The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-11

SELF and that MADE them evident facts for Others He
Himself and az man as Christ Hence. he
felt that the love Of Jesus to real and vivid,
real the love which burned in his breast
toward his own first born in tho Lord.
F0urth-As u seraphic preacher, he consecrated all
his ability natural and acquired TO the setting forth
OF ChIist cruciled before the eyes OF II could
be said OF him that he treated this OF facts
as # 4. were hcuon. He held up the cross. His
originality was marked distinctvely from all the
other apostles. He took the powers that God had
given him aud, with large know ledge Of humanity,
he penetrated 70 tho heart Of things and saw them
with his own eyes, In the open vision OF divine light.
Under It's rays old truths and old thoughts and old
not exceed the ordinary bounds OF originality.
Like his Master he never feared to repeat
himself when tho truth required it; but as
q wise "scrbe," he brought forth things new and
old. lie held ian audacity bring forth the torlur
ing cross and the Holy One who suffers on II or 10 ex-
pose them to the light Of the sun, which hid It's face
when reckless world forced such force on II; 10
take those mysterious secrets, IN which the divine
depth OF sorrow lies hid, and play with them and
fondle them. trick them and rest them not till
the most OF all solemnities appears vulgar and
was IS marked as hs orsnp,y 70 him The cross
was the parent OF tho truly heroic and IT raised his
soul TO wondrous pitch OF dauntlessness He allowed
no popular dogmatsm TO control him IN his holiness
OF thinking or speaking HIS words were the clear.
thoughtful, ringing words OF u man that God VIII
bless probably no man ever heard him preach with
out being carried back 10 the holy mon OF old who
werc moved by the Holy Spirit
THIRTY-FOURTH STREET CHURCH.
CHHISTANIlY Oh 1NF1DELlTY !-SEEMON by
REV. MR.. MARTINI.
Rev. Carlos Martyr delivered impressive dis
course to large audience ut the Thirty fourth Street
Reformed Church. His theme was ''Christianity or
Inndelity, whichY" taking for his tex. "By their
fruits ye shall know Them" II q good rule which
our Saviour here invoked. wish apply IL as text
Of the comparative value Of Christianity on the ono
hand and inndelity the other. Christianity at tho
start, labored under disadvantage. II and
untred SYSTEM 1t was plainly objected to It that both
tho name and claims OF Jcsus new and untried.
But in the lapse OF eighteen hundred years Christian
Ivy has reapcd It's harvest; It has CLEANED crop Of
transforming resuta Pointing TO these the genius OF
our iath exciaims:-"By their fruits ye shall know
them. !"
WHAT ARE THESE yRUIrsP
disobedent human nature back into an agreement
Eh 'sof and into a.fmonx s WITH IT, The Heavenly
ut the Paradise lost the Paradise reganed"
The work OF Christianity is, therefore, boore every
thing individual work; II changes the personal
disposition, and through this change II unolds Into
society aud affects every department oil human
tvlty. Time when civil government was u
licensed political conspiracy IL was corporation of
kings, MOBILES aud prlesa Christ exploded this
man. out OF which las sprung tho American prnc,-
pie OF equality before the law.
Tue principle which underlics this business and
makes II possible IL con ldence. Whatever promotes
business Is direct bcneht 10 the community, whose
value may DO calculated In dollars and cents But
conldeDce prcsupposes character, and character 10
the offspring OF Christianity: Tho precise object
which Christianity aims character. Religion would
have done infinitely more than has In this direction
had IL been more perfectly embodied in individual
Lie Its must depend upon completeness
with which men and womeputncarnate It, But con- |
ceding all Deficiencies, I'D results enough to vu-
dictate that part OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES which
synonymous with CIVILIZATION; results which make
the continued existence OF our iath Indispensable
the individual and for society," Here, then, some
OF tho positive achievements Of religion.
Sceptcism has made God q rhetorical 1ourish: II |
has made the Bible book of tables; 1t has made |
heaven myth; It has made hell jest IL has shut |
up to average life Of thirtythree years here
on earth and thus reduces to be even with
the beasts that perish; says TO man, eat drink and
then 20 down into nothngness Thus It robs man.
kind OF all moral motive here and all spiritual hope
hereafter Its results arc Voltaire, Tom Paine aud
Bob Ingerso- three men who may be charac-
ter,zed thus:-Bad worse, worst Sccpticsm,
crab like, crawls backward and touches the
lowest watermark in this afternoon oil the nine
teenth century III the person OF Mr. 8 TO lngerso
These, then, the results which are expected
10 change the positive achievements OF Christianity
Religion stands with lis arms iull OF practical results
sceptcism stands empty handed contemplate be-
cause OF wickcdncs aud still more despcablc be-
cause Of Its Excuse US, we caunot make
the change. Experience is u safer light to walk by
Colonel IngersoIl's alow dip. Both Tor the one
system and thc other we triumphantiy invoke the
test OF Chrst-xBy their fruits ye shall know them"