New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-27
MAN SHOULD NOT BE ALONE.
THE SOCIAL INSTINCT DISCUSSED BY THE REV
+. C. IGLEHART WHO BELIEVES ~ sum
MrR WORK NY THE CHURCHES

+. C. IGLEHART. WHO BELIEVES IN SUN
MER WORK BY THE CHURCHES.
The Rev Ferdinand c. Igehart pastor Of ts
Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church, at c.errnor
and Wlougaby ayes. does not believe In closing up
the city churches during the heated term. Speak
Ing on this subject last evening. he said TO Trn
une reporter:
Il think IL IL eminently proper that ministers
should take their vacations, but their pupits shoud
then be occupied by talented men II is possible
to find Personally. have had few vacations dur
ing the last twenty-five years. and this will be ~
fourth summer ! have spent without one. ma"
felt that ordinary service can accomplish ou ntt"
In great cities. and that heroic service Ia needed
I were In a settled pastorate and longer time Id
charge | should feel differently about the Efatt6
and would take the vacations that man really
ought to have. Always work happily In my charge
in the summer time. There some people VINO 90
not wish 70 leave town during the summer and there
are others of the poorer classes VINO cannot get oW
on the city, and 1t Is with unfeigned pleasure stay
and work for them and with them. Some summers
have seen genuine revtvals which greatly aided the
church In the years work. The attendance Al our
Sunday school and church Is encouraging
At the evening services DR. lglehart preached INV
last OF series Of sermons on Society iFom Z"
text: "It is not good for man TO be alone
He said in part: Solitude Is not law OF Ws
world: society is There is community OF S'oms
a loving slsterhood Of stars
The pastor then referred to the social instinc' IN
man. illustrating its strength by the statement tn''
solitary confinement led often TO insanity AND w.
eide.
He dwelt at length on the relation OF the home
the State the Church and tie world 10 the socA
instinct Under this latter head he made the fo-
lowing reference to modern fashionable society
I'VE confess to our disappointment at the preincs
and failure Of the average fashionable socep.
There are people Of brains who belong to II eu'
It Is too often senseless, with the obs and ans
and fussy attention the details OF etiquette All"
the ordinary social entertainment OF high '''e '
reporter In the paper next day is expected 10 nea,
ton as the matter Of chief importance the names q
those who present, the color ana .eAtuas , "
How restless I is such society, The members g
down Florida, out to California on 20 s"s,
to country home and back again in search Of rvs5
dashed by the whip OF custom ana 50 Sp mIser.
able. We saw gentleman the othel day WAC 1 nss
been visiting everywhere in this country so ssN
been around the world two three times, VINO - -,
he intended stay at home this year ara M. 10 40
from the dssIpa; lion Of travel and society rs.ss.
n nsss e How w"s shallow Il is! How hoicw, What IN
SINCERITY there IS What At acting, wsfs bSon not
long ago in murder and divorce Some OF me ss,sr
and ladies OF England have no done nucn s n.
Many intelligent and virtuous people inlheie - a.
circles of fashionable life. btt We ply 'n S nro-
with faded look they try to Keep up M 10 ,e hen
There are in every community societies conposess,
Intelligence true culture character and merit "a
meet the social instinct AMI contribute gress,
the public good We Cannot think ina, ssysncs
based on wealth alone or lineage or bold Pc can
"a we IL in so many PAGES In our coun""
be high heaithful IL, have
I'm the future life the social nstinc, W. means
wider range and higher enjoyment Heavssn, orsrs
the eternal. living society OF Christ,s while
Last week a cousin. 'ovely girl Of sissen.s and
bathing at Ocean CITY was swept OUT 20 no, heen
drowned A. asst accounts her body nae ~ o,ssed
recovered but she was Christian ana "a ass,h 70
from the narrow sea through the sirahf o. We he
the great sea. and 10 the evergreen snvrs -unsies
lieve that as families churches and liners
we shall gather In the marsion IN our ne re
house. The loved who have prec,su.s AZ OF,
the better land the little ones who cinnr' IAN !,
knees nestled in or bosoms and few away - sr-
because the skies sere 40 fair ard the "u-n -, a
chanting are waiting for us and VIII come w.
welcome home"