The New York herald., 1874-08-10
FIRST REFORMED EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Sermon by Rev. Mason Gallagher, o
Passaic, n. J.-Jssus q High Prizes
Amongst Us.

Sermon by Rev. Mason Gallagher, or
Passaic, N. J.-Jssus . High Priest
Amongst Us.
After the usual services yesterday morning the
Rev. Mason Gallagher, OF Passaic, who took the
place OF Rev. Dr. Sabine. gone to st. Louis to assist
in ded,cating church. gave as his text the passage
from Hebrew 4. xiv, ''Seeing then that we have
great high priest, that ia passed into the
heavens Jesus the Son OF God, let us hold last
our profession The reverend gentleman went
on to say: The object Of the eplstle seems to be
the unfolding of the status OF Christ. How He Ia
made our atonement, and how Gods power Is
shown in Him. The Jewish atonement was essen
TALLY that of sacrifice, and the text has respect to
the Offering OF Jesus as sacrifice for the
sins of the whole world. The fourth
chapter, in its entirety, Is Of value OF
more than ordinary kind, in tnat 1t shows
the Hebrew ritual which Il manifestly the central
proof Of Holy SCRIPTURE the corner stone OF Chris.
tian doctrine. From 1t we derive our duty and our
proper method OF life. The part which comes be-
fore our text shows this:-"We see Jesus crowned
with glory and honor for he tasted death for every
man, &C., leading naturally to the passage have
taken for the text The apostle In the third chap
ter has introduced q comparison between Moses
and Christ Jesus, showing the great Hebrew leader
to be Infinitely inferior to our Redeemer IN that he
breaches doctrines Of lower grade. He then
goes on to compare Aaron ana the Jewish priest
hood is necessary for ny meaning that S,d snSSia
Ofsciases %scns fs g God COD Or s.nsf: Under Inc
ssas seeS soss no priest sinSs Christ % sscendse
to heaven. for He Is tue only priest and was
S as they hey Dol 90 not Oss 6es Tue .ss Of
the word by men Is spee4e5 OF modAAed popery,
sdmtsea @ into TO tne Episcopai Church The nrst
reformers never used the word ana It was only
admitted in the degenerate days Of tho Church,
when the 1rst holy zeal and divine light had de-
parted. 1t is high time that the word should
have been expunged, which has been done BY
apostle seems 10 refer TO him who entered the
holy of holes and made atonement for the
braic doctrine VINO was the type Of Christ. and to
him the apostle seems to allude. The sons OF
Aaron seem TO have been associated with him
This important service took place on the tenth day
OF the seventh month and was day OF pardon and
was also the only occasion In the whole year when
taken lamb and bull and then two goats. one
OF which was killed aud tie other allowed TO es-
ntd .ae two Of went n
the holy OF holes, Vito which he sprlnkled the
place. and took OF the blood Of the bullock and the
goat and put some upon the lid OF the ARK OF the
covenant and sprinkied 1t about also. Then the
living goat OF the two was taken, and after the
laying on of hands he was led away by man and
sent into the wilderness. Then the high priest
put on those wonderful garments Wnlcn were Or
dered him by the Almighty and offered up . holo-
eatst and then gave the blessing unto the people.
These ceremonies were 80 solemn that no man
was described as happy that had not Witnessed
them. This action taught the great principle OF
the pardon OF sins through sacrifice. The
apostle represents Christ as having passed.
out OF the temple into the interior heaven,
gone into the presence OF the blessed God. 1t Is
Jesus the saviour, the Son OF God, the long pre-
dicted Messiah, by whom the Father made the
world the Brightness, the Fathers Glory. Prop.
erly was He called the Great High Priest, VINO
bore our sins In His own body on the cross. The
same ofice which the high priest performed Christ
Jesus is executing in heaven Tor US He rep
own blood, and how much more must this purge
our consciencesl To US He Is the Great High Priest,
II we have repen led and believed In HIS atone
ment and In HIS name Tor our salvation The expla-
ton OF Jesus CHRIST has opened the naming gate
which was closed. II was taken away by Jesus
when He died Tor man. he went t1en to prepare
place for Hts followers. There He Goes not forget
His poor children for whom lie poured out HIS
their presumptl0ns their sins. He Is not ashamed
to cal them, however degraded, by the tender
name OF friends and companions. The character
He bore on earth He ever vii! sustain In heaven.
knowledge, holiness and enjoyment. Such Is the
relation and ONCE which Christ nils In heaven.
There He waits for US after having shed that hu-
man blood wnich He had on earth. Has he not es
His glorious resurrection? and does He not say
that those who DO not believe shall have the wrath
OF God upon them Ii He Is IN the heavens pray
ing for us what is the condition OF the men who
trine is preached, even by an angel, 1t Is another
gospel from the father OF lies. IL Is rationaltsm,
the denial OF the divinity OF Christ substitution
OF material affairs for the one OF Christ Jesus, Ro
doctrine In Its simplicity and 1t is In Christ Jesus