, 1874-06-15
LEARNING CHRIST,

s-@sAAa"h ~ tH0 AicFa NFs Ai0CkC4 OIL NFncG
Church.
Tho Roy. Clinton Locke preaoiod In Grace
Episcopal Church yesterday morning from tho
toxt found In Ephcsiaus w., 20-21. "Dut 70
hnYo not 30 learned Christ, II 80 be 50 ,ayo him
aud have boon taught by him." The following
is Il summary of tho discourse:
st. Paul hns been stotchlng vivid picture Of
tho moral condition Of tho loathon world. It
was bright anu beautiful ms far TIL art aud oul-
tnre went, but the worry blackneBs Of darkness as
far as my purity or morality waB concerned 1Io
dwolls. i'll tho yorses boforo on its darkcncd uu-
tlerstandng itH Ignorance, its being ''past focl-
iiig," itH uHeleHBncBs, itB guillincss, and
then tut1sa suddenly from tho pic
turo, and appeals to tho Christians
to whom he was writing, ''But 70 hnye not 10
learned Christi You hayo not boon taught IN
this hiduous school. You llavo not studied these
degraded lessons. You have learned Christ.
Tint has bean the study put boloro you, and
Lie basis Of tho tcncLiug you havo heard. re-
peat tho words to you, TINT my subject simply
lb: Tho learniug Christ anl what it meala Who
is tho teacher3 Wi,at aro tho modes Of study?
MY SERMONS lately havo heou of 4 controversial
Gharactcr more or less occupied III an attack or
deicnae Ut yArions questions Of tho day. and
uni glad to return to tho shadow OF tic GROSS,
ana tho will Of my Savior, Jesus ClrBt
a man talking to mo the other day about
n very noted Chicago preacher, Rnid ''Tl1o
difference botween him and all you other
Chicago c'argymon is, that ho tolls tho
people something original, aomething. strik-
lnEi YOU just tell about tho lifo n1id
ana sufler'ngs OF Chrlnt." lilo meant 1t to be
rsde, nnt to mo no It was vory great compliment
and I hopo thas most Of tho city clergymer
would esteem it SO, for What s tho great aim and
object OF tho pulpit hut to toll Of Christ; to
1rltlg up again and again. as tho great contral
ide', Jenus Christ. tho Savior Of ainnors, the
hope OF the stnl, tho refuge Of tho weary? 1t
III lot tho place Tor lectures on astronomy
or evolution for metaphysical dsquisition on tho
yrtre II Ia mt t1,o nrorn for +i,o ,i;aa,, 49,,
te}1ect1a1 1irownrku h,t lin ,,"ioa,,,I 49,
from which the herald ia to proclaim i,hriat I,ct
the preacher lav tho wIlola tou,ajn nj art. anf1
Ecicsco, and bellies lettroB unor coutrbution. but
| lot tho subject eyer bo Christ,
do not incan that ChriBt IN tl,e Croas Ia In ho
tho subject Of oytry nornlon, but thnt oyory ~
sermon mutt in Holno way tencb Of the rolatinn
Of Jesus Christ to rnnll Simply to hear sernlonR
and to like to hear aor,nons, nay bo as diHcon,
| nccted from learning Christ M tho hearing n
Hotiato of Beethoven, or witnessing d pjay. Ii
niay bo a more intellectual poanuro. plcnsant
excitement. II nav be a nero adnirntion of nrt
stylo, nnnuor. Wo like to hear Italian
operas, though we do not understand o,lt
q Thought of tho lIoly Ono about wLo,n they toll
Wo all know that thousands bear sermons al
tho days Of their liyea without applying them K
their Individual caRos: Thank God for oil til,
good sermons liavo dono. There havo bco1
those preached which moved tho hearts o
thousands, md in evcry church, a,lt1 from over,
pfcael1cr, aro heard words which to somo heart
arc like water to thirsty soul, and open visiont
| o1 Christ mud blessed thoughts Of peace bu,
Will "o not all coniosa that it. proportion to tlle
number Wo hear End tho time glvon to them NC
learn but little OF Christ from sermons. Not
tEnt llo III not taught in them, hut thas wo do