The sun., 1900-11-24


,,, servant. 10 th.l' put' q" N" ~
bi.hop Potter preached IN -"od ana u"
CITY" the regular nourdpr s"fFic" IN ~
PAUL. Chal.el on Broaiwny v'st"rday Ih'
,,,.,,cuo,,. r,rt taken hy tho BISHOP IN N"
ptcssrt cruseic AEiu-i vice and ~" is' 'hH'
hi. ,ar. ard his tot v.re nj, cr't'ed m large
,,I.-,,d. In front " tho church. csilted m n
,r,sh in the chapel AMI hundreds "ere unable
IN 20, In IL VAS estimated hy tho moni"T'
- a.. Noon Hour Guild, vhioh IL IN Chafs" ~
IN. noordav mec'ingsa' ~ pauIa that iuIiy
40 per.on. we're present Among Nein
wore working girls and Young men. business
men and cercyrncn There we're 'aihoIcH'
ptotestsnp and Jews In the congregation
and among the clc-rvmen pre-ont wer" Tie
Rev Lyman Abbott and the Rev Robert
Collypr
Bishop Potter began LIS sermon by referring
fua dinner In London given bN some meh VINO
represented the Interests o! Oriental scho!lr-
ship some years ago, al which he and TIE Ia'"
Mr. Gladstone we're guests The dls uSs.uH
was the dificulty u locating the precise spo.
in Jerusalem where Christ va. cruclHcd and
one speaker. quoting tine blsh"p 81 d"ih~'.'"''
saId that the uncertainty was valuable. hecau,"
~ discouraged al undue homdse 70 mere
material things and places. Mr. Gladstone
asked II any ~ those ~ the dinner had made
the little Journey from Bethany 10 Jerusalem.
He spoke Of thl, journey a. Jesus mad" 1t ana
told of him weeping IA ~ looked down on
the ,ity. The Bishop then SAID
Yet, what Christ looked down upon that
morning is what you aud | would look down
upon If We went 10 any gtea, height and looked
down upon New lorh to-day lie saw great
structures. lie saw all organized civilization
for its time OF a very high quality. lie saw
men and women gong about th"r business
in the streets he sdw the Roman sudcry
on the street corners tie guardians oI
so.called peace which mnde the rot''Lness
ADJ allng lie saw thc chef priests and au-
rho-t ties extending theI lalurIou- gc.uLe
with these and others. and he saw beneath
all that what one could LOt see win the eyes
uf flesh the homes of men he ~".rcl shaines
and iniamies Of men. tie ,:ut!ues IL I"""r
the brutallue- Of o gaHI1'd inJlst,'e. ~" LI"h-
irv themselves j. powerfully then a. ~ any
pagan era in dIl IN" woilG ....
We.i. men and brethren, the significant
tninx in this story Is tlnt II + a theine' a, w.
are told. that mad" MIN weak wien lie i"htld
the Cili, II waS not mere! any lhtense out
bur-t Of passion which wrought him in tho-"
teIr- when 10 Thought of the wrongs and
,ruetir| that must h' perp"truted II! That gg"H'
d'y A. he looked down Upon ~ hat VARIOUS
life and remembered what n stood tor and how
II came Ia be-, what evils were sheltered IN th"
name NJ IT," law, what monsrosst!es were
IrutpGfei 10y ne armed lThN'> ~ l1''
who ruled them, II was hot all this that .urred
him To tha, burst Of sorrow. that brought tie
tears -unwonted tears.i" those divine EYES:
that belong to thy peace, but row thel are
lad from my eve,
In other words. men and brethren. Christ
veyt on that morning when he looked down
upon its -ylendor and its shame, not because
Of It's -plendor but BECAUSE 4 that moral
insens.bility, bccau-e Of thai deadness Of tho
soul which is n" doom aud damnatIon equally
of sn ancient or man
u this tran, II yon md T"re 70 (? 10 10 md
We saw. II on should 81 In aud ou' Il tie homes
o. men, the pailc., whi LnSdrn w"tlln
hs, 6Mt ana ad fyr LTa r' bod % bat t n.n"
splendor and oi power and 4 triumph IN II al
Ne,, but the M 'cr o, eyer h"ie q ,pltndor
somewhere or Other IN IN" moral col.c.tn'e
OF the people IL i bd1Gccd b. %reatne's -
obligation and profound yer ua-ion Of Ia"
being OF God and of ill- "-+enusl ncarn"-'
10 all prosreritv or grsht1e,s m an commuht
II is but dust and -he- IN H. I" "s, aI It ought
God forbid that yor should r9acino from
thai that ! be'ievs ih2t Iemt hn;ln s,ant
of the great Industrial world. whatever they
are. are so far apart from God and the con
scIousness of HIS thought and rns uUu>lbIlty to
His throne that the combining Of tie two n tho
mind Of any Intelligent 'ntn i uncomfortable.
God forbid. sar' ihl' any ore ot u: should
responsibilities of any human mind, the ASSOC
citation OF Coi and oNicc Of God and The .'reo'
o, ,oh nn ,de and ,be po,, ~ Ha, '' NJ.
incuncplvahls
80 What you and | want in lli- erca',
busy wicked. self-se"kjne, modern, material
III ~ ours Is 10 get back to tho primal con-
.ciousnesI and r"alize that tho first cry for anv
man or woman in the fac" Of tie dangers hat
threaten our world to-dav i not that W would
he richer not that we ma" be better org riled not
that wcmav hay. a, in@r sCor,t r." ~. or owl
bv the way-d. Lord hat mv ewes may h"
opened. BLVD as mn. lh7t may hav" born
1}, iHt9 my M "iseIS Thc -oG2Sr 'se ~ % ot
relation of tie world hat * 10 h. larger World
Of righteousness that IS to 10 tho 'iat on of N"
and the service of God. the recoeritI-n TINT in
Whatever task is performed. however lowly
or humble o, se' ~ ely remote fror, the
sni II nav coin. i iti4 di,hon"st tas',. an
impu q task. base task. and b.. the presence
of III, crac" and power ennob!" and tra"s-
And so. So the one word tha, would leav. with
YOU. as YOU 60 ,ont 4 his holy, house IS this.
eyes may be opened - and then remember
that neS, 20 the, awak.nins and enlarse0 ent
of the spiritual vision = man a. ~" f0NudatIor
NJ all civic, social and natural regcner1ti"n
Nobody who has an awake r"d son 80 a. many
men and vomen have Ia th's chnch tn-daT
their obligations to II by taking about It. bv
writing loo III. nv deh1t.nC Il. snrnev. ore or
other. for every man and woman 10 whom
am speaking - q i moment there Is q place
IN tna greet lon'"ent ~ service
"y or must ind that ylaC" "ou must reCor-
ni7e your relation 20 itand then in the siren IN
Of God Won must pvt voNr -houlG'r % the wheel
and in that service Ivould lifo II rlav t. slc-
geet n einremelN lnrortqu' nt tNis precise
MON mt three particular expressions - II,
the frst ot which tipdS IL, expression In or
caniYed service.
We shall not redeem New York non and
bret hren, nv emotions: we shall not rode" II
nv denunciaton. We shall not rrjeom 4 nv
pesslmistic temper that wrars its ca1rert
around il and turns its hack upon II. There
are burning with zeal and enthu~ia-m and a
high p,iruose Of sacrifice H. this great C'tv to-
day Crept multitUdes of = en and women hoy
are of different religions. ~ :" must forget that
they ara 81 different rH'ionAlitcs. they Wust
forget that t'ev are of dinrrert political 6sS"-
Citations. most Of nll they must forget Nat, and
II, having reached that point. We could hud
three nr " men whom an Of US trusted aud
believed In tNe-e are hundreds of th.r'l and
say to these three ~ fNe u on nov hen. 'cl' NJ
what Won want - - DO. wh"r" Won want ~" to
stand. what relation YOU want our party, our
church. our orraui7N'lon 10 bear to tho be .'"g-
mont Of New YORK We viii trust your iudr-
rent. we VII follow your lead. and tho vnrl, "a
done and n"Nt 10 'hIti nj -eryire ~ 4 hc oN-
l.2htened soul We want vigilance. ACoin say
the city which Nou and love. and In whose
deemed by emotion.
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