New-York tribune., 1883-12-10
PULPIT THOUGHTS.
EXTRACTS FROM YESTERDAYS SERMONS.
ELEMENTS OF CHRISTIAN coNsTANcY.

itself except there be conduits of conveyance full Of
heavenly moisture They really part Of the SOUL as
the currents IN the parts Of the and the cur
rents the air part Of the atmosphere Man is what he
is because OF the nil of Divneness which rckes down
through the sands OF bis soul 1t is but step from
quietude TO eOnstancy They twins. The swift Is
not the sustained flight Mountain torrents are rarely
perennial. The brook that loudest In April
Is often silent in July AS grow older we learn to at
tribute the quiet Divine influences. The great
the great SOUL may be sOrmdrven but the surf
will be heaviest where the least waters Emotion
doesn't measure the depth OF pety nor test the quality OF
It. We may pity distress and still not be samaritans
a cleansing flood The aesthetics of the Gospel move
had man as much as good man. Men may indulge mel
anchoy for the mere deciOusness Of it. Weeping may
be even delight This is pohtless 1t leaves US where
untouched Chrst-likeness If We have any. 1t was
the same Christ who was in Gethsemane and on the
emotion but an assurance So OF Christian love- Iii
NOT mere loving pleasant people. That is mutual al
al, as the makes all bright by heng itself bright
Shifting moods come from shifting bodily states MOOD
seen through it. DO not conform bodily anguor with
spiritual braveness cerebral excitement with divine
life i'm ours sadg It is less an EMOTION than daily
walk with God Men about us care little about the
rate MS by our patient continuance in well-dong
oweh from the upper hills, and makes the earth glad"
THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST.
The Rev. Dr. Henry Y Satteree, rector of Calvary,
said in part Nothing is palmer than that the Judg
ment day will suddenly. Behold the Lord cometh
as a thief in the night There be comparison
between Christ and thief except that His coming will
be unexpected And not only the time but the manner Is
a blank mystery. To me 1t is unthnksble. But the
signs OF His coming may be very plain to the Christian
believer for they will be Of spiritual nature The year
OF our Lords birth the greatest in moral darkness
the world has known. Yet that event preceded
by light Religious minds felt the warmth and
the dlused light of the Son OF Righteousness. SO it will
point TO which all the spiritual forces nangurated by
Him are tending i will be when Chriss & KINGDOM on
Heaven The practical question for US is are any OF
century OF the Christian era great effort was exered by
the Christian world. In that time almost as much pro
@ s ggtTis! foIinipS Now tbere are uteray 600
missionaries in the field where 100 years there was
There Is an advanced type OF Christian life existing to-
day. All around us are men and women who would
Is this significant sign of the finest Again. there
Is general disposition at the present day to recognize
thought 70 be insuperabe have become insignhcant
truth and what does not s gradually being brought
about In own Church, party lines are 0bnterated
member Of tho High Church or Low Church for he Is
both in The Church is broadening out and toerat-
recent session adopted prayer-book for the use Of the
Church containing as great freedom OF language ana
almost passes belief aud would scarcely have been pos
sibe twenty years ago. Different denominations ana
separate creeds are unnecessary"
THE INCARNATION OF CHRIST.
The Rev Dr. Patton OF Princeton at the First Presby
eran Church. argued that the true doc inc Of the person
OF Christ finds In lin perfect divinity perfectbumany
perfect dsncness OF the two and perfect unon and he
reviewed historically tho various heresies which have
arisen from denying OF these four postuates.
All ChIl.endom since the sixth century has been sub
stantaly united upon this doctrne but thinkers
day are trying 10 prove that God In some way limited
the uNnitudr 81 His divine nature 20 become man, that
lie dwsrcd His powers to human limits and in this sense
made Himself OF reputation This doctrine Is more
IpcouceIvahe and unsatisfactory than the historic
The Incarnation should be interpreted historically. Let
the facts control the philosophy Men who deny personal
Cod and persoua human soul seek an hypothesis which
shall explain away the incarnation. The doctrine OF the
person Of Christ refutes PanthesIn. lhe grandeur OF
Nature tempts emphasize the nsgnihcance Of man.
. David looking at the heavens. cried What IL man
that Thou mindful Of hint And the question Is stu
forcblc In the light OF modern science ls answer
Is found In the incarnation. The doctrine a,so eN-
plains the secret OF the universe Ihs an age OF eager
research. OF division or scientific labor OF closer ana
closer analysis But analysis cannot go on forever;
there must be synthesis. Already generalization
larger and larger cclci and when tho last grand gene
n viii be found 20 be od Then n II be that 500
years ago most wonderful change took place IN the
eternal communion with the second person OF the Trinity
we shall find human heart beating ut the centre OF the
universe.
IN PRAISE OF DEATH
The Rev John W. Chadwick. at the Second Unitarian
Church. Brooklyn, spoke The Praise OF Death"
The theme" he said Is as old as the world ITSELF and
vet men are continually finding In IL some new thought or
new hope. 1t always signifies misery in the experiences
Of this e and Joy In anticipation of the life TO come
Heather nations have spoken In praise Of death An old
Buddhist proyorb says It is better TO walk than to
rum II Is better ride than to walk; It is better 70 lie
down than to fde 1t Is better TO sleep than to lie down.
IL Is better to die than Sleep The poets have sung its
praise; Bryants Hymn TO Death halls It's coming
Philosophers found death worthy OF their praises
and schopcnhaucr thus expresses tho views OF MS school
TO die is 10 contribute something to the extinction OF
the possible world In our own experience lnvo
untary praise of death has come IN sickness pain, and
misery But all this is negative praise and to us un-
gloomy thoughts The poets OF ife the optimistic phOs
Ophers appeal than the poets OF death ana the
pcssmss We must have more positive reasons Tor the
Pa6c frat OF these is the necessity OF death The
apose's assertion that death came into the world by
mans physical nature Wateyer Is agreeable TO thee
o Nature is agreeable to me- said Marcus Aurelius. and
successive ages have repeated Ills Thought AHln |
Socrates Jesus have all passed through the experience
OF death what decreed for them must be best for
through death world without death would be old
wOrout and to this annhiaon would 2o pr9ieIaDe, % S
experience teaches that II not only makes Us Kind
ton LASTLY death Is to millions the bearer Of glorious
hone Though science should convince us that belief In
the belief Is not a grandeur IN ITSELF an ennobng and
deifying element IN our nature.
THE DEPTH OF GODS LOVE.
MonsgnOr Capel preached in st. AIMS Church. in |
Twefth-st. In the morning Ho said in part: q" God |
IA merc' and God Is love-, phrases which like
often to repeat to ourselves The miserable world de-
prves US much happiness, that we delight TO fall
back upon these gracious assurances OF asomothing
greater than we can see, mighty affection which en-
braces all humanity. We can only understand how this
can be- by gauging II with standard with winch we are
familiar We know how friends and those we love put
up with u.s. and despite constant errors love us still
But the deepest human love wo know OF Is Dut leeDe
image of the OF God. What comfort arises from
heating In our inmOst souls Have mercy upon me, o |
God after Thy great goodness because we know that
goodness imitable The mercy and love OF Jesus Is
ever yelling out toward us, inviting us ever TO come
unto Him. And this persstenoy OF tender affection Is
calculated to overcome all objections The charm OF life
IA love We all treasure up recollection OF the love