The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-23
LEXINGTON AVENUE SYNAGOGUE.

The Benefit Derived from an Exchange
OF q stony for q Fleshly Hcart-Fatal
Effects OF ssthe American sease'-Dis-
course by the Rev. DIR. Huebsch.
Yesterday the Rev. DR.. Huebsch preached to
large congregation In the synagogue in Lexington
avenue and Fifty-ffth street on the necessity for
and benefits flowing from an exchange OF the stony
human hearts for neshy or tender spiritual hearts.
His text was Ezekiel xxxvi., 26-"And will give
you new heart, and new spirit will put within
you; VIII take away the heart OF stone out of
your flesh and will give you heart Of flesh" The
prospect OF an operation so radical is here
promised in the Word of God, the Doctor said, may
not be greeted with qualification by every one.
Many will Probably argue that, though the hearts
they have within their bodies may be worn
and wasted, their ventricles may be too
large or too smaI; though in some corner
or cavity thereof the germ of disease and sudden
death may Turk, nevertheless they are their own
hearts, the only hearts that suit their bodies and
they would not have them exchanged or replaced by
any other, however young and strong and active.
The operation would be too dangerous; 1t would
be contrary to nature. 1t is Just such reasoning
as this that binders the Word OF the Lord and His
Spirit from performing the operation indicated in
the text upon the spiritual nature and constitu-
ton OF man. They admit that their
VACCINATIONS AND PRoPENsITIEs MAY De DHTEC-
TIVE
and tending towards pcrdtion; but since they are
born with them, and have grown with their growth
and strengthened with their strength, and are
part and parcel CT conscious human selthood.
they cannot part with them Tor to do SO would be,
they think to deny their individuality and to ap-
pear as borrowed men. such reasoning Is the
great stumbling block in the path or salvation 70
MANY q man. Men mistake their second nature
iOr their primitive and genuine and therefore,
omen TO themselves the pernicious sources OF
When God brought the earth out Of chaos He
babe it produce vegetation. Fertility was hence
forth to the nature OF the SOIL .pd the history or
its DEVELOPMENT is very brief Unculfivated lands,
OF course produce thorns and thistles, while rich
baryests wave on the ground that Is titled. so
when God created man He stamped him with the
sacred seal OF Godikeness, gave him rationa,
soul and babe the human mind bring forth iruit
according to its nature and kind. TO Judge The
capabilities OF human naturethy the eccentricites
OF misguided individuals is silly as TO estimate
the earth's productivenesas by the quantity OF
brars and thorns which n may produce Godl-
ness and iaithfu)ness, love and benevolence,
heartness and spirituality are the naturahprod,
uct3 OF well cultivated mind. The aptitaeses OF
these are the results OF cayelessness ana neglect
The moro o man controls his feelings, rcstrains
his passions and squares his actions according to
the standard OF divine law, the higher he ascends
the scale OF moral perfection; the nearer he
reaches the ideal, tho original type 81 manhood.
road TO death. The Doctor illustrated MS point by
EossfIIzEp PLANT
which he once saw imbedded In a rock. IL had
been so long buried therein that had become pet
rlned, and partoOk OF the qualities OF the rack.
The shape OF the plant was there but no part OF It's
original Unholy surroundings are very likely
| to produce the same effect upon the mind Mans
| heart Is destined to spring up like the palm tree,
TO grow high, like a cedar In Lebanon planted IN
/ the house Of the Lord, 1ourtshnp IN the courts Of
our God but this heart transpants Itself Tar away
from the fertile soil OF the Lords house into the
sterile aad rocky grounds OF moral decay, and lol
instead Of becoming cherished plant OF God, u
develops into heart OF stone 1t makes part OF tn,
| miueral kingdom, though, according to Its print
| tse nature, IL belonged to the kingdom OF heavenly
life. To those that became essranged to their owl