Daily Republican., 1880-12-06
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Rev, r. II. Du Ynl's Sermon.

Rev. r. II. Du yaI's Sermon.
Mattahoon Tribe, No. IL, Imp. o. K.
NJ, yes terdsy morning visited the
First Presbyterian church, and listened
10 a very interesting discourse, dsllV.
cred by the Rev. r. 3. DuVh.
Having announced that his remarks
were based on Matthew 22; 3a-4o, the
reverend gentleman said that the Lord
has very little sympathy with small
things. OF, the violet, the dswdrop,
the lamb or the infant he professes pro-
found sym pathy, but he has no symps-
thy for things Of small moral import
such as tsohnicalities and discussions
that serve more to display mems deceit
than tho word Of God or any saving
power. Men too often like the glow
worm, seek TO walk after the lamp Of
their own lighting they shut them
sslves up in the narrow cell OF their
own conceit and think by the light OF
their own uuaided reason to solve all
the mystery Of the truth that has been
hid in Jesus Christ before the worle
vas, and because they will not come
into the open light Of DAY In which
alone they can bs convinced, they deem
their position imptegnabls, but they
often forget that their impregnatility
consists OF their ignorance. There Is
no eye so imprsgnable to light as the
blind; no mind so imIreguable as that
which is incapable Of pure reasoning;
no conscience 80 impreSnable as that
which is incapable Of telling right from
wrong. 1t was In this spirit that the
Pharisees came to Christ, entering upon
the useless speculation Of which was
tho create s! commandment, when they
tn themselves, had kept none Of them in
spirit, and many Of them not in the let
tor. Our Lord at ozss threw aside
their trihinS waste OF words by show
ing them the law was never satisfied
with any outward form be 1t big or lit.
lie, bat that law was all summed up in
the one word, love. "He that loyeth
hath fulfilled the law"
We have love TO God because be is
our Creator, and If We are thankful for
benei to reca.vsd, how much more for
the being which is capable of receiving
aad enjoying them. We have love TO-
ward him because fthe elevation he
gave us in our creation. The potter
hath power over the same clay to make
one vessel 10 honor, the other 10 dis
honor, but.it has pleased him to make
US in his own image, bundle OF bound
less possibilities. We love him be
cause Of his providentisl care. Jacob,
at the age OF one hundred and forty
seven years, lying on his dying bed,
lgave thanks to God who had fed him
until that hour. We love him for re-
demption at so great a price IS the gift
Of his only begotten Son. We love him
because IT Ia the most exalIinR power
that can possess the human soul. Sen
timeut is to the soul what tendri!s are
to the vine. II they twine around
that which is low the whole stalk, vine
and fruit will be debassd, but il about
supreme excellence 1t will partake OF
1.-The exalted natRre.
The second direction Of lovets toward
our nsigh ghbor. A neighbor is any person
whom W. may be associated with
ia life. We are to love men because
We are the offspring of one Father,
consequently brotherhood. The
nations in their abandonment OF God
lost this important principle. 1t was
restored through the gospel aud Paul
dared on Mars Hill to teach the proud
Iphilosop hers OF Athens, who boasted
themselves TO be AutOChthones, origin.
laly sprung from the earth, lords ot&llr
5espiBiDg ali others, that God had made
Of one blood all msp that live on the
face of the earth. This is the only way
to se,urs right betwesn man and man.
For what Is law 7
1t is but the outgrowth Of a peoples
moral condition. Water never rises
above4.s fountain head.
Laws are no better than the hearts
of the Legislators that make them. In
the name of law men have beeA cheat
ed, robbed, sold and put to death, but
love says "do unto others as you would
that they should do unto you" Love
worketh no i'll to a neighbor; then love
is the fulfllmert Of the law. God en-
forcss this love to neighbOrs. If any
mau SAYS he loves God and hath his
brother he is a lar, for II he haIeth
his brother whom he hath seen how
can he love God whom he hath not
seen. This commandment have We
from him: "He that loveth God loveth
his brother also."
The great purpose Of the law and tbs
prophets 10 to bring men into this love.
Paul says the end Of the law is love
out of purs heart, out OF good con-
science and out of faith unteigned.
The law and the prophets are only
props to the tree until il grows into the
higher Law of love. How are we 10 at
tain this! Not by natural develop.
mept as boasted in philosophy. II Wei
desire wheat We must SOW wheat.
There ia an analogy between physical
and moral seeds. Man naturally lsvSs
friends snd hates enemies. II Is God
alone who can give us the seed from
which springs the power Of loving enc
mics and blessing those who hate US.
Thus we gain from God that gospel
which tsGches when We were yet enc.
mics God rcconcilsd as unto himself by
{ Q death of his Son; and we feel that
God loved us while We were un.
lovely, and that enmity against lin
receives the spirit Of not only loving
God in turn because he first loved uS
bnt of forgiving every one his trespas.
ses because God tor Chris"s sake hath
forgiven us. This true spirit Of regsn-
GRAFTON turns the natural hating heart
to loving spirit, to love the Lord with
all the heart, soul, mind aud strength,
and to love our neighbor ls oursslf.
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