New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-08
POLITICS IN PRAYERS AND SERMONS.

RFFfRI:NCES TO CURRENT POLITICAL EVENTS L.
SERMONS AND PRAYERS.
Fans tluttercd III every seat in Plymouth
Church sunday morning. Nj. Berchor rreh, ~ upOl
coLtcnug for the faith. Toward the end Of his ser
non hc mad" the following political illusions We ar,
nov entering Of the cyclones OF our politics wheel
Use in four years They are never a.tug the
llii Ia tie mature Of our Government there Is pro
vson made r.: univcrS Al discuss ana In fOuI
yrprs the whole Nation - aroused We are on the eve
~ THIS universal excl cmcnt, and shall have ii! man
nor of yitdpordtnn. We shall have exag-eratOns OF
tho train and dimnut"ns o. I'll results will he dis
ored and OF al sorts will be- twisted In trO
Iical heat Christian men AMI women Will sweat anu be
pracc o. G. It VIII not b. XII According to the eX-
ntnv.' tJc sees. shall nave men cOntrudnG for
t p,icll fliln without Inrekacss gent and tor
b,,.uncc Do not 50 contend There plcnary in-
du,Icc for pa sion in politics Men say that politics
al sic pool ia.. thry Will have none OF It. No one
hrs ErrP cut. The beng born hcIe binds rnc
10 pcr ru III, date, Of rtzrn. and the IDan who
,ifA- o. ~ u, to To- ciul, he Is RudcI0d lsn,
ani o' or 10 nn". W. al bouLd tn hay" voice
IT, olird lai;cg, and il' choice Of mag stratr-. But
49, luau -Laa ac III iuacr jealousy or unchalia -.
". -no} never lose tha' 4ympathy winch l. feature
i rrr.,pr f. Chciet II love for uur caua ~ and
love ,r p-iucp.o then our Christianity >inil
MT be- ammcd.
have 80 lear FOR the country. IL Will come g: the
-iIlt f. haa out II struggles before, led by
iur ,.u a. Goa. IbreNr 'hIt there pr Dr.us to
rr u..o,cd here AID results TO be achieved which arc
49,. Sc; .u.wu. IEr pdrto.r, Of G'i vii 10 stumble
u.d f.I. ! have uo frtI foi The RIGHT. | Lrir ior
lr-r li,l'rr. larger sympathy. noblrr humanity.
n.'tc, r. ,ilr politics au! Sigh reminded pnhIc mn.
ntn' 10 81, N IN office whom point
,lipnl, oug clrcu: that need net refer ba K
Washington aud Pminrch, hat can say, l'OG ~ oar
"a K ., .tnd magistrates everywhere.
In his o.ellug PRAYER at the Filth Avenue Bp;i}t
1.
axe dNt ~neIb upon the political problems 81
tie dly. liz tatukel Col Tor the tx ,,nplc OF the
F,tl.crof l- country, who IN the huur Of gloom aud
irca relied wholly upon Divine ail md guidance ant
for the act ~ the Marty? President who, When he
wis irlying his hOni' the arIuouS dui o.
the Chirt Mielsircy Of tn" Republic. uttered us bis
parting words to his nolgibur5 the Simpe request,
Pray for me-" " When" continued the petitioner .
IN The coming tx nam shall he chosen 10 prs mt
the people fOr their votes may it be- tine harmonious
choice the Convention and above all may 1t BE- Tny
L .Ior."
The Rev. Russell " Bellows, In the Fourth Unitarian
CHAPEL, ~ Onr-lundred-andtweuty- Pight.st., near
F.iutl-ayc. alluded to TIE Chicago Convention. when
speaking upon TIE subject Of D." Measures not Men.
To-day. and during the week, he said great struggle
his becu gang on between men Of the political
Eih. They are in0ucnc Il I" very large degree. by
ucmtlOuS Ut merely personal nature, and 10y
any great principle. Regarding the latter Of very little
account ihoy to bc mbucd with the old. careless,
utcn.cy American idea, that whatever action my be
taken, everything viii turn ont we'll the end Filled
with personal ambition they strive solely after power,
without regard 10 any principle cernad. How dnci
rut would he the spectacle II thrse men were
nls W.tn great Christian principles, aud
sought 10 initiate IIin. II such were the case,
II All men lived only III The pursuance Of grand ideas,
then we cUuli shy That the Kingdom OI Heaven bod
come This NOT Tho vain dream OF an dcAst. but tue
hrn conviction nat when the truths o. Jesus shall be
brlnvrd u, faithfully ~ any weli-UrOvrd scientific
~ lmcipr, ih"n, and not ill then. stand firmly
upun the strong ground OF indubnble religions
t!uth.
Tn Rrv. Z. d Wiu ralmaSc. IN his opening prayer
on SUNDAY Irayrd thai the Convention might mud sun
uay day rest and that only TINT might to
Il Presidential aUih"rlty vino should love God ana nd
vance tie best IN Great OF this great Nation.