Year: 1874

little to permit the arrival OF the boat from New
York, which brought up goOdly load OF passen-
gers for the Grove. Among the ministers who are
here now and not mentioned heretofore are l.. II.
King. Q. l.. Glider (who led In prayer this NORM
ing), o. N. G. Cheney, G. II. Anderson and George
A. Hubbell, OF Brooklyn. w. p. Corbitt Is also
here, and Messrs. Inskip and Mcdonald arrived
here yesterday. Rev. MIR. Hcbbard, Of City Island;
r. Meredith Of New York, and Mr.. Gothard, OF Cy-
press Hills and Father Reynolds are here also.


Bishop Kavauaugn, OF the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, preached, and as Introductory
thereto read Lamentations ill.,, from verse a.
''rhe Lord s my portion, saith my soul; therefore
will hope in Him"-Of which he preached an able
and eloquent discourse on the adaptiveness OF GOD
TO the necessities OF man. The Bishop
briefly pictured the melancholy disposition and
temperament al 1.-THE weeping prophet" and
pointed out the only hope OF his soul amid all his
trials and sorrows. Job WAS next introduced as
an example OF one who had looked in every quarter
for help, but found none anywhere. Even his wife
Jailed to encourage him, but oade him


CURSE GOD AND DIE,


or, as some translators make IL read bless God.
Job, however. found encouragement in the thought
that he knew his Redeemer lived, and that he
should stand with Him IN the last day upon the
earth. The Bishop went on to show the variety
which God has given to everything. Call up man,
he said, and you will see the imprint OF this
otherwise when we had studied one man we
should have had the character OF ALL But now,
he said the variety .1,sn makes the study of man
his spirit his mind. his manners. This book
1.-THE Bibe) Is the 0randest commentary OF Gods
perecttOns In existence. There is sense In which
we shall get through with this book some day, but
we shall never forget Its truths IN all the un-
measured days OIL eternity. We shall never get
through with the study OF the infinite extent OF
Gods greatness IN nature. The most scientific
man % has ONLY eot 70 TN the suburbs 6 OF creation and
knowing. No wonder, then. that jeremiah ex.
said 1t. II he had had only body he would not
have required 80 much to make hlm happy The
can be. But Is IL


A MISFORTUNE THAT WE HAVE SOULS


which cannot be satisfied with anything less than
God He has made US religious Delngs. We must
OF reliance and help, and II YOU don't give man a
God he Will go to work and make one. And the gods
OF the heather are the best commentaries on the
! conditions OF their minds. The mind makes the
god and the god Is like the man. How different Is
| the God OF the Bibe--the CHRISTIANS God. No
man can look at himself and not be convinced that
there Is great creator and nobody but fool is
capable OF saving there Is no God. And as the
heaven at all it will be by a FOOLS pardOn.n 1t is
selr-apparent fact that there is God. We can't
reason T this thing out but We can stop where the
know something Of His character He
because He would MI all space and leave no room
for creation; but, being Spirit. He is everywhere
He can, therefore, bring all the perecuons of his
nature to every point in space. SO that every


THE ALMIGHTY, oMN1scIENT, oMNirREsENr GOD.
He Is here In this congregation to-day, and He
knows more about you than you know OF your
only what you think and say, but also the meaning
of your. words and thoughts altogether. Remem.
ber, child OF man, tnat God Is iavishing millions
and millions OF thoughts upon you II you coul
only see how ne IS planning to defeat
claims, How precious are thy thoughts unto me |
they are more In number than the sands; II
should reckon them up in order how great Is the


The Bishop in calculating the point Of Gods
Omniscience, took Dr.. Adam Clarke to account on
Piled not only the ability to know all things but the
TACT OF knowing. And to come to the Doctors con-
to enable Him to know what He pleased and not
to know what He did not please, He must be aDle
to forget that which He had known but he pleased
not to know. This is the logical position in which
Dr. Clarke places himself and God. II study great
men find detects here and there in them, and,
alter ALL they are like ourselves Ialllble. But how
different Is our God! Oh, ii must adore nything,
GIVE ME GOD,


The Bishops eloquence at this point so carried
away the people that there Wss general re-
sponse OF "Amen" GLORY Hallelujahr' through
adaptiveness OF Gods provisions for man in the
shout OF the archangel and the trump OF God.
shouting is a sign OF weakness. Christ, the king
He sits calmly on His cloud OF glory and views the
scene before Him. But the angels and archangeIs
comes to gather His loved and saved ones to HIM.
SELF If | am there think ], too, should be weak
Wod sSout ane an me-
and II we bring the Offering from pure hearts God
Will pardon our manners on that occasion.
The Bishop went on from this point to consider
God as God OF hope. Therefore will hope in
him, says the prophet. He is also a God OF grace
and of patience. What are we to hope IorP Eter-
nal lite glory honor and immortality. We are TO
hope Tor the ultimate triumph over all our ene-
mtes-ihe world, the flesh and the devil The vic.
tory that ovcrcOmetn the world is our faith; we
must cruelty The old man with his affections and
lusts and must resist the devil and he will Zee
from US. The Bishop next dwelt on


THE HOPE OF THE LIFE BEYOND


the grave; those whom we shall meet there some,
we see them then we snail ask no questions, for 1t
will be all right else they would not be there The
inhabitants OF that land are all cultivated people,
pure minded men and women. The Bishop re-
lerred to the alienation that has existed between
the North and South and the change that he found
here on his visit Everywhere lie Is treated as O
brother ana a lifelong friend. God is


GOD OF ALL GRACE AND CONSOLATION,


q God OF patience and OF hope. He Is an nteleC-
tual portion, a satisfying portion, an immortal
and eternal portion, saith my soul therefore Will


Dr. Sargent preached an eloquent sermon IN
the evening. Bishop Doggett is to preach on Sun
day morning and Bishop Raven in the afternoon.
The statement reported to your cOrresp ondent
coming from DR.. Lee, which made him say that ne
could not associate with Northern ministers in the
South, learn to-day was incorrect. The Doctors
sentiments are altogether different. He aid not
like the writings OF the Bishop but when he met
him and associated with HIM he found the mau
better than his writings. This explanation Is due
to DR.. Lee and to the spirit OF raternal fellowship
which has brought him and mis- colleagues hither.
THE CONDITION OF WILLIAM NJ TWEED


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