The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-08-02
FIRST REFORMED EPISCOPAL
CHURCH.
JUSTIFICATION BY DISSATISFACTION BY THE
REV. DIR. SABINE

JUSTIFICATION BY DISSATISFACTION BY THE
REV. DIR. SABINE.
The Rev. Dr.. Sabine. rector, preached yester-
day morning at this church. There was good
sized congregation IN attendance. ana after the
sermon communion was administered by the
reverend gentleman. Yesterday morning he took
his text from Romans, ill.,, 26-'Just ana the usi-
fer OF him which oeleveth in Jesus" He said -
Paul lays the foundation of the souls everlasting
welfare upon the rock OF dlvine Justice. WHAT
our sincerity In Gods uprlghtness Our refuge in
God's equity Does that sound strange? 1t Is
nevertheless true. 1t is q customary way O..
speech with us TO say, "Our hope Is IN His
mercy; we rest in His compassionn Have we
now changed our base? Have we now
turned morastY Do we mean heneeforth to
Claim heaven on the ground That we deserve 1t?
and say, ut Is NY right. nave earned IT, Give
me my fair wages" No, sucn can never be the ap-
peal which they who know themselves sinners
make to that Being VI whom Inspiration testites-
"0ur Goa is a consuming fire." WHAT then? We
bring the blood OF me slain Lamb of Goa and say
"Behold our saIlsIactlon!n We point 10 the dying
victim Mount Calvary ana say, "Behold our
substltutel" We quite agree with the moralst IN
asserting that tae con lentment of divine justice
Is our corner stone OF hope. ana we willing to
adopt much o1 ms phIaseoogy as our own, WITH
R Re e.en We we T ne word 6e
and where he speaks IN the first person
we speak in the third. We learn from the
second, one Of the believers relations to Goa;
third. the ground In which these relations were.
Plainly the thought uppermost i'll the apostles
mind Is that OF Judgment, sincerity, dlecrmlna-
tion One being passes upon the motives ana ac-
lions OF another being. Tue character OF Him VINO
exercises this nigh function Is described just
and His decision Is declared TO justify. The reid-
lions, tNen, which GOD sustaiDS TO the believing
soul 10 the same as that which pure and hlgn-
minded judge, whose ermine Is sustained, whose
INTEGRITY is unmpeaehable, who swerves
never 80 much as by a hairs breath
in his allegiance to truth and right,
bears to an accused person against whom
he is satisfied the law has no valid charge, ana
pronounced guitlsss This relation manIlestly
differs altogether rom That which the same judge
sustGlns to a criminal whom he has plrGoned.
TWO men leave ms presence; one honorably dis
charged, his lame untarnished, his character VIM
dieated, a Just magistrate has justified him, and
without repro CHS one who has q right TO be
free. The other convicted; his reputation lost; a
foul blot resting on his name; released indeed,
but released not by the justice but by the
soul's relations to God, 1t is pronounced just.
1t STANDS before Him eXculpated, exoneTated,
righteous. innocent; ana as out OF his
relation TO IL as The justlGer grows HIS approval
ana defence, so out OF It's relations to MIN as the
justined spring the analogous conditions OF JOY
getner lah to appreciate this glory Of their ln-
heritance. Living far down in the valley they
seldom get up to heir heights. IL one among you,
my beloved hearers, shan stand unbelevlng, ana
the awful consequences must rest not here, not
there, but on the soul OF him or her VINO having
heard the message of this day refuses to adopt the
word OF tue apostle as the deliberate expression
Of Its own solemn purpose and say have believed
in Jesus Christ that might De justified by the
IN n