New-York tribune., 1874-09-07
A HoMILY ON THE HARVEST FIELD.
TAs Rr Noah Hunt Schspek d. d. ST. Aans Proi1sf Fps
copaI CAareA on ne Hi0ht. BrooklysL

TAS Schspck d. d. at 81 dans Prokii1M Epp
oopaI OAareA ne Hi0hn, Brooklyn
At st. AIMS protestant EpiscOpaD Church,
on the Hghts Brooklyn yesterday morning. the Rector
the Rev. Dr. Hunt Schenck took for his text Jere
vii 2o "The harvest past the Summer Is ended
and we not saved"
He said, among other things: The poetry Of inspira
ton sadder cadence than this The philosophy OF
human sorrow where finds filter expression OF us
patent fact and profound feeling The text is the
lament Of humanity 1t summons in ghostly array the
shadowy past, and as the centuries rise In review,
presents in their rapid procession the trite
yet consistent moral Of sin or infrmty Of failure or
blind fatality. How deadly and almost despairing is
the retrospect True, remember tho richy-hued
bow Of promise, and forget not Gods word, Whie the
earth remaneth seedtme aud harvest shall not cease
But recall well the seeding that have been
wasted away and the golden hsrvests which have mil
dewed while the sickle has rusted. Regard the wide
and far reaching landscape Of the past what spring
mers Of privilege, what seasons Of yellow
rutage what periods Of possible ingatherng. what al
fluent for completing and crownng moral hus
bandry with bursting presses and 6arns hlled with Wit,
plenty and yetand yet the cry has gone forth and sun
goes up from cold altars and wasted lives ana los.
souls The harvest Is past the summer !: ended ana
mer wanderings over and our altars are
kndled for new sacrifices. how the true
heart to the sweet repose OF our church home
Yes, here come this first Autumnal sunday, and
here we would fam bow in singe-hearted deyotion
blessing God for the um OF the Church and the re-
pose Of faith-ooking may claim with not little
hope and cheer into bright and beckoning future still
mere and now TO every man In some sense ana 10
every sense, tue words OF the text ring out
funeral bell tollug this requiem of another season
unimproved-"The harvest Is past the summer IS
ended, aud we not saved"
But the text in general sense Is true OF every man.
Harvests OF missed opportunities and Summers OF indo
lence predicate the Of worldly affairs and spiritual
matters. Do you ask what Is mans harvest and sum
mer umef Go u the ant thou suggard, consider her
ways and be wise." The text every is true OF
Some OF us have for the last time the
ripeniug OF Summer fruits Some of US have had the
last year of Gospel reproof aud appeal How
dreadful these words. mot saved" But this is
not Gods design, for he would not that q
single soul should die but that all should live and have
everlasting life Still 1t Is fact that not saved
half the Bible is romance and the whole OF II ogi
cal. mot saved" This text talks to Christians old as
well Christians 1t is aarm-bel to sentimen-
tasts and dreamers 1t Is the DID, simple story OF saliva
III the text Is to avail worshper IN this house
OF prayer this service must be his harvest, this
day his Summer. Life Is too short, two stern for
prOcrastnation trifiing. We have really but
Summer. This Summer. this harvest Is while IL Is
called to-day Rsapers for eternity Rally under Jesus,
the head husbandman OF souls Seize the sickle tor the
fully ripe aud ready to be gathered into barns
Work while it is called tod ~, else tue wall OF the text
may be your dlreful death dirge and the lament OF
prophet be the legend your graye-stone The
harvest ID past the Summer Is ended and We are not
saved"