The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-19
DE KALB AVENUE METHODIST CHURCH.

Christ's Love for His Mother an Emblem
OF What Our Love for the Church
Should Be-Sermon by the Rev. w. p.
Corbitt.
Yesterday morning the Rev. w. p. Corbitt, the
newly appointed pastor of De Kalb avenue Metho-
dist Episcopal church, preached to large congre-
CATION love for the Church. The basis Of his re-
marks was John XIX, 27:-"Bchold thy mother"
The sweetest name on earth, he said, save that 81
Jesus is
"MoTHER.n
1t charms the heart OF the savage. There is no
tone so sweet q mothers voice, odor pleas
ant no path like that trodden by q mothers loot
steps. If ever, he said, had good motive in my
heart traced it to my mother. II should ever
become q lunatlc and enter an asylum should be
an ldolator; Tor would chalk my mothers name
on the walls and fall down and worship 1t. The
name of Jesus is like 1t, but more sweet and pre-
cious. Without that name this world would post
It's way down to hell. There were great
many people in Jerusalem at the time Of
the Saviour's crucifxion. Many of tn EN- had long
thirsted for His blood and now they W ere about to
sons and classes who were present at the cruci-
fiXion and their purposes. The mother of Jesus
was there Also What teoK her there he asked.
1t was love, unconquerable love, that chained her
to that spot for six hours and which all the malice
OF the Jews could not quench.. In this scene also
see the affection of the child for the mother.
Two thoughts are here suggested
CHRIsrs LOVE FOR HIS MOTHER
what ours should be. We see here, also the great
care that Jesus has for His people, The time had
h od naece sh vra
Mothers soul also. The speaker here gave brief
description OF tue agony Of Jesus on the cross but
amid all, He looks down and sees His mother and
provides protector for her. Jesus Is no longer
here in His bodily presence, but He is here Spirit,
and In all our afllictons He is afflicted and as He
made provision then Tor His mother, He does
now for each one of us; and though the future may
look dark and gloomy, lie has promised that bread
the ravens Of the valley and clothes the grass and
OF his children Mr. Coybtt then referred to Gods
special care In supplying our temporal wants and
said he could not understand how the idea mad crept
into the Church that the Lord took interest IN our
spiritual welfare only and did not care about our
temporal. He gave numerous Illustrations TO prove
that the latter Is as much matter OF interest IN
It's degree as the former, citing some incidents
from his own experience and also from the lives OF
Ing Gods areat aoodness he asked how can any
man be poor who has such fatherP We see also
: supsEnvTENcE OF ALL THINGS TO CHRIST
We read that from that hour John took the virgin
Mother TO his own home. He might have made
many and satisfactory arguments against this
duty; but he stopped not to argue, but obcyed bis
Lords command. We sometimes lie down in sor-
row because we cannot understand how we shall
be delivered from some great trial. But he asked
the congregation 10 look at John, and then say,
us to cast all our care upon Him, for He
careth for us. The child sleeps sweetly upon Its
mothers lap amid the thickest and nercest storm,
and so may we rest Fathers bosom. What
iced have we to lear when have Jesus for a
protector. "Behold thy mother the Church." We
see again In this incident the self-forgetting
love OF Jesus. The moment that we begin
to ask-Has God said so and sop VIII Ife
do this or that 1.-THE moment that faith
begins to doubt, 1t begins to weaken and to TAIL
and TO lose It's power And the moment that love
begins to ask, Can l. shall l. have 2 1T also begins
to lose strength. Christ thought only OF His
mother. His was pure love, and 1t was such as We
should have toward the Church.
JESUS LEFT LEGACY OF LOVE
to His mother and to the Church. And having
| loved His own which were In the world He loved
them TO the end, and we, in loving the Church. are
loving God and LOVING our brother and our mother
| Mr.. Corbtt then applied the principles OF his dis
course to the present wants OF the congregation,
and ASKED Tor collections and subscriptions to carry
| on the ministrations OF the Gospel there for the
current year. He wanted $4,000, about half OF
! which was taken I'D III subscriptions.