The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-03

SERMON BY BISHOP HUNTINGTON BEFORE THE
GENERAL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
In Trinity Chapel Twenty attn street, Broad
way Right Rev. II. ID. Huntington Bishop OF Central
Now York, last evening delivered tho annual sermon
or charge to graduating class OF the General Theo
logical Seminary Twentieth street aud Ninth
The students Of the graduating class who are TO be
ordained deacons Sunday, occupied the five front
seats and the general congregation nearly flied tho
rest OF tho Church Bishops seymour (occp and
Southgatc, formerly Bishop OF stantinople,
and Drs. Dix Potter Rowland and Twyng took part In
the services. Bishop Hunii6gton's sermon dealt gen.
crafty with tho nature OF tho prcsty Office aud had
special reference the honors OF tho doaconiie Ho
took as tho following passages from ST. Pauls
Epistles TO the Ephcsans and to the Romans: -
uwhcrctorc he saith when he assembled up on high
no led csptivty captive and gave gifts unto men.
snow that no assembled what is IL but that no also
descended nrst into tho lower parts oil tho earth.
"or periectnc OF the saints Tor the work OF tho
ministry, Tor tho cdIfying Of the body Of Christ.
s.For speak to you, Gcnttlcs, tnsemucn as am
the apostle OF the GcntiIcs, magnify mincoilcc."
ST. paul, the preacher said. thought both Of his
m, sson and OF his personal characterised the frat
always with vcncraton, and OF the second with pre-
yang dislrusL In his systom the ministry was never
conioundcd with character Men roso aud foil,
but tho ONCE lived on, never perisbina. SO tho
apostle Stood fast Tor his apotleship against ever
assault. Why. IN TACT, should ne surrender ~, Tor
aid i, not como down above integral and nm
shcd graccY Following up tho line Of thought Bishop
Huntington considered why tho onlcc great in
ITSELF whence IL came and what tho spirit, end
aud alm OF holding and using u.
ORIGIN.
Its origin no SAID Its authority, and hc thought
that tho common gumcnt Tor the historic ministry
OF tho Church lost much oil Its force from being too
much discovered from tho person Of the Lord HIN
sell. lie himself blsnop, priest aud deacon.
| He was prophet aud King. He was the Moses, tho
Aaron the DAVID. tho alpha aud the omega When
ST. Paul wrote ~ magnifyNninc Office, he meant II
| magnify my dcaconship." When The deacon became
| prcsUyter be did not cease TO Dc a
| deacon, aud when the prcsbyter was made bishop
| he was n deacon STILL He carried tho doaconite
/ through 10 the end. And why Because titles wero
| Symbols and dcaconship implied service. tue
deacon was the connecting link between an ON cial
minister and u congregation OF Cnrist's people Ho
! joinod hands with every lay workman working
! Tor the Master splendid, indeed, we're the honors
conferred tho deaconte II was the privilege OF the
deacon 10 carry the cross OF the Gospel OUTSIDE the
gates OF Jerusalem. HIS portion was hard work. tirc.
! some travels after sheep In the wilderness, contact
with the disgusting moral cproses, anxious economy,
worldness OF vcstry mon, suceriug criticism aud
genera dfudgcry. But then his work was Christian
work, and Christian work was Christian glory.
| PARTING EXPLOITATION
In concluslou. Bishop Huntington exhortsd Inc