Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-24


the persons Of their representatives Some
OF them mesh frora the sea They have Just
landed, and they want TO seek the house Of
TOD publicly TO thank the Lord for their
deliyerance from cyclone aud fog banks OF
Newfoundland. Every song Sung, every
prayer otured, every sermon preached In
New York aud Brooklyn, and all along
this sen coast, in some shape Hocs all round
the world. Brooklyn pastorato is at the
greatest altitude Of conspicuity.
Again remark that a Brooklyn pastor
ate is characterized b. brevity / bethink
myself Of but three ministers Of the gospel
now preaching here who were preaching
when ! came to Brooklyn. Most Of the
pulpits around me hive changed seven or
eight times since my arrival.
Sometimes the pastorate has been brief
FOR one reason aud sometimes for another
reason Sometimes the ministers OF tie
gospel have been too good for this world.
and Heaven has transplRntcd them. Some
times they changed places by tho decree OF
their denomination. Sometimes they came
with great blare OF trumpets, proposing TO
carry everything before thom and got cX-
tinguishCd before they were distinguished
Some got preached out in two or three
years and told the people all they knew.
Some with holy speed did 10 d short time
work which Il takes great many years
TO do
Whether for good OF bad reasons Brook
Ign pnstornto ~ characterized BY bruvity,
not much Of the old plan by which min
lister OF tho gospd baptized an infant, then
received him into che church, after he had
become an adult married him, baptized his
children, married them and lived on long
enough 10 bury almost everybody but him
self Glorious old pastorntcs they were.
Some Of us remember thcm--Dr Spring
Peter Lahaugh. Dominic Zabrisldc, Daniel
Waldo, Abratn Halscy. When the snow
melted from their forchcadA II revealed tho
flowers Of an uufhding cOronnl pastorates
OF 90, 40, 90, % yoar3' continuance
Some OF them had 20 be- helped into the
pulpit or into the carriage, they were 80 old
and decrcpit, but when the Lords ohnriots
halted one day IN front Of the old parSon-
ngo they stepped in vigorous az on athlete,
and as We saw the wheels Of 1ru whirling
/ through tho gates Of the sunset We all cried
out, My father, my fathcrl the chariots OF
/ Israel and the horicmcn thereof"
/ remark agnin, a Brooklyn pastorato Is
characterized by rs happiness.
BRooKGrH A rLACR roR HAPPINESS
No city under thn sun whore people take
/ such good care OF their ministers Ia pro.
portion as the world outside may curse, a
congregation stands close up hy the mnn
whom they believe in Brccklyn society
has for TIA foundation two elements the
Puritanic, which always means n quiet
Sabbath, and the Hollandiah, which meant
n worshipful people. On the top Of this al
admixturo OF all uatIonlitics-th the hrawny
Il al. I.N
tho polite French, tho philosophic German
and IN all this intormingliug OF population
the universal dominant theory that a mar
can do as hu pleasCa, provided lac doc8n'l
disturb anybody else.
A delightful climate. While 20 IL hart
on weak throats, Tor the most Of us IL Il
braclng Not an atmosphere made up o.
the discharged gases Of chemical factoric
or tho minsps Of swamps, but COMING
painting right OF 1900 miles OF Atlanti,
ocean before anybody else has had u chance
20 breathe 81 An through the city 30
Cieiy OF kind, genial, generous, sympathetic
people How they fly TO you when you m
In troubled How thoy watch over yol
when you are sicli How tender they ar
with you when you have buried your dead
Brooklyn Is a good place 10 live In, goo
place 10 die In, good place 10 be buried In
good place from which % rise In a beau
tlful resurrection.
In such a city have been permitted q
have q years OF pastorate During thos
years how many hcurtbroaks how man,
losses, how many boreayomcnul Hardly
family OF the church that has not beef
struck with sorrow, but God has sustainc,
Won IN tho past, and ho will sustain you ID
the future / oxhort you 30 hc OF goo,
cheer, O thou OF the broken heart. "Weer
ing may endure for q night, but joy comet
in tho morning ] wish over every doc
OF this church We might have written Oh
word sympathy sympathy for all Ga
young
We must crowd them IN here by thou
sands and propose a radiant gospel tina
they viii take on the spot. Womust max
this place 30 ATTRACTIVE for tho young tina
A young man will come here ON Sabhatl
morning, put down bis hat, brush his hal
back from his forehead. unbutton his over
! coat and look around wondering II he Ia
not by mistake got into heaven. He vii
$40 IA the faors of the old people not IN
gloom which some people take for religion
hut the sunshine Of celestial peace and h
will say, "Why, wonder II that isn't th
same peace that shone out on the face O
my father and mother when they lay dy
ing"
And then there win come a dampncss
his eyes through which be can hardly Sc,
and he will closo his eyes 20 imprison th
emotion, but the hot tear will break throur
tho fringes Of eyelashes and drop upon y
coat sleeve. He viii put his head on th
back Of the pow IA front and sob "Lor
, God Of the old people, help mel" Weough
10 lay a plot here for the religious captur
Of all tho young people In Brooklyn.
} THE sYMPATiIEs or uROOEtYE.s
Yes, sympathy for the old. They hav
their aches and pains and distreases. The
cannot hear or walk or arc rs we'll a. the
, used 20. We must be revereutial Ia thei
, presonce. On dark days wo must hel
them through the aisle and help them fin
I the place Ia tho hymnbook. Some sal
! hath morning we shall miss them iron
b their place, aud we shall say Where
! Father so-and-so todayp and the answo
will be. what, haven't you heardi IN
Kings wagons have taken Jacob up 70 "a
palace where bis Joseph Is yet alive"
Sympathy for business men. Twenty
) four years OF commercial life IA New Yor
and Brooklyn aF0 enough to tear one
r nerves 10 pieces. We want 20 make on
3 sabbath service here a rescue for all thes
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