The New York herald., 1875-09-13
GOTHAM At PRAYERS.
Only a Slow Refilling OF the
Churches.
Our Pious People Prolonging Their
Sojourn Out of Town.
The Jubilee Proclaimed in
Brooklyn.
Rev. DR.. Fulton's Eulogy Of an
Earnest Evangelist.
ST. THOMAS CHURCH.
SERMON By REV. MYTroN MAURY ON sP1RI

SERMON By REV. MYTToN MAURY ON SPIRITUAL
STRENGTH ILLUSTRATED.
With the falling OF the leaves the birds Of fashion
wing their fight back to the city, and nowhere
this fact better demonstrated than at St Thomas
church in Fifth avenue. Not the least attractive por
ton of the service in this magnificent temple is the
music, which is under the direction of Mr. George
William Warren. The programme yesterday was
splendidy rendered and reflected the greatest credit
not only the choir but their indefatigablc leader
The musical portion consisted Of the following Sc
iections:-P professional hymn, 'Forcvcr with the
Lord. - schcuman .'Te Dcum Jubiate - anthems in +
10y Kotzschman and Thomas; nuoit, Lord, forever
at thy SIDE Blumentha; kyre, "Gloria Tib - in c,
Schubert; hymn, coward, Christian soldier" suli-
van .Ascrptur Gloria Gregorian onertory chant;
collect George William Warren; recessional ''Come
puro hearts y Cutler Tho sooists Mrs Gulager,
Ioprano; Miss Lehman, contrato Mr. wilke, tenor;
Mr. wickes, basso; Mr. Toulner, harpist and bell
ringer George William Warren organist and drector
P A. schnecker, organist, and twenty Ave
voices in the chorus.
SERMON.
The pulpit occupied yesterday by the Rev Mytton
hsury who is in charge during the absence of DR..
Morgan in Europe The subject of the discourse was
spiritual strength, Illustrated by St Paul's work at
Ephesus the text being taken from Ephesians ill.,.
part OF fourteenth and sixteenth this
bow my knees unto the God and Father Of our Lord
Jesus Christ that he would grant you be strength
pned with might by his spirit in the inner man y
What the apostle then desired for his Ephesan
would be best understood by them from what had
rurred under their observation during the sojourn
Of ST Paul in their city Nowhere, perhaps did his
heroic endurance and restless energy stand forth
bolder relief In the First Episte TO the Corinthians
he writes that he purposes to remain until Pentecost in
Ephesus, because great door had been opened him.
although ne pernenty adds there are many adverse
ries Naturally
HIS OPPONENTS WERE OF TWO CLASSES,
Jews and Gentes. Ephcsus was in the days of the
apostle the most important commercial city the
shores OF Asia Minor AT the present time indeed
attest its once princely magnfcence the Emperor
Justnian is said to have taken portion OF the stones
that composed stately edhces to beautiy the city of
Constantinople. Some of the columns Of the Temple
Of Diana placed in what originally the church.
but has been since the Mohammedan conquest and
the Mosque OF ST. Sophia As in every ancient and
modern commercial city OF Importance, so in Ephesus
find numerous colony of Jews To them in accor-
dance with the command Of our Lord St Paul on his
arrival in the city first addressed himself And many
and fierce were the disputes he had with them in the
synagogue. The second class of those many adj
versaries against whom the apostle had 10 contend
the Greeks-their superstltions their idola-
tries. No nconsiderable number Of persons derived
their maintenance from the making and selling idols
The apostle found some Of his determined antag
onsts among such artisans 1t Will be remern-
bered how readily Demctriu, the silycrSmith
mp the people at large and this class particular when
he expounded 10 them the Of the extraordinary
depression which had befaen their trade during the
Bojourn Of the apostle He called them together and
stated how not alone Ephesus but almost throughout
Asia this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much
people, saying that there be gods which are made
with hands that not only thus craft danger
TO be set at naught, but also that the temple of the
great goddess Diana should he despised and her
magnihcence should be destroyed, whom all ASIA
ana the world worshippcth The shrinemongers were
full of wrath, the whole population was in uproar
All the multitude Tor the space OF two hours made the
city echo with the cry. Grcat is Diana Of the Ephc
sians!' In the midst Of their opposition how perilous
but yet how grand the position of the apostle. Two
long years in words of SURPRISING energy and unfnch
ing boldness he asserts This ye know, that whore
monger, nor unclean person, covetous hath
any inheritance IN the Kingdom Of Christ and of God
Let deceive you with vain words for because Of
these things cometh the wrath of God upon the chill
dren OF disobedience. But none Of these persecu-
lions moved hIm so long as he finished hls course with
the JOY Of faithful ambassador OF Jesus Christ Like
the apostle, may we my brethren, in this Ephesus
be strengthened with might by Jesus Chusts spirit in
The inner man. Like him may we do and endure
seeing Him who is invisible.