The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-03-31

a nature whose loving is not that of motherhood
and '--hood not like that of the household, but
of the, ernor who is not at liberty to administer
the affairs of the world according TO personal feeling
but must do it by the letter Of the law; The true
typical conception that of father. Let no man
say that abstract and mystical. 1t IL prac-
tical. patient than any other. What consola-
ton there in the thought that however hateful
become, the divine nature will still love on! How
it be otherwise than that the whole of the ran
somed universe have strong drawings for those who
remain below! It was this sympathy that was I'M
derstood in the communion of the saints" Chris
tians should love one another even as Christ loved
them and that not in proportion to the excellence
of the object. but to the power of love within them.
God does not love only according to the measure and
strength OF the loved but according to his need
The April sun. which will soon be here. will shine
upon all things, homely and beautiful, sleeping and
waking SO tits with good. so it ought to be with
Gospel ministers. SO it is not with many of them.
Qaughter) So ought it to be with all sects. and
it not All the ordinances in the world: all the
love. without it we can have nothing in the king
dom OF heaven. The Christian may not make a
traffic of love.
A POWERFUL RELIGIOUS MOTIVE.
The full assurance Of this love Of God is a most
doubt of His mercy. We can go before Him even in
the consciousness of i'll desert. and we do not need
to feel IN the s aTe are soS tSos Q, an
of intellect and culture who are in vague sympathy
with this theology. whether this God was not one
whom they could worship-a God who put no con-
structon upon life contrary to nature, and who re-
quired of them only to obey the laws which he
obeyed rejocingly? 'Do not look" said he. Eat the
grotesqne gods which painted here and there and
everywhere. I press it home. not only to your
to- soo Of the
have business to follow Him secretly; you have
no right to make terms with Him. Open your eyes
and see your God; open your heart and receive Him.
and let your life be henccforth involved in the loving
service Of that greatest and only potentate"
FIFTH Av. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
BEJoIcINGs IN cHRIsr-pAUL AND THE EPIsTLE
TO THE RoMANs-sERMoN BY DIR. JOHN
HALL.
..And not only so, but we also joy in God through
our Lord Jesus Christ. by whom we have now re-
ceived the atonement." This is tho eleventh
verse OF the fifth chapter of Romans, and was
lected by DR.. Hall the text Of his discourse mot
only so" is the clause. said the Doctor, that turns
our attention to the pccuarties Of the subject that
has gone before in this chapter. 1t also calls
attention to new idea-namoly. rejoicing in Christ.
"by whom have received the atonement"
Let us. before considering this verse, turn our at
tenton to the previous chapters The episte to the
Romans well deserves careful reading and study. be-
of the fulness with which it treats great doc
trines and Of the important place which the Church
has taken in that CITY, and because 1t seems as though
Providence had given out this great living force to
rebuke the pagansnl and selt-suficency that have
become important part of our Christian system.
and which have been long established in the world.
Any who will take the trouble to read the epistle
through from the beginning will be struck with the
orderly and systematic manner with which the
apostle states and demonstrates the facts OF Chris
tianity and deduces thererom the vital principles
of Christian truth. In the first chapter he states
that the Gentes have snned and have come short of
the glory of God. If any should ask me why
have taken this chapter for my text this morning
then frankly answer that the Communion is ap-
preaching and would bring to all present the words
of life that they may receive it to the saving OF
their souls.
FACTS OF HUMAN LIFE.
There certain facts in human life to which this
epistle by implication refers and which all
compelled to admit and acknowledge, whatever view
we may take of life First there is this fact, for
example, that we have consciousness of sin and
consciousness OF unftness to meet the Lord II you
have not FED the consciousness of denierit and I'M
worthhess brethren. you will feel it az eternity is
crowding upon you. and you will feel disposed to
cry out, "God be mercful to me sinner" There
is another fact that is natural and is born within
deep within YOU serious thought of and belief in
Immortality There is another fact i'll life with which
all famar-it is trouble. 1t Is either
pain in the body disappointment in life and sorrow
that is known only to your OVID bosom. LASTLY,
there is in our nature. happily, that which prompts
us to tor the OF the hope that is i'll
We do not want to tckc this upon trust; are not
called upon to cherish hope without sufficient rea
son. reason based upon justice, adequate reasons
that are presented in the divine testimony. The
Christians hope is that he knows in whom he has
believed and that God is able to keep him. AS the
outcome OF it all rejoice in the love of God and
Paul brings this in q climax when he says "the
love of God shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy
Ghost
Cannot you understand that the love Of the hus-
band is shed abroad much in the heart of the
wife that tho love of the husband is part of herself?
sometimes she says that it is the best part Of
herself. If the love Of God in my heart de-
pendent upon my love of Him that would be
variable quantity. But it is the love of God shed
abroad in our hearts That is an ocean without any
tides. DO any Of You, brethren. say you do not
understand this? You will not understand
it till you go through it.. II you want
to understand il believe and accept Christ.
II you want to know what this is then
30 and know God in Christ, who teaching you
6y the Holy Ghost, will make that automatic saying
IN doctrine.
him be willing to be a little child" DIR. Hall
closed his sermon by few answers to doubters. in
which he skctched the theory of the atonement,
showing that Christ loved to make intercession
sinners that we were redeemed by His death and
bought by His blood. Under these covenant bless
ings we attained to the experience described in the
climax Of the chapter, 1--WE JOY in God" us child
rejoiccs in his father.
FIFTH AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH