The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-10-09
HANSON PLACE DsPTIST CHURCH, BROOK.
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CIR. Penteccsi the Selnsiincss Of Mankind
and Living OnIy For OurscIves-The Duty
of Sclf-Abnegatlon In Rcligion.
'And that He died for all, that they which live
eh0uld not henceforth live unto themselves, but
unto Rim which died for them, and rose again"-
IL Corinthians, w., 16 "For none OF Us hveth to
himself and no man deth to hlmsclf''-Romans,
XIV. I. These were the verses selected by the Rev.
Mr.. Pentecost, OF the Hanson Place Baptist
church. for his text yesterday morning.
These figures OF the Scriptures, which were par
allel might be multiplied many times, yet after
al they contained all the instruction There was
90 much grandeur In SUCH q text that ne was I'M
pressed to preach from 1t much longer than the time
which was allotted to him. The subject was, nrst,
what we ought to do hencesorth and what we ought
not do henceforth. We ought not TO make our
wishes and desires The law by which our actions are
governed. We ought to make the VIII OF God-the
will OF Him who died for us-the end OF our lie.
Above all else we should live to the end
Tor Christ. We mad the illustration or
TWO persons, one Of whom was self-llvlng
ana the other God living. The first was Adam, who
Illustrated the living Tor ones self, and the other
Cnrist-wao represented what was not living for
selfish motives. Seli-ving was .he cost OF SIN, but
sELF-SACRIFlCK FOR GOD
brought us salvation IN the end. Adams sin did
not consist principally IN his reaching lorlh his hand
snd e pp o%1 as he
word OF Goa, and make MS own wishes anu his
own desires.
One was the doing OF the Will OF God by which we
were saved. They would nnd that when Child
Jesus instead OF going home with Ills parents. re.
manned in the Temple. He told His parents not TO
Chide HIM. Tor he came TO do HIS fathers Will The
Jews accused Him OF attempting TO set up throne
OF His own. What was Ills answerY ~ came" said
He, mot to do my own VIII. but the
ploycd HIMSELF lie poured Himself out
and became oDedient III deaJn. what WAS salvation
way II wastnc subordination OF God-the snbordi-
nation OF Jesus Christ upon the throne In tnls ilIe
OF Sin or seli-livlng the
MAN LOOKS AROUND TIE WORLD,
IKE a reservoir, to see how much he can make that
world throw in TO MIN. lie who lives Tor him
sell lives IN Sin. If he subjects himself to this new
law and lives In tile love Ol his Greater he 10 O
the particular reason why 1t was better 70 live for
Christ than for Ourselves, why we should be glad
henceiorth to live for our Creator IL WAS because
living Tor self was SIM This ne desired 10 impress
upon all because 1t was fundamental. We should
not rely upon our own wisdom or live unto our
selves, tor this was the great SIN. And we should
abaydon such living, because the eRd OF Sin was
death. There Was much TO place this self life In
Christians, but lney should reject IL because
THE END WOULD BE DAMNATioN.
twas damnation whether We accepted It as he'll
fire or banisnInent from God. Either way we wished
to interpret II TINS tile end OF sin. God said to
Adam, "In the day thou eatcst thereof thou shalt
die" What old the tenlpter sayY DO not be afraid,
khail reap destruction. We should live unto God
from motives OF grateful COM Iteration, II nothing
else, because all we are and we have, except Sin, Is
from God. We were created by God. The air we
brcathed END the clothes we wore were all from
God, and our lives were in HIS hands, lie coun-
ana henceiOrtn i've unto Him who died that we
might be saved.