New-York tribune., 1879-09-29

Old tenor But there is thing notice ,he son wili
not lie VIII not sow ueites on tue oid man gisr' w.
nor count sincerity mistaken rs II might D. ns
otry. and say whey he = inan IN tnc H. .S m mon ~ 20 az
stepdy when was boy. and made worship suoh q pa.i
deu 20 that an bound 10 Get even WIN nun @ NV NV
aud viii not z" AZ all " al 'ne M tn'i.''t - n -, al
man can do In ti- direction, think this may wen snu
first to try and shame his own father. 10 whOm II may
be- he cannot hod candle IN rSsenllli sinvof Iot
lug 5 ife aud destiny. We crop DeAnu slos,
wncn make such plea; bht ce'u-t9ed ll'h' ,1 "a
have their wis them. through ghosts ana
they tnrOush "a. aud know yey well tAai as he'
this is mere make-Dcleve.
We do not go the OF the Lord because we DO
not want to 90, and the reasons nc IN our own na,e
apart ANYTHING the old man may have done lo H
m childhood and YOUTH and 50, for the sake on ne
dead must not ado SIN to shortcomings py tel'ins
pack OF lies II hard, no doubt on this boy rue
synagogue and the sabbath and the grim system OF uuc
rine and dogma and the silver glass Is uoI more sem. -
tive than this poets soul would be, or more pOthi 10
,na ocra cnnd make MIN say hard thinQs about those
who had done best they knew or could stay
the grand. deep instinct heaVenNar. Ihe cbuich Was
as trrIis work ON winch the shooting vine VIII climb
toward the sun Many bud was npped, no doubt. ANA
many tendr burstcdj bot the son took The fathers
for the test OF ms action and was OF 100 gn
a mind think Of the trouble Of his youth when he
grew 10 he man. and 50 he cries: = was glau Wnsn
they said unto let us go INTO the house Oi the LOu
WORSHIP FOR woRsHIPs SAKE.
Ipotice oncemore that 1t was the house of the Lord
and its service apart from agencies which held the
mans heart in such glad hradom; ana he doesn't go
of priest the preacher, bat TO
worship the most high. The priest and the prcacber
may have taken some minor place, II he the
/ think Of they could primal TO him or have
the power 10 draw him there drive him away lie
went the Lords house, not TO worship man, but to
worship God and not to hang on human Hips but TO
hear the Divine word so doubt whether he ever took
he went to pray and when the soul is lost this grand.
tender mystery. she knows no difference between four
minutes and iOrty He went not 10 hear the singing 80
mucn sing; and when praise Hoods the heart and
bears spirit on IT'S mighty TIDE you are not over
troubled about exact accOrdunce OF the trumpet and the
Shawn, whatever that may De- Nor Nhen you make
| melody in your heart unto God, are you over
~ H.
through his Such things are an OF minor mo-
,nent IN nry soul bound on this high business and
when they either drive draw they point 70
deeper and vital hurts than they Compass.
Wh"n hear men and women say they cannot 20 to
church because prayers long, they don't
like the singing, have To ask myself tue question
whether the oector goes to the Lords House to wor
ship be amused; and II there man there who
had word TO say touching the e that nov is and
tnat when Is cOme-a maD who could make Gods
truth luminous and peuetate the neart with II, and
eaven the life. There would be no question Of this
mans untness 60 say tna were nc as h0mey a. ADra-
ham Lincoln spoke with the voice untunabe OF John
Foster or ungraceiu as jungle OF right angles.
All the better II the out grace answers TO lne nej
Lad Of tnat IL We have got the true radI-
on yet lie was as the sum- ana the rest as stars ana so
The people answered TO his iight and fire. How easily
lie inan might say, There is only Icare 20
Iord am gong 10 stay home know all the INNS aud
outs mind, 10 be sure, the turn Of his thoughts
ano her might be a fountain Of living waters 10
me IN the oIenng OF new truth would rather nonrsh
NV discoutCnte content FOR the old" The grand Dusl
ness which this man OF my text was bound waen he
turned his steps from the nome 10 me Temple was 10
worshp GOd-tO sing praises TO the Most Hgh-tO pour
ont MS heart m PRAYER, ana near some word which
would him the bread OF iic-tO be made strong
fDr duty brave Tor battle. aud patient TO bear Dur
don. and hopeful IN dark daN TO und JOY IN the depths
OF sorrow aud lis heart the mighty truth that
the things winch are temporal and the things
whIou are are etornaI-O grow ever more hI-
M and conslcTate, aud catch glorious Visions and
follow divine examples and when tnls the mn
tive there cOuld be huJuncc III the minister or the
ministry or any narrow OF petty grounds He was NOR
who with wonderful broad sympathy. and with sure
instinct central thngwhch always the bread
aud the baker, always the WAFER ana never tne
mchei-.ind ~ cries, - was glad wIen they said
unto Let a. 20 INTO tne house 9i me LORI there
wac never Whisper that he wished either 10 he drawn
there or drven away. Tor reasons which must Ia the
veIy nature OF things, lie merely on the surface
SOME MODERN DELUsIoNs ABOUT WORSHIP.
Nor did ho fail into the habt, which Is growing
mon In our tme saying There is need for me 10
20 INTO the House Of the Lord. worship Him In
mylown house, in the woods, on the waters, or wher-
ever ft up my hearti the whole world Is teInpe TO
the spirit prayer hes not IN words, or praise In
tune-. sarvice does not lila in talking hav" ont
grown all that, and am now mine own temple and my
own priest"
his a difficult and delicate matter to touch such n
claim as tins adversely. because IT large ympa
thy from men and women who think do. while
some of the dyncst words Great Teacher said
always aid that way ana lew O the noblcst neu we
have ever known have taken that stand and have
make 1t good by the pureness and beauty OF
Rnt NAV not ask this question OF the most OF those
VINO claim there Is need Tor them To to the
House OF LOrd-What do you really do IN the woods.
and on the waters, and in your houses, ana what
does II oil tOi Do the thoughts that start the
heart praise aud prayer apart from the forms them
selves NAV take invade your solitude aud lift your
spirit INTO a deep and sure cOmmuuiOni or do You
not get entangied in the things Of time and
amDitioni Does Nature reveal her entire beauty
to you, do look from her 20 God,
tion and the sweet pulse Of her lief DO learn
the mother and hen let her teach OF the Father
These are questions lat almost ask Themselves and
do think Overphss fair Judgment when say thnt
temple thor creed and to need no other-such
questions have to be answered IN the negative.
There duet seeking Tor the inner life. eager
listening for the whisper Of the spirit from on high Ike
that which has kept The whole world alive IN her at
tention life to ike that which has held
lon ged and appsiing errors man car encounter DO
mol mistake when say ms Here and there II man
has got something OF this SPIRIT but they are few aud
aud whole brood OF things that slay faIth-as un
derstand faith-nnd make II burn dim aud low and
touch with paralysis the of any grand endeavOr
while with mullitudes man can number. This own
temple and own priest business is merely seem
ing and the dumb things that run and fly
worship God truly Than they do. 1t Is
the grossest materiasm, which looks no higher than
the level OF the eyes ana 20 ioSer an INC t OF the
stomach. There Is one god OF such things, and his
Is the one they eoi from their godialhers and
godmothersj one supreme service ana ou spell Win
four eters-s-ef grand purpose here, ana that IL
to look after the Ist peIs" ana @ one thns 70
and that Is a leap In tile dark
HOW DAVID ACTED DIFFERENTLY.
Now this have taken for my instance this
rior statesman king and poet, possessed superb In
telect Judge Of his brain by its momentum
land know no other way to lD, Websters hat
would have been too small for him; and Ruskin has
more exquisite glance for the purple glory OF the
tainsl nor did Wordsworth cast n loving
eye on the meanest flower that grows Coeridge
derstaud better how
He praycth best who loyeth best
All things both great and small y
or Goethe take II all wider and sweeter sympathy.
Read those noble psalms, and you read his noble
heart and ah and that one lived who could
find iOOd for worship la nature. here was the lie
heard Gods IA the thunder His glance in the
lightning sa Him come flying all abroad with
chrrub and seraphm, the oedars swung and swayed
in the mighty tempest heard the whisper OF HIS pres
enee IL the breath which just lifted the leaf the