New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-01
DIR. BROOKS AND MR.. MOODY.
THE SERMON IN TRINITY CHIhOh'
WALL STREET HEARS OF THE Co"AhD1O" ~
SUICIDE AND THE BEST MOMENT VI
THIS GLORIOUS LIFE

THIS GLORIOUS LIFE.
An immense congregation OF men yesuc'u''
.be pew Dr. Phillips Brooks speak III trinity 'hu''.
aTn. fhristian Life the Fulflment of Human Lie
~ p-ools is not one OF those Christians WHO arc
o,uavs singing Earths but desert dFear Hoa'c"
&c my homes lie is a champion OF humanity anu 'no
most sterling passages OF his lecture "clo ''o' .
which he proclaimed the gloriousness OF human inc
and denounced SUICIDE tilt, $500.
Said he: al love this dear humanity Ill Wn'" VIC
live with all its faults ard failures, with al us SINS
49,. sorrovs No religion shall ever lay hold on the
bunan soul which says You shall become sOme'hl"s
else than man; you shall become an ahteno ~
inc different from manhood. before Jesus lays "''
hands ON the great burden of human sin lie pou''
down His light and shows man what man Is IL was
,scanse Of the infinite value that lie saw in human
ufc that Jesus died the cross. In HIS mcarnauo"
o,a crucfxion there is this splendid testimony 10 the
c,orousncss Of human life. When in the face OF al
that we hear of the talk current among men 'oua''
cbeap talk cheap talk in books and papers OF WV"
we hear cheap talk fall from young mems Fps aoo''
life not worth living. the talk OF the lhsis'''"'a"
and contemplate little cynic, who grows inoi' '''
more abundant In our artificial and fantaSuc oNi"Na
.'o :, is o,most impossible to let our pity overcome
our contempt. -. ,,,,
uWhat does that young fellow know about hu'ha',
Ife7 How does he know what II Is Tor man " ''i
with the deep, eternal issues! In tha' c"i'i i''0 "
Jesus we see no cyncism, no contempt. III ''"' ~
face there is commiseraton and there Is loNo VI
man. 1t was the very being sA'' .'"'
was the thing that seemed 50 si"i'
10 Jesus Jesus accepted the privileges anu '"0
duty of life both together. There was no P'S'''''''
in Jesus of the cowardce that makes Il h'"i
run away from life when life grows dl'icSsihs' .Ho
cowar,ice of suicide, the infinite cOwaiuce vi s"''
was not for Jesus. We ourselves know no" co"auN
II il because we never say OF any 1riea oi o'
that in clear possession of his senses he took his own
life so we cover il in the veil OF DISTURBED "ias""
ton Young men. put out Of your souls the 'aihl "i
cvnicsm and despisc the society and tone ol He t'l
make cynicism and pessimism and the contempt Oh
life seem for the moment glorious thing
81 shuddcr when think OF the degradation oil lhc
lie that some men arc living yet they so easily '
cent the lower conditions into which they fall. There
are two DAYS In your remembrance. ono when you hN
in the gutter, the other when You stood upon u"
mountain top. One day you were almost beast. am!
hate TO think of it, One day you thought your'eii
almost angelic, when yol lifted up Your soul WIN an
exalta.ion that took you absolutely by surprise Ihe'e
two DAYS live IN your remembrance. one down III IKE
depths of the mire the other in the glory OF me sun
Tell which Is the day Nou most Oicac Nhloh j.
the day YOU would most love 10 core tomorrow
DO not you stand when you think Of the day
of your waoving and DEGRADATION , ,
3There are host Of things, such as tnNln0 anu
selling. you think you can do without lesu, Chris
II you think YOU do these things without iiim wv
something else Try to g. outside OF coveioi-ness;
Try to help the poor Try TO solve tnc proelaa o @
man than You than YOU ever dreamed OF benz
Then your weakness shows itself. Then you dron
your hands in impotence and bend yo'sr Knees IN
prayer. All. the first prayer The first real sense o.
need the first going to God which proves that for te
first time we have found our incapacity 1t is the
glorious moment Of mortals life