New-York tribune., 1874-10-12
TIE HIGH DUTY OF GIVING.

Bishop Nicely of Maine preached last evening
Christ Church, Fifth-ave from the following text
| The life which live in the flesh I live by the
faith OF the of God who loved and gave himself
for me."-Galatans, H., 20.
The underlying principle OF life. said the Bishop is TO
live tor some purpose something and very few live
merely with the desire OF a sensual or selfish gralca-
ton. There Is generally some higher motive than
thirst Tor praise place. or the qualification OF
merely selfish appetite. Men live generally Tor higher
lfe and at shrine OF patriotism and philanthropy
some have laid their very best offerings There are
names in the Biblical history like Euoch. Noah. Abra
ham, Moses, and Samuel. who have walked by faith
and not by sight, and whose main object OF
life has been TO follow the will Of God They
heard and needed the voice OF God. In this faith
others OF more modern times have sacrificed wealth.
ambton even life itself for the attainment OF the real
ty of the upper world. Men have been ridiculed and
tain good report for faith, but however earthly and
been the Ideas OF their prosecutors
Still these are very they chiefly honOred ~ their
inmos hearts st. Paul, i'll the text claims for himself
place among those who live by the alth o. " he son Of
edge that he the foremost hero OF them all Wnen
he speaks Of being dead unto tue irs nta f6a
| newness OF llfe" we see in his lie Key
csreer s from the earliest times to his journeynS
toward Damascus and his subsequent history, aDund
Wnen he declared that the life which he lived was by
the faith the Son OF GOd needed no Other lusra-
n than the record he mas left behind to show that ho
heeyed that to be the reward of his life one teacher
Sbrist one Master aud Lord, Christ one exemplar,
Christ one Almighty Savior and sure refuge, Christ;
This was only the teachingbut the life OF ST. Paul
for he counted all things else but lost To win Christ
was the chiefest GAIN suffer like Him the highest
honor serve Him amid triouatiou to walk stead,
fasy i'm His bloodstaned footsteps and to live and die
for Christ was JOY and glory for the blessed Apostle
In the second place Paul is seen not only living hfe
above but apart from that OF men in general and not
only life Of faith-as such life had been exhibited in
the character and career Of usrious and worthy men
before the Christian era,-out NE begotten directed,
and wholly fashioned by faith whose object Is person
hitherto unnamed and InreoognIzed among men men.
Of itH the Son OF God" A new light had burst upon
houSS tine Unknown the Light Of the World has now
come incarnate among men, and had partly manifested
oIV % iRe Beeoten Son. the Way the Truth and the Life
Faith which had grOped about IN uncertainty,
but little Light amid the conception ud Of bas 5as
planted itself upon the Rock OF Ages The mysterious
Of he Gente saaes ali Ged in the
vent Of the Son Of God Hencefoh there could be but
Ons dh be the lSr faith There could be- no further
pause required to justify this faith-to review those
and church has built In the third place. the OBJ
ject Of the Only Begotten and Eternal Son OF God IN
sOry to become man must considered. st. Paul
that this humbing of Himself and submitting to hor
rble death upon the was out OF love Tor him. was
for salvation of him. who was the chief OF sinners
who loved me- and gave Himself for me- are the words
energy the faith Of st. Pau-gayeto it It's feryor and
Vsns %otiveNhis love Of Christ thus conceived OF
manifesting selfsacrhce for mans salvation Ii was
this faith u his salvation that constrained and
compelled st. Paul TO ren0unce the world and worldly
objects his desire to live such lfe life OF faith
of the Gospel as thus cOmprehended by st. Paul had
this constrainng. Transforming power for this one
element left the whole force OF the faith Is elm
mated and long even believers would Do seen
throwing Of . yoke which would then have become too
Rrievous to be easily borne.
Following the teachings and work Of this great mis-
siopary bishop, st. Paul, the preacher next made
strong appeal behalf Of the missionary work OF the
Cbnrch, He gave q reason why SO little has been
given for such work that hitherto nothing but the spe
egatons gave because OF their needs; whereas II
the force OF the argument had been that Christ had SAID
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself," and that
Christ assigned TO each member Of his church the
part which he had TO perform. and rhe nonperform
ance OF which he alone would be judged, the result
the primary basis of each Christians Obligation and
had not shown why each individual was so obliged IN
duty to perform his part. They had failed TO make
Christians feel what II to refuse 70 comply with
their obligation they had failed reach the fOunda
ton Of the Christians duty, or the original motive
God could never be selfish When God was recognized
Oil His goodness and love. an impulse would burst
forth which would render that homage due from the
creaturs to the Creator, aud become spontaneous
tribute OF grateful heart to Its Almighty benefacOr
God alone should be sufficient constant motive power
lar religion char table enterprise TO guide Christians
TO tue giving Of their substance toward such objects
II should not be merely the fact that there many
hungry scK or naked persons to be for. many
missionaries TO provide for, 20 many millions
Of souls In spiritual darkness. that should in-
serve TO indicate the will OF God the objects on
VAlch the CugIstlaAs VUeIuKas already nAJo " Hy.