The New York herald., 1876-09-11
CHRIST CHURCH.

THE FRUIT OF THE RIGHTEOUS IS A TREE OF
LIYE-sERNoN By THE REV. DIR. JARED b.
rLAGo.
The sermon at Christ church yesterday morning was
delivered by tho Rev Dr. Jared b Fagg. The
taken from Proverbs, xi, 30-The fruit OF the right
sous Is a tree OF c" The text. he said, kindred
in It's import TO many other passages OF the ''wise
man" illustrating great truth touching the nature
and extent OF Christian influence His method OF
treating the subject involved two qucstions-lrst,
in what does the iru OF the righteous cousists and
second how Is tfee of lifes This truit consisted
arst OF faith, belief impressed by an independent
voton, with stendfast purpose Of obedience; or, IN
other words. belief approving itself by good works II
must not DO supposed that calling faith iruit OF
righteousness was substituting tho OBJECT for the
cause, since all attributes OF Christian
character there may be observed an interfusion, Ia
which the appears the effect and the effect the
cause, according TO q law OF reciprocal operation
which regulates the growth In holiness This method
OF denomination morcove. practical and expressly
corroboratcd by the words of Lord, "D0 and you
shall KNOW Not 10 believe because We could not
exactly the why aud the wherefore presumptu
ousy TO wait the wrath OF God and 70 rush the
eternal terrors OF death. Considered as fruit OF
righteousness, faith not only stimulated hope. bus
might oe SO perfected as 10 prove q realization and
substantial foreaste OF heavenly JOY: in other words,
become hope itself This iath was the bread and
water Of lie; u y5ote name upon the penitenrs
brow, ana led the christian pilgrim from earths poiu-
tion tree up TO the New jerusalem the city vf our God
Second, hope might be regarded fruit OF right
eousness As by fath so also, saith ST. Paul. 1--WE
saved by hope" Hope to'chcer support all dis
couragcments; hope TO strcw hio's rugged pathway
nowers Of Divine promsc hope " set . star Of
glory In afctions night aud guide the
voyager upon the troubled waters Of thus dark
world hope born OF rectitude and nurtured In
righteousness-this the Christians hope
Third, may notice love as q trun Of righteous
God love IN It's essence and perfection; but
dcpravcd aud opposed TO purity Is ihc natural heart
that even the love Of God AS grace in man s con-
tnuaily turned from its purpose In many degene-
rates into mere desire; IN Others struggles family
In the conflict with low soli. interest The
true love. however. as fruit OF righteousness 10 un-
selfish. and H always impulse Of purity Solictude
patient long suffering scsacriucDg. Its delight 10
TO 90 good In conclusion, the necessity sf immediate
effort In the culture OF those fruits OF Righteousness
which alone could suSvive the second death deserves
attention We have great work to perform, and not
mo:ocnt TO spare IN Its accomplishment Life, which
Is Short has frequently been wasted by those who
drawing to the clos" OF their last year Nor should the
young be prcsumptuous, thinking there IS time Tor
them, they have but few working hours lek Many
who had the best prospect OF years have been sud.
denly cut down by the reaper Death Thus In Wow OF
the shoftness Of human lie the utmost soliciude 10
appropriate, even Tor the youngest and strongest
Those, however whose lamp oil life is Gckcrng IN The
socket OF years, must not despair There was
message OF mercy for those who had approached In
the eleventh hourGo yc also into the vincy ard, and
whatever Is right that shall yo receive"