The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-03-18

SUCCESSION. CLASSIFICATION naturc-ths indeed iS
vital question oil primary importance. Tae question
Of Immortality deep rooted that nearly
all, Tor IL concerns every one 10 know whether this
LIE OF ours 10 10 prepare 10 live In higher and bet
tor sphere. Buttnc belief in Immortality as popu-
iariy understood ~ fading away, and It Is encourage
dignity OF human worth and The saeredness OF human
relations 10 taxing It's place.
ALL SOULS CHURCH
THE LIFE OF THE SENSES AND TIE LIFE OF
RIGHTEOUSNESS -sERMoN BY REV. DIR. BEL
LOWS.
Rev. Dr.. Bellows chose his text from tho Psalms,
xvii I5-'As Tor me will behold thy taste In right
eousness shall be satisfied when wake with thy
likeness" In other words the psalmist said, al shall
not look 10 thee for the comforts OF lie thou be-
stowss but aspire to thy righteousness the face
anu preseno> d COD" David had two lives view,
the lie OF the senses aud that Of godliness. He had
found that no royal state no treasures, no dominion
over others could bring him psacs and happiness Ae
found nothing IN all satisfy hlm he sick OF
all his possessions and himself "But righteousness"
ne said, sis Gods blessedness, and II Is that which
must make my own" IL was that he was looking for
to take away his trouble aud self-contempI II was
that God lived ana lived by and u Was that alone
which could give him, David, aOioing peace ana hap
piness.
what snouId not satisfy. They think they should
know best themselves. Life IN TINS world has been
made richer ana richer and more aud more complex
by m0uern CIVILIZATION. As u rule tho richest CON-
Munties-lhose Astounding In tho rehnements Of
wealth aud arI-arv Tie most humane, because they
ouy Afford that leisure reflection which look for
something higher than the qualification OF merely i'm
mediate necessities; aud yet you do not honor the
man who. following merely his selfish instincts
xmusses wealth and spends II all on himself und his
own pleasures; but you honor The man Who gives bis
money his time, u the support OF all measures that
alleviate common sorrow, 20 the maintenance Of JUS
tice, morality and the public veal. Such man has
wakensd from the dream that he belongs only 10 him
III Nl.nsuf Aa
that he has 10 seek Gods luce 10 righteousness.
IL Is IN tho nature Of tho pursuit Of all peasure to
weary aud afford no lasting Satisfaction. IL Is hard to
persuade the sources Of abiadg contontment
never BIZ derived from scli-appropriated gains
which We may make our own without making otners
poorer-goodness virtue, charity justice aud knowi-
edge.
an immortal existence. know why they do so, and
because thor lives here are SO tresome AMI stupid
They do not know what imm0raityis Is. Why, what has
lilo found 10 do who has been im mortal nud VINO has
ssiil found tho sources OF Dlessednessf The moral
universe Is inexhausI,bie Take tho charm OF truth
ana virtue. IL never fades; u leeds what II grows
knowledge, disiutercsJsdness, love, justtcethe
you or these. brethren. the more you Will
aud the more YOU want tho more you viii have When
stars cease 10 be beautiful because they always shne
when love ceases 70 charm because tho poorest peas
ant girl feels II, when charity shall DO uespised be-
cause II IL exercised by all then. and only then u
may DO time 70 say NO longer, ~ will behold thy
taste ~ righteousness; ! shall DO sxtishea whom
wake with thy likeness"
EIGHTEENTH STREET M. E. CHURCH
EVILS IN MODERN socIErY-sERMox BY REv.
MIR. HATFIELD.
The Rev. Mr. Hatfield. OF the Eighteenth Street
Methodist Church, preached . sermon addressed
particularly TO young men ON She "Evils In Modern
Society,"" taking his text from Nehemiah, vi, The
preacher arst hkensd every young man starting in
lilo to q ship about to start on . perious voyage,
warned. but not always nsedful OF tho warnings, by
Of the most dangerous rocks IN this course and al
most The urst 20 be encountered Is too strict con-
iormity TO tue popular iash.ocs Of tho day.
Alter going 70 tell what fashion was the preacher
d:--"l know nothing 10 which some people VIII ad-
here moro consciously than fashion that has come
IRON abroad, however much Il may violate tho lava
of health Of good An old Scotch preacher
reported have satd OF bis sermons at Aber-
dsea sYo psopio oil Abesdosn.gst your fashions iron
Glasgow, aud glasgow iron. Edinburgh, anu Edinburgh
IRON London, aud Loudon from PARIS, and Paris IRON
the Il, VIZ Fashion, continued the speaker is an
inexorable tyrant and most OF tne world Its willing
slaves"
Tho speaker then went show how fashion was
koeping great many people away from the Church
Ii IL Is fashionable Tor tue members OF one GLASS;
PRINCETON, TO insult and outrage the members Of
other class and 10 curry out their placs with bowie
kniic and pistol all tue class must rally defence
OF the custom be regarded AS unworthy position
smoms han s s sv
that other presidents will follow his example
Mr. Hatfield thon mentioned many Of the popular
f0,bles anu customs that imperi mons souls AMI
horteu his hearers 10 AVOID them
THE NEW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
THE SOULS TH1BsT-sEnMoN BY THE RAv.
WILLIAM LLOYD.
~ the Madison Avenue Presby terrain Church. Forty.
seventh street aud Madison avenue, the Rev. William
Lloyd pastor, preached TO large congregation. HIS
sutjcct was 1.-THE SOUPS Thirst" and his text from tho
For.y.second Psaim-'As tho hart panlelh alter tho
water brooks, SO pauteth my soul alter thee, Cod
My soul thirstoth for God, Tor the living God. my
Cod my soul is cast down within me therefore will
remember thee from tho land OF Jordan,
and OF the Hermouites, from the hill
Nizar.n The preacher described that portion
OF Palestine where David composed the psalm from
which the text - taken. Those nils. he said, were
most emphaticaiiy the land OF tho exles There
rested the uncrownod David with lew loyal follow
crs He cried not for home or friends. but Tor the
living cd. Tho whole psalm ~ like Inc sob Of u
bruke n hearted man. Yet in the midst OF II all
Davius soul rises 70 his sublime confidence IN God
And sings AS "A lark sings over thunder cloud.
Passing from tho general view Of The psalm, the
humanity. Whom We read the psalms u seems the
psaimist 10 before us. Other portions oil tho Bible
have strength anu vitality The text shows w u
phase that Is known as phase Of religious dopres-
sion. Tho souls vi men were made for God
as tho flowers were mado Tor the sunshine. From
temple aud from every altar the world over tho
soul " God and the cry can be artcnlate or
HrtIculate. David failed ~ recognize that God
among The crags and peaks even III the temple at
Jerusalem 1t ~ forgotten ut times that God Is every
where Wheu the soul cries out 10 God It should be
remembered that He Is just under the dome OF
u pagan temple as under the roof OF any Christian
urch.
No man has an Independent cxistence II a man
thinks that he bore down into his heart and
lind there u spring VI living water u Is delusveiy
false idea. Every human cistern ~ u failure. From
every sutton anu from every cline the cry comes III
thirst" Man Is not satisfied Tut with God. We must
turn to tue human conception OF God. An Infinite
God is an innate love
TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH.
CHRISTIAN CHARACTERIZATION By REV. u. h
HULL.
In the Tabernacle Baptist Church, Second avenue
and Tenth street, The pastor, Row. L. B. Hull preached
from the text, John xv., S-'Heren Is my Father
glorined that ye bear much iruit" Ho said, Amos,
1. n Ier " ha laakad "a