New-York tribune., 1882-02-27
TOPICS OF THE PREACHhho'
TIE PERSONALITY OF COD. c,.r,,
- ~ S,g.s ia me Etst Congregational ''"' y
ne h''' - Brooklyn

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ar.,psl GO tie Rev W. c. sues p, romr,ins
Pe'S'n~' ~. ,,,,,re,- At iona. Church loi'fN',
., t.,... .us,,,-,t Brooklyn, on I,'0 -. =. .,o
p.,,oy3ur IN Per,onal cod" Inc heN as, (-n,roo
oc,sscr ~ Mr Mia as pastor O -, -, Gov +,,o
,,o,oI church Nr. Min having pr''''N -, a,h hoodo,
,cars T!,c congr, citlOn contains ''' % ,,. ,.ons
,,,, toc. believed IN perso'@' ' - -
m'u ""' "' ..s,,risy we're expressions oi sorr""
1h''' "s ,,.st,r had changed his grounds OF ne
tia' lneA 4 ,as Eohesans, iv, Is: "One GOO aLd
I'' ~ ~ who s above all ana through o." ana j"
Yen all , o.. s,,1 t1a nrcacher thcto "a
,e-soual prov dcucc or iica Of personal PROVIDENCE
,-s1nal L; od and YOU deny any government Of the
- cod IS then rot n Father 20 US careful ot our
~ tdi,idull lives ami Of those about us. Deprive ne
NJ persoua GOD and YOU deprive me Of moral SANCTION
IIcrv tells us that when atheism is rampant there is
o,,,responding decline in morals. The French Rcvolu
tion was simply the carrying out Of the athestic IDEAS
NJ Rousseau and Voltaire Take away the idea Of per-
sopa God and the idea OF personal immortality goes
with g. II is momentouS question Upon It's decision
depOnds our veal or woe, Qnr nap:lacse OF sorrow.
NOw what Is meant oy person NhRt Is Ile hrrt es
scpfal thing necessary TO define person. The agl0S-
aknr there is no denial il. The trst essential is
ihoueht itself Thought Is element Of personality
eat street in New-YOr Broadway. never took its form
in hneS and stone un,l IT.. IT. haG fnf,d,if. hrst
m. essential personality is certain subtle in
IIought ana win were back Of all But third essential
was necessary in lis construction and that force II
making that snip accomplish IN act o. creation No
matter where the materials come from used an ne Pro
world. used those three elements of pcisonaiiy-
thought, viii and force Life the power TO project No
tiou and you can think, viii and use ic %" are a1c
tOcrcate and prso Now docs the universe snow tHe
pr,sen Of attributes which 20 % make UP pefs3nany
Is thought apparent IN ~ ieai IaN iI'H tn, a. :,
N0u notice ii has system of hbres running through ~
al Joining together III central hhre Tie leaf shows
exactly ~ nuch apparent thOuShl is th "e'V VII - S
II. wleeis and complications. The ea IccdH on cfEo
free. You say it is naturai law Well In5cliEe can
turn out uniform articles but God makes ever blade i
it The ground OF personal power over
seeing it. s there force III the uniyesef There Is hot
Ing the earth but that which has power within IT,
Science began with force, bar science bas never been
abe 20 tel Us "hn; II IS Inc power Dy whicL dIa up
force within me So ne analogy t.aGHes % ti 'f Slce
IL the universe is from Cod me tr0ape WIN h,htS's
mat they refuse 10 seek for ntcliccEdi c'hcluSuH
wAg they @ may De Gl 10 Il rd@ ma Sh S Pa aG aY no o
the uuvere the beginning you cannot get lln out al
the nS2c e%9 to 20 looR aE' Within % "'"2S Myself and "
is the With originating power
to Lin " no called forth remarks this morning. and
have only gwen my ideas as regards personal Cod
ory hc Las lost the Key 10 the divine problem "hc
lie thinks upon the sorroT and suffering o. ms %o@ln @
Ieaile what a terrible thing IL man lie can
not i've me dc key TO The brightness and beautiful III
this world who does no; ind II IA the universe lDS'
lave The consciousness OF Il Father
LESSONS FROM THE GATE BEAUTIFUL.
ne er DT Reedat Ue Mad'soH Hvc'Ue Heor'ed church
At the Madison Avenue Reformed Church,
Mad.sopavc and Fify-sevouth-st, the Rev. Dr. +. a.
Reed preached the Lessons from the Gate
Rraltirnl" He chose rs his text Acts in, 8: Then
Peter said silver and gold have none, bnt such as
have give hee ia the name Of Jesus Christ Of Naza
re,l, rise up and walk" Dr.. Reed spoke as follows:
We ind 10 mention. it Is soid III Joscphus or the
Jewish Talu,ud Of gate Ia Herods Temple called Iieau
pf rua filtlaT
Die WAS destroyed and tradition easily in 70 fill the
Ilace left vacant by the OF facts. 1t matters little
There such gate. The portals TO Horod's Tempe
must have been beautiful. They were magnificent Gs
The building magnificent, and wherever the
"Gate Beautiful" mentioned in the history before
US may have been situated, It was doubtless wen
known by its popular OF Beautiful although
the Jewish historian does not single II out IN his narrative
and describe such This splendid gate. however IS
not deepest because of its precise stu
alton in the Temple Of the grace Of lis architecture
sanity deed with which its name is linked, In
The history and the lessons It conveys TO Ii would
be well TO consider moral story told by the cxpo
Tience OF the man healed. What n sad career hs
had helpless cripple from the day of his birth
uo had finished the pleasures OF boyhOod ana youth
IIo forty years Of are. Hope must have well
nigh died IN his breast Wealth would have alleviaed
his sorrowfu condition and shielded him from many
humlatng rebnfs Whether his parents had left him
nothing or he had spent it all IN his aoorve strnggles
walk but ths poor man had to be carried by Kind
hearted friends and placed the gate of the Temple be
fore cond have the chance to beg Yet it at this
time after tbe lapse Of many years, wlen perhaps
heal him. The record OF his praising God the
moment lie healed, would indicate that
he religious man. Al all events, The
Gate Beautiful teaches never to despair Of Gods
mercy If the praying man, here was long
less life heretofore then Gods mercy the mani
Fest IN that lie gave him spiritual flsht WITH 1odiy
soundness The nan seems T. nave hcit close TO he
Apostles standing with them before the Council 10 Ger
tiy the ao; Of the mra ic. aud may wei believe
that irOn beng u'Vo9t jew, ne p:ta'G ah cIIlc-t
Christian Doubtless the healing Of that lame man az
taat period of hiA history was the occasion o greater
good 70 the Kingdom OF God Than ali ne could have ac
COM hshed, had be been whole III bvyhO0d God always
he received girt OF priceless yaue often when our
prayers answered wished 10 have them,we
are unIefu that do not iO0k for The larger ana
richer blessing which God has sent IN pace "i the uhg
In considering The miracle in It's relation to the two
Apostles by whom II performed, the fact presented
70 pray They turned inside t. work miracle Of heal.
ing. Devotion and labor go haudinhand. They cannot
us for service. The lesson hero is that we should
that which we have In the name oi CnfSi Tor
the good Of our fellows When me poor ma rs hcd aims
peter speaking for himself and h brother Sla'ed what
ought TO be the Law OF GuI lives: such as Ryt s'Ee
thoo; ia the name 0i Jesus Christ OF Nazareth llst up
and walk" Let Us give; either IN money OF III WORK
Let gifts De thoso which 8e have lie who cannot
he eloquent hr his brethren to choose The love or
cod may bring hts Offering of consoIaOn 10 the thS
Srnes one. who win add their lives TO the iuel rather
than tat the flame should flicker and die. The children
His heart the Jewels OF HIS crown Those VINO are
poor IA world goods may be rich IN spiritual bless
iGgs
he finally come 70 the lessons from the Gate Bcaut
fu as related ~ whole Church and the spread OF
Christianity. We Lnow tnot III the period iinneiiateT
following the Day Of PentecOst "uauy wonders ana
eig1s Sero done 5y the Apostles" The healing of the
lame great miracle. OF course, VIII the Al
mighty degrees of power not to he defined. When
say tuat Goa is tno Almighty exhaust the theme
OF power COnsdorlnS the mfGclc a iue Iaic ichlhu,
men only can great. Ia was performed IN open
day upon veil Known pcrs II could neither he hidden
nor denied of the rst perstC CuOu OF
the infant Church. Beyond The necessities Of the hour
the Church vcry poor. Peter sIeain fOr all could
s{l, none 'Ilt.v t.d what