The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-07
AVENUE
CHURCH.
MADISON
REFORMED

THE HOLINESS OF aoD-sERMoN By REV. H.
T. dANsE
Summers opening Sabbath showed compare
lively slim attendance yesterday morning at the
Madison avenue Reformed church, corner OF Mad
ison avenue and Fifty-seyentb street. But then
this is a large church, ana what would seem q
sim attendance here would be large congrega-
ton esew here. The pastor, Rev DR.. II. T. Ganse,
preached forctble discourse, his text being Isaiah
viii, l3:-"Sanctify the LORD OF Hosts himself;
and let him be your fear. and let him be your
dreadn Alter stating the circumstances under
which the WORDS Of the text were uttered he
showed that the lesson enforced was reliance
on God and not on other help. Isaiah taught that
God was the Lord or Hosts, and that in their arms
OF weakness he could iRfIse omnipotent strength.
The meaning was to fear God and there would be
netting else to fear. Very INHERENT views are
taken OF the
FEAR or GOD.
Some insist that there Is nothing terrible In GOO
that the idea OF God should be one OF iatherhood.
Others teach that He is terrible, God OF terrific
threatenings. such go with anxiety all their
days. 1t was proper that they should disabuse
themselves or either or these extreme theories
The rlrst word OF the text was the pivot OF the
whole matter. proper understanding OF the
word sanctify made IL perfectly clear. Man may
be sanctlfled, or, in other words, made holy.
place may be sanctned. How, IL is asked. can we
sanctiy the God OF Hosts, being VINO Is hoy2
There Is breadth OF meaning In the word as
here used that does not Seem apparent
at first view. Sanctify the Lord OF Hosts;
make Him holy in your thoughts, in your love,
in ali your demeanor. IL is the holiness or God
that makes and sustains His terrloleness The
holiness OF Godlne Scriptures are luli OF the ex-
preston. How does the noliuess of God bear on
the terrlbeness OF God7 La the nrsE place 10
mi IN Mnpre wOuld nature. reason and
PRErENTIoUs MODERN SCIENCE
lead us? There IS no principle az the bottom. no
ancnor. HOLINESS also sustains the terfloeness
OF God. A holy Gof cannot be regardless OF un-
Holiness. There is that IN us wnicn holiness con-
demns: There Is stu. Just as large as s,a
HIS power that God Is terrible. IL is NOT
His truth that lie Is terrible, and certainly " IL
not in his love. Tue holiness oil God torrent OF
destruction # IL flows Ia the way Of JUS lice, IL,
through the grace oil GOd's redemption, benign
ana saving We are his workmanship, erected
ior HIS good WORKS Tue holiness OF God operat-
ing through the medium oil CHRIST make Us pure
anu good aud perfect. Holiness brings happiness.
but gil npses OF tae holiness here. Ia
THE GREAT HEREAFTER
we snail see IL IN all its vast aud unreasonable
glory. Fill Jour thoughts, your prayers, your
motives your lives WITH tnls holiness Gods
terrlnleness Is only 10 Le regarded Win
with II great moral restraint. snail moral
ieenng be made ony responsive 70
sensn interests A belief In a holy God keeps from
yielding TO temptation. keeps from sin, makes
greater the moral stature. The Holiness OF God
me en- I'M Sesrt II reI,eyes OF an 9taer ,ears
There Is KING, ore centre, one tn one, one
power. Meas s,ns anu mems nind ances DO not
describe the harmonious OrDits of the system or
worlds There Is the same harmony IN those De-
heYng ana trusting IN God. Sanctliy the Lord OF
Hosts Himself Sanctliy not HIS Instruments sane
tly the personal presence. by HIS spirit Jehovah i
win those that love Hin. We are marching on to
another world. II we believe IN Gods holiness
here ana act out rightly such belief snail be
tne participants IN Ills nonness hereafter.