The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-08

world ana men who taught could tell them how
mouth. His stature. There Is q great deal Of
difference IN knowing Things from books ana
scribed some or the events OF the battle OF Gettys.
burg TO me. had read them, had studied them
on the ground but mere was tine man who com;
there was In MS description a lie power
canaot get from books. Tnen, besides, there
'.Be ye ike me.u Their fatn included whole
new lie. II were to give their Iaith general
designation, should say, living by the lover OF o
Now, as to the trials, what were they9 Here
were these men endeavoring
To BE LIKE CHRIST
all training. like squad OF soldiers being drilled
TheS %er IN ii tns asy
OF their aih There were, IN the first place. great
trials OF faith On the part OF the Jews. ney were
trials consequent up0l transition. They Went
from LIE filed with provisions Tor right
conduct conl TO- life where all they were
strange for theml Are CONSIDERATIONS nothing Is
meat offered to Idols nothing Some people DON'T
take things very hard; they are physically and
mentally adipose; they take on ana give up very
easy; It don't hurt them any; but there are IN.
IT coiols their whole lie, and when in alter lie
the imper'ection OF early teaching is made mani
There is as much suffering IN abandoning old sys-
tens or latin and venturng In the great uneX-
pIo%red We see the same .nng gong on sS,day
latn, and on he road Pere Hyacinth com
ing Down from Rome, and SO they are going
both ways. me primitive CHURCH had this
trial Of t'snsposition. AS long as II rs summer
will be rlppled, aud the only thing that gives 1t
peace Is ice;
that we can see at once ?" Why were not straw.
cream ali rouna Why was The world H made as il
Is 1t was made TO make men wake up. You
must think. you must doubt; 1t Is part and parcel
The Gentle part of the early Church had an
equivalent with which we have less sympathy:
priests and gods and ethical religious duties.
They had been taught that every custom had some
religious meaning. Now when heathan became
Christian he was CONSCIENTIOUS, he could not take
1hls NJ OF 1000 ior It meant i,,a cerrain re.
taas meant sometHin else, and SO at every step
he found himself rushing AGAINST religious Gus.
tom; he eit himself a to BE- an nhqel and So ms
tiles suffered from their faith IN business hinder
ances. suppose a shrine maker became q Chris
elder in the church says, ''You must give up this
business; you can no longer make IDOLS" so he
not satisfied w the ~
Joined the Christian Church, and that won't allow
have you, and that makes you give up your
heissy So he a'i sHrewn oa
Everybody looks asKance aud says, ION. you are
one Of the Christians" man who undertook 10
be q Christian in those days had TO set himself
against social feeling. To-day human nature is
Just as manifest IN the DIVISIONS OF the Christian
churches but with what intensity 1t must have
law, without any churches, WITHOUT anything but
their own belief Ia Jesus; but the greatest trl-
umph is under all these circumstances 10 keep the
right spirit Here was the charter OF their faith,
LOVE YOUR ENEMY.
They had 70 thrty.nlne articles, they had no
gospel. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John were not
yet written Iney had the mo o. the Di
TO show such as
that hate you. pray Tor them that desptefully
use you. Take these simple mined men, women
and children. attempting through all perpeXities
to Keep temper and live joyluy. Was this no
trial OF their faithp The Apostles eXhorted the
early Christians take all tnelr troubles in such
way that they b ought them up higher. There
is no virtue IN being good where there Is no
temptatlon but when we are tried ana harrassed
and annoyed and are able 10 rise into higher
form Of Ile to eel tlts world Is not our nome, the
true ene Is above all tins, CHRISTIAN brethren. Re-
member the lie We see Is not the real life.
COLLEGIATE REFORMED CHURCH.
DIR. oRMIsToN ON CHRIsT's MEANING OF THE
sACRAMENTs.
Rev. Dr.. Ormiston preached yesterday morning
at the Collegiate Dutch church on Fifth avenue.
! He took Tor his text the passage from Luxe xxi
19-"And he to * bread, ana gave thanks, and
brake It, and gave unto them saying. This Is my
body which s given for you this do 10 remembrance
OF me-" The preacher said, The wOndei iul, event
iul and catholic lie OF Christ was drawing to q
close and He knew himself that its end was near.
In these terms did lie first Intimate 1t TO HIS
apostles. There had come q time when the
Saviour could no more go about Judea and Galllea
preaching doctrines which were IN themselves
Revolutionary to the mes He had MADE enemies
Of those most powerful In the land-.he
priesthood. He had never lost an occasion
to oenounce the Pharlsees, SO much so that
the mere word has become provero, and many
use 1t perhaps who Go not know its exact
meaning. These wee bent upon the de-
struction or taking away OF that man
who went about the land mockin2 them and
drawing great crowds after Him. Christ
knew this aad was aware that their enmity would
consummate the sacrifice OF His life. He was
about then to sufsr and depart for the good OF
mankind. During this Jewish passover the
bread was to re broken Tor the last time ana thus
He took the bread and the cup aud blessed them
and handed to those about Him-His apOs!les-and
said, "This do in remembrance OF me. 1t is q
pledge OF my presence ever with you" The
Lords death Is the most wonderful ana mys-
ferrous that ever transplret in the history or the
universe. In the death and life OF the Lord Jesus
Christ we md the most beautiful example Tor q
Christian. some deaths are eminently lifted to
is TO tell Us That "rne wages Of sin is
oeasn" CT Is an a awful LINING thing to SIN
Some look forward 10 hero's death on the battle
FIELD others TO a martyrs death, and still others
10 the death OF the meek and lOwly Christian,
without peril, without any sensational e1re It.
Parents pass away, children die. but christ LAID
down d lie which others than Christ are obliged
to give up. lie could keep His lie, and we Cam
not. With Christ lie sought death. 10 save US
He had no sin. II 1t were sin which had produced
His death tt would have been an atrOclOus crime,
because the method was most barbarous But 1t
was sin in Others 1t was Tor sin that was not Ills
own. / ike these monosyllaDes-- Christ died 10
save u.s. God knows how many ray-halred
fathers and mothers have gone to the grave be-
cause Of their cnlldren's SINS. We have redemp-
ton. but 1t Is through the blood OF Christ that
live. Alter night OF terror and torture lie Is de-.
llvered over to His ,eTsecu.ors and scourged
until burrows are made upOn His back.
crown o. thorn3 was placed upon Ills
head, and, with the blood trickng down
His face, He was led to that dread
and now sadly historical spot, Mount Calvary,
wherein was the cross which has DC come an en-
blem OF the doctrine lie preached ever since. lie
died truly righteous man. He was buried, and
q fe mOurners watched over HIS tomb. inns TACT