The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-11-01

the character OF the profession OF lbs membersfrom the
possesses-showed that had character Of entirety
| and permanence Like a city seated upon MI, ~
se n
| the triumphs Of genius and intelligence have
faded away and every ancient Work o. man mas
spiritual community in a temporal and wicked world,
where everything else decays The church had also us
responsibility "To whom much IS gwen, Of him also
shall much be required Its mission just to do good
and communicate is not erected TO be looked nj and
admired Its province and Office are 10 send out its sym
pathes 10 the wandering claim themto the
and 10 them We hold OF little account that cold and
dead orthodoxy where the CHRISTIAN folds ms hands be
believing his business and not working Such
one better before God and man than the slothfu
servant for working instead Of diminishing the
Christians joy and the duty Just real and Just
binding upon him if the Saviour had not fulfilled the
| law. We arc fellow workers with God. He works in
that might work and should labor as If the work
were all our Nor this duty less binding upon
because were human. II is the Jacob that is
10 thrash the mountains and make them small and 10 make
| the hills as chan God had committed the work TO all
whether young or old, Of high or low condition. We
TO look abroad as well as at homoo the Christian as
well as 10 the heathen II might be said, why did he NJ
ter these simple truthsp But he not only uttered them,
but reiterated and enforced them for Sod be working
among his people, He requires His churches 10 be work
ing churches What kind Of light 10 that which does not
shne2 And what sort Of church is that that has
principles Of forthgong activity What is Christianity
without the fruits of Christianity We do not ask
much what the sanctuary as what the sanctuary does
There may be dead sanctuary, but what could be
thought OF dead faith II IL acts not It lives not and
its greatest devotion would be but sounding brass and
unkng cymbal. THIS tabernacle must have honest
and an earnest Christianity II must have of
popular eiementit mus. have more hearts and hands
more willing people TO lay under tribute every family Of
Christians TO do their part The ministry is not The
churchneither is the pulpit the sanctuary, and there
was very great difference between ministry standing
alone and one with the effective co operation of active
church. The want of wei doing Of the
| devils ways OF evil doing; but the words Of
| the Saviour should be remembered IL must
work the work of Him who sent while IL is day, for
| the night cometh when work Yes, the
night IS comngthe darkness upon US AMI leaves no
luminous track behind In the fourth place the reverend
gentleman proceeded 70 consider the church respected
its conservative principles. II was not enemy TO
might arise. II against the kingdom Of darkness
yet II was not needless OF consequences II was not
blind TO the necessity of opposing evil 10 the evils Of
premature reform II does not run riot even in advancing
right, lest by unhallowed means it should lose than
gained Nevertheless it, controversy with evil was of
uncompronsing character. II the duty of the
church to harsh correcting long
tabshed usages or in removing ancient landmarks; but
its work must be performed with Christian love and gen
tleness, before which in time all obstacles would recede
IL must proceed like the moon wadng brightness and
genteness through the darkest gloomshnng bright and
clear, though making lis way through Cimmer
darkness. The Book OF Wisdom like the
| loaven hid IN three measures Of wheat and
Apostle Paul 10 revoluonize but regenerate. The old
landmarks which tended 10 strife should be left TO wiher
away before the advance OF love. Our land stands
first and ioremos, in the religious privileges Of the snotu
airy The church Is not jealous of the State is the
state jealous Of the church There ecclesiastical
domination of the government any Star Chamber pro
oeedings TO rampe on the rights Of the church The
tuay was free in land where the church could prosper
better without the State than the State could prosper with
out the church Hence the sanctuary had ordinary OBJ
legations Our very institutions do adhere 10 soil
nor 10 climate, they centred in the prares,
the sides of rich mountains, but they hang
upon the sanctuary and our prosperity and our union
nseparabe from the very Christian character Of the
ton What in the future could be foretod.
But there be turbulent people there should be words Of
peace TO rend the rising and the storm If Young Anne
| RIGA can be preserved from anarchy-f the rum
| bling Of the caverns below give notice of the APP
| proach Of the commotion-t will be because know.
| ledge is the strength of salvation and wisdom is
| justified Of her children, lie hoped the time would
| come when this would he found 70 be All that he
would impress upon his hearers Whatsoever things
are lovely, whatsoever things are honest whatsoever
things are pure whatsoever things of good report, IL
There DC any virtue or any pase think Of these things
and raerna character Of the sanctuary There but
one true religion in the unyersethe religion OF earth and
| Of Heaven in nature was essentially the The
sanctuary IS the house Of prayer for all people,
and stands forth as sacred asylum for fallen hu-
many. So far from being aside for the people
Of one cline, class, country color, it recognized
nothing OF that KIND. OF all places in the world, II Was
the place where the Jew and Gentle the seaman and the
iandgman; the stranger and the home born may
gether They are alike the offspring II the guilty
pair and TO them are alike offered the same glorious plan
OF human redemption. They subject 10 the n.
teilect and moral government They are heirs u the
some curse and 10 them offered the hopes Of
and they all liable to lay down 10 the silent grave
and 10 stand at the bar Of God. All men, therefore
Of all nations and chimes, had common
interest IN the house OF God Attractive may be TO the
rich, II ought never Ia be repusvc 10 the poor One
lis grea, attractions that there the rich aud poor
|
throne II is the great levecr. Not by celebrating all
human distinctions, but BY making dstncton that alb
and daughters Of the lord God Almighty. And more,
man Is social heing. Hs habits intimately inter.
woven with the sanctuary Christian churches on earth
certainly the nurseries OF the Christian church
IN Heaven than Christian families the nurseries Of the
church on earth. Come thou and all thy house and 80
into the ark arc the words which came from God We
sympathize with the lonely pubican who up the
Temple 10 pray but how much more Do feel when the
fsslmist says-"we took sweet counsel togcihcr-io.
geiheT 10 The house the Lord -
lonely star that twnes in the retiring cloud that calls up
the sripture burst II coquenoe was hen the morn
ing stars sang together and all the God shouted
| joy Why, then said the reverend gentleman IN
GLIDING should there be moral chaos, Why tbs scat
ternR OF heone fold o the Great -h"pherdy Why that
n craes firing should separate the host narshaed under
nc captain q our sayatons W. ak cor what have
ever rlycnand still hold ourselves ready 70 givean
tcrchargc ~ mutual love and coincidence And this
70 stand and think do stand the Bible for
there y neither CIRCUMCISION nor uncrcuDcison but a
new creature. even a. many as walk according 10 his
rule Hear again TIM words Of loving Master ia
thor, pray that they may all be one thou Father
art and 70 thee. that they may also be one in
thai the world may beieve that thoa hat scni me ",
have 70 contend for tn faith delivered
We viii not be influenced by sectaran fs.nes. We cal
no man master hut one Jesus Christ The time ap
preaching when Col word would MAKE fan nprcs
sion ana sEal lit ~ their tag thcr IN praise
Ter What saa The tabernacle earth but ihc vcstbule d
from the house MOI made with hands eternal "a the hea
vcns from The companonehp ofan nn linrsbe company
OF angels and the srt Of js ncn made rorfcct, where
To- He-h md sih 30 more control
| Tho sacred pleasure II The soul
such was Gods ssnciWary-t above AL things
90 earib-"yen above governors. abe battle field
and the press Woe 70 the land that 3 not the land
81 the Bbla and the sanctuary when the land ~ Pur
taus arrived IN tbs soil their aynr ~ the
tuary and perennial beauty tn erres II a thou
sand churches mnglng their chants IN the breezcs
q To- mountains and ihe spray ~ rs bound
The Rev Doctor then alluded ~ the fact that although
i've hundred parsons employed from foundation
u the completion ~ the church to lives wcre os,-uot
bone bruken MOI : uu.slc t,rrmapeutly niured Sfe,
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