The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-03

i deity, but made Tor u by renewed fidelity and
zeal, which mover forsook thcm to the end. Long
sorrows wastsiul sorrows. The present is ours
tho future is ours and Christ ia ours, and II through
doubt and fear and darkness ana ieebeness and SIN
we prcss onward I'LL the end reached how great win
be the glory Of our redemption!
MASONIC TEMPLE.
THE CONSULTATIONS OF RArIoNALIsM-sER
| MON By MR. O. D. FRoTHiHGHAM.
| In treating The subject Of the .sconsolations of
Raiionaiism" Mr.. q. B. Frothingh' m, at Masonic
Temple eulogized the character Of Theodore Parker
whom he looked upon a warm joyous. elastic
| earnest, vigorous and sympathetic man. His faith
a belief in Divine Providence and tho hereafter
| Mr.. Fro.hingham referred TO pamphlet sent 70 him
short time ago In which this question dis
oussed, lis the universe governed by dcvils?" 1t
| was the work Of man who grinly pushed on his
way, took things as they are redt ing
| abroad, but witnessed only PRIDE, sin and shame
| The speaker ack lodged that to millions of human
beings lie boon; they go to sleep hoping
to day, and awake with the dcterm nation
meet Il as best they can. VIVID picture drawn
painting the struggles OF the millions whose
ceaseiess efforts devoted to keeping the
gaunt vol, Want, from the door. To strug-
gle for existence was, be said, the lot Of all
humanity, save tho very lew lucky ones who have
than they require OF money. privileges, oppor
tun.cs, time, ye, ,hey are pressed with anxiety and
10 tho bulk OF mankind. depending as 1t must. on
many uncertain circumstances beyond control IL
We knew shat experimenting Providence was At the
might LOOK into each others lacos with confidence.
But had the righteous man. and woman
never been deserted forsaken by what
people call frovidsncer The speaker had every day
In tho streets seen this happen, ana he SAID That
Providence that was not Tor tho individual was not
for MIN. Aier experience Of more than thirty
ycArs 40 clergy man, and seeing death IN all It's
phases, he had never known Il 70 be welcomed be-
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suppose II were proved that We shall i've again, what
proof thers that compensation for sunerioGs hero
below will DO awarded In tho future state9 Let mon
feel certain as they may OF the hereafter,
require than speculation 10 keep still. In the
b1sy occupations OF lie men become obivious 10 tho
sreat OF tho and ali seemed
sunny aud serene outside doubtings ranked Al the
bottom OF tha heart II instructive clingng to
lie. Determination 70 fight Il Out, that kept men
alive The mortuary STATISTICS oil London AT once the
grandest anu most wrctcncd Of cties IN Tho universe,
showed from the increase and decrease Of suio'dcs
there In the bad and good times that question OF
/ lie did not appear 10 depend so much upon mans
| convictions MS upon tho pricc OF bread.
| TnE KArIoxALIsrs' SIDE.
Tho preacher now took up tho rat,onalistc side Of
the question: He contended thatit great tning
grand the world; TO not have 10 apologize ex.
plain tho hard points and stern njastces OF real
sble world bends all his energies prove II Tho
Christian has u on hrs conscience to prove that
| in Christ. What vast undertaking Is thatI
Tho mass Of mankind, VINO do not believe
as q SAVING grneo, must DO ruled out Then the
Christians who bo,ieve all this they always just
w proclaim !. VINO aare The rssonass can o
down aud rest laugh sing bring In their ITS bring
10 the wafer Of ie to coo their thirst without seeing
| asked, "a mighty consolation" The nationalist
| knows what no can and what he cannot do. He does
| what no can and leaves tho rest undona
FIFTH AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH.
/ INsTA Bri IrY-sERMoN By REV. DR. ARM rAGE
| Tho Rev. DR.. Armiiage preached yesterday morn
Ing the subject Of "lnslabilty," taking his iext
from James, /, 8, IN these understandable In ali
his ways" An American preacher OF tho old school,
and OF amazing observation, experience and success,
said tho reverend preacher, once startled his congre-
CATION by stating that man could be just what no
determined TO be. II he determined to DO nobody ho
would be nobody in spite Of everybody; and II he de-
tcrmincd TO be somebody he would be in spite Of oil
nobodies Therefore. he said, young men II you
are determined 70 DO rich you can be, to be
scholars you be, TO DO orators you DO,
or TO DO anything else you can be. Al nrst sight
| this would appear extravagant; but on tho whole
tho moro you come to think OF It and to compare Il
with tho facts OF general experience
the you viii no persuaded that 1t Is putting into
another shape that iorcbe declaration OF tho inspired
preacher who said, GAS man tninkoth, so Is be. y
But tncn Of course. tuings arc to DO kept
reach snch and such standard. First OF all, when
the determination Is taken, there DO an iron
will, or, II possible, will little harder than IRON
| will that nothing from tho purpos, ;
and then there must be the OF right and proper
means Tor she attainment Of the end purposed
And where these all hang together tho general pro-
position Is sufficiently accurate Tor a wi-namcly,
that man can be whatever no determines 10 be-
| There may be ambition about It or humility. pure
mi Ddedncss or scinshness; but, humanity speaking
/ whatever the motive may De, there will DO success
| Men told the stammcrinE Demosthencs that 1t was
| simply absard Tor such a human stammcrng machine
as he was to think OF becoming an orator, and they
Kissed MIN from the stage OF the nmphithcare. But
| he knew better He knew that God had lodged the
elements OF power In his breast and II tho people
appreciate ne would develop II 10 sad
| sea waves, and by the aid OF the pebbles
tho snore no would Interpret that powcr. When he
returned to the sociey OF men ms coquencc swaycd
them as tho winds command tho pillows OF the ocean,
n% " aaS bs @
rcafIirmation Of Pauis "rbs ono thing do" Some.
times We speak disparaeingy OF mea OF zone idea
getting that ono great idoa Is all that great
mind can master. Small minds can carry any
Dor OF IDEAS, but immense minds nnd ono all that
| thing 1 do.n And what would ne have been
| but for this nxedncss OF widths determine
| tion OF purposc2 lie might have been something
| cise, but without u he could not have been Paul
Sngleness OF purpose and unity oil purpose made
what he by the grace OF God. There was no fee-
blcncss no nckloness about him, nor there
any nuctuaton the TO the attainment Of tho
end lido not mean tnat studonts ana soldiers and
statesmen, reiormers and philosophers aud divines
are convinced that these are tho only qualifications
necessary TO success but that they the rst and
most essential These qualities often succeed Alone
and certainly without thom all others are useless
There can be success IN anything where tners In
constant change; no prosperity where there ~
slant wsvcr,ng and ndccision; NO victory or excel
lenco where there 10 vacillation The man VINO daily
ard hourly adopts fresh object OF pursuit, who
has always some new scnemc IN view, layIng astte
meut what he earnestly bent upon at
another, never can succeed
rHE RASH VEGETABLE AND FEEBLE MAN
The man VINO IS At tue same time nasty aud feeble,
rash anu nckle, easily excited aud soon exhausted
elevated day and depressed another never exactly
certain what course ne will pursue, what object
will attempt viii never do agrcat thing however nu.
mcrous his advantages may be. WHAT very forctbIe
example have of this IN the history OF tho tribe OF
KeuDeni when the holy patriarch Jacob was dying
H.