The New York herald., 1872-10-21

Paying Debts and BlottinR Out Obliga-
aAons-sermon by Rev. Hyatt Smith.
The Rev. Hyatt Smith, OF the Lee avenue Baptist
church, took his text yesterday morning from that
portion OF the second chapter Of the Epistle OF ST.
Paul TO the ColOssans embraced in the thirteenth
90 the seventeenth verses. Tney would observe by
the text the reverend gentleman said, that the
Apostle was addressing himself to the Gentiles and
that Judaism was condemned. The Gentiles found
In 1t eternal DEATH The Jew looked upon himself
% the especial favorite Of God, and considered all
outside Of their enclosure without the hope OF
heaven, and all who were outside OF Judaism were
Gentiles. He who was not circumcised
according to their belief was without hope and was
outside the Church Of God. Paul gave his definition
Of this circumcision in the eleventh verse; In which
he says "In whom also We are circumcised with the
circumcision made without hands in putting or the
body Of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision OF
CHRIST" "Ye are dead in your SINS" says Paul.
The Apostle therefore argued that If dead to sin in
Christ. you have been raised up by the power OF
Christ This was spiritual resurrection You have
been made alive by Jesus Christ for you have con-
formed to all His laws and you have no need Of the
Jewish expectation. In these days some men were
In the habit OF contracting debts, and when these
debts were cancelled the papers setting forth their
0DIlgatlOns were defaced and blOttcd out He knew
. merchant In Buffalo who was in the habit lre-
Quently when he met him in the streets Of taking
te snoWns how 1se ne ha soea oa a n amS tha
obligation. lie had no doubt there are many men
here who would like to be able to blot out all their
obligations. Now, the poor Gentle was debtor
and he called upon jesus to help him, for there was
. wealth in heaven. Jesus Christ came therefore,
and paid the debt which this poor Gentle owed.
He took that paper and so deaced it that the debt
shall never be demanded again. He had taken it
up and nailed it upon the cross IL was habit when
Q law was Obliteratcd to nail it, to post
20 that every passer by could see It, Let us sup
pose SAID the reverend gentleman, that was under
suppose was led forth by the officers OF the law
and the law was enforced. Ny body is then carried
70 S the u grave and CONSIGNED % to 1t; The law has
from that grave cannot walk back into that court
room and look upon the Judge and officers who
sisen, and am as free as any man in the city.
lhave been purified The verdict was rendered.
sus on Calvary II lin 'iI ana died. The law had had
no more power. Now, ! don't know that can
make. make ms @ any more plain II my reasoning be
were certain conditions, however, said Mr.. smith,
p which they might obtain the forgiveness Of their
Who repented OF his sins and availcd himself OF all
shese provisions he would be saved. lie did not
@ al the q the q Man
Saoe wrestling. with death in its baby clothes
sins, s Did that that little s creature S, KNOW know tsat s
% Christ diedS i was impossible to avoid
Adam There were ret two '' ways 1' that ia man might
como into debt. One would be to contract it him
self and the other to inherit it. might in
herit the debt OF his father But the baby knows
nothing OF the kind. 1t cannot repent ana 1t cam
not believe, and yet IL must die. Jesus has said,
ssS1ner little children TO unto me, and forbid
them nOt.n He was the door. He had cancelled
che debt that the babe knew nothing Of And SO it
was with the poor idiot. The fool could tell moth
ing oil salvation Jesus Christ died lS0O years ago,
and what became OF all the people who were upon
the earth and died before Christ God
granted their pardon through the efficacy OF
the blood that was to be shed ages after. lie did
not believe that Moses had any idea OF Jesus Christ
or His mission. He did not believe that God con-
aemned these poor ignorant beings who knew
nothing Of His laws. You might make a law III
your family and one OF your boys know nothing OF
breaks 1t. Would you whip him9 Not II you have
. fathers heart in you. II all we're condemned as
men condemn them, as communities condemn
them, as churches condemn them, why, he'll would
not be large enough to hold the condemned. Jesus
0hriet went up on Calvary and cancelled the debt
Of these poor heatbcn He met their debt and paid
q, and they knew u not.