The New York herald., 1871-02-20
CHRISTIAN FREE csURcn.

Present Ycur Bodies q Living Sacrifice
Sermon by Rev. Q. G. Foote.
The Christian church, situated on West Twenty.
eighth street, near broadway, was yesterday morn.
ing dlled with very respectable assemblage, who
listened with much attention to an instructive dis
course delivered by the pastor, Rev. Q. G. Foote.
The church s quite an unpretending structure. boh
without and within, and is decorated with that SIM
plicity which bespeaks more regard for inward feel
ing than outward show, and shows that the edlfce
is intended for the worship Of Coo. and not as a
temple Of fashion, dedicated to Dives
The ,ext OF the sermon was taken from st. Paul's
episue to the Romans, twelfth chapter and first
verse-"I besesch you, therefore, brethren. BY the
mercies Of God that ye present your bodies living
sacrifice, holy, acceptable uato God. which
your reasonable SERVICE" The reverend preacher
commenced BY explaining that this exbortauon was
o
the deepest and brosdest OF OF the apostolic
teachings; The keynote q the text was saerncc'
SACniTIOIAL OFFERINGS
All nations from oil ages have felt that some sacri-
fce was due TO their deity III 0ldon times the Sacrl
fice consisted Of temporal goods which were laid on
the altar OF God; Tor. az the Bible teaches. 1t is
the altar. The offerings OF the jews were calves or
lambs. or ktds Or oxen, and they led them to the
moIatei br the sacerdotaI axe. The GentiIes irc.
quentig offered human sacrinces-not themselves,
but their prisoners or war or their slaves. But
sacrifice u DC eleacious mue be voluntary; for God
said uuto Moses, when building, to take only vo!un-
tary olerings and not those given under compul.
sion. hr. Fo0te inen proceeded to say that
EosoDY ou3Rr BE MADE A oHaIsfiAS
Anless he himseI desires It. Never, said he, be
como Christian unless OF your own Wish ana un,
less determined that II shall be forever 1t was said
oil some OF our generals during the late War that
they always Planned lines Of retreat before going
into battle, wlie OF olera 1t was related hat they
tore up bridges behind them ard made no calcutta
tions except for going forward. SO should Chris
solve never 10 retreat nom God once he had em-
braced His holy doctrines and offered himself us a
living sacrifice. He then alluded to those Chris
DO n' His wl a pa DON'T s @ sSink "ui It % neces
sary to 90 to church or be so stricr.'
But said he, What sort OF Christian lie ne who goes
suppose that no knew there was God. or that nc
ever paid homage 10 Him or offered any sacrifice on
g s S s
sheep and oxen were offered they should be without
bemlsh. 1t would no. do II they were blind or
| bsmish or stan. In the Book OF Malachi is to be
found proof OF tins when it speaks OF M those Jews
| an OK which had been lamed or
CALF THAT WAS BADLY FED,
\ or anything that had been rendered useless for
other purposes; and, finding that they were de.
prived OF that temporal prosperity which they ex-
he had not blessed them; and, the prophet tells
F., US, he answered them, saying, You have polluted
my altar by your Imperfect sacrifices; therefore the
| sacrifice offered to Cod must be without bemtsh,
and Christians 0lcring themselves NUS do 1t with
their whole heart AMI in the firm determination not
TO again withdraw themselves from the influence Of
! In conclusion Mr. Foote urged his congregation to
follow The commands Of Scripture, as expressed IN
the words OF his text but to do Ii voluntarily, ana
! said he let those who to-day feel themselves ready
to respond TO the call, do SO, but only those VINO
keep In the way OF the Lord and foloY in his divine
| footsteps.