New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-02-01
Tile CHRISTIANS PATHWAY.

pal Church
The Rev. DR.. j. f. Hurst, President of the
Drew Theological Seminary, conducted the ser
vices Yesterday morning at tho Fourth Street
Methodist Episcopal Church. The subject OF bis ser
mon was 1.-THE Contest and its Witnesses" The text
was taken from Hebrews ill., 1: Wherefore seeing we
also are comprised about with great cloud Of wit
nesses lay aside every weight and the sin when
doth beset us. and let with patience the race
which is Set before u.s."
This passage Dr. Hurst said, was OF the beautiful
illustrations OF the habit or PAU or deriving from th
distant past instruction for the present Here found
the fundamental elements that belong 70 the Master
Builder of souls. He who cares for struggling soul
aud IL for the glory OF Heaven Is greater arch
tect than any OF those VINO built the Grecan temples
There many who are building the soul In preparation
for the future OF God That an architecture that Will
the principle that there can be no rival or the Christian
life The term expresses absorption In duty
iect WI" Christ ss0a said that nS"0 We must see our
duty through the clear and single eye or
faith and master only just as the navigator
III order reach certain harDOr, must keep an un
dimed upon the compass 20 steer his ship through
storms. In the old Grecan times races were an an
nual aud national institution. Inc athlete SINGLED our
for the regarded as candidate for immortal
iy. When the day arrived be at Cornth or Athens,
trained and ready for the contest victorious ne wac
hOnOred with the chapet and laurel wreath, his name
pOstenty. He threw his whole soul ana lio INTO the
struggle Paul could have found no better example OF
tho magnitude OF effort ana sngcness OF purpose which
should mark our striving IN the CHRISTIAN race,
One nay say " am NOT called to duty" No Coo IN
There is not one III all the world who can old his hands
aud say, nave no ministry or mission" have been
the vast cathcdras and have been Impressed with
their beauty, splendOr and grace, but bewidereh win
the grandeur, have gone 10 quiet cnapt ana tOuud
spirit httng place for worship. 80 IN
life there are those whose names are sounded ana re-
yCred, there others are calm ana SILENT or
whom the world knows nothing, but who are sublime
aud beautiful IN the purity and perfection OF their ves
These silent souls more eloquent than preachers.
Their purity stands, GluTaltaI-ke, enduring forever
OAl That we might nnd more such v9s These are Inc
that VIII Dc crowned at the end OF the race IL Is
ms We are not satisfied win what we gather We
should he ready 10 dispense the fragrance and beauty OF
Christian iuluenge. man returning from dis
tant land with heavy treasure gold told. the
snip was sinking that he might be saved II ne would
strive 10 bear too many worldly weights We should
ask God what impedes our heaVenward progress. lie
tnat which clogs way, II will do for the material
place God at distance, but the CHRISTIAN must he
misfortune so should We without the burden tears
70 trusungy God. He is ana will lead us. Mrs.
Christ Iii one Of His journeys He passed one day at
noon through the market place OF town The disciples
loathsOmc TO behold" another How vile he Is ana
John the beloved and loving, also called 1t oathsome
sail: pearls are not equal 10 the whiteness OF his
teeth" Christ saw beauty even IN this corruption
The worlds all dark and full OF despair to the
Christian eye. III there Is any one VINO nas ample
ground for JOY 1t is the Christian for he is with Christ,
and Christ IS God.
Now for this great contest there important wit
along each Christian pathway Our pathways seem
they look broad and beautiful. When ones heart is
truly warmed the spiritual life, he becomes clzcn
of the republic OF religion. The Churoh OF God
10 not alone the living present.; il is the past
and all tho future. The spiritual eve
undivided fellowship in the Christian world OF all time
Byron the poet of common sense spoke OF The dead
but eptered sOvereigns who still rule US from their
urns How true II THAI ruled by those who have
gone before They that dead are the mOnarchs
control lives Who controls Us much rs
mother, who first taught US to say, oar Father" II
there IS anything immortal in this world, 10 is mothers
prayer Her by spiritual Photography If craven
I no %
IN the CHRISTIAN racei wish / could make every
appreciate the magnitude Of simple Christian life. We
should seek 10 1--we with heaven close around us. We
should look. with Paul, unto Jesus, "the author and
Iuisler OF our faith"