The New York herald., 1878-08-26
CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY.
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TRAMPs IN THE VINEYARD or THE LORD
SERMON BY REV. DIR. STEPHEN II. TYING, JR.
The Row. Dr. S. II. Tyng Jr., preached a sermon In
the Church OF tho holy Trinity. Madison avenue ana
Forty street. taking his text from Isaiah xxx
! 4l-''They shall run and not DO weary"
After referring to the experiences OF childhood the
preacner branched into the broad aeld OF human
progress, and depicted the growth o; the child 10
manhood, with its gradations. He regarded motion
az an art II learned by experiment We arc
impatient at tho impetuosity OF children but did
rightly view should remember that in this very
impulsivcness lies hidden tho secret germ OF after
power. And when old ago shall there will be
those who shall sustain its tottering steps and COM
tort it in the midst OF its care.
THE RACE OF PROGRESS.
The Master, IN tho parable. portrayed some as
standing idle oven down to the eleventh hour He
asks them, "Why stand ys here all the day idle ?"
Their answer was because no man hath hired US {"
Blu, the moment be gave the proposition TO 60 into
the vineyard, seven though the wages out
penny day." they accepted the summons. Ana
YET said the preacher, all about are those to whom
this expression IL equally applicable who are deaf so
the appeal put all their influence and effort In the
cultivang OF the vineyard. We walk up and the
streets. said DR.. Tying, with the conviction pressed
upon us. "Oh, how much lost power there in life
Men abound whose bitter claim is that thcy are
out OF work. They loter the corners losing thoir
manhood In associations which are dcpravng and
Pride withholds them from openings Of useful
ness that before them and they prefer to live
upon others labor, to become paupers, rather ,nan
devote the mselves TO that employ ment which thew
selfshiy and ignorantly conceive as demeaning. II
have no PATIENCE emphaticaly said the preacher,
with the young man who claims TO be long out oi
In this great city There things to be done
II he will do them. man came to my study he
other day whose whole appearance that OF a gen.
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culture. He told me frankly :hat because Of want,
York. There was stuff in that mani"
UNUSED LABOR
One OF the saddest facts OF the present time is the
vast amount OF unused labor Scores Of people
passed every day who com plain OF tho want work.
There women and children In this city to-day sup
porting nbe-bodied men who, from their feelings of
pride, aspire to positions in counting rooms while
their actual ability only qualities them for carrying
ADD up aeures who would be more probably en-
ployed in cutivating the SOIL Then come In tne
class commonly known az ''tramps" Thoy are
every here and are everywhere upon an endless
journey Somo received liberal II classical
educatlons. But they nave become weary on tho
tramp road OF destitution and ruiz.
WHAT IS THK RECoURsEf
But continued tho preacher, shall we spend our in.
dienaIion against such, my friends? There ike
ness this in the Christian life. The undeveoped
and unapplied labor OF the churches OF Christ
thing 30 enormous az to pass expression. They who
are IN The work cannot expect c0ndone the Ia.
duigence and sothfulness OF men and women who,
having given their pledge TO the Lord. have revolsd
Hoiy One. There are 10 900 names inscribed
bers of different religious communities in this city.
Many men and women OF known wcalth and IA
tion, but their names are unknown in the works Of
Christian charity. They make NO effort to stop the
progress OF to relieve the necessities Of pinch
ing poverty.
The reverend gentleman proceeded to say that
Christians attempted 10 do they should WE'LL
There should be idleness In Christian work. No
one higher than another in the sight OF God.
hen a becomes converted he becomes a SCR
OF God He should imbibe the Gospel Of activity,
be diiigsas ana pcrsevering, and as he runs tho
pathway leading 10 the Lord, IN the words OF the
text, s.he shall not be weary" As Daniel Webster
said when referring others tostlng on inc road
public life, rhere is aiways room at the top"
with tho Christian, tho only men VINO boar them
selves through u generation men OF force IL
tense that sloth, no controversy, no opposition
can stay them IN their course.
during the services prayers were offered on behalf
OF the yellow sufferers the South and c0ntr-
buttons raised for tho poor OF the parish.