New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-19
PULPIT THOUGHTS.
ABSTRACTS OF YESTERDAYS SERMONS.
occup,,,oN. MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE.

shallOwneSS tnat so many young man "tO Va
the mind certain select pursuits are synonymous
18th res1,ectalty and dignity Thousands Of them are
oil around us who would rather be lawyers or BANKERS OF
brokers importers and he making bad thing out OF II
twelve months out of the year. than to be doing some
ouie snug little business that they understand 10 INC
comfort of their families the advantage of their friends
the relief OF their cOnscienccs, the wehoeins
~ their souls and the glory Of God. When
connie come TO me to be married, in filing out the pA
thereis always question that am required 10 Pu "
the groom "Whs Is your occupation 7" Unless nc hno"
what is coming. and Is prepared for It, the hcn'
turbation which the question often Induces esi'
the bride is with him. is unique that u "ou e.
ing were II not so silly a. to he distressing anu ~
bride and her parents are probably i,i'e go, 49,,
blame for 1t rs anybody. IL is the Ioli' u W 80,
man wins responsibility from the Woth NJ ", rI9
dignity and character from the nomenclature VI u,
nation The son of God n carpenter anu ho" WV"
a. ~ ,o, r,otbers there I'm this congregation VINO
volld not delnur the idea or inari!lhs 'no "ue
ters to man who worked AT uho e'nio u'u0
that the Lord Jesus Christ did; ana no mat
tor how leyelheaded, stronglimbcd ana pure
har,cd the suor might be, how tense and sincere
the bonds of mutual affection by which the young hNes
are already bound 1t is this consideration ana one OF
two others that silly and hollow, that explains
great deal OF current domestic inelcity and conugal
inadelity and that with such appalling frequency Is
making the divorce the close and convenient Sc
ouepce OF the nupta banquet One of the best ways of
Hging divorce explode these silly notions that are
airnnst sure 10 i'm divorce.
There is just as much place in the world, everywhere,
in the professions in the trades IN inc Hrs n ~
ness never 20 begging. Why to make personal uuSti't
ton of it: If had hundred times my pey, hundred
times my education, hundred times my physical energy
there is enough TO be done rght mere TO keep Ihe
whole of il under harness wentyour hours of every day
Thcrc lesson that fromthe quiet aud I'M
eventfu years which Jesus spent in Nazareth that ap
peals with particular force to MS VINO I'VE III inese push
Ing tines and in such nervous distracted city as New
York life of robust activity IKE broad anu toSciie
cathedral depends on great depths OF VOTE
Every little while we hear Of some man among US whose
character broken down, who could not sustain the
wIenchngs of uerciicss temptations The true e&pha-
ton such in the large majority OF instances Is
had been none 6nt up And Now-York with its dssipq
lions, its distractions, its upheav9is Is about as Wen
stockings OF Vosuvus Oversread lis volcanic cone
with soil that shall grow roses, as Niagara is to deposit
az the foot OF It's falls stratum for the nomishmen OF
white clover We find that the great wOrknen OF history
came they could stand up in fearless strength fling back
the challenge in the teeth OF the world and steal muscle
from the tornadO-Moses forty years by H0reb; EIQah
clustered among the rocks OF Giead the Baptist IN the
path; Luther in the convent at Erfrth AID the son OF
God thirty years in gentle Nazareth And so, dear
brought up in this city OF perpetual earthquake and
catacysm, yet least cherish them in the warm covert
OF a still and nourlshiDg home
PRACTICAL, EVERYDAY RELIGION
"Chrss wODls' SO let your light shine before mcn,
that they may your good works, and gorify your
Father which is in heaven have usually been inter
plcied as a command to Christian example" said Mr.
Becchcr but than this, they contain profound
philosophy. which involves the very substance Of Chris
tiaity Light is a rcveaer astimulator; a chemist
a leader; an artist How fit an emblem OF the human
sou The way lift soul mp to God to put another
scul under it. That view Of religion which makes
II exclusively a sOul-savhg process is the mean
est ever put fortthe quintesscnce OF selfshncSS. We
ask ourselves that may he strong for others Freely
We have received freely give. We help others in
many ways. That is the best help, which makes nobler
men. Often theology has presented God and duty in
form repusve mans moral TO the theoOSan
Is a mark of deDraNltV and eIuity
toward God True Christianity presents religion
arouse n every at least usefulness toward it,
Christike life ordinarily the most powerful influence
il the moral world The printed Gospel Is like printed
music Though you have many Bibles you may have
religion In the order Of Christian development,
pentanee rt then the long and silent Of
soaLbuding. Some people think man Is not Chris
unless In the regulation Cornelius, the Pagan
found the fold The slave educated by cdlelght
therefore less a scholar than the graduate Of High
School Yet ways more proPitious than others
There is a low, uneducated state Of mind; higher
receptive state; still higher that Of exaation when all
Others in .feryent spirit Is he an artist who owns
canvas, paint and brushes, and paints Is he
services and presents in his fife no potra whose power
tbe world may feel3 How sneaking thai man viii cel
wben before the heroes in the other Life, he rccps the
gate on his belly, fire after hml Away with mean, Wi
gar calculating Christianity. As the housewife stirs up
and covers the fire to keep for the night
Christians break up their piey to keep IN tne revival
who say they pray and trust in God yet
poets that they Christians. OtAcrS lOOk Ike box OF
candles very regular in their pews, but luminous;
they thousand times better the Sabbath than in
light shine in season and out Of season."
THE OLD DIsPENSATION AND THE NEW.
The Rev. Dr. John Hall took jeremiah XXI. 3, and
lid Timothy t. g. his text, showing how the New
Testament only developed fully the Thought Of the
Old. He said in substance " There PERSONAL
ties-the ia God to be thought of and represented
person. not a vague something. power not gravity
is power, culture public opinion, patriotism
powers, but TO which pray and look for
fort and leadership To speak Of this power a
'stream of tendency Is only indefinite since
stream must begin somewhere and end somewhere and
besides such a notion tends TO Panthesm. This docs
away with creation and Creator, and has many
shades and varieties as there are denominations in
the Church The second personality represent
We His ofspring whether in old Israel or in
the Christian Church. These personalities are sepa
rated from another. Not In time, space, rank
or station 1t is moral separation. We children
God in the same sense that the fallen angels or the beasts
OF the field, created by Him. BY nature children
OF wrath. We must be made His children by adoption.
How then is this chasm be idged overt Man in his
ignorance is seeking be recOncied No race is
found without religion though may Ike the blind
feeling for the solid ground Blindness cannot give
ing Kindness have drawn thee
They say the books Of the Old Testament legends
To Chrst's Endorsement they assume that lie good
man. not a deity, and hence allble To Pauls PROOF Of
facts Yes, Paul strong man, but justification by
faith was his hobby We not Pauline; 20 for
JOhannianisInf cod is Ooe.' But John gives other
attributes God besides love Then will take what
like and leave the rest This is advanced theology.
But legends how did those Of desiscd people survive
when those OF Babylon and Assyra pcTisledf They he
In civilization OF to-day. Has Evolution superseded
Revelation when s adherents thousand to
million Men say that religion IS good In the abstract,
IN theory but that IN practice III business cannot
live 20 It's precepts and succeed They laugh away
Christ reCluse, hermit but among men,
intensely social with power weep and feel
He not only broke the law, but submitted to the
consequences To those whose substitute he Men
lepum mn -lp al
Constance thought his conduct assured him his life
Chrsts death To lIn unIOOkedfOr development
human badness else what those scenes OF agony