The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-11-17
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REV. DR.. SMYTH SPEAKS
OF "a PROPHETS PORTRAIT OF
A NAN FOR THE PEoPLE.u

Striking Address from Center Church
Pulpit Yesterday Morning-Timsiy
Words-Barning and Ominous Prob
lens That Arise To-day In Our
Country.
The following is a summary of DIR.
Smyth's sermon at Center church yes
terday morning which he based upon
the forty-second chapter Of Isaiah:
I would not wish to prophesy like
Cassandra Of the Greeks, for we are
Christian believers in the future of our
country, and it is Gods world; but
would like to listen to what Isaiah, the
prophet, might have to say to US, for
his sermons to the rulers and the
classes were cert ainly not loaded with
blank cartridges. I would have you
look this morning at portraiture Of
the man for the people which Isaiah
painted, the colors of 1t are as fresh
as ever and in its strong. gentle fea-
lures We may recognize the servant of
God whom the people need in these
on1inous and interesting times.
The first marked feature is this:
\ Behold my servant whom 7 uphold
He grasps as by the hand higher
power greater than himself. 1t is the
living God back of the living man.
Take the religious background of
power from the service Of humanity
sd ,.4t. Il.
The religious consciousness of the
community is the . magnetic field
through which the live wires for SER
vice run. g. "I will set my Spirit upon
him." The final test Of service for the
people is the spirit which is behind 1t.
will ask, and will test your par
ties, your trusts, your labor unions,
your ecclesiastical institutions by this
prophetic question, What is the spirit
put upon them? There are the an
tagonistic spirits; the one Is that of the
servant; the other Is the spirit OF
Babylon. If any man, any organiza-
tion, any labor union. any church even,
has not the spirit of the servant; If 1t
says, as Isaiah declares Babylon said
in his heart, II am, and there is none
beside me-; then it is the anti-C Christ
of our civilization, and with all its
works, it Is to be destroyed
8. This great masterpiece depicts also
the man for the people at his work
we see the task given him to do. It is to
open the blind eyes, to set the prison.
ers free; his hands are filled with char
tiles, he has a philanthropic task; but.
this is not the first and supreme work
given him to do First in the order of
history, first in it's urgency at this
hour, is this other and greater task.
f"He shall bring forth Judgment in
truth; he shall set law in the EARTH
1t is his double task to bring the
right out SO that men may see it, and
to set the right in full and firm reality
in the earth. He Is to cause the right
to be seen, and to get the right thing
done. This Is the most urgent task
now; where is the champion, where the
leader, who shall bring in these days
of industrial confusion the right to.
clear revelation, and establish It
among men? DIR. Smyth proceeded to-
enumerate particular conditions and is
sues where this work must be done,
and done at once, of bringing forth
Judgment in truth. First he spoke of
the Ten Commandments-ar they the
foundation now of society? When OBJ
served in our morals, does their at
mosphere pervade our manners-their
atmosphere of purity, sanctity. and
reverence? Is that the atmosphere Of
our literature and society? He mem
toned one instance to point this Dues
ton, the remark of an educated ling
lish girl concerning a certain notori-
Gus novel: SIT is. not such a book as
one would give her mother to read"
Other conditions In the real human
world where judgment needs to be
brought forth to truth relate to the
individual, his rights, his opportuni-
ties, his liberty In this land of ours,
which yesterday was free, which to-
day is we know not what, and which
tomorrow, by Gods help, shall be free
again. What are the uses and abuses,
the rights and the limits Of organiza-
ton? could give, DR.. Smyth said, In
stances from my own observation, and
any manufacturer or employer Of la
hor can give many more, of petty per-
secutions, Of grievous injuries, of cru
elites of labor to labor, Of violations
of human rights, which raise the ques-
ton whether we are not threatened
with a new form of white slavery in
this land. You will not find these in
stances usually mentioned in the
newspapers; you will not hear of them
on the political platform; they lie, some
will tell us, beyond the proper prov
ince of the pulpit;-bu who in these
matters shall bring forth judgment In
truth? Who, if not the church? Let
me mention two instances which have
occurred during this past week.
Dr. Smyth then referred to President
Fliot's utterance concerning labor
unions, and to the resolution proposed
in answer by the Federation Of Labor
in which "the sanity of the teaching Of
our universities'' is questioned. | have
heard men laugh. at this as though it
were a. Joke. But what does 1t mean?
What does it mean when a man of
commanding position representing a
body of thinking men on the one hand
is confronted in fierce antagonism by
the representative on the other hand Of
a vast circle of men who toll with their
hands 1t is nothing to be laughed at.
It means a chasm--a widening, deepen
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