The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-11
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.

DIR. ANDERSON ON CHRIST THE ExEMPIAR OF
YOUTH.
At the First Baptist church. corner OF Park ave-
nue. and Thirty-ninth street. yesterday morning
the pas, or DIR. 7. d. Anderson, preached o sermon
addressed particularly to the young, taking his
text from the First Epstle OF Paul to Timothy, H.,
6-.1he man Christ Jesus" After reference to
the happiness expressed in the New Year greeting
he said the question would naturally suggest Itself
how such happiness might be made permanent.
disappointment prevented and contensmcnt Sc.
cured My young friends, life IL before you. and
desire to make you feel Its dangers and realize It's
solemnitles The possibilities OF life are not seen
In youth but come TO us day after day and year
after year. giving US mighty power for evil or for
GOOD, ana the more as the lifs here cannot be
severed ON the lie hereafter, and the character
formed here must be carried with us into the next
world. He proposed in his discourse TO present 70
them the man Christ Jesus as tho embodiment OF
the Christian character, which they must take ss
an exemplar and guide. I know that to the young
the consideration of the abstract IS less satlsac-
tory THAI OF the concrete, and SO present TO you
Z loving example,
AN HISTORICAL CHARACTER.
He makes possible all the promises Ol GOd's love-
The term man" indicates that ne was born lato
this world. He IL one whose biography mas been
of the earth upon which you are to-day. He
came without surrounding circumstances to
The speaker then advised his hearers to strip the
question OF everything abstract and only consider
Him VINO loved them, aud how through linn they
could break the ponds watch plld them to SIN.
Re,crrng to the difficulty " n CHI some experienced
III regarding the man Christ Jesus as real per-
son, he SAID the Saviour understood now HIS per-
sOnal presence assured HIS disciples, and He
therefore tod them, al am going away: but VIII
rot leave you comortless; | Will send TO you q
comforter, and lie shall ABIDE with you always
the spirit oil truth, which the world cannot re-
celve.u Now Jesus was never 40 near His dscl-
pies as when at Pentccost the sp. 1t came down
and presented Hin IN ali MS character ana lowell
ness to them. SO you who say, III could have
been with the man Christ Jesus on EARN would
then have been His DISCIPLE" can realize HIS
presence and influence moe clearly han u you
mad gazed into his eye upon the Sea OF Gailec or
in the vestiOuie OF the Temple. You can better see
! Him aud feel His power III enabling you 10 resist
temptation than you could had you been with
HIM In the wilderness oil Judea. lie Will render
you content IN tine performance oil lie's duties.
One other conception swells out this phrase aud
MAKES IL so significant. ] want you to look at
the man Christ Jesus as sympathlzing friend
You do not have to seek HIM Through difficulty.
He voluntarily took upon Him the nature OF man,
and If lie Is Kept out from the neart 1t will be
through you alone. He understands all your ex.
perences. He knows what sin Is, and was
tempted in all points just as We arc, yet without
Sin. He closed by exhorting his hearers 70 throw
wide open tae door aud Eot bar 1t against the en-.
trance Of 'the man,