The New York herald., 1870-06-06
FIFTH AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,
Large and Brilliant COngregatiOn-Disconrs
by Rev. DIR. John Hall.

Large and Brilliant OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
by Rev. DIR. John Hall.
The elegant and commodious Presbyterian church,
corner OF Fifth avenue and East Nineteenth street,
was filed to overtiowng yesterday morning with a
fashionable and highly appreciative audience to
listen to discourse from the pastor Rev. John Hail.
d. D. The fame OF DR.. Hall as an eloquent and fer
vent divine Is so extended that hundreds of stran
gers stopping in the city over the Sabbath flock to
hear him every Sunday and the consequence Is that
even the owners OF pews are compelled to be I'm at
tendance long before the services commence tn order
and singing, IN which the whole congregation joined
the reverend gentlemen selected mis- text from
Galatians w., 4, and 6:-'But when the fulness Of
GOD SENT FORTH HIS SON,
made m ,oSo, Of ,nSm woman, made under the law.
law. that we might receive the adoption
OF sons: And because. ye. are sons, God
hath sent . forth the spirit Of His Son INTO your
hearts, crying, Abba, Father" He said the whole
passage was full OF interest but it was the closing
portion Of the fifth verse that he should chiefly i1-
vte the attention OF his hearers that we might re-
ceive the adoption Of sons" There were three per-
sons III the Godhead--the Father, Son and Holy
Ghost. These three are equal and still one might
how one could be subordinate to the other We are
sons Of God through our receiving adoption.
WE ARE HIS SONS
because He made us and we must obey Him. He
then explained what was adoption. Adoption was
common term, common in newspapers and In our
speech In adoption person likes another and makes
him legally child OF his. So 1t was with God. But
THIS illustration, like all Others must fail
point. When man adopts 1t is to supply some de-
hcft. There was no such IN Jehovahs case. Usually
when men adopt they adopt one or a small number
some one OF their connections or in whom they have
an especial INTEREST," but this the case with
God. His mercy and loving kindness extends to all.
He pardonS all our sins and accepts us as relations
in His sight. BY mans original sins God was cut
OIL. Before,
MAN BELIEVED IN THE DEVIL
rather than God. Now he believes in Cod Before
man believed IN sense and apparent truth; now be
believes in Gods word, though sense be against It.
He then inquired, What were the advantages from
receiving the adopti0n2 You get q new
name name that God gives, name
that God only has The rght to give-the privilege of
being called His children. We can respond by say.
ing our Father. We get His prOtection-an al
mighty, vgilant and sleepiess protection. We get
new position, new spirit OF adoption and are
made
HEIRS OF HIS KINGDOM
Goo not only becomes our Father but makes US
feel that He is really ana truly our Father. God can
not cast us OF, because He would not So the Lords
people have confidence In Him. Whom God makes
His children He constitutes His heirs and makes
them feel SAFE You that that spirit guaran.
tees purity Of life. The reverend gentleman closed by
that in short time we must all stand at
the Judgment bar Of God and that we should all so
live as to be received as the adopted children OF the
Lord Jesus Christ.