New-York tribune., 1883-12-17
PULPIT THOUGHTS.
EXTRACTS FROM YESTERDAYS SERMONS
cHRIsrs PRIESTHOOD AND CONQUEST

CHRIsTs PRIESTHOOD AND CONQUEST
At the Broadway Tabernacle the Rev. DIR. X.
s. stors preached yestefday forenoon on Chrsts priest
hood He said "Men most apt TO think OF CHRIST as
teacher the foremost teacher OF the ages nut no'hs
more than one among many; example, the most
brilliant and attractive history, but only the Des1 vi
numbers We often think OF Hin as king since VIC sec
His ideas dominating more and more among lneh pu'
while these are true aspects OF Ills "oiA'
they are partial. Preeminently He Is priest
The endlessnoss of Chrss priesthood explains me soM
nass of the Christian conquest Of the world IL Chas
magne had lived centuries he would nave 4t,S
the world into his pattern The centuries are All ClsI
our ancestors and ourselves have been two
half shaping ths continent and st,l the ~ e end of
wastes stretch far and wide. Christ has hIi 'he o "
time TO do His work. II is slow. but certain
CIOCKwoRK CHRISTIANITY.
The Rev. DR.. Parkhurst said: Daniel sys-
tematicin his religion Anime and at twelve ana al tnc
O'Clock he was accustomed to pray Imay seem aouu '
talk about system in piety, and methodn houheS' o'
rofo To y this absurdlty and push You may call
il cockwork christianity II you choose The od dsPei-
saton was inlad with method exactness and precision
Daniel not only prayed regularly three times day. Dut
be was accustomed TO 60 10 particular rooin' peioI'
particular window and nee down with his face to"arus
Jerusalem, And Daniel was a safe man TO trust IN hes
NJ merrency. Wo talk about spontanity
in worship; yet our own service -
exceedingly methodcal Sharply on the minute we
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the long prayer mot because IL Is long now but because
II used 10 bel and when the has moved so many uo
crees We say amen This Is not IN ideal methou Ou' II y
as good az we can prohtaby. There are one "
two matters in which there is especial need OF t Sc
If our devotion as spontaneous as the soE a+,9r
bird or as the perfume OF the hover IL " "ouu a.
little about method. But II you neglect TO pray io' a
n is easy 10 rdicule regular, formal prayer p ~ & c
NOT be spontaneous end spiritual until IL mas h!s In ,'
Te,or and formal Pray. then by rule Again, the tllo
Is coming hen there viii be no temple, no house OF ""
81 9P o5 PpI II II ndrc Is not has s 3 t s Prcsece at altar
Fsthetic emotion is not 10 be c0ntoinoed WIN li'
I A. We'll have dozen homes "a have dozen chur'nts
on your list There those who are pilgrims on e @
earth some are gong round samphng the ,NnIlou'
pra9chers-nomadic bearcrs-pcrpacuc worshpprrss: -
Denominafonalsm s not The ideal but Retter no 70 0o
uutil something better comes. sheer hbcraly II no'
doing the worlds work.
THE CONFLICT WITH ROMANIsM
The Rev. DIR. John z. Newman: preaching on
Tbc Uses and Abuses OF Liberty" said: There Il now
running about this country man who mas oceh al '
courts Of Kings; one whose cloqnehce 'h"i'"'N'
flock 20 hear, whose name has beeh III 'l',S
/ pancr I'm the land and who has been held
IN az the model Of learning and grace. He has
come from foreilu land come 20 voice Rome III 'e ear
nj America; come 10 say how we sha liye how We -hal
Worship how We shall Dee educated There nave nos pa'
uttered In this country more aldatlous sentences '"'
som. that ne has spoken. No Roman CARDINAL 10 'il'
pcnt Roman Catholic priest in this country would ever
D
/ prclatr rcprosrnung the Prince OF Peace, COM
| Ing across the water TO tell us, US Amer
leans there's going 10 De fight. Who over heard
OF such rr,sumptlonl H say- there are -"JoV'p 'lh
Ole, I'm America and that our public school system E III
adeauatp for them and that they goinE 10 leave H.
The result viii De- a lght. Ic-, fight! Tho roaming
bvpo,rc, What right has hc 90 come 10 Us with such
rafrksl He ly- can bc done hy tie uttsaucr ~ q
word sharp a. the click Of trigger; that Cainoicfh
dren win leave our schools and 20 20 those established
by the Roman Church. lie complains that our schools
teach no religion. They should not. II Is not the
business II schools teach religion. Ic rays that
/ thousands of them employ Catholic teachers, and
inconeiuou-y compel them 10 read thc Proie>ani Bhe
Tbc. uota wor Of truth IN t lie says me hllk oi pr
teaching should bee morals and maunefsl thank thee'
worthy herthlt arc abOu, tO learn bow o. behave
Now wa, there such aulaciiy This English cousin
coming here 10 teach ~ To my way of thi9Ag me pam
10 hi success going bc rather difru or our schools
supported by taxation ana u i7 tact tHai tle fsiH
any other religious Organization IN this country. wcnc"d
dcutiaI irction with nll The open party hostility. the
click of the Roman trigger Is heard Republicans and
t}snSSr ~ orr pnhii schools revolution Of feeling
will uuroll which shall sweep from ocean 10 ocean
WHAT Is PREsBYTERIANIsMi
The Rev. DR.. John Hall said If IfPrcsbytcuan-
ism not q sect in st n,heris II In practice. even when
the most trying the sf-is applied Nodcnouinnton
gives more largely 20 uutcnominaiio+a work Not al
ways first q take mold, Il moves cauou-ly t IS the
ln.t 10 abandon Some say that denominations are an
unml1cd eyl and striving after one great church
The statement be qualihod The differences bring
out tuhs and doctrines that otherwise he dormant De
nominations have taken their rise ia strong prnc
nc showing strong feeling and taking strong grounds
stronger perhaps than under other cirum-tnncc-
Tuhappy would ii have been FOR England II c-lcy aud
Mcthodi-in hld arisen 20 millions Their l. the
temptation magnify the pratcuaf Uuh but each mem
Der Of the BODY must hll li7 place
MORAL GOVERNMENT AND LIBEETY
Mr.. Becchcr prcachedu upon human liberty and
human government n the process Of developing perfect
men as deduoed from the teachngs OF Paul He said
/ that while "A man needed restrictions and limitations
they were good but when they were no longer needed
tbc should be ca, aside and freedom Doe usc1 wisely
The symbolism had gone out Of many things. What did
.be on whose ho-Im the diamond pearl en'fTIsted
cross rose and fell know Of sunerngi When one saw
cross IN church fpirc the only thought wac, llulo
Catholic or Episcopal - In regard t0 All subordinate
moralites man must 'On lust Judgement Tor himself
and live 40 70 IT, No should do perfectly right thing
il he should think il wrong The aim OF lie was the
iu'por mt thing aud the nsrumcutalitics by which II
was 10 De reached did not matter
a { 4 / THRTNTT tATTI