The New York herald., 1871-12-25
DIR. HALL,S CHURCH.

Regulates Tor Entering the Kingdom OF
Heaven-Sermon by Rev. DE-. Hall.
The large and capacious church corner Of Fifth
avenue and Nineteenth street was yesterday morn
ing filed almost to repletion by fashionable and
intelligent CONGREGATION The pastor, Rev. DR.. Hall,
after the usual routine OF singing, prayer and read
ing the Bible had been concluded, commenced his
sermon, his subject being. 1--WE cannot enter the
kingdom OF heaven unless we have been cleansed
by the blood OF Christ" as based upon Revelations,
vi 8. saying. "Hurt not the earth neither the sea-
the trees till we have sealed the servants OF our
Goa In their foreheads.n The lowest wretch, the
basest criminal, the man most
sTEEPKD IN INrQUIrY,
II he repent and be washed In the blood Of Christ
can enter the kingdom OF heaven. God VIII not
drive them away Like the returning prodigaI, he
is received with outstretcned arms and pressed to
the bosom OF his Father and his God. Cod does not
do this passively; He does 1t deightedly-with the
truest Joy, witn.supreme satisfaction. The faithful
are repaid by increased faith-newer, grander ideas
OF their Saviour; the wicked by becoming more
wicked, more hardened, more sensual, more
brutal and more miserable. Their joys keep
lessening and lessening, tneir doubts and
fears forever being increased and new ones born.
have recalled with sadness their early lessons lost
lessons, taught perchance by mother now in
one day would be- great and GOOD a man; so oiance
solves melted away, only to bs recalled now ana
ANGELS IN HEAVEN
have nothing to do Dut praise God Earthly cares
fere. In the first spread OF religion many sealed
their devotion to the cause OF Christ with their blood
FEAR 1t was not this sacrlnce OF their lives that
saved them 1t was because they washed their robes
IN the blood Of Christ They believed in God: They
ment. II We would be saved II must be through the
agency OF this same abiding faith. Our garments
ties OF childish transgresson, with the iniqutics OF
youth, with the tniquities OF mature manhood The
II you could scale
9 HEAvHN's HIGH WALL
force Yourself into beaverton could have no com.
panions, no fellowship, no sympathy. The inmates
Of heaven serve HIM day aud night In that great
Ssena! temple Of Worship praise and adoratlon.
otr worship on eartn the imperative cares or the
body. These cares necessarily occupy mere good
s our time can De devotea 70 HIS Is worsaip. Human
curiosity would fam look into heaven and
and see the Ssppy inmates sSlouana
~. throne and doing perpetual homage TO their
God. We know this, tnat the life there Is one OF I'M
winch nesh is heir barred from its sacred por-
tails. We know that there win be no munger tnere-
WIN be one Of positive supreme enloyment The
GREAT sHnPHERD ~ nl.6 {1.a
tains Of living water. After further description OF
the giories or heaven and tine lives OF the
saints IN the blessed mansions there prepared for
them he showed The course Of life to be pursued hero
to obtain admission there or to be excluded forever
from ITS glorious realms Straight and narrow Is
che path that leads there. The true Christian keeps
IN that path only, and ct length reaches heavens
gate. There is no turning to the right or left There
must DO one abiding faith IN God, an abiding OBJ
sorvanc0 OF HIS preceptA one abiding trust IN
CHRIST as our Saviour and Redeemer. By keeping
away from Christ we keep ourselves OUT or tins
pathway leading to heavens gates There are many
schemes OF salvation but this the only true one.
Lyman Beocher only thought himself better wncn ne
could pray without weeping. Reading the Bible
the srQth came upon him. NOT In electrical nash
but slowly and steadily. There are many among us
who think themselves clean. We must not deiude
ourselves. We must know that every stain Of guilt
can only be washed away BY the blood OF Christ
In conclusion he enforced that all should
strive here SO to live and act that they will be the
better prepared to enter upon the raptures OF the
ono TO come. He urged that there u place In
Heaven for every one, from tne greatest TO the
humblest There was duty for all here and II that
duty was performed they would be saved. He
showed how poor negro boy was the means OF
bringing many OF mis- own TO the light OF the Gospel.
There was as proud niche for TINS negro heaven
aB for the most Jealous minister. At che doathbed
OF the CHRISTIAN the Gospel shines forth In It's
brightest hues VINO has witnessed the despair Of
the expiring atheist ana not confessed Ats power
Even death closes around its strength comforts
US. Blessed be God, who seals us as HIS own.
Singing by the congrcgagion-there Is no cnoir In
this church-prayer and benediction closed the
exercises.