The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-05
CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH.

Sermon by the Rev. samuel X. Lothrop ON
the Mediator and the Tcmpter.
The attendance yesterday morning at the Church
Of the Messiah was large. The sermon was the
first OF course upon the special tenets or the
Unitarian denomination. Rev. Samuel X. Lothrop.
OF Boston, was selected to commence this
Berries. The. style OF Mr.. Lotnrop Is clear
and pitby, coming right home TO The sub
Ject In hand and unencumbered by useless ex-
plantations and grand rhetorical nourlshes. He
chose Tor his subject Christ the sole mediator and
based 1t upon text. Timothy, H. O. There but
one mediator between God and men. the man Christ
Jesus" When the Apostle says there Is one mediator
can he mean there is but one MEDIATOR No; be-
cause the Jews had mediator IN Moses. The
scriptures do not lead US to suppose, then tn at
there is but one mediator and no other Every
man OF great intellectual endowments employed In
the right direction Is a meaIatOr between
GOD AND MEN
OF an inferior mind. But IN comparison TO Christ
none are mediators. lie Is competent TO meet all
the wants OF the soul, and consequently all others
are nearly supernuous The religion OF man has
always been one OF two extremes, either poytheism
or panthesm-all the universe, one material god,
without love, mercy or any OF the Divine attributes
or no god. Gather all the wisdom Of Seneca, Plato
ana all the philosophers together, and he would
place against II the Sermon on the Mount as being
more able to satisfy the cravings OF the human
heart. He sets forth truths the highest and MODEST
ever conceived before or after.
Need and capacity go together. We cannot need
what we cannot hold; therefore Christs coming ON
earth was rather argument of our noble powers
wasted rather than utter depravity, and was a
Divine recognition or His powers. Christ came not
10 announce scheme Of general saivatIon as IT. Is
sometimes called, to totally Ignorant race, but 10
teach
DIVINE RELIGION
TO men able TO undersi and and receive H..
The force OF religion depends upon tie recogni-
ton VI living God; but to see this lt requires more
than the abstract idea: II needs some reality. THIS
reality Is Jesus Chrlst-Cbrst in whom the Ing
LIVING virtue was manifested The greatest need OF
humanity was 'ihe Word made flesh" We can
conceive no attribute In God OF wncn there Is rot
some laint shadow In US. In intimate connection
witn humanity Christ SHOWS US the Father Ia that
WONDERFUL CHARACTER
OF His strength and mercy justice and love, all ex
hioited IN fair proportions III that nature "mracu
or man Cnrlst Is the medium between God and man,
because In Him we have visible token showing
US the glory Of God and not seeming so much dis
tlnct part as the same. la Christ the
mortal and immortal the Unite and infi
mite, meet ana coaesce. In reading tnI
Book there is always something new some ides
never Iet before strikes the mind In strong ant
vivid colors aud throwing new light ON subjects
before enveIOpeu In 0bscurlty. Christ becomes tnt
one mediator between God and man, because III
taught the highest and nobest IN the world and De
cause they were manifested In HIM, making Hin
The living Word. II Christ gave Ills uie. " whVu