New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-26

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burdens render yourself liable to great a'o"'
SUFFERING ,,.. s,r,,o
Then besides all that the snerings which spr,ng
nm account of our civil organization We are m
of the household. members OF lne Sh ~, Great
long to the kingdom 70 10, shf fhn Which happens to the
common wealth has its dividend In c,,en INA" multi
Or %sy S ys n" the ssI great like Sum
mer tempest, sped through our m5sy Of thousands
snsycd n cRysitsy Without fault of their own
simply they were o,1l G'msG sn %o
CONF INV Suffered The commonwealth ia the
responsible condition Of your hap,ncss ~ ~
A. treasures mower, IL gives to cach iie a'sch,a"
power that belongs 90 and to institution and TO p3
tental government. II Is every day pouring nI hi
s nnd then every citizen has take his share ms
dividend may say-of that suffering which oiisc'as 80
war were not those that blcd on the battlefield:
The drops of blood that fell on the neans'on nd was
crowned n MARTYR in ahc cause OF his country IN, ney
that lived to mourn suffered most by thcir socia ro,
we have Swinging from all these, the suffering wien
comes upon by ancestral connections, ny our ai,d
upon us by others. whether by accident or by social
liability. or by ciYii estate go
Now il is Christianity alone that g1aples with inns SUI
characteristic element Of its system on may pufh up
they are absurd scientists to demonstrate that the his;
caI elements here and there are all wr"mg but s aS
ferng and throws upon 1t me iight OF ,r
soul Of God, to teach ,, men how {. soh 'r
book is not going 10 I've lost out OF the world
Give medicine 10 pain in the body that enecuaiy
cures pain and let il known through year, ANA years
and years, that without other HARM nay that enforcing
the constitution and augmenng the slrrnsl II has me
power to cure pain. and may bring every school or
physicians, from the highest To the lowest the newest 10
the Oldest and they may analyle and dcnounce IT, ha
chemists may pronounce il void and foolish, may call ~
empirical; they may say II is fancy, whatcverelsc they
will let me have that, that when taken does stop PAIN
and all the schools in creation cannot stop inc
distribution OF 1t. Men want ii men will have it. And
say with regard to the New Testament especially also IN
fh.n hf,t
the later reyalaon-ihai the reason why me Mord OF
Christ the interpretations of His words through HIS
APOSTLES and destined 10 hold controlling place and -
cncc through all time. Is not that the church is gong 10
them up, not that there is going to he an able priest
hood or Christian ministry; hut IL is this that IN The
New Testament and in that alone OF all religious
books, there is that which g"Ppe sr T VIII TN. tins
you here and there maxim, socal maxim hey teach
suffering n one rG or ,n ,a eo throw s Around s
arms takes it. into II very heart and substance, ana
suffering as were circulating in the blood of tie human
race could be turned to the highest account ana make
10 me It is not small thing that the New Testament
teaches me that Christ is God. Although attempt
and will attempt to the end of my life 70 persuade men
that Technically and the0logically Christ is not Divine
or rather he IL not God, viii show the uimoS, lehy
m anu enS h With the saints OF God where believe
that the heart virtually does the work mat me
head ought to have done. hut has failed 10 do. But
in respect TO nv own personal faith when give up the
thought Christ very God. give up everything
cert as have Seen Him Interpreted through the Lord
Jesus Christ and any reasoning aud any theologic sys
TEN that takes away the very Godship OF God out of
dear Lord and Savior Jesus CHRIST puts me
where Mary was when she said They have
thew have ' laid Him. And it is this, the fact
that Jesus, very God, came down from heaven INTO =
cod and when il was said The whole creation
in pain it did not exclude Him who made creation, who
hunbed Himself unto DEATH became sufferer above all
that lived the face of the ear And Is Thistle
fact that Christianity bases itself on the suflcrings of
Christ, and out OF considerations derived from
His nature and character ont OF revelations
opened by His word, teaches men how suernes may be-
not ayerted no; how sneringS may be, MOI heaed
no. no how suiicrngs may be-no mol east out KEPT IN
kept ill., When the heavens are black win storms ana
the sun is all hidden. how hidcous are the roll
the sun gets fair stroke at them. what is there in
castellaed dwelling in mountain Or in field III all hut
man experience thai is 20 magnificent sl-lit clouds
gorgeous with every nue. piled in every magnitcrnt
natural man without ,he light OF Christ, aud without
the light the other world upon IT, how leaden, how
with all that Comes from the Lord Jesus Christ and
the olcn9e Of the Spe 6esCsH now u noes H. nad
hid themselves from the storm. rs II passes them see
human life, too, few bnt many more than should he
among their number when sorrows come upon ihtin-
Them and yet when longer nc when ola age came 10
Them aud they looked back their and what
time; it was not joyous but grcyols really has
worked in the pcaccable fruits of righteousness.
They know II afterward
Now there ought to be a spirit of interpretation OF
Christian knowledge in Christian that while they
rain, while its hail pes them they shall be enabled TO
cay, rejoice, rejoice" Let look into that little
The sorrow its capabilities that is the distinctive
popularity Of tho New Testament. say that while in
Seneca, in the stoics generally, IN their phQs-
ONLY, great many things that are admirable,
that might well be texts out of the Bible. yet
you do not in any religion nor M any philosophy
graphing with the whole fact OF suffering. III ts varied
relation and any central principle by which suffering
may the greatest boon of humanity In Chris
tanity alone do You find tlat ana in the text OF the
seventh chapter Of Second Corinthians tenth verse
is pJt
ii may go either way. Let us look into that element in
and %nN %t msy e fe the sef S a 2T
there ia in it q divine clement. Blessed are they
that mourn" When our Master was about 10 send out
His disciples, lie thought He would give them pearl
necklace; and it ia wonderful TO see what peirls lie
placed that string called the Beatiiudes III Mathew:
There never was such a necklace made before; and
among them aud one of the largest OF them Is this:
condition to be in a condition Of Divine ben
ediclion And when He had finished His necklace and
wanted 10 have glowing magnificent clasp to it that
would set of everything else. lie says: Rejoice
when men persecnte you ana say q, an manner s
other words the men that accounted the unlortun
ates OF life the that society kicks out, the men that
all tho good and nice people dspisc the men that have
Apostles were till they said they were treated as II they
were sloughed, the washings and oiscourngs OF the
world all such Christ says Rejoice aud be exceeding
glad" Was there ever sieh rdcne 81 human me as 10
tell men under those circumstances, This H. me Time 10
be happy ." And yet there never was thing deeper
and truer.
The sorrow unto death-lct us look moment at that
What is it Anything that tends 10 make sorrow
strengthen the animal nature that is in you the lower
faculties that in you, makes sorrow work toward
death. He who sehshly avoids all SORROW is working
toward the animal Now there are great many men
that do it without any hesitation. | don't
what called snug men, men that have got
their about Them who, when they into place
won't give way to generosity They look around and
where the church is that has got the most respectable
people in it. They going to take any prominent
position but just going in enough to get whatever
advantage there in the association and when there
questions up in the community they won't discuss those
no. it would bring them into unpopularty. They are
not going TO form any connections with tins,
that, or the other way. And then they think
il creates good deal Of and trouble 10 get married
and they would rather live single These men have only