New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-05-10

end took toI the theme Of biz sCOur-e Clrt Il the
door and The iherhcfd.r end then sad
The words Which have ju,i read ca istsn brethren.
rue. no because they W iu-n ia tnc Gospe oi
IT john but hs are written IN the GOspH OF ~ Ioan
because they ne true; and beiure any Eyange-t put
pen 10 paper by Inspiration Of the Holy Spirit they were
tue.
The Evanceiis;s Ind rot pretended nt any time to
give rs iuil development ni al the acts and ali the
teachings o their Divine s;er. but alter hi asccD-
son snd alier nc crescent of the Holy Ghost aud
after the Church hal already been extended without
written syllable u the New Tes.ament, God used GER
siu Of them either Apostles OF nlmejlte Pies %
put record csrisn things. many # which the VIZ
remembered, hssing seen or heard ant those WAC
we're net wiinesse had heard from others Who were
sid they had made record Of these ttings.
IN The passsge which have just rcsj, our Divine
Saviour Wss biz habit ia addressing the multitude
mingled things fsture with thing present, and a-o not
unffcqueIiiy with things past-ior you must re mem ser
our Divine Saviour did not appear in the world 40
teacher simply u til generation which lived when he
taught but 10 that which was to succeei
The son of God when be appeared in the fesh, APP
peared as coIsummat0r Of the religion begun with
Adam OF which had now according to prophecy aad
the economy Of God accomplished lis appointed
purpose but he toe corsunmltcT OF thls re-
fpion Toward lin all tended and in him al
cenered The strsinng eye. OF the expecting prophets
looked for him their gaze constantly bent toward
the horizon of the future 10 know ana II possible 10 see
such indications IN the clohds OF heaven as would
the earth to bud fon the Saviour Then religion
was the religion Of anticipation, contemplated IN the
form Of types and having reference 70 the future To
US il s past Christ therefore appeared cOnsum
nstor OF one dpensa'ion and the founder of another
rot different in principle but materially essential
| The hrst would not be true, II the second mad
not come. And the second would not have been
iounded in truth II it bad not preceded by the former
The Son Of God the living connection Of those two
d.pensations; whether a living preacher to the mu
ude, disciples ready to believe the words which
dropped from his lips, or to the increduous and proud
persons who refused to haIken, whatever he said
applicable the present. and perfectly Ineligible.
But we find that iii even after his resurrection the dis.
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the kin gdon - Israel forgetting when lsrae lost
the kingdom the sign OF prophecy fulfilled and that
they should then look out for the promise Of the nation
Another thngbe showed the promise ofthe future when
he said Abraham had onged ~ his day. had seen it,
and glad.
They said by tine comparison of time "thou art not
yet fifty years Uls and hast thou seen Abraham His
discharged his mission in this respect Before
Abraham am and so little did they understand,
this openly denied and from their conception Of the
AbTahsmc faith and the declarations Of the prophets,
they considered this blasphemy. SO heis speak
ing in this chapter TO the people aud his guage of
al other Teachers is most simple and Ineligible.
No traning faretched metaphor, but words under
stood in the simple pastoral lay terms the familiar
language of the tribe-borowed from the shepherds
feldgiving the express meaning he wished 10 convey
He warns them OF dangers, and innates his mission
and speaks of things TO better their fortunes, and
cludes this portion If the chapter by saying: "There
shah be one fold and one shepherd Now, they under
stood the words for they the most obvious but
they did understand the meaning in which the Di-
vine Teacher applied them. How could they know the
purpose for which the Divine Savior applied those sim
pl- but expressive words We sometimes imagine that
great privileges enjoyed by those who lived in the
time md place Of the Son Of God and there per-
who cay that if they had heard the word of
life declared, and the way of eternal salvation pointed
out by Him, they would then believe.
In many respects position il stronger, and we
have better understanding Of these things, than If we
had then hved The reason Is all the miracles OF the
divine Redeemer established through him. az the
messenger OF God The testimonies of him, as the God
the word manifested in the tesh-as strong to
us, nay, may say stronger 10 us, than II we had wit
messed them with our eyes They proofs,
well theirs and the human testimony of facts
corded is attestcd and approved under circumstances
which leave possibility Of doubt. They not facts
for those only who witnessed but for the next century,
ard for all time.
do not say they make the sensibity Of impress
sion; bat TO the proof Of the events there is no diff
ference asst the advantages they center Eighteen hun
oIed years have passed awpy ana IN tracing the conse
which he has established in his church, and in the
OF preserving his church, find one uninterrupted
accomplishment Of what his cotemporaes did not I'M
derstand.
We ind at the commencement that the idea which
he threw out in a familiar discourse TO the people, as to
what should be the inevitable consequence OF his minis
try has been etenally accomplished from the day the
holy Ghost descended the holy Apostles and kim
died the light Of divine athgivng illumination to the
understanding ana strengthening their weak and yacl-
laipg hearts. The subject OF the discourse is the
ChuIch-not in its general attributes, cons Tered in
connection with the events to flow from It, through the
Son OF God, but its everlasting foundation.
There hut gimpse-a mere sketch-ot thal
great divine plan which he came earth to execute
There but part of the mutual relation OF the
whole II did not all come out, until, according 10 his
promise, be should send the paraclete--the spirit OF
uh-whi should guide them into all TRUTH and abide
with them forever
supder stood that the day Pen,ecost the church.
which, until that time had as it were, been nodded
iniO fOIm hch given shape ano proportions but
which, yet according 10 his appointment stood a.
We nay conceive the first man stood forth, prominent
of the human race When God formed his model from
the slime of the esth he breathed lie and soul into
him. and then was awakened to the consciousness
Of his being, destiny and origin. SO the word OF G0d
1t was on the day OF PenecOst that the Scriptures
mentioned more darkness-no more haste after
hght-whch was at that time communicated II there
was ANYTHING that seemed to press on the heart OF the
divine Redeemer than another, it was the unity OF
the disciples In the seventh chapter OF st. john alter
speaking of it in various FORMS he at last gives utter
ance the iulnoss OF SOUL 10 his Eternal Father rs ne
and the Father one he and his disciples were one
and only this but he prays that they ali may be one
thou Father ant in me and in thee that they also
may be one us that the world may believe that thou
hast me-" Therefore, there is nothing invisible
nothing ioreshadOwed. Not the unity which binds the
soul IN ecclesiastical Unity to God, bat unity which
stands out in the sight OF the world The foundation
of tie church, then, is clearly obvious for we
know that religion is founded the veracity OF God IL
takes lis origin from what may be termed aposolcity-
that is, mssion-and which sent the first missions.
Read again the holy pages OF Scripture, and you VIII
find the Son OF God did not arrogae 10 himself because
he appeared in human iom the origin OF hs mission,
but he made known whatever he had heard from ms
Father. lie said his Father sent him. He minis
ter from God and he others carry the work.
having received his mission from the Creator Of us all
You DO not find Christ attempting to make converts
until be had proved his authority by his miracles. lie
was seat from God, and God, and consequently
mankind bound wherever there Is the grace OF
hearing believe in his testimony and obey Alter this
he makes known his doctrine, and you will see the
feature of unity always insisted upon few disciples
surrounded him. he the center others hsten to me
heavenly words which he utters, believing they are Il
aggregated to unity, and add many to the original
society and from the day OF Pentecos when the HOLY
Spirit appeared y substitute for the Son oil COD
mystrious absence, wherever grace has operated In
tie mind of man the number has been constantly In.
crsasng If jew he must bid adieu TO the synagogue,
aud enter into the and blessed covenant. IL
Pagan. he must renounce his false religion 1t Is
not enough merely to believe and say, let me