The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-30
Father McNamee on the Foundation of
the Church Of Christ.
Bishop James and the Rich
Agriculturist.
DR.. Bellows on American Institutions,
National Education and the
Danger Of Freedom.
Ohauncey Giles on the Spiritualism Of the
House of Israel.
CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH.

Necessity OF Vacation in the Church
Sermon by the Rev. Henry Powers.
The congregation assembled yesterday morning
ut the Church Of the Messiah, Park avenue and
Thirty-fourth street, was a very slim one indeed.
Notwithstanding, however, this discouraging
attendance Mr.. Powers announced as his text
part of Matthew vi, 3l-"And rest awhile" No
one, he said. can be q careful reader Of the New
Testament without seeing that Christ was very
proud Of His disciples. While he babe them each
20 bear His cross in His efforts to save
mankind from their sins, He remembered
that they had body as well as a
soul; and, therefore. alter their first mis-
sion, so marvellous in Its results, Christ separates
them from the multi tudes that had gathered around
them and takes them to the lonely desert to rest
Tor time, that they may return with renewed
strength to their life's work. One OF the essential
parts Of life Is rest and, among other things that
we are told OF heaven, Jesus says that our cares
Will not be renewed.
On the other side Of Jordan
Where the tree OF life is blooming,
There is rest for YOU
There are also offered TO- us in the desert
bases where we may rest. The custom has
IN tns country al branches
Our iorefathers in the old times could not
do this, because they had never enough ahead to
stop and rest. But now that men have MEANS it
is their privilege and their duty TO turn away from
their grOsser pursuits Oi gain and spend a season
In solitude, where they can think on matters OF eter
nal interest. This custom OF vacation. as have
sad is increasing in this country, and we are told
that there Is in 1t great deal OF folly and sin.
Fashion SAYS when we are TO start and how long
remain. And suppose that IN tomorrow's papers
we shall read that many OF the seats OF the
fashionable members of our churches were vacant.
WHAT SHALL BECOME OF THE POOR
1t Is said that the devil takes no vacation. Why,
then, does the Church? II IN leaving the city we
leave those who need our hep we are SHINING. Do
you not remember the cartoon in one OF our Illus
trated papers which represented poor sewing
girl crying after minister who was bound for
Saratoga, "Why do You not give me Saturday
afternoon of your vacatiOn?" But passing by these
exaggerated criticisms, want to give you some OF
tl0n In the first place, 1t seems to fall in with what
seems to be the law Of nature. Day Tor labor
and night for rest succeed each other. We must
rest after labor and the greater the dignity OF
recreation. The oak needs 100 years; the century
plant produces but one flower In a centufy-but
what flower 1t is And so the tendency in our
country Is to condense labor, to 90 the work OF
churches, II it be done at all, must be done be-
tween september and May; and So unless we TALL
In with this law, we shall not accomplish much,
and In proportion to our work we must rest,
labor that gives so many Of our best that sud
den and terrible paralysis minister who
breaches constantly before a New York congrega-
ton must keep himself informed ofeverythinp new,
interesting or instructive. Alter this continuous
labor, therefore,
A MINISTER NEEDS REST
They who say the minister Is lazy do not know
what they are talking about. The essence OF rest
Ii, after all, activity Of SOUL when men can turn
their thoughts away from themselves, because'they
are at ease. The length of our vacation VIII differ
because our labors differ But may we all come
back together in the Fail with renewed strength.