New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-15
ST GEORGES NEW RECTOR.
AR TRANSPORTS OPENING SERMON.

TIVE CONGREGATION CBnhD ~ fo"Ori ''O''
DIFFERENCES AND WORK UNITEDLY.
G. Georges Protestant Episcopal Church Mt
stuvvesant square and sixteenthst was wen hiieo
Yesterday morning II was the first service OF the ne"
,ac.or the Rev. W. S. Rainsord, who has lately como
,r, Toronto sketch of hts life published In The
TRIBUNE on Friday After the resignation OF the rev.
DR. stephen Fl. Tying. who was the rector ior many
xears the church called the Rev. Dr. Wiaine AFTER
abort rectorshp he resigned bis position and Is now III
charge OF Chris Church in Baltimore For nearly TWO
years the pulpit has been supplied by various ministers
The large audience room was trlmmeu !e
dav with eyergreens which we're entwined ABOUT '"o
pulpit the reading desk and baptismai ioh'' auu t
suspended from the galleries ana tue gas J -,
opening HYMN was Brightes. and oen OF inc Suns "
the morning" In the musical service o"" N ~
field the organist played Memberships sonata III 10
che onepino voluntary, and Lefebure-Weys ohertory
IN as the closing The Re Deum was smarts in f. anu
the oeertory anthem was Dr. Garrets Lay not up ior
yourselves" 1890. --,.p. oto.
Mr. Rainsford spoke for thirty minutes without notes
md was listened to with the closest al'ou'on -
,uanner-yben preaching animated ana al tunes he
.oLe ran,dv Int " h such careful cnunclaoo tnat In
,i ma, earnest moment, he could be heard distinctly
IN all parts Of the house. HIS SUBJECT WIS 4no
True Life" and after he had finished the sermon no
thanked the church for calling him to become It's rector
although 80 young man and srangerto most Oh 'he'
He exhorted them to forget old sores" and mot DO
Influenced by the tfs that about us In society,"
In the notices for the day he announced tnat beginning
with next Sunday there would be three services oho W
IL H. one at and another at r. m lie ssiu 'ia.
was his desire make the church. standlng as IL uu
midway between the rich and the poor free Ior all "ho
wished to worship The text was read from the
Revised Version and was in l. Timothy vi, 10: "ihae
they may lay hold on the life which is life indeed"
The Revised Version, said the preacher, more clearly
expresses the idea OF tho writer than tho WORDS
nal life" speaks of the life which ia life indeed-the
true life Paul I'm writing 20 Timothy, the Bishop OF the
Church at Ephesus said Charge them that are rch IN
this present world that they be not high MINDED nor
have their hope set the uncertainty OF rches pt on
God who glveth richly all things to ENJOY that they
20 svV ~ disribnis willing to communicate laying up
in STORE for themselves good foundations against tne
% i'm p % He SPOKE Of Christian distribution and
of Christian communication. taese vmo worE
How deeply had the apostles studied human nature ~
was In vain that Paul had sat at the eet Oh one WIN
Man n SO constituted by nature that he must grasp at
sort Of e and who knew that fss w ogIr
the nation and allied himself to what seemed 10 nun tne
sSss m %D0rIsn'a Rsi'y with F'p
sort Of fe Here lies the ada4Rtaoiiitty tS of
4s GSsP Si man However has his
former estate however deoaseq ne may ne may e. the
mere enjoyment OF the baser passions he stu must
srs.p life End the ssps 81 Sq Will an to apGa
God created that craving and WIZ satsy IT, tn
S%ac sa'i the sna pleasure oSsr is SEEKING scientist
seeking and man In any pesitGn 81 ta ne he T. IDEA Il
found in this Ialness In e-fe AFTER inc iuea Vi
0S %h @ %e must do # we would be all worthy of
baneyolently invited them TO plnnge. In MS mes
the name Of Christians is first to discover what the
thrsly. hungry soul OF man desires ara then 10 e11
Understand anything Of the life of Jesus, u is this;
that God would IN Christ reveal eSst "hs we what
needed to satisfy tnat true lfe"that lie when is e
indeed Having explained the need OF our real lfe lie
will mot leay
life does tower above u.s. misty cold Apne sord Oh
life, tuat comes down 10 u.s. mat touches our
lie ana puts its hand our blind eyes saying Ny
brother receive thy sight TINS subject is as. ono
and only touch the confines OF 1t to-day CHRISTIAN
life 10 spoken of in different similes IN the New Tesla
Inent Christ received" John calls T. and thus Chris
fIanity means the reception OF something the carrying
Of communication, first OF al IRON 600 10 man ana
the other is divine It is filing the heart Of man vita
factors which are changing moldins inspiring ana
enDobing the minds OF men christ s Is ruins I'D 'ne
Another expression is, Christ in us Inc hope Of
than they should form and creed It's easy enough
70 formulate belief when stendng an accustomed p.aGe
tact between man and man. We nseo ilie tnet
will grow tor alter all saa rse him That T
Christian to-day and is crushing II OUT Is tne rea9-
nt ha We more real lie In our souls years
ago when overwOrk made necessary my taxing rest at
Of the yellow oak The fcosts Of the autumn the
OF winter nad come but sun dne leayes emu
an unsighty macs OF yelowaess contrasns very un
ayOaoy with other trees that STOOD out clear ann
diau NJ tag.
again passed through that locality, and behold II was
sea Of greenness. could scarcely Dene'e tnal lhey
tneir arteries the iyng life mad flowed and mad over
come the death which mad been so apparent ne,
ia life indeed as the New Jerusalem descending from
God" The picture is changed Goa IS now coinmuni-
eating to man a envirOnInent-a new surrounding.
The life complete four square equal IA an rs warts tne
s lost IN aston she S OF Tue tbat e dapS mig
be adisappontmont. the ME tna dare not Do failure
the hie that never de-this rs NE Indeed would
that in its old Penecostal power 1t could come back TO
ma NV friends IL is coming. There is to DO resurec-
It is coming to tine church, II is coming TO the
race Would that it might come to some me
that You are now hyingi You remember how the
poet all love PAINS VITA picture ss ri ssan aSS S
like that is the informing kss OF God. But some may
Ssyer attain unto it, Not ut all God is very patient
He takes a million million years to make bit OF red
soul The responsibility rests Win you " This above
a thine self be true, and must follow as the
Perhaps God says to you to-day that the fire
burns low aud the LAMP is almost out let me come
can't cam i've i've MI you seek TO make otnel
lives better Some Of you are strangers here doubtless
in Coos name do it'll charge you 10 DC ready TO com
would be true Christians Many Chrisans have no IDEA
OF life They have just enough spiritual steam 10 Keep
The words OF our text seem come to with
special einphas consider the circumstances sur
us / can't think that It Is IN vain that many Of
you have suck by your old church under all the trying
months through winch you have passed. On this oc
casion would gladly thank those who have done 80 FOL
the very kind manner III winch they have imposed 81
much confidence ia one so little to them and
90 Young But a far adler than cannot do I'll,
work alone, and 50 throw myself on your love aD(
sympathy. Help me to make ii known that this grea
church standing ii does midway between the rich an'
poor may be absolutely, as II IL now practically, te
ali WHO enjoy it's privileges. Help Inc 10y you
prayers. / never gone about asking people 70 al
LEND my church and don't inteud doing so now but
am anxious that many shall be benefited by 1t. Let oil
be forgotten. Are we working Tor man or Tor God
I'm nj we In he mOld el
In society, or are Snow that we know s0methln
about the life which Is life indeed May the fires b.
kindled which are almost gone out, and may we b
linked together for the work which God mas gwen TIL
church IN these last days-the revelations OF COD l.