New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-02-15
HELPING PEOPLE no 4 HIGHER LIFE.
DIFFERENT CLASSES THAT MUST BE APPEALED TO
1.asL,LL,SIaS WITH GOD

DIFFERENT CLASSES THAT MUST BE APPEALED TO -
Personal COMMUNION WITH GOD.
At the Church of the Messiah, Brooklyn, the
Dr. Edward Hale. of Boston, preached yesterday
morning from Luke XII, l: Teach us TO pray
ain asking how people are to be encouraged TO
higher life, nd said the preacher, that they may
roughly graded belonging to one OF three Glasses
l. There are men and women purely selfish and inter
ested in the affairs of to-day or tomorrow To dine wei
to WE'LL the better OF their neghbors to On
Joy the utmost out Of and rain and wind and earth
these are all the objects Of their lives We should nnd
another class not given this personal seshness who
really and resolve to help other people, willing
perhaps to be helped by them in That is rcoog
nize society necessary element in life The nrstman
would do very we'll Robinson Crusoe's Island II
you gave him enough yams and bananas and oranges
and cocoauus aud kids and goats The second is not
satisfied with lonely life, and all these things no matter
how many or how good, not enough for him. lie
be with other men, TO give and take to lend ana
borrow. 3. Yet another class, is not salls-
fed with this society OF men, "helo
did these and women come from anu
where are they going Where did come from ana
where am 1 going} Such questions they try for
answers. Am alone in the word, as Robinson Crusoc
was on his island-or this Power conscious ROVER
which gets the athrobbing and the world a-movhg
which makes expand makes clouds gather makes
rain falll Have friend in the Power that rules tue
universe Or do know nothing OF Him, ana docs lie
know nothing of me Such and women,not sd'sHou
with the power OF mind and heart which they nave To-
day. try to form alliances with the Power outside them
selves; the Power which seems infinite, which makes
for Righteousness snail their power tomorrow NC
greater than o-day's. Clearly enough IN trying 10 lt
people TO higher lfe we must teach dlherent icss0s
according they in one or another OF thcsc Ie
classes Ii the preacheraione who recognizes ines
distinctions. Preacher novelist editOr-eVerbou} VINO
deals with others, and who 10 trying TO conN lhce 70
teach inspire runs into the same dlhcuy Inc move
which is read by one set OF readers III rhpt anu ]
dali ls m
which deli ch readers seems TO the lhruiO"ean
and in every sense unprincipled -, 49,. -,
the last ton years there mas peen an
effort made by certain OF second class to snow hat
they do theiI duty by each other. lie VIII Dc Iu hu
strong II they do not seek God. ana II they 90 hot
lind Imeyen II they, do nOOOkfOr Heaven or 80 hueh
as hope it, As AOOl Ben Adhem sael III ile poeIh
You may write1ne one who loves his felOwInhn.
So the ethical school tries to be satisfied WIN uuy
That man, able and willing 10 do his duty TO MS Ieon
men, and yet far eager for the secret Oh nhIo
life, may fairly be taken Us Tue Typo .o 81 in
with law OF daily practice only. Inc
dramatic force and intense Lesson OF Paus ne caho
from contrast between that early ethical me Mneh
he WAS trying to do something rightly and his after re-
igous life when had his being In God and with Tue
power OF the Holy Spirit dealing with things spl
ualy d.cerncd Man wants Infinite power Oehinu Hhe
resolution He wants TO enter eternal HE as tue SVrhs
gentleman Edom said 10 Jesus. and he cries out
Hell Shall | had Him, aud how am ! 10 gam ne
strength help me In my endeavor fuDlc WoIsnp
meant precisely for TINS purpose" Lncs anJ one time
when with other people VINO want EOu neIp' no :,
ask for It and listen II his Father has anything 10
say o him. Whatever our habit elsewhere mere ~cu2
TO tell Him some OF our trouble, our needs ouI nop's
Not that not to seek God elsewhere or nnu hm
elsewhere. What the CAuch ASKS IL thaI ou WI. To-,
aIlv try the experiment FOR one day, one year, Ot
for every day every year Talk rs "a ilehu Win te
power which makes for righteousness As sure as 'Ilo
existence OF that Power is IL that you Will nave reply
Il comes a thousand ways not as you asked H. per
haps not as you expected but All the same IL comes