The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-07
ALLEN STREET M. E. CHURCH.


THE REV. BISHOP JAMES.
At the Methodist Episcopal Church ON Allen street.
between Delaney and Rvington streets, there was
largo congregation yesterday to hear a sermon
preached by the Rev. Bishop James Ho read as his
text the Nth chapter Of The second Episte OF Paul
the Corinthians from the tenth to the twenty first
verse; showing the power OF Chrs.'s love and sacri-
fee In presenting his views the reverend gentleman
said that the text was epome of the Gospel
and inspiration to all religious ideas "For
the love of Christ conslraineth us because We
thus Judge that II one died for all then all dead
and that he died for all, TINT they which live should
not hcnceforth live themselves, but unto him
which died tor them and rose again" Can you think
any doctrine Of religion implied in this passagcp
Christ died for all He tasted death for every man.
His death not ordinary one; II sacrifciaL
Neither living nor dying Tor Hmself but for us He
took upon Himself our nature, and by HIS death and
resurrcct on became the Precipitation OF SINS;
sins OF the whole world Christ SO loved man that lie
became man of sorrow that He might expiate
When speak OF death mean the separation of
soul and body; hut death also mentioned In the
alicnates the spirit God takes from the soul all
holy desires and creates instead all wicked DEVICES
there Is also
For II man commits murder and Is tried and
vctcd Of tho crime and sentence OF death passed
upon HIM. that man is legally dead He cannot make
any contract; he can neither buy sell property,
nor even moke u will. We have all snncd and been
convicted by Gods law and we arc legally
Dead but Christ has died for us and by HIS death we
may be saved He gives us through His atoncment
part OF the Divine Spirit II ~ the gift OF cross
revving In us the good thoughts that took from
II we sorrow tor our SIM iorsakc them and come to
Goa III prayer, He will pardon and rcgererate
us, and the sentence Will be taken from lives We
Will have new character and new purposes. We will
live for God and for immortality We will live for
ourselves For ''it any man be in Christ nc s a new
creature; old things are passed away; behold, all
things become new" Those who are 80
saved constrained by the love of Christ
for others and by their influence draw them to
religious duties to uphold the Church preserve its
doctrines The constrainin love OF Christ will loosen
tongues and ut fitting times and places to
call others to Jesus 1t will make us have PRAYERS
mt homes. He is q cold hearted, formal
Christian who docs not have family prayers 1t is the
constraning love OF Christ that sends the missionary
TO the heather ana tho martyr to the stake. know.
ing. therefore, the terror Of the Lord we persuade
men" The terror OF Sin great that Jesus gayo
His lite TO save us from it, The terror OF sin was so
great that when the world became corrupt sent the
deluge and swept IL away. Read of sinful cities OF
Sodom and Gomorrah. God sent the fire from heaven
to annihilate them. Every time New Yorker reads
that history let HIM tremDle for the wicked city In
which he lives Think of the punishment OF Moses for
not doing his work in proper spirit; dying on tho
mountain within sight OF the promised land God can.
not be trincd with even In spirit The preacher nor.
raycd the errors OF the dtahbed OF the sinner unprc-
pared To meet Christ and closed by urging his people
be stcadast and iervent In tho right and TO be r
conciled 10 God.