The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-11
BROADWAY TABERNACLE.

ONVhUWAI AADEMNAVLEs
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Tho New Pastor Of tho Broadway Taber-
nacle and Successor Of Or. Thompsou-An
Old-FashiOned Sermon on the Gospel Of tho
Grace of God.
The Rev. w. w. Taylor commenced yesterday
morning his ministry at the Broadway Tabernacle.
IL Will probably be remembered that Mr.. Taylor at.
tracted considerable attention among the churches
last summer when visit from England to
America He occupied the pulpit for several Sun
days OF the Church OF the Pilgrims. Brooklyn. He
preached afterward ia several OF the C0ngrega-
uonal churches OF the city. aud there arose.
spontaneously as 1t were, o desire among
the religious community OF both cities that he
should abide with and be adopted into tho large
family of American preachers. Mr.. Taylor returned
to ais nome and church IN Liverpool, England, ana
when DIR, Thompson resigned his charge OF tho
Broadway Tabernacle aud went to Europe he sue
ceeded IN arranging that Mr.. Taylor should become
his successor.
The newly chosen minister preached his drst ser.
mons as the Broadway Tabernacle pastor yesterday.
Though the morning was very dull and chill with
early showers, ana though the cold, cheer.
less ana constant rain storm poured pitllessy
Oh all cnurch.goers, the Tabernacle was filed
with congret alon IN which the feminine element
was mainly conspicuous by its absence Men with
hard. practical, welto-do, benevolent and earnest
faces filed the pews and took their part IN the SER
vices with an absence OF dettanteism in their
ner nat was consistent with the earuestness OF their
facial expression. Mi Ills Ta aEST see"''a for
clause Of the eleventh verse OF the first chapter OF
the First Episie OF ilmothy:-"The glorious Gospel
OF the blessed God, which was committed TO my
trusn At the outset The preacher told his congre-
gallon why he had selected his text. ana told 1t by
relating an anecdote. He said thar the venerable
Uecll was once spoken to oy O young preacher TO
what he should preach, aud Cecil replied, 'Preach
3 80 pea ce again q cpea
Christ In thinking, Mr.. Taylor, or this Interesting
r. In mo- uIan Af
Significance. these words OF Cecil came again and
again to my memory, and therefore selected this
glorious Gospel and to know nothing among you
save Christ and Him crncltled. When MIR. Taylor
scotch burr but, what was far better, with scotch
ear was sermon built upon
OUT with an introduction 'N" about i'0" the
text, the regulation three divisions and then three
snb,dlyslons from each OF these But, though this
such breathing, human life. and with so
divine iervor, that the skeleton seemed imper.
ceplble to the enraptured audience, who found
themselves beguiled into listening with the In.
tensest interest to a sermon that was doctrina
from the first sentence TO The last. There were
OF The modern tricks OF pulpit eloquence no mint
cry no place for the joke TO come In no sensational
sentence that brought down the house with smile
aud utter that was smothered by the properties
ana decorum OF the sacred place. There was no
amateur searching for truth, no toying anu coquet.
ting with 1t, but PLAN talk about God salvation,
TINE, ETERNITY
and The human SOUL In speaking OF tho pTesenta.
lion OF the Gospel on the part or The preacher, lie
admitted that IL was an Old story and II very
simple story, too: but the presentation OF II was
new. The pebbles within are old: but by the move
ment oil the hand you present TO the eye cOmbina-
lions aud changes oil the pebbles that are ever
and which the eve had never seen before. The dir.
beulty as to The presentation OF the Gospel to poor
sinner needing its consoationa was not Ia the Cos
pei ID i.sel but III our lndlns mode OF presenting
IL 'hat should be sufficiently simple. When
Os anS s' we to FOUND 90 that oss Snd noo ns
30 simple, and certainly nothing 40 effective and
useful as the Gospel lise. 1t was the glorious
Gospel words themselves tDat soonest reached the
heart ana were the good news 10 the sinners ears
Conspicuous among these were:-"Go1 so loved
Se Tor The World rhs W faithful V saving goa and
worthy OF all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came
Ihris, reconclling all men unto Himself,n "8e.
moo .ns Lamb Of COL that taxeth away the sin OF
mon was THAT the glory OF God Is revealed By tho
Gospel and there were three elements OF this
Taylor briefly eIaboTsted the tnouaht as to the
ga0,,s manifest III the wisdom OF God by showing
now goo could ne Just 70 man, had been the work
., ~ NJ ,ime. until tne hedeemer came. The power
o. COO was shown ~ the wisdom That exalted man
from sin to holiness withou, doing Violence to mans
moral nature. Another division OF the text was the
with the GOspel-the peculiar happiness that there
was In restoring something that had been near de-
struct0n. The medical man, Tor example naa M
greater delight than when he had brought back MA
patient. after unwearied devotion aud almost ex-
health and life Had not God all but lost man-nay
had not God lost man-and what bessedness and
happiness had God manifested IN the restoration OF
mani How beautifully was this shown IN the pre-
vaiiIDg ,hougnt that ran through the paraoles 10
the fifteenth chapter OF Luke's Gospel More beaut-
lul than the diadem glittering III the sunlight
the tIckliug tear that surused the suffering sinners
check 10 the eye OF God. ''Oh that some In this
congregation may give TO God this delight to-day"
The last division OF the sermon was The f0ll0wng:-
"1hat this Gospel was committed 10 Ills trust" In
special and peculiar sense 1t might be said that
the Gospel was Ia tile trust OF Paul. But the Gospel
was entrusted 10 ALL " entrusted TO them to
accept IT, TO preserve II and to diduse IL. Alter we
mad once heard
THE GOOD NEWS
we could never be precisely what we were before
Tor We bad rejected Christ after we had known or
the salvation Of God. Having accepted 1t we were
10 preserve IT. TO keep II 80 that IL should be kept
pure ana spotless from the world. Under tue sub
mead OF the duty that was incumbent upon those
VINO had accepted II 10 dlJuse II Mr.. Taylor was very
eloquent aud earnest lie tod the story OF Captain
John Patton. VINO In Scotiand's troubles was taken
prisoner anG who was condemned to death. anu VINO
Was met when prisoner 10y iavorlte OF Charles
the SECOND, and who Was q firm friend OF Patton and
PARDON VI am alraid,n said Patton, you won't get
" lor nave been too prominent to obtain mercy
~ ,he KING wont pardon YOU, Paton,v replied
we IaVOrlte, u Will never draw a sword In the
Kings cause any more.r The pardon was obtaineI.
las sent express 10 Idnburg, but the Lords or
the Council Kept II BACK until the old man was exc
Culed IN the pubic market. sssee TO H. NV
hearers" said MI Taylor, with upliIled hands and
win terrible earnestness, that you keen moi back