The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-13
CHURCH OF THE STRANGERS.

EFFECT OF REMEMBERING THE LoRD-sEEMoN
BY DR.. DEEMS.
DR.. Deems preached yesterday from the text,
Psalms Xxi 3-''I remembered God and
troubled" AT first sight IL would seem impossible
that any man could forget God said preacher; 1t
seems rather If God reality, but
only the idea OF "a being, Infinite in power Infinite in
Intelligence and INFINITE love, that idea would take
Huch strong hold OF the consciousness oil as 10
derlie and overlie all his thoughts aud deeds. The
idea itself is SO sublime, stupendous ncisivc,
that when once suggested, would suppose IL would
grasp and hold every man faculties. But when there
Is such a God omnprcsent ana allpowerfol, showing
His might and goodness in thousand ways,
and to all mankind, it would utterly impossible
to forget Him. Yet, strange as 1t appears II IS not
Impossible and the most astounding thing along this
line OF thought is that any man who has known the
idea of supreme and loving God, who has known the
value Of that idea to his intellect and To MS moral
nature, should actually strive 10 forget Him. IL rs
possible TO DO it, and without UGH striving men have
eminently and disastrously successful Men cay
u keep thinSiug Of GOO ! must leave Wall street;
II keep thinking of God must resign my political
piuce fashionable modstc OF this CITY told me tn;
she kept thought oil God IN her heart she would
have TO leave the millinery business When man
wants forget God he doesn't go 10 church. For
who wants to become atheist 20 so 10 church
pn sunday would be like trying 70 die OF starva
Say 81 won't 20 TO church to-day; IFS too warm, the
masic very good and tue preaching stupid "
Now the preaching may be stup!d, The minister may
not oe afamc with his subject, have forgotten
God in preparing his sermon, and the music mag mol
be OF the best / grant all that Butt you 90 10
church only listen 10 a mans oratory and hear good
Epging, you might as we'll or badly, II you prefer
The rhetoric, go TO the theatre Nor should We keep
our children away from church on the ground that
they young To understand the service. 1t Is
not essential they should understand the
hat We 20 to church for is TO join IN worship to feel
ine magnetism oil The coDgregation--we don't under
Etanc that, receive The spiritual aid OF tho Holy
bbost-we don understand that; but we need " rs
much as we need meat vegetables Tor our physical
suppofb we CANNOT be ia perfect physical condition
without eating both and vegetables Open
your mouth and ask what these Two kinds
Of teeth mean One kind says Eat Vegetables and
tts other kIbd Eat meat, - AZ mperativey as any
Bsw IN the leu Commandments There be
Christian life without daily family prayer There
DO OF talking about won't say that 1t Is "A
hypocrisy, for u may be mistake but u Is delusion
ana a snare and # there Ia any member Oh this CON
rreeasson woo does not have daily PRAYER In his
bousenold ! want hun TO write me a letter In the
nornipx and will come and labor with MN 10 thai
md Ii a man wishes TO DO atheist IL VIII NOT do
A. take his Bible his closet read and sudy Il
sIooe IL would be safer 70 60 TO church There the
Selv vords do not seem be aimed SO dreetiv M
So, ,crsop There division shit tiug of the
rt~aoo s,bijuy. You hear lovely young adv who is
kues,,ue by your sac say Lord, have mercy upon
. sn,sssabpe ogcpdersu You feel mat she cannot be
,-~rnbgc offender ana do not believe that means
e. scd sse doc not she merely repeats the words
nsn cannot forget God forever Insy may lose sight