The New York herald., 1872-03-18
THE BROADWAY TABERNACLE.

TEe Parable of the Feast- Gods Love for
His Childrcn-N1nkIng .LiRht of His In.
vitntiOns-Discourse by II ". w. NJ. Taylor.
"But they made light OF It, and went their
ways-one TO his iarm. another to his merchan-
dlse."-Matthew KILL. s.
Such was the text chosen yesterday by Rev. DR..
W. NJ Taylor. the newly chosen pastor OF the Broad
way Tabernacle, upon which to address one or the
largest congregations that has ever assembled
within its walls. After referring TO the
PARABLE OF THE MARRIAGE FEAST,
from which the text Is taken. the pastor said the
parable was applicable to those to whom 1t was
originally addressed by Jesus. The feast repre-
sented the provision God makes for mems spiritual
wants aud necessities. The invited guests were
tho Jews, to whom the Gospel of Christ was
preacned and who rejected IT, ana Christ spoke In
parallels TO those before Hin. Parables are like
MANY-sIDED PRECIOUS STONES,
cut so as 10 throw their beauty In more than one
direction. The guests In this instance disregarded
abundance that God has provided for u.s. the saliva
ton OF the soul set free from sin and doubling.
The feast comprises also the renewal OF the soul; so
that whereas 1t was IN rebellion against God, 1t Is
now at peace with Him aud agrees 10 do Him hon.
age.
There are multitudes who think the Gospel Is o
melancholy thing, 10 take The Joy out Of lie. They
have formed the impression that It Is q subject
wrapped in gloom ana misery. The Gospel reme-
dies TINS very evil. 1t is begun, multiplied anu ends
In love-
II produces In the heart OF the sinner love for the
Creator. ana love is the very sunshine Of lives.
Yet the true Christian does not his JOY In earChs
blessings and beauties because he loves God. The
saddest soul IN all the world the whcn there
Is no love. When man can say, al love the Lord be-
cause God loves meD he has the proper spirit with
10 him. The Gospel llghtens the whole horizon Of
making light OF their own happiness There Is
CROSS IN THE FOREGROUND
OF the Gospel ana mere snOuia not DC less iove ne
God. II men only knew OF this how few among them
would De found TO make lignt OF the utterances OF
the minister OF Christi The minister proceeded to
consider what 1t Is 10 make light OF the Gospel The
text SHOWS that those who went TO their farms were
careless and indifferent while those who slew the
kings servants were IN direct antagonsm 70 God.
Those who make light OF the Gospel think they are
In less danger than those VINO VINO openly set them.
mistaken. lie who neglects warning as well as
those who refuse TO bow to Gods command are
narrative OF three soldiers who, IN their drunken
recklessness, would no! be warned, and last sum.
destruction was no less horrible because
THEY MERELY NEGLECTED WARNING.
so IL with toe sinners his responsibility IS no less
Christ TINS Is the Cprtst OF wh0m you are making
iant OF. Jesus comes knocking, knocking at the
and IKE the gnests, You disregard Him and stand
there In the cold rain as II lie was beneath your
nouce. on, my brethren thus you resist and make
liaht OF the Invitation OF the Lord OF Glory, who
died on calvary for you and l. The pastor next
considered how mel make i2nt OF the Gospel
They say, no matter nov they deal with the Gospel
viii all come 10 tue same thing IN the end; II Will
all be the same
ONE HUNDRED YEARS HENCE.
n God were the creation or the imagination there
might be some reason for this indirfsrence on the
part OF the sinner; but n conscience be true and
there ~ God then the Gospel Is the most Important
subject tnat can eDgage q mans soul. Who IL tnero
that mas pr0veI conscience, that tells US there
u a God, falsef Who has proved there - no GOO 7
Who IL there that has shown mat the Gospel Is u
true then the sober To act as n they were
true. We do 80 IN our everyday life. You do not
Know tnat
YOUR Housg WILL M BURNED DOWN,
but there n probability OF sucn catastrophe, ana
yOu insured "; you don't know that your ship,
lalen win TIE riches Of the East. Will not safely
IeAsn her anchytAge yet tnere Is such possibility