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

performance OF 4 very ordinary mass yesterday
there are assnredly reasons Tor believing the
report. II may be borne In mind that the el0
| quent pastor Rev. DR.. Flattery, mas been suffer
ing from malaral lever 1or some time past, owing
| TO the horrible surroundings oil the church; yet
he preached an able sermon from the text,
'.Amen, l say unio you, there snail be JOY IN
for nne nine Just ones = no dotn not penanee.n
The preacher dlated with great tenderness upon
mercy OF the true Father OF tue wandcrer. The
sermon was repete with eloquence and beautiful
imagery
BROOKLYN TABERNACLE.
REV. T. DE WITT TALMAGE ON THE SPIRIT OF
CHRIST.
Yesterday morning usual this edhce was
nled to its utmost capacity BY the followers of the
Rev. I. De Witt Tamdge He selected for hts text
part OF the ninth verse OF the eighth chapter or
Romans-'Now, If any man have not the spirit
or Christ, he is none or HIS" In opening his dis
course the preacher said that ne was aware that
there were several interpretations OF this text,
but without going into the merits OF EACH he pre-
ferred TO select The most natural. Tne spirit OF
Christ was one OF gentleness. He became angry
at times. Gs when he pur4 ed the Temple and when
He showed HIS anger with the Pnarisees, but in
most instances HIS nature was inonenslve, gentle
and peasant HIS gentle disposition Is the most
apparent when we think that, possessing power
with which He might tear His antagonists to
pieces, He bore all His trials as He did. His
gentle disposition was recognized by the
poor and afflicted. Inyalids came TO Him
and asked that lie might put His hands on their
wounds. No mother had baoe too delicate that
she woull hesitate TO lay upon His breast. rude
mob assaicd and tumblea fallen woman TO the
ground, AMI He, with genteness streaming from
His eyes looked at them ana said, ''Ae tnat Is
without SIN among ye let HIM cast the first stone"
A blind man ross,d His path ana with gentle
hand He Amounted hts eyes and, behold, lie was
curedl GeutIeness OF hand, OF foot, OF speech,
We all appreciate, although we have 10 not. The
most rugged OF US admire II, as the blum head.
lands towering above the ocean, look down on
the calm at their feet Few OF US have that spirit
How many Of US try TO emulate II? The world
sours tne milk OF human kindness Tde treachery
and lgnobeness OF everyday life takes the gentle
ness out OF cur natures. Harshness comes 70 the
voice, rudeness 10 the touch, and such complete
lack OF CnrIsus spirit comes upon u that we are
unit 10 talk to tie poor, encourage the weak or
10 minister 10 the afflicted.
1ne spin. OF Christ tie preacher said, was also
a spirit OIL se-sacrInee. No young man had ever
before Jim brighter opportunities II he nad sought
worldly ambition; no orator ever won such piaudlt
as ne might nave won from the voices OF those a.
semb ed IN the synagogue IN the public places
and on the sea shore; no physician could nave
received such reward as he would II nc mad per-
tocracy: 10 human power could have thrust
christ mo the nands vi ais enemies u he mad not
upon the cross unless ne liked. All his sell-sacr-
nee - save you and me from
THE PENALTY or sIN.
Christ chose nsrdsnips, toll, sorrow. bitter
ness cruel death 10 all worldly AN
bluon. Two little children are coming along
1t Is wlntry day. Inc vino y blowing
keenIv and the snow is driylnS upon taem
Ihe girl saws 70 The boy Come under my
cloak,n but answers II 4 too short. 4 "a
the girl takes II from ner shoulders ana ~r-gi
It ABOUT the boy leaving her exposed 70 tne
angry winds. Tnat Is seil-sacrihce. Nnen Inc
plague wa raging IN Marseilles, and tue people
we're dying BY the scores and hundreds every aay.
the physicians decided that pust-mortem eA
ANIMATION must ne made IN Ordtr TO ascertain
how 20 meet ta9 disease; but tneJ knew tnat "
was certain death 20 ANY one who maze the DIS
section. No one would volunteer. FINALLY an ODD
physician arose aud sad. - Know That it Is death
10 dssect BODY Dut viii do IT. lie went
home, made MS wiz. dissected the body and Was
dead IN twe,ve hours. ina was christian sell.
bethany. from Jerusalem TO Calvary LOT Us. ms
head acned, Ills ieet acned Ills heart acaed, ana
how much nave we achcd Tor Hun Inc preAcner
asked his nea ers 10 look back over All tpeir
psitry sefsscrIuces anu they would had, IN COM
paiIsOn with those msde ~ christ, not one deed
or act worthy o. the name
CHgIsr's HUMILITY.
The next point considered was the spirit OF
Christs immunity. Christ, the Lord or heaven and
eartn, VINO beld In HIS hands tine waters OF tue
world, stood at toe well begging drink; lie,
whose cnarots are borne ny the vino. walked
Vita weary ieet; sconed az IN lie, nicknamed,
struck nc, Gpat a.; husnng tue tempes on the
sea; passing on HIS journey IN - country man
garb aud waiEIng IN common sandals; seated
among tue publicans anu slime s-eVerl Wnerc
HIS numlitT Was conspicuous. an now ubIle OF
TINS is to Ue found among IS. We gamer few
more dollars Ia our nand ami how We strut and
crow and want people 10 know their
place, anu cry out, Look AZ the Baoy.
ion we nave raised IN honor or our
kmg.n Prayer another conspicuous element
Ia inc spirit o. CHRIST. CA the mountain, on the
lake. on the seussorc, among the rIcu, Win me
poor aud on tae cross you see tn1s before you.
You cannot mention the name OF Cnrst without
thinking vi prayer. Prayer Tor Ills friends,
Father, VIII That they be with ne where am"
prayer for his enemies, Father forgive them,
o.
tons, try Kingdom come" how little ~ mat
spirit you ana nave How Soon our knees get
tired. VINO for ten minutes can keep Ms mind
IRON the store ana ma BOOKS anu pray excu-
siyeyf We want more prayer In the store, IN the
nursery. III Ine parlor, IN tke legislative nalis;
more PRAYER among tie Joung, among the old
from Him cannot test It's pOSer.
SHIRT or WORK.
But there was another feature IN the spirlt OF
Christ to ne c0nsfdered-the spirit OF wsork. Inere
was not q lazy movement; In His lie. whether re
was teaching the sailors on the beach, tne dweI.
ers IN the cries or tne rustics IN the villages
whether lie was helping the poor, healing me
sick, tins spirit OF ACTIVITY prevails. From tae day
on which lie stepped out OF bethlehem ~ tue day
He set Ills cross upon the bloody mount Il was
work, WORK all the way Not so WITH ~: not 80
with YOU or me- We want tne burden to he lChi
ions il we are 10 sit IN ir; the membership must
DC brilliant sphere Il we are 70 move
in it; the c1urch service short II we are 10
listen TO II. We want 10 be delcatelv handled,
teBdery touched with kid gloves. TO the otd
martyrs VINO tOIIed ana Tell Tor CHRIST We snuut,
''stand ont Of the way III tue tender mock 81
Brooklyn saints step M ana take tner crown"
II We want inc reward we must emulate tneir
spirit wOtk IN CnriSt-oe busy IN private
circles In the saDbatn schools, IN the church
ever, wnere, for God and Christ and heaven.
The preacher concluded by urging upon the
conslaerat1on al and tho emulatIon bY his con-
gregaton tnese distinctive traits IN tue spirit -
Undergraduate, seli-sacrince. numIity
spirit q prayer aud q works
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