New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-02

WEARY LAND.
The Rev Dr. George Thomas Bowling, or Boston,
preached to large congregation yesterday morn
ing at Grace Church His text was Isaiah XXI. 2:
"A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind
and a covert from the tempest. as the shadow OF
great rock in a weary land" After showing that
every great institution is but tae ouistretching
shadow of great man, the speaker said:
why Is it that such enormous results may , nov
from the silent character OF a single indviduai'
that man may be hlding place from the w'iu,
and covert from the tempest? Well wnat ~ ~
the leading charact ersc or Such pStsDis III ,ic
community? Just that which Is the cnaraeteI!S3usc,
OF great rock in the dese re arrests ert toncbne
In the East you can often see me desert toun,'s
the river valley, and nevertheless remaining q
OF the drift Fertile seeds blown by the wind fall
there and either from the innltraton OF the ne'si
they begin to spring up, and for a little time give
promise of growth But they never last. Inc dIlit
storm buries them under the sand and they are
killed. But yonder, right in the MIDST OF tls aiia
plain, you Will some great beetllng rock ana
on the other side Of that rock under its protecting
care, blades Of grass have sprung up ana th zen
blossomed a very garden n the wilderness ,A ana
the rock has done it, simply by arresting the drlI:
Thus every community is divided into two classes
OF people: The sand generally the maJority' VINO
simply sweep Win the wind SEX to giYe t sh en
portunities and their only answer IS: u am 10
than my negh6r R am ali ImP hs beauty and
the towering OF that community IL there Is any. Is
because that here. and there and there are rev
Who have the courage to resist the drift, Park
hurst or a Roosevelt. who are Ike the snacOW OF
great rock I'm a weary land; men who, amid the
fearful tendencies of modern commercial HE, Whlcn
seem TO be sweeping all way, to the stunning
or the choking out of whatever makes lie raSrant
and luxur.ant and beautiful, have just laid their
backs to the wind and with their eyes lifted 10
heaven for help, have withstood and are Withstand
ing the drift. And when you see such one, how
much ne weighs! His mere silent presence upon
the platform will give more character to any pro-
posed movement than a dozen speeches from otner
men And when you meet him in society relations
how ma gnfcent he Isl How heroic in his frm out
courteous resistance to the drift,
Thus Jesus saves the world; for when men
blinded and staggering under temptations scorch-
ing heat, are ready, fanting, TO say, ITS OF no
use," then He, the Rock that Is higher than they.
saying to the ages: 1T is Of no use. 1t has been
done," And SO when men believe in him ana
accept Him for their hiding place. they ma a
refuge they find wnile abiding under that shadow
a way of deliverance: that temptation is not the
same this side the rock that it Is on that And
ii is. my friends that in any community, in any
business association in any household. whenever
a life as this. and with all the hrmness but with
all the sweetness Of the spirit Of Jesus Christ re-
solves that whatever other men may be or 90:
henceforth in his life and his dealings, instead of
c0nventonaty he will stand for reality, instead OF
drifting with the sand re viii stand like the rock,
he too in his world. becomes savior of the world.
And though at first he may be compelled TO stand
alone as Christ did it Will only be for time.
He shall find sprnging up about him garden in
meath the grateful umbrage of his consecrated life;
"A shall be hiding place from the WIND
and covert from the tempest as the shadow or
great rock in a weary land