New-York tribune., 1874-04-27
DIVINE LOyING-KINDNESS.
TN. R,r. H. d. Ganm, d. D., at the Mad.soaavs Reformed

TN. Rr IL d. Grn. d. D. at the Mad,soaav, Reformed Church
The Rev. Ii. ID. Ganse, ID. d., preached yester
day morning in the Madisonave. Reformed Church, at
Fifty-seventhst., on the "LoyinB-kndness OF God
This was the text: Because Thy loving kindness is
better than life, my lips shall praise Thee.-Psalms,
kill. 3:
He said 1t was part OF the duty OF good man to
dsparage the earthly comforts Of life Life itself
sweet, and should be enjoyed The various supplies OF
food, rational enjoyment, intellectual pleasures and
studies enter into what called life, as Is also the whole
system which Is soace TO man while inhabiting this
earth Man. therefore, ought not to disparage the com
forts Of life. Should say and feel he has COM
fort fe then he cannot be contented For the sake
OF the Giyer OF all good things, who is pefect giyer,
man should into the enjoy OF lfe and make
Of uS sSe Of et so David began life as shepherd
boy, and closed 1t as Prosperous Eastern mon
arch. lie said the loving kindness of God was SSt-
embrace and enjoy all the comforts Of fe II is true he
had his sorrows and dsappointments, but when he
wrote the text there Is every evidence TO believe that
In the full enjoyment OF every earthly comfort
God shows his loving kindness In connection with the
enoymens of the present lfe but the Psalmisti has
made distinction between that association and some
thing grander nober and higher Then 1t becomes US to
consider what is this oyiDgAindness In tue Engsn
has taken two words TO express what is written with
in the Hebrew The radical love is expressed In the
presses the practical aid given BY God to man But the
Psalmst says Gods loving - soe.ning ap1vo ,m
fully 1t necessary for Christians to believe in per
sonal God. III any comfort 10 DO ueIFeu iiom lne
text necessary believe that the ovinghndnosS
OF God personal. The kindness OF good mother 10
her child be understood and appreciated by ALL how
much more should the children OF Coo recognize the
loyingkindness OF Him who Is their lnnnite Father
His oving-kndness arises from two eau ses-our sins,
and because Of them, and our needs III man
only knew the extent Of loyng,kindgess neees- @
den OF his sins. he would be abe to comprehend the
power OF that attribute Of the Father God who knows
well the extent OF sins, and has chosen 10 mani
fest his loving kindness by the sacrifice OF his son. Jesus
Christ The needs OF In life are great and constant
and God IN his loving kindness controls nature 10 supply
grand object. Every act of God shows IT. the costly
love Of Christ confirms IT, Man may meet man with low
Ing Kindness but It's continuance Is shor Tor when they
separate Tor tlme they forget each other But Gods
loving kindness contnueth from eternity 10 eternity 1t
not only follows from his birth 10 his death. but
makes his soul live ON for and ever. How are We
10 know that such loving kindness exstsi The record
OF the history OF the world Tangible proof OF H.
The history OF the Church Is full Of It, The establish
bygone ages to the present time proves concusiyey
But the best proof or all Is the personal experience OF
the Christian AS the child personally experience
the human love and kindness OF the parent so can the
ng-kindness OF God. David was a monarch surrounded
with power, grandeur, and glory. lie was man
full OF intellectual talent aud appreciation The psalm
from which the text has been taken shows clearly
intellectual mind that the shepherd king had felt the
loving Kindness OF God aud appreciated 1t. Let those
VINO nave beeu tempted look up 10 God, and tney Will
soon experience II. Those who have felt
turning 10 HIM for comfort and relief have received
response through their hearts, and thereby had
personal experience of loving Kindness which Is better
than e When man II Ia the enjoyment OF the fullness
OF human comforts, he Will even then find IN Gods
loving Kindness satisfaction greater than life, for the
grace OF tue human soul Is the best OF all enOyments
Nothing on earth would be satisfactory but for that
loving Kindness. There always attending
human 0vei ana even Ia worldly success there al
ways dangers against which 1t Ia necessary to keep
constant and careful watch; but huch wntchfulness
10 needed Win the loving kindness oi God II flows