The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-19

them There Is bird OF night the owl OF prejudice;
tho spying hawk tho hook billed vulture the black
raven. that feeds tho OF crime. while
hawk Of life floats remblinsy the mighty food u
Gods wrath. There. however, is on the other hand
not missing the meek dove carrying It's olive branch
nor the host VI tho sweet singing BIRDS nor tho king
OF the fowls, the high soaring eagle.
PLACID HEARTS AND rIors MINDS
There are. continued tho RABBI PLACID hearts full OF
natural propensity tor all that is good and pure there
are pous minds that embssh Gods creation by their
sweet ny INNS offered up TO the Creator there are mas
wings measure tho distance between heaven aud earth
and dwell IN their greatness on solitary heshis.
WHAT MGnr DE DRAWN FROM AsALoGIEs.
Tho anaogies mentioned aud their number IN.
creased IA int"I1m could not induce the doc
tor for one moment seriously to maintain tue idea
that mans spirit 10 nothing more than The outgrowth
Of his altered bodily proportions. Why WIN you mako
TO him the plausible excuse. "Your philosophy chains
mo 80 fast 10 the lower animal world that IT
IS by far moro for TO do wrong
benevolent am reckless, violent and repulsive.
You belong to genus different from NINE
IL Is not INC merit vi tho dove that she Is what shc
nor the vice of tho that he never turns into
dove Where nature has stationed US must stand +"
Such reasoning, resumed the rabbi, Is to
ali social order but 1t Is the natural consequence Of
our siiuerng modern theories man and mans
divine law Both have their foundation in mans nc.
count,bihly. No accountability, however is possible
whero the soul Is denied 10 DO FREQ agent
activity OF the soul possibly be asserted long
tho spiritual ciemcn. IN man regarded nothing
MODERN AND SPIRITUAL SYSTEMS COMPARED.
Tho modern system claims the faculty of develop
superiority OF tho spirit. The scrptural system
dicates tho faculty OF development for Gods image in
aa ,h sUI 0 81 =, the body however ,nys For
these systems Is the true oney There be doubt
about the decision. Let the system work
long enough 10 wpo OIL all tho noble features that
iglon has developed in mans mind Let the teachers
OF tho new school raise question with the sole princi-
pie Mans foundation is III the dust and destination
while aud they will sadly experience how the
doves, Tho BIRDS OF sweet song tho eagles OF high
spiritual flight, viii decrease ana by and by entirely
disappear from human society, whilo the owls tho
vulturcs Will increase anu become the dominant ele
ment
THE RELIGION.
How Will you nour.si ia man the grand llame OF
hlia and conJughl love- OF bencvoenco and charity OF
selfdcnia and devotion to II you do not kindlo
Il from the everlasting IRE and tho holy altar OF
hgionY This fire, once quenchcd chaos aud darkness
again prevail, and mans bosom turns into ABYSS,
over which Tho divine spirit and walls, for
godly without God You cannot become spirit
ual without believing in the superiority OF your
spirit Religion Is too much OF a truo friend
to man not TO 10 an irreconclabo adversary TO a
theory that evidently cannot but harm man In his
thai our soo r.es S wnrs US
us to use them-shows US the direction wo take
IN our flight IN order 10 reach the goal The bird Is
known by It's p!umagc. Man Is known by his soul
But IN order 70 train our soul properly. and to
Tor II shctcrng nest here and hereafter each of
must be convinced Of the truth Of tho words OF
text
PEws.
Alter concluding his sermon the rabbi announced
that the renting OF pews IN the temple would begin
morrow. and he hoped that mono would neglect to
secure hts place at the altar OF the Lord.
FonTY-FoURTH sTHEKT sYNAGoaUE-sERMoN BY
THE REV. DR. DE SOFA MENpEs. ORIGIN
OF POvERrY-MAsTEEs AND sERyANTs-TRID-
UTE TO THE LATE RABBI LYONS.
Yesterday. for the Grst timo in seven weeks tho
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IN Forty.iourh street. was occupied by its PASTOR
Rev. DR. Mcudcs, who has been absent on Il flying visit
to Kurope The Doctor whose abio sermons the
HERALD has frequently presented its readers looks
well and evidently good health and voice yes
tcrday. Tho text was from Deuteronomy, XIV. IA
"IhOu shalt oppress hired that is poor
aud needy, whether he DO Of thy brethren OF thy
strangers that are In thy land within thy gatcs. At
his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall
the 60 down upon it, for he poor and setoth his
heart upon L. lest he cry against thco tho Lord
and 1t be sin unto thee
Tho poets OF all iitcratures were fond said tho Doc
tor, Of comparing the ills Of lilo with burdens placed
| upon animals. ''To mortal great loads allotted
bo, says Robert Hcrrick. English poet OF the sew.
cnsecnth century, "But of all packs pack like pow.
orty." Many parcels, labelled "Dsease, " "Accdent,r
| "Contcmpt" &c, nre hcaped upon tho CALLED jade
human life, OF which the most cruel Is poverty Pow
erty is thus secured to subject IN the awgiver's
consideration and Deuteronomy glitters with priceless
pearls of forethought love ana kindness toward tho
needy aud tho poor, tor the declaration was made
| ''The needy shalt never cease from the land"
| now POVERTY DIFFERS IN DIFFERENT AGKs.
But poverty Is relative term differing IN various
| ages and countries. At one timo Earth opened her
hand and satisfied oil living things spontaneo usly
without toll OF man, and tho poorest man lived we'll
us the rich on her tccming produce. When men grew
avarcious set up kings and princes over them, Ma
ture became the slave Of power and made keep
sivoly. The poor lost all share in tho earth. and
his poverty, aided oy disease. pestiience
ress has ameIioratcd the condition Of tho
| poor considerably Sanitary science has added
twenty years TO his life. But stu Il behooves US 10
reminded OF 1t continually every street corner joys
memory The whole subject OF tho trcstnic nj
OF the poor in past or 10 present times cannot DO
haustcd in single discourse, said DR.. Mcndcs. We
are concerned this morning with those who
brought into closer proximity with US than the street
| beggars-thosc who offer their mental services to
for the sake Of hlre To these the
| atcs
MASTERS and SERVANTS
Dividing mon into two classes-hosc who hire and
those who arc hired to work ono OF the strangest in
atuat0ns OF our ago Is the fact that the TVS do not
| perceive their mutual dependence. Servants arc
aggrevcd shat they do not roll In carriages factory
hands that thoy do share the profits visit thor
displcasurc upon the masters by means Of stri9 cs
How deporabc Is this blindness; for II leads to starva-
Doctor proceeded TO show how tho aborer worthy
OF his hire, that contests agans; capital that led
obstruction OF business and the destruction vi prop
erty were reprchcnsble. Give every man hts due was
the true principle Most especially when a mans sun
has set forever earth, when Death has placed limit
| to the life oil good and noble man
CONSCIENTIOUS SHEPHERD OF ISRAEL.
Such loss we mourn Ia the death of tho Rev Mr.
! Lyons Let US vic in giving him his duo Let Us re-
call tho kindly words his genial features
with dwell upon tho many good deeds and muc n
pious work we know ho did, on more that the world
nor | shall discover, good deeds OF which tho
crowded tcncments OF the city were The scene
many sincere nourncrs arc most to be found. Let the
| iruII Of IN pnto
| Like pious, stancn and wse lawgvor. Moses, he
passed away gently IN the kiss CT God's breath. May
death be such death oil the righteous and our end
| like his.
DEDICATION OF A NEW CHURCH.
Tho new Catholic Church OF st. Patrick, at the