The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-15
TRINITY CHURCH.

THE LIFE LONG SACRIFICE OF CHRIST, AND ITS
APPLICATION TO THE PRESENT TIMEs-sER-
MON by THE REV. =. oGITBY.
The morning services at this church conducted
yesterday by tho Rev. Frederic oglby. The increase
in the attendance due probably TO the lovely morning
was very noticeable. The singing by the choir
the usual high order Tho sermon preached from
The tcxt-.I the Good shepherd; the good shepherd
givch his lite for his sheep As the Father knowcth
me, even know the Father; and lay down my
fife for the sheep
TuE DIVINE ECONOMY
The reverend preacher dweit, in his introduction,
upon the righteousness of tho Divine economy by
which the OF God had become lncarnatc and had
sacrificed himself for the sins Of the world. But it
would be purpose OF his discourse TO show that
words of his text were OF FAR wider scope than that
which they bore on their face and which generally
icrred them exclusively the PERIOD OF Chrsis pas.
sion and death and the rlor,ous time between His
resurrection and ascension which the Church Is now
celebrating.
We obliged, said the preacher, by reason OF The
shoriness OF the year. in which all the events of
together TOO nearly ant commemorate all too rapidly
the events which occupied the thrty-ihrcc years Of
the life OF the Goodman. Now, the sacrifice which
Christ made Of himself for the world did not begin
with the period Of what is understood as HIS passion.
II commenced near that little Jewish hamlet where
David kept his flocks a boy and where IN the stall
cold oil winters nigh, Here It was that his nrst
lesson given TO the world. Although. too,
the great drama OF HIS passion was the culmina
ton OF all the sacrifices that He maic still
had TO look With awe and wonder on that period
which elapsed between his infancy aud his public
sion. ol which the divine record gives but
two gimpscs (such his dsputno, at the age OF
twelve years. with the doctors in the tcmplc and
which occupied the average lifetime OF a generation
rnE LESSON.
Perhaps period of the worlds history the
profound lesson conveyed in the lengthy preparation
Tor his public fc more needed than IN the present
dav There are tunes Of fcvcrish restlessness, when
anticipated youth is made 81 snpplant the pc
Rod OF childhood, when the powers OF the
noay and mind. instead OF being allowed to
develop according 20 tho laws OF nature, are
treated IN the manner as plants are forced in
hotbcd Education, which properly means the bring
ng out OF the faculties Is. among as. made to nfllct
Nm evil by unduly forcing the mental powers. Our
youth ARE forced the and responsibilities Of
manhood before they nave the measure OF theworld
and before their moral principles and convictions are
established to them chance Of successfully
outstanding temptation. The results OF tins are upon
US and Vt IS only by application OF the teachings
conveyed in the slow preparation OF Him who needed
that hope 10 combat these results. A
bret treatment OF the period Of christs public minis
try and that immediately preceding his asccns SOU,
with the practical lessons 20 be derived from them,
closed very clear and able DISCOURSE