New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-24
SAMPLE OF HIS PREACHING.

In the trucst sense OF the NT"'
A SAMPLE OF HIS PREACHING
tew detached passages will give the reader. now
eyer some idea of the manner Of his preaching The
,ho,e was "rai,h" and the preacher gave many
familiar examples Of that grace, among them man
faith IN the Institutions of the country III "h'ch Nv
lives "A man must be first lii sympathy viii ",'
coun,ry's Institutions" said he: "o'hef"'S' Nv -
merely his country's subject and not her chnu,no'
n real part OF his countrys life We are 'H"Hhi"i o
TWO things: that the souls doors viii ho' suN S'''
and bol,cd and that the good Is more powerful '"nh
ha OWL. that God Is stronger than me ueN'.
40 while the evil will surely present ITSELF 'c r''
will also come with efficiency.
az Won knox what It Is for nature to i"au al"
fill another nature with Itself. then you N"" """'
the result OF q mans coming to believe III "ou' "''
ever be the process. The man Is hiiei WIN "ou
lilo comes TO live In sublime independence OF MS feio"
| men md local judgments. lie Is hite up 10 ''a'
which Is eternal. The nature which overho"S u','
nature by the open channels OF It's iai'h IS one W VIM"
the nature that Is overhowci cssehu'h! o''o,s'
| Have YOU ever watched rock b. the ocean i''
| creat sea comes with slow, calm movement mum
channels in the rocks hard face not resting uhti IL
has taken possession Of the rock and covered H. '"
We not readily 1t turned the rock 'h'o ''''
| Where the rock was. there Is the sea-
at NAV be that we hesitate at the immense scope
| OF the words of Jesus All things Is an in,'"'"9
nhrose The words described, as l suppose, the uh
| um,tod Possibilities OF the man who shall open ms
| 40 % the inflow OF God If there are still limits
TO his capacity because he Is finite, they are so Tar
away that they not IN sight, ana 'ney hecu NV
| be taken into account When man receives ID"
| divine power fully into his life he snail 40 anu
| be infinitely than he does ana Is.
| aft is not unbelcf that makes any man strong
No bv the shutting OF anything. not by the shuts
out Of lie, does power come. ~ cannot co'he "'
| any negative. II must bc positive Deny 'he 'aisc
hood with all your power and voice mat Is your
| duty But that does not make you strong IL ohs
| mokes Won ready TO BE strong lIavin: turned 'i'
lie ont Of doors you throw these same doors open I"
the truth Then strength will come pouring IN. " mas
| ALWAYS been through OF belief, not whbcho''
| that power from God has poured into man IL u
not the discriminating critic but he whose ben'hs'
hrobblng HE offers Itself channel for the diN'he
| force he is the man through whom the world grows
| rich and whom II remembers with perpetual thahhs
| diving What Is there TO compare with fhlh II
IL not the very glory Of the life Of mani The gr"a'
| question Is How shall mcn attain IL Inc on" grc"'
answer TO that IS. God Is always seeking every NE
| Man has not TO seek God, Out to admit tod h'
menbcr II IS not merely sin resisted and duty done
but sin resisted and duty done in the hope" the oc'r'
Of the higher life Of God II Is that WHICH MAKES '"'
higher life a possibility, certainty.
.You say Il want God How shall hav" ial'h III
Him so that can receive Him TO ms HE '''
| wants you vastly more than you want HIM. Out YOU
cannot come TO Him so long as your lust. cruelty
fall
way By which lie must cone. Cast out mat sih' MOI
because itself It Is hateful, but because it shats Out
Tho HIGHER nIe Then, find duty 10 do, as II 70
wsve signal 10 your God that you are ready 'oi
His coming nay, lie has come for 1t Is Ills power
| IN You that makes you first want linn. we get con
fused when try to set forth chrohoioecaHy the
occupation OF q life by God the most natural inc
most necessary process In the universe IL Is 'ls'
tho expression the uttcrance Of God who shows u'
low natural and how necessary that process U.s.
aOncc more let the picture at the mountains 1907
shine ont before us-thc father In his misery VIC
son in his insanity and Jesus. who Is God, SAYS: u
vou ,rrp, me- opcn 10 me; and not only you shal
| have mo YOU have me; not merely VIII be yours
I am yours and what 1t will be for INC TO live WIN
IN Won ONLY eternity can show And the man erie
| hack: Il am open: am open. open me mo''
Lord Lord believe. Help Thou mine unOcieI
.Oh. open your life TO Christ! open your He t
God and live; for in the occupation Of the soul b
, | Him there. and there alone. Is III" for man
Bishop Brooks was formally consecratd TO ia" clos
,,g work Of his life IN his own Trinity Church. Boston
| on October II, 1881 Among the clergy present W'!
bishops Williams. OF Connecticut Whipple. oil Mlh''
sofa: Clark OF Rhode Island Howe. OF Central rem
sylvania: Niles, Of New.lIampshrc Litelohh'
Long Island Potter OF New York; Talbot. OF wyoming
and Doane OF Albany also the Two brothers OF IN
G new Eishop the Rev. Arthur Brooks. ana the Rev
John c. Brooks. Tne sermon was preached by hiSho
. Potter.
PICTURES OF HIS LIFE.
successful us he was In his brief career as M>Eoi
IL is "a minister OF Trinity Church that Pailps Brook
viii most and be remembered and the picture
MIN In his work there Is that which most prii"c'
= represents him 10 the minds eye. lie modes
40 ,etrinu and so absorbed In his word that com
parntivel, few people, outside OF the small nuu'be
wio Knew MIN Intimately had ally adequate con
ccu,on of the amount o. work done by him from da
70 day lie was one OF the busiest men IN Boston
From early morning often I'LL late al night his wor
vent on seven DAYS IN tho week. lie was n"ve
v,I,nc IN emuloy 4 secretary. although few mcr 4
any walk OF life have greater need OF assistance
attending 10 their correspondence. lie was scripu