New-York tribune., 1882-03-06
CARING ONLY FOR THE LIFE THAT NOW Is

Btsaop Perry IN ST. Georges Church CEptscOpaE
Bishop Perry, of Iowa, preached at st.
Georges Church stuyvesant Square last evening The
Bishop is man Of middle age aud medium height His
enuncaton is rapid but distinct and he speaks with
earnestness and animation. The from st
John vi 67 6s "Then said Jesus the twelve, VIII.
re also 20 awayi Then Simon Peter answered Him.
Lord, 10 whom shall go Thou hast the words OF
eternal fe" The sermon was, in substance, follows
We living in age Of intellectual well physi-
cal activity. The moral and spiritual. well the
political worlds about u.s. bristling with antagonism
Numerous and powerful engines at work every
side for evil for good. Error and truth, light and
darkness fighting the old battle begun in Eden and
end only when time itself shall be The old foes
may faces the old names give place to new
but the struggle is the The issues unchanged
and In these latter Gays Of ours have to meet In fresh
array the controversies and assaults OF all past times
The Church Of the living God which has the promise of
the Lord that the gates Of he'll shall not prevail against
IT, is like beleaguered city against whose towers and
buwarks the assault is made on every side.
on the hand the attack Inust be met and the de-
fence maintained against the gods many aud lords
many OF the dOlater," and the proclamation of old,
Hear, o Israel the Lord thy God is God" must
be the raytng cry Of the missionary champion Of the
On the other hand there must be the
ever-changng phases OF soulless scepuca philosophy
which, in form another s widely difused
throughout the world Of culture and of thought forcing
taking captive many of whom high and holy hopes had
been entertained
And still again the battle RACES against old and worn
out supersttiOns, newly marshaled against Gods sim
pie, changeess truth And more widely dhlIsed than
other 6gODism arTayed in opposition 70 the faith
Christ that calm Indifference TO the words of eternal
life. What widely felt, hardly oveTcomei Caring
only for the life that s hearing not the teachings
promises OF life that Is to come rejecting not as tho
time slips by, OF impending eternity the indifferent
little dream that In thor engrossment In earthli
ness their forgetfuness Of mans trer higher spiritual
Nfe fl9yD We inV Of
hosts so the old truth and the old error which have
struggled since the dawn Of time. tire not with the con
fict
In midst Of this conflict shall there creep into the
Church Of weariness Of the fight faintheared
ness in uphOlding that truth which can alone
dead IN trespasses and sin No The field OF battle is
place for the lowering OF the standard or the sheath
ing sword And besides there seems TO come To US
tn moments OF supineness In times OF feeble battling
for the truth, the words Of the Master which He adj
dressed 10 His followers when one and another were
faltering IN The faith" wiz ye, also, 80 away = No
Iath remember that the controversies are the
came as have ragged IN the past and out OF which the
Church has been brought In triumph by her Divine
Head; as we remember that for century past fierce
assaults have been made upon the authenticity and
authority 0f the sacred writings, and yet the number
who make the Scriptures their law and guide Is greater
than In any previous age; as remember that for
generation the life and person Of Lord have been the
obects OF every possible form Of assault and yet the
ber who drawn % their upfted Lord their savior
and the God greater far than ever before-surey ours