New-York tribune., 1876-09-04
APPEARANCE OF EVIL TO BE STUNNED.

K0igGTd CROSBY, d. d. al fOuTh
teridn CttTct.
The Rev. DR.. Howard Crosby resumed his
pastoral lsbors at the Fourth Avenue Presbyterian
Church. ut F0urtE-ave and Twenty yesterday
morning, Before beginning his sermon DR.. Crosby an
nounced that the Sunday evening services would be re-
newed In bis church next Sunday He took for his text
Hebrews, w. 1: "Let therefore fear lest, promise
being lett us of entering into His rest any of you should
seem to como short OF It," The in substance
as follows:
The apostle begins this epise with proving the supe
rior privileges aud responsibilities of the Gospel dis
penGatiOu the Mosaic, by showing the SUI
periority OF Christ, Founder, Moses and over
angels; and he then shows that the rest in Canaan,
which promised to tho children OF Israel by Moses,
type Of the higher rest promised by CHRIST an
Canaan, 80 the many now fail to enter
into the true and permanent resi- which Christ oner5 70
weary soul 1t is Just this point In the episte that
this text found Its not simply canton against so
ameniabe failure, warning that while he promise
the punisc in faith but Is further Cxhortation IA
escape the sembance of failure; to know ahd make
IN Christ Appearances realities; they have power
for good evil true philosophy teaches that The
tho holy soul We dshonor Christ by seeming TO come
short OF His rest We seem to come short OF this rest
when we are destitute OF gospel comforts and gospel
zeal The world looks at our profession aud our name II
% sd nd % aGSS & @s RoS ne we we
are enrolled The world must think either that Christ
does not perform tine whole work uf salvatOn, but eN-
poets maj 10 help HIM and thus the onnpoepce OF the
sayior's grace is sighted; or else 1t nust think mat,
Christ having performe the whole work. tlc scheme It.
self ia detective the pan Is inadequate and thus the
wisdom of God suffers shame.
results IL has no eye for its intrinsic merits, and 1t
therefore uniformly looks at the Christian ana not at
christian 0uicted aud anxious IN his general deport
nent. sullcn and orose in his business peeyish and
eon # win conclude that tho rest OF the gospel into
which Christian enters through Christ Ia not very
desirable repOse II ius incvey looks for happy n
Hcnee In religOn IL expects To is recipient
made happy and made also fountain OF happiness to
reresh othors. There passive ana an active form 10
this sembance of unrest in the Christian which operate
equally to the dIslonor OF the holy bear The
pSiy. pSfS' Christians OF this sort always sign when
they speak of religion, or else they never speak
in the other their coldness dshonor our blessed Master
TIE active Of this sebance OF unrest Is sil more
forbdding. II not couhned 70 personal experience but
aggressIyely pushes tho dshonor OF Jesus name upon
and defeats the great ends OF justice the Christian mer
Chant cheats the customs by false invoices the Chris
Chrstan employer ncus the hatred his jOurneymen
by his harsh treatment aud unfeelng language and all
these Christians their the church records
(pcrhaps holding office IN the church Of Cs, and with
their nam g. TOO appearing often IN inc daily papefs IN
looked upOn by the crtcisng eye OF goddess world
and tulged tn be not one %h eno De',ec Icr Ose ana
Wounded OH how sorely and wounded IN the house of
Every Christian brother and sister has the of
Christ upon TIC forehead known and read OF all men,
name ubstained and powerful over souls TO lag behind
Christ in OF der TO daily with the world is assuming pO-
stion that burning shame to any Christian ana the
cold Christian Is thus not merely useless but peDclons
he is strong plans lying loose upon the deck but
rather leak in tEc hull through which comes peril TO
tic vessel also iIure ourselves by seeming TO
come short oil Chrisps rest. cold Christian grows
meancr and smaller with his cOldHess. He has 80 re-
decd the channel Of faith thrOugn which the Christ
fe flowed into bin, that the very proportions OF his
true manhood have ShrGen and he Is thus lifting him
self for "a lower, perhaps the very lowest place IN
heaven, II indeed he reach that house at all And OF
this he has assurance God gives such sweet peuges
only to those children WHO love Him dneotiOnatcy and
delight in His communion. In the light OF all this,
docs not the apostle tins seeming short VI
Christ's ground of fearf