The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-10
FORT WASHINGTON R. o. CHURCH.

Sermon by Rev. III. A. Braun, ID. d.
Christisn Charity and How Much Do
Ponds ON Its Observance. ao III e-tgi..ff
Dr.. Braun's new church, at Fort Washington, was
well attended yesterday. The music was rendered
remarkably well by volunteer amateur choir,
especially the "Qui TOLLS" by Miss walsh, and
hymn by Miss Waller. DR.. Braun preached the SER
mon. 1t was founded upon, the text In the Gospel
for the day, St. Luke XIV, beginning with the first
and ending with the seventh verse. The reverend
clergyman said:-t ' s.t'l
9d In today's Gospel dearly beloved brethren, our
Lord gives US one of the many instances Of His In
scrutable mercy He said that He did not come on
earth to save the just but to lift the load from the
hearts OF sinners, to raise the debased and
strengthen the just In all parts Of the Gospel we
ind that Christ condemns the Phsrisee; now he
calls them 'whited sepulchres" and again as
.brood Of vipers" They accused our Lord and
Saviour Of being Sabbath breaker, for He healed
the sick on the Sabbath. On all occasions they
found fault with the doings Of Christ, because he
broke the letter Of the law and still fulfilled the spirit
Now, who were these Phariseesf They were race
OF chronic grumblers who most relgiOusly held to
the letter OF the Mosaic law, forgetting that the let
ter Of the law kills and that the spirit gives lite
They were just what our Lord called them
"whited sepulchres''-lair on the outside and ap-
parently devout peoples but within they were all
corruption, conspiracy and immortality. Their coun
gave
corruption which they covered; but the Oninipres
emit God, who reads the innermOst thoughts of men,
was not to be deceived He saw through s their cir
seems to lose 9contr0--sO to speak--of
his calm charitable benignant SELF and bursts into
an indignant eloquence at the hypocricy OF these
..whited sepulchres." You all know the story OF
the publican and the sinner. They went into the
church to pray, The sinner asked for mercy and
PARDON while the publican sought to justify himself
and thanked God that he was not az the sinner
We are told that the sinner went to his house
aG s gSs a
mine,'' saith the Lord. Even II the publican were
without sin there was, according to the Gospel OF
to-day, "m0re JOY over that one sinner doing PEN
no the s when
doctrine retains that same spirit Of Charity which
80 characterized our Lord. She forgives sins far
as In her power; she follows man from his cradle
to his grave, and administers to him all the con-
ISOLATION in her power, which means more than the
world Is capable Of giving. This spirit Of the
Christians They should strive to forgive and over
look the defects in their neighb0rs, for what one
stand up and say that we are not IKE our neignbors
that we are not sinners II we say we are not SIN
ners we are liars and the truth is not in u.s. The
tendency among men Is to see only the faults oil
their neighbours and not their own This leads
them into sins against charity, such as
detraction, calumny and SANDER and the like. A
certain woman once went to Christ to ask his for
giveness; she had fallen through weakness, but
was now sincerely repentant, and briny tears were
trickling down her snnken cheeks The Pharisees
wanted Christ to condemn her; but He, reading
their hearts, saw that 1t was to accuse Him OF
being unmercifu that they wished Him to condemn
her. And Christ said unto them :-"Let him who IL
without sin cast the first stone.n Now, when we
are inclined to talk about our ncfghbors, let us
look into ourselves and see If we are without SIM
and II we are, why then we may throw the stone !;
but, as said before, are liars II we say
we are without sin. Mans conscience may be
ukened unto two bodies Of water-One the honest
mans conscience, may be likened into clear, rum
ming stream, which flows along on its pebbly bot
bottom; now and then q trout or small eel NAV
angler catches the fish, which is the figure Of sin,
and takes 1t out Another mans conference.-the
may be called the Pharisee-may be Mkened into a
filthy, stagnant pool, In whose fetid depths filthy,
Shiny, crawling things can be found; they burrow
INTO the Nth ana slime which Is the erect OF their
who commits sin and repents OF IT. the last Is the
one who Ii continually committing sin, and who
who yet is the whited sepulchre filed with dead
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