The New York herald., 1874-11-30
CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH.

Rev. John F. w. Ware Upon Faith
| Dangsrs or False Doctrine-The Root
or Faith.
The Rev. John F. w. Ware, Of Boston, preached
yesterday at the Church OF the Messiah, Park ave-
nue. both in lhe morning and In the evening. In the
morning ne took his text from Matthew Kill, O.
"No rootn He said "A root is the first principle
OF tree. 1t is one Of TWO shoots which push
simultaneously in two different directions out OF
the seed One goes upward for light and freedom
and the other downward for darkness ana soil
tude into the depths. The first enjoys the
sunlight and the air and the sights OF ma
ture. The root, however, Is the life Of
the tree from which the vlvifyng sap
crawls upward to the trunk and the branches
and the leaves. The branches above stretch
out proudly and far, the roots give out their arms
below and form counteractant Where you have
no root there Is no tree. Cut the branches and
you still have tree and the power OF lie; cut on
the root and you have nothing. tree without
root can only die. The Word strikes the heart OF
many men in the same way, but does not toucn
the root. All these centuries since Christ
was on earth we have people whom you cannot
depend upon, who can't depend upon themselves,
who nave no root. And 80 1t is everywh They
seem to have no SOIL. no nrst principle. They
le many PIXIE ike to talk about the faith ea they
possess; but 1t is OF no use taking sides and
ans arGss Sns
ialtn. speaking empty words OF religion and OF the
death Of Christ crucifed-t IS no use calling that
faith. Not one in ten thousand OF the n0isest and
bloodiest OF those who hundreds OF years ago
put to death fellow beings for not believing as
they were doing something pleasant to God. But
they had no root. 1t makes the man who has 1t
see what Is not visible to others. 1t gives sort
OF superior sense-a visible, tangible, usaDle faith
1t Is like the penetrating essence Of Mowers; 1t ls
there, but you cannot catch 1t. 1t Is to the soul
what blood Is TO the body. SO faith makes God not
mere name, but reality; making heaven not
simply future, but a present; making
NOTHING DOUBTFUL, But EVERYTHING CERTAIN.
We feel and see the might OF faith in the great
war OF humanity. Its store Is exhaustess. 1t is
the chlld's confidence in the unseen. 1t Is the
ever broadening, deepening stream where the soul
father. Like the sap root OF the tree 1t draws its
life from the fountain OF living waters. The
doubters not only often destroy their own faith but
that oil Others In these times that try mems souls
THE ROOT OF FAITH IS DOUBT.
People who have carefully analvzed aith Will tell
you that 1t came out OF doubt In every case,
have fought and tried for It. There is
no root in the to-day faith which be-
trays itself In its ear-in It's fear OF science, and
which contents itself with the eplthets hurled at
determined TO battle with things established until
they are found to be right. 1t does not follow be-
cause thing Is established It Is right, as many
think, thus ptnning their faith to false things.
Will stanu forever and will not be put down where
all lalse doctrines will iade out and even be
remembered. Truth will inueed stand more giori-
ousy Tor this research. AS man has SAID "Let
faith will follow In its wake and be true forever
more, baasted, immOvable.