New-York tribune., 1880-09-27

tnes seized u.s. In Getbsemane seized our Lord IN,
TO-DAY we rejoice the fuIncss and the glory new DAY
find In this text tbree nKs Of new e-a glorious fact
aimed gracious experience confessed and glad tes.
timony gwen. fnd glorious fact clamed" The Lord
Is my strength and my shield" There II Eohine con.
dtiona in form OF tho assertion. He claims personal
property God who apprOpriaes this text himself
This claim Is not providence OF God Is II the
internal work OF divine upon the soul;
II some discriminating attribute, such as goodness.
love or mercy God; neither Is 1t the word OF God IL
is Jehovah Himself J"s that which tie bank is 20 the
user tist that which the father Is 10 che household
had God become to trusting or Jesse The stand
ard of criticism Is the possession OF God Muliituaes
Of men there are to whom God is absolutely nothDg
There are who have advanced further than tins
mere negative Indifference who call God law and den.
tfy Him with the forces OF the universe More blessed
arc men as God becomes them real But there
are many to whom God is all in all Better ia 1t 10 baye
the prod consciousness claimed IN the text than
the world This glorious fact, when IL becomes matter
OF consciousness, transformed Into force OF charac
ter for David says that the Lord is my strength"
This ia consciousness which makes men independent,
for he who has God for his strength fears no foes Only
man Of God can be man OF might
God shields US from the dangers and enemies OF this
lIfe We are full OF thanksgiving for known blessings
But God has been shield between and the storms OF
the sea, aud between our lives and the dangers oil
the land God has warded from us the pcstience that
walked the MONDAY and all the diseases OF the hours
Of darkness We count uD many known merces'
but there must be added them the catalogue Of un
known things from when we nave Dccn saVed py the
shield OF Jehovah.
David says, and echo his words, My heart trusted
in Him and am helped" Heart trust is the roo. Of the
Christian life. We have had enough Of head faith J
have sckened TO the soul as through EDgiand and
the Continent have wandered. 10 the churches
there ceremonial superstition so universally substituted
for the simplicity OF the faith. When the Dody Degnt to
believe first the soul believes When faith Is
simply Of The & heart Is divorced from tns
this claim has become conscious force IN your chai
ewes and from manesng itself in various other ways
than you stop fountain that springs through the
sand. like the amen corner IKE the HaiielaJan
chorus. IKE the song of praise TO be loud
Take property In Cod Let no man dispossessyou
Of IT, Claim all that there ls IN God your own, and
turn this consciousness OF property into strength and
appeal to it for defence
THE RAIKES CENTENARY MEETINGS.
The Ecu. Il. f. schagoter at ne Brocd'ay Tcoern9e'
The Rev. A. f. Schaufler spoke to large
congregation the Broadway Tabernacle last night on
the Raikes Centenary Convention IN London, as it ap
peared TO lin. The speaker described in detail the
manner in which the work Of the Convection was
divided up and perfoyned The attendance the meet
lngs Of the Convention, he said was mserably small
which circumstance he regarded due constant
purgatOria fght the delegates engaged in between
their duty to the Convention and their desire to
see the wonders OF the great city Of London.
He was particularly truck by OF the features OF
an English convention. One the tedious volubty
OF the chairman which consumed good deal Of valu
able tme and there the expression the part OF
the audience of its approval dsapproyal by word or
mouth With regard the central meetings OF the Con-
veniion that which impressed him most deeply was The
reports of the continental delegates. He was especially
Impressed with the reports of those delegates who came
from Protestant countries. He thought from tac
reports in reference to Germany that that cour-
try was in n desperate condition religously, and
he asserted tnat land of Luther to b. again
reformed the Sunday to be the instrument
by which the reformation 10 be effected. He BeXr
proceeded to the consideration OF the three meetings
held i'm connection with the Conventon-the inaugural
meeting In the Gnildhall the great meeting at tao
CRYSTAL Palace and the Communion service III Mr.
Spnrgeons Tabernacle The singing OF the sunday
school children at the Crystal Palace was, he con-
sIdered marvellous performance. His astOnishment
and admiration increased as they went from piece 10
piece, and last sang fourpart English iDadrigals
without orchestra accompaniment. In this perforu
ance they dId make mistake, and all the lights
and shades perfectly rendered. This excellence
was attained through the instrumentay OF the sunday
school Choral Union There nothing Ike that Uulon
ln America and thought that something should bc
done i'm the same direction here In the matter OF Oui
door missions America also FAR behind England.
4 he general impression made by this Convention
that America had fallen relatively behind In the sunday
school work In respects sunday school workers
In America better of than those in England, but he
thought with the ten thousand concurrent advantages
possessed in America, they ought 10 have made moro
| progress.