Morning journal and courier., 1889-09-23
The Afternoon Service.


 church brim full before the service began in the afternoon. Bishop Goodsell sat behind the pulpit, and on either side of him were the prominent pastors of the occasion, the pastor of the church, Rev. James Coote, Rev. Dr. J. w. Buckley, editor of the Christian Advocate, Rev. Dr. B: I. Ives of Auburn, N. M. E. church. Before the pulpit and facing it sat @ semi circle of ministers Among them were Rev. Dr. Twitchell of Dwight Place church, Rev. A. H. Goode- nough of Fair Haven, Rev. Dr. Baird, former pastor of the George street (now the new Grace) church, and now of New York city, and others.
 from Hebrews, \. 1926, and prayer was of- fered by Rev. Dr. McChesney. The sermon was by Rev. Dr. J. NJ. Buckley. He chose as his text I. Timothy, iii, 15: "But if tarry long, that thou msyst know how thou oughtst to behave myself in the house of God, the pillar and ground of the truth" The minister began by speaking of the rela tions between Paul and Timothy, and di- gressed to criticism of the popu;., in literature. He objected to such an expression as "Truth crushed to earth will rise again." because he held that truth could not be crushed to earth. He was | also very severe upon the lofty images and metaphors used by imaginative thinkers. "What, then, is the truth of which the l church of Jesus Christ is the pillar and groundp he asked as he continued. It Is the pillar and ground of all truth relating to sal- vation. All approaches to redemption and the future state is truth which makes men
 free; and to this truth Christ came to bear witness. The church of God is the pillar and ground of truth by its organization. An army of ,000 men can put to flight one hun dred times its number of morgan ample Edi6eth;" Company Com- forteth," and illustrated strongly the invincibility of organization. This strength of organization in our church Is most apparent when it comes into contact with tho secular press and its efforts to cir culate scandal. A paper blszss with no larger head lines, and no more copies are waywardness of some minister or respected individual. The speaker here turned harsh- l ly upon what he characterized as true Bohe- | mians, argus. eyed writers who sell special articles, the value of which is enhanced in proportion to their highly sensational chsrac- ter. The minister, he continued, spends his years in study, and stands up before you better able to demonstrate that you believe and illustrate the ideas of faith than minds belittled and cramped by the routine of early life. It is true that Ralph Waldo Emerson began Unitarian minister and then withdrew because. as he said. he could not pick out one individual martyr and 80 honor him ss to give him the sacrement. He believed and the sacrement signifies that without shedding of blood there can be ne redemption.
 Human nature Is so constituted that it | cannot sustain high effort continually. In our climes the weather shuts up the roads and forces the weak and invalid to rest and di- versify their labors. In other climes, the seductive climate continually wears out the strength and leaves the man ready in spirit, but lacking in power. home we are content with revivals. The worse thing that can happen to any communi, ty is spurious revival; the best thing is a real revival. But even human nature sinks back from too lsborious work, and again Gods shepherds must journey through the scattered herd. And in this way Christiani- ty lays the foundations of all great institu- tions of learning. It is true a recent pro- lessor of Harvard college left his chair because, he said, that the college had become one-third mystics, one-third skeptics and one-third dys- peptics. Ingersoll, in one of his speeches, says in whining, spurning spirit, "We never can do anything unless we do it Infdelity has built but one edifcs, the Paine memorial of Boston, and this has had hard | struggle to keep from the sheriff's hands ever | since it's beginning.
 In this vein Editor Bulkley continued and | after he had finished, Rev. Dr. Ives made stirring appeal for liberal contribution to | help the church pay for it's new edi6ce.