New-York tribune., 1883-11-05
PULPIT THOUGHTS.
EXTRACTS FROM YESTERDAYS SERMONS.
THE SUPREMACY OF CHRISTIAN LOVE.
L. Il. rrnntnrdn fornr,nnn Mr. RanChRf

said The perfume of broken vase has been exnahg
for nearly nineteen centuries The breaking OF that vase
was one of the scenes In the Life Of Christ The woman
could not preach but somehow she must show the hten-
sity Of q bursting heartlove 1t contrast between
love as sentiment and love practical workeL The
average round about had conception OF the value
of the deed To Christ It of love- having an ee
ment Of helpessness which touched Him. he made the
memory Of mankind her monument
To-day among the various forms Of religious influence
there dispute for the first place Intellectual exertions
are highly esteemed. Religion under the form OF know
edge is to the highest type He Is sound CHRISTIAN
who sound in the faith Paul declared to the Corin
! thians 1 not with excelency Of speech or OF
WISDOM for determined not to know anything among
! you save Jesus Christ and Him crucifed' He
who wrote the great theology Of faith in the New Testa
ment says that hearove is tho centre Of his system
Some men think that the aesthetic element In religion
They say that preaching which says the
Queens English and displays oraOry may do for the
vulgar but not for themselves They do not make much
Of the ontmentbu Of the flask in which IS But feryor
of soul is worth ten thousand graces Intellectual or
aesthetic. The heart must rule men,
"Sl more is there zeal show love for good In
practical work There in the Church great movement
for organization 1t Is good work which no man
should neglect, but when men mako It the
index Of Christian life they are at odds
with tho heart Of God-Chrlst. Some men have grand
activities Of soul They not to be confOunded with
the other classes Sti the simple sentiment Of love
shown by this poor woman, whereby she gained the
highest commentator which perhaps ever from
Chrsts lips must stand the highest type Other forms
OF religious manifestations arc useful but secondary.
Though be Jealous that damn men who differ from
Inc in faith and be without love- it Is nothing yea,
worse than nothing, # IS Internal Chrsts saying gives
consolation 10 the great majority Of mankind, but
mourn In the twilight Of meditation that they cannot
do great things Is 1t beyond your power TO
bring ointment to Christ II your mouth not be
eloquent then IN silence be eloquent before God Many
rich toward God"
THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN
! The Rev. Dr. Parkhurst said in his sermon: "There
are suggestions I'm the material world OF kind Of mutual
| interest and sympathy. We could become very good
heOlogians by listening to the little voices about u.s.
Two drops Of dow when put side by sde will try TO get
together Zach mirror In which the other Is reflected
Is not the inorganic world after all Organci Early
rosts may change the balance OF trade An earthquake
in Sicily makes look for heayings I'm South America
In the celestial universe each planet sinks its ndvid
aty in the great whole Gravity IN the material universe
| Is like love IN the moral universe. The family is
Gods little Republic There is Joy, one sorrow, in
true household. Tho spring sun thaws out the frost and
sets the dewdrops free There is still much Of winter in
our social world Some OF the frost has been drawn out
or our family yes-sOme Out OF society There Is soft
enng at the edges and running out into the common
life We are learning to love long intervals OF land
ana sea Slavery has gone down under the warmth OF
llls individual rights rights when
! they conflict with the interests OF humanity at
| large. Christian ethics must solve political
Of the tariff question will be In harmony with this prnc
plo II tariff ON imports does prosper country at
not say does, but II 1t does express no opinion as
regards the fact have There is much talk about
each seeks lts regardless OF the Others poor man
Il not dangerous II he has brothery love his heart nor
Il rich man dangerous II his charity keen pace with his
riches schshncss must be drawn by brothery love
When men realize. through the grace Of God that they
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MANS RELATIONS WITH GOD.
! The Rev. DR.. william NJ Taylor preached
| Hebrews w. -. Him with whom We have to do"
! " We have TO DO with Cod
"Fyt In the operations Of nature The laws Of the con-
scryaton OF energy and the correlation Of forces are
simply the ways m which God works Nature is an effect
Of which God X the cause II We 20 the telegraph and
call electricity Into action Ia 30 iar employing
| the power Of God
"S'coHd In the offer Of the Gospel one method Of en-
poyng natural forces illustrates how ought to act in
reference 10 the Gospel The secretary OF the Corcan En-
bassy when visiting the Western Union Telegraph Build
nH after listening 10 elaborate descriptions of the inr
cate machinery employed there. asked, what IS cecr
city But no satisfactory reply was given him. We en-
! ploy a force which we do not understand, yet
we do not propose 10 change the laws
OF lis operation before make use OF IT, The Gospel has
certain conditions attached to its operation We should
not seek change In those conditions before consentng 10
employ II. II we acccdc to them may employ It ~
surely employ electricity Both are regulated hy
the same lu"sNcf The Gospel has the certainty
nature.
T'Ud,In the works Of Providence Many OF Us have
felt the working OF the Unseen IN the direction our own
lives at critical points The result brought about
through naturh causes, yet God directing It, The
| natural IA well as tho supernatural Is God.
"foHrh, In our daily deeds At home have an ever
present visitor How do We entertain HIM The mer-
chht ms christ ever standing over the scales We must
sell as though We were selling TO the son OF God. On
Tuesday next part OF us will come mp to duty
inc state In that We nave duty TO Christ During the
past week have received various circulars asking me
t1af candat" Bu win wat -, SiS ] eGI'V ion oL tnis % OF
OF the other shall do II In It's proper place In the poll
teal meeting and ~ citizen Standing In the pulpit
have higher office than be the advocate Of any party
Whatever preferences may have of the pulpit my
tuesday II Is God with whom you have to do"
THE CENTRAL FACT IN HISTORY.
The Rev Dr. sorrs preached from Luke xiii, 80:
" And the people stood beholdng"
"Thc crucinction OF the Son OF God "a the central
and supreme fact in tho history OF the world
In It also eliminated tho most marclous life over
lived Even the people stand behodlng'
There were in Jerusalem many who knew
nothing cared nothing about IT, Some looked on with
cXultaon because who stood obstacle in their
path removed It is not the cowardce Of Plate 1t
Is not tue stcmucss Of the Roman soldiers, it is
not the indifference Of the people but the
cxultaton Of this class that pains No among that
thrOng I'm Chlsts death the the elimination
of His whole Mo- in ii the most powerful IN
srumcntfcr victory. To us however, these two facts
stand OUT clear. He who was made perfect through
suffering has gone forth cOnquering and to conquer
" But II was not until His power reflected back
from Heaven that His apostles knew the meaning OF
the and the glory Of that resurrection Christianity
since that time has found its pulpit the stake Of the
martyr and In the dungeon of the prisoner Mutitudes
have eXutcd and mutudes shall continue eXult
Cross OF Christ out OF His death has flown all the
Frightening issues Of tho worlds progress"
DEATH PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL
The Rev Dr. John r. PaxtOn's text was Romans viii
"What Is deathl
"A boon OF God" said Swift We know death only by
negatives; by what It Is not. We know men in their
lives in their occupaons but day they are gone and
then we know them not Seneca said death was the
best invention Of nature But even Seneca hated TO be
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