The New York herald., 1870-07-25
CHURCH OF TIE STRANGERS.


Of the Strangers yesterday morning, but those who
fortunate as to be present were amply repaid
for their teerity in Drawing the sc0fching heat Of
the sum- for the able, eloquent, and popular pastor
DR.. DEEMS preached q splendid sermon from the
text Flight the good fight OF 1aith lay hold on
eternal life." LIST Timothy VI, II He said two traits
characterized Paul. the military and the religious.
The military illusions abound in all his writing, OF
which examples were quoted. he was also the great
expounder Of the doctrine Of faith. In some places of
his writings 1t would ssefi as though 3 Nan had
nothing to do but believe In others nothing to do
but aght These we're United In this text, I" The
nght OF aith.W The Doctor then showed the biblical
connection between these two, and how their
"consistence," as be called IT. I'm Paul made
him such master man" Faith was declared
70 be peculiar to man. Other animals, so far
as we caE : :ca1n, 1o not have it, 1t is
MANS SIXTH SENSE,
the sense Of his soul, whereby he apprehends what
cannot be heard or seen or snelt OR tasted or
touched Mans position from his creation has been
test and development OF his faith. All life is war
fare. Every warfare Is for prize, even defensive
wars. Sometimes the prize is imaginary, sometimes
worth the conflict. No fight Is "good" which has not
a good object and is not conducted on good prlnci
Piles. There Is nothing to sustain man II he goes
to war on mere preSext; there Is much to depress
him If he crowds thousands down the steep Of
slaughter for selfish ends. Life Is warfare. Every
man has fight with evil. Our passions and appe
tites are beautiful and good instruments oi pleas
ure, but endurance in SIN perverted them. 1t Is not
against our appetes and passions we are to fight; 1t
seem to think they would be saints II they could
pluck their passions from their intellectual cOnsttu
For % final triumph there must be perseverIng fatn
in some great truth. Of these he should mention
The first was the superiority Of the value Of great
principles over temporary appearances, The differ.
ence between fool aud philosopher, between
great, lies partly In this, that the former govern
themselves BY appearances and the latter by princ
PHENOMENA ARE FLUENT PRINCIPLES FIXED.
1t Is so IN the physical the business, the spiritual
world; THIS was illustrated at some length The
sagacity TO perceive and the strength to believe In
fxed principles which Will remain when the present
appearance or the money market VIII nave changed.
Wan street teaches this every week. 1t Is the old
story OF the beginner in art who knew that he muss
sketch, and SO selected a grazing COW which moved
he sketcned to the terrible confusion Of his draw
sands This European war is going to make tragic
and powerful illustration of this proposition.
nna triumph Of truth over error r. II this be- NOT
held the fight cannot be maintained. None VI us
viii viii do it. he viii make every knee to low o But II
we do not believe this. II man do net feel that
every sacrce he makes for the truth helps forward
the final destruction or error that every beautiful
thing thought spoken, did, helps to final extinction
of ugliness and deformty. that every happiness he
every good deed to the death OF evil, he could not
keep up the light. II, however long delayed, the
he can endure the most distressful Champaign. but
tell him that 1t i5 fixed In
GoDs DOMEsDAY BOOK.
that the fight shall be endless as eternity and who
could hold OurP Our venerable friend, Mr.. Bryant
did more for the world than giving US his admirable
translation OF Homer when ne wrote that sranza
which can never be worn out by quotation
Truth crushed to earth shall rise again,
But ssrof s,e'1a %onasd wSs. aIs a Ds
And dies amid Is worshippers
third great truth is that God governs wisely. A
wise government is just and good and GtrOng. God
penalty to wrong as reward to right. His authorIIy
fs paramount and eternal. He Is personal God,
present at HIS government, not entrnsting 1t to
agents. Fatn in the stability OF that government
necessary. No man can succeed who lives under q
government which he feels may at any moment COL
lapse. Nothing comes to much that does not con-
of years. | should not have the heart, the Doctor
said to preach single sermon il did not feel that
my words would be vibrating In human ears long
TIE BELL or ETERNITY
had tolled the kne Of the things which are visible
Gods wise rule nerves for the best OF fighting.
The last great object OF faith he should mention is
Jesus He IL the captain OF our salvation The SOL
der must believe In hls captain. Your faith is at.
tempted to be shaken Dy piecemeal criticism OF the
miracle assaed. Well, suppose that, with the rea-
sons Of criticism they could cut out OF the Evange
lists each particular statement that at last We
could hardly have left the three words in the open.
in8 Of the second chapter of Matthew, "Jesus was
born What thenl Here Is fact; more people by
believing
THE TRADTTTONARY JESUS
as the divine Saviour Of their souls have been able
to conquer life ana death than by believing any.
thing ese Faith In lust such Jesus as the Bible |
gives US mas done more good than everything else.
Take the criticism and take the fact; and hat is
your duty and your INTEREST," Plainly to believe In
Jesus. The sermon was closed by showing that the
object Of this fight to grasp eternal ifc.n He
who fights bad tight, aithless fight grasps death.
The hideousness OF clasplng fend-thc yelled pro-
let out from bullet hole, graspng, as he dies an
angel-lite-eternal life.