The New York herald., 1878-09-30

We may SO follow Hun that In tho last DAY we shall
with US and The world though now by US SO imperfecy
understood
TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH.
LOYALTY AND 1lBERALIsM-sERMoN BY REV.
ROBERT HULL
The Rev. Mr.. Hull preacned Loyalty and Lber.
alisni at the Tabernacle Baptist Church, taking Tor
his text Corinthians, xvi. 13-"s,and fast In the
faith" He said the Weakness Of Christians to-day
arises from distrust OF God Wo delight affirm
that '.One with God is always majorty;' but how
many willing 10 be that oneg How few are willing
to stand with God when they stand otherwise alonsl
As are in dividuals also is the Church. How many
churches oil prominence now dare make prominent
their ouvictions when those convictions counter
to fashion? From how many city pulpits
will you hear denunciaiions of theatre going,
dancing horse race and gambling? Whore is the
church which has not many members who indulge
themselves In everything which tho world deems
spectable9 1T is surprising, therefore, that with
looseness of doctrine and looseness OF practice pre-
vailing in the churcnes the world should challenge
the verify OF our faith and impugn our loyalty to our
Lord and Master. The text bids us, In ringing mill.
tary phrase. be faithful 10 our Lord--bs loyal to
Christ This loyalty VIII cause a man to staEd firmly
against the pre- evaiing looseness Of doctrine
II Is popular, in this age Of loose thinking and OF
reckless assertion, to belitte doctrine They who
do this forgot that doctrine ana lie are as
cause and effect. They forget that the Bible
is book Of doctrines where these doc
trines laid down like foundation stones
firm, solid compact These loose thinkers tell US that
the different doctrines OF differing churches are out
the harness in which each cn bcst work. Then those
who stoned, who were sawn asundcr, who were
slain by the edge OF the sword, who wandered in
sheepskns and goatskins, oen2 desti ute, afflicted,
tormeuted, endured all this for harness. John Bun
yan imprison ed twelve years Bedford Jail for
harness Roger Williams was driven Out OF Massachu-
SCI IS for believing in harness. Obadiah Holmes was
publicly whipped in Boston Tor preaching about a
harness. Ah! no; doctrine was not thought thing of
account, either by prosecutor or prosecuted, in
those days.
Let not the clamors OF self-styled liberals deceive
u.s. We can be no more liberal than the command
ments OF God will allow us to be. That spirit is not
the whicn seeks to lift so high the yoke OF
Christian obedience that the world come in under
II without bending its unrepcn ant neck. To do that
when her most sacred obligations arc violated, she
cannot, dare not utter word OF protest. Modern
fashion c0nfronts the Cnurcn and she is dumb. We
| must bid her speak; speak In the name OF the Al
the battle line OF all tho faith-clad hosts
| In connection with ooseuess of doctrine there
is sentimentalism abroad which Is unsound In its
beginnings, unhealthy In all Its growth and ruinous
in its fual outcome. Liberalism and sentimen talism
| are twin onshools from a single That root Is
laxuess of royalty to Christ. The favorite cry OF
sen time tasm, and cry which seems to be very
pous Is union. This cry 10 popular; Is captivating
! asks Yes and il will be when all ono in
! Christ snail be with each other, exactly in
| degree one in God. No other union s
possible or desirable. Struggle toward God, there
fore, should be work, ana not struggle toward
each other The radiI OF circle all diverge, come
from different points, but they In the centre
God is centre Upward, then, toward Him; no
paths before get 10 Him, we shall only lose
one and all singing each "Nearer, my rod, to thee -