New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-04
SERMONS WORTH KEEPING
VIII.
THE NATIONS MOTTO CONSIDERED.
THE REV. JOHN nUMPsToNE, OF THE EMANUEL

school teachers representing almost all the schools
OF the HIP district Of Brooklyn gather in The
Enamel BAPTIST Church, at Lalayette-avc ard 81.
James Place. to listen to the exposition Of the lesson
by the Rev. John liumpstone. the pastor Tie reg
ularity Of those who attend shows their appreciation
OF their energetic teacher who for nine years has
had this class Mr.. umpstone is Of the brightest,
most active cergymen OF Brooklyn. lie is graduate
VI Bncknell College in Pennsylvania and Of Crozer
Theological Seminary. He has been nine years with his
present charge. Following is Il sermon preached re
Gently by him, which has attracted much attention.
The subject was one From Many the text being
81 behcld. and To- great multitude which no man
could number Of all nations, and Hundreds and PEG
PIE ana tonges stood before the throne and before
the Lamb clothed with white robes and palms In their
hands. "-RevelatOns vii, 8. lie said
one from many Is our Nations motto. II ought
also 10 be wntchwo?d of the Church Of Christ for It
defines The hnal purpose Of the Kingdom Of God.
a. TIE New testament say, God hath made OF one
Heaven Is no respcctor Of persons In every ma
uon he that iearclh God and worketh righteousness is
accepted OF Him. In Christ Jesus there is neither
jew nor Greek barbarian. Scythlan nor free but
Christ Is all and in all
deem upon the individual Very we'll! 50 long We
appeal to personal responsibility involved with free
CON or choice and the action of the will Eut very
III! when our theory and practice of mdlvldualisln
lose sight OF the corporate and world wide phases Of
rcd"ti0h God proposes Ia restore society we'll rs
MAI HAL To redeem man. tnll l.. IN Ms relations. the
prayer which defines the ki' edcm the doing Of the
Fathers Will and the hai.,Hins Of the Fathers name
allows no one TO forget that the earth is the sphere
~ which these are 10 be accomplished. The Lord 5
PRAYER is world prayer. 80 man rightly offer il
Jesus Christ will not H. accomplished until lie has
made one every divided class. int"reei, nation until
lie has broken down every wall Of partition between
men. He II the greatest 0f uniirrs In Himself lie
proposes 10 make Of many men lone new man: 80
making peace" lie has come. expressly 70 fulfil that
divine purpose which CaaphaS unconsciously pro
ca'med-"to gather together in one the children Of
tod that are scattered abrad": which Paul NOR in
~ gather
together IN one an thinE, IN heaven and on earth
purpose as realized. When the end comes Jesus Christ
IS not halkcd Ills sacrifice is not in vain. The r."
demIuve process does not end in failure When at
last the redeemed stand before God, they multi
tudc: q multitude Of most widely diversified appear
ancc. origin. lineage language. And yet a multitude
which is n unity They stand cfor,, on. throne They
face In one direction. They magnetI"d by ON"
lersonalty They unite in one song Of THANKSGIVING
because they share experience in common Re
deemed by one sacrifice. they constitute one society.
HISTORY THE FULTLMENT or THE VISION.
Eut will the vision ever be fulfilled Who can
doubt that has eyes sect 1t Is now it has been for
agcs, fulfilling. History is the story OF mans pro
grcsslvc unlhcauon. ITO,idcntal care ana control.
both Of individual and national life. have wrought
tnuously for the achievement Of this great end. Cen
turics ago. ia a single life. an impulse dvincy i'm
parted. began the movement for the unifcatiOn Of
mankind. one soul hcari and answered Gods call
iiics e the earth be f1c,scd The lev has been the
worlds almonrr The migratory instinct melted IN
he breast % Abraham has never been allowed 10 die
II the heart Of man. Sometimes IT has Infected "A
daring desires. Again it has been strangely lonely
Nos,ima the modern Abraham. The result has been
al lntcrnlnglng ~ fOplc> reaction ~ race upon
anS Of n mutton gRo% n"u93 n e "P2n e , nj
modcTn stndy Of man. 81 speech, 81 worship Is com
para I've stndy 1t has !tiey hen sad ana ne state
blood are the weakest races. the II mixed blood
The strongest ia the direction aud control Of the ala r.
g lee \ la a. .,U M
proof OF the dctnm that for the Improvement II tho
when h. welcomed the bride Of tic heir APPARENT
"saxon and Norman and Dane Ar We.
But all Of ~ Danes In our welcome Il tho.
Alexandra
The cthnolcgy is exnct the we're IS stirring
REDEMPTION. hrs found where the barriers between
racc, have been 20 obltcra A. tn allow OF their most
intimate approach and frccst rtcrcour-c. The an
ference between Eussia and England is MT difference
The former II segcgae and semi Tristan The latter
Is universal IN spirit In sympathy, IN iI!tA. that
her Me- In both national and religious sense, Is a
missionary life.
ment Of the original creative pur0-c oterthroNn hy
selshncas and in la. had !. H. ling. IT, anplo.t oy
uonal lfc. In every sense OF TIE word our III" a -
people j. comnoslt" Puriam. Cavalier. Quaker ;
Vas woven the original fl'Tic Of our federated lfc.
To these have been added many AID moro ,arl:m;
elrm'n,s, !. time has eap.Gd nnd ler1ioiy hn'
hrmed IN our own sight and in The ewes OF the world
by administrative cHrer nee aud practical operation
especially sine" they have outlI-icl uuharn.I. the
IRE, OF cyil strife. ttrrc las come tn upon ~
as comes flooding IN Tie main"
from every quarter Of the earth n mixed multitude
force for the most part Christian ~ their origin and
direction tal OF them indirectly 90 tO.ccS constant
absorption and assin aton Of this mass Of Diversified
nfc. CLdrr the Influence o. new a>mospncrc and
have been IT, forms IN one and that this same
dire ton. Until the process has gone on without
serious stnn upon the national health. The bodily
vigor % the republic nerCr more robust. our IN
suiuuons never seemed moro sechr. than AT this
moment
In the llrht Of tine facts Of our national
life, there has not been in our history a more uiin
tenlgent movement than thnt rlshtly named " Know
N0tling.' II, cry, America for Americans Is not
more inmlcal 10 thc spirit Of our institutions than 70
the facts concerned In their foundation and develop
mont Who are Americans In one sense. The In
least American Of orr population. MANY citizen
Than sorac Of thos. horn apou the so The one is
n cent article in Tho Century Marzne" he matter
had most St significant eScmplicatIon The pi.
triluon Of Ability IN The United S1tes,' as abulacd
by W. Lodge Is .lsiicant comment npon re fears
" foreign-horn" PLAYS 50 portnous part. ont u
more Than I4,oo0 names Of hcs, recorded In Appc'o1'
eminent u-cntess md station by tn var1ous avenue
Of public life, was possible 70 tTce directly the
the sea. OF the 1900, more than 1000 were OF
British ancestry.
THE PROCESS As PROBLEM.
See then, 10 whit end thought Is being stcered
II IS the question If immigration and Of home mis-
slops as related to IL with which deal 1t IS com
mon Of late 10 treat this matter from pcsslmistic
point of sight. Immigration statistics have been the
stock in trade Of crOakers and allimStS IIOs; VINO
are themselves Of foreign birth or parcnage have not
hesltt.d with unconscious Inconsistency, 10 JON IN
The hue and CRY n.ninst immigration. The priil To
nur institutions Invoked In UNRESTRICTED Immigration
has received an lemphass sthdcnt and asNerive -,
IN throw too largely into the background tie facts dt
,,r Iistory and the redcmptlve purposes OF God The
nse az danger has b,cn intensified a. - pose le
Golden Gate against certain incOmcrs from Asia Inc
continent i'm favor Of closing part way oar Eastern ~
nnrtI Ia westward Immigrants l. undoubtedly much
tronger than il wis ten years since certainly The TACT
that mOrv, than 30 per cent Ci our i"phlhon u ~
t , birth or paicntage Is, In the concrete an
aIarmpc statement only by Itself. and regarded
for The first time. Iut the rejection iImt !. Nist
,Da,,ritv Of the remaining twothTiS Is or fr'Gn
i,'cogc does something - modify the first IMPRESSION
rhc Consideration of the Influence 1f ms lwothiuS