The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-08-23

SICK" The reverend gentleman opened has dis-
course by adverting In brief terms to the sublime
yet simple toilngs OF Christ. Not even the Jews
benighed and preiudced as they were, could fall to
recognize the richness, the depth and the profound
ness of the spiritual truths Of Him who spoke
as never man spoke. The cause OF the re-
buke to the Pharisees which the text embodes
was for the reason that while Jesus sat at meat
many publicans and sinners sat down with Him and
His disciples and this act something that could
not be overlooked by the Jewish doctors. who were
governed wholly by their own traditions The rev.
erend speaker fully discussed the position the
Pharlsees neld at this Interview with the Master and
His disciples ana then shoed the pertinence Of the
answer Of Christ 10 their reproac,as me interview
and feast referred to in the verses pre- Iia on
which the discourse was founded took ~ ,Iio
house OF Matthew. Had he been the gu |ss VI -
Pharisee t4s not to be supposed that those wo pa,
at the table with Jesus would have been permlttsS
IL things the text has meaning PARTICULARLY appca
bic to those who are liable TO rob alone the bodys
health. The careless and indifferent man OF the
world Will attend TO the body when In danger,
but how Infinitely more important is 1t TO
watch well the health OF the soul, whose diseases
only the great Physician can heal How much time
and money are expended in the endeayor to gain
LOST health, and yet how few make SACRIFICES 10 pro-
mote the eternal health Of the spirit All are aware
that the spiritual Physician, Jesus. came INTO
the world that all might be saved from the wrath to
come and yet, alas how few avail themselves OF
cure the faint of sin and restore US 10 the favor Of
God. We are not to understand by the words OF the
text that there are in this world any 80 righteous
personal Saviour His design was TO con-
vince the Pharisees that only those who
Now, the truth with reference to that here
spoken OF was particularly adapted to those who re.
sa as these Pharsees ad proud and self
righteous, relying upon their outward regard for the
Mosaic law, Christ could be or no beneht to Them,
ana they would thank him for the interest taken
In their behalf But with those who really know
themselves TO be sinners he Is OF infinite benefits for
has s not to az to 70
sick in s0ur AS the proper place for the earthly
physician was by the bedside OF the sick, 50 with
HIM, as the heavenly physician, whoever was SICK
OF sin and desired relief from tit was with them
He had to do. What then is the important truth
is the subject OF spiritual disease which
requires for his SOULS benefit the care OF
Christ, the greatest Of Physicians me orator,
in developing his argument. referred particularly 70
the sell. righteons who like the Phartsees OF old.
needed medication for their souls aud presented
stat t'P He forsby coniassed the state Of un1e
llevers-thOse whose souls were diseased by sin
with the patients who, calling unto Him in their
analogy between the diseases which aniict the body
and which afflict and degrade the soul. But
there Is important evidence, said ne. that man
sa' subject o. spiritual 80 savna which
understanding darkened and being allenated
from the life OF God This evidence OF the loathsome.
ness Of sin Is the most horrible that can befa any
man; for this darkenng OF the understanding Is the
deliberate choice Of every who refuses the offer
OF salvation as assured to all through the afonement
once, but by stifiing the voice Of conscience and
turning deaf ear TO the pleading OF the spirit the
faculty Of moral vision becomes impaired, and SO
STEPPED In sin IL his whole being, that the msts OF
the shadow Of death brood over the soul, and the
pure light which streams in upon the true Christian,
with hUhfnNa darknpaQ
which pervades his mind. So blunted are all the
finest sensibiities OF his nature that the pure AID
holy character Of God as revealed IN his Word or by
mysterious prOvidences or In the face of nature,
vocal as IL is with the praises OF hts
marcnless majesty and glory, possess not the
least attraction for him. The children OF God con-
template Christ as chief among sen thousand and
there is no power cofneliness In Him-there is no
beauty In Him that we should desire Him. Nothing
spiritual heavenly ever engages them The things
seen-the poor perishing things OF earth winch they
can always grasp-pOssess unb0unded attraction
over them, while the things unseen and eternal are
moment their attention. The reverend orator thus
argued upon the benefits to be derived from the full
acceptance OF the truths as In Jesus and of
the sOustrengthening qualities OF his teachings saw
ing ana delfghttng ALL and OF the miserable end OF
those who rejecting the doctrine Of love to God and
escent ana full OF vanity. In tue evening the reve-
rend gentleman preached again on the same subject
the title OF the sermon being Chrst the Physician
OF Souls" with very great acceptance to his atten
tive congregation. Christ church Is splendid edl-
fce-lnterOrly and exterOry. 1t is, however Diff
cult one to speak IN. Its acoustic quaties are bad.
The organ Is tine one, and Is well handled, but the
choir Is rather weak.