The New York herald., 1874-07-27
LEFFERT5 PARK SERVICE,
The Cleansing OF the LePer-Seymcn by
Rev. l.. Rcvan, of LOntlon-An Immense
Com 81 ticn.

The Cleansing OF the Leper-Seymcn by
Rev. l.. Bcvan, of L0ntlon-An I'm mn use
Congregation.
The largest congregation :nat has gathered at
any Sabbath service in Lefierts Park this year
was there yesterday afternoon TO listen to a dis
course by the Rev. Llewellan Bevan OF London
who is now supplying DR.. Scudder's pulpit during
the summer vacation. All the welsnmen In the
city probably were present great many minis
ters were Included also in the congregation. Alr.
Bevans discourse was based on the healing of the
leper by Jesus recorded in Mark, l., 40, Al. He
pictured the terrible disease Of leprOsy the fesh
how small and insignificant in it.; beginnings but
its growth is rapid and It's spread terrible 1t coll
teammates everything It touches. The beginnings
OF sin small. The first glass Of wine or beer
the young man takes Is not much in Itself bat 1t
leads to the second and the third. ana creates an
appetite that may he quenched only in the grave
me profane swearer begins with small WORDS VIZ
cious insinuatons: but ne grows b0lder in the use
OF oaths and foul language, until he shocks every
sensitive soul ny his profanity 1t was only an
apple, you say that our first parents ate, but that
small beginning has been the fruitful parent of all
the sin and misery that has come upon our world
and the breaking up Of a household Beware, there
lore, of the beginning Of the leprosy o. the soul.
LcprOsy separated the man from his fellows sin
does the same. But the yonng man says that is not
so. He Is member OF a club or . society, and they
meet together and have good time. Granted.
There Is honor among thieves, they say. but it is
not true You cannot build up great social sys.
lem upon wrong doing.
WRONG DOING WILL. ALWAYS SEPARATE MEN.
suppose, said Mr.. Bevan, there is some sort OF
society in he'll, bat don't care for that. IL IL,
nevertheless, true that sin separates men from
their fellows. But the worst Is the end. Lepr0sy,
ri be not cured, must end in death OF the body
sin II 1t be not forgiven IN the death OF the soul.
And who can tell what that Is And what II YOU
bury the soul as well as the bodyY Oh sun, put on
thy mourning babiliments! he exclaimed ana
moon clOthe thee with darkness because q soul Is
dead II GODS own heart should break 1t would
not express the sorrow of the lost soCl. and are
there no dead souls here to-hay2 Unless the
leprosy OF the body Is healed, 1T Will destroy the
body, and II sin be not removed it win DESTROY
both soul and body Mr.. Bevan went on TO picture
the CONDITION or the leper separated from his
children. lie should carry a rattle always
with INN to notify the clean of his
coming near. lie could break up a gather
ing IN moment by his presence Mr. Beyon
the described the coming OF the eper TO Jesus and
the saviour putting forth His hand md healing him.
Thc manner OF the lcper's coming Lord II thou
wilt thou canst make me clean-and Jesus recep-
ton OF him-i wiz ne, thou clcan Jesus would
Noses that He might cleanse tee eper. The glad-
ness oi the ercr as he ran on TO the priest to get
his
CERTIFICATE OF CLEANSING
fnat he might go 10 his home and family his meet
ing Of old friends on the way. the greeting tina. lie
received a. home were brought yividly before The
audience, and the readiness and ability OF Jesus TO
save was pressed upon the attention OF the people,
sin were invi ed TO come to Him for heang ana
sa,vation. At the close OF the sermon Mr. Beyan
0nercd pI aver and tnen crowd OF his Ountrymen
gathered around him TO greet him and shake him
nearly an hour aiterward for experience and prief
cxhortaiOn Rcvs. George H. Anderson and Fred.
erck Bell are TO address the people Ia the PARK
next sunday afternoon.