, 1876-08-14
THE PULPIT.
Several Sermons Preached
Yesterday on the Re-
cent North Side
Tragedy.
The Necessity for "Self.Con.
troll" an Eloquent Dis
course by the Rev. S.
W. Duff1cld.
Romanism Responsible for
the Murder Of Fran
els UunfOrd,
Such Is the View Taken Of
the Dreadful Affair
0y tile heV. M.
4 NJ. Parkhurst,
Who Demands That tho Reading
Of tho Bible Be Re-
stored In tho Public
Schools.
In Memoriam---A Funeral Discourse
by the Rev. John At
hnson.
The Tragedy Of Crlme.'-9ernon
by the Rev. S. A. w.
JeWett.
In Memoriam---A Funeral Discourse
by the Rev. John At
hnBon.
The Tragedy Of crlme.."Sermon
by the Rev. S. A. w.
JeWott.
SEIT-CONTROT.

SELT-CONTROL.
SERMON NJ Tue nEy. &. ". DEFF1ELp.
The Roy. 8. ". DutIeld, pastor OF the Eighth
Presbyterian Church, corucr Of llobey and
Washington streets, preached tho following
sermon yesterday morning:
liz Tint 10 slow to anger IL better than the migh.
"; and hn that rueh hs spirit than he that tahcsh
Hclty.-ltr0v. Icl.: 30.
A single limo In 'yhlttter's Centennial Hymn
touches onr national weakness with the Ithuricl
spear Of genius. Wu forgot too sadly often
The auBtero virtues strong 10 snye,
aud among them must bc rcGl.oned this grind
quality, self-Control. In Il state Of t,atbarlsrn
everything goes by tll-rcgniatcd I'm
pulse. Eorrc Is born Of power, and
power Of se1flshness. The Abandonment
Of onc'aown uplnion or action, except under tho
de1nnna of force, ID naycr thought Of eclf-
control In the purposes or passInns only occurs
when experience peremptorfly insists upon II.
But Gve. then II Is cast as!de IN the majority Of
c,lacs. The sayal,o is ready to pay tho penalty
for tue sake oil tho indulgence. And Whenever
this Is the shape which The Wishes assun,e In
civilized man, we Inay safely believe linn to be
barbarian at heart.
It cannot bo worse for the Central African to
drink point,e anu wnllow IN tho river mud with.
III TClEll I'll Ik0 EFDSdNuEs, lt2Nil IHF klN
sian to g,zzle avn and make an cquaf p!lE Of
himself, with the American " ho gets drunk and
lies In the gutter. As thrro Is tho spiritual 90
there Is tho brutal slide tu every man.
Sclfrontrol Is really sort of religion. It Is
tho oiIort 81 ths better. SELF to ussusno com.
mand It holds tho liand from rush blow, IT
restricts the appctltv, It res,rAns the Innn within
the bounds 0t order, law, Mrtl dcccncy; IL lnnuE.
roaa.ts pgsG Il: fit o sFt bR bR's''e our % nso1 !s
to our assistance, protection, und love:
Is tic direct product Of the religious side of
human nature. Tlle s1cecsa Of auster1ty i,aa en-
exterior forms Of the tfrmasil which every r
li9ion mn;es upon Its rptnrtes. Self-dclial Ia
not morely Christian. II is peculiarly part OF
the Budals!sts, til. Patsee's, thy fayst's, the
We must not tl1nk that Jesus Christ Is tho only
teacher Of solf-control. One ncots only to ob-
serve tha grrat religious rcforlners to see III
some important particular tho mast marvellous
self.abnrgation. Il wa BY THIS qualty, more
sunEomacy.
There ii a struggle, therefore, which is seen
by every thoughtful student Of hts kind going
On eyeEywhere. l. heeo,ncs Part Of the WY
mcn mud Indies IL conducted. It even extends
to the extreme OF coldncsa and tho reprca-
son Of any sign, Of emotion. And those
who know bsst hsttsr inary that L .
"
behaved statuc. DO not spenk Of suel! false
exhibition as this with my approval. It is rank
lyppcrtsy except tn ccrtan cold natures which
arc warmed b. no heart anl feel no sympathy
with their feIfow.men. And because It Is uli-s
natural, nature avcngcs herself tcnfolu when
thc barrier breaks, a tf1e great strcau. Of emo.
ticn pours In tide Of destruction across tho
llfc. The little natural outlets Of loving looks,
str,ctcd. Ljke tie caso oi cloETel porcs in tie
SEin. there ia Earning Of liacase back upon thc
Vital narts Soon OF jatc, II there Is any intcr-
or nnfe.yn]. she hnrdost soll makes tho worst
esytfnuahc.' 'N
atiamon Tho King wrote many proycrbk
Tf,nv nre--when ono Closely consiIcrs tI,cm-
the !!,ssst. .drnns ri ncrsoini arnny. And whe1,
iS reai1 tTcns. n fnirnI whc,1 read ihu VIII.
inra ~ snrr n mr. hcsi ,nttirrn thiukrrs feel
thSt tbev rcnrcs"nt m intlnito Ical which
ts rrsncken Inv ,nI,ch do ron eunnnRe
II cnst Gncthc hcfnr" hn cnn,d mako
thot 5aTnnns 1srnund Z, i svh,cn hns nnsael intn
n ',rnvnThi Evcrv i'm rni thm,rI1t(Ii nctlpn~
hnwcvc. awtftiv nnrfnrmriwis rcrrcknntofiye.
thcrHfor.. ~ nj air,n,,nt nf trati,fnv nnt sclf
cn,nmanJ txhch oi,an r.ronca o1,r nofIc" Wc
oTn mrnms tm sov If wrttnr - III works ~
rnnidv j or NJ snrat,,r Il tt,n.ta him nnthtnw
tnac,yar en ndstpass :, - ~ ,,5,rsion' i liz
docsn't ati1iiy abn1t hts mrtlirfne3i furrcttini,
Mi ti,n wifi. ti,"t fheea ,hnys nr thr r3;,n nrr
tjurt Of lomr md i.an1 an'i oftcntitnese ~ mat
painful lnboT, and that thcir very caae is the
troOt tlicir tr,,a aurress.
p' iii. % nsttIsuiar nTnvcri VIVA ;,onh,c,x horn nj
faiurcTns tloubtlrss n1,r heat irarninT ts 1nnst
rcnero11v bnrn- Eniotnnn h,I mnst nr,hahIv
fvat iis tc1uper at same time in lis ltic, and al