The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-27
BROOKLYN TABERNACLE.


REV. T. DE WITT TALMAGE.
Mr.. Talmage preached on the morality Of the coun-
try inferred the condition of the cities.
gave the pastors impressions from the
points of resemblance between the principal cities of
the Union, announcing that next week he would
speak of their points Of difference. The text
taken from Zecharah l.. 17-"My cities, through
prosperity, shall yet be spread abroad"
The city, said Mr.. Talmage. is worse than the
country The vices of the metropolis are more evil
dent than the vices of the rural districts only because
there people to be bad if they choose
to be. Merchants are quite as good farm
There is worse cheating in town than
out of town. only that it is a larger scale. The
country copies the vices of the city in meanest
shape; and to gossip, its heaven is the country
village. Everybody knows everybodys business
better than he knows it himself The grocery store
or the backsmiths shop at night is the headquarters
of masculine titte-tattle and there at least half
dozen women who have their sunbonnets hanging
ready. so that at any moment they hear an item of
news derogatory to their neghbors they can fly out
and cackle it all town. Cain the founder of
the first city, and suppose it took after him in
morals. 1t is long while before city get over
the character of those who founded It, New York
will not for two three hundred years. escape from
the good influence of its founders Cities
are not necessarily evils, as has sometimes been
ton, and in them popular liberty has lifted up its
voice. There ought to be good will between cities.
New York must cease caricaturing Philadelphia, and
Philadelphia picking New York and there is
this continent both for st. Louis and
Chicago. God ordans each city for its peculiar mis-
sion. No one can do the work of the other. Here is
the highway OF our nations prosperity. Up that
highway walks city of broad forehead and large
brain--that is Boston, city of deliberate manner
and orderly behavior-that is Philadelphia; a city
with pockets full of change-that is New York; two
cities going with n rush that astounds the nation
they are Chicago and st. Louis; while another city
takes its wife and children along with In tho
march, and that is BROOKLYN Cincinnati and Louis
willie and Pittsburg, well as the great Southern
cities. all carrying their peculiaritcs of wealth
fashion or professional ability. No one of them
he spared Hurt one, you hurt all.
In all these cities am impressed with the fact that
this life is scene of toll and struggle This great
tide of human life that goes down the street is
rapid tossed and turned aside, and dashed ahead,
and driven back-beautiful in its confusion and con-
forest in the woods from which the eternal shadow
IL never lifted, on the shore OF the over whose
iron coast losses the tangled foam. sprinkling the
cracked cliffs with baptism of whirlwind and tenn
pest is the best place TO study God; but in the rush.
ing swarning ravng street the best place TO study
Again, in all these cities you will be impressed
with the fact that life is full of preenson and sham.
What subterfuge, what double dealing. what two
facednossl DO all people who wish you good MORN
ing really hope for you happy day? Do all the
people who shake hands love each other? Are all
those anxious about your health who inquire
corning IL? DO all want to see you who ask you to
call? Does all the world know half as much it pre-
tends to know Is there not many wretehed stock
OF goods with brilliant store window?
OTHER 1MPRrssIoNs.
Again, you will that there is great field for
Christian WORK There are hunger and suffering and
want aud indebtedness in the country but 1T is in
the city that wretchedness is most squalid and
hunger most lean. Then in all these cities you
impressed with the fact that commercial lite is full
of temptations When man casts of God God casts
him OH Let me say TO you that there Is no success
In this world unless you take God as your por-
ton and try 10 do right Oh 1t does pay to do right.
young men, ana 1t never pays to do wrong. There is
"A great mistake abroad in the community,
nm
crate unlawful gains. A man engaged in q most in
famous swindlo gave a large amount of money to n
missionary cause, as If 10 compromise the matter
with the Lord as though saying Here Lord, is part
of that money that gOt take this for yours and let
me or" usauphtcr.) The Church ~ God is not
shop for the receipt Of stolen goods. III you have