The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-12
PULPIT SAYINGS.
Religious Discourses in New York
and Brooklyn Yesterday.
DUTY AND DREAMS.
Talmage Talks to the Royal Fam
lily of Merchants.
FACTORS OF HUMAN PROGRESS.
Professor Adler on the Modern
Priesthood.
DUTY AND DREAMS.
FACTORS OF HUMAN PROGRESS.
BROOKLYN TABERNACLE.

MERCHANTS. THEIR TRIALS AND TEMPTA-
r1oSs-sERMoN By THE REV. I. DEWITT
TALMAGE.
Mr. Talmage yesterday announced as the subject Of
mis- sermon. merchants. their Trials and Tempta'
tiousn His text taken from Isaiah, KILL, 81
ssTyrc, the browning city. whose merchants are
princes whose tratackers are the honorable OF the
earth"
It is wealth and spendor and power, said MI Tai
mage, made Tyre the browning city OF that land.
What Tyre was TO that land New York. with its sur
roundIngs, is TO this country-Ihe GROWING city
phia has genial climate and less SUPER
caIity OF society," ana Boston has the reputation Of
higher culture; but, taking II ail in ALL New York Is
the GROWING city OF the United States The question
IN Boston is, s'How much docs he knows" The
question IN Philadelphia Is, 'who was his fatherr
The question in New York is, "How much Is he
WORTH"
It's 10 the royal family OF merchants that speak
Today. l call them royal family because they are
higher in authority and power than congresses and
pariaments How often has It been the case that the
pariaments of Europe have adjourned the considera-
ton of important questions order that they might
find out what some Jewish banker had to soy IN the
matter Within this last week men Of this country
tried 10 thwart the man that their party had put
into power aud break the force OF his administration
but ono clap of thunder from Wall sent oil The
croakcrs back to their places.
speak TO merchants In all circumstances OF their
trials their annoyances and thor Affections In the
first place, know that many Of our merchants are
very much tried by limited capital business II
taxes three or tour times much capital TOR business
now as Il once did Some Immediately succumb.
Others lrudge The craft OF their business pushed
beyond tho lighthouse into the great sea OF speculation
A man borrows a few thousand dollars from friends
aho don't like 70 refuse him He says, eff succeed
with this borrowed money Will give SIC, 600 TO tho
BibIe Society ana $40 OOU 10 the Tract Society. IL
tan why will be worse Off than am now, Tor
500 900 subtracted from nothing nothing remains "
The creditors rush in ana tho law clutches, but mas
nothing III It's grasp would not want 10 cnan lawful
enterprise. believe there's such thing as lawful
speculation, but when see so many men, with their
tn,uk Il Is time ministers to protest IL s
through these processes that there arc 10 many mer
chants WIN 60 down INTO perdition.
HAPPINESS NOT DEPENDING on SUCCESS.
Again. am afraid great many OF our merchants
tempted TO ovcrcare aud anxiety. win mo love
Of Quick gain rush into the cities resolved to get
rich at hazards; the money must come; they don't
care how II comes. Our honest merchants are thrown
iuto CON petition with men oil larger means anu less
conscience. This strife pushes many Of our best
merchants the grave They Ind that all street
DOESN'T end IN the East River; ends Ia Greenwood.
II any cIu.s OF men has my sympathy Is these
Is II not time, brother, for you 10 take things
little easery Will tell you. my brother, what gives
you too much worrment-y0u have IN idea that your
happiness depends on your commercial success ~
cont. You arc building ON very poor foundation II
Gu, OF every hundred Then, II you did succeed, you
wouldn't be aoe take these fortunes with you even
# YOU could keep them up to the last moment vi life.
Suppose IN that you had oil your estate round
about you, would that comfort your When Astor and
A. l. Stewart and Vanderbilt died all tho people were
discussing the question oil now mucn they ieI' Gun
tei you--every dollar.
Again notice that merchants arc tempted some
liues u neglect their home duties There are mer.
chants IN this city who are merely the cashiers OF
.hcir families They are the agents to provide dry
goods and groceries tor them. They have nothing TO
dn with a
God have mercy on the man who hasn't any home!
Again. 1 remark that good many Of our merchants
are TEN plcd make financial gam OF moro import.
ance than their souls IL Is grand thing to have
plenty oil money The more you get The better, II Il
comes honestly But there men who act US though
they thought that packages Of bonds ana mortgages
would pay their ferry passage to the next world,
where they have much gold that they make paving
stones Of H. suppose you all have cIphered in arith-
Instc as loss and gain. Then will give you
sum, What shall II profit man If lie gam tho whole
word and lose his soulf
THE sHIrwREcK WORLD.
Some day you 20 through u street and lind q store
with the windows closed and card pasted up on the
aoor saying, .Closed ON account Of the death OF
OF the rtn - That day, all through business circles,
they say that good man has gone Boards OF trade
meet and pass resolutions OF sympathy. The good man
has sustained mis- last loss and gathered his last gain
OF you may remember the shpwreck OF the steam
snp Central America She had about 500 passengers,
] think. She bad prosperous voyage ut first, but
storm struck her. and there went up a i've hundred.
voiced death shrek There the ioam on the top OF
the wave the pitching OF the steumer as though II
would leap from tho watcr, the long cough oil the
smoke the Mss vi Tue eXungulsueu IuTuaCcs,
the walking Of God through the storm. That
vessel DIDN'T 60 down without u great struggle.
They put out boat and few got on But suddenly
the wounded steamer gave u great lurch ana went
down. SO there some men VINO are sailing on IN
lie prosperousiy; but alter while financial storm
strikes tncm--a cyclone comes and they perish. on.
my brothers don't lose your souls because you lose
your property. This great ship OF the world, which
bod launched more than o. OO0 years ago, bearing q
freight OF and mortas, goes sailing on but
Soe day IL will be startled with the cry OF "FireI'
The mountains will flame and the CLOUDS De IKE salls
In the hurricane But God Will take HIS children from
shat IRON their berths those VINO are asleep
In Jesus How many will 60 0own never VIII DO
known Til at last III heaven 1t will he announced-the
shipwreck Of the world; SO many millions saved, SO
many millions drowned. Though your house 60,
though your government securities 80, may God,
through The blood OF the everlasting covenant, save
your souls.
What is the thing Of greatest price
The whole creation roundy
That which lost In Paradise.
That which il Christ found.