The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-10
EEKDAY SERMONS.

BEEcHER's TALK--THE BLESSINGS AND ApvAS-
ING.
There was the usually large attendance At the Piym-
outh Churcn prayer meeting last night. After
ciscs OF praise and prayer Mr.. psscher spoke about
sci-denal and cross-bearing In the course OF his
marks he said that must not oonfound the element
OF sedenal with the element OF cross-bearing Self
DENIAL was tho act Of our own will by which We
choose that which appears 10 us right But
cross WAS pressed Vpon In = state OF
things that Providence Obliged US to meet and to bear
II was, however true that IN some bearing
led 10 selfdenai. Tho latter, however, must be re-
garded in the Of training and self denial until
we'll practised IN II, Is not agreeable. Ii
should be rene mbered that every pain felt In
denying ourselves brought with Il great JOY II 1t
led us to realization OF the Divine favor
BY the persistent aud activs exercise Of
nature IN the direction OF rectitude II
IL for US to do wrong How difcuIt Il was 10 get
back TO right DONG illustrated by the instance OF
child in q family who had grown up as the family
pet, the centre around which all the iamily's
Joys, and had been allowed TO regard itself OF
more consequence than anybody else Fancy that
OF age how hard was the struggle tor that
child TO bring Itself 10 consider other peoples feelings
and to be polite in the true of poteness which
was 10 consider tho feelings and opinions OF others
rather than our own. Everybody had to 20 through
was sorry for anybody who had not subdued y good
deal Of The territory OF their own nature. Ecstascs
II. bo0cuerl n,
act Of glorious seli-denlal was more 81 tonic, was
bracing to q mans experience than hours and
days OF ecstasy Almost all cross-bearuG was painful;
for those who called upon to bear IL say that
presses that point OF their nature WHICH weakest
But the Lord did lot administer his medycnc bndy.
"Alicou," he said, "worksth out the visible purity
of righteousness those who exercised thereby
Alter answering questions suggested by DR.. Edward
Beecher and Nj. Halliday, the bonediction Was pro-
nounced.
THE RESULT OF THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. BY
THE REV. T. DE WITT TALMAGE.
Mr. Talmage lectured last hight at the Brooklyn Tab
ernaclc political affairs Of the day The mrth-
full OF the week, said he. ana the joke Of the
present national administration Is the appointment by
President Hayes OF Colonel IngersolI as Minister TO
Germany, the birthplace oil modern inndclty. Colonel
Ingcrsoll has been ding the land with blatant inn-
deity, and the stage Of own Academy OF Music
took the liberty OF giving the opinion that God
great ghost and been delivering his lecture en-.
titled, IAN Honest God tho Noblest Work of Man."
President Hayes is . Methodist, and or
cop,s in their heartiest meaning all the truths Of
Christianity and now he sends Mr.. lngersoll 10 Ger
many, the nest OF modern scepticism-a nomination
SO 1t TO be mado that 1t has kept smiling all tho
week. We hope he will accept the nomination, our
country it and Germany will feel shock.
Another marked event OF the week. SAID the preacher
Is the election. l am delighted with tho result IL
was necessary that Now York should elect tho FORE
Senator before the people could realize The informal
depth into which modern politics could sink. We have
reached the turning point Tho election OF John Nor
rissey the office OF State Senator seemed to be
necessity in order that the people might realize
what We have come to- ana 20 mako Il more con-
spicuous he has been elected, not by his old time
parllsans but by republicans. Hamilton Fish, Gen
era GRANTS secretary oil State, voted Tor HIN Peter
Cooper The friend OF education ana the founder OF a
great institute, voted for him the brown fronts
voted tor him, the Fifth avenue equipages voted
him. Murray Hill voted for hm-ii some OF you had
ltpA.t fhArn hAV III tnr i'm ~
tcr) Meanwhile gambling IS made respectable. Three
cheers for the plug uglles and the dead beats and
election tho tide turns; cities will shake
themselves from the horrd incubus We Will have
in ali cities no-candiuatc party, organized and
drilled association OF men, who Will scrupulously abb
slaiu from all nominations but who Will pledge itself
vote for that one OF the candidates VINO mas the
most upright character. When such Y party rs that
Is formed the two political parties will no. dare TO
nominate renegadea Decent men will hold the bal
ance OF power IN ali our cities You cannot escape
that are to-day subject oLthe worst loaer
the United States. His diamonds, big AS heas eggs,
CAM make b. respectable while goes destroying
young men ana breaking up more homes every day
than he count on his ten fingers For some wise
the Lord has allowed This rctribution 10 fall,
think, to disgust, alarm and good people Of the
whole country Our sister oity and the State
afford the disgrace II the reaction be SO mighty to
put end 10 Jonn Morrsseyism forever 1t Is this
light Oh the subject that consent checrfuly TO the
election.
THE BROOKLYN ELECTION.
In our own city OF Brooklyn IN the election take II
as glad that the tickets vi both parties were
split and scratched AZ never before, and men y ere
voted for according as tho people estimated their
moral character anu SO some ahead OF their tickot
Others behind. thinK the people wanted to know
who the best mon, and hence all this splitting
aud scratching OF tickets The prospect that by tho
time Of our next election she question OF morality
will DO 1rst and the question OF craftsmanship
second. l take q wider view and look at The
elections throughous the country last Tuesday. take
them to mean just this-No more war between tho
North and tho South. (Appiause.) In consideration
Of what has transpired tho people have voted for
rational peace. In what a miserable prcdicament
the politicians who wanted 10 keep up The old grudgc
They want 10 be President-thcy never can. man
thirteen years after the close Of our national
strife Is still induging tho war spirit will never reach
tho Presidential chair. On his head vii! rest
tho curse OF God and the patton (AppIause.)
Tho limo 10 coming when all the ballot
boxes aud all tho political Offices are TO be
brought up under Christian Influences. reli-
pray religion at all. How sual politics DO
purinedY VIII professional politicians do it? No.
VIII political orators do III Fo: the most part, no.
stopped on my way up the street during tho last
canvass ut the democratic headquarters and heard
there that al the republicans were thieves.
Al the republican headquarters l heard that
all the democrats were villains SO ! made
up my mind that neither OF tho polit-
in respect 10 the other parry. Whence, then, the
healing, purifying aud eievating inauenccsY From
the word OF God and the spirit Of God and from no
other source call on men who believe IN tho BIbo
and the coming Of the Judgment, when we must give
account Of our votes. JOIN In crusade against
the neiarous elements now abroad.
words oil respect 10 tho memory OF Edwin Adams, G.
l. Fox ana h. l. Davenport the three actors recently
deceased
AN EAST SIDE SUMMONS TO GRACE.
In accordance with an established custom Of we'll
known ministers Of the Gospel visiting and spanking
at the chapels throughout the city under the