New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-14
MANS CONDITION OF CONDEMNATION

Tn. Rer - Elder at The Madison Arenu. Baptist Church
In the Madison Avenue Baptist Church, at
Madisonave. and Thirty firsst.. the Rev D. f. Eiuer
preached Yesterday morning from John ILL.,, Is: Ho
that believeh Him Ia not condcmned but ne that DO
cycth not is condemned already because he main ho'
Heved In the maine Of the only begccn Son OF Cod
Condemnation at the bar OF earthly tribunal Is con-
sdered deep disgrace, and men are very anxious 10
avoid such mi fortune Yet the law Is 50 very Imperfect
and there many avenues Of escape-anong winch
/ may mention the corruption OF lawyers ana Judges
that comparatively few cases OF crime are suc-
cesstuIy grapped with This state OF things
constitutes u great blot our civilization,
and acts as incentive to crime Those who are clever
enough escape once, encouraged to try again.
and thus progress IA made from bad to worse until inc
lowest depths Of nfamy are attained Iherc are huei
ous eases again, which it is almost impossible or any
human law To- rcacl-grave crimes. judged from Scrip
tural point OF view. There are 10000 hduiIerls ,i
every w,ek in this city that TO light, and for
which no unshI1it Is provided Bt nG law W. or n ~,
tie pass without holding the cuiprit to street dccouht
bility. ,, "a , o,,,ro .h.t
man I, anxious about escaping the condemnation OF
the caUhy tribunal, while h. exhibits tle or no con
Germ IN regard to his position before the tribunal OF n
where he stands condemned air, ady. This may partially
arise from failing to understand In Their iil orcr, te
meaning of the words "condemned already We ore
condemned already by virtue of descent from Adam
We necessarily take human nur, IA wnole, a,
though II may difficult t. understand why we Should
he he responsible Tor Adam eating an apple, YET We
have the a horty OF God for il that was t,n7gr ire,
we must all be tainted with that tranSgiession;
The seeds Of original sin are inhercn IN our nttrr am
there is only onc mcans OF cfadicaing ineh' Wnign .
painted olt in the text condemned ai.cany,
and thu, only mode Of escaping that condemnation ~ ny
brleying on the only begOtten Son of Cod St II We re-
cc the means wc shall thus add 10 our condo nnatoi
And this l. ony reasonable. For simple Illustration oi
this need only you 10 the parable ~ me wicked
hrsband,nrn where the doctrine clearly ana pc'utliuy
nortrayed certain householder plant, vineyard IL,
il busbandm,n and went mto i1r country. , Ana
tie hisb,ndn n took his servants, beat one, killed.
another. and stoned II third; and when .Eo sent o.lcr
servants they did them likewise, hut al last nc
sent his son. saving, They will reverence my SOU Dut
they slew him also. Let us look 40 the appcioi rou
tried mankind THROUGH the medium ~ the moral law
and the ys aud shadows Of tie c,d covenants e length
He sent his son. and IL reject HIM, what tiihk you
viii bc the con scquencci Christ tells yon at the ei OF
the same parable. namely, The kinsdom OF '"d sna
he taken from you and gwen 20 nation bringing "rth
the frriis thereof cntat all therefore wno maze not
yet fed 10 the hope set before them in the Gospel 10
realize tnrr POSITION" condemned already ant 80 lay
hold on the means pUin, cd out the text Tor escaping
the awful consequences of this condemnation