The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-08-09

Is but $1,000 but whatever 1t viii be at the end of the
season. individual members Of the association ready
to foot the bills and take all the risks. As summer
resort Sea Cliff is already success assured, but AZ
camp meeting place it will probably fade away by and by
THE SECRET OF POWER THROUGH SUFFERING
SERMON BY REV. W. R. DAVIS, OF BROOKLYN.
SEA CLIFF, L. l., August s, 1875.
A congregation numbering about $500 souls,
gathered in the great Tabernacle here this morning,
and listened to the most powerful and thoughtful
yet preached here by the Rev. Wesley r. Davis Of
Simpson church. Brooklyn. His general theme
''Power Through Suffering" but under his able treat
ment several grand topics of thought were brought
prominently to view. 1t a salvation sermon, but
designed to appeal to the common sense and rca-
OF men rather than to their emotions It had in it,
however, enough of the emotional to draw tears from
many eyes and halleuahs from many hearts and voices
and though he spoke about hour there evident
desire the hearts orthe people though not expressed by
voice vote that he should continue And, Prcsid-
ing Elder Ketel aferward expressed himself that his
emotions and his interest having been aroused he could
not have given out the notices had not Brother Davis
offered prayer after his sermon, thereby giving little
time for the collection of thought and settling of the
feelings And this seemed to be the universal prompt
ing of the meeting. Mr. Davis text Revelation,
v, 9-10-''Thou art worthy to take the book and to
opcn the seals thereof for thou vast slain and hast re-
deemed to God by the blood out Of every Kindred
and tongue and people, and nation; and hast made
unto our God kings and priests In opening Mr.. Davis
and that still being made to discover the hiding Of
Gods power in nature. And yot il has ever been
mystery though matter is longer the dull clod that
it was once supposed TO be- But hero in the text is OK
pressed the secret Of power. All the compositions
of Gods love may be reduced to one fact
and that the fact of sacrifice for us. The visible
which Jesus Crucifed but the symbol of the
invisible that the Father bore from the foundation
of the world The Lamb slain on the cross was the
Lamb of God slain from the foundation of the world
Jesus came to earth and He laid His hand upon this
mystery and broke its seals But this not the full
1ment of the past so much as
THE OPENING OF THE FUTURE.
Who could open the book1 Who can give significance
to the ages TO comoy John looked and wept because no
found worthy to open this book or to break
its seals and while thus weeping the angel came to him
and babe him weep not because the Lion Of the tribe OF
Judah, the root Of Jesse would prevail and opcn the
book. What dd that moan but that sacrifice was to in
terpret the future as had the pas2 Christ by HIS
crucfxion and death, to come into all the thoughts
of the world and His Church was to assist in this re
dcmption OF the world.
Three or four thoughts spring out Of the consdera-
ton of this text The secret Of power as coming
out of the sacrifice by God of His son. Because Ho
was bruised for our iniqutcs He so conditioned Him
self to this world as to get tho greatest control over it,
We have the idea sometimes that Gods power takes on
the attribute Of power and that He can do all things
because He is Almighty. This might be true If man
was thing but he belongs to the realm OF power in
teigont and free and not Of things. We have been
startled in our tleoogcs by the thought that the D
vine can suffer But that is because we are so broken
in our prcudiccs The truest joy Is that which can
suffer God came down on one OF our noun
His glory 70 Moses 50 that He almost blinded
his eyes but yet the world was not saved 1t
held back from Him. Then God gave to the world His
only begotton and well beloved Son, so that
Jesus Christ able to take the roll of humanity and
to break It's seal Christs power is placed in the Cos
pei ia constant alliance with His sacrifice And He has
taught US that He must to mastery by suffering
And i'll be lifted up will draw all men with me. Lift
Nc up he says, and III strike my lines of magnetic love
into all lands and draw all mon unto Ne Christ also
represented as the light and tho life Of the world and
all through there the thought of power by the cross
We see here not only power in its divine source, but
power in its mightest manifcsation-"Th hast
deemed us unto God by Thy blood" Not by tho death
OF Christ, but
Ut HIS BLOOD ARE WE REDEEMED
IL was not the death of the victim of old but its
blood that made atonemcnt for the people The blood
Is the life and here II stands for the power working in
our souls so that tho house is renewed and rccreatcd
And thus it Is that tho life Of Christ in US does the
work. There was that in the suGerngs Of Christ on
Calvary which satisfied God This know, but how
we don't know 1t is tho life Of Christ impressng itself
on our lives that Is TO tako OF them all the sources
OF sim and to give TO the soul all that is pure and holy
Dir Davis hero drcw picture of the wrctched condi-
ton Of humanity before Gods thought came TO it, and
then briefly introduced Gods great thought of power
through suffering which He gives 10 each ono Of us in
the blood of His Christ And thus may we
be renewed individually What force this
Isl 1t is power in its mightiest mani,
Northumberland by Thy blood. 8 Tho text
gives US the range Of this powcr"out Of every kindred,
and tongue, ana people and nation" There arc no
spots OF Paradise this Garth there islands Of
bliss here not touched by sin This great atonomcnt by
Christ projects Itself TO all men, and this because the
curse ID universal We may hide 1t from another,
but down deep IN our hearts know that sinful
ana SHINING Inc want or salvation, oil now life, Is in
all souls on this earth The fool may say in his heart,
There Is no God but no can't say There IL sorrow
But Jesus Christ enters in and lays his cdcmpye hand
on every soul, and wherever you a man matter
how degraded, you SEQ one for whom Christ suffered
and died And this Is the only powcr that get into
the souls OF mon and give them strength There is
redcmptiYe truth In the teachings of science. But
Christ can, by His Spirit reach the miner in the pit
while he picks away, and the mother in her homo
while she nurses tho babe and attends TO her daily
round Of domestic dutos.
rHE KISGuooD or TB RAos
The purpose Of this sulering ''hath made us kings
and priests unto Cod Knghood is the normal right OF
mankind But man went out Of Eden unkinged ana
uncrowhed And thus he wandered along the ages UNI
I'll little over 500 years ago when change came ovoI
the vision Of his dreams and he the hand oil Chrs
stretched out bidding him come in Though uncroWheu
there are many crowns for him. There mere ana now
Tor you aud for me coronation through jesus Shr9.
that shall give US the sway OF our own ives Ins %
the outcome Of the atOnoment Whom 600 gives you
His Christ he asks for kings and priests unto himself lie
offers you so only dignity but doIuinon CHRIST came
to his Sovereignty 10y sacrico and We arc TO reach ours
by sacrhco $50. You must not look for your fee be-
fore you wark Tho TEA 1rsL tina hend 0rst; work