New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-23
PULPIT THOU cFTS.
EXTRACTS FROM YESTERDAY SIMMONS.
TIE SILENCE OF JESUS

conditioned nv their disposition toward Himself ana by
,her general moral character This explains HIS silence
q, oianhas TO IIerod and 70 Plate lie knew now 10
90, ON His own precept "Cast not your pearls Oerofe
,rinc" So lie answered some and others lie retuseo
toaDswer In like the Scriptures are siient 10
80 and f,ll of heavenly wisdom for others That which
anan viii get out of the Bible depends on what he
brings 10 the Bible Thecye can see emily what IL brings
i,h If the mower OF seeing The Influences which Keep
- IRON, seeing what tie Blle contains or make 1t ST.
49,. - ,bon, are the that kept Jesus from answer
80, C,,apbas Ierod and PLATE. Prejudice, whatever
=, a., sonrce gets nothing out OF the Scriptures IL you
hrpo full pitcher to spring you can get nothihg
fr,,n that spring. not surprised when such man
,s I,bn stuart Mill speaks Of the Gospel as poor
srnG" When we remember that he came to 1t full OF
Intellectual prejudice and philosophic conoeit we uh'
oorstard vhy the Gospel silent to him. Habitual
Indulgence in sin will also prevent us from getting any
answer 10 oar inquiries from Scripture Hardened SIN
crs lind nothing good In the Bibe because their moral
.onse Is so hardened that they do not know good wheh
1bev seeu The Herods OF to-day get no answer from
Cbrist When YOU want an answer from the telephone,
vou not only put your ear the instrument but you
also say to those about you, Hush want TO near
II YOU would hear Christ you must say hush 10 tne
murmurngs OF sin. The influence OF sceptlclsn makes
the scriptures silent PLATE did not believe there was
any truth and If there 1t could not be known lie
heonced 70 the school OF the elder Plny, who said,
There ia no certainty except that nothing is certain
DO wonder that philosophers VINO haVs auoP b
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must first believe that truth is and then Chfist VIII Ve
them what II is.
FEATURES OF THE SUNDAY QUESTION.
The Rev. Joseph X. Mason in the Church OF Our Saw
onr The Fourth Commandment prohibits the doing OF
serye work on Sabbath But the Pharisees through
many centuries. had heaped up comments on this COM
mandment to a ridiculous extent In Christs time the
Pariees were claiming the same authority for the COM
ments as for the commandments. To gather Win Tue
hand was kind of mo wing reapng, and therefore
violation of the Sabbath The letter kleth. The COM
mandment is arbitrary law. Mans necessities
should not be made to bend to it, 1t was given as
blessing to man. Some assert that the Fourth Command
ment IS abrogaed But Christ did abrogate the Sab
bath The sabbath is of divine origin given to man, not
arbitrary reasons but 10 minister to MS needs mere
ccuhrmatlons on every side that man needs physc
rest at certain intervals. There was large mduuIdct
urug establishment where the employees worked seven
days in the week receiving double pay on the sabbath
Eut the plan had 70 be abandoned, so greatly dd the
workuen suffer in health and morals An eminent arust
hos SAID mat ms fellow artists VINO work on sunday do
neither much gOoi work rs those who rest on
snLcr we ind proofs of mans need Of certain intervals
OF rest Tue great mass of are laborers who are
Obliged TO way very early aud 10 come back le too
cessation from labor they comforts and pleasures
Of home and domestic affection tends TO become weak
tie sabbath day in which he may come into The pres
Of the Almighty Father IN sons ~ prayer III rsI
creual worship How shall me saDbath De 3o5erveu!
Some as Dr. Howard Crosby, take the ground That II
should be wholly devoted To religious purposes ON
the FrcethlhkcfS WISH 10 laNc IL AoIu'l, w ~
troiuce the Continental sunday. But extreme post
cround. Man surely needs physical rest. Anything
which conflicts with this Is Railroads, Tor cN-
ply 10 e v WI no ought To rest There il nothing
iutrinstally wrong IN the Sunday newspaper II has
come 10 stJy. Hence, instead OF denouncns H. trru II
raise It's standard so it will De In harmony with tho day
Instead of wspauer gossip let II be led with seicc
s,oc. rG %. Siy bogTphc and R.rorc matter
God sanciued the Sabbath day. II is 70 De given pre-
Cod and the thought Of God, 20 develop aI that is
grand and good aud noble IN Us Whatever heGp' US
from places OF worship, or from turning cur thoughts TO
God. that is a violation Of the day
AFFECTIONS BRIGHTTENED By TIE GOSPEL.
The Rev. Dr. Henry J. Van Dyke jr. Of the Brick Pres
byterian Church: When Andrew was converted he
went TO the he loved better than any other IN the
world and told him that he had found Christ. However
great the work that lac was ferWard Permitted to a"
he never forgot that this the best work he ever ana
Do Won suppose Peter ever forgot liz While memory
and gratitude and love endured hc remembered ana
blessed the brothers face and me "oIds uIaI
led INN the Savior There IS something more np0I-
tant Than the test OF Andrew hdcIily II j. Wihr''
coil IN which Tie seed Of the Gospel is sown Is nothing
else than the human heart. Christ came rot 10 suppe-.
human affections, but to brighten them They are root
cd in the deeper and stronger paris OF our nature "he
he'll earth. The first crime was ea!nst natural lec-
ton There arc two races that tnhd9it the world ne
cOdbOOded and The warm hlOOded all things that are
good belong TO the warm-blooded Tic great decay OF
tbe chnrc6 TODAY is 10 be found in the decline Of family
religion. The first duty of every disciple OF Christ u To-
those nearest and dearest 70 him. The strongest ana
sacred influence that God uses 70 bring souls into
the kingdom Is That OF personal affection
THE SOUL OF THANKSGIVING.
The Rev. Robert Collyer: II was the custom
forefathers to make preparation Of heart for
Thanksgiving as well as Of bask You could hear the
note Of preparation sounded forth from their pulpts.
You could hear this heart preparation IN the hymns The
good mothers Of New England used TO sing they went
The old fathers struck this truth: Heart and body
must both osether keep iae feast with the L2ri H. IT rs
things work together for good TO them that love tho
Lord that If in darkness when the usts have rolled
stood how that from one standpoint different view Is
given that can DE seen from another nov that magic
dome from ore arch appears dsorlerly mass. from
another may SO appear as TO have order symmetry aud
beauty mat WIDOW VINO uid not always Know whether
Der Goals would be equal 10 the cold that her meal
and oil would last had :ah to obey the injunction: Ia
everything give thanks, allouSh no Ellah was by 10
bless meal and oil thai they waste not away. Bat
IN contrast with our worthy New England
ancestry ought 70 nave Two hundred ana ie"
sons for Thanksgiving more than they We ought at least
s!nnG o eH1 shtsnf i SefH "a and Inc ni6or Of
their persecution behind them. We have peace and
plenty from the Ice crops OF Maine TO the cotton crops
Of the Carolnds there union and harmony. peace
ana plenty. ne must imagine that other Is
better off than we ourselves hut al Is HshJ mat seems
most wrong If IT Sc ms the VIII OF Cod
TOPICS DISCUSSED IN OTHER CHURCHES.
In st. stepEcn's Roman Catholic Church in East
Twentyeighth-st the Rev. James }. Curran preached
IN absence Of the pastor Dr. McGlynn. The fcrmon
Gospel FOR the day regarding the last Judg-
Bishop john Moore, Of ST. Augustine, RIA, re-
Gently returned from Rome, pOhthcdJcd AT INC ChucI
of 81 Benedict the Moor cOUredI IN Blecckcrst and
The Uses OF AGiictions@ and Elijah we're the
topics discussed by the Rev. Carlos Martyr, IN the
BlOOmingdale Reformed Church.
The Rev. DR.. o. II. Tiffany. IN the Madison Avenue
Methodist Episcopal Church, spoke on d" WOr.hp" from
John iv % " But the hour cumeth, and now Is, when
the true worshippcrs shall worship the Father IN spirit
and TRUTH for the Father sceketh such to worship
Him"
Gods saving Might and Power" was The theme OF
the Rev DR.. W. T. Watkins IN the Church OF tho Hoy
Trinity, based Isaiah il. 9: Awake. awake, put on
thy strength, arm OF the Lord awake. as III tic
ancient days
The Rev A. Woodruff Halsey spoke OF The Human
Temper and BalaaIn and the Beast In the Spring
Street Presby terrain Church.
Dcmsrest OF Gettysburg preached Oh The subject
Jacobs Ladder"