The New York herald., 1873-09-08
CHURCH OF TIE STRANGERS.

Christ's Example OF UnsclHshness-A
Few Words to Americans Who Hanker
After Titles-Scrmon bv Rev. DIR.
Deems.
Rev. DR.. Deems preached yesterday morning at
the Church Of the Strangers, Mercer street. be-
tween Waverley place and Eighth street. to
vast congregation. He took his text from ii.
Philippians, ", 8. He said all want Of faith in the
Heavenly Father came from their intense selfish
ness. They had come to think of themselves first,
not last; they had come to seek for themselves
first, not last, whereas the reason for any man
being anything was that he should push 1t out
upon somebody else. People only lived for their
own selfish interests God was sometimes repre-
sented as God OF egotism and selhshness. The
Scriptures showed us that God never made any of
His works for Himself, but only for humanity
and for His children. God did not I'LL Himself up,
but He emptied Himself out. Everywhere Jesus
was set forth as their example. They taught chill
dren to respect their example. All human examples
were defective, however. When he found, as
child that his mother was not God it was indeed,
All Eysn love mot
nesses 80 keenly as he who loved. One of the
hardest things g TO make was perfect looking
q perfect looking glass. That was the reason why
the Bible was
THE PERFECT, FLAwLEss MIRROR
which was IN Christ Jesus It was the spirit Of
Jesus which they ought to see in this perfect
mirror.
He would first speak Of Jesus in His precarnate
state He was in the form Of God, and, being in
ton lie Se preachef e nH as tSouao
he had been living before he was born but he knew
OF Jesus that He was before His birth. he was
before Mary knew anything Of 1t. He was in the
form Of God. All the churches had been troubled
BY the Trinity Of God. The form meant the essen
Form
OF the individual which they could remember.
Jesus had the display OF God. Angels and cherubs
looked at Him and saw Him in the form of God.
Some people thought God had no form; but he
took the Scriptures in the simple. childish way.
Jesus did not consider His divine equality some
thing to cling TO- did not feel as II He could snroud
lures broke upon his mind
HE FELT so MEAN AND Low
that it melted him; Now the gates opened, first
the gates OF the spiritual world aud then the gates
Of the past, and they walked up, and there was
Jesus; there was the altar; there was His crown Of
sway How did He take them Let them 90 down
to this earth. Let them go to Windsor Castle and
ask the queen In what light she regarded
THE THRONE THE sCEPTRE AND THE POWER.
Let them ask her II she would give them up. "Give
them up" she would answer, "rather de-" But
deem mankind from sin He would gladly descend
from His throne Jesus did not regard these
'He made himself OF no reputation" What glo.
rfOus picture this was A king might resign for the
% benefit Of his sonwtnat WI, was not this; rich man
this HE emptled himself" O. beloved, when
they contemplated this picture, could they see
brethren, when they began thinking that they had
become rich they became poorer all the time. Then
came minister, waiter, servant. He was
IN THE FORM OF SERVANT.
The form in the spiritual world was that Of God;
Cod GodMan-this was Jesus. Men had said fire.
quenty that 1t was not of their will that they had
side eternity and the question had been asked him
whether he was willing to be born, ne would have
said mo" Would theys He had seen some Of
them hungry and some Of them starving. and they
in the human ranks. But how dnerent was Jesus.
down his Godhead to be merged into mankind.
He knew all the suffering He had to undergo. II
ne he asd been too t rhat ne would BE-
to be prosecuted, and die death Of shame and
ignominy, he certainly would have said, 'No, not
all the gold Of Solomon can tempt me-"
But JESUS DID 1T.
Not death on beds OF ivory, but up there In His
Of torture and agony that Was before Him and He
still descended from this high point to reach the
very lowest OF all places. He who became from a
God a crucifed Jew swept indeed the whole circle
OF eternity. Not even an archangel could have
made such sacrifice; Tor even ii he had been cruc
fed he would not have swept the whole circle OF
eternity as Jesus did.
When they died-and thank God they would die
the question would not be whether they had been
great lawyers, or rich merchants or eloquent
statesmen, or how much they had been worth. To
work and to put 1t down in dollars Not the mean
est OF all angels could descend low enough to see the
top Of a thought like that OF ye Americans,
WHO HANKERED AFTER TITLES,
the question would be not how many people would
wait upon him, but upon how many people he
waited; not how much he was beloved, but how
much he did love. This was the standard. They
must die for souls. Why did every knee bow to
Jesus Because he died for all souls. OH imperial
Jesus. VINO died for ALL may they become princes OF
the empire of which He was the Divine Emperor.
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