The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-29

CURE SIN AND YOU CURE soRRow-sERMoN
By REV. WILLIAM LLOYD.
The Rev. William Lloyd preached In the Madison
Avenue Presbyterian Church on the third and follow
ing verses OF Matthew H., wherein Is described the
lowering Of the paised man through the roof of tho
building In which Christ was preaching and healing
tho SICK The title OF his sermon 'Cure Sin and
You can Cure Sorrow" The analogy existing be-
tween physical and moral i'll, SAID the preacher, Is so
striking that we are not surprised to find the prophets
rsmarKing upon It frequently. The miracles which
the Lord performed upon mems bodies we're merely
the symbols OF the miracles He working upon
their souls, aud which He is still working at the
present day. The very method He adopted to cure
that pasied creature lying tner the mere remnant Of
what God intended man 10 be, teaches US that the
soul must first be purified before the body is made
whole IL shows us that there is an INSOFAR
able connection between sin and suffering
know no mercy IN themselves though they
are under the absolute control OF their
Maker Unless God overrues them Tor special pur-
pose no one can stand IN their way without being
crushed. Gods moral laws are equally irresistible.
infinite love, as all law must be TO be right Law re-
veas wrong not creates IL, and no one Is held more
amcnable u the laws OF God than God Himself. The
moment you break natural law all the forces OF the
universe are arrayed against you.
All suffering and sorrow caused BY sin, either In
tho present sufferer some ancestor not remote
No truth more obvious and dcmo strabe than this
alter this condition OF things and yet VIC that
all sucn philanthropic efforts somehow fail II Is SIM
ply because they devoted TO modifying instead Of
curing They do not strike at the Of the evil,
which Is sin.
sowing Wild oats Is "a dangerous pastims He who |
sows TO the flesh shall rcap corruption Every tomb
that records death occurring almost before lite
bad begun hut tells the story oil suffering treading on
tho heels Of sin poverty and degradation may be
traced more or less directly TO the same source
Every morning mothers bend over their children in
agony which fearless only because the fire within
has iount dry. Every paper bears tho
OF which blnnch the cheek with terror
crimson II with shame. Reormatory efforts are
successful only partially and IN Isolated cases generally
they but bind the Hercules win powerless withea
Sin, like hoary headed sexton, Is digging the grave
OF the world. Like a goiden-haired Deilah she Is
wooing US 10 our DEATH Like beautiful siren she Is
sitting the aliurng the unwary mortal 10 de-
struction. She Dlanckes the cheeks OF mon and
wh,tens their hair with unspoken anguish. cannot
understand The mission OF ito Lord Jesus Christ, un-
In some iuture sin TO de- he mani |
tested to destroy the work of the devil. He had power
forgive sin aud SO to II. Human forgiveness
relieves man only iron the punishment oil tho law;
u does not purify his heart. But divine forgiveness
never fails TO regeDerate 1t makes one new man.
This power Christ possessed on earth, ana He pos
sesscs 1t now. Weprsacn q iorgiving and renewing |