The New York herald., 1874-07-27
TIE BROADWAY TABERNACLE.
Christians as the Sal, OF tse Ea artE-
Sermon by Frofes sOr ga rbour. of Maine.

There was quite respectable congregation at
the services yesterday morning at the Broadway
Tabernacle corner or Broadway and Thirty fifth
street. The discourse was preached by Professor
william NJ. Barbour, OF Bangor, Me. His sermon
was quite long, hut pungent aud practical and
with fcrcble delivery. His text was Matthew,
w. 1s-'Ye are the salt OF the earth but if the salt
has lost It's savor, wherewth shall IL be salted
IL Is hence!orth good Tor not hing Tut to be cast
out and trodden under foot OF men," Jesus Christ
he began, recognized the mission OF His disciples
and in the text enforced one OF the most useful
lessons OF His abundant teachings. Morbid
character Is tasteless SAT-. The nature OF
salt Is TO give SAVIOR. SO 1t should be
with the Christian character. The text
shows the utter heplessness OF those in whom
True cHRIsTIAs CHARACTER
is not developed. In the CHRISTIAN life the con-
tact OF Christian with Christian is a medium
chosen BY God TO keep up proper Christian spirit.
The outward semblancc may exist in salt, and yet
1t has no SAVIOR. 80 thero may be those VINO are
Christians externally who lack the sweet aroma OF
Christian love. Who give the true SAVIOR?
Another lesson deductoe from the text Is that
there Is sare Judgment for the faithless. What is
salt that has lost its SAVIOR good iorY It is hence.
forth good Tor nothing. CHRISTIAN temples may nll
the earth, Christian admirers may shout but un.
less the proper Christian spirit prevails they are
all for nauaht. The heartess Christian is uooa for
Dotbing. He Is not even good man OF the world
Christ snew what was In man. Those VINO have
the semblance OF sOohness, but have lost ia
power are OF no account. The truth OF Carlsts re.
marx carries significance 10 the minister OF the
Gospel. Unless ne breaches the true Gospel his
preaching is OF no use. There is n SINNER
whose judgment i5 Just, whatever his heart NAV
be, who understands this truth. In this connec.
tion he discOursed OF
THE POPULAR PREACHER,
Such man may suit many. His discourses nav
be learned ana entertaining. Re mas pe good for
porocnia visits. He may be good for \ narty. He
Is afab.e and pleasing. What u he good Tor at
the bedside OF tie dying sinncrf
The minister who cannot show forih 70 diving
world the salvation that Is through God he would
have cast out and traInpcd under tne feet OF men.
But tie main lesson or the text was that, II the
aavor OF Christianity ~ IN danger OF beng lost.
how such result shall be prevented. II people 10
not feel our Christian influence IL is high time we
should ASK II we have any Christian influence.
The text though interr0gatory in Its character,
has 20 answer in the BiDie. There are many
similar questions In the sacred scriptures 1t Is
leit VITA Us to answer
GOOD FOR NOTHING
~ lne lcaflul wall OF many. The only way is to
appeal TO Christ and see II BE has not the recu.
peratlVe power, The greatness OF the Saviour is
me ground OF nope. He can create--IIe can put
NE INTO dust II there were any present who Ict
themselves sood for nothing let them 20 20 God 10
receive their lost vital godmess. The look of
Jonah 20 God brought him out OF the great don't bs
Thc same loos on their part may save them, Lei
Mi look TO Coo. ~ NV