The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-30
THE NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH.

deaths, how important it was to meet the respon-
sponsiolities OF our souls and 10 be ready TO diei
THE NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH.
A Sermon by MIR. Chauncey Giles at tho
Church i'm Thirt y-fifth Street ON the
House OF Israel and It's Relations to
the Spiritual Mind.
The Rev. Chauncey Giles preached yesterday
morning sermon on the house OF Israel ana ITS
relations to the spiritual mind. He selected his
text from the prophecy OF Ezekiel, xviii,
"a, rs and 26-"And there shall be no more prick
Ing brier unto the house OF Israel nor any grev-
ing thorn OF all that are round about them, that
despised them; and they shall know that am the
Lord God. Thus saith the Lord God: When
l shall have gathered the house OF
Israel from the people among whom
they are scattered, and shall be sanctiled
In them in the sight OF the heathen then shall they
dwell In their land that have given to my servant
Jacob. And they shall dwell safely therein and
shall bulld houses and plant vineyards; yea, they
shall dwell with confidence, when have executed
judgments upon all those that despise them round
about them and they shall know that I am the
Lord their God.n The house OF Israel, in its rela-
tons 10 US, is the spiritual mind or the spiritual
degree or our being; it Ii that degree OF our ma
ture which begins with the beginning of our re-
generation, and which grows by spiritual
nurture by feeding on the bread OF heaven
and by drinking the water OF life. 1t
lies within and above the natural mind,
which, since the fall Is hostile to 1t,
and which in every possible way seeks to hinder
its development and to destroy its life. 1t is as
though the blossom should turn against the tender
germs OF frait born In its bosom. and instead OF
folding them in its delicate swadding garment and
feeding them from the fountains OF its own life,
should pierce and sting them, withhold Its susie
nances and in every hostile way seek to destroy
them. 1t is difficult for to gain distinct and
certain knowledge that we have the germs OF a
new and higher order of spiritual faculties within
us, class OF faculties which will introduce us into
a new world OF ideas and affections, waiting to be
developed. five could keep this grand truth, OF
which we occasionally catch glimpses. distinctly
before us, we should put o very different estimate
upon values, and 1t would change the whole pur-
pose OF our life. But such is the fact and one OF
the great ends OF Revelation Is TO make known this
fact to men and how to overcome the enemies OF
this new degree OF lle how to nurture 1t and build
1t up into complete and noble manhood. The
nature and relations to each other OF these two
grces OF our life are represented, In many ways in
the Sacred Scriptures. In our text this inner and
nobler class OF faculties Is represented by the
house OF Israel; the lower, perverted, natural
degree OF our beng by Tyre and Sidon, and gener-
ally by the nations roundiaDout Judea. The
natural mind was created to be subordinate to the
spiritual mind, as the material body was made to
be subordinate to the soul. = y The two degrees
OF the mind we're united and made one man, one
being; they acted together; there was no dlscord
in the harmony OF their movements, no hindrance
in their activities The natural nina was the Eden
in which the spiritual mind dwet But by the fall
these two degrees OF the !and became separated !;
the natural turned against the spiritual, closed It's
gates against IL, anu as lar as possible shut of
all the streams OF life which 1t received
from IL. 1t became dry and hard, 1t brought forth
thorns and thstles, and the curse OF barrennesS
fell upon Ii because IL mad severed itself from the
source OF its life. II regarded the spiritual mind
as it's enemy the spiritual interests OF the soul as
hostile to It's happiness ana every hindereu
its growth and lie. Now, the spiritual man Is
born in the midst OF enemies. He is sheep
among wolves. Every one who has attempted to
lead good lie knows something oil the ret and
worry TO which he exposes himself. lie knows
arrow a: every turn. lie knows he has many
enemies to contend with, that he is hndered,
that every step in his progress is contested; he Is
opposed and betrayed, and II he were not con-
stantly protected by the Lord would be destroyed.
The Lord has described these enemies IN many
ways in His Holy Word; He has warned us against
them and lie has given many promises that
He will subdue these enemies, save us IRON their
power end restore US TO our p proper position.
gathered the house OF Israel from the people
from among whom they, are scattered,
and shall be sanctfcd in them In the sight
OF the heather, then shall they dwell in their
land tnat have given 10 my servant jacob" This
return to their land and peaceful possession OF it
is to take place when the lord gathers the house
of Israel from the people among whom they are
scattered, and when He Is sanctified IN them in
the sight OF the heather. Here are two conditions,
one OF which depends upon the Lord, the other
upon man. But the two proceed together ana
depend upon each other. The LORD will do His
work as last as man prepares the way for Him by
doing his. The Lord must be sanctified in US In
the sight of the heather. The heather are the
thoughts and affections Of the perverted natural
mind The Lord Is sanctided in us when our minds
become imbued with His divine truth, when we
receive 1t in love and make 1t the rule OF our lives
We do not fully appreciate the vital, constant and
intimate connection there Is between us and the
LORD 1t is as close as the connection OF the lungs
with the atmosphere. Ii the Lord should with
hold His divine truth from US we should perish
spiritually, certainly as we should die naturally
II should smut out the atmosphere from our
lungs. The Holy Spirit Is His divine truth, for the
divine truth Is not merely d spoken word but the
veriest reality, the essence, OF all things. When
we open our hearts to this life-giving substance
and let It's pure and powerful cur
begin to sanctfy the Lord in ourselves.
We must bring this sanctifying spirit OF truth into
We must sanctity the Lord in their sight. Every
false principle and evil affection Is a heather.
Every man who lives merely natural lie is a
heather and worships idols. We live in the midst
OF heather to-day. We are al heathen SO far as
we live for the attainment OF natural ends. When
we begin to sancttfy the Lord in ourselves we be-
long to the house OF Israel and the Lord gather
us from the people among whom we are scattered.
vital, spiritual power begins TO work III us,
which pushes Its rootlets into the ground
dormant and captive Israetes and organizes
them into the spiritual mind. These newborn af
iections go down into the memory and gather
from 1t every truth they can find which can serve
their purpose. They send their armies into all the
border lands OF tn emind; and, wherever they find
any truth affection which they can appropriate
to their heavenly purpose they throw the arms OF
their attractions about 1t, and WOO 1t and win it
into their heavenly ranks. SO the spiritual man
gains strength for larger conquests, for the subu
CATION of all the heather to Its power. Let US
sanctify the Lord In ourselves, by loving obedience
to His will, that He may work in us this great de-
liverance from the fret and worry OF little cares
and from the continual conflicts with evil.