New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-06
SERMONS WORTH READING.
xxx.
TAKING THE KERNEL FROM THE HUsKs
THE REV. DIR. coLLYER, THE PASTOR OF THE
CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH, GIVES HIS
IMPRESSIONS OF THE RECENT


CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH, GIVES HIS
IMPRESSIONS OF THE RECENT
CELEBRATION
Tho blacksmith preacher" the Rev. DIR. Robert
Colyer IS commonly called, has been pastor VI the
Church OF the Messiah since 1879 10 received 49,
name from the fact that he spent twelve years wheo
a young man at the forge and anvil. He was bOrn
December 8, 1923, at Kelghley, England. In ls47
he was converted to Methodlsm, and became local
preacher. In 1850 he emlgrated TO America, aud in
1850 came out a Unitarian. He became the pastor
OF the Second Unitarian Society Of Chicago apd there
remained until be accepted tho call TO the Church
OF tho Messiah In this city. His text Yesterday
morning was, What Is the chad 10 the wheat saith
the Lord" jeremiah KILL %. He said IN substance:
l presume we are all OF mind about the centen-
NAL celebration held in our city Just now ina IntIe
has been sight imposing or pregnant WIN hogio
and hnd the kernel since Hendrix Hudson, floating
up with the tide from COney Island, came 10 sCuor
as he SAYS, and saw Manhattan bathed in the
shine Of that fair and hot August afternoon, almost
go years ago and skrtlng her shores next morning
Is fair a land as can be trodden by the FOOT Oh
This was my own feeling as 1 walked through our
streets and squares about them rather, catchlhS
5fss R S sS S S's H saRds IN
either side, aid listening to the cheei1u taIk
some al brown ',rsrc taIiug note of their thorough
which t6one n ~, a. SER eyes who had gathered to-
gether IN his who stands D.Shes md farHst stu
In tho annals and the heart Of the AuoCcan Republic
tho man who has passed through the ordeal now OF
the hundred years since he became our first President
and stands still clothed in white and worthy our ut
most reverence our own Saint George, as said on
tho Sunday nearest his birthday. IL seemed as
stood AMONG my fSllow-cluzcns watching aud listen
Ing that were all Of his presence sun among
woman ran cod as II each had touched his hand and
lpOk Is As |
ton IN he good common heart so sweet and reVerent
after The clear hundred years the anccm church has
set down as the brfefest term she will hear Of for the
sealing u her saints and glanced across me cl
from window IN our home The %GndeT I0ncheu me no
them. For ! noticed how she had caught the happy
on the TR ana the banner Of he Nson in
his uaue from the spires Of her great cathsFaI WIN
those great days and caught very choice and separate
honor thereby, because, 50 far as know-stanhiiB
bann fcom the SnIr Of one Of our own churches and
even that was at half mast
THE FOUR HUNDRED NOT THE KERNEL.
Then, as l went about watching tho brave show
and listening impressed moro doepy by the vast
mutItudes than by all saw besides, so clean and
quiet and SO noble in their bearing. began to ask
myself what great meaning might lie in the heart Of
II all above and beyond the sacred memory which
had brought US and clasping rs together had
been reading all about the elect and precious four
hundred and listening to the peals Of laughter over
them which rnse from the heart Of our people, who
forgive anything almost which brings them such
rare food for mlrth and they there In their own
PLACES 10 glorlfy the day by tho splcndor Of their
presence aud the light Of their countenance; tet
huSks and shells Of the show. while Of them may
well be counted grains in its sound and true worth
1t - IN these multtudcs Of the sixty and more
millions Of us that one must look for the marrow Of
the matter Tho people be loved "h9 Is ,bs i
benedlcon Of tho hundred years, and the story OF MS
llic which does most Of al TO glorfy he DAY We
keep sacred In his Here IS first OF all ara lore
and oh have been
Of except they arc one with them here Is the on
strong American manhood which came htsi anu cs' S
noble He we can all share together and on equal
terms FREQ citizens OF tie American Republic. me
manhood which so long heard the voice which
said Rehold have vt before thee open door. and
no man shut IT. hold fast that thou hast that no
ranks tho sons and daughters OF that old strong man.
hood which first confronted the wilderness Win stead
heaven and said, live or die, we have found a new
world TO conquer. and propose to do ~ Tor God mas
given MS this 10 do for our burden and our crown
THE HARDY oLDEN TIME MANHOOD.
The manhood which stood fast in the old times
With ~ Axe or hammer In the one hand its sword
in tho other and lts Bible ar hand fighting the
crat and dreadful wilderness the foe as God wed
IT, made no matter 10 this manhood, which was 50
rrady for both ploughng the land, with It's rihe
rrsdy for the hand and the tap OF the bell Worshp
Ming With Il even in the pew, or tho pulpit ITSELF,
ike the old Ironstde In the hills who would care
fully see % the printing and then aHa T up ana Cos los
and dau rhtGrs OF these with mothers to match
ou s AMI you EsTd ana he abSv6
them, the great and seadfas leader AMI most Nngly
man from Alfred down And so iH ,G my my e{ y
had known Just where 10 look for one whose father
had for US our noble inheritance and held IL
until came at such a cost, axe and sword, hammer
and muskrt, plough and rife, hook or pen, uiter,
yes. needle, standing reaiy for the Zoe and the
fray while tho days work must sHll go on and
saying 10 all comcrS who would mako the New World
as tho Old stand back and 90 home THIS Is our
GOD IA and
for ourselves and children and for all who Will
come and share It with Us and prove themselves u
there near me, FELT that should have loved to say
10 him: would Ike 10 hiss your hand, my friend.
because the hands that lie within won for mo and
mine the crandest boon OF all the ages since tho
in the American Republic. Dr. Colyor then dwelt
on tho past history Of great men who bad com, as ne
The New world enduring privatons and hardshIps in
order to gain citizenship IN the ire nee o GSuh Ia9d baS
grown too hot for them too cold rs on the wings
OF strong adv 1'ure, because. as the hst corners
and the New world took them to its rough but plcnt
h lrcast, as II tahes those who now como on the
and WcbSters Longtellows and Emersons. ILncons
and Grants. and him in whose name the days were
Here they are, touched by the one impulse in
their measure and degree, the old manhood and the
sG Gw s as 80 the holy man said Of his holy gospel
there Is neither Jew nor Greek baroar an nor
Scythian, bond nor frNc, but all are one VINO Caile
within the clasp Of its great benedlcuon. We may
say, YOU OF the old life and We OF the new, there
is no Englshman nor German, Irish or ScOtchman,
italian ScSndnav an his benedicton rests to-day
with an equal hand MS all, and clasps us all
about who would 10 worthy sons and daughters or
the Republic Of which he Is stt the head. IN"
rich and poor the weak and strong. those who have
only thor two hands and those who have thousand;
The poor, narrow brain which has 10 be nouriSned
by the bounty OF New World TO inner issues,
and that which has grown great md able through
the nourshnR of eight generations; tho man who
has learned tho lesson Of sc!tgovenment and the
man who has been governed almost down To oruie
but has como here 10 find space for his life and the
nobler nurture: we are all one IN this holvtda and
~ or stand or march toCsther TO the same grand
% nd me his and for his