New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-26
SAVED BY GODS GRACE.


SAVED BY GODS GRACE.
Ths Rer Dr. John De W.T. at the Scotch Pesbyrrian Church.
A sermon was preached yesterday morning
in the Scotch Presbyterian Church, Foureent-st by
the Rev. DR.. John De Witt. of Philadelphia. The
preacher took his text from the First Epse OF Peter
l, q 3. and 3. Tho preacher remarked that In the
days OF the Apostle. the thing that not chained
by the giant Despair was the Church CT Christ. The
age stepped in every OF wlcledness and vice
labor was ensaved. minds corrupt. manners
were dcbased the virtues departed; and such was
the despair Of men. that suicide appeared 30 tbem
The ottest act that they could perform Tie only ray
OF light amid The pervadnG darkness was that Which
shone from Calvarythe blessed light OF Chrs;s gospel
II raised up men, and filled their hearts with peience
and love- II checked the flow Of vice. arrested the hand
Of the suicide aud drove away despair And thus iiv
Ing h0pcarose by Gods abundant mercy and the resur
recti.n of Jesns Christ nom the dead
ancie times continued the cher despair Is yet the
dominant feeling In tie literature ana science
Of the present day. Literature J. full o. lamcn.
In one Of his works And science. with It's
remorseless destiny of the masses, is the very
gospel Of despair In seHse tIs i trae We look
around ia and rd ourselves tie SUBJECTS OF nhrHhle
ami un.vcrsa Inv. Law isno rcsnectr Of person. II
moves with irres stbic lr,grcss taking account Of
individuals IL il severercleltesS and unc1mpr0m sing
holding egch trangressor guilty, and visiting him with
its full penalty. a. men all ransGressors they are
therefore naturally dcpairug Bus behind the Jaw IS
Col aud Coos mercy consists IN breaking through
hs rough environment of law TINT lie may save ns
FROM the panul quenees of our oly Law Is the
cxprcssi of the hidden God; and mercy
IL Gods face peering through the law. me
Gospel OF thi' deception GODS love controlling
law 1t Is The nope that on The lhtone above there is
heart which thro6s with love and s cnlcc with moro
God Is not bound ~ physical laws lie is onnioient
aud viii forth from NJ bidmg-race II We cali to
him. He Is kind ana mcrcnl' aud VIII answer us u We
TIE Gospel again is not only a living hope but the Oh
Jet OF hope. It's object Is an undef cd ard inc0rrup
he Inheritance state o' perfect goodness that VII
never fade away IL Is hope We each OF as need ana
shall dcvO utly cherish. II il true that life today is
betterhan IN he days Of tie Cars; bu there
* pam, bereavement ana deii ana r6HHdS tHn"at"M
NAV be written over every earthly Joy Let rs theIt-
fore praise God who has given ia hope, aud trust eel-
naIy III lin tOi is accom- II>Su'h5 III !e M 10 c''
Our entrance INTO Heaven depends not on our own
feeble efforts bat on God who las DfOVil II. and
whose mercy sure Heaven Is not dependent ON
us; our redeemed spirits viii one day sing. not unto
let us join The Apostles pilsc, and strive 10 justify
Gods mercy our lives. II ihere shonld h. any one
present who has not vet tasted Of this Eopea nope
o0nde the mercy his living Goblet him accept
1t in Christ Jesus by whom It's fulhment Is pledged
CHRISTIANITY THE LIGHT OF TIE WORLD.
the Rec Dr. Hitchcock at NE madison Square Presby'erdn
After announcing that the Sacrament Of the
Lords Supper would be celebrated next Sunday and that
there would DO meeting Of the session following the
preparatory service on Friday evening, Dr. Hitchcock
preached yesterday from text found in the Gospel
Of ST. John, tx 80 "And Jesus said, For judgment am
come this world that they which not might
and that they which see might be made blind"
If might choose my affection am aware II would
blindness said the preacher. Bat this poor blind
Of Jerusalem was born blind. He had never seen
his mothers face Aud the Galilean prophet answers
his hear,achc lie sees the bright bue sky and the
singing birds You and will mover know how glad that
man was Jesus had cured a great many blind
men, before had he cured born blind
That was n great miracle But underneath IL was
miracle iar sTSa1cr e so l f" cobe od
goes vast tidal waves. We are between the waves.
The last great tidal wave was the Reformation. Bat
how soon 1t sank 10 mere dogma, and at length The sad
here Doubts the malaria IN the aragan,
and In the blood doubt concerning the very root and
substance Of all religion And are We really TO nave no
more glGn al all, but only natural law 81 the blind
men say. They preaching theology instead OF re-
ligon. The tide is out or perhaps stu running For
the present not Greeks, nor Catholics nor Pres
byterans. We fighting only for religion rs England
fought at Waterloo for Europe. To-day care for
nothing but sefmpeachme1t az the bar OF conscience
have n personal God TO take OF Please tell
what you mean by morality. Plato meant sonnet hing
Morality forDds injury to any human being IN business.
In pubic life or at home. And then morality
ought TO mean that you have not been fcorn-
fui nor sclt-wled. How is this You have
distinct idea of what Is nigh: Ten me1in
today Of which You ashamed What Is your present
moral statei would you have u permnne9,lI Would
p, snch moral annrebens,ons Kant has reasoned
70 n God. 1t looks like an intuition. God hives, but
without mercy. He has goodness. they say but no
,nrcv Pbiosophers are plenty Let them snow Us the
wav out, They cannot; they blind Ethical law is
blind as gravitalion. Religion implies revelation or
the nine great religions with which Christianity j. com
nared four dead, the Egyptian the Greek the Roman
and the Scandinavian Judaism Is superseded by Girls
tianity Mahomet failed to overthrow Christianity
There remain others but they avo never dreamed
of con0ucIing the Occident. Christianity ~ alone IN lhf
idea OF universal dominion 1t marches IN legions The
great battles all 20 ia It's favor Mankind wll have the
best religion. - - .,
answers The more we refine. the more VIC dincr. For
fine rank and file the oldest OF he creeds }, The best the
apostolic Would that II were the only test Tor adms-
Sion To the church