The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-11
THIRTEENTH STREET PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH.

SERMON BY REV. DIR. s. D. BURCHARD.
Rev. S. D. Burchard, D. D., the pastor Of the
Thirteenth street Presbyterian church, delivered
sermon yesterday morning before a full cougrega.
tioD, choosing Tor his subject IA Sympa.nzing
Saviour" The text was taken from Hebrews H.,
1Oe-'For 1t became him for whom are oil
things, and by whom are ali things, In bringing
many sons unto glory, to make the captain Of
their salvation perfect through sunerIngs."
The preacher said 1.-THE view here given OF
Christ Is eminently suited to the condition Of the
wants of man. In approaching Him we are not
repulsed with sternness, for He is a merciful Re-
deemer and high pliest IN things pertaining to
God. No man In the universe was more
approachable than Jesus. He took upon
HIM our nature and bore our sorrow.
He understands and appreciates the sufrerings Of
humanity in all It's phases having been In person
in the world Looking first 10 His trials in the
fesh it may be said that as God He was immortal
Infinite, therefore Interchangeable. Neither hunger
nor thirst could reach His eternal divinity but
by the mystery OF the incarnation things which
were not admitted TO HIS divinity were made pal.
pable and manifest to His manhood. In the latter
lie was tempted beyond the possibility OF our en-
durance or even OF our conception lie was
brought into the world as The prince OF saints,
ana the powers OF evil were brought 10 bear upon
Him. VIII can conceive His trials and tie lempta-
tions to when He was exposed? noly man has
OF being tempted, and as his soul grows
1t makes the sense OF being tempted almost intol-
cradle. What must have been the sunerings OF
our Lord, then? All the after attempts to destroy
HIS life were as nothing as compared with the
aliurements OF ain Win which He was tempted.
He suffered as never man suffered before. The
Sadducees aud PhaTisees revcd Him as well as
His words, which they could not deny. They
hunted Hill as an mpostor ana az one only 1T Tor
persecution. He was all divine before, and all
strength was In His arm; yet He had TO take upon
Him our shape and undergo the sunerings oil cru
cited humanity IN Order That He might redeem
our sins auu take upon Himself all our transgres.
slons. The text does not H. ply thatln the absence
oil suffering He would have no power 20 redeem our
sins. He came IN order TO stand In tho same con-
rience our temptations and our suneriDgs. Thus
He was able to succOr us ana 10 say, come un to
me all We that labor or are heavy laden that may
comfort ye." What better language tnan this
could assure the ein-burdened and tue tempted OF
His sympathy and succOr This Is the language
OF mercy-nOt mercy in the abstract, but dropping
ike dew from the lips Of the divine Redeemer,
VINO bore according to indIsputaoic records, sui.
ferings and temptations ike our own. 81. John
says:-'lf man sin Is II fatal ?" We have an
advocate and appellant before the throne OF Cod.
He says, too, 40 not wish you 10 sin, but II you
do, do not consider yourself helpless, nut plead at
Scriptures clearly BRING out the TACT that Christ,
having borne our nature and suffered our
troubles. Is peculiarly fitted 10 be our mediator
and act as our advocate. He Is tue great High
Priest to whom we must look Tor deliycrance. lie
Is a sympathetic Saviour, and we shall always fnd
Cbrist's love open TO US as visioA OF love and
celestial beauty"