The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-12
SERVICES yesterday
EltVEsTs sTAFET PRE' rTtsAs csr2cs,
Sermon by the Rev. Cn,r,.s Il. smy,b ar III.
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Sermon by the Hev' nsrlss Ii. smyIh on tlse
'Sn'Nau of Nations.
large respectful e and Intelligent congregation
assembled ID FAeVenth street. churcn, between
Second ana .nird avenues yesterday morning.
REV. Chlr'es 4 Smytb preached on Isaiah kin, L.:
81 thss s'TaE D righteousness, mighty 70 save.
ne sain dAt the text and context referred literally
10 inc. chastsements with which God IN His prou-
de,noe visited the enemies OF Ills ancient people Is
fael especially the Edomtes who were he descend
Of Jacobs brother Esau and who on various oc-
casions had exhibited tue enmy Of their lorefalher.
lie quoted nom Deuteronomy, chapter thiriy-two,
and from Revelation chapter nineteen, 10 show thal
God VIII deal similar manner with all people
aud nations who persstently oppose tlie headship
aud kingy government Of Christ over The Church
and over the nations. he referred 10 Jeremiah,
XVIII. IS, TO show that the royal parsonage men
toned in the text and context Is The King Whose
name Is the Lord OF Hosts " the same person as tne
Word OF God the Son Of God King OF Kings and Lord
Of Lorsr The great doctrine OF the text he represent
ed as the supremacy OF Christ over all mdy iduals and
nations. In Illustration thereof he lnstanced tine
fate Of the distinguished nations OF antiquity and
also that OF modern nations, both those OF the latter
which mad passed out OF existence dropped into
insignilcance and such rs are now undergoing
mighty revolutions, "a in Italy, spain and Great
Britain. The changes which mad been wrought IN
All these changes were sucsefveht 20 me ,klngdom
OF Christ the peaceful changes OF later days were
10 the same end. IN ali the eye oil iaith could
"tbe King OF Kings travelling IL the greatness OF
HIS STRENGTH and proving that He was mighty 10
save. Thus Christ Is mighty 10 save ~ desteoSlng
hls incorriglbe enemies But lie Is also mighty 10
save by delivering Ills people. Those VINO continue
impenCently 10 refuse ms Gospel He wiz destroy;
buttbose who embrace 1t and believe He VIII save.
Wine literally the staining or HIS garments Is nom
the blood OF his enemies whom lie tranples un0er
his feet as one treadlag IN the VINE press
",
way OF accommodation, applied the passage 20 the
staining OF Chrsl's person with Ills own blood in
saving MS people by dYlng upon the cross. Here
the speaker alluded for illustration 10 Codrus, the
Athenian king who turned the ice OF battle against
ms enemies 10y rushing INTO the thckest OF the light
and sacrlicing himself lie SAID that CHRIST oy dy-
ing conquered the hosts OF satan and secured for
His peOpie q complete and eternal victory over alt
their enemies. Though lie submitted 20 he
slain and buried lie ras not holden OF death,
Tomb aud assembled on high he took his seat on the
throne OfGod, where lie must reign until lie hath
pat all enemies under Ills feet even The last enemy
DEATH BESPOKE In gioWing terms OF tne providence
81 Christ N hIs kingy Office regu atng the alalrs or
men and nations; anu partlcuafy ms'anceu the
brtA and progress OF American ihuep ehusuee anu
the great achievements which have been accom-.
pnsbcd Dy science ana arr since ihs republic vas
established as Deing an OF them s9nsefNieht 10
the promotion Of Chrlsts Kingdom which
wnen perfected III the earth Nhl secure
10 MS not only "the United states Of
America" but the United STATES OF the world.
Ntnetytlree years ago tue immortal Declaration Of
contained therein, that "all men are born free and
equal and have right 10 llIe liberty ana The pur
SUIT OF happiness ~ akin 70 Faus famous utter
auce, that ''GOd hath made OF one blood an nations
o. men 20 dwell upon the face or tue eaTthn Ihal
sentiment mas been mighty crowbar at the foot ot
every despOts throne. christ, holding u by one
END. has been using Il as gTany ieNer. win
which ne is oyertuTning every rotten system % gov
oruuent IN The Ola World within those nnety-tllee
years what has God wrought Many or Us can re- |
member when there were no steam oats no ran. |
roads, telegraphs either on land or under tue !
ocean, and no steam presses TO fling or the prucipes
81 civil ana religious liberty, ana send them nyng
throughout the world as on tAe wings OF the WIND.
1ans are tue prophets words becoming realized,
'.Every valley and hill snail be exalted
and every mountain ana nil shall lie
made lOw-many shall run 10 and
fro and knowledge shall increase.N Formerly men
nved ana died within the narrow valleys IN which
they were born. within The little towns OF Nnlch
they were citizens never looking over the little nils
al Lhe former, travelling beyond the htte walls
or the latter Now, every man who has not travel
led is a laughing stock, and as great wonder az
wild beast Ere long with the Suez Canal ana tne
Darien Canal. or the Pacific Railroad, We snail be
able TO purchase az excursion ucket here nom NeW
YORK 10 New ork ana make the circuit OF the globe in
ffty or sixty DAYS. with improved AERIAL machines
Ike that recently invented we may soon be able TO
even ny across the Atlantic OF the Pacific m a Jew
hours. The speaker concluded wish an cxhOrtatIou
10 sinners 10 trust Christ for salvation who
IL boh able and willing 10 save elerdlv the gre1tost
The most insignificant, the most abandoned, II they
viii only mas their trust in him, for "iis hood
r-ansefh frcm an sin,n and lie hath said ''l.m mat
C0lneth unto me VIII in no wise cas-. Cut.''