The New York herald., 1877-11-30
ALL SOULS CHURCH.

Kew. AlRor, OF the Cnupcn Oh Sno Messlan opened
the services at All Souls Church by reading tho
chapter OF Holy Writ which besins 40 that man
would praise the Lord for HIS goodness" alter which
the song OF alteration, by Roscoe, was sung by tho
choir.
DR.. Bellows selected the text of his sermon from
L Thessalonians, hi, 9-.For what thanks can
we to God for you, Tor all the
Joy wherewith we JOY for your sakes before
GodYn Tho preacher said:--It is sublime Spec
tacle to behold great masses OF men, spread
over vast territories. voluntarily seeking 70
unto thanksgiving 10 the all
blessing. Those who fare sumptuously evory day
sop to consider from whence their creature hap
How many Of you have ever had the experience
OF a morsel Ct bread standing between you starva-
tion2 None, hope. But II you were shipwrecked
or lost in the woods then you would have moasure
tor gratitude to God for your daily iood and
ment 10 make us iee our absolute aepcndence upon
HIM. but we do not realize our blessings Of health and
comfort until We are deprived Of them. Nature is
KIND; she fills hands and mouths without stint,
and NIL the want aud sorrow and distress in world
seems against her will. Men WILL set themselves down
In the bowling wilderness, VIII gather In great crowded
cities struggle Tor places already 1lled, while
millions OF smiling acrcs are inviting the needy and
grain wasting tho spot for lack OF send
il 10 market, waiting for mouths feed II is
always caprice, Jolly or crime that brings dls-
II $4,000 900 Of people will swarm the little
island OF England, great proportion must expect "
suffer until they are squeezed out into exile perhaps
TO become the conqlorors of civil and religious liberty
with any Of our cheap theories of moral economies.
He ali love. II seems 10 me, while blessing us, lie
Is supreme forgetfulncss aud Infinite tenderness.
CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH.
Al the Central Baptist Church, In West Forty-sec-
ond street. the PASTOR Rev. DR.. Herr, delivered dis
course on "Tne National Outlook" There 10 only
way the speaker said by which the mperfectons and
Impurities which have grown into the nation be
crauicatsd and healthy, pure tono DO made to
vail. The panic Of four years ago not due to
failure OF the harvestssnor revolution IN society,
but was the result OF mems dealings with each other.
Alter the war the Scriptural doctrine mot 10 be In
haste TO get rich" was forgotten. Morality became
corrupted Tho credit system which pervaded our
trade had It's natural result fraud aud deception
Labor and capital have now become antagonists and
our years have stood arrayod against each other
We have seen men dragged from hiding places
10 throw light upon evil things done tho
community We have seen retributiv0 justice ac-
complsh lis end Sixteen years the nation stood
up TO enforce juStice, and the shock made 100000
graves. We no longer need such national move
ment; but the time has necessarily come for indi-
vidual integrity IL Is sad thought to see to-day an
old man, sixty eight years OF age, IN prison Tor
moral delinquencios--a man who had passed through
Ito In responsible postiona There 10 osson here
winch is worth studying While God deals lovingly
with this nation faers and fails 10 como up 10
standard OF integrity needed for tho welbeing OF
the community. Bus our hopo lies In the open Bible,
tho open school books and IN a lroo press