The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-16
AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH,
LAFAYETTE
The Moral Mirror Which God Presents
To Us-What the Law Is and TO Whom

The Moral Mirror Which God Presents
To Us-What the Law Is and To Whom
It Speaks.
Dr. Cuyler's pulpit was filed yesterday morning
by the Rev. Mr.. LOOMS, who delivered an exceed
ingly interesting discourse. The singing was es-
peclally good; the well-known quartet has lately
received an acquisition In the form OF a new So
prano who is thorough musician, and possesses
q voice OF marvellous sweetness Gotschalk's
"Lost Hope" was rendered by the choir in highly
artistic manner. Mr. LOOMS selected his text from
the third chapter OF the Epistle Of Paul to the Ro
mans, nineteenth verse: "Now we know that what
things tho law saith it saith to them who
under the law; that every mouth may be stopped
and all the world may become guilty before God"
II suppose" said the reverend gentleman, ''ifI
were to pass around among this congregation and
put the question to each one of you,
ARE YOU A CHRIsTIANS
Have you well-grounded hope that your heart
has been changeds should hear from many
negative answer and If were to follow this ques-
ton with another, Why are you not Christianp
the general answer would be, am not Christian
You would Say suppose the fault is ali my own;
have not thought OF 1t. The object OF law Ia to
IS the knowledge Of SIM says the textNow Ws
s sHSw to a wso a ae nSsr lie s w s9es
come guilty before God. 80
THE LAW CANNOT FAIL
OF its object Every lost son and daughter OF Adam
shall stand selfconvcted before 1t; God presents
1t as great moral mirror not to see periections
but imperiections IL is well for to look into that
mirror. Let me invite you to look with me into IT,
and come for once to an honest estimate. What Is
law? Law at first seems to be general, indefinite.
and death; law OF life in Jesus Christ, that sets
free from sin and death. Let us see II we can give
definition which. defines it, 1t is that guiding
n VIII a
ordinate power or agent acts Throw a stone into
the air thousand times and 1t will always return
to EARTH according to the law OF gravtation. IL is
by the
OF that law that this world exists. 1t Is the swav
OF that law, in counteraction with another law
the law OF motion-that hangs this world on moth
ing. This law is grand and sublime beyond con-
ceptioni; - sr,,,,o :. :. :, :.
another law, when you pass out OF the reign OF
nature in spirit and think of the rule OF conduct
that should govern every citizen in his relations
with every othLr citizen That great spirit or es-
law, Is fulfilled III one word,
and as i the Apostle haa 3eed this love to its orr
meaning to others, ne said-God is love ana il
the source OF infinite blessedness; bring that
that soul could wade through hell and breathe the
atmosphere OF heaven. Give It to every human being
anu TINS vale OF tears would be a bower of bliss.
Nay, more If there might be a power to carry it
down 70 the dark regions OF he'll the walls and
LAMENTATIONS would cease and the darkness die
away. Floods cannot drown 1t, nor fire burn It,
LOOK at ~ in It's beauty. Have you kept it2 Look
deeply, has that love resigned2 The soul is
there. To whom does the law speak9 The impli-
cation IN the text Is that of restrant-the mplica-
ton is that somewhere are
BEINGS ABOVE LAW,
The first specification of the Decaogue is 'cThou
shalt have no other God before Me- and all heaven
is filled with mute astonishment at the Implication
Bring the Decalogue back from heaven to EARTH
aud II finds the heather worshipping idols bring
it to the Romans, and 1T finds them PRAYING to dead
men and women; bring it to the Christians and
they are worshipping as mean god as any
turns away from the, great God everywhere the
law finds transgressors What are its utterancesY
] will take our Saviour's exposition or the Deca-
logue. When the intelligent young LAWYER comes
to Him, says Master, which Is the greatest com
mand of the DecalogueY He says Thou alt love
the Lord thy.God with all thy soul and with All
thy mind, and thy neghbor as thyselL On these
two commands hang all the law and the prophets
There might be idoatry; so the standard Is love
my nelghpor as myself But some one inquiries
Who keeps the law That Is not the question:
what y law and what does 1t teach Not one
Keeps IL or ever did. Yes, ere the
MAN or CALVARY.
WIN tnis exception all the race are guilty. There
u another teaching OF law-that OF penalty 10 10
destitute oil the principle OF law is to be cursed.
human laws may fall but Gods law cannot; II ID
as nlgh as heaven as deep as hell, broad as the
universe. We shall stand before the throne and
pc confronted by that law. have been laborin9
70 bring you to this resolve, to take sides WILD
God against yourselves. What H thu verdtcs--
guilty or not gpiltvs