National Republican., 1882-02-27
SABBATH SERVICES.
EXERCISES IN THE CHURCHES.
Eloquent Sermon by Rev. Edward Everett Hale
Dedicatory Services At the Tabernacle aud
the Ninth Street Protestant
Churches.

All Souls Church was filled by q large and cul.
tured audience yesterday morning to hear the
eloquent pulpit orator. Rev. Edward Everett Hale,
OF Boston. The reverend gentleman selected as
the basis Of his discourse the words as
found recorded in Acts xvi, II: "Setting
sail, therefore, from Troas, we made q straight
course to samothnce, and the day following to
Ncapolis." Paul may we'll have had this occa-
sion in mind when he wrote some years
after, "Things which are not hath God chosen
to confirm things that are" Among the few great
critical points OF history, among the scenes which
people are fond Of calling dramatic, II would be
hard to fud any more critical or more dramatic
than the run Of this boat across the Egean and
the landing Of her crew at the new town in
Greece. A jew maker OF tents, with his personal
attendant, who wasa son Of q Greek fatherby jew
mother. with one, or at the most, two companions
land from the craft all unknown In q land where
even the Jewish physiognomy is despiscd. They
land with no less purpose than with the distinct
plan Of
CHANGING THE RELIGIONS AND WORSHIP
ofall Europe and compelling It to adopt a new
civilization We do not read the latter half Of the
hcg Testament wisely unless we hear in mind all
along the element of absolute confidence ofwhch
that landing nn the Plymouth Rock of Europe is
so remarLablc . symbol All this confidence was
prengured by Christs own confidence and by his
quiet expression of Never had men heard such
absolute optimism. IL Is the steady proclamation
that to those who do their best things will
works now and here 0s worked there and
then. once give man this cheerful forward
hope. let him know that things are TO be right
next month which are wrong now. that his salary
~ TO be raised at the end of q quarter, that the
woman he loves will marry him as soon as April
that man docs not shirk his duties lie does not
fear that the world is coming to destruction. The
confidence that what Is to come is better than
what is gives TO him the moral force which makes
him
MORE THAN 4 coNouRRoR
t. -. 4.
rely ON this principle, 1t is Mt the bottom of our
national success. 1t is because we keep open the
lines Of promotion. you have such a President as
Garteld. You have q fnanCier like Cornelius
Vanderbilt because your social order is such that
boys selling their mothers cabbages may rise to be
you have Inherited from the dark agcsa catechism
IL which boys and girls taught to be content in
the condition of lie in which they find them
selves, every ono of Them repeats II with protest
or interpolates truer prayer between the words
AsmembeH OF the church or the community they
ought to be praying aud working to bring Gods
Kingdom nearer-that is, TO improve the cOndi-
tion of life to which they aro born What should
we care for indeed IL life stopped with the grave?
In truth as soon as this Saviour of mankind lrs us
TO that level that We look further than the little
horizon of this life, soon do we want TO live
immortal beings here. This or that luxury or this
me here. For In that glimpse of
infinite relations | have taste Of infinite ap.
pettes have eaten angels food aud hunger
and thirst for more. And am not tempted by The
poor repast Of earth, which was attractive yester
day. SO you find the Saviour Of men speak.
ing to US as immortals all along. lie does not SO
much contcmn earthly tastes and physical desires.
Rather he offers other inducements; In looking
about the world the question is asked how will
THIS DELUGE oP CRIME DE sroPPgD2
Christ saves His people from SIM and If lie has
not saved this people from sin II is because lie has
had no chance. The largest church we have-the
Church Of Rome-has separated sin from the people
by crowding between every possible substitute
His mother, His saints, His oiiicers-in such crowd
OF affiliated organization that the poor drunkard,
fg n lra ar1i gnn
never was encouraged by the hand of faith. The
other churches, following this wretched example,
have had to build up their own incemenCy, TO de-
fcnd their own doctrine, 10 apologize for their own
| existence so that they could not spend force
| where He spent it-in saving people from their
sins. All the same His business and their busi.
ness is the same yesterday, to-day, and forever.
| The same to-day that II was when Paul landed on
the shore of Macedonia. To take this discouraged
man, whose family has been wretched, whose
| children have been frightened when he came
| aud TO give 10 him the courage of a Son OF God,
| to show to him that the past Is forgiven. "Who
| cares for the past? God forgets it, DO you for
get itY'