New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-17
THE ATTITUDE OF THE CHURCH.
DIR G. L; THOMPSON OUTLINES IT'S TRUE
POSITION.
THE RETIRING MODERATOR SOUNDS THE KEY.
NOTE OF THE ASSEMBLY - PRACTICAL
LESSONS DRAWN FROM THE HISTORY
OF THE JEWISH CHURCH..

LESSONS DRAWN FROM THE HISTORY
OF THE JEWISH CHURCH.
The Fourth Avenue Church began to I'LL mp
Yesterday morning fully an hour before the time
set for the delivery of the opening sermon Com
missioners and their wives from the country, with
here and there a sprinkling Of people living IN
this city and Brooklyn, who desired to secure good
seats, were early on hand. Those who reached
the church at the appointed hour took rear seats
in the gallery or stood during the service, so
general was the desire to hear the Moderators
sermon.
DR.. Crosby, the efficient chairman Of the Special
Committee of Arrangements, was busy giving final
directions to one and another that there might be
10 delay and no mistakes made. The platform was
lined with beautiful flowers and tropical plants
While the church filling up there were many
pleasant greetings as commissioners and friends
met some of them after years of separation.
Promptly at IL o'clock DIR. Crosby walled up
the middle aisle, accompanied by the Rev IT.
Charles L. Thompson, Of the Madison Avenue
Presbyterian Church, of this city, the retirihS
Moderator; the Rev. DR.. Joseph 1. Smith, OK
Baltimore, DIR. ThompSon's immediate predecessor
in the moderntorshp; the Rev Dr.. j. +. Hendy, the
president Of Emporia College in kansas ana the
Rev Dr. 0. A Hills, Of Wooster, Ono. DwIgho
Elmcndorf, the orCaniSt Of the church' pH'Se"
q" Old Hundred" soon as the ciergymen were
seated and the large audience rose and unised IN
singing the familiar words, Praise Goa Hom
whom all blessings dow Dr' ihOnpSon
invoked the Divine blessing on the
Assembly. and then read the hymn Il Love Thy
Kingdom, Lord DR.. Hendy read the ootn
chapter of the Prophecy Of Isaiah, and Dr' hll
offered prayer.
DIR THOMPSON'S SERMON.
After another hymn had been sung, the Mod
orator announced his text; Every place 'nss
the sole OF your foot shall tread upon' thaC haVs
| given unto you, as / sad unto MOSES So
p His theme was The Position and DuJ
~, Our Church The delivery of the sermon
occuped Just seventy minutes. lhe toho"ins "i'
the points made by the preacher:
ra,,ers and brethren: We at the gateway OF
injury Behind Us the years OF our ia'hsrS-s
NJ, 4, the heritage they have given US oeloIe uo
d vat 70 be- possessed As the children OF Issel nm
" ,,,,o an IN. horIsrs OF Canaan that the promises
,bt prd them for advance, 80 let Us sVeaS euf
thoughts for uttlo that charter "lheh "'' t 800
Of their footsteps which has been inc RUG u A VOC
ctores OF tho church IN any age whIch must 'o Oe e1
W. ,na condition md the inspiration Of conquest.
The original grant Of the land Of promise Is gwen 20
Abraham was very extensive, reachhS rom tno Snc"hs
civilization OF the Euphrates 10 IN" eQuahS rem""
cIyIr,atlon OF tho Nile Unto thy seed have given
tho river Euphratcs." -
In the charge given 70 Moses In Deuteronomy IL. 2D
, large gran. is repeated Every place whereon the
es OF your feet shall tread shall be yours, from the VIII
terness OF Lebanon from the river OF Euphates even
nto the uttermost shall coast be- once more
his grant Is repeated death Of Moses Joshuas
,omrpssion Of conquest the extent Alike In
Deuteronomy and Joshua however IL made clear thas
The occupation could be merely physical or terntofia
Their hold on the land wa conditioned their observing
the law Of All through the record this moral oc>
,upauon explains and qualities the promise that svay
place the sole OF foot should tread upon should DO
theirs As matter OF fact ther geography was maeh
narrower than the promise 1t reached only notA 'Ao
Jordan 70 tho Mediterranean Themselves d"sned 'ae
inheritance. Their disobedicnee narrowed hsH p',s
sIonS. God gives His people no ground 70 femSA 8
THE TWO STREAMS or HISTORY.
Nearly four thousand Yeas history psiea .s,s
streams on the paIas Of Asia One OF taese .s ssr
ward sank to stoId level in.chinn. ana oeah,v
From this stagnant life a narrow arm ss smortcsa
asros the Sea of Kamtchatka ana peepeo @ .sross
c"n,,nsnt The other stream moved ressn rs ~s.s
az curved down the Measerrsasan. ~sn s"'p'
AsA~s Out'Ne WV