The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-05-04
WHAT SHALL WE DO?
DIR. G. s. Robinson's View Of Christ's
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DIR. G. 3. Robinson's View Of Christ's
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In the Presbyterian Memorial church, Madison
avepne, corner Of Flfty-thrd street, the rector,
Rev. Charles $. Robinson. u. d., preached yester-
day morning the subject being "WIat shall We
Do?r Rev. DR.. Robinson was Tor several years
pastor OF the Am rican chapel in Paris and il the
compiler OF the popular collection OF hymns
"Songs for the Sanctuary" He took for his text
the twenty-eighth and twent9-ninth verses oil the
sixth chapter OF John
Tney said unto nim What shah we do that VIZ
IN Qnt Work me WORKS OF Godr Jesua answered
aud said unto them, THIS Is tie work oil God tb 1t
ye believe on him wnom ne hath sent.
II Is really OF no great importance for us here to
settle whether these men we're in earnest or not
who thrust themselves import ncntv into notice
on this occasion and inrud ID abruptly their in
quiry into our LORDS dscourse ior the solcitude
lodged In the question does not specially beong
to them be 1t honest or fegned. 1t belongs to the
human race as tle question does. The inquiry Is
yours aud nine; and we have pondered it In the
deep stllnesses and stIrs of our souls
long enough for us to be quite GER.
tain that, at all events, we are sin
ceYe when we ask, ''What shall we dor, Yet
the very suddenness and dscourtesy with which
they rushed INTO the controversy Is exceedingly
suggestive. FOR 1t shows that the demand they
made was as 1t Is TO us-an Out0urst OF pent up
DESIRE an explosion OF irrepresslbie feeling and
was proposed at this point Tor o decisive test II
tins now prophet could answer II las they probably
reasoned) then one OF the worlds famous problems
would be solved. II not, then at least his astonsh-
ing claims would instantly he laid to rest
THE UNIVERSAL MISTAKE.
II you will carefully examine the iorm in which
this question was put to Jesus you viii discover
nsnt bar ne mi a m ma
been made. these men inquired, "What snail we
dor An inveterate, unbrOxen. undisc0uraged ae-
te. min alton DO for Itself hOius the human
an attempt ut reform he means to bring all MS
pas sions under control ana simply ADJUST himself
To tue claims OF the divlne law. bat an experience
OF only lew days Will show any one he Is not
master OF the POSITION. he Q Is IN his endeavors
TO be holy. Ihen next to this. most likely, he VIII
choose some process oil pcnance. tie means 10
make honest atonement Tor ms unquestlonaole
OF suffering and shame Will De cneeruy assumed.
Men do moi lear what will only destroy the BODY I;
they do lear what will destroy b0tn soul
ana body IN he'll SO we ma them Inc nc
np,i ted hand held al0lt tall the long nails pierce
through the withered snews; the devotee, with
the bamboo thrust into the bleeding mole Ia ms
tongue tue Wild mother with her infant Dr0ng
Ia the Drazen embrace oil q heated M0ioch, or
crushed III an aliigatOr's jaws, to the hermit on
We homeless top ol ruined pillar In the desert,
Craving up ms crust OF food with string These
are ALI trying 10 "uO the works Of God" ana so
hnu relief Iiom perilous guilt You pity such
people; you even grow little impatient Win
thetr 'ohy; you decialm against prestcra1t. you
pewaii tier supe, stiton, aud We admit these arc
Coarse instan 'es and show gross ignorance. But
hiKner up IN intelligence we find human nature
making no wiser snow. The better educated O
person Is the more keenU ne VIA suffer aud the