The New York herald., 1876-10-23
CHURCH OF THE STRANGERS.
THE IN1vI7ABLE AND 5HE RxspoHsIBLx-sEl

THE INxvITABLE AND YHE RxspoNsIBLR-sKR-
MON BY REV. DR. DEEMS.
The Church Of the Strangers was crowded yesterday
morning by audience largely from abroad 10 listen
to . sermon BY Rev. DR.. Deems. Prior 70 the sermon
and also before the lengthy prayer asked The
congregation Of tho Strangers oin him In praying
for noted OF the land who had been laid Low by
sickness, some OF whom had passed away and others
who, it was believed. gavo promise Of continuance
with us In the sterling call which the Doctor made
no understood 10 refer 70 Commodore Vanderbilt
tho Who gave promise OF remaining with us for
years. and to his "sscond father" as he called MIN,
and Christian captain, beth OF whom had
led exemplary lives, but had passed,
no believed, to their haven OF final rest There was
mssakng the effect OF she Doctors prslininary re
marks in the relation named. He rapport with
his audience. and when he followed with prayer
tho Sunday schools editors OF religious and
journals the physical Of his hearers gave
evidence that they we're in accord with him. Tho
preliminary services closed, he announced taxi
the nrst Of the chapter
OF Luke-'1hen said no unto his disciples, il Is i'm
possible but that offences will come; but woo unto
HIM through whom they coma IL were better fer him
thai . mlllstons hanged about hls neck and bs
into The sea than that he should offend one OF
these little onesn
He called attention. in commencins TO the fact that
We often obtain = clearer view Of man even By the
character Of his jokes than by his sermona He had
often heard remarks from counsel during
the trial Of important in court which
derived all their emphatic power from their hav.
,ng been based on some incidental remark of
. witness, the incidental remark satisfyng the jury
BY aid OF the counsel that In lay his impresson u
she And In tho SELECTION Of bis he hadbesn
impressed with the idea that in the declarations OF
Christ which II contained there was . volume by
which believers could shape their lives. Following
the declaration centaiAed In the was The
warning that thoy snould take heed " themselves
f hy brother trsspass against shse rsbuke him and
thee seven Itnss in day, and seven times In 4 day
turn again TO thee, say,ns repeat thou shalt forgive
fanh' Tho offences referred TO he held were ~
tho light Of scandals the word undsrsteod In
tho original and she meaning that they
were inevnable In The original The meaning Of the
word 'scandal' which we used was simply 70 fall
And what did CAriss moan when He SAID
not GOMEZ He meant that they inevitable; as
inevitable that nrc applied to water produced
His hearers must understand that impossible 10
make-nOt TO DO what is-they could AVOID the In
evltabIe And was 1t not better that the inevitable
should DO than hat they should have anything in
il Is, the inevisabsf But II was 20, and 90 as
any rate and ihsy must take IL IS they found L. He
then pr0ceeded TO the consideration OF whetheY NOS
there was not general lnw governing the case and
whether there not positive connection between
the Affirmative IL was clear to him that there was
nothing we could do that was physically wrong which
not followed BY pain IN some form; paia was
therefore the inevitable result Of physical wrong
doing Aud ~ TO tho inevitable result OF wrongdene
therc was no change because OF the that the
psrpetrator OF The wrong was not that be was
doing wrong, The result the and inevitable
II The EXPLOSION GATH
there vas NO difference in the effect because the child
whose finger touched tho key that fred she mine was
o the importance OF the the lnRers
motion The resul. was inevitable without resnrd :,
who or what produced the Again. in their own
congregation they had had instance without regard
70 the knowledge OF the who the cause OF The
death Of . human being, simply because another, not
intending even harm, nred q hrccracker AID caused
the loss of life The result the same had tho
cause designed 1t or not There difference in
tho effect because the caused did not intend
to produce IT, And in that connection he would take
dencunce what he considered the
thcre wsro other pains and suffcrings than
those OF the body@there those Of tho
mind caused by mistakes which intended.
Among those mistakes he placed tho habit which
youths who are members debating societies had OF
accepting tue position to speak aide subject
in which they did not believe. He warned all against
man, without regard 10 what he>dd, which was OF
consequence In its effect his fellows and which he
was not at libcrty TO abuse without having the inev
table injury follow. ... uoau
led the life Of divorce lawyer, unchristian life
He married Irene. and doubtless expected 10 lead .
happy lio but tho inevitable result OF his business
course came to him, and he dead. Hs the
preacher had passed the Office OF House without
shudder, tor he did believe thousand
Of the divorces granted ought to be granted After
many Illustrations Of his subject he dealt fer
yently with Christians to their responsibilities as
Christians urging them not 10 DO stumbling blocks In
the paths Of youh8, and closed with appeal God
for all asking his hearers try 10 avert
the inevitable but 10 make an effort to avoid the
The price q TIC HERALD today aud AeseJorta wiu Be