The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-22
A SERMON FOR SUNDAY
ksTscNc AND UPLIFTING DISCOURSE
BY THE REV. DONALD S. MkckAY.
Subject "a Plea For the Simple L'fe"-
Duty Of the Puipi, to Sound Warn
ing Note In Regard to Modern Extrava-
rance In Living.


. New YORK CITY. - At the Collegiate
Church, Fifth aVenge and Forty.eighth
stree,. Sunday morning: the minister. the
Rev. T.. Donald Sage Mlckay, presented
strong sermon on "A i:ea LOT tnt Simple
Lie: Inc text was rom -Ma.'nW .Syh.,
Si-5S: laEe NO ,hoashl ss'nS, r
shall we eat or Whas sra'i we uLA y.
Nherewithhl snail We pr c'otneu IN. IN
your heavenly fatae: hho"e'n' LIZ
Macsay said: ,eo, ,,-,,:
Wordsworth. the s"ea; Ensisn poet, 'hen
young man and co;ntnri,Neiy unHhoMn;
wrote sonnet entit:ea lam LiS,"I st shJ
high Thinking. IL Il SO s'g"'nean' 'n'' =
quote It IN full:
90 friend. know no. which way ] must
look
For comfort. being rs am opprest
To think that now on life is only drest
For show: mean hanGiwork of craftsman.
cook,
Or groom. We ms: .un g!ittering like
brool; :, !,
In the open sunshine. or We are unb,cst!
The weaithiest nar among US ia the best.
No grandeur now in nature or in book
Telicbts ma. Rapine. avaricc. expense
This is idolatry. and these We adore
Plain living and hich thinking are no
more
Hbe homelv beauty OF the GOOD old cause
Ia gone-onr peace. oar simple innocence,
And pure religion, BREATHING household
laws"
Ths rsrr,-t,b,c ,b;pc ,bo.t these lines
h that Although describing the follies O:
~, ra,rs ago tbev ~ exSctiv npplicable
a Ss s,asS;;;oms' asS; ,' ~ lie to.aov' What
Words,vorth cr;t;c;scd so forcefujlv in 1909
:" st;ii r..,ai.nt IN iaGS In sn;te Of the
...,s.. nrorras. -, ,h. ,;ncteentn cen.
t,s,, No, tr;tss rS;,c The enormous adj.
s.H.. ~ s,.sr,, snhere of human activity.
- - ssS sar,me,tarv q, onr civilization
th.t ta.Jsr we are ;rs, AZ much the slaves
n Sul.,r ,stentat;on re our fathers were
when the Isst century still was Young.
7 need sc,rcelv remind you how bower
inily this same criticism OF our oyer-elabor.
- ~ LIZ ,.s n1s 80 =. Sc chorsas W.sner "The
ST Svs. LIE 'H v.-.hn5,. !. reaS;na Il and
cliLnI. .. ;e hr. ~ evs-v one I fear ;s
auIi'nB ~, ~. nv I..rsr !. =
nIsauy 20 aecer. ns 'enSns pss W., &c Ls.n
IIo!Ss,ans pas.os ~ .d ad nh;insa.
shns an ,,sspp.Ssnt pSr cr;;;c In th;s latest
Sssst srL;s s.T't, S;r,nia ;,s - he has mt
t~r,s,.a 49, ~ - nl.a 20 b;s fellow P,r;s;ans pre.
r;..Is :. Wn-dsw,rtb did to his confempo-
r.r;ss : sentnrv 400 Like Wordsworth.
Wagner sees in the elaboration and com.
.irs.". - sso5.-n lie rnt ,nereir \ menace
p'es,.y 9. MSse.n .ie ne no. .a ne h,s - tSa ~.
ss,,sss,,sI III y.n;,;.n., i;;a 81 The ;nd;y;d.
80 49, ~na .n,,nn,a th. state Nowbere.
~ss .ny sS: ,isr I;ss ~ L,xnr;ons
si.say. -, ~ nrtr,r,n,n.e 40 v;s;b,e
=. ;. ss;. rna.r6,n;;s ~ ;hs New world
- ~. a 49, e. 90 oE I'D the
.sssS, os e.,.,e.r.c se s,5 soc;etv are rnn.
go ..;I W., the seonrs%c viii come
:. go. = ,.,,st or bo,y & NIL, CONG mo
-, :. ssu @ 81, h,,s tSst ,I;s c,r"er of extraw.
. ". ss - E,;,,s uss ,.S;sh Ns,v Vor. has heen
soIjoS;ns. % esDecially for The past 1--WE years.
y pound 90 enc IN asat1atropne, moral na. ana az;
s oeMs, me, I. ,ssds sa'.u nn nsonhnt 20 nred;ct
!xIIpr.Jy ~. .Srcwd ~ bp,rJ 'heoaeJ mem in
MaN S,rsse s-s sesnt;nr tbe snn,oacb;ng
Ssa..s 49,, H. cnrnn,erc;.I sttpnSno;nf
Tshss, tsiI =. th.s ,Sc INIT If over.capit.i;.
saf;on and headstronr speculation il
rssched and the re,ctiey,. unIess it comes
s,.Smsilv and mrder n,nner control. vii,
sneji ksn;c from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
How true that NAV be a,I a commercial pre.
dict;on do mot know: hut from the stand.
~ The Evil rssnlts Of ti;s oycr-eiaborated
,ryn,ds ~ % - Ev;r~ common % even among the
..ccr .s v.ii ss the r;ch arc alrcadv with
- re. Se - :, nas @ ,enn.,s s ths v;s;an "f n
49,, fo recccn;,c them
n = IN IA isee of such conditions that
saA.s,.:. 10 -, 20 - i. 49, - 60
- Y, dts dptv - I. csiisi n,nn - - so,,nd forth ,
,s.rn;ar =; S ~ r. 3 ;nSeed thanSies. tass
q. thcs rrsschs. Hs Nnnst sav th;n@s 90.
so srS .s,.,,;t s,,ah uss ~ ~ ~. thst ,;,,
M sS.,niv ths fssj;nss 70 nn. The con.
sc;enees @ CO. n II. .boss o. whom, he sddresses' New.
ertheiess. becausc there is still a residuum
sanf al M. I venture this Lenten SUNDAY
Torr;n, n ths name of Jesns Christ to
Lr;nc hs}nrs vo,, tL;s n;so for apl,;n Gy;nc
md k;rh thinSincn
Nv Srst renarS IN nm obv;on. ;nsenence
p,s;y Ev;rs 3 an af,soj,ts sonI;t;on of h;,h
eh;rL;r. St,srno,,s ,b;nt;nc camnns - cor,s
S.c.. ,s-,.ssd E,;,a TssSSs. . ..n h.. 'e ne
Efe ~ ~nrthv thonsSt whe-e .r;st.Uc. @ ne I =
iordsd down y;th Ire vplgar;t;es of InSnrv
Thonrht vh;ch 1. the i;fe nj the sanI not
cnly defer;orstes. Il dies when we make
tSe esrrs of thc body The heal, and The
srS.aii ~ m, d.vs The two ,nost inter.
80 .,..ss. n so.;stv .o'J,v s-a az .h;set
nor vho hv necess;tv mH.t tb;nI of The
reed. ~ fSe bodv and fberefore can
fhint ef nnthsns clse nod the IDLE rich
yho bv cho;ee devote every hour Of the day
q The trivial problem Of what tbey shail
set and rhat thev she,i dr;rk and wh.re.
,~;thai taev shaIl ke clotbed ..The hodv II
S - ssxs Ho.snet the yreat E,cach nrescb.
-. in one of his Sermon. (Which draos us
down from The joitier levels of thoSaht.
which chains ~ to the earth when we
oEght 10 he breathinr the uure air OF
heaven. !" So IL Ia chat TO-DAY we are nut.
tins nm undue emphasis uncn the merely
outward & Eis We sre elabapat;na b OF The mere
srameworE Of the nictnre. ornament;pa the
e;lded franninos' Indifferent 10 the essen.
fials vhich Alone give LASTING beautv 70
i;fe and character.
WHAT are some of the eauses Of this over.
alaborstion in the material comforts of life.
TPrimsrily. there n the passion for Injury
Itself. we are to-day essentially a iuxuri.