The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-07-01
SERMON BY REV. Mr.. RAIL-
EXCELLENTDISCO URSEATTRINIIY
NJ. CHURCH.
The Subject Was ga Century md
Quarter OF National Life; Problems of
lions That Confront Us.


At Trinity NJ. e. church yesterday morn
ing the pastor, the Rev. Frank H. Rail,
preached a very interesting sermon before
large congregation, which was present de-
spite the sweltering weather. The subject
of the sermon was "a Century and Quar-
fer of National Life; Problems Of Yesterday
and To-Day The subject was, an int9i.
terestiug one and the preacher handled 1T
in a way that was very clear. me text
was taken from Isaiah xix. 24 IN that
day shall Israel be the thlru WIN Es ,yspt
and Assyria, even blessing III the mus.
Of the land"
Rev. Mir. Rail made an Introductory ref.
erence to the century and quarter just
passed and during the course OF the sermon Ion
spoke of the problems that faced us ct the
opening of the country's life, which nave
been solved during the last 10 years. As
the first of these great problems, tne
preacher took that of national lndepen
dence, which, he said, was not only ques-
ton Of acquiring Immediate independence
from Europe, but whether or not we collu
later assert ourselves as country lhuG
pendent of America, Is not or the Whole
the second of the former problems that the
preacher spoke about. He SAID an answer
us to whether this was possible or not was
made finally in the civil war when there re-
suited In the feeling that there was no
north and south, but that all were as one.
This he said Is still more fully shown by
the millions that come to our shores anu
help to assimiate the spirit of unity: me
third problem was material proDlenl, 10
subjugate the continent. He said that now
we are settled down and instead or being
the borrowers we are the lenders to the
world The last of these great problems
which have come M before us was that
rof personal liberty, whether or not we have
made good the words of l25 years ago set
down in the Declaration Of Independence.
The preacher said that this was not realiz-
ed until after the civil war.
At this point the preacher summed up
the problems that confront the country 10
day, the first of which was the question
of what would we do with our large cities,
or the question of rings and bosses. He
spoke Of what self-government had done for
some of the cities and incidentally mention
ed the late police trial in New Haven and
the controversy over the trolley matter in
Philadelphia. The next question. consider
ed was the one on the matter of oun-neW
possessions and foreign policy. Rev. Mr..
Rail said that 1t was not so much ques-
ton of imperialism or non-lmpeflailsh, Dut
it is question of what can be done about
Il situation that we did not choose nor
avoid The third question was that of the
industrial combinations, or trusts. Here
Mr.. Rail made reference to the speech or
General MacVeagh Mt Harvard last week
in which he said that ultimately. as now,
there would always be the party OF the dis
contented against the party of the content
ed, unless we should devise greater means
for the distribution of wealth. Rev. Mr..
Rail said that it was not so much to put
stop to the trusts and combinations, but
the sooner we recognized the Importance of
the problems evolved In the present condl-
ton of affairs the better. The preacher dis
claimed offering any solution for the prop.
lens, but insisted on the value and need
of recognizing them and closed with the
statement that an honest and intelligent
patriotism would be religious duty.