New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-22
PULPIT THOUGHTS.
EXTRACTS FROM Yesterdays sERMosa

THE DANGERS OF NATIONAL PROSPERITY
The Rev. Edward Everett Hale, of Boston
preached yesterday mornngat All Souls Church FOURTH
ave. and TwcntIehst, upon Tho Causes and Damages
ofour National Prosperity" Ito said In parts "a recent
English traveller wrote mo that nothing 10 saw n
America surprised him so much AZ the lurury
he everywhere witnessed There has boon moro veals
created in tho last years than an
Ing tho preceding two hundred and fifty years This s.ns
tho transfer to the many Of what formerly the po.,o
sion OF the few IL means silver teaspoons In ever
Sf Of fSY es. Of o svs aSo Sry and The
than ever dd before IN tho world since 10 was worH
bes craftsman IN NcwYo can to-day il hc il sm mum
ate Our forefathers taught the shecrest nonsenss o
sSe Ss eR1 II sSs S &
ye first the Kingdom Of God and Ills righteousness AMI
nifty will make God their King, and i've By III, law, the,
ssSe " % vod n@. % Ss The
Of now Sy w % ten aa h9Ss day. and %
only eight What will he do with the rest OF his ,ims
spend II qnorsaoon, or at epubc library and ths
surplus wealth Upon the answer to these question:
VIII the National prosperity depend. Conscience faith
but the man stands firm against temptation II yo".
men and women have heard God II they serve linn.
know God, 70 Him and to Owe Him The land !; 20
or fails In the high moral education OF all its people our
ancestors were not ignorant OF this refined English
en world, wrote to Governor Winthrop Il cannot 20
unless there Il some ht school for George IN such
spirit ala John Harvard Lay down half his fortune 10
found university for the Kingdom OF God and His rght
eonsness America dates not from the day when the PHI
grim stepped upon Plymouth Rock, but from the day
when the early settlers laid broad foundations moral
ana religious education"
THE ETERNAL ATONEMEyT
The Rev DR.. Roswell D. Hitchcock at tho Broadvar
Tabernacle take my subject "The Lamb Slain from
the Foundation OF the World" Not election only but
atonement also is an eternal fact Tho sacrifice
vary eternal reality becoming temporal fact.
the relation OF God to evil must be eternal fact Not
that evil Is itself eternal but God always knew It, always
hated it, Volcanic fury inside and forkei lghtnings
outside the clouds are but faint picture OF this wrath
of Cod The beginning OF evil, though, is neoncleyabls
eternal was not created Call the method what YOU
please, evil entered 1t came Knocking for admission
aud somehow Coils shoulder not against the gate
But with the aposasy came the redemption at Tho
bitten ), heel shall crush the biting head We are IN
II Socrates Is In Heaven, believe, he Is there not
ss sd gs s S s6Ssy he
The garden though he knewit not Nor IS evil an IN.
terrible Murief Is always henous; inciastity IN Il.
ways both murder and suicide. God i, mgry sang
Fl ofs are Abioom P our FI Fahe iei md
has ielt + rms agony oyer sin + the Lamb slain from
ofGod ''''''''' ''''3 1'''''''''' - ''' ''''A
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nature human nalgFe ihe p9EI % ne hhMAn voice
p1rseins tie pulpit but friendship and sympathy
would eyayora!e Il we had to communicate entirely
THE PROBLEM OF LIFE AND SOCIETY.
The Rev DR.. Murkand OF Baltimore. at the Brick
Church The thought that Christ Is tho Rodeemer bO.
he Is the Creator, solves many perpexng prob
lens for u.s. Take that problem which obliged to
face the origin OF things It Is question which
can solve Even at the best we can only study phe-
Tho answer that Jesus Christ Is the absolute
fountain Of fe lie WHO speaks to as by thls Gospel
also made the worlds, Yon say this Is theory, ny.
pohesls But what have you to gl ,5 mo but thSo
hypothesis only. The only new life that comes INTO
being to-day IS the new lif2 OF the soul whom a nan
OF fo toward beauty strength and purity then
there is a new life.
CHRISTMAS LESSONS.
The Rev. DR.. Parkhurst preached yesterday morning
70 tho children OF MS congregation from ht tcAl III
Titus H. IA, Who gave himself for us By Of
forcble Illustrations he emphasized the idea OF the VI
carious suerngs OF Christ and applied the principle Of
His love to our giving Of presents at this commemora
ton OF His birth AT the close OF his remarks 10 the e
dren he said that the solution of the problem between
labor and capital must be found in Chrlss idea Of self
sacrificing love. The abOror must to claim that
the world owes him living, for II does not and tho
capitalist must to think himself proprietor, TOT
he Is rot he Is only "a steward Each must learn VI
Christ that self sacrificing love which will lead him to
bear the others burdens.