New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-07-16

Hmsn OF Troy young peoples meeting, led by
Chaplain McCabe, and the holiness" meeting OF Mrs
Landlord Of Brooklyn were among them.
AFTERNOON AND EVENING sERvICEs-sERMoN by
THE REV. DIR. EDDY.
During part OF the afternoon services In the large
tent the strong as almost to drown tue I'M
petuous and vigorous words OF the preacher. the Rev.
DR.. Thomas NJ. Eddy OF New-York He selected for his
text the 18th verso OF John, l4th chapter
" Verify. verify. say unto you. he that heiey EVEN
me, the works that l do shall he DO aIs oo
my Father" There is SO much said IN TINS prom
Use that hesitate 10 accept II In us fl meahnR p
soemDity of His coming passion, and must nave IN
tended that 1t should be accepted fniy. WINE upon
divinity His words and His works In this promise lie
adds third, that believers IN Him should DO armed
them power to do works greater than lie wrought:
Manesy the Master meant to MAKE us
works miracles OF Jesus Christ were true miracles
ious character and yet pretend accept the Bible Tue
inspired record must sink or float along with these MIRA
Giles. But am not certain that miracle Is really .
violation suspension OF the laws OF mature as mn
Giles have been defined TO he. How little, afer az, 40
we really know of the laws Of Dature We may look on
Christs miraculous works windows opened into the
which shall be when the curso mas peen taken
The Master declares plainly that believers shall worS
miracles TINS was PLAINLY ror o ot ,o rSnndeS ont and
filed. Manitestly the miraculous power did not ouase
truth and divinity OF Cnrst's words God does not in
tend to 20 on supplying new PROOF ehaessy. A t
and there was no need of further miracles. The work
of the dspensaton was not material WORK II was
the ministry OF the Incarnaon-after that there was
the ministry of the Incarnation glorihed Miracles u
| pet-blast, showing that the Savior had come Inc
kugdom of Christ is no longer to Dc MI
means His going to His Father was the Dcglnnlng Oh
spiritual manifestation Let us consider TntiS'"u
The field is in falow, decayed splrualy-ioss man IN
hood. On line of apprOac d Is the mafcn 10 pe
/ ale inf
mind with our Efforts Man Is an intellectual being, q
far worlds the balance which can compute Their
distances and their bulk which can unDrad tne sun IN
beam and tell of what 1t made Of and anayzo tne
fine floating in it, such thought az this 0iteh Do
mbece and poweress 10 deanhg VIII, inc aS
OF God and salvation Why Is u tnat tne mai h,na
cannot find God The spell OF error when plnus
him be broken but this CANNOT pe oons " do
We cannot force men into the fat1, We We, must ouS
OF God grander than healing withered arms or bghlng
main of the will regnant the powers of the SOUL
and persuade it make its decision for Christ 10 90
that greater thing than TO put our feet on e sea OF
Ia govern mere material Tnere another realm
which enter-that OF the revolted affections
IL power rather than brain power which Is lead
ing men, We sent out also win TINS GOspei Ia be
midst of unfrendy institutions me nrnspe
He established must cast down evn structures that
in their place may rise fairer ana better Is not TINS
crander thing the manipulation oI MdleIial
! processes OF natuTef
| THE AGENCIES OF CHRISTIAN ACHIEVEMENT.
| Secondly, consider the agencies by which Christian
achievement is made Put out OF sight and forever all
thought Of force and cOmpulsion. And do not ely on
things merely ancilary work, such mere ora
tory or music or architecture sculpture. These may
be used for good but on the other hand they be
against Faith is the mighty worker OF miracles,
makes no heroes. man must have faith in something
If he is accomplish great things IL is not belief in
creed that potent for good 6nt belief IN Jesus Christ
We must cleave 10 personal Christ DIVINE Redeemer
The Savior must become Intensely personal 10 US
fSf sAN
yet believed" When have mold OF the personal
Christ become Gods great achievers. There is no
sermon worth anything that does not bring us nearer
to Christ We want TO get out of theories and hghtnS
Christ. With this in personal Christ. you and
may go forth welding arguments that Jesus Christ ana
not have IN HIS human ministry Think OF the little
Gospel the seventy had TO preach when they were sent
Ou a1 in oy s dcaib for men or His Resurrection
His ascension. and place Of inercesson forever on the
right hand Of the Father TO preach about and yet the
| spirits even were subject unto them How base anu
| feeble would our preaching be today without THESE
elements which the Seventy had not. we are also
under the dispeusation of the Holy Ghost, which the
I6rdy consider the results of Christian achievement
Already by Christian benevolence and the Inspired
c6ay OF pea 1ne o esy when m
OF the best features OF Chrlsts miraculous WORK
II II cannot open eyes OF blind unsea The lips
of the dumb devils yet gathers the afflicted
by thousands INTO asyums for them and instrucs
them in the Word of Life The material miracles OF
Christ limited and not reproductive Ine chris
tian achievements are Unlimited, and Infinitely repro
| ductye The conversion and martyrdom OF stephen
meant the afterconverSon OF Paul. ana that was me
launching OF one OF o God wAra dane9 And hi,
great doctrine of Justification by faith reappears IN
Wesley turn tens Of to Christ in
all quarters of the EARTH to nfuse into many people
| warm living evangelism. Such achievements are aDsO-
luely greater than any nero material miracles II we
cannot open the eyes of the blind, We can lead the
blinded truth and open its upon Christ.
We cannot restore the whered arm, but we can lead
stretch out their arms and lay hold on the In
finite Again, the results OF Christian achieve
ment by their lasting power. Christian achievement Is
in domain of mind and SOUL which are immortal as
| M We XDr N
as eternity, which shall brighten as ages go by.
NOT THE TINE TO FIGHT DOGMA.
This Is eminently an age OF results It's no longer
time 10 fight dogma. The controversies that dvid-
ed the church my bOyhoOd hardly ever heard now
except in the preaching of those who preach to empty
| pews This is not the dag for dsputation about the
form of baptism dogmas OF that kind God has led
the church the Bible and with the gift OF the
Holy Ghost upon IT TO ths Wch U1sn 70 DC 1re NONE
there is truth Unmixed with error. The Holy Ghost is
PepSH n we S are n not Welding the elements Of Christian
| achievement up TO the maximum. Ihere are at
least 10000 Methodist minister's What great theology
hold our truths are as mighty ana as reslstess as
ever. But too many are sinking into Iormailsn ana
losing their power although 1Sidng the GCsRe o.
truth, the Gospel OF thunder me Gospel OF gntninR
the Gospel OF love. for the Methodist pulpit TO come
to It's feet, be baptized with the Holy Ghost 10
thunder the name Of the Lord the overthrow OF for
malism, rituasn, and Catholicism. The preacher ex-
pressed earnest aspirations or t1e baptism OF Tue hoy
Ghost upon the pulpit, upon the religious press, ana
upon wonans work in the Church. and showed the need
Of simple faith III Christ,
In the evening sermon upon the resurrection OF the
dead preached by the Rev, }. T.. {. SAWYER OF
Saratoga to great gathering HIS text was the 6ith
verse OF the 18TH chapter First COrnthans SO when
this corruptiDe shall have put on interruption, ana
this mortal shall have put Immortality, then shall be
swallowed up in victory Mr. Sawyer is tall slender
minister who has passed out OF young manhood, but
has expression OF ausere gravity upon his smooth
cOunenance. With huency OF utterance he fuses
monotonous information. not without an occasional
fresh Orcbe After 1t the cOlOred Bishop Campbell