The New York herald., 1872-11-25
THE SEAMAN'S CHAPEL

Sermon by Rev. Stephen III. Tying, Jr.-
Mans salvation by Christ-What We
Owe to Our Redeemer.
AT the tasteful little Seaman's chapel, situated ut
No. 1856 West street, the Rev. stephen H. Tying, Jr.,
d. d., yesterday afternoon preached an eloquent and
instructive sermon to quite large congregation.
DR.. Tying took for his text part of the fifteenth
verse of the first chapter Of ST. Paus First Epistle
to Timothy-"rhis is faithful saying and worthy
OF all acceptation that Christ Jesus came into the
world to save Sinners" and commenced
his discourse by remar king that the Apostle
was at very advanced age when he wrote
the words Of his text. He felt that his life was
drawing to close, and when he reviewed the past
and recalled all the dangers, perls and persecu-
tions he had passed through In safety he summed
all up in that short text which Luther said was IN
itself q little Bible. SO long as that text Is re-
peated it will bring
LIFE AND vIGOR
int the hearts of those who utter 1t. The knowl-
edge of salvation comes to US in no mechanical or
mystical manner; 1t comes to us with the plain,
unvarnished message, "Ilave you an ear Then
hear. Have you mind' Then accept the TRUTH
Moses, when he came out Of the darkness deemed
heard M " voice. we V have we always Sya; the
voice OF the Scriptures ringing In our
Christ came into the world To save sinners. It IS
historical fact-nOt mere assertion or sugges-
tiOnfOr during the last 800 years men have risen
up and preached His Holy Gospel, and even the
secular and prOane history of the ancents records
THE ADVENT OF OUR SAVIOUR.
Christ Is mentioned in the first chapter OF Gene
Sis for God said, ''Let us make man." He COM
menced with Christ for Christ was In the bosom
or God, and He was His only begOtten Son. Chrst'5
cOndescension began when lie offered to save
guilty man, and from heaven there is brilliant
track Of light to the manger at Bethlehem. Christ
came into the werld-men merely come upon the
surface and die early-but Christ came into
the world and passed away In mystery. In the
Old Testament we read that angels came down to
heaven; but Jesus Christ passed into the lower
depths of the earth--He did not go down into
mines as men do now but He suffered during His
sOjOurn here every trial and sorrow that can await
man from the cradle to the grave. He did not only
pass along, but drank
THE CUP OF AGONY
to the very dreg5 He did not drink 1t for Himself,
for He was pure, but He drank it for us-tO save
sinners-and He left none for US to drink. Man
was saved the moment that Christ died; we may
sands OF the wOrd-but we are not necessarily
lost.
The learned preacher then drew parallel be-
tween the case OF drowning man, who, being
the torrent and Is lost because he will not be
under an obligation to his old antagonist and that
OF sinner, who, having knowledge OF Christ,
deliberately refuses to be saved, and courts his
own destruction. When once we awake to the
fact that Christ saved u.s. II we return to our sin we
are surely lost. man may have heart hard as
the neither mlllstOne but he was saved before he
knew Jesus. The indsputable fact will remain un-
til the heavens and earth shall pass away, that
Christ died to compass mans salvation, and to
with them, and Ny star shall sustain and comfort
them.n