New-York tribune., 1884-11-24
putPiT THOUGHTS,
vxrnAers FROM Yesterdays efhMosa
yus srsrFu,snss oF RELIGION,

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A. him nv saying "He msketh me 10 lie o"~" " nav,a
s,urasr To us pasture is feeding place '" 49, ~,
,.s also n resting place. There Is a IassNe s -.
deem living which should he consideren, ''n should
ouiet waiting a letting Him take hold OF VS. WI A. ha, n
No ,uduged The hest recollection oil Then, any
was a time OF being we'll taken '"'o ,a,o our con
o.re ON our part This idea enters - S.,,,s mt
,,a q, Heaven We take our present "o' , IN
,nc,, comp,ete qualification into 'uo , - rost
4, u.aven The poor will he rion '"' - ,,,o, "a
,ho am lions be kept perfect peace a a,on,ant of
.,,o,,hv hut IL rather overworks '"e a"n -.
trustwors' ' r, secprty we feel that we shall get
rospo"' s,ar whi,c rests the consciousness 'ha'
,,, ~ has already got into us here we oo nov "
-. nm, the work which wrenches We want W 'ee' ""
.san care of and the idea of Fatherly Providence
h,,oes in with this desire. Our work Is h'ae easy y!
as, -, cod IN His Fatherliness and His Motherli-
80 for God is both Father and Mother Christianlty'
a. an idea begins with thinking OF God ~ chid nihAs
~ father and mother Christianity, "a e oSihS win
ac,,,g toward God q child acts toward father anu
mother The heathen thought OF God as their enemy
fsrstianity has fighting this Idea Tor ekh'een
centuries aud has not yet It. The first idea
ehd should have OF God Ia that OF great father 10
whom he can tell his joys well ~ troubles ihis pehs
sayed by God deprives failure OF anxiety ana uiS"p
pointmen generally say We do the best we Gun anu
leave the rest TO God We should rather leave all 70 oou
na theo do the best we can Religion Is the only expe-
aent for getting along without being eithef
hardened or crushed In life death the Thought 'h"t
God is with and supports makes us CAIN anu
strong" .
LuKEWARNfNEss IN CHRISTIAN SERVICE
The Rev. Dr. william NJ. Taylor: From the letter sen,
ou, INV our Lord Himself TO the church at Laodicea
take the three words-"T Thou art lusewarin IL VIII po
profitable to diagnose this condition. ana p"iht o"'
origin and cure. Their iakewarniness was ho' '"o
ton nor bypocrsy nor infdeity, nor open immofHn'S
nor even heresy. IL being at ease III Aioh my
conceived Christian service as an ee
CANT appendagc ordinary life They had just a. o"
religion as was fashionable more fear something
like this is too in the churches to-day ihefe
seems 70 be majority OF honorary members Earnest
ness il Questionable You may fire extnguishers
wonder in the corner other fire exungus
era than those OF Babcock-men with the motto oi the
French iipomatist, Above all no zeal" Our modern
nil adDirGri, supercliousness, what Is put
the Iaodicean lukewarrnnessi Rouse yourselves
II Is the precursor OF death. The origin oi
the disease was their worldly prosperity and spiritual
.elfsasfaeton To he wrapped in worldly goods Is
precaons for Christian The principle OF the Gospel
felt need prosperity duls this. II s the constant con
scious reception of favors from Christ hat Keeps aVe
love to Christ speaks of their condition with oath
,nr II had on him effect similar TO that produced py
drinking tepid water He hope in coldness
even Iepid sentimentslism Is always nauseous' ana
Christianity ia sometimes blamed for II by thougess
men our Lord would have these neuisltinied Chris-
t,ans stop altogether I've jealous. Their crime
was pride and their punishment is desoation let us
take warning let open church and our heart thn
We rny know what It have Christ eone In and sup
with us ..
CHRIST THE POWER or GOD
Al the Madison Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
the pev if ilaany spuhe upon the topic, christ the
rovef ~ tica" sstlns We may luuk w vaiied diiec
tnrs 10 see the truth ~ hs statement as " stahds w
enumeration vita thtsts resun, ~ W eunneeiun with
hs wufk thisianlis a,pt haet tc We sunite ls hoi
sstef ~ nlnta ~ Prejudice, bnt ihp uhvelllns ~ hs
,esle tact What has slnps hpth ~ the woilh u hnhng
bot he eaieai dnyeiepiAeht VI lhe tae, thfiss Nwei
10 speR ~ iis ms. uaas rewef eNeF na,H,si rhe""e,
AID Hese hsn thls hs eewei 10 sph W. hs hn"sp'' s'
naeies, ! hna lhs' eae vhe haa netei stpg Ne' e"lt
by eiYing ii s''al N'ta let'ltA 500 ve 80
aun ms he l"wer level HE etWis has learned how
20 the cataract aud bl hls .eueh 70 ls sh 'e
hrsasEt the instantaneous power without tue use Of
media
THE FooIIsHNEss OF SOLOMON
The Rev Dr. Charles I. Robinson, In his morning ser
mon: Solomon started out with the worthy aim OF Try
ING 10 see whether the world OF pleasure contained the
highest good for man. He planned To secure happiness
by lavish display OF his riches His treasure house
rave hun streams OF gold his throne was Of ivory over
laid with gold his ships used merely to bring MN
amos and peacocks precious stones and cedas This all
came to nothing To be sure, people crowded to see ht
gorgeous gotesque displays People always do that
they come mans table. drink his wine, stroll
about Tins MS m gIou aS ad pss saw What fool That makes
two fools If you look II Alright 30 solomon al ias
as
and found himself no happier by this his
riches reviewed his course In the light OF dyinely
given wisdom and summed II up by calling himself four
times fool"
HAS THE PULPIT LOST IT'S P0wERi
The Rev DR. Macarthur introduced his discourse upon
John, H. with Q brief analysis of the character OF
John him. in every great type Of manhood, ex-
tremcs met. The author OF the Gospel of Love and Of
the Jolannean Epistles other than ho whO by
his violent anahcmas, had earned the title son OF
Thunder" But, like his Divine Master he learned to
baptze "woes" IN the tears Of tenderest
love Natural law is constantly demonstrating that the
mghtest forces silent Gentlencss aud great
ness meckness and might owliness and l0ftiness from
being alternative have in Christ become synonymous
Backed by such the sacred character becomes
umpe aChabe tie clerical onice one OF authority Has me
the pulpit lost its pOweri is query whichis constantly
reechoed If by power We mean the arrogatins to II
universal priesthood of Christianity say thousand
times The cloth as cloth Is no longer the lac
Men recognize the Chureh as one thing
ana eeoesiasticism quite another The latter, once
earar,ar 20 be the supreme standard and it il ire
sistibc Worth must win righteousness aud ultimate ail
feels IT, TO plead successfully at the bar III the sen
ate lie than ingenious, he must be good
WHY MEN REJECT CHRISTIANITY.
In the Church of the Strangers Dr. Deems.said God is
not afraid repeat himself; hence it is that history
moves in cycles eminent jurist said to q"
lawyers did not repeat more than you ministers do
we should make no more converts Men reject Chris
tiauity because they mistakes about Its evidences
which are internal, external. For example, they
say. "No two ministers interpret the Bible alike
why should I accept itr' As well say,
81 will not live under republican
s;itutiOnal law because such Web
ster and ChOate differed in its interpret alton"
will not eat because among the various schools OF
physioogsts there those who nterct every kind OF
food" would you give mp eating that account
Again often object, There is much mystery In
the Bible q argument against
Christianity ie An argument for IT. Don't know that
We never love anything fully understand Some
people think that science explaining everything and
thai mystery y left only in religion This not true
Science starts two mysteries when explains one II
Plato were ON earth could tell him VI 4o3 mysteries
he never thought Of