The New York herald., 1871-09-04
MiBlsey SQUARE BAPTIST CHURCH.

The Danger in Believing Chu,cimen OF tho
Earlier Days Less Sln'ul Than those of
Ia. Iay-sermo, oy Re-. j. r. Elder.
There was al the Madison Square Baptist church
yesterday morning q vers large attendance, mainly
or those VINO are members ald the Others who have
yearly claim upon pcws. = When the service pre-.
ceding the sermon had reached the reading o. q
portion OF the scriptures an unusual interest was
excied. because or the BOOK am chapter selected
which occasionsd general impression that tho
sinners who fatten the shorrlonists, aud the abor
toniss themselves. were about to meet with reprl-
mand, which, II at OIL effective, would do them
needed good. The selection Tor reading was
the principal port Oh OF the tnira chapter Of Paul's
Eplste to the COoss,ans: IN this Is the feryent
declaration to the Christians addressed that they
must m0riify their members waich are upon the
earth: fornicatlon. uncleanness, inord nate arac-
tion evil concupiscence AMI coyetousDess, which ID
io,airy; ana that they 1t TO another, seeing
thai they hal
PUT OFF THE OLD MAN
with his deeds. In reading such declarations Of
PAM to those With whose lie naoits he was familiar
the reverend speaker begoro cvnmencia. the
sermon OF the morning. spok, of the danger which
lay in permitting Ives To believe that the Churcn
of hrlst in the earlier Gays vastly purer than
now. There was ne Claimed. danger that the aoc-
II. nes of lbe Church Of CHRIST might become con.
founded with the siniu practces ot some Of dis So
called followers. He would not, therefore, overrase
the OF er tme lest 10 might discourage tnc weak OF
to-day and, III order TO Impress the correctness Of
his position on his hearers. asked .lem TO
1MA.itE NE.EasITY
for such letter as Paul 10 the CoOssians to
u church OF TO-DAY.
Ai,er the reading and exceedingly penineat re.
MARKS which we have Indicated, AMI the conclusion
Of the service preceding
THE SERMON.
the learned divine selected a3 ns text, Coosslans
L.
those Things whiCh are ao0ve. wher1 christ ditIetn
tn ngs above, not ON tnngs eartn For ye are
dead, ana your lie Is MD win Chtlst IN Co.."
D,,coursing upon The above, ne noted he TACT tnat
Agrippa. after listening e. the earnest address OF
Paul Just before he was sent 10 be tried al Jerlsa
lem. sain to MN, Thou almost per uaae me 70 pe
as tanrist and believer IN iinn'erslc let that
he would 70 Gou that al were suDs ~ ne believed
hun 'eif to be IN that regard. .e did loo. "non
immersion as cleansing IRON SIN In the scripture
seU.e but rather the preliminary condition of the
so1l being right i0r IL, As the
sYMBoL OF DEPARTURE
from life o sin. Ii was Coos form under the Old
as weli as the new dspen S8on. and with and the
Loras SupperJwe had the two distinctive sy M
tney were asked '.Wnat mean We Dy this INNER.
sion y hey would tell them that going down INTO
with Christ, anu that IN rls'ng again from water
they rose 10 lew aad u higner hfe 1t was not
c.aled. Oi course, that by The act Ol immersion
there was aHy actual participation in the resurrec-
tiOn, but IL was claimed TO have
AN ETHICaL-A MORAL EFFECT.
"n one died then ali are dcau;'' or, a better rem.
dering 0f the original, il one ded IOr ALL tnen all
ed; anu after gong to the baptism again TO
new llfe-a life hidden IN Christ aud pai aKing OF
HIM; higher le-a spiritual lie, Tor Inc Chris.
tau lie. lived as such, ls spiritual. some might
tie given to suppose that tue declaration that
rsiny from baptism TO q purely spiritual lie was
indicative oi immediate translation 10 uod and the
ang g:l5 literally
DEAD TO ALL WORLDLY AFFAIRS.
But such was not the case. suppose that the he.
leverS when baptized, were forever separated from
lorIer ues, would not that be tue fuldimcnt
Of the declaration upon which baptism Is
oDtanedY And would the rising from bap.
llsm not be rising to entirely new
and spiritual lfea life all OF who's. springs should
be abOye OR former lives? Such, lie claimed, was
the change demanded Dv God. Tne Chris Ian life,
he nei0, /, a spiritual lie as compared wth that or
tue unredeefncl; and tie INSISTED that there IS no
greater difficulty III understanding how the Chris
vans higher al eglance should 10 God than there
was In knowing why that OF
An AMERICAN ABROAD
in .OreiRn land should still DC to that or MS BIRTH
lie continued ut some length to ENFORCE the neces-
sty for u higher appreciation OF spiritual lie, ana
TO insist upon Its moe extensive attai nleu among
PROFESSIONAL Christians wherever their paths may
be laid, and win an appropriate conclusion In
vited all strangers present holding communion to
unite with the members In the Communion service
wnicn followed the closing prayer.