The New York herald., 1879-12-08
THE BROOKLYN RINK.


HOOKER, CHANDLER AND BURLINGTON
The audience at the Brooklyn Rink in the evening
was exceptionally large Rev. DR.. Fulton having
nounced as his subject:-"True herosm as revealed
in the lives of General Hooker Senator Chandler and
Rev. DIR. Burlington. He took for his text Gala-
tisns vi. o. "And let not weary in well doing; for
in due shall reap. If we faint not. "
The future of every is assured. said
the speaker Determination makes the result; choice
determines the action and decides the condition. the
result inevitably following. The three great men
whose lives 1 will take Illustrations are all
from New England, that section of our coun
try that has done more to mould the character
OF nation than any other. Hooker, born in
poor circumstances, decided to rise. and when
he died had accomplished his purpose But he
would have achieved moro and won higher
place in the heart OF the people he had possessed
Christ In his heart. No mistakes would then have
clouded his All that is grand and beautiful
in life s lost without Christ. for He is the life and
wants you to hll. Without Him you must look on
o q beautiful palace without any inhabi-
own value; but why did he lose his prestige
and why was he relieved from command OF the
grand old army he SO gailantiy commanded! be
of the army he gallant and admirable; as q
commander of himself he was o dead failure. The
hearts Of the people with him till on his FOR
| ward movement, when he was ready. with all his
troops position to throw down the gage OF battle,
! he said:-''God himself cannot keep US from
| victory row. Then the heart of tho nation throb-
| bod with pain for this is God-loving people.
| Whom that army fell back the people saw His hand
In the battle. and az the army neared Gettysburg
| there hope till Hooker was relieved aud
Meade. God-fearing man. was put in his place.
The beautiful point in Hooker life then came out.
He did not suk and retire fretting over his defeat.
but in humber posito4and i'll wiser spirit went
West. still the gallant and grand old Fighting Joe"
A CHAMPION LIBERTY
Chandler, man who never threw away moment
OF time. taken by his father to Detroit at the age
| of twenty-five years, and was first known rs an
honest fearless merchant Of that town. He, too had
determined to rise land he did. But the grandest deed
In his life negected-ho did not give Christ his
| heart aud he the man he might have
| beeu. Ee was a champion of liberty and great
| man. but God alone could give him the necessary
strength to curb the animal and build up the man;
| He. too, retired. and in retirement he acted
grandly. Chandler eschewed his cups and Hooker
silenced his tongue. But it IN too bad we can only
hope they made their peace with God before 1t was
too late. Rewards of welldoing came to both these
men, but only OF the world-nothing to take across
the river.
How different with the beloved pastor Burlington.
who for nearly twenty-five years had been coming
in and going out before us-truc pious and devoted
passing unscathed through all the perils and tenpta-
tions of the ministry (for there are perils both
within and Without true believer the Lord Jesus
Christ gaining n chaplet woven by God that far
transcends the glory of the General tho wealth OF
the Senator. Each reached the goal for which ne
strove; yet the rewards-how different!