New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-11
SOME GOOD RESULTS POINTED OUT.
= The Rev. DR.. Robert s. Macarthur preached

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sermon at the Calvary Baptist Church yesterday morn
Ing having reference to the expected recovery OF Pres
dcht Garfield His text included two passages Scrip
ture Psalm xviii. As, Thou ftest me up above those
that rise up against me: Thou hast delivered me from
the violent man y and Psalm cxv 8, For Thou hast de-
vered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears and
my feet from falling" He said in part
mat there are times when the affairs OF the Nation
demand the recognition OF the pulpit all will readily
grant That the present is time it seems to me
will be readily granted recognition of public events
IN pulpit discussions must not be party or partisan
sense; slch discussions are unworthy OF n place re-
ligious discourse. But there Is n broad, manly and
Christian sense in which the great OF the
should be presented in every pulpit worthy the name
Long before Christianity had developed the idea Of
humanity as 1t IL developed to-day, this sentence
uttered in n Roman theatre elected deafening
applause 81 am n man, and nothing con
corning man is Indifferent to me" Nothing
concerning the welfare of beloved country
can be indifferent the pulpits of our country
In the crises which have recently upon us the
voice or the pulpit has been lond and clear the
all the best interests OF the whole people Many
of tenderness and sympathy toward the suffering Presi-
dent and his family have been spoken; bat few words
against his political opponents, opposition mi chit
well have provoked criticism, have been uttered. This
Is we'll Christ is the Prince Of Peace let His followers
be heralds of peace earth and good win toward men
OF every color aud class while same time they do
not wink at evil and DO not apologize for the
violent men.
You have all struck with the wonderful appropr
atcness OF the Psalms express the varied feelings of
the heart in the varied circumstances life The words
OF the text may he supposed express Presidents
feelings of gratitude ana joy. They express the feer
OF each truehcarted man and woman in great Ma
uon The grlef which came to us was personal grief
tho JOY which has succeeded is personal
JOY Hope and fear. joy and SORROW commingc
in our songs and prayers to-day. We scarcely
dare sing songs Of triumph lest the bulletin may
dampen our ardor and awaken fear. But for the
good that has come we shall be grateful and joyful
for the future shall be hopeful and prayerru.
look mt some OF the important truths which we have
learned.
The American people at heart praye rful people
In tmes OF prosperity apt to forget God, but in
time of calamity feel their need OF Him. Inndelty
may nerve the assass!ns 20 commit the foul deed
but it is powerless to comfort the smitcn hearts OF
weeping Nation iany who unused to prayine said
last week many times THANK God" If the news was
encouraging, God him." if the tidings were I'M
favorable. At time since the marty rdom Of Lincoln
hhs the Nation been so stirred At such times nndoty
Is dumb. Mems hearts turn insnctvely Gods peo-
pie Cots house and Gods word. The past week. with
thousands in our own and other lands has been Is contn
uons meeting. God has been honorcd the Prcsi
dent we trust, Is saved and the people blessed.
The sympathy and loyalty Of tho South have been
beautifully manifested This il of the conpensatons
of tho great sorrow which has befallen the Nation
Rightly or wrongly the North has dstruscd the South
1t was for the interest of reckless politicians to use this
the Solid south may have been in the past its sym
pathy, loyalty and love during this crisis have been
marked Sectional feeling has been to great extent
forgotten, and party ties have been greatly weakened
Let North and South be solid for truth ana cht and
God anL brighter day will dawn upon oar favored
land.
A deadly blow has boon given to the spoils system
This system IL terrible blot upon National fe Rad
tional disgrace that much of the OF the Execn
tive NJ the opening of each Administration occupied
IN hstonlng Ia Applications for office the part OF
mpudcnt, incompetent, fanaca or violent men. This
wrechod man, the assassin, IL the Offspring
OF the spolls SYSTEM but for that system such
In the distribution OF spois he became insaney muir
derous because he supposed he did receive
Mr. Garfield would never have been shot had
the representative OF Government in which
the prizes OF party service. To yictors
the spells is phrase OF deyilsh origin The National
tonal sin of oiiceseckug and olcescllimg struck at
.J@mes A. Garfield Let the people arise against ths SIN
or IL Will destroy this fair land AT Washington. nj
Albany, everywhere this hydra monster must
crushed Inc spoiiS sysen famed by shc breath
uonti STRIFE, has nervrd the Lsssslns hand
system 40 deep into the ground that ii shall
resurrection.
Tho personal popularity of the President has been
wonderfully Illustrated The Nation has him
with batcd breath and praying hearts. His noble wife
ana srlckcn children share IN this when he
Car of Russia was stricken down what doies-
tic life prrsent. to the world When this Christian
President ails noble wife and a1ectonate cnildren
gather about him. trOd bless that homc God grant
every home in our land domestic purity God sanctify
the marriage relation, which condemned ia Russia
and hOnOrcd IN America