The New York herald., 1876-12-18
MASONIC TEMPLE.
WAYS OF pRovIDENcE-sERMoN DY REV. o. b

q. B.
FRoTHINGHAM.
The Rev. Mr.. rockingham delivered the sermon at
Masonic Hall The word "providencc," ho said. is
not obsolete; It does not belong to what is called
spoiled phrasoology; rather, should say, is loaded
with newer and profounder meaning The more its
mysteries break upon the ways become
beautiful In life II has been remarked that the saw
age evidence OF the OF God the viola
tons Of natural laws. The philosopher secs the evil
dcnco OF God In order itself /. docs become any
human being speak OF Providence though he knew
ali about It. We may not think OF the DIVINE
mind working with tho methods of in
finite minds, Improving and running His logic
along short lines; but may think OF the OWN
mind for all that In the frat place want TO call your
attention the great IN the vegetable and hu
man Kingdom In the New Testament it is recorded
OF Jesus that the multitude being hungry He created
out OF lew fishes ana oaves OF bread food enough
s. 600 men and women. and when all satisfied II Q
required His disc piles to gather up the Fragments and
they gathered up twelve baskets. do not now dwell
upon The probability OF such story II is legend
"a myth. II means this--lhat the Bread of Lie is
never exhausted; that the more you give Of II the
more you have; The more you distribute II tho more
you ecOnomizc But taking the story literally tho
wonder rs, not SO much that Jesus should have IN
creased the oavcs but there should have been
much 10 spare and that lie should have cared TO savc
the remnants Why SO much solicl,ude that
we the lesson OF Provdcnce:-First by the cnor
supply ofcvcrything, and then by the care that
nothing should be iost--that Is the care Tor even the
minuiest atoms OF things. Think OF the waste there
in IL is computed that to one seed that germs
something like 100 700 perish The female OF the csh
Fly ~Ill produce 10000 young. In FIVE days each OF
these 20, 900 Will be condition 10 produce 20 600
more. SEQ what enormous over provision. The
elephant Is said be the sowest process of gesa
tion yet all the young OF the elephant wouldl
in century there would be something like 100000
of elephants. The waste moro extraordinary when
we come 10 human creatures All medical science
is cons dering It's power TO keep down tho dcath
According TO the tables OF life insurance companies
oil the 100 0U0 that i've be DID, C5G VIII die
in the Of year OF 90 900 that live out eleven
years ga VIII die before they reach twelve years.
The young child grows up exposed to enemies on
every hand. There are parts In the city OF New York
where the death rate IL proportion than in
any other part OF the civilized world. In times of
traordinary mortality there have been wards in the
city OF New York where child died in every
twenty. How many prayers, how many hopes, now
many anxieics preceded the coming Of tho little one
into the wordY And then perchance II is swept away
as though ~ were worthless. In speaking OF war
Mr.. rockingham said that " was calculated that war
had destroyed than 600 900 COO human
War is always AZ work, rnvshing and carrying
Its train famine, pcstilcnce and VIOLENCE the uproot
ing Of homes, the crushing Of lie, without the least