thc
Necessity OF Prayer.
At st. Patrick's Cathedral yesterday the sermon
was preached by the Rev. Father Salter, who took
his text from John xvi, 32:-Whcn our divine
Lord, after the last supper walked with his dis
ciples to the Mount OF Olives He spoke to them
words OF comfort and eXhortatlon He told them
more clearly Of the mission they had to engage
upon and OF the prosecutions they should suffer in
doing His work, and cXhOrted them to pray to the
Father in His name, saying to them that hitherto
they had not prayed in His name, and that hat
they should ask in His name would be given to
them. This was
AN ABSOLUTE COMMAND
from God to the disciples and through them to all
Christians to pray in the name OF Jesus And q
little reflection would show the necessity Of prayer.
The position Of men In life and of the tempta.
tions to which they were exposed should
clearly convince US Of the need there
was or ever relying upon Providence for
assistance against the snares Of the evil Not
one of us In this lie bat subjected To the temp
tatlOns OF the devil, who goes about as a roaring
lion seeking whom he might dcyOur. The rich man
was tempted with whispciings or pride and de-
1ance aud contempt FOR his poorer brethren; tile
poor man was beslcged with thoughts oil envy and
OF muImurlngs against the VIII OF God; each OF uS
In our own avOcauon had our temptation to bear,
the devil knowing well where he might strike with
x.
was necessary fol us, not only that We might com.
bat the devil in his attack upon US. tut that we
might
FULFIL ALL THE DUTIES
OF life In manner pleasing to God. II was posi-
BILE, perhaps, for few men with strong Wills to
live a good lie without constant prayer, but the
general rule was that he who neglected to ask the
ala OF God In overcoming the difficulties or life
6uCCumbed to the pressure or worldly ambition.
Peter denied his Master, though he love- Him,
because ne had not TO God Tor strength to
persevere to the end without alterlng But apart
from this necessity for prayer as the only means
whereby we might hope to gain salvation even in
q more worldly sense, II was the sweetest OF all
world from worldly enjoyment, as the experience
OF all ages attested. Man was ever looking for
happiness In this life, yet never finding 1t, for
peace did not come from the gratlncatIOn Afforded
by worldly things. The only true peace on earth
came rom communion with God, from never
falling reliance upon His mercy and bounty from
nniOn OF mans love for Christ with Chrlsts love
for him. This was
THE ONLY PEACE ON EARTH.
1t was well for us that we might pray In the
hoped. The Jews OF old, Gods favored people, did
not even know Of the existence OF Trinity and
worshipped God as the God OF Abraham, OF Isaac
and OF Jacob, and their religion was one OF fear Of
God. What contrast between the religion OF
Gods favored people in the carly times and the re.
lgiOn OF Christianity Ours was one OF love and
hope and confidence, our faith In Jesus being the
Mediator ana His merits our atOnement. lie told
His disciples to ask the Father in HIS name and
they should be made glad ana the Cnurch, recOg
niZinR this divine command, closes almost ali her
prayers with the Words Through Jesus Christ our
Lord.o
The preacher continued to dwell on the efficiency
OF prayer through Jesus Christ, who died to save
men, and IN concluding, gave appropriate advice to
his hearers by way OF deduction from the CON-
Wand Of the Saviour mentioned IN the text