The New York herald., 1878-08-26
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH.
THE PRINCIPLE OF FAITH-sERMoN BY REV.

THE PRINCIPLE OF FAITH-sERMoN BY REV
JOHN LOVE.
In the absence of tho Rev. Mr.. Macarthur, pastor
OF tho Calvary Baptist Church. his pulpit
picd Dy the Rev. Mr. John Love, OF Chelsea, Mass
who preached in the morning from Romans, vni.,
2s-"An things work together for good to them that
love God" There some passages OF Scripture,
he said, the meapng OF which instinctvely recog
nize while there arc others wnic seem shrouded in
mystery The text Is one OF these latter BY It tho
principle Of nh spjoined strctly for In It all the
mysteries OF life are presented ior our consideration
But life presents such tangled web OF mysteries and
so varied thoughts aud aspects that faith times
seems more ike presumption than logical exercise
OF the faculties Of man. How are We to reconcile tho
book OF Scripture with the book Of iief For IN life
there seem continual contradictions OF tho whole
spirit of Gods word. Wo have. however, this clew
God is love, therefore all things work together for
good them that love God. All things together
for good to them that love God; there.
lore God Is love. We cannot dispute this,
and by accepting II fully the faith that
accepts the seeming contradictions as evidence OF
lovin z design and overmaster1Dg power becomes
easv. We apt to say thatit easy for David
trust God and to express his faith absolutely as
he did in his Psalms; Tor from the time when, a
mere STRIPPING, he met and slew Goiath he had con.
tinual proofs Of Gods presence. We are apt to say
others whose inspired words are IN Scripture. II Is
easy Tor Moody. who has bat to open his mouth and
scores OF his hearers come TO Jesus II Is easy for
the rich who have not known the struggles OF lie,
TO trust God. But more ihan all this. 10 is tue duty
ana privilege oil tho whole Christian brotherhood TO
trust IN Him.
There Is an infdel theory that God has made the
universe as a mechanic makes u watch, and has
turned n forth to DO governed by certain immu table
laws without anv iurtner supervision. But tn,s Is
utterly repuisive doctrine 10 those who recognize
al (nA NJ lin n win H.s
fat berhood. The doctrine OF chance has no place In
Christianity. And recognizing the love OF God, hold
ing a supreme confidence In the WISDOM and love
that inspires all His WORK, lar moro rational than
a disbelief In HIS oversight Much OF our
lie Is shrouded now In gloom. There are
answer. Why tnere should be sin has perplexed the
worli since there was SIN. We cannot understand
why there should the terrible suffering that
We reconcile TO our thoughts oi goodness and
love the sight OF tie whose character Is honor
aud truth uprg fsiug, WINE the dishonest
man Is surfeitcd with success Wo may ask these
tniEgs, but there Is no answer. Tney are Tho inscru
4. ba nd writing on the wall whom there is no Daniel
to interpret IL wo could realize that tho good and
evil came iron the same hand could DO cain; but,
although We cannot always iuiy realize tnat, We Know.
the miGst oil thick darkness, that all things
work together ;or good to them that love God These
words were not spoken by an enthusiast or fanatic.
but by who knew the vicissudes OF Ito as we eau
never know them, wbo suffered all things, even to
murtyrdom under Nero The agtrou oncrs tell US
tnat the planet Neptane is 500 Ov0. 900 miles away,
but It's motion through space 10 governed by tue
central iuminary oil the SOAR system SO cannot be-
cve that throne and the outstoOl are so WILDLY
separate that every detail OF our vcs not under HIS
LOVING care III you walk the street at nidngnt and SEQ
a chd weeping you cannot pass by with indifference.
The com nmonest humanity impcis you 10 stop aud
alleviate the little ones pain. And can God then lcsvo
US to suffer unstreDgtheDed by HIS lovoY henshen-
dom is nled with better conceptions than this IL
there unit to oivnc providence Would even a
human sthtr listen To tho JOYS OF mis- child and refuse
TO listen to his story OF sorrowf Would not such
thing be bdrcsque on the name OF faiherhoodf In
ndeliy Itself Is iu OF better conceptions III there 10
bit OF moss the mountain sue but Ho tends IL,
u there Leaf In the forest and no bird Ia It's lonely
that He does watch, there is surely no no-
mcnt ot our ives when Hs is not with u.s. Tell me
not oil Sinai, with It's huDders OF vengeance, but the
Whisper "Lke as alher piteth his cnildren so the
LORD pitieth them tba lear him' awakcns my SOUL
cannot understand any iurther but His love touches
me. Much OF lie seems mysterious. III you lake a
chd toa picture gallery and snow him the productions
Of Raphael or OIL Berstadt they give bim no more
pleasure than any daub; u you play TO a child tue
oi Bach or Beethoven u gives MIN pleasure.
Tor he cannot realize The exquisite harmony. But
when ne learns more he beauty OF the PFC
ture or " the music. SO We shall know there W hat
cannot know here Mr. Love then compared life
tho training Of cDlld and spoke NJ ionRtn Of many