The New York herald., 1845-01-27


OF the Soxvcr.
A SERMON PREACHED BY THE REv'D Dr. RYDER,
PRINCIPAL OF GEoReETowN COLLEGE, IN Sr. PE-
rRR's CHURCH, SUNDAY MORNING, JAN. rs, lS45.
And ,phsn much people gathered together, and
come 10 him Of evey city, he spake by aparabIe "A
sower oent his seed and he sowed some FEY
BY the suay side and oddsn down aud the foUis
tie air depoured Il: aud sH upon rock and soon
sprung IL withered because lacked mons
wih a. and choked and other fen on good ground, and
sprae up and bare fruit fold dnd Dhen ne aaa
these things he cried He that hath ears 60 h.ar isi a.m
mysteries Of Me kingdom Of God; but pasats
amdsrsama Nsw tie parable is this: The seed is the ord IF
God Those the ay side they that hear then comefh
sy % should @ believe and be saved They on he rock a.
they ,chich when they hear receipe the oord sc joys and
these have 10 root whish tSr ,rase seevs and o. ms q
they whch ,ohen thy haze heard forth, and e.oksd
Nth cares and riches and pleasure Of this life and bring
wiich honest and good heart harig heard the Uord
keep it, and bring forth fruit wih patience e-sr. LUXE viii
4-l6.
The Gospel for this morning, my beloved friends,
which have just read to you, contains moral, as
sublime it Is dufficut to be pracsed, and dog
ma which is as important as it is unfortunately at
present little understood. The morality which it
contains is obvious that it cannot need explana-
the great oracle and source OF truth-the Saviour
himself. That moral tells us that the word Of God
is opposed by three enemies and that that word is
received by three classes Of individuals who de-
rive no advantage from it, 1t is opposed by the
devil, the world, and the flesh; and the three
classes who derive no advantage from this
sacred word are, first. those who hear this
word, but allow the devil, as it were, to wrest il
thor hnav Tho Clo Ooed M
those who are like the rock, into whose ssures and
cefs the seed is dropped it were accidentally !;
it springs up for moment, but because there is no
moisture to sustain it, it wihers and dies away be-
fore it fructifes. So in the heart of that ind
vdual the word OF God is received but in the time
Of temptation, not having the moisture it disappears
and withers. The third class are OF those who re-
ceive sthea w Word-who allow it to fructity well,
but ultimately permit it to be choked up by tares
and thorns and brambles; by the pleasures OF sense
the qualifications of this llfe-the indulgence OF
carnal feelings Thus you see that this divine ~
among the others. Hence the devil, the world,
and the flesh, are the real enemies of the wcrd OF
God and consequently, the real enemies OF the
heautfy the vineyard Of the Lord to eternal e Hence
the Catholic Church. the mother of the faithful and thu
pledges at the holy altar Of Cod to the devil
and all his works the flesh and all its temptations and
we Christians are faithful 70 this triple contract, il
in vain we were washed In the waters OF salvation
and cassed among the faithful children OF God It is IL
vain the seed planted in our hearts 1t il in vain
that the ystic fame OF holy incense should be lighted
| in our souls, and our names registered In tut
Book Of Life claimants Of beatitude-almost sa
cred; because must renounce the devil the ord
and the flesh and unless range ourselves in tn.
fourth classo those who, with good heart receive the
word and with patience and fulfil the high
calling God has given in revelation and fulfil those
duties marked out to US as members OF the am'
ton, because it will be ultimately destroyed For
written they must bring forth fruit in themseves-by
Atia Uhn
the Sabbath day. do giving the rest to the devil
the evil passions their They bring forth
Of God for is only SO we can be entitled to the
Of faithful servants You may have observed, brethren
mpediments three One class Of these h.
calls thorns and brambes. What are these They
passions and these are thorns and brambes Yes is tn.
language OF divine truth. the expressions of the Goo
man himself who knew well how to estimate pleasures
seed Of divine TRUTH and impediments to the practice
of those duties imposed by Christ word that they
and are impedments his eternal salvation Were o
have told you beloved friends. that all you painting
ams:s - ;-t thas at al the energies Of tbs your SOU
are concentrated to the purpsoe OF producing thorn
Of Gregory % the Great more than
ago-n should tell you you would not believe us
they appear to you as most attractive and pleas
thorns and ambes, which must certainly impede th
progress Of the travellers ultimately lead him to cssrSc
Il
mother Of the faithful points out that spirit that should
her followers, and tells to look on pleasures
termination Of pgrimage-asr strainng for wealth
and riches though these may be obtained, were we TO
h wss like that Of @h t1s s.vona or 0a ts
gave that the winding sheet used to the spo
mortality will not be our: and that the wealth sno
stumbling block our children, or perhaps made
question Of suspicion and scandal of him who LEFT them
Why then, should not learn from the wisdom OF tn
l appreciate them light the
objects which they created, but, given
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and-M you please-labor in our vocation for tn.
q but il S.ss for ns
as poverty therefore, that individual who, in the
performance Of his duties, acquire riches is not to
bame unless he has his heart them, and pants ael
them forsetful of the riches Of eternal e Q, these
riches thsn only brambes and horns and fit only
my Christian brshrsn remember this holy morsy that
II "pro6teth msn nothing II he gain the whole woro
lures that the devil took Saviour up to pima.
Gle Of the temple Of Jerusalem, and pointed out
to him the kingdoms Of thel world, and said "all
these things will give, thse. If thou wilt fall
disposed to give the whole natural world for whaa
For the destruction OF immortal SOUL Then let US
own souls a their proper value and recoect that
for human soul he was willing to give all the king
doms Of the world and the glory Of them" AZ to the
i !
1t s beloved brethren, important as it is uniortu
nately, misunderstood at the present day. The dogma
which aluds the declaration Of Saviour that the
word of God 10 to be communicated to mankind through
the medium Of the Church That you see disclosed in
the whole of this parable which says those who hear
the word"-"those who receive the word"-'those who
keep the word From which declaration ofour Saviour
it is apparent that in the system Of his divine govern
ment II intended we should be taught and receive In.
structon through the medium Of hearing, by living
that dociliy under that living voice ID to
constitute our hdelity the great word Of God-snd
consequently my brethren have gone astray in
posing that may oppose this great authority and fan
cy ourselves that need instructor but that
read for ourselves the pages OF divine revelation
This, then my beloved brethren s the point of great
litigation in the present day. great multitude Chris
tans, of various sects fancy that this instruction would
| be en- encroachmentSon the rights of the community
60 the divine fountain Of truth and religion and draw
for themselves therefrom and form for themselves sys
tenn OF truth and religion. To this point, them wish to
call special attention, being portion Of the Holy