New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-23
DIR. HUNTINGTON'S SERMON.

Dk. III llNG Jun SEKMON.
Just before the sermon the choir and congregation
sang my Country. It's OF Thee" The sermon was
preached by the rector of the church the Re- DR.
william r. Huntington. Dr. Huntington took for
his text the twentieth of the sixth chapter OF
Proverbs. my son. keep thy fathers command
ment and forsake not the law OF thy mother" and
said in part:
In a later chapter Of the same book OF the Bible
She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and In her
tongue is the law OF kindness" We gather from
Kindness. the law OF the father IS discipline Char,
tiles and correction therefore. both look out Of
that here attending is not only local but
National gathering these sayings have more
than personal significance at the present time. Tho
Jews regarded themselves the chosen children Of
G c sn cs ms Stains o God and s
Him saying to them the words that have quoted.
directed to each nation as people We are used to
britannia and the like. This idea can be over
but better that than that we she lose
A nation cannot have all the virtues all the
II ean have love- or H nate cruelty V Or mercy These
,hinss With many Others point the way Of ma,
be- the B9Rs need S s sr grF s hen
doctrine Of u,litaranism is often preached at the
present time but, thank God. not all OF US believe
sg that at %h as nsc
the United ras States WAS xS only o synde",e this
aao 4 E I M O. ee When hs he neup Of
ishment Of the tree ceases il dies and nation
wthers and dies when its IDEALS fade The material
Q, iron in population is the index Of the clvza-
ton in this Country is greater than that q any
other country in the world.
A SPIRITUAL PURPOSE.
Blu, when God cast lot here He expected
something better Of us than the multiplication Of
rolllng-mis and factories and foundries. With
the whole strength OF a Christians conviction we
refuse to believe that these things have the fore
most place in, Gods purpose His real purpose.
things, was a spiritual one And there Is nothing
so eternal as spirit. 1t does not matter how luxu-
lives in that house is not what II ough. to be- i
am mot declaring od ssass civic splend9 Or and mag
opportunity ever Offered TO man. Let make use
injunetons my Son keep thy satbera comman he
men,. and forsake not the law Of thy mother" II
things than to remember the Maine They are
guilty Of an inversion Of kipling's lines
forget-lest forget.
who turn them into an excuse for revenge.
Far-cal:ed our nayies melt away
on dune and headland sinks the fire
II Is or ore 0~ WITH R0? Nne el yt ans Tyre
The subtle melancholy of those foar lines drove
the poem home into every heart In Great Britain
The preacher then went on TO refer to the various
civilizations of the past-the Egyptian, Greek,
Roman and others-and added
What Of the latest civilization. our American civ
1laa'iSn; Can Il be s,, only sypdeass the
Charities and Correction Is Itself an answer in tho
negative You represent vast army OF men and
laboring. most Of them at their own charges. for
hes spiritual body polite. Beneath The mercan-
tile prosperity of this country there is deep
depth Of the american Natona,y f must look ss
below.
INFLUENCE OF THE CHURCH.
The United States has thrown of any Official al
lesiance TO the Church. but underneath it's politics
can be seen the influence of the Church. In the
spirit of the Nation in its charitable endeavors the
law OF Its mother is still being cherished.
This may be seen plainest perhaps In It's charities.
Look at the great institutions maintained at the
expense OF the State and trace them back. and II
will be found that these are the outgrowth of tho
works. smaller scale. OF tho Church. Christian
people. Hebrew peop.e. have started these works
and after demonstrating the good they 90 TO the
general public have prevailed upon the State 20
carry them a larger scale at the public
pensc. Nineteen hundred years ago proposal to
care for orphan children At the general expense.
ispiics. would have found vsry little 3:ver y he
70 nc
law OF our mother. The existence OF these great
works is encouraging not only as showing that our
Ward 70 time when the State shall hearKen 10 its
mother In other things and bring abou, milennial
We read that the blind and the sick and the
lame and the dumb came 10 Jesus In ;he Temple TO
before He had icld those who came 70 seek Hin
that. He was soins about h;s Fathers business:
nothing. The recognition given to these things by
ss ss Sal due ss 81 sfs Sos work
has nSw in great & been taken S fro% The
thor % yet one danger TO be feared BY the change