The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-28
FIFTH AVENUE BAP list CHURCH.
THE HISTORY OF TEAR-sERMoN BY REV.
DIR. ARMITAGE.

DR. ARMITAGE.
Rev. DR.. Armitage preached the history OF tear,
taking from John, XII, 35"Jesus wept," and
Luke, KIN, Aide beheld the city and wept It,"
No romance the history of human genius, said the
reverend gentleman, has the power to fascinalc us
that you in a Could you trace It's entire his
tory from It's collection, through It's disuing aud
Shedding IL would reveal a world OF wonders. Which
is the greater Of Gods bandiwork the eye OF
the tear which It shedS Even II you
look al the genesis of this drop OF moisture with
out inquring into tho emotional existence which
lies behind it, you discover astonishing
product OF divine wisdom and power. The
finest machinery in the universe Is that which
makes tear. VINO can describe all the beart strug-
ges, ali the soul combinations OF thought ana emotion
which lie lar back "a tho mysterious laboratories
where tears are FIRST generate ana compoundedg A
soul struggle Is going on far below The weeping eye
such as cumpes The hidden fountain in the rock TO
gush forth Us a spring. When The rock wceps know
ye not that the rpd hus snttcu It's ccDtroY IL us
heart may not break into an open chasm then lis eye
must shed tears when II swcls The tear depth mes
far within tho SOU, IN those recesscs wnerc The
Ill, ana moral ME O man lodged. You look into tue
eye OF waxing morning aud see the dew drop trembc
there Know ye tbon, that all the chemistries OF the
night have been busy IN It's crcrtion 80 when human
tears ioTcc through your snowy lids thor melting
course know yc mat your submn emotion OF spirit
seeks the tongue Vf pathctIc lament Tears are only
thoughts that weep, ana grieis Glat speak IN DUMP
petition.
No wonder that the hot tear brings relief whom tho
heart is swollen to breaking Tor then the wounded
ncart bleeds the eyes. II your hearing aol
icatc as that OF angel you would und The ecno vi
sorrow die away ~ tue corners oil tho SOUL where the
butter struggle forces the tear upward and outward.
Thus The tear makes FOR itself strange history whcu
II traces the outward eye sob, the whole
OF whose pulse makes each sodl DDrc quiver Tor IL
becomes the visi Die sign oil inward ncar wcepng
Tears Ike dewy pearls waited IRON morning
flowers by starting wiuds which eye eau see; bat
both flowers aud winds produce and control them.
The inside or mental history OF tear, therefore,
but tho history OF the lie OF man, all the
chapters oil that higher history are condensed into INC
two simple words ''Josus wepL
sAyloUR's TEARS.
That Is an affecting picture winch presents the Re-
deenicr qualified 20 suffer all tue innocent inIr
OF man. aud 10 Iarake at nj! tho susceptible
lties ol his woe. The meek weeper the tomb Of
Lazarus the sweetest spectacle DeautHcd
ms globe. The bystandefs SAID, 'Behold how
loved him. as they saw the only shower OF holy tears
that ever Iclf upon earthly turf IN "A human burial
place Al Bethany, surrounded ny group Vi mourDers
The prcf ol human sou IN It's aud highest
M oode brought humanity INTO ntnos phere OF
Ioneiugs thoughts and aspirations, which made tho
"A ORD breathe iuoro freely than IL mad before
,rucy were tears love shed IN silence. but not Tor
Lazarus for tho very next breath He called him
l,.ck again 10 lie. They were shed Tor Mary, Tor
Martha aud Tor comfort oil all that mourn. There