The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-24
AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

TOMpKrNs AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
DIR. Clarlkc's New Enterprise on Tompkins
Avcnue-A Thirty Thousand Dollar
SermOn.What Was Said on a Text,
Selected by Ono OF the Congregation
The Mission OF tho Christian Church
and AdmonitiOns to Contribute to It's,
support.
Yesterday was rcd-lettcr day in the .ory OF
the Presbyterian church in MacdOnOugh street,
Tompkins avenue, Brooklyn. DR.. +. ]. Clarke has
since September last been the pastor OF the church,
and during his ministry there the congregation has.
largely increased in numbers and influence. The
necessity OF a more commodious church has been
made manifest, and yesterday morning the first.
financial effort towards that end was undertaken
and resulted in a collection after the morning SER
mou Of $2s,177, which, it was expected, would boz
made up to $4,000 before the day was over.
AS soon as the frost is out OF the ground
1t Is intended to commence the work
of building, Oh lots adjoining the present church.,
and which are contiguous to rapidly increasing
settlement Of houses Of a better class, and occu-
pied by influential merchants and their families
doing business in both cities. Yesterdays work
was regarded by the trustees Us avery encouraging
beginning, and the new enterprise which has thus.
received its baptism OF dollars, Will ructiy speedily
into very live church.
DR.. Clarke preached yesterday morning q very
appropriate sermon, from text that, he said, had
been selected for him from "the pew" which,
putting aside metaphor meant that one OF his.
conQregation had chosen II. The text was the
last clause of the eighty-seventh Psam-"An my
Springs are in rhee."
The Psalm was read through, and described as.
an cegy OF Zion ana rapturous and imposing
song. In order that his hearers might be in the
snrit OF the subject, the Psalm and Its special
reference TO the city OF Jerusalem were dllated
upon aud formed the Introduction to the dis
course. The special reference that the text hal
to the contemplated building OF the church was
then spoken Of, and the experience depicted in the
T Of those VINO had the Of Se
enterprise at heart general eierence 10 the posi-
t,on VI the Church and
CHRISTIANITY IN THE WORLD
formed the main topic oil the discourse. In this
conn ction the Church was regarded as the egatee
disciples was the representative OF the legacy, and
the wealth OF which never could De exhausted. In
that form IL had come down the ages to them. That
body OF believers as 1t came down had been unified
and sanctifed by one Spirit one baptism. God had
SO loved and cared for the Church, that no weapon
that should be formed against her should prevail;
and in that respect even the resources Of nature
had been subsidized by her.
Then the Church was great teacaer 20 whom
TO thank God for the scriptures and for the prov
dcnce that enabled the Jews to preserve the Scrip
lures in their integrity. The purest and best les
sons OF our lives we're those that we had been made
acquainted with In the Church. The Church, too,
Geprayed men might be. and indsposed even to
lit q finger for their own salvation, they were al
ways DESTROYS that their children should be taught
the right and the good Then, the Church was
teacher to the nations. 10 the Church that had
carried civilization to the heather and the bar.
barian. II had stimulated individual mental &C.
tivity. Calico went into the cathedral at Piazza
in devout meditation, and in the swinging OF tho
lamps received the suggestion OF the pendu.
lum. On the other hand, it was safe TO say
that in1delity had contributed nothing to science
Inc great uiumphs oil onr race were made undaf