The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-05-01
BEDFORD AVENUE METHODIST CHURCH.
Personal Salvation-Sermon by Rev. DIR.
Chapman.


Personal Salvation-Sermon by Rev. DIR.
Chapman.
The St. Johns Methodist Episcopal church, Bed
ford avenue, Brooklyn, E. d., winch Is OF tho
finest specimens or church architecture In the city
ana the most beautiful and costly edice OF this de-
nomination In the country, filled to overlooking
yesterday morning, 1t being understood that Rev. J.
A. NJ Chapman, who has Just been appointed to tho
passionate OF st. Jonas, would occupy the pulpit.
Mr. Chapman has just concluded his prescribed
term OF ministerial service at Grace church,
Boston; and having occupied the front rauk
in the New England Methodist pulpit for the
last ten years his reputation for pety and elo-
quence preceded his advent IN Brooklyn. Judging
from his maugua discourse upon the preceding
Sabbath Mr.. Chapman has sympathy with
sensationasm but, to his words, he
comes TO his new congregation with the old Gospel
Of calvary. He has the happy faculty, however, of
presenting the old themes OF the evangelical pulpit
in elegant attire; for his discourses are
MODELS OF RHETORICAL BEAUTY.
1t would seem from the increased attendance at
81. johns that the wish expressed by lady
punster viii soon be realized Upon hearing tnat
tue initials OF ner new shepherd were ~. A. Nj"
she "aood-.shly replied, II hope he will jam the
church,
1t Is understood that Miss Butman, the soprano OF
st. AIMS church, has been engaged and Will take
her seat In cnoIr Sabbath. SO that with she
warblng oil the fair songstress from the "Heishtss
OF the mundane Zion across the river and the Clce-
roman periods o The latest ministerial Importation
from the Hub Of the Universe the attendants at the
bedford avenue cathedral" a. 1t facotiously
termed by many, may lay the nitterlng unction to
their sous, they sit IN their luxurious pews from
sabbath W SaDuath, thai they are going IL heaven
IN noWery beds Of ease"
SERMON.
After the usual Init Oduct0ry services MIR. Chap
man selected q the tWellth verse OF
the second chapter VI fnlpplaIs-"NOrk out your
own salvatlon with fear and tYemDnX.n In ma
eXordium he SAID that nothing more clearly lndi.
Gated the natural blindness or ersersity oil tho
human mind than Its apparently unnecessary mis-
apprehension OF the real nature OF Christianity; i0r
nothing could be more explicit and in,eilgent than
two extremes among the many
FALSE AND uNSCaIfrURAL OPINIONS
that have prevalied upon this subject were first.
that view which unprecedented sAlvatiOn as abs0-
lutely JUDICIAL ana representative as the fruit u
Cnrst's sacridcia WORK anu medlatorla reign, ire
spectlve the birth and o. personal character;
and secondly, the OPINION that salvation is wholly
seii-dependent-a Development rom within ny disc-
pine, culture and grow IN. irrespective Of the atone
ment and intcrcession OF Christ and without the aid
OF any supernatural or regeneranve agency. The
BlDie as lie understood It's teachings, showed that
each vi the above theories contained
HALF Truth AND HALF ERROR;
that the recovery man from mis- fallen condition
mad been procure ed by tue sacrince Tor SIN and he
agency OF divine power out OF and above man, and
that all presumptaUus trust that Christ VIII he made
unto men righteousness and sanctincation where
the subjective process OF regeneration has not tkea
u
tnet salvation Is both subjective and objectivesoms
thing done Tor US and something ooae
and ase to nd.Sduai character sna exps
Hence. Qhe Bible was clear upon this matter.
and lnaee possible BY The power OF the Holy Ghost.
and 10 be received by iaih alone, while 1t also
taught that human experience ana cnaracter are
and the Of the mcals that salvation Is not only
deverance from the curse OF the law, put from inc
bar of God but renewal IN the image OF God; nOt
only gIt tl. has been treasured up IN Christ. and
that In great measure Is to be attained by
PERSONAL EFFORT AND GROWTH.
In the further calculation OF the theme the
speaker said that 1t was personal SALVATION mas.
much as IL consisted in personal spiritual life. 10
Holy Gnosi. 1t did not consist IN creeds. rites and
ceremonies, but IN principles, affections and vitality
within AS tins was regenerating and transform
ing life. 1t had particular work TO That would
give It an individual and distinctive history IN eacn
stroy AL personal pecularities and idiosyncraccs
but 10 mold, harmonic and purify lndiyIuai sais
OF education culture or Improvement, but new
birth through faith In the Lord Jesus Cnris anu to
e y Of ss an aseSs
The man that enters the kingdomA glory IN heaven
must st enter e xagao Se SaSe Hn nst S
wrought out. by personal effort. fen8ion was NOT
made up OF pioos looks prayers speech e ana emo
mental to the cross and the ntercessionA
and sympathy OF Christ put o. heart experiences
or the love OF grace VI Goa and lie o cohsecration
| In the service Of God. III
THE RELIGION OF EMOTION
was not connected with the subd,lng OF the pas
sions and the vices of our nature II was refuge Of
| lies and u foundation of sand. H0 Gne speaker
| often thought there was too much scauodlng
around the soul, which did not advance but rather
numbered the Dullllnx or the temple OF character.
Mr.. Chapman then dllated IN eloquent terms upon
the fact that the grandest successes in every de-
partment Of tfe-that the men who have lifted tho
world up toward God were those that In early lie
had the fewcst helps and the mo 4 obstacles over
| come some people talked OF ''se-mado men" an
| II they were other Kind of men. Well de-