New-York tribune., 1885-02-09
PULPIT THOUGHTS.
EXTRACTS FROM YESTERDAYS SERMONS.
CHRIsTrANIzINa THE LOWER CLAssKs.


Since then, and mainly through the influence OF Cnr1
anty, there has arisen middle class standing between
the very rich and the miseraby poor and welding 'no
greatest influence In national affairs. This Glass nov
takes the lead In all religious matters While tnoso
constituted the bulk Of Christians STAND naiiy
side the church. And yet the the Gospei
as much as ever There is other power which can AP
them from the degradation and temptation 70 WHICH '
are exposed The air Is full OF breathing
and threats Of dynamite and the only SAFETY OF c'
ton is to Chrisanize the lower classes 1t Is truo INV
much is being done In this direction. Inc gro"' %
Protestant churches in NewYork City has more tian
kept pace with the growth Of population In hosP'a,
asylums and all measures OF practical philanthropy ,H
Gospel is being spendidly preached Let US sNo
all honor and sympathy to those who are
doing this Nevertheless, there is much yet 70
be DONE In population OF over ooVooo
Proestants there arc many whom the Gospel hVss
people and only Protestant church. German @ ono
We have three classes OF churches-the very ch ohv %
forming line that along the backbone OF tue NV,
the poorer which noed occasional lift from ther
richer sister but able with that to live on ana 90 i
dependent work, and the mission churches whoI nn'e
be wholly supported by others This last class is doing
good and necessary work The cry sometimes r,se ,
that tends pauperiZe the poor still moro II te
Gospel Ia gwen 10 them without cost but this Is nhor
thoroughly tested and found effective and IL shoud re
ceive the hearty support OF the church ana I'LL i' oA
bers. ,.
The Rev Dr. John Paxton In nature there is no such
thing equality and what true of stars and trees anu
plants is incontestaby true of men-they "diher IN
glory" Paul and Felix start akein the cradle they
are little more than amorphous fesh-but the former
when developed aud dominated by great idea, thongh
n prisoner, makes the latter tremble The New-Enganu
parsonage with its air OF spiritual refinement must pro
duce type OF character radically different from that OF
the BaNters sums Such inequalities are not one wt
courts we the meshes OF the net OF justice carefully
enfod the mnnows but allow the sharks TO escape ana
Tina is "a wi
vineyard shall be without modern Illustration; WINS
the craving for equality Is lnsataDle. its t
society will always be divided into borrowers and lend
ors and that TO reconstruct 1t upon his principles Wouu
REQUIRE nothing short Of a reconstruction or human
nature The ideal republic will remain tction until
Chrstborn type OF men make the Golden Rue an aotul
guide of conduct. Chrst understood these human me
qualities and provided for them. In His kingdom per
lection is a relative. not fixed quantity
THE RIGHT METHOD OF EDUCATION.
The Rev. Dr. Parkhurst The foundations Of all success
and must be laid n many years OF study aud
thought tree grows ong time before 1t bears fruit
II IS no accident that Moses spent forty studous years
In Egypt-forty thoughtful years IN the desert y III MN
self T the fOrty HborOu years leader of the Israel.
ties Eleven ounces OF preparation will not produce
pound " Success This training should nave no Iecg-
enc 10 fuur work BOYS know too early what their
eupation will DC and this leads TO acramped narrow cdu
cation such specific training FOR specific occupation
is a very bad ng The preacher would succeed bottsr
II he knew move OF law. The same is
true Of the lawyer, artist AMI merchant But thouGAt
must 20 with this training Young should not be IN
such hurry to get irto work There must De time In
whch The man Win his powers aud the world with It,
need look each other IN the eve til they understand eaeh
CHRISTIANITY AND AMCsEMENTs.
The Rev. Q. H. Eaton: The question Of the an
tagonism between amuscmcnts and Christianity IS ox-
plaiued-y cous lcratlon OF the true relation between
amu,cmeuts and life. Christianity that amise-
mcnts not Tie end ID. A.e hut M best only means
% an end The man who gives himself MP TO pleasure
viii soon find his pleasures pail What are our hands
for Il uo' for work We are not Parasites. Ihs,e i
We decide that made for some good work, then
fa into tuer proper place In these days ot
muscle worked 10 the utmost man must give himself
up occasionally To rest aad recreation lint recreation
our amusement. VIII help. not hinder g. Amusrmcu's
that unhealthfn that excessive are uucrstiaR
and wrong. II your recreation helps Il Is right
THE TRUE SOURCE or AFFLICTION.
Tho Rev. Wilbur H. Crafts: The real source OF our
ancilons n the world il our vices old legend
the 'Mountain OF Misery" where all NOR were per-
mftoI 10 cast down their own burdens and take in "lr
no cast upon That heap o niseIy any oi s vice
Because 81 retaining these tie now burdens were even
heavy than the former oncs ani each was glad 10
return 10 his own ahi,tloh'. AIAIeuohs ar "H,h H
borne with true Christian spiil source oi good -
life OF Paul While he ia prison BE- wrute h- best
epstics, which have been and Will DO Tcid uy millions
A mere handful of people and VIZ should have had only
the tradition Uf his teaching IL our wees rom Wch
NOuN seek 10 lltt pAlfflFAH Il w h"AsA "' A4NS
from Affections.
CAUSE AND CURE or SOCIALISM
The Rev. B. +. d, Costa: In the mere word Socialism
have the suggestion of socalily brotherhood but ~
meaning We have the disruption Of society There are
o kinda Of socialism Christian and uuchrihian False
CATION of unprnclped uuitlcs Most ot Ms are re'poh'
bIr for the causes of socialism. Ilagglug between
part Of the employer with the shrtmnkcr. MOI about AK
hence but about three cents! When the agator says
beeause the do not rise against upEcfrh ol
pre,sous they cowaly he fOrgct~ that the grtatc-
courage often lies IN paiienyains TIE Christian poor
are not'dangcrous; IT Is the rrcDus poor who are Not
poverty or oppression alone render socialism
Vice. How can It bo curcdi some tel ~
to get rid OF poverty. divide The l4nd establish cOope
ton and trades unions, limit the amount Of individual
robbery by law. How then can We prevent man fIon
earning NOR than aiied amount Of M, money tGe
wheel Of Industry. To declare there should De no NM
Look al the millions George Peabody turned toward the
poorthc LcnoA Library and ne hospital nara ny; 7Lola
ihc.e have been limit 10 his accumuliionf The cure
OF Socialism O.. In Christianity. Socialism can only eAlst
where society has suffered moral decay.
MIR. NGEEsoIL CEEsUEED.
The Rev. Dewitt G. Talmago: christianity has risen
as the sun Of our time and have tried by the upro
ing Of the yapors OF sceptcism and the smoke OF
biasrhemy to turn the into darkness. The same
conditions that apply 10 the physical earth were the sun
removed would apply 10 the moral world the sun
Of Christianity turned into darkucss There arc people
who Will gather TO hear Christianity caricaturcd e. near
Christ assacd l. there no such thing as bdsphciny
II there be, Is there nO law against II Those are ire
ndOus questions which AK the legal fraternity thc
Judges of the courts of brooklyn and through them, the
Legislature OF the state. Now say let the law against
basphcmy be erased from the statute book or let IL DE
executed. believe In free speech well as religious
freedom; in free driven horses but right to over
other people; free use OF gunpowder but no right To
destroy other people, In free speech but no freedom or
obscene false speech and blnsphemy freedom to 40
right according 10 the law not to do wrong against the
law Oh, IL would have been the grlndcst freedom Oh
sueech In Brooklyn last Sunday night, II my friend thr
chef of police, had the stage put his mana
the shoulder OF the blasphemous lecturer and Lad
said the of the law In the name Of the honor or
Brooklyn this infamy must stop here and now.
JARRING BRIDGE CIR PASSENGERS.