New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-02
A LIFE THAT IS NOT WORTH LYING
MR., AIrKEYs SERMON TO BUSINESS MEN

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HIS SECOND ADDRESS LISTENED TO by AN IN.
CREASED AuDIENcE-oTHEG MISSION WORK.
Old Trinity was filed TO OVERLOOKING again at noon
yesterday with big capitalists, little capitalists
would-be capitalists, men who had been capitalists
brokers' clerks, bankers clerks and fair sprnkIing
Of men engaged IN miscellaneous pursuits They had
all come to get another lesson from the Rev. W. Hay
Aitken on the great problem of life Wall Stree.
looked rather deserted Those that had attended the
service Monday came again yesterday bringing
their friends with Them so that every seat was flied
many stood up and Others found accommodation within
the chuncel ratings Mr.. Aitken chose for his thems
" life that is not worth living" Here are some Of
the things that he said
In NV previous sermon | reached The conelusio,
that from the point of view OF the materalist life
not worth living for large majority of mankind Bat
Won say that il is different with Who lead t0lerah
comfortable lives Let us see. The more maltipy
the amenities of civilization and surround Ourselye,
wi b all sorts of qualifications and pleasures in one
the better do we make orr los. for the ,
reason that becomes all the harder to part with thess
things just in far as man energies from the savage
condition and becomes by culture and education
capable of enjoying life to that extent the cruel disap
pOintment of life becomes more lnsuperable. Not long
ago a promising young student al ONiur1 University
committed suicide. He wrote n statement sometime
TO this effect: have had varied experiences hsys
worked hard. l have undergone a great deal Of
trouble. have come to the conclusion That the game
is not worth the candle. ! believe that have only a
material organism and that the sooner am dissolved
ntu my constituent elements the better. am not in
sane L simply of the opinion that life Is not worth
living" You will find that suicides abound in ration.
aistic Germany the country which Of all Others ha,
thrown Oft faith in Christ
The moment i believe in the Hereafter, flood OF
lipht il LET in upon life. see not the solution but
way toward that solution. am being prepared for a
higher state of existence. / learn therefore to look
upon this world as sehool-day world Heaven Is
condition That man already begins to live IN Heaven
who knows the power of the world to come. 1t Is
to talk of Heaven of green fields and shady palms
Away with such childish prattle Heaven is the
summation Of earth, the harvest OF the seed that We
SOW: Heaven is tie acquisition OF that which we are
now toiling for The life of the man who believes in
the world bat does not live Tor II Is not worth
living He gets no present benefit from the world to
come II only imposes on him certain tedious duties.
A prominent legislator in England, an infdel,
once asked why he did not go to church lie replied,
frankly Because should think it silly" But when
man believes in hereafter without deriving any benefit
from it, he feels himself constrained to hire Pew a9d
listen to the preaching OF some QUIZ Darsoa when 10
would rather be DONG something else
When is a life not worth living reply when the
proper aspirations OF your manhood are disappointed
scous of certain inward desires but you don't do 1t
justice Is there not yearning for peace which the
world cannot give and canuOt take away Have you
come 10 the conclusion that these aspirations are only
a source Of torment instead of a gratileationi IL
to that life OF continuous moral dlssppont-
ment is not life worth living. Again. II seems &c me
that life is worth living when instead OF being used
for the benefit of kind ITS influence is cast IN tho
wrong scale the side of evil instead Of good. Is
Judas Iscariot the only man Of whom 1t can be rlly
said: 1t we're better him that he had never been
born r. What ii instead OF improving. your Iusts pol
lutte the minds OF those with whom you assOciatet
What il your hand shOves down into the lowest deph.
of yradation those miserable oItcass whom would
be the glory Of your manhood TO upiit and save Is
it a lite worth living Will it not find you hell IN
stead OF a Heaven
Mr. Aiken will preach a sermon for business men at
the same hOar each day this week at TRINITY CAuIeh
nis subject on Saturday will he Purity"
Where does Mr.. Aitkcn preach uptown :, asked
white haired broker of the Rev w. = RaDsiOrd
" hen the sermon finished. 81 want my vile 10
hear him
At my church-St Georges. in Stuyvesant SQUIRE
at o o'clock in the morning and IN the evening"
Doubles, he brokers wife and many other brokers'
wives and daughters went to hear him sst night and
helped to sWe the throng which filed 81 Georges.
In all the churches which engaged IN the Advent
Mission work there were tour and etimes five SER
vice, Yesterday. The tendance good especially
in the evening. Many Of the churches had special
services Tor women alone in the afternoon At tia
Church Of the Heavenly Rest the Rev. DR.. Francis
Pigeons torciDle oratory appreciated by largo
/ audience pr Pigon j. from Halifax, England. An
/ other Enq-hman experienced in mission work. tie
! Rev T. WaipOle Warren, OF London, interested large
| congregation.
/ ILe meetings at Calvary Church. where Bishops
Tuttle and Elliott are the missiOners and at Calvary
/ Clapcl were well attended.
At the Church of the Reconciliation meeting fog
women was held at 1870 a. H., and viii be continued
/ AZ that hour throughout the week. The Rev. Mr..
Rainsford said that the Advent Mission had thus lar
/ been successful beyond his expectations.