New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-01
CHRIST PRESSING TO TIE CROSS.

The Re-. d. AraIIg' al III FVh Arsaas Bfp., Cevr'h
The Rev. DR.. Armitagc, pastor of the Fifth
Avenue Baptist Church, West FortysIXtast delivered
sermon yesterday morning from tue text found in the
18Th verso OF the 241 chapter Of Luke earnestly
sire to eat this passover with you. before suffer-. TII,
d the speaker was the passover that Christ had
attended in his life What there clustering about
this one IN particular What gathered about 1t that
was not common all the pascal feasts Intensity OF
desire always accompanies intensity OF action and in.
tensty OF action always accompanies great eucooss.
The great end of Christ. being the of iii,
nation was the cross. HIS mind had been hxed upon
the coming of that passover. II take the life
of Christ from the beginning close. will find
that lie has alaDidng desire 10 meet HIS cross.
There Is the seemins at tunes that lie
snnnks from IT. He .dys II ne possible let thls cap
pass though there arc tncse periods OF ap
parent wayorng there l. always an upcrOsl desire to
meet His sufcrngs. We cannot understand how pow
erfu are The na ure and DC controlled AeW
week before His crucXlOn lie says: came 10 blinS
rial In sufieTHg We read ia tue Dtlut!d! DESCRIPTION
OF HIS going up 10 Jerusalem, no" he preceded MS us-
ciples knowing the 10 winch He went; ina; the
purpose OF His Incarnation might tc accomplished
There are TWO very common aud tHonegus estimates
OF Chris's character. One Miles liin simply human
rohs Him Of His divinity, HIS diadoms, untgI0ne, Him
In His own Church. Reduces HIM IL the level Otlgluan
ity Tue opposing tendency 10 Ook upon HIM "a oniT
His majesty aud glory! Neither OF these conceptions
apart is rght-Ouly blended gre they true. We must
bring the soul to the g a, medaioal scIene III Chfst
which God has appointed for the salvation OF the world
II Is the complex nature Of God that We ind 70 hard TO
comprehend WHAT wae iho secret OK te Ihtehse Mlsh
Of Cnrisl 10 get 10 the cross Dad II not splns from
His conviction That God mad intended Him TO ne inc
crossbearer oi the wordl Tnai God had ald upon Ii
q mission, and that He understood what that mission
vast He devoted Himself with eacernes- 10 as accom-
pshment; lie desired to Nc ahc 10 say, fdtheT;
haye finished the work which Thou woddst have Nc
do" Tins was the o. His eycrsn deeire FOL the
every thought and act Q; His life II II be nat al tue
n.oT Of G2A are to E0a s, over NE On LORD
down into the jaws death aud e3,Iact tue stns Tbi
was wording OF His great sou Ia His 9eslse y ge ~
the cross. The cross j. why mep advance aiteI, aud
retreat This why lie l. inert, hstlesr, and Inactive.
This is why rembe like the agltated needle in Ihe
Tney feel that they are only Que drop 10 III
ocean OF drops only breath the whrlwind. only
atoms Of eartn. They are nonentties; they have
shaped event, controlled nc thought because 'hey
think Themselves not called of GOD. That the
case with Christ. He felt though all moral HE light
and history were cenIeTed ~ HIN The stability OF ihe
Divine throne was upon hin. His human heart sank
until the Divine heart came to nnve Hun COURAGE.
Brethren, did 10 occur 10 you that you have q
mis- sion from GOdi What made Martin LlheT say l
Will 20 to Worms though ther. may be az many devils
there are tiles upon ITS roof ~ what made TIC pill
low OF soft ~ the cLrek, aud The Wild berries
the taste o. Wesley Il was beeanse they felt
that they were nen " destiny God had ald upon them
special duties Tney presseG forward "a things ihat
before, 10 theiT commission from God Al have
MISSION. may be minister Ia the pulpit, the &c
In the pew, The father aud mother III Ia. family or
enthusiasm from the conception o. tht ihoGphi m"n
sometimes feels inspired to mtsioD by the kpuit OF
the age. Times o. ''0IDs ena DIVISIONS create
thing is ripe revolution. How the stir oi flag will
IKE earthquake Will Drlnf clssh
Of arms OF battle Again, there u the love OF
approval sympathy thai inspires inen for human
conflict. when the IMAM OF destiny" entered France
there the cry, "NapoieOnw France believed that
her deslimes were n his hsnas Do Jesus meet win
sueb q receptiOui No! He fTod TIE wnepress alone
He only sought the sympabies OF HE disciples ono and
tuat wa when His Work was finished VINO carried tho
burden OF your Lsrd and mime, when lac sald, ION /!
hal the cross were accomplished" HI wat working
out perfect redemp toD. IL wa onlv The thread VI
love that ned HIM o. tne cross Tho magnet OF Ose iLat
turned His eyes from heaven To earth.
The second consideration "a Cnnsi was the knowledge
thai HIS time limited for reaching the cross. lie
said: ~ mus work while ~ !: to-day. Tor the night
ccmeth when WORK" He knew the value
of ume A with "A small mind cannot uBderhtaDd
Vs,ue al time A great soni' stsggors under
weight when The risen he says ~ u passing
fast. When 10 ~ gone cannot call ~ back. Great
carry Their watches her hands they feel tie tiok
Ia their hearts III the pulse OF The so CHRIST felt
how brief and valuable the day. lie says: How
ana stra ghtene till the cross be sccOmpshedr This
Is ihe eXpOsiiion Of the Bedeeners breast Was not
HIS wish reach the cross iustihed IN III intensity
Tue OBJECT OF Hrs work worthy OF the saerice God
OF you could bnd Him nowhere. else
The Divine character never before 40 unfolGed.
Jesus revealed Cod there. Some 10 Try ngto
God out 0f The world were using the power, OF mind
VITA Hkich lie bad endowed tBeuL Do t0u ask Be "