The New York herald., 1870-07-25
CALVARY Baptist CHURCH.
The Betrayal of Chrlst-Eoquent Sermon by
the Rev. II. s. Macarthur.

The Betrayal of Chrlst-Eioquent Sermon by
the Rev. II. s. BIcArthur.
Owing to the intense heat yesterday the congrega-
tion at the Calvary Baptist church, In Twenty third
street, was not so large as usual. Mr.. Macarthur,
the popular young PASTOR preached very able
mon from the text, "What shall do, then, with
Jesus, who Is called Christ ?" Matthew xvii, %.
He said the Jews, In the time Of Christ SUBJ
Jected people, and, such. the power Of life and
death was taken from them. The consent of Plate
therefore. was necessary to the death Of our Lord
According to the law OF the Jews Christ would
have been stoned to death. but even though Plate
had granted them this privilege. they would prefer
to have Christ condemned by the Roman power,
in order that the Roman method OF death
should be his, and also In order that tho
power Of the Roman government might
be used against the spread OF the gospel.
PLATE could not escape the responsibility Of deciding
for or against Christ. Never had man grander
opportunity OF doing grandiy; never did man fail
SO fatally.
Never before might justice have appeared so just;
never villany so vile. His was great part to act
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SUBLIME:
II was base. lie sat on the throne Of power when he
who had all power was weak before HIM; he was
Judging Him VINO was the Judge OF the quick and
the dead One scarcely dares to think Of the awful
possibilities and destinles OF time and eternity which
sumo to 20 c too far Into these mysteries But % thiS we
DO know: Plate ought to have done right. We do
not Judge him by The Christian Standard we do not
But we Judge and cOnaemn him by his own law,
because he Yickedly violated his own sense Of right
At first Plate was disposed to do right and save
Christ He knew little and cared less about the
annoying questions Of those annoying jews his
only desire seems TO have been to quiet the mob,
please the people and retain his offce. He Gnds
Christ innocenl; he wil set him free. But Jewish
this man 90 thou art not Cesars friend" The cues.
ton with Plate Is now no longer one OF right 1t Is
position, power self on the one slde Justice truth,
Christ on the other; and on the
PLATE saerldesa tsSAs .se o kdy y1s 5&zss AMBITION
seat the warning Of his wife 5snns SI nm Ie
stitous fear alarms him; but there Is escape; he
must m decide: CT ana hts position then the position
morning, and we must answer this question, 'What
shall do, then, with Jesus, who is called C6ristf0
that we a. answer IT, Sf ns
annointed one from the foundation OF the world.
Though now yelled in nesh he is the brightness Of
the Fathers glory He Is the desire Of ali nations;
and Of him even the heather sages spoke in uncon.
ss scous prophecy % and to him az the unknown God'
gnobe pilatc taught q great truth when she called
CHRIST that just man." Mr. Macarthur enlarged at
considerable length and with great vivdness ofillus
ratlop on the Idea that our eternal destiny ind
vlduas and our fate as nations depend on our
answer to the question Of the text Plate answered
VIC quvseou w Sivue up OHTlst 10 ueatn, Juua6 Dy
selling hm lor tnlrty pieces OF silver. And In thus
denying Christ they sQwed the seeds OF their own
destruction. Judas in
HIS BITTER REM0RSE
went out and hanged hinseif, and Plate after act,
ing the part OF contemplate ''triminar,n was
Accused g.; ..s .. .e.s lava IL wi. whose favor he
cr,.caen r.aris,, and in his lonely Punishment he
ended his lie by bis own hand. ,,-rl,,.
the Jews answered q BY crying "orucify Him p
away with Himiv' Ills blood be on us and our
children aud in the destruction OF their beautiful
city In the frantic cries OF helpless children and un
happy mothers, troddep under the war-horse OF the
Roman, they reaped their reward,
We are compelled by necessfty to answer this
question. Once, at leaat In the life OF every man