The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-06
FIFTH AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH.
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HATRED.

HATRED.
The Rev Dr. Armitages church. in Forty sixth street.
near Fifth avenue, yesterday thrown open for d
vine service Tho reverend gentleman, who has just
returned from the country preached the Sermon taking
his text from Romans xiii 9-''Abhor that which is
evil The beasts Of the field he said, may trust their IN
stncts, for they always mpel them toward what is
good for themselves. But may not trust his in
sncts and other inward forces for there in his
heart forces which, If always INDUCED, would push him
TO ruin. Take the master passion-love-that which
makes captive all the others and often drags and
conscience from their throne Let il be fixed on God
and that which is good, and it gives every faculty
pure and heavenward direction. But attach it to some
OBJECT
and it demoralizcs the whole man Take hope Gods
wonderful gift 10 mankind. It would naturally IL
placed uTon its proper objects, unchan him from every
degrading pursuit and elevate him conscious inn
mortal But, instead Of fixing ii upon glory honor
immortality, fasten 1t upon some little treasure
here below-a smile TO be courted, customer to be
secured station be gained fortune TO be won all
OF which, after tho first hundred years OF mans
being win have bearing upon his destiny than
the bees that hum his grave. AS to the passion
Of hatred he said God gave il to for tho wsest and
most benevolent OF purposes 1t given that
might "abhor that which is evil" keeping the
utmost possible distance from every wrong action word
and thought Instead of that hatred fastens itself
upon our fellow creature and stimulates the
worst actions OF our lives The text, it would SEEM
makes hatred Christian duty TO adherence, but
it is adherence Of evil What may Christian hate?
May Christian hate AZ all? How can Christian hate
and be like Jesusi Some men feel at liberty to ira
duce races nationaltesto make the worst of their
tves views, politics. and tell lies OF millions OF men alta
time for the purpose Of
STIRRING RANcOR,
not between and man only but between multitude
and multitude thereby endangerng the peace and lives
OF untold numbers May man hate another because
he is his rvaS That individual he may say lis al,
ways baking my pursuits; but for him | should
have succeeded in such and such an undertaking.
Is he, then, to hate him, wish him i'll, do him some
injury Nature says, "Yes. " But God asks, 'Why?"
The two began TO together, and the one
wicked TO Outrun tho other. The two had the
same course follow and either the had the
strength from God to it wthal else he had made
better OF what he had If God gave the successful
strength than he did the other he is not to
blame for that and If the other laZier than he in
the Of his strength the other cannot hate him be-
he is not as lazy as himself May man hate
other because he is his enemy9 The one may have
done the other evil and it is in his heart to do it
again-o trip him up and throw him down. Was the
give him good he sendsY The same eye that
watches him watches his enemy, and he must ask God
TO take the hatred
and give him the disposition 10 do his enemy good,
whether he will let him or not. The proper object for
Christian hatred evil for the fact is that the Gospel
cannot spare any Of our hatred lavish upon Gods
creatures as to make them wrcched What is evil?
1t easier, he said to tell what It's opposite is God is
principle motive, disposition, habit that resembles God
good and just in proportion it loses that likeness
il is evil and man has 70 abhor It. II is no excuse Tor
say at Is my way" if II is not Gods way II
be so perfectly natural to him TO he part of
himself There time probably when 1t
his way that il has become natural as IL
is TO breathe Yet though IL ten thousand times
II be contrary TO the benignty which dwcls in God,
he must turn his upon it as he would upon spot OF
eprosy II is thing to be abhorred. God has given
us laws which mark right and wrong, and whatever
comes into conflict with those laws be evil;
whatever commandments
evil 1t may be sanctioned by wise saying of
some very saeacous man or by the first person in our
trade by the Jokes OF the cevcrest wit that know
1t may be commended in the first circles in which
and pass with approval among the first class Of
citizens; may never be rebuked or challenged among
the most respectable families. But though
toned every market welcomed in all circles and
praised from all sources, IT is contrary TO Gods
nands and is be abhorred Christian hatred in It's
exercise is universal. A is TO select
two and turn special luminosity TO them and prac
tise others. How often met with who
averse to some spcc3 form OF sin, perhaps drunken
coyetousness or vanity and whenever OPP
pOrtunity is afforded they declare their contempt for
that sin and up respectable stock Of self righteous
the ground of that aversion while air the time
their own particular sin grows comfortably unchecked
and gently watered with the self compacency which
is drawn from
HATRED OF HIS xErGHBoR IN SIN
This is not the Christian way TO hate sin. Man should
hate sin Of every degree and character 1t is easy
hate the sin of some people. There are rude, vulgar
disagrccabe sins Of rude vulgar dlsageeabe sinners
IL the sinner friend OF ours, it is easy hate his
SIM but when il is the sin Of friend it is another thing
The hatred Of sin should be thorough and the best test
OF its thoroughness is the way deal with own
sim We may show real feelings TO the sin OF
others Our is the test Hatred OF sin too should
be practical Some people hate sin wonderfully in
theological terms but the practical way by forsakng
it, in contending against II whenever II is met This
hatred of sin is reasonable; first because sin is in
jury inflicted best friends; second. because Is
worst enemy third because its fruits unmixed
evil The reverend gentleman closed by saying that
while always hating sin, we should hate the sin
ner and that sinners should 10 the only fountain
that wash sin away, there to have it washed by
the blood OF the Lamb
ST. STEPHENS CHURCH.