, 1879-01-13

II. Su4ncnY LIS btOF!at VI Ina'H!a' ulsas!er
burst, anu tnen tnc lr't!en. anu tne mtsna,nt,i
t,'a,r nur hs,antirl mcau.s wht,c the yent,'rznm"
inss nropcrtY and other worldly norsess ssfons nud
went down. a religious Imitation followed
commercial, and men wanted to ct religion on
.hc saG .eGn ..ast ~ siy i, Ee rarn ",
~" o1ns Ssw >"' k'' WV 0~" ~ '''s
ln conclusion, Mr.. Colycr sald he would
bo glad to tt!nk TINT sumo day In the
ilitnfe some OF ns ncnfefa :', WE nl,EMt now oc
.s q. owa T., ,eir " arn "i nm.. '''o o1 s.r
"Woi, nv old minister preached sermon
about debt. It didn't seem ~ hare any niosc
religion n u than tte bvpk u E.sther, bnt u
Apt lo ~ neast uu ".'at ~. 10 nai,' '.;as s.u5eu
rre"e r deal more eorl Than II he IaI preached
what great many meu eeem to call tcljylon,n
PARK AVENU T. NJ. f. CHURCH.
sEnMoN nr pR. 1t'cnIsxrr.
"Thc Mission Of Park Avenue VI. F. Church,
WAS tho subject Of scrtnou yesterday fore
noon by the pastor, tho Rev. ijr. McChesney,
who chose for hts text tho hllh anl skill,
ycrscs OF the Scycnty-eigEth rsnlm, as follows:
4" And Of Ztou Il shall bc said: this aud that
man wos horn In hcr, and the Highest Himself
shall establish her. The Lurd shall cvunt xllrn
lie wr1teth up the people that this man was
born therc.n lie said that It wns highly prnba
Hl4 that the tb4lm was written 0t one OF INC
ticsccndants OF Rosal,, on the return iron, the
Daby]ontsh captivity, and pss in praise OF Zion
Of Jerusalem, called elsewhere the ttty Of God,
civ OF tho Grcat King. Tho Palm WA pro.
phctic, and, forcvastt,,e the future OF Gods
Kingdom on tho earth, was full Of rrIas
Of tho Christian Church. The inspired Paalnltst
lid not aay TINT no cvlt should ever he spoken
Of the Church. There always had been those
who had found pleasure In saying llartl things
againat tho Church, antl that Ind always bccu
onc NJ thr ohs,oc1rs In the wnv nf II /. st,rrc.s.-
~ ~ ~. ..1a,. ,sht.h ,h. Sh.r,,' ~. ~ -,
ooou1 ''o 1ll"iD ""'sn t"e Nhu'sh ,, nas ~ Sn-
eouhter; one OF tlc aunoyanees when tcsiS ihc
patience OF tho Church. Sometimes tho pro-
lcssed children Of God say evil things abput the
churrb.-.av M mopv hittrr. unktnl.
a,..' S"u'I'- '"au! ".ss., IT. 0"s'u", "s
unjust. a1a even 'a'se tnioee aoont
tlle Church. that observing mon orc
ready 10 wonder whether tho children ot
ths Devil can surpass them 10 that particular.
n,, M wb,,o thc Chmrc,, n,War. haa herr r smh,c,t
"'a 80 "Aa 'ao
10 that trial, ooa eountcrba1alees aft hv speaE'
lug glorious thtncs concerning Ills Church. It
was not his purpose at that time 10 preach
j.. 49, .ras,s -. os's. .r,,o H.. s"s,, H.. 49,.
)" !, ,uo "ot'u :" so'"e' luz 'ass oooA u. ~, ."e
Scriptures gave them glialpecs nl her condition
vas probable tint somo of tlo,e who wcro
,,n,ho-. ~ th,t r,nr-.,, .,,,,i., i,r.., h.to.,
mI'hoeis y. 'nht e"u's" "u"l" 1M""' pe'oso
t"'' }cas VI elaco ehoes'' ""at were '"c expert
they had mission before them In tho prcscut
i'm H. Mct,hn.ncv ,hcn arohn nt,rt tno
s..",,t,,. ~, 49, G,,,.',. ,,,. a'o"s WV
ata"AIty ~ ot INC vnaFsl', a''u tIc prcse'lcv
were men WHO Thought they could ia,-
oettoe ~d mta a
pdoecss VI scn1hs ~ hca'en "1Lau"t ha'Fat'ol'
EirSt Cl ALI II TdG mission TINT ClIlIFrf
bo truo 10 evangelical Christianity. Tho lot Ut,
which lark Avcuuu H.. Z. Church stood was
donated for that purpose. aud for no other.
CiristIanityl An answer was already furnished
them: "Uf Xlon II shall he shl: Thts and that
man wns born IN hrr." In Oll-1'estamcnt
times. when, n,an "os converted Ia tho llc-
brew faith, tc was said to hare been boyn,-
horn again; and Ntcolemus, a Jew, knew what
Christ meant Wien Iie eatI; '.Exccpt q man
hs horn nRan, hn eanuut see shs Kingdom
Ut God.n The Church, tllcu, II her ujIaa!nrt
wa4 fulfilled, was ltu birthplace If suuls,
llow different iron, su1uo other PLACES
whlgh might be mentioned, WHARF soltis perish!
There wrro novels nt,A lnarllc.ironts in otr civ
dread contagton OF ruined souls; thu plague uf
death eternal was Within their portals: There
was blood Of, tho door.t1osts, blood In tbs secret
chan,hera where souls slrcadv Lost tuck thctr
deeper plunge In The gulf ot separation run
titu anu goodness. Wien l1o,a issued t.ta tlnai
srurcl,-warrupt for loat snllla, Tic atUeI Of lii
presollra would walk with sword aud arentTs tu
an ntulosuhosu lui.n with TIC tuprxcations I
Tho Lost, ind lit down hl4 pI.i,l.t.et in that
vulf fnto which tnntiiutcs bsyo aIrra,1v ,,tsan.
psarr,l. Vas It nothing Il, tiicm ti,at few pf
t,le victims vt,tv vulIcsI In their honcs. riad.
Jrucd their hearts will inc nraitlc o{ tbcir
childhood, passed the days Ut their tunoccnrc
In Tie prrscncc Of futnijy aitn,H. h.-
csme familiar with uruyrrs and sonrs.
tvt,k COronatIou and Old uunifnd viii,
them into outer darkucss, hol,ntrl hv
bitter reeUl|ectipts Of sarreI on,xrttnitir. ronc
md now iI,nahsa1le horricrs prevent thrtr e.e
CatIc irn11l yef aud alu} Aud that was ,,vatl.
All hnii. Than. n fi,n fhnr.I1 Witch nsn.eI hns
batteries Ut lospcl agency iur il,c overthrow NJ
sit1, Thu eanyt1,nry wux thu plucn far men ~
legtp 10 ltyc,-tt, ta .luru by u pow ceIrstIul
tirih u: anI II was fitting IL innutrc wheI i,ce
that obicct had heun nc,u,upI;shcd in tbo ti.ie.,
~ Of thnt ciurrE. iiilnse whu flnti Mcn inn1ost
asstminirxi with the church knew Tint nj sfem
I0ufs Ind there. in the mast wars. hs,n tn iivc
the li{e Of faith lad the re fcl lie frkt nsaIEl,s
Of life tllyiue And some hal ALREADY itIIud th,
glorious co,uany Of the +, drr,neI Il, irayrns
INV ,iII f1m. n..,uirrs III r.rt Av",,,. ~ j.