The New York herald., 1874-08-10
FIFTH AVENUE REFORMED DUTCH oHURoH.
Broken Cisterns-The Fountain OF Liv-
Ing Waters.

Broken Cisterns-The Fountain OF Liv-
ing Waters.
Tho pulpit Of tho Reformed Dutch church, on
Filth avenue, was occupied yesterday morning by
DR.. Ormiston, OF Twenty ninth street. On giving
out the hymn he requested all the congregation to
sing. Said he, 81 believe in a choir, but BY that
mean . congregational choir; let all sing who can
sing and those who can't sing 90 the best they
can." DR.. Ormiston opened the services by
reading the Commandments, and when
he came to 'And thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thy heart" he
paused to ssy:-'There Is something as healthy
as the ocean breeze in reading such words as
these. The reciprocal ownership between God
and the soul s the submesr truth In the universe.
He is not simpy the Lord God OF Israel, but He Is
my Cod" Then he read the second commandment
"And thou shall love thy neighbor as thyseE" "Thy
God, thysef and thy neighbOr, there you have all
philosophy" The text selected was from the Sec
ond chapter Of jeremiah, thirteenth verse-"For
my people have committed TWO evils; they have
iorsakea me- tne fountain fountain Of living waters. and and
no ha
with the Jews on the subject, OF their
reisrsnoe wSHs ' 70 previous history history and points, points.
by way OF contrast to other lands, ana then comes
saken me-" Now this cnarge was not brought
against them alone, but may be applied to all the
mh 8 to Be- a
happy: this Is the experience Of most OF us.
At first we are told that God created man In His
was severed, alienated rom God.
We are charged IN the text with two evils first,
nee, and tnen going to new out for ourselves
PTTIFuL LITTLE CISTERES
stagnans st the best h how many ss csterns some
bottoms you could abundanty tell Away fi0m
God we find misery, sin and suffering; they are
oRinv0 ~ tto noo uVyi
home among swine, IN want, we fain would gnaw
even the husks, forgetting our fathers house with
II Escn s edort has ever proved failure, every
struggle we make we only SINK deeper, every
FALSE RELIGION
is only the CRY OF o breaking heart, the cry OF q
despoiled existence. The history or the world Is
It mas been tried again and again. while foun.
tain Of living water, with Its exhaustess supply
way 70 o qu Un
Even If they were iull they would hold but little.
but tney are said to be broken: perhaps in being
with what skill and ingenuity they were
formed they held no water; 1t is weary work and
Now, God docs not reason with them, but &c ap.
peals to inantmate nature all around. Is there
10 rnH m sn aaSe Urea IKE aas
for himselfS Even the dumb OK knows Its master.
God summons the creation ali round us to startle
us with the knowledge or our folly. Even Christ.
knowing man as He did, marvelled at their un-
belief.
Tnose to whom this message comes belong to
no one race it means all the world. There are
different ways In which the human SOUL tortured
by doubt seeks for satisfaction. BY far the greater
NUMBER seek 1t in the possession OF the senses, the
pursuit Of pleasures and amusements that appeal
to the senses; the second class may be alitte
more refined; 1t may be they seeking IL in the
pursuit OF on honorable business and II may
that certain excitement and gayety Is added, and
what does 1t come to- IL is no better than q
phosplorescence on o dead mans face. II
we rise little higher, still 1t is only degree more
refined and the heart says, 'ls that allr' man
his brain may be healthy and vigorous and lie may
engage In moral reforms or he may enter into the
social and domestic sphere; but II build an Idol,
Is 1t less an idol because build 1t Ia the most
sweet delights OF home; but, tr that is ali, the
soul says "then die.n Let the brutal savage let
the bloody canniba be sounded, and they Will tell
you with what an awful despair they have s0ught
peace and never found It, sought 1t by Hre and BY
Come nome now to formality in religion, to
a respectable thing; and whca it don't rain or
they are not otherwise engaged, 60 70 church,
and, like yondcr door, get worn out In doing
y, and nothing more more. ., There is moth 3ta
To being capable OF appreciatlng God, give hum
gew gaw; to being designed by God 10 wear the
robes Of glory, give him vestments. WHAT means
IT. All, the C1Bterns hewed out by
BCCLEsIAsTICAL HANDS
are not bit better than the dark col0red ones
bewed out By savage hands What we want -
real, genuine happiness, We don't want drink !;
thing that will endure. We may appeal to Adams > >
transgression, to Gains misery, 60 israeVs long
exile. solomon himself made the experiments Nc
procured everything that could please the eye ul.
the eye was weary of seeing. and the hears "s'
weary with II.