New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-09
WORDS FROM CLERGYMEN,
THE LIGHT TO RE GIuDFD ny
(7he Rec. IN. w. n. DdUfs me Mutton 1reaue con-
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| hOndt Church)
| At the Madison Avenue Conversational
Church the Rev. Dr. ". r. Davis preached hs farewell
sermon from the text found IN Acts xvii II "Never
theless the centurion believed tho master aud owner Of
the ship than those things which were spoken by
! Paul"
Truth. said the speaker, sOops 10 conquer; she
has apologies for presence In the world she b
no orphan child going forth 10 beg her yav
among the of All the principles that compact
her and make her strong form unit aud cannot be nut
asunder 50 do the yarous forms AMI powers OF truth
take proportion and stature md those who are FOL
lowers OF truth must To he like hersef They can
not divide Themselves and say, much for truth and
so much for God" Truth cannot fail she may
seem 10 be overturned but she only touches the dus,
to rise with greater earnestness.
Nowby virtue Of these thngswe have no fer for that
man Paul. sailing IN the ship toward ITALY There are
that stand with Paul. and the master and the cen.
turon and the all form one Side and Paul in the
solitariness Of his faith forms the side And wa
know that by 80 mnch is he in the heart Of Cod ne
certain victory Never forget that It Is the greatest
blessing Now come closer and oyerhear what IL
going on inside that vessel Paul Is saying 10 all
board that the vessel will DO saved But there will be
storms and hardshps And the centurion ia saying he
doesn't pnt much faith in this Paul that he doesn't
know much about the Adriatic. DO not know that
get any better picture OF the world than OF that
ship sailing the Adratic II Christ unwilling IN
be accepted on his testimony. how much ought
to suspect any else who purposes stand simply
word Of testimony. There the witnesses OF tia
scientific and Of the indifferent school, and when
have heard all they have to say can put 10
in this Yon ministers. yon theological men, arc
not practical men there's great deal OF legal mOwl.
edge that you know nothing abOuti there's lots in
science you know nothing about Now wouldn't II b9
you clcrgymen keep within the boundaries
OF yonr sphere 2" Now submit that the thoughtful
ministers Of tho day do know something You remember
Procustes who took his bed all through Greece.
fitting the to IT, bu II he found TOO long for
the bed he of the legs Now that ia the method of
the scientific ~ to-day. We have little iron bed
stead and II your methods aud theories don't h Il there
Is set OF Instruments that cur on NJ np,h ennS We sec
that the whole body Of power by which man comes
we come ing hack 70 the power by which the heart
knows its way TO tho Father and trusting, rests Itself
there.
Tie fact e. some people say that the pnOc OF to-day
will not stand this thing The public will stand thl
r. not strike these people that the church
Of God is public thing Christianity has always been
public such people today that the public Of
the world that has in il the great gifts of civilization IA
the uuhc thats carving the forces Is cross in H
life Then again another thing comes in. They say,
We are simply going 70 ask one or TWO things 4om
mustn't give us ANYTHING mysterious In the pulpit
They take mystery here In peculiar sens For ages
W. Paul showed that the heart Of God takes up
the whole o Ms family. Tho scientist runs Into mystery
If h hack FAR enough Hes sure TO get into mys-
terry n he goes forw ri ar enough.
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don't be Of it as you u4ed to be "A qmick "a
ministers begin to dOgm1tze hey become odiou- Now
don't Won see how rdicIlous that Il How could the
Apostle standing thar ship in the Adratic say.
almost had a revelation last night An angel came To
me last night ana almost heard him say You will al
most be saved" Was that dogmaticl So the centurion
believed the words OF the master Of the chip than
those OF Paul and what was the result For fourteen
DAYS that vessel went up and down between sea md
sy tossed and dashed by the elements and all there
nj kcl up on the shore o. Metus. And why Because
he M and centurion rejected the word of Iau 10
III. oil m tsaGh iTnp "A fer
time AJAX yOu today, ont on the wide sea OF me- ~
what are YOU being guidcdl whittier are Won -ailngl
Remember there IL a storm coming When your wife
fades away from you and goes down into the awful
silence Of the tomb; when the things with which you
have surrounded yourself are all swept away. II by
tho simeon OF the desert; when the children of yonr
heart taken from You; when y0u stah clone pe sure
thar Won have not done the centurion did and having
dsrcga red the words Of Paul their fate God gives
Won all :hs and strength to seek AFTER ana trust
Years ago the bark Elizabeth was sailing along the
coaaf OF scotland. A storm ana the captain
thought he keen hs vessel on her course. Five
hnndred IN that vessel relied on that captain They
depended him and trusted IN hs wisdom and expert
cnce The dar;ness Of the night he saw two lights
lie looked ut and then az the other ana hna,ly
s'eered for the he thought the right light on the
coast Then there to him from over the waters
ronr of the Fire Island, and IN short time
his vessel had snapped her cab'e as though II we're
sSen cord and 1t was dashed against tho rough ana
rugged rocks OF scotland lie hlu nlst Ken We I'M
Don't let he said Of any Of you that you nave mistaken
The light. That's al.
meeting for Monday evening to take acton upon the
rerly OF the Rev Dr. j. p Newman who has boon called
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may understand" said DR. Davis, the attitude Of Dr.
Newman toward the church and Of the churc toward
him I will saw having personally had relations with
the Church Committee Ia regard to tie calling Of Dr.
Newman and having been the hrst one 10 slegs MN 10
Won aud fearing YOU may have gotten wrong impress
sons FROM the newspapers this subject that Dr. New
man has received unanimous ana ohcla can 90 me per
napent pa-toratc this church. heard him last even
ps teU the commit that the question OF permAneocy
depended upon the people and not upon himself; when
means that ii you all rally and stand by the lew man.
the new man will stand by YOU
nr Dayis has been called 70 the Madison Avenue
Reformed Church of Albany. At his installations next
Friday evening, the sermon Will he delivered ~ pr
Charles Robinson, ana the charge 10 tHc pculI Will
Ice made by the Rev. DIR. Ortniston.