New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-16
WHAT THE PREACHERS SAY.


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AFR Taylor who has been the pastor OF Mount MOTT.
CHURCH only about six weeks from the First baps'
Church OF Providence Rhode Island one OF ,me o,a ~
torcal Baptist churches OF New-Englanu INC noons
Morris Church lie growing rapidly Vi the oep' VI Fov
resting upon the church, $4,000 has been paio anu me
remainder has all been subscroedfo for In 'ne spring e
will begin to take steps with regard 10 the
nuildipc Of new church edifco. The text OF MI Tay
ors sermon Yesterday was ST. John tx 4; "l must do
The works of Him that sent me whe itis Gay, lor 'ne
night come on when man can work"
In reading the context said the speaker we nnd that
Jssus was escaping from His enemies who were
striking with their hands, while flint was In their
hearts In Q moment He would have paid the penalty
with death, but passing through their midst He es-
caped. You or would have fastened away quickly,
and would have put long distance between them and
us but Jesus He passed along saw man blind from
his birth An sense OF personal dangers lost In Christ
and he turns aside TO open the OF the blind and al
though not solicited by the blind as he was by Bar
tmeus. The silent and it was with mute ap-
peal Christ that he asked TO be cured and he was
cured This act of Christ crystallzes In line the prn'
cipe text 81 must do the works OF Him that sent
me while it IL day"
What dangers, what are hunger and thirst before
determination like this quiet and yet so strong
ia its simplicity The disciples wo ud have stopped 10
discuss the origin of evil and whether because OF the
airs OF his parents the man had been born blind But
the great thing TO heal the blind man, and that
Christ accomplished without discussion. When man is
drowning is time to consider how he came IN the
water but IT the time action Our Lord while on
earth had no for speculation but gave Hmseu up
entirely TO questions of practical utility
The mission of Christ OF practical work. Ohrlst
did not theorize There was construction OF beautlu
sentences The philosophy and doctrines of the Greeks
were useless Him. The Old philosophers had spoken
golden words. Confucius uttered golden thoughts ii
words were all that needed Christ need never nave
come vain you cast brilliant thoughts and poetic Ut
.erances concerning virtue into the angry of ruin
The whole world has theorized but the whole world dd
not save man. Hndooism taught that not even worm
or insect should be killed or hurt, yet
that religion moulded tyrants who have
shocked all men. In all the old religions. there
WIS no power to renew the heart Christ came TO work
ont what He Taught He not to talk about beau
tfnl light TO be that light Htmsef not TO discourse
on virtue virtue itself not to speculate but 10
work the Gospels Christs words have life in Them
these their popularity They are simple, yet with
authority penetrating every heart and causing an
electric thrill to fash through III they were words
which even prcked the hearts of the Pharsees; Christ
sad, 81 must work out this problem OF redemptlon
cleanse the leper and raise the dead
The mission of Christianity s Of intense activity
the Masters Thoughts and from purpose not the
temptations of Satan or any shrinking OF the human
personaon of holy zeal There was must IN HIS Word
eTe S sSsSd Sa Tes edn mpso the
portanee of His work. and His activity is with dim
S e wss as Aa racer on the road and could not be
deeed The three years Of His ministry 5yoEs
upon John says of His multitudnous works that all
6e eSk Gr Of de H ea ha He
and did have hindrances as we in our work but He
anty he take the best parts OF our nature but
he took all He was troubled as we f ana ma 6empsd
but also for His perfect life here on earth ,.
n must % DO the Works S Of HIM that sent zeal
Of God was ss great as dnSt of , the S sSn
5sq' GOG had 0OnE sd down for MIN
enough that God had planned and ordered IT. Volun,
God TO law and TO man 1t was an easy ming 10 create
law to stand alone and out Gods commands, this
shows his great love. Now 1t Is on this element OF unset
o osn d dns life earth His
and pleasure His work would have passed . away ana
ness that the kingdom has endured. ~.
comes when no man can work Is this not remarkable
thought come from the Ancient OF Days II there Is
Could not Christ given more than three years to
living this earth when eternity was before MINI But
Ne could not and that was the time for which He had
been waiting ages. II the time according 20 Je-
was eclipsed by hte time OF three years The desti
MES of millions of people depended upon that little ume
Jesus could prolOng the time he spent
here It the Sne ana S99 an DC
fore night came his work was finished. And what
3 nFh Wa wfs the mag night on the Soat
day. 1t was the time to be spent IN
u Tes Now SP' look at p9 the lessons US arising
Chrss HSG ThT neef 0i o6y Ss P P S
what must we dol II He required al this zeal can you
or do lessi We cannot ne slack we cannot d steep
Tor the harvest We do not know how night Is 70
of the shadows that were settling ti Our period
may be crcumscrbed; 1t Is afternoon to some Of Ms
of life As Christs last days were flied with ardor and
spirit in His WORK. 90 let us follow His example and per-
feet our work.
HOW FAR THE WORLD MAY BE LOVED.
ze Re Dr. Martin 1tnGet a. ne chur0" Of the Covenant
The Rev. DR.. Marvin r. Vincent preached
in the Church the Covenant in Thirtyhfths yester
day morning His text fl Timothy w.; TO- For
Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present
world"
To be notorious said the speaker is not always TO be
great Men do not go down to pOserty on the strength
of great deeds or OF sayings alone One man is
Inembered through all time for absurd blunder in
his speech while his neighbOr with his large learning
and his ready wit and cleancut talk is forgotten The
man who PLANNED the salvation State may be hidden
away IN the darkness OF the past while some inferior man
goes scntIating down 10 posterity on the strength
Of some apt or witty saying In the discussion of the
others plan of the text is an instance. Not at
ali prominent man. deriving the favorable mention he
receives merely from the fact Of his being fellow la
borer with Paul. yet Is shown this text into strong
relief and kept IN the clear light of inspection before
the ewes of the Christian world for all time, as the man
who frsook friend and the struggling cause OF Christ
through his love of the world.
The thing which prevents many men from being
Christians s. not their hatred of Christianity
Their disbelief init The fact is potent enough that null
tudes Of men who believe It's truth, acknowledge its
claims and venerate sancty. nevertheless do not
embrace IT, The trouble is they love something else
better. The pTop0uuds alternative: Christ or
tee world for in this instance represents Christ
But question Is asked and especially by the young
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