New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-03
SERMONS WORTH KEEPING.
DIR. D. r. GREER AT ST. BARTHOLoMh" D

| Easter Day at 81. Bartholomew church W ""u
| ison-ave. began with Holy Communion OF '.o d. I"
The principal service was at ii A. ni'' anu 'he'' wa"
an evensonc at 4 p. m. A throng OF people was
rnoe TO gain adnittance at the second service wheh
| DR. D. H. Greer the rector. preached. The music
was OF n high order. DR.. Greer's text was /" VI.
name OF Jesus Christ Of Nazareth, rise mp anu "a,n
! and lelpIty IN. stood and walked, ana WIN
them into the temple. walking ana leaphg anu P''i'
| ing God, iActs III, G-sJ The following was the
| sermon: ,,..
Thns. wo,ds belong 10 story OF the man who hh't
been crlppc from his BIRTH sat daily at the peau'''"
gate q the temple himself unable to ch'er' ior ' p
n,sa Of asking aims. Upon the occasion howe'e'' 10
which the text refers he obtains much more than ne
NOT aims indeed but health not silver ana soiu o"'
strength liberty and Wilderness he receives ana nearing
tho message OF the two Christian disciples 10 him'
IN. name OF Jesus Christ Of Nazareth. rise up ana walk
he does rise up and walk. eapng not only III Do'' o'
leaning in heart for joy and the temple Win em
Men and women that the picture q, our hu"iap
life on earth and after the message Oh Inv '
0ospel comes crippled life at tho gate OF the tempe
and life madc and entering the temple ana Ewing
nr.so n Cod Let for little while To-Day ot
| this before and after.
| A CRIPPLED LIFE.
| M, first what do we mean when We speak OF iifo
as crppcdf Not merely life that Is limited anu 10
cannot do what IL would like to do-no' that Is ~.
crlppled lIfc that Is exact definition OF H. Nan
T. mot crpped because he cannot n.y. although he woud
Ike to n.y. and be able to do 30 would be oo'h ''y
rleasant and very helpful him: and yet he Il not
crpcd because he do because he cannot ny
for he was not made n.y. but he was maze 10 walk anu
whom for any reason he able TO "ak, then 1, ne
not merely his scope of action but more 'na
| that he Is crippled he II not con'petc a. MA" anu
cannot do what not ANGEL some other Sp'fhn'"
creature tut simply man. he was Intended 10 u''
And thatiust uat-I think Is what our human HE II
before to it Of the Easter Gospel comeho'
limited merely destitute OF powers. OF certain or"s
n, endowment organs faculties senses which however
| rly he'll Ia
nerly hut having powers Within H. belonging 10 ana
part Of it, and the modest par: and the best when nov"
eves, cannot use, or whose use mas oeeh i"p''ie
wounded Injured hurt crlpplcithat Is the word that
acn,cs Ike no other think exactly anu sp'eihcaiy
and vet 80 comprchenslvey what human HE is ana
what at times not only so painfully, but win such l"
deep ranking OF hardship and injustice 1t feels
| itself be.
Now let VS. looa Of the Iowerv the better ana
noa,r owcr,thst belong life and see how Grip
pied they Look az the great power Of ioNe-ho"
noble TIA. H. how human. nov humanifhg am no" hs'
| It madc our life earth glid aud bright ana Ike
,eritabe heaven. WHO neasrr, the happiness VINO
can po,ray the peace who desct-~ - glory which
Il has rgoduced-he genie mintra'Ion. the sefacnSns
abo- the heroic form Of achievement the o'tv W" {"
character the high and noble humanity which II h's IN
spcd- shining that human love. through all the gloom
Of the p- - the brightest Thing that Is there aud In
many hearts and hoh'cs Iriadatng the rc'ent II -
tia, strong l,sc the great red-mpt'e forre IN
which the hop OF word for all the fuurr H. anil
|
I, is for,vcr guiding through wilderness thckc and dc-i
waste onf human existence her. toward SON" from.
-ct How strong Il l.. how human. nohly grandly
human or aud wictch.d and mi-cisNe how less
| indeed than h,mrn would be life without II,
| LOVE Tu,T IL YET IMPERFECT.
Ard 20, while love has done 20 much and /. doing
much 10 hep ~ 10 brighten and cliddcn our live, to
minister happiness to conrlbut" to our gain 400
how crippled u and takes ana ift4 NJ nD
to great height Of hunsn peace aud oy. where
Ian nd Ia 81 vcsf To nd
tn, ,rur-d comes and shovc' rs over
pcclpce and lets ne drop a'f fall hom that great
trlusngurne human height ard love j. brcken mn hunt
and the aud the love III greater AID sSper
the hurt and while the pretty poetry may como 10 u
| and sng in fine phase.
'"1ls better t, have loved aud lost
Than never q have 10, ed all"
IL /. but the poets voice and the spltten wounded
broken heart in tho midst o, ia shirp experience II
much H. and feels that II il hut and
ncarre computation 10 have been exalted Tor little
while AMI have tasted the JOYS NJ heaven. n thru
II later It always j. into
and frOinnc: into The deepest nlsers. a.
Of veibc hell H. at best. era'ter like The non
in the bible story. It simply -t n, th- BEAUTIFUL gate
o; temple az peace md joy and happiness into which
alas. enter now. which 1t no longer has. And
| the power. strong. hnmln, =, hunan1lng. Il not
merely limited by natural bound. but injured aud
voundrd by unnatural hurt. It has been In the
past. II Is today = broken, crpp.ei power.
What would the vorkcs fceithc mechanic worker the
builder OF a hou,,. n when II had been finished AMI
| ~ .,on a. finished. 10 shogid invariably and always
tumble dowr and So 10 piece. s0out him ard not be :
hous. a. all What would feel ore bullic-
OF oicsn II when after many long and tasks
ad tolls. II had at Inst been formed and hnsh'd ani
prod end keyed and fcd II should at ani always
just g IL f,th strong
aad stirring mc.sacrsshouli ~ always
finished perish. 60 saightway into tho ground
and the earth should swallow up' Would he 10 much
| encouraged q build Would he fs.l, vOui1 not oil
those master builders feel that power had been
| ID tbs.. II ~, nf,
q limited but by tursl tore cruclN crippled
power and iat they ccr1 10: IN what they wee made
| and meant what they torn TO Do
| ABIDING NATURE. or MORAL CHARACTER.
Aud so my friends. II tina, beautiful Of pictures.
moral character that house made with HAMS that
sweetest gTundes richest Of all musical instruments that
moral fabric which In workshop not easily but br
long. patient sor.den,in. disciplinary toll. have
fashioned and formed have built In this world II
| II does somewhere st,y and II just soon
| - finished. Just ~ often IL seems To
need but touch Of complete strength ana beauty
just a. almost finished II into darkness
emptiness. nothing and at tho very height Of It's
figuring contamination l. dlssraicd and lost them
don't know how You feel about H. what YOU think
hut II seems {" me that then living. In
goddess universe but than that. In a dabo cal
universe 6nd that not good Tod but SATAN l. OIL the
| throne. who Il making mock Of human lie and that
the n6bc-t power In human lfc the power that makes
human. is not merely limited but broken aud crippled
by him.
And So too looking al human existence before the c,.
sage OF the Easter Gospel comes only moral
life. only IL tho ancctona life III, Of tho
spirit Is crippcd-hat life that no limit.
and bnund' that life that Il forever calling on all
the forms about ~ and all the about 1.-THE har.
monioIs deep and strong and subtle md line
that Is forever calling al The about IL To helm IL
10 give expression and tody firth the beauty which,
in its soul IL ond 20 utter forth music which in
its soul IL fcc-thc life which the winds and tho
waters and tho storms and the skies. and the thupdcrs