The New York herald., 1874-11-02
SEVENTEENTH STREET METHODIST EPIS-
OOPAL CHURCH.
Sermon by Rev. w. III. Boo1e Upon "sil
and Salvation" III

S0IMOA Wy ASCvs w. - ASOVAO " PUA ~'SAh
and Salvation" ~
The Rev. W. Il. Booze preached yesterday morn.
ing In the Seventeenth street Methodist Episcopal
church upon what he announced as "sin and sal
vation-What are These f' He took his text from
one OF the epistes OF Paul-"Salvation is not by
works. but by iaith.n He said 1t was great mis-
take to judge inward life from outward appear
ance. The man who did the most to prove himself
q Christian was often the worst IN his SOUL The
world might not know or see this, but God knew
It and could judge the man In hts heart The
secrets OF the heart were not ours to Know, and
man might be impelled to his actions from very
different motives from those we supposed
him to possess. The heart was the In
ward votion OF man. Gods great good
ness, which moved worlds, could not move that.
In one moment He could turn q dozen new worlds
from OF His hand, but the heart or man was an
abyss that even He could not make good II It we're
bad. some men set themselves against goodness
and foreswore God and His mercy. Other men
came every Sunday to meeting and wore their
regulation suit OF Christian reRmentaIs but iDsloe
OF them they were uncean. II was like a tree.
We saw only the branches and leaves and trunk.
They we're to al appearance fair and perfect. But
for God, VINO could penetrate down to the root
and fbres Of the root and sap itself, He could see
what 1T was oil made Of and where was the rot
tenQeSS OF Tue WnOe. lie COulu tell WnaL
this tree was going to he. He knew the day
when the inward rOttcnness would reveal itself
ana be made apparent. Sin was not really
IN the commission OF wrong. III was with us
because we could not understand beyond what we
saw and heard. Ihus IN our criminal jurlspru-
dence there rs only one crimo into which man
makes any attempt TO penetrate the motive OF the
actions OF the criminal. THIS Is murder. Here
there is always distinct attempt 70 iathom the
inward workings OF the mind. Tne question with
Judge and jury always is. Was there premedlta-
ton And the greatest efforts are made 10 find
whether there was or not. But in any ordinary
human worldly su there Is no attempt made TO
do anything of this Kind. In stealing, for In
stance, nobody wants to know what was the mans
motive IN stealing whether he did It because of
want ia sheer wantonness The only question
when suggests Itself to the minds Of advocates,
Jury ana Judge is, Did he steal II he did
then he Is convicted: II he did not, then he
quilted but with Goa IL Is all different. lie goes
down into the very soul and searches not simply
the heart ana the brain, but the very imaginings
OF the brain and the heart. He does not wait ior
the tree to grow INTO Iul dimensions but sees the
tendency OF the plant from the first, wnen IT Is
hut snoot. The disposition TO sin IL clear TO Him.
and lie needs not 70 walt unI the tree grows
into full majesty and extends its upas. like udors
abroad dealing death and moral destruction
around: when the tree rs q mere seeding lie
knows lts destiny. The outer frame may deceive
u.s. but the secrets OF tile heart you cannot see.
You don't understand what Is PLAN to the
Almighty God.
AS by the law is the knowledge OF sin, so
new Obligations ARISE IN Christians which