The New York herald., 1870-12-26

Sermon by Rev. Chnuncey GiIes-Hod's
Fricn dslaip for Poor Humanity shown i'm
the Crcati0n-Christ's IMcR rnMtiOn and Inf
mite Love for Fallen Men.
The followers Of Emanuel Swedenborg, and
many others, yesterday morning crowded the Taser-
nacle, In Thirty1fth street. near Lexington avenue,
listen to the Christmas services OF the pastor Rev.
Chauncey Giles The church was plainly but TASTE
fully decorated with evergreens, and the congrega-
tion In attendance was quite large The pastor took
for his text Luke H. 10 and l1--"Behod bring you
good tdngs oil great JOY, which shall be to all pe0-
pie; for unto you Is born this day, in the city
OF David a saviour, which is Christ the Lord" In
these words the angels announced to
THE AwEp AND TREMBLING SHEPHERDS
the gTandcst event In human history-the coming Of
Jehovah on the earth. The funess OF time had
come; the goal OF all prophecy was reached; the
preparation OF the ages now eliminated In COM
plcte work; the divine became embodied In the hui
man; the Alpha became the Omega. the drst be-
came the last; the end Of the Lords descent into
nature and ultimate form was reached. Man had
fallen TO the lowest deep from the heights of his
perlection the Lord had come TO him to rescue
him from the hands OF his enemies, ana 10 lead him
back 10 Himself. The crisis is past Hencefoith
throughout coming time poor wandering, ensaved,
dying humanity is u begin the ascent. Ills dead
faculties like the
vision. begin TO stir; the walls OF his prison begin TO
crumble; his chains loose their hold upon him;
light begins TO Visit his sightiess eyes. The Whole
body OF humanity lay like one whose
LIFE Is TREMBLING IN THE BALANCE,
going coming, luttering, fading, reyivng; the Lord
In the critical moment and put into the scale
OF life the preponderating influence. When they
that help was provided, that man was saved,
there was occasion for them to make all heaven
sing with halelujahs OF glory to God in the high
est, ana on earth peace and good will to men.
the speaker dwet eloquently upon
The Lord IL love and wisdom itself. II Is the ma
turc OF love TO creates 1t Is the source OF all power;
IL Is pure vital force ITSELF 1t il active, rrepressbe
and symDolized In those invisible and weightlcss
agents which dow through and move TO action all
material things. Love does net act at random; 1t
has purpose an end; 1t ID an essential element OF
its nature to become embodied in something out OF
Others to he their own-to hold, TO have. to enjoy.
The Lord consequently has embodied himself In The
creation. The material universe is His love and His
Thoughts embodied III form. = The Lord Is
within and behind the visible worlds Light Is
HIS SHINING ROBES,
the stars are the brilliant gems in Its folds the carihs
are the fine threads OF which 10 Is woven, Tie suns
are the veil OF His face, anu their light the glory OF
His wisdom shining through. The Lord has always
been in the creation. He cannot be separated romit.
The pastor beautifully traced the creation OF
plants vegetables, &c, and showed that, comnenc-
man, made In His own image; He gave hm higher
and more noble form, endowed him with
A RATIONAL MIND,
and gave him higher form OF freedom. Man Is the
temple in which He dwells and man is the fullest
expression OF tnc DIVINE CHARACTER DiVertlDE elO
quently upon the preparations made by the creator
Tor mans wants. the minister declared that the
Lord did all for man that He could do to prevent his
fall, TO hoA him up. He met MIN face 10 face at
every steUef his departure from Him. He restrained
him, He watched over him, He left nothing undone
which infinite love could suggest and infinite WIS
dom could execute. lie came according to all the
methods OF His working; IL was the cum nation OF
what He had been doing from the creation, and
this is
THE KEY TO THIS GREAT MYSTERY
or God coming IN the flesh. The Lord comes down
mans level; lie stands side by side with him; lie
comes out from the Interior and invisible dwelling
place to mans senses; He walks with him, talks
with him: He eats, drinks, labors and suffers with
him; cures diseases, makes the lame to walk, and
by so doing gains recognition and gets embodied in
history and in human thought; He makes this
fallen human nature which He has assumed
THE GRAND BATTLE FIELD OF THE UNIVERSE.
In this human nature He stood between man and
his enemies lie stepped to the front OF the battle
and like David. with the smooth stones OF HIS own
divine truth lie snote the Goliath or mans spiritual
enemies. Thus He restored man to spiritual
freedom. But He was doing another work
he was glorlying the human nature which He
assumed by means OF Mary. The human nature,
the son. was becoming one with the Divine nature,
fbp .falher. Thus the great event announced In
the words or the text, While il marks the turning
period in human history, and Is the final effect OF
the divine love and wisdom, Is taken out OF time
and space and becomes an eternal truth. AS we
contemplate the grand event we can accept 1t as
true. There will never come period in the history
OF any created soul who acknowledges the Lord.
when he cannot take up the words OF The angel and
say 10 every other soul, .Behold bring you good
idngs OF great JOY, which shall be TO all people.
For unto you s born this day in the city OF David
Saviour, which Is Christ the Lord