The New York herald., 1878-12-16

water given in His name will not pass without its
reward When we attend the sacraments. when we
partake of the holy communion at mass especially.
we show by our action that seeking commu-
mon with God. BY these acts we assimilate our
selves in the Christian the saints and angels
who stand before the Throne.
II reflect what receive from God must
remember that We have mixed with that good an inn
mense amount of evil. This thought made Abraham
say, II am nothing but dust and ashes" and the
blessed Virgin, in that beautiful cantcle that stirs
the Catholic heart throughout the world, says
because He hath regarded the humility of His hand
maid, for behold from henceforth all genera
tions shall call blessed. He hath deposed
the mighty from their seats and He hath exalted the
humble" Those who refuse to adopt this only look
to the etiquette of this world. You may read Ches
terfeld and cultivate worldly manners but your cook
surpass you in the Christian sense, because she
can surpass You in the love of God. in forgivng
ligous duties. 1t is the love of God that
makes Catholic missionaries travel the world
over to gam even one soul God is real object con-
tanning that good to which we all aspire. God Is all
good; therefore should look TO Him as the source
of all good. We would be the greatest fools if we
worked for anybody but God. 1t is maxim in our
world. 1.-The greater the general the greater the
standard" and this should be the Christians motto
For every good act God promises eternal life. His
love is effcacious; ours is inefiicacious. Father
O'Shea concluded his eloquent discourse with the
verse. The Lord God Is exceediug great, and OF His
greatness there is no end
PRESBYTERIAN MEMORIAL CHURCH
ANNUAL SERMON IN BEHALF OF THE CITY MIS-
SION BY REV. j. L. wITHRow.
The annual sermon in behalf of the New York City
Mission and Tract Society preached by the Rev.
j. L. withrow, d. D.. of Boston, in the Presbyterian
Memorial Church, Madison and Fifty third
street, in the evening, before large congregation.
The text selected portion of Psalm
cxxvi, 1-"Exccpt the Lord keep the city.
the watchman waketh but in vain" Let
Nature have her way. said the preacher.
and she would desolate cities. She is friendly
to cities, and she not crcumvcnted would lead
us to destruction Nature is careful in keeping
clean her own domain; she doctors herself in the
country and allows to doctor ourselves in
the city The good and bad find their way to large
places, and Nature has no alchemy that turns human
dross to gold. The question then is. How shall we
prevent our cities from going to destruction and
i'll considering the subject it must be remembered
that working dead against Nature all the time
| Her forces are always unfriendy to us. Tie
| churches. bazaars, charitable institutions and
| hundreds of buildings devoted to the cause
| of humanity and religion would seem sufficient
to keep this city quite clear of wickedness but this
| is only pleasant dream You must show the other
side and then we see frauds disease and death One
| half the city does not know what the other half is
doing. They seem to know but little Of its thousands
of convcts of its 40 900 arrests in year. of its $50
inhabitants that have pillows but their arms on
which to lay their heads at night They know moth
is Knocked with hell. Is the city well kept There
can be but one answer
RELIGION THE ONLY SAVING ARM
II the absolute, despotic governments Of ancient
cities failed and fell. can we lean upon the of
government alone and save our cities? Never! Re-
ligion is the only arm that will save. Re.
ligon alone gives abiding sanction TO civil
laws. and it is certain that unless God
| is recognized and in the future
they will 60 down. If all the five hundred churches
in New York filed one-half the population still
would be on the outside. The Gospel bells not
heard by onehaf the city, would they be If they
were hung on every mans door. One-half OF
the population not moved by what is uttered in
pupts any more than are the sleepcrs in Greenwood
Cemetery. If to escape the fate of ancient
cities the wretched must be got ut and silken
robes cast aside for the working dress. Paul
the pioneer city missionary. He went from
house to house with the Gospel Of Christ. From
house to house are words which need be engraven
on every disciples heart. The enemies of cities
are irresistible Alexander the Conqueror
Seize hold Of the hearts Of the people, send them
forth with Christ engraven there. and then shall
the black powers OF wickedness bow before
lgion. One city missionary is worth platoon Of
policemen. When tho religion of Christ commands
the attention it deserves and demands then cities
will be saved. because Gods words will be known in
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