The New York herald., 1870-07-25
FlRsT BAPTIST cnuR cH.


Anc NurtDtANus IhSt aH0 rutufo-S0rmOu by
tho Rcv. MIR. Gallagher.
At the morning service yesterday In the First Bap-
tist church there was air congregation, consider
Ing the heat OF the weather and the attractions OF
the watering places. Mr. Gallagher, the pastor who
has some OF the Characteristics, rather eccenrici-
ties OF Mr.. Beecner, delivered q sermon which was
remarkable for the multitude OF topics It embraced.
He selected for his text the motto OF st. Paul.
~ press toward the mark OF tho prizo
OF the high calling" After Q few pre-
liminary remark, the reverend gentleman
said that Christianity was often mistaken for happi
meas, and that people too frequently assumed that
because . man observed the commandments, kept
within the law and was good Christian that his
life must necessarily be happy one. There could
DO no greater mistake mado than that. Christianity
did not assume happiness TO the Christian; but the
hope that anmates the good man Is good substl.
tutc for earthly pissthe hope. the assurance that
when his pilgrimage here Is ended he Will attain to
On Immortal lnherlt@nce.
one must, like 81. Paul firmly resolve to forget the
past, to sever the connection between our pride,
RES, and steadiasty aght the hghf Of faith OF the
Immediate present, looking forward hopefully to the
tx IL; mind III ie poS hat sns Thes
only one way Of doing thing. that Is the right
way y 81 ID rcgon the mind ind must must
5 5e 5 IL ssR Se pssa ssr aPs Pau Sas Ss the the
b ana knOwng 9s rs Int We ,na1 Ss sow
jew to fofget that hS had been persecutor Of the
Here the preacher branchsA OF into the bypaths
Of philosophy, and dwelt at much length and with
anecdote and Illustration on the evils of the pride Of
ent war in Europe IL tndamed the German peoples
and reused the French 70 the highest pitch OF en-,
nto Countless homes ana spread Sesoaon FAR and
wide. He once prded himself on being an Irish
man and thanked God that he was not an Americana
and indeed, because Of certain things he was still
glad that be was not ah American; but lie had out
grown tna pride and crushed II under foot. IL was
q vain foolish and senseless pride.
DisRAEII IN ''LoTHAIR'
showed how utterly absurd was the Christian preJu-
aSs the ST Is S1s % Gnasas
or the Hebrew race is unaccountabe In the face Of
the fact that one-half OF the world that calls itself
Christian worships q Jew, while the other half wor-
ships Jewess. Paul must have felt remorse on ac-
count Of persecution Of Christians for when the hight
how unjust and cruel had been his conduct in the
past. But he had to forget ne had 10 cast loose rom
s stcaa T toxard The marx Of the prize Of
u Mr as.:agher S next caught at St. Paurs thorn in
the fesh and plucked It out and held II before the
concregation. He confessed that ne did not know
what tue ''thorn" was--nobody knew-bnt he had his
| opinion. He believed tnat tho thorn which 30 AM
noyed Paul was some special weakness which his
| nature was not able TO resist, some vice wnlcn
asged him down AMI , n% %ere IN ore n,s man1
men who have SUCH thorns In fact there are few
who have them not, and these must ever pray with
Paul for divine assistance in tneir efforts TO resist
| the evil which IL brings upon them. Whatever may
be said by learned Commentators the thorn OF the
Apostle was evidently not % physical deiect' Oat
| TUE BArrfST5 AND DICKENS.
| The reverend Kentcman next addressed himsell
to inc consideration Of the bigoted and intoierant
spirit shown IN the resolutions OF the Boston bap
fists on the character OF Charles Dickens They pro-
| geance" which was an Infamous peryer.
bion and utterly untrue. II, instead Of being
q God OF love, He was God OF vengeance.
no Christ on the cross and no hope for the world.
Another iallacy of the extremists that received the
attention OF the reverend gentleman was tIat man
| was a door, miserable worm. He was nothing 0i
the Kind Man had IN his BRAIN power which
raised him above all created beings and made him
II IL siSn OF weakness in a man TO be signing for
the times that are passed away forever; Oe&n
Swift says that "no man VINO Is not fool VIII WISH
20. Manhood il better than boyhood. The Joys ol
childhood are as neetlng flashes Of light that some
times steal athwart the SKY but the c ripe
manhood are like the light Of tue sun, WHICH III
THE CHRISTIAN NAN
| looks forward and backwards; ever hoping and
never discouraged, he looks the world straight in
the lace and presses onward. The best men are
those who. having snned and repented, run the
race set before them conscious OF the dangers b.
| which they surrounded. IL takes O bad man t(
make good man. For this cause the great man Il
overcome bis faults Christian holiness is to know
good and evil, Children are sometimes prevented
from learning the evils OF this l!e, and when they
grow up fall Into them unwarlly. 1t would be bet
ter to let children observe sin In oil Its hdeous de-
formity, and when they went into the world they
So @ SnS e
and earnestly strive to press forward towards the
mart Of the high calling OF tqe Christian was the
burden oil the eloquent per0ratl0n with Wllch the
reverend gentleman concluded his discoufse,''
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