New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-03
SERMONS WORTH READING.
VIII.
HOW TO EvANGELIzE TIE CITY.
THE REV DR. ENSIGN hCHESNhf' OF III
PAUI5s METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH,
ON "OUR JERUSALEM"

ference j. 10
and ending wednesday, in chichering Hail. to dis
cns tbc nro.cnt condition ~ New York 'lty and the
w,vs ~ bettorlng the rcorle fhe recent sermon
ON the subject by the Rev. Dr. Charles Tarkhufst
was followed last sunday by one prcaohou oy 'no
Key. Dr. Ensign McCh 'snoy the pastor "i IT. fau'
Methodist Episcopal Church. DR. hcChesney tooh TOT
his subject our Jerusalem preaching from me
words " Boginning at Jerusalolh'' h""o N~''' -
lie said I'm substance:
Christianity has a great and unique purPose-ths
moral and spiritual regeneration o. t 'b,s task before
his followers Instructed them 20 begin az JctueaS'n
arous reasons or less Ingenious an
some measure Of truth, have been si'em n pccas
preaching the Gospel OF tho risen hoIu h,st ,,a
Jerusalem would furnish peculiar o1'sn SSuh also
illustrate in special manner The mercy OF h ,1 nower
pei would also reveal in recg ,,t way %pPssem
there I'm the FAC II daism peculiar prep 49,
for the Gospel But after we nave hs arre mi
more simple reason 80 simple that II may easily DC
overlooked, ard yci a. rload and important as any
Jerusalem was city. 1t was the metropolis OF the
ration It was es1 field for G3 Sps Be "rgcs Geld
open directly to the e!forie OF rev born ial'
ro N0w II las large View broad purposes 80
broad that to worldly minds they ma. sen 20,
mantle. But Christianity never paris to thip
who wore hidden 10 preach me bGsItl IN al i''''
were also hidden to bcHn al Jerusalem o n.oa.
ronrbf Of cify rvanceIizaron The risen Lord, soon
ascend lays emphasis upon that subject WHICH Is a.
iects with which Christianity has TO zeal
CITIES HAVE A NATURAL GROWTH
A fact not TO be forgotten when We review
this subject IS that cities not wholly af'ihola
productions but natural grOwths They have ARISEN
not because human nature has stepped OUT OF us
proper path but because human nature mas oesh
obedient to its own impulses. II sin had no'cr en-
cIta mid
But such cities the world has never seen, never VIII
sec till the apocalypc vision Is realized, and that
great olty, the New Jerusalem, las descended from
Cines are a natural part OF that human ne which
Christ came TO redeem The cvll IS nor ihe o on5
foster I'm the cities. Tho history OF the world IS lh
a large measure tho history of cities. Paris Is
France To name certain great cities g 10 hahP
de points around which tie histories OF nations and
the history OF the world have turned
This means that human nature receives us greatest
Qulckenlng and larg ST Development that men become
most powerful under the stimulus ana anna inc ul-
uor'unflee Of CITY life To think feel 20 live. men
need Stimulus As certainly a. iesue. and perhaps more
ihan leisure II IS fact that they often do the least
thinking who have the most time for II. The en-
Joyment of nature IS a mark Of superior mind , 'ut
Who see least Of IT, cities tend 10 human develop
mcnt Accordingly they are centres II Industrial
activity They are centres Of Intellectual life Cen,
religious life Have ! used The right words Ought
not say immoral and irrcllgious ne INC iact
is that the virtues and the vices, eodliness and I'M
goodness grow up side by side; and both reach IN
usual proportions In cities And the broader fact Is
that whatever the life Of the world has been In relation
To morals and ~ yion has centred IN cities and bren
largely controlled by them.
CIVILIZATION AND CITIES.
Another significant fact is that advances Of civil
izaton bring about the multiplication and growth OF
cities Savage lands have cities only IN embryo.
Ancient cities represent ancient civilization These
days Of brightest civilization the days Of largest
cities London the largest city the world has ever
known New-Yorl IS greater than ancient Rome.
Three bundled years ag0 London had a population
about as great as fhe present population of huston.
II was fclt TO be unmanag able. Thousands dled an
Lanes | issued a proclamation against tho erection
of any new buildings within the city. Charles for
babe tho erection of any new buildings within ihrf9
issued similar proclamations; But something took
place ere long which oyerode the iuny barriers %,
royal prCcl ,maton Ad' ances IN me sciencs, anu
arts Increased facilities for production ana translor'a
ton made it possible TO care for millions ns W,ih %,
the century closing cities have grown as never
before ir human history. And they must continue
Our American life is cenirins more and Si moro or in
population dwelling in cities In loeO the ran" Was
Increased to nearly one-foutth In leoO there wore
only six cities I'm the United states with population
more than 6,OOo. The number IN 1850 was 300 We
may Aoralzc upon the fact, we may depecate IT, but
the fact remains.
The oyang,lilng of the world, the Outstanding OF
our country, depends more and more upon making
the population OF our cities Christian.
"oUR JERUSALEM" CONSIDERED.
look at city. Carlyle in his "sarior Resartus
perchcs his hero Herr Teufesdrouch in a lofty tower
overlooking the CITY. lie imsg.nes what he would
see If the veil of mist and darkness and secrecy
Withdrawn. YOnder and yonGcr men arc dying
yondcr Others coming into tie world You'd
are souls praying, separated only BY partition
others cuislag and Disappointing. lo.,,r
men doing deeds OF mercy there are Others Fiii,4
ing, IODbng, numbering The picture tnat tsiiS.
paints, at which ! have only limited, Is terrible
one and terrible because it Is true.
1t IS well ior Us that the VII rests over so mu
that transpics around us. But the ven Is som
AID ponder the things which lie perpctually behind
IT. This Is our Jerusalem. l'r'
claims our first atten ion. Tho first duty Of Chris
tiaiIs in NeNYori Is to do their utmost 10 maize
New-l Ork Christian
This city IS the metropolis OF the western World
believe IT. IS on he road - becoming the metro OILS
dirty ycsls aso, u stood lcla'Ncly a. lar hoflh
as Central Park further north than the southern
boundary Of Central Park Every year population
of 10000 IS added 10 TINS clty ... -, 49, -.
1t IS a city Of vast manufactures a. vel as OF
vast commerce. lis suburbs reach out into neighbOi-
ing States. Men gather wealth els where ard ,ome
here to live and enjoy IT. They come to stay and
The pressure upon thc population on European c"d'l
tries Is constant and Increasing. Immigration !, nor
likely TO diminish nniess we ma ourselves conpriea
is is ais, o' stll in its infancy.
Thi, cy belongs to the nlre eenth century. It,
greatness comes at a time when decisive events are
falling place la tho wOilds history. Whoever teal Is
history . that thcrD are pDlnts ia Tue pain
that humanity IS following where the path turns
and tho race moves forward under in phls
and i'm a new direction. The birth Of Christ T. orc
OF these turning points. The discovery Of a new
world another. Tho Reflmi'i)n o: tie sAt'c1iA
century another The discovery OF steam power
mother We live in the age OF sean. Bw '' -
also tho age of lightning LAST sunday a physician
I'm Vancomvers island consulted wiz. a ply C an
in London. 1t required less than four minutes,
am Informed, to 60. his answers
Wlthal there is gelc end unrest. Th"rv IS
much OF social dscOn. ent, army OF the discon-
tented Our forms OF civilization are Il e Toned
and threatened. The stru, gle betwecn fath ald
unbclief was never more herc than tn, present
moment We are ainly nearing one Of the turning
points In human history.
WORK FOR CHRISTIANS TO DO.
cannot get away fIom tho impression that the
student of history century or two later will see
that IN these closing years OF the nineteenth century