The New York herald., 1871-03-27
CANAL STREET PaEsBYrEsIN CHUROa.


promote the spiritual welfare OF his iock.
CANAL STREET PaEsBYEEaIlN CHUROH.
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Charity Considered Hs . Broad Christian
Lovc-SermOu by Rev. David Mitchell.
The modest little ednce known as the Canal street
Presbyterian church was well attended yesterday
morning BY an earnest congregation of plain, every
day people. The pastor, Rev. David Mitchell, Is Q
young man, bur an earnest and eloquent preacher.
The church Is We'll endowed, and the seats are free
The pastor expressed the desire Of welcoming to 1t
those who are too poor to possess pews In more
fashionable churches. Situated In one OF the meat
unpopular parts OF the city, its mission Is most dr
fcult and therefore most c0mmendable
The Rev. David Mitchell preached yesterday the
fourth OF series OF dIscourses on l. Corinthians,
Kill, 13-"And now abideth faith, hope. charity,
these three; but the greatest of them Is charity"
We had to the last and greatest OF the gifts OF
grace,
rhls word had come in latter times, to be con-
sidered synonymous with that Of 'almsgiving."
But throughout the Bible was more often rendered.
from the original text, as 'love." See St. John ill.,
Ie. 1t was advisable not to carry with US wreng
idea OF the world.
Faith and hope are parts OF our natures They
are seen In man. whether under Christian influence
or not. They ore natural endowments. man IL
not Christian merely because Of his hoping and
believing faculties but because these faculties are
exercised toward God. SO 1t is with love. We do
not begin to love when we come unde the grace OF
God but have loved long before. Love is in the
understand. Every language mas 1t, and. ike
those other universal words1"hanger," 18th trst,"
words may signify nothing to unlettered men.
Philosophy or the fine arts may be to them un.
Ancient Rome and Greece deified love- and wor-
shipped as they worshpped their other goddesses
SSs
Love mas played an important part in the world, ,
THE OLD STORY .
has been enacted and re-enacted. Youth ana
maldenhO0d have been drawn together by love
closer and closer until blossoming into the flowers
matrimony. This Is what has attached such q charm
to the word. Love Is like O second nature to man,
a on the os e er ana v n
fined to the pages OF sacred literature They ara
found IN the traditions Of every nation. Some such
instances are SO remarkable that we cannot but
believe that God moves the hearts OF men who havo
never heard OF Jesus Christ The reverend gentle
man here recounted the story OF
DAMON AND PYTHIAs.
Instances OF selfsacri1ce were wanting In nom
and suffer for one another IN manner that would
shame many processing the name Of Christ. But In
no case can one man atone for another's SIN. Christ
stands above every instance Of one man loving
Love is an original exercise OF faculty by the
human mind. Indeed, " Is taught IN the Scrip.
MAN MUST LOVE -
something. This is illustrated In the case OF lady
expending her affections on apdOg favorite cat,
or a monkey. She must love something-must have
some object to pet and caress. Why not love Gods
little Ones that are orphans or worse than orphans
why not take some or Gods children to her heart
and home and expend upon them her afrectlonsf
who give up their souls to the grasplng endeavor to
enlarge their wealth. VIM God regard their gold
purposes in raising the degraded and Weak, rather
than squander IL La useless channels where 1t viii
1t may be asked, since love is in our nature, why
call 1t a grace simply because Christ takes the
faculty OF love and refnes and ennobles it. Our
it had no value Ii must be separated from the
dross But the purifying indctioh makes it
AKIN TO COP HIMSELF. ;
The great requirement of Christ's law is to love
God. Begin with loving God. He is worthy OF love.
Love Him as a parent who feeds yon; who clothes
you with raiment, who gives you the glorious hert-
age Of this green earth, VINO blesses you with HIS
kind, superin.en1ng care. "God 50 loved the
great was and is Ills fathery love 1t Is for US to
love Him, and we shall be true TO ourselves
Loving God leads to the love OF our fellow men.
Having this love can be comprehended those Gospel
words, ~.
"LOvE YOUR ENEMIES;
do good unto those that despefully use your Such
was the love or Jesus when lie said "Father forgive
them; they know not what they do" Truly Cole.
ridge write5:-
He prayeth best who loveth best.
Though love Is so simple that all men readily un.
derstand It, yet 1t comprenends so much that no one
benevolent il is not the whole trutn il you say love
is true you do not quite express IT. if you say 1t Is
vnclbe you sti fail in Expression Love III has many
qualities-all Christ-llke-blended together and
called by the one endeared word. love.
He who fears to hurt his pocket by listening
to the cries of the distressed lacks one
part Of love-namely, benevolence. At this
a Iyafnr
The reverend gentleman, referring the surerings
In France held that political opinion In regard to
a saSqa ans orpsn nD sDSSs wSs sss S9s: M
Victims There were too many who would aver that
the French people had done wrong in beginning the
war, and consider such an excuse for refusing TO
help them In this extremity. Such was not the way
win Christ. Every cry Of distress reached His
the lowest and most degraded. II He had reasoned
50 what sympathy would He have had with the poor
MaagdalenY agSnrn 70. lie er,ad mad heart n & for az
end 1t does not love sin though it loves the sim
ner.
CHRIST HATED SIN.
It is impossible to tell how deeply how intensely He
hated II. He hated all that was sensual anu de-
hun So Charity in man leads him tender 'pvsa psy
Ing love for the fallen and deep adherence for the
Charity was tnvincible. knowledge might fail;
friendship, riches, all else on which men depend;
but charity, glowing In the human heart, will
never extngush, but burn brighter and brighter
But how shall we partake Of this Christian lover
First, BY contemplating Its archetype IN Jesus
Christ Second, coming to Him and being warmed
by HIS exceeding great love- aud receiving 1t from
Him. That love when He gives US will never die
out from Our hearts.
ST. LAu2EXGE's CHURCH, YORKvLLE.
sanctiHcntion and SaIvation-sermon By tho
Rev. Father HuySclrnut. q. r.