The New York herald., 1877-07-29
A RABBI AND THE RIOTS.

SERMON BY REV. DR.. HUEBscH ON THE CUR
RENT Top1o-Irs RE1IaIoUs ASPECTS AND
PARALLELS.
The Rev. Dr. Huebsch delivered . sermon Of un.
usual public interest at this time in the temple in
Lexington avenue yesterday. He took for bis text
Ecclesiastes tx. 1S-''W isdom better than weapons
Of war, but one sinner canseth much good TO bo
lost" The learned rabbi proceeded to say that
the aim OF tho small biblical treatise called
Ecclesiastes IS to prove that all relations Of human
life If Invested of their moral point must necessarily
shrink INTO insgnllcance aud dwindlo down TO the
of vanity The writer Of this scrptural
book enabled by rich experience, advances his thco-
res in a series of pnhy illustrations taken from the
different stages and stations of life or wealth. power
and pleasure he speaks rs man whe has known,
possessed and enjoyed them to tho fullest extent
Poverty, deprivation and suffering. all the dark chap
ters OF mau's existence familiar TO him as II
he had for many wearisome day and year lived
through them. His sermon the rich and powerful,
to the pleasure hunting child OF fortune, is very
elective His refrain, 'Yahity of vanities-all IL
vanity" is like the skull tho feast table of the
Egyptian, admonshna him who is about 10
plunge In senscless joys "Rcmember, such one
wilt thou become" From his presentations
learn how shallow, how empty life IS If 1t
has no higher aim than after passing pleas
ures OF the moment And wealth and power-they are
but gitterns bubbles which soon will burst and leave
not receive their solidlty. their true and last.
ing valuo, from wise use, from moral
sense VIII ch urges TO good application OF the means
which have acquired How truthfuliy IL thcre de-
picted the sore evil Of greed after weal. "ae tnat
he that loyelh abundance with any increase"
MIsERIEs RICHES
How many oil those that we're happy In moderate
circumstances have become the careworn victims Of
everlasting dread and anxiety! Since they nave at
tained their riches they speaking proofs of that
I'm Iherl
seen under the sun-namely riches reserved for
their to his nurt'' AS to the Inconsistency
OF earthly goods. has not own time In many in
stances suostantated tho old experience, 81 have
seen servants on horses aud princes walking
these premises are true, then tho conclusion must
also be true, sWsdom is better than inheritance"
"it g,veth life to him that possesseth It," Wisdom.
however, continued the Doctor IN the mouth OF
tho .s n Of
1t Is the true lie principle. With IT captI becomes
q blessing for human society. without 1t II remains
holds It. Not less important and less
impressive is the sermon of this scrptural preacher
directed to the poor man, said the Doctor. He
makes a marked distinction in regard to poverty.
There is the fool that ioldeh his hands together and
whose sothfulness the rafers will sink and through
the ''ideness Of his hands the house Will
become lcaky." This is solfcaused poverty,
destitute Of moral consciousness, aud therefore
deprived Of strength courage TO carry the srug
gle of llc Instead Of curing itse by honest activity
darkenlng dreams OF prosperity which Is so easily TO
be acquired by Overlapping The boundaries Of law and
established oruer This Is the poverty that breeds law
lessness and crime.
.HAnDwoRKIsa POVERTY.
Far different from tnis said the Doctor is another
class-hard~orking honest poverty. THIS class 10
treated with The utmost respect and sympathy by our
BoioaI wise man, and here he holds up the model OF
true happiness-"Sweet Is the sleep of the laborina
man, whether he eat little or much; but the over
abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep"
QUESTION OF THE DAY
time and which within the last few days has taken
such threatening aspect was mot unknown
mentions with regret that there exists
disproportion in human affairs 81 turned about and
swift, nor the battle to the mighty, aud also
that the have bread, nor yet the maa
edge favor The description that follows this
passage looks much like riot trying to solve with
hands nsn penang y t. me- bsss sss
that caught IN snare, like those that are the sons
oil cnsnared AZ an evil time. ~
HONEST LABOR THREATENED
We see therein. continued the Doctor, picture Of
the danger by which honest labor threatened when
supports claims by material force. Then the dier
ana inc sothful come to the surface, epsnare tho
honest workman, swallow capital, destroy labor and
BRING the ev upon all branches Of society This
zed. The wise man, aggreved to SEQ tho
elements intcrmingcd gives TO the honest
class bis warnings not to wrong their cause
by entering alliance with lawlessncsS
Wronged as they deem themselves, he compares them
"
and built great works of SIEGE But there found
poor wise and be delivered the CITY by hs wisdom.
Proud as the phrases of Communism may SOUND, II
wieIds a twoedged sword With edge IL wounds
capital, with the other II wounds labor. II in-
jures all and saves none. steady and
patient development, an uninterrupted advance
knowledge aud moral quaiities-this Is tho poor
that the small city against the mighty
king Ihc only way 10 wage successfully the war
against capital the part of labor excel II ia
moral strengthin that which is the lite oil principle,
In wisdom .Let It be the motto Of our work men,
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weapons OF war; but one sinner causeth much good 10
DC lost"
THE RIOT IN A RELIGIOUS LIGHT.
Freeman's Joannoi:--''1hey the mob) are likely
appear to succumb to the marshaed forces of
They Will undor wicked advice be drilled in
the school OF the company and Of battalion. Some
months hence the portent lies that they will present
"a body very different from the unorganized mob that
filed Piltsburg aud other cities these days past''
The Ecangclts''It is a strange coincidence that all
or nearly all the great which have occurred the
country for the last twenty years have in the
heat of summer. 1t is the madness Of the dog days
working IN a new form and upon new class Of SUBJ
jects. There should be encouragement to the mob
to make moro violent demands In the uture. They
should be taught that violence only brings them
loss instead OF GAIN"
Church Journal :-An this obstruction of property
could not have been had these employees been in
structcd in their Christian duties. reverence for
God aud holy things tho simplest precepts OF the
Gospel cecting lodgment in their hearts, the bring
ing up of their in the nurture and admon-
ton OF the Lord--al this would have donc every
othor influence brought to bear upon them has failed
to effect"
Baptist Wcekly:---"The whofc movement (strike and
rois) will bring repute than the labor
unions of the country and accomplish nothing in the
way Of improving tho relations Of the working people
with their employers"
Catholic Review:-''This and all similar troubles have
their roots in Christianity The world Christian.
izcd before 1t civilized; civilized only be-
1t was first Christianized Who doubt II
the railway corporations had followed the Christian
rule of conduct that not Only would they have been
better served, but that such strikes tho one now
convulsing the country would have been made impos