The New York herald., 1870-09-05
tEUnCn OF THE STRANGERS.
"Ecce Homo o''-Sermon by the Rev. DR..
Deems.

"lccce Homo'-Sermon by the Rev. DIR.
Deems.
FOR several weeks past the Church OF the Strangers
has been crowded to its utmost capacity very many
OF the congregation being strangers or at least non
members OF the church. who are drawn together by
desire to hear the gifted and eloquent pastor Rev.
DIR. Deems. The sermon was opened by q descrp-
ton OF Pilates perplexiiy in managing the extra
ordinary case Of Jesus. At the point OF the Ecce
Homo" it is not probable that Plate supposed him.
self to be setting forth any particular metaphysical
or theological doctrine and yet we may emphasize
his saying into the declaration OF great truth. The
Doctor then alluded 10 the fact that men sometimes
dwelt so much on
THE DIVINITY OF CHRIST
that they lost all the good there Is In his humanity
TO which he desired TO cOnne the attention OF his
congregation for this discourse. In what sense was
Jesus man?
In the Doctors estimate IL seemed great thing 10
have been UOrn ana Adams isolation was great
Jesus had a human infancy which bound nm 70
woman and woman to Hin, 30 that the relations OF
the two sexes had received great humanizieg ele-
vati0n nom tins fact. IL Is blessing to human in
arms. Cnildren nave their troubles, which are
serious to them. We are impatient Jesus knows
all boys troubles. He mad His when a boy at
Nazareth. Think how different all views OF Jesus
would have been If lie had not grown up humanity
groWsl
Again, He had the physical organization ofa man,
precisely. we are apt to have some false ideas Of
Jesus, as neither man nor angel. But He was physi.
cal.y just what He would have been il there were
nothing divine in Him, except that lie had not hu-
man fathers side of humanity He hungered and
thirs,ed, was sleepy, perspired, was fatIgued, had
all the senses, appetites and physical wants OF
man. or the multltndes who thronged Him, almost
no one saw In HIN anything bnt man, and to sOme
the hcurchmen OF his day, He appeared TO be very
disagreabe man.
Thirdly He had all the passions OF man. Here
the Doctor took occasion, as we have noticed he
frequently does, 10 expose the false notions some
people have of the passions. as though tDey were
MISTAKE IN THE CONSTITUTION
or man. He objected also TO the false distinction
between benevolent and malevOlenr PASSIONS.
They are all good, except SO far as corrupted by sin
and then the benevolent are as hurtful the
MaeyQent. Christ had loved He loved some men
more then other men. he loved some women more
than other women. He loved some things more then
other things. He hated heartily. he was just as
good when hating as wnen loving He had JOY and
grief. He was pleased with praises and resented
wrongs Moreover hs nag the relationship OF man.
Then He was the representative man. For as In
Adam all die, even 80 in Christ shall all be made
alive" Jesus had no individual human father con-
cerned IN his production. He was
THE son OF HUMANITY
He was the heir OF humanity. To Him fell all the
SORROWS He was the whole sap OF humanity shot
up and burst out into one transcendent flower such
as the stock has never borne anOther but this was
human. He Was the exemplar OF The highest man
hood All the finest things tnat history has recorded
and poetry has sung OF all the finest men humanity
delights to honor, did meet most harmOniously and
Jesus the poetic Idea Of the golden age wOuld pale
before the real glory Of world SO populated.
Lastly, He died. He did not evauesce. He did not
disappear. He died. He was murdered He was
not ike the gods OF the Pagan poets that could be
cut in twain and not killed. He was wrenched
violently out OF life. He knew what it was to SYM
parhiZe with man mangled on battle fields and mur-
dered IN inqulsitIOns. From birth TO death he
planted his feet In every footstep OF humanity.