New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-08
HUMAN LIFE COMPARED TO LEAF.
THE REV. DR. NJ. J. sAvAGE's SERMON AT THE
CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH

THE REV DR. NJ. J. sAvAGE's SERMON AT THE
CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH
The Rev. DR.. Mlnot j. Savage preached before
large congregation In tho Church OF the Messiah'
Thirty .fourth-st. and Park-ave., yesterday morn
ing He took his text. Isaiah, XIV. g. And we
al do fade as a leaf"
In his sermon Dr. Savage drew comparisons De
tween the life OF the human being and the lear
Of q tree. He said;
There IL In the soul OF the human person
svfnpaihy with all things, There is the same
guiding hand visible and a comparison win ma
,uro teaches us that the bond OF sympathy Is
closely drawn In all things here on earth.
'If we 20 away back to the oldcn ages we ma
that the primitive man endowed all Things WIN
his own power To him all nature was the same
living nay almost human. moving thing 10 MN
The sun and the moon more than We regaru
them to-day. All nature to him was III u''oh anu
taught him his daily lesson.
''It was from the forces OF nature that great
religion has sprung. Science. that Is the ia'es'
phases teaches US that the power In the ear'h
and surrounding II, Il the same as 'h"' ""'0
wells M I'm the human being consciousness
.yv,o, T. there In the seasons Of the year that
besuc,ks Of the human n,c7 Does not the "nole
,dce o., the seasons correspond with all that is
human. The four seasons Of the year are We"
a,t.I I, explain the course o. the human lie.
..Wo speak OF the spring containing all that Is
,-o,n al beautiful and innocent. DO We not IN the
mo v,,v look upon chlllhood9 md then cores
49,, INNER 7, tina, we see the strength and mature
,,,,bood In heir order como the fall and the
winter representing the passing o. ne human
being
~, ~. yIgri ,us fan sec the leaves tlrn' ana
,hen fall In this there Is a beautiful lesson Moth
ING can be moro beautiful IN It's teachings tAah
tho falling o., the leaf. and study OF ls ehtIrc
coming and passing.
~ there anything granlcr tha; the lear could 90
man 70 fall. and then 60 again 70 he'p MAKE ny
tho elements from whlch Il sprang7 There Is some
,hlr, sad In seeing lca. torn from IT. branch ana
,-an,plof IN A hackcnel mnss into the eartn' nut
d, ..e Il fail IN i's natural turn and then 10 20
ma ke 10 tAe original elements from whence il came
affords rs 4 tender. beautiful lesson.
There are but fcw q, who X asked could
really and truly -ay that .hey we're ready ana
anxious 10 20 unto the other world. but yct can
imagine an age o. ne " mhyr ,y ~ snch nm age
mn / have seen all my old srhoolboy friends and
companions gone before me-. should IN my SOU,
r,v ont Father ! have done my work mere on
earth. com" ana take ME u'''" io"' ''S "
The lea, has Us use here on cnrth Just the same
ss an o, ~ have. We're IL not for TINS same Htte
leaf pretty and apparently useless huinhn ~, ~,
would be- wellngh impossible j. was gwen its
place 10 perform some duty. IL was put mere 20
lake from the atmosphere tho poisonous gus,
which. were they not ettfac'~u "ou" P'N'' 'A'"'
III We live as useful lie "a does the little leaf,
We would be doing something every day, 70 h.lp
.N.ouss the social atmospher" OF this world Like
IN, leaf what could bc more beautiful than the
rnsslug or A human lifo to the better world, n IN
The that has done its allotted Work
ness il fades and dies. And Just so It Is with the
human being