The New York herald., 1875-03-22
LYRIC HALL.
THE USES OF soRRow-sERMoN BY REV. o. B.
FRoTHINGHAM.

THE USES OF soRRow-sERMoN BY REV. o. B.
FRoTHINeHAM.
The Rev. o. B. Frothingham's theme yesterday
morning was the value OF Sorrow" He SAID -
This Is called Palm Sunday. 1t IS the sunday
witch introduces the week OF sorrow. Can there
be a more fitting subject for meditation than the
mission OF sorrow? Religious people have Deen in
the habit Ql using the word "missionr as implying
the direct intention or the great Ruler of the
word. This use OF the word mas been objected to
on the ground that the intention supposed to be
implied is mere conjecture. You speak OF Cod
you never saw Him, you never touched Him, Ills
servants wear no livery. Again, 1t Is said, sor-
row, suffering pestilence, war are due to gnor-
ance. to misunderstanding and other natural
causes. Again, 1t is urged II there any purpose
in sickness sorrow then 1t must be carried out,
and to that this was not the case was to imply
that the divine mind did not ordain this mission
To this II must be answered that he idea OF divine
interference is deeply wrought IN the human mInd.
TIE USES or SORROW.
Sickness, sorrow, pain are deeply wrought
into the texture OF humanity. We cannot imagine
a time when the human heart should be VOID OF
pain. The deeper we get into the texture OF the
universe the more pain ana sorrow revealed
to us. When we see a tendency, a devotion, we
guess a divine purpose even though we cannot
fathOm its extent. can We read between the
lines O Providence Can you read the fine PRINT
well as the large? And Il you cannot read that
how could you read the inner language OF spiritual
revelation Pam ana suffering diler greatly
from sorrow. Pam IS a sensation III suffering
people are passivs victims as II were. sorrow Is
the pressure OF the neart against It's limitations,
it comes from an expansion OF the being. Some.
times IT Is IRON DISAPPOINTMENT, or crossed alfec
non, or banned hope. or reinOrse but ~ always IS
the beating OF the heart against Destiny 1t is in
the mind wnlle suffering IS in the body
suffering Is the scOurge the whip, by
whlca this lazv creature. man, - driven on 10
m ore M 20
sion OF mankind was attained a. the expense o.
vast suferings. How many ships must founder
before one can be built that viii Dafle The oceans
happiness orer themselves every hour, and we
Will not accept them, and the suffering comes and
drives rs onward 70 learn 10 reform, TO accept.
DIGNITY or SORROW.
Even ill-treated animals suffer pain but do they
suner as human beings DOR DO we think or them
AS glevlnV every day with bleeding hearts Have
they sorrowsf Pam is forgotten in an hOur; you
cannoi remember 1t even ~ you try, IL u dream.
/ The greater part or Duman sorrow T. not ASSOC
GATED Will suffering. 1heY VINO sorrow most are
men OF tEe largest natures sorrow itsell coniers
certain dignity upon man. It Is not every per-
son VINO mas aensiOhty enough 10 sorrow. 80
lace ~ interesting, no bloom OF c0mpfcyIon
I \ long attractive unless there Is something be-
hlDu ia concealed ltGht, an uneNpressed feeling.
Wnat singular grace 10 commuulcatp3 to the
bearing, what a majesty ana sweet reserve IL be.
Slows. lhere u delcacy wnlch iasciudtes; it "a
/ you leel curious TO peer into the depths OF the
sorrowlng heart. tho great men OF the word
have always been men of sorrow, men whose
feelings, loves. cannot De COntaincd Withln human
limits, bur yearn Tor something greater, mmeas.
uraDe. Tner natures burst through tGe bar3 oi
Ire and Knock at the cate of eternity Every
person VINO has. cxcrted u deep inGucnCe upon
mankind was man OF sorrow.
An EMBLEM or NOBILITY.
/ why Because all the great qualities come from
sorrow, weakness, sruth, love, charity. compas