The New York herald., 1877-10-21
FoRTY-FoURTH STREET SYNAGOGUE.

FORTY-FOURTH STREET SYNAGOGUE.
HOW GOD SPEAKS TO MAN-HIs VOICE TO
ABRAHAM, TO ISAIAH, 10 Us-sERMoN ~
REV. Dn. DE soLA MENDEs.
A largo audience, among whom woro . number Of
Christians, gathered yesterday morning In tho Forty.
fourth Street Orthodoxy Synagogue TO listen Rev.
Dr. Mondes' sermon upon the text, "Without speech,
without words, without their voice being heard''-
Psalms, XIX, 8.
The lesson from tho Pentatcuch had told thom how
Abraham, who with reverence, did not how Coos
promise OF numerous seed could DO fulfilled,
assurod. "Lord. what canst thcu give me. socing
old and chdIoss. and n stranger is my hcirs" de
told to build affair." not for the instruction oi the
heathcn Of that day. but tor his own.
ADaAuANs VISION
He stood beside It wardcd or tho birds OF prey.
A. dusk, whom sunlight fingered, as II unwilling Ia
leave tho carth whom creation sought refuge In un-
conscious slumber from the terrors OF darkness, .
horror. dark and grcat and thrilling, scizcd Abraham
no slept beside tho altar. Clear bell through
this mysterious nightmare camo this weird voice.
.rny children, thy children, Abraham, shall 10 tho
fourth generation possess this very land" Smoke
rolled from tho altar whom ho awoko and nrc passed
the piccos OF tho sacri1co -Four hundred
fifty years Afterwards tho promise fulfilled. Eight
hundred years after Israel roachsd Canaan. Utncr
visions sont, especially Isaiah, fortcng tho
trouble OF tho BabyIonan exilcs Israel sat by Babes
waters and wopt wncn thoy thought of Zion and
lis former maunl liceucc Il was sad that .
people who once ruled from The Mediterranean u
lar beyond The Jordan from Suez TO Lobanon should
be prisoners tho land OF thosc whose Ignorance
they dospscd those who worshippcd stars and pauots
and who made theIn born Tor higher things, toll like
slavcA at building Cities canals aud roads They luss
heurt feared they would perish cntreiy; thcy, too
said "I.ord what wit thou givo me- seeing nm neai
death. childoss and with strangers for lnhsrtossr
IsAiAn
Not so Isniah--"Why saycst thou, Israel, thy path
Is hidden IRON the Lord, thy cause passed from the
Almighty's cognzancey Behold, God hoips tho weak
and weary. They who wait upon the Lord shall no
quro strength, shall mount with eagls's WINGS"
Both those visions, said The Doctor, were revelations
IRON Cod II was always, indcod, . favoriic belief
among that the Deity at limos descended 10 earth
bodily and mingled y,th men Most Eastern systems
OF H. and the belief nad endured day. Bus
while hold that tho invisible supreme cannot be
conceived AS assuming earthly form, as u - said IN
our law book mo iiving man 500 Me-" YET va
should be sorry 10 say that thcso rccont centuries
thcr on. We should 10 sorry 20 say, "Mnn's cause
hath passed. from tho cognIzanco Of tho Deity" No
affairs rise; cattle longer chief pos
session, 10 DO burnt as token OF our gratitude. Our
arc our sacrifice nowadays Instead OF tho
smoke column, the orphau's thankful ory tho WIDOWS
Sigh and tears bear thanks 10 God nIoiI No
do visions come, nor qunkng mountains, no flaming
scraphim 10 touch our Ips with Goals OF arc
GoDs yoicg IN scfEscR.
Bot amid all tho vi civilization, tho voco
OF tue Lord " over tho mighty waters. A scotch
king learned lesson OF patience from spider; the
silent ali OF an apple spoke wondrous truth TO .
opher; boanist was Affected 10 tcsrs secing
a iraii vado OF soft grass, largor than pm, push
It's way through lnc cIod and prcss forward 10 drink
tho .lores VI sunshine IL tho OF God that
spoke IA ali these cases cannot believe, said DR.
Mendcs, that any scIontist armed with lens
glass, or hammer scalpol. rcluso 10 read tho
Divine authorship Ia tho Of nature that lies open
10 him. say that crcaton's has passed. from
the cognIzanca OF Tho Deity.
G0D's VOICE. IN oCRsELvHa
Not less powerful IN G0d's voico IN ourselvoa Amid
the turmoil oil ife aud stro may DO tempted Ior
Instance, 10 appropriate money intrustcd to ~.
abe rich, you replace IL: the opportunity n
golden" Whose voice " " that says, .'Sn not: DO
warnedW Not anothos mans; you arc alouo In
your closet Not your own; you rather side with
tno lrst whisper. IL " God who taKos your cause
into HIS cognlzancc and renows your wavsr,ng
moral strength Whom Joy enters the family
circle our regards nro suddenly directed into
row channel wo remember tho poor,
having, perhaps, boon onIy too forgotul
OF them God again spoaks 10 us aud urges US 10
share our happiness with tho distressed. Finally, In
misortunc, God reasons with us, points much
Is our own iaut aud negligence, aud tho balance 70
Tor beacon for futuTe warming Gods voco tolls M,
too. u is To strengthen US. The untsmpcrcd blade
will snap At slight blow; the wol scorched one
picrccs all, Will ucnd aud yied. eventually rcssts
and drvos OH oppression. sweet are tho uses OF adj
versy God grant wo may listcn to all these varied
voices ana scizo their lessona Likc the poet whos
most OF all men, road tho book OF nature and hu-
nanity, may wo 'hnd Tongues ~ treses sermons N
I stones aud good In eyorythipx"