The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-02-17

THE MISSION OF cHnIsr-sEnMoN BY REV. DR.
NEWMAN.
Tho subject upon which the Rev. DR.. Newman
preached was "Tho Mission Of Christ" His text
was from l. Timothy. l.. 15-"This Is faithful say
ing and worthy of all acceptation. that Christ Jesus
came into the world to sinners" No other
event in the annals of time, said the Doctor is COM
parable in grandeur and Importance to the advent OF
our Lord. Neither the founding Of an empire. nor
the discovery of new world. the invention OF
the art of printing is approached in value
and significance to the coming Of Him
for whom the prophets waited, OF whom the
poets sang, and who the desire OF nations.
All wars, all forms of slavery. all political despot-
isns all social evils all the liseries of vice and all
Ignorant snr s, oo Crsa n,scns
the at the root of the tree. He came into the
world to save sinners. He rejected the philosophc
dogma that vice has it's seed IN the flesh. or III the
intellect in social life; but boldly assorted that
its seat Is the moral nature of man, and that
the hope of humanity for permanent purity and
happiness is in the publication of affections. tho
subordnation of the will, the regulation OF tho pas
sions and the quickenng of the conscience. He de-
mandcd the surrender OF tho heart which Is the cita
del of man. lie resolved not to do what man could
do, and decided to do what man could not do. His
"what will it profit manIf he gain the whole world
and lose his own SOUL. He ssd:--"I come not TO
call tho righteous. but sinners, to repentance"
WHAT FOLLOWS CHRISTIANITY.
He knew IL was possible for tho human with
Ills aid to attain to the civilization OF Greece
with her unrivalied arts. and of Rome with her
Jurisprudence which has outlivcd her empire; and
He also knew that, unless Ho impaired to humanity
moral force to purify, TO restrain and to preserve.
the splendid fabric, like pottcrs vessel, would be
broken into thousand pieces. And He also know what
ali history provesthat where lie is received as the
Saviour of sinners there would exist the highest and
most beneficial form of civilization The wealth of the
world has followed the footsteps OF Christ wherever
lie has been accepted by The mental sceprc OF
our race has passed into Christian hands, and tho
hand that holds II now grows stronger day by day.
of the world and In its train you will find the God-
dcss of Liberty, without q manaclc on her arm or
awe her leg, and bearing on high the torch OF
freedom. He knew that all grand results would flow
from the salvation of tho sinner and that the hopes
of two worlds hung upon tho success of His grand
spiritual mission.
UNION CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
WHERE CHRIST SPENT THE PERIOD OF HIS DIS
EMBODIED ExIsTENCE-sEnMoN BIZ rev. On.
WILD.
Dr. Wild preached in the evening. in the Union
Congregational Church, in regard to where Christ
spent the three days of existence while his body
NAMED in the tomb. He showed that, according to
Hebrew theology. the place from which Christ came
ut His birth and to which He asccndcd from the
Mount of Olives. was shamouyin. but the place to
which He went after death was Shcol. The Jewish
conception of Shcol that IL place of three
chambers, located IN the centre of this earth that
the upper chamber was Paradise and the lower
chamber for fallen angels and all evil spirits.
and corrcspondcd to our modern idea OF hell. Tar.
tarus, the middle chamber, for all who were not
good enough tor the first nor bad enough for the