The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-22
TRINITY CHURCH.
THE 1MxurApnrrY OF MORAL LAvs-sEaMox

THE 1MxurABILITY OF MORAL LAvs-sERMox
By REV. MORGAN DIX, d. D.
The service at this church conducted Yesterday
morning by Rev. Morgan Dix d. D., who also preached
the sermon. The text taken from St. paul's
Epistle to the Galatians, vi, 7-"whatsoevcr man
soweth that shall he also reap"
The reverend preacher opened his discourse BY say
ing that science shows that the laws which work
through the universe uniform ard constant in their
action. Age succeeds age without witnessing any
Ration in them unless for time and some spccial
reason they be suspended by Tho Higher Will which
damned them. We count on thcm for we know shat
depend for very existence upon them.
MORAL LAWS MNUrABLE.
And yet we seem. lose sight OF the that the
moral laws BY which the universe governed are both
in their and working, equally immutablc with
the physical laws Of the universe That immutabity
is equally certain IN the realm Of right and wrong
virtue and vice, good and evil, as In the lower
sphere ~, Of %aser and .a they act and rsas.
as absolutely the laws under which
exist. 10 one Of these, indeed tho most important
of these laws, the text selected points, whatsoever
soweth that shall he also reap" The words
themselves Aguratve, but they refer to subject
rising again In the lite OF good evil deeds
done by him in the body. The question Is one which
comes under the Spiritual laws ordained Of Cod and Is
dvidually, Of his lie, what he has done, what
DONE OF the whole series OF acts which 60 make up
tho Christian life This Is the sowing and roaping in
question: OF which the apostle further says Be not
deceived, God Is not Knocked" The mockcry
hcre pointed out consists in believing that there
IL no proportion or connection between
this fc ana the life to come, that
the moral laws Of the universe not just nex,blc
the physical For 1t would DO tantamount to
maintaining that God is unjust that the author OF the
laws which govern tho physical order has ordained
none to rule the moral order The law OF sowing and
reaping thus upon the most solid foundation, tho
common sense OF mankind, which no one can deny
without showing an utter ignorance OF me attributes Of
God himself
aRxAr AxD' BLRssEp THOUGHT.
Although to those whoee iile does not square with
full; still, those who CONFORM to its preccpts the
thought q great ana blessed one To the bulk of
IL seems natural TO 1--we just as they arc living
Accidental circumstances made 10 bear the blame
or our shortcomings. We all conscious OF what
not. in lar as the moral law ID concerned and
grained habits pleaded for not chang
ing, and yet We are all the time sowing that
which later IS to produce the harvest There
who DRIFT with the wind OF every circumstance, The
wreck consequent upon this, " rightly measured
pallin2 and yet the moral law oil rctrbuton Is simply
what has causcd IT, The preacher then skctchcd the
slender Of what, with abilities and oppor-
tuntics might hope 10 achieve with the best
WILL Fortunately wc were not 10 be rewarded by the
rule OF abstract perfection. but by what could do
and have done. He combated tho notion that this
applied simply u amsgiving asserting that 1t covered
the whole ground Of human action Instances not
rare things and few having changed
tho shortness and uncertainty OF the time allotted
sowing and closed lucid incorporating dis
course by practical application OF the text to his
hearers