The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-27
WORSHIP AT THE ACADEMY.

Bishop BOwmnn's Sermon Yesterday
Afternoon.
Rev. Dr.. Bowman, one of the new bishops elected
at the Methodist General Conference on Thursday
last, delivered the sermon at the Academy of Music
yesterday afternoon. Dr. Bowman, who Is also
President OF Indiana Asbury University, led the
ticket at the election in the Conference and great
crowd assembled in the Academy yesterday to
listen to his first sermon as Bishop Delegates to
the Conference and many ladies were seated upon
the stage. The private boxes were also filed.
At halfpast three O'Clock Bishop Bowman opened
the services by announcing hymn. Chaplain
Lozier led the singing. Rev. Mr. Gill, of Pennsyl
vania, followed in prayer, and Bishop Harris read
portion Of the Scriptures
THE SERMON.
Bishop Bowman's text was from st. Luke XIX
10-"F0r the Son Of Man is come to seek and to
save that which Is lost" This Is emphatically an
age Of facts. Sin is fact-a fact just distinctly
marked In the experience OF the human heart and
In the history Of the human any fact In the
physical universe. 1t is everywhere Its influence
and its power are felt everywhere. Sin is here
in this multitude to-day. Sin meets us at every
step In our course in life-upon the public highways
and the private bypaths of llfeand II their is fact
anywhere recorded upon the pages OF history and
experience the race 1t is the fact that sin, with
its terrific consequences, is everywhere abroad in
our world. 1t Is not merely doctrine taught in
this blessed book 1t Is not merely truth which is
presented by divine inspiration for your and my
acceptance, but 1t Is O stern fact that meets us
everywhere, where the Bible has been and where
the Bible has never been-where men have never
heard OF this blessed revelation.
God made man originally perfect and upright,
and IN His own image. He gave to man that fear
full power-tlat human freed0m-and lie left 1t for
man to say in the exercise OF that freedom whether
he would obey God and live forever or disObey Him
and perish. In the exercise OF this power man
chose to transgress and thus sin entered the world
and death By SIN and all our woe. Until philosophy
could furnish a better scheme than That In the
Bible, the preacher said, those people were bound
to admit the one contained in this book In the
Scriptures alone found the remedy for sin.
lost"
Christ dwet in human nature and made atone
ment for the sins Of the world. The speaker could
not tell how he did it, but accepted 1t as simple
fact. This met the demands OF his spiritual nature.
1t went out with God and God came into his
SOUL and he knew for himself that he was In inter-
course with the Father and Son. He would ask young
toned to read, what was the great central under
lying truth in the Old Testament. He would ven
ture to say that every one would answer that it
was substitutiOnary Otlering-the Offering of sac
rifice. Jesus died as any other human body
died, and His soul and body were made sacri-
flee for sin. Glory be to God for the atonement of
our Saviour There we. Q souls everywhere yet to be
saved. s'Seek and save that which is lostn 1t Is
not the work Of the Christian ministers alone. 1t
is your work, fellow citizens. You Christian men
and women hereto whom ! never spoke before
and to whom in oil probability shall
NEVER SPEAK AGAIN ON EARTH.
charge II upon you that 1t Is your work. They are
perishng, ana you must save Them as you value the
precious salvation that your Saviour has brought