New-York tribune., 1884-12-01
PULPIT THOUGHTS.
ors FROM YESTERDAYS SERMONS.
vop,pIY INFLUENCES IN THE CHURCH
WOhhp" l.o.ttha laftar In tho Church

'n or,ds sins; the ""s'o'' 80 =,
the srs ~o' habits, and set examples VI
the wotia' before their people; the churches
careless ,,cs and stealing for money that use 'ho
that ,,ot minge In the selfish sritc OF po""cS'
sccoi" ,a 20 gain ecclesiastical ends h"' WI"
tha' AM .,h rocucs for the sake OF aggranoHemo"' q"
promise reaections of the Thyatra Church anu ."
.neso III come the fierce Judgments WHO" "io
'ho" 'hs,h has threatened. When chu'ch' VI Gus
tne submits to false teaching 'eaoh'hS w"'S"
Chr' oral principles and compromises WIN ,'o
'"S the way to ruin is enteren on i"o
t's,hle arguments used TO canse 'he "0'op
.ucb teaching would be quickly expose" """
oil SUI s - pot the affections already enlisted on the
.yo ., the arguments. These arguments are gehc'""'
""oS on the natural weakness Of humanity wmch ca'
20 20 ~ ovnected to be perfect on the mereies oi "oo
80 would not be withheld from anyone because Vi
,o,aing 10 this weakness, and on the eieVa'ioi y,
,ol,ever 10 a plane Of life above the ordinary 0''
and punishment r,,bov show any
I'VE are TO beware Of false teachers II tuey s"o" "
s,ncet to Gods word, II they mingie thihgS sa'VU
ond profane il they speak carclessiy OF hS"'' y, ~
,,ics ~ they teach any doctrine that excuses "' W.
ifin their personal lives they are spo''co, sn"" n
Won vould the pestilcnce. We are peIsoh'''! " ',,t
cuf broad and deep between us ana tue woi'u' -, NJ,
he In the world, but need not he OF INC -
ana ought 70 be kind and courteous to all ou. We
must not be intimate with the enemies VI |"''9' -,
fearful judgments of the Church oil Ihyau'" wa ,h
,h,y d.seepd upon us II We 1t Is easy Tor 'lo
Yll9
90 he corrupted She world introduced VIII soon 'u''
the church. and then our God Will be cosur'S poAn
BAPrIsT MISSION WORK AT HOME AM &c.,
Tae missionary Society of the Twenty-tiro 81, 81
-. ,,,rch at us annual meeting yesierd'S'
reod IN contriute an amount yearly to inc S"iPO''
of a native preacher in Burmah Inc secie'"'
ported largo field for sunday school WORK IN inc
borhood of the chnrch and committee was apors cd
give the subject due attention 'on" N
president OF the society
THE PREACHERS DIFFICULTIES
Tn his morning sermon the Rev DIR. Paxton spoke at
some length on THE Diversity of GIFTS: lhe po'o"-
talitics OF the human mind are something WHO" 70
,cc, environment alone can develop. Every man mas
some genuine good in him. The real mischici OF nie
tina, we predicate OF the whole of human character w'
Is true only of fractional part The result is Una, ~
,inornphies are possible OF every man, the one eoS
the other defamation We forget that the scane iuo
only tits the shoulders of one man Wnoicsae oonu,'
ZION Is AS illogical as II is absurd As the author
,,ca,c, than his book so the man OF genus IS
c,ea,rr than his within. Because johnson Woniu
an, ,n,e roofr except with his left foot foremost or
asha SAKE aets h1 s HreSSp'f,h II they arc not
thertoie 10 he repPatDd 20 the coiett ,W looS s.G
we wi' so thc ditinit inrach. o... 49,. A.. u,,,
IA tah bne has Ms irrnliari,s 80 yach hn3 his g,
tas, smYhasHgs, Y,s gs,Arsbgis gie @fh h6t ihatg io te
tpa, tss asa , fsia tgls h tf5 s5yo rn e4peas n
shi3sa fnl t grshgp fG EiM'f'sA,ess ,ssgsS We,e
steN .lafp' pte ieN ~ etAF seHAa,ils 'N}, Rats
,M,sallgl be. ps,e. sAaie sApH i,Np Wtli, 2 itrH3
Me- pA.s Spn'ese ssss nss HTpe}sa MY 4 titelpAa
sansssteA, rs Maptf leeslisp 81 NO q Ng i}1M
aMes the Yeal' auA aesalhs Ware nan hsE sease "
lAe Ieupg he Mea iai e feal1s lHd enn"NiaMty L,
az extra pressuFp Of empal,p' ana ee ns. q 10 nmd
main above sasg'eon Is nan Mp reepaIe sn aud re en-
force with ireshness equal 70 th"' bSSHs GSNs T d.
"arasanenis Which have been boaped upon The
relative ability of The clergy ana "lhet pl'esShs'
sr,ean Congress has many brighter shs than those
OF pulpit IN each of these countries MN H e Sonl n"
lug possibility Of ekcng Oul nisctane tal LIS 40
Of some board for damaged minister men have gone
forth and made your c,vhItom % honnsaSo ,sh and lust
uALF-LIGHTs IN JEsUss CHARACTER
The Rev Dr. X Heber Newton: without haii-
lights and semtones, We can attain no'h'hg hisn III
music or painting II is the shades OF expression ina.
lead 10 a complete and perfect whole Inc history Vi
Christ rs expressed in what has been recorded OF his
acts and savings by His Apostles, shows Him us hed Win
the fullest life He was the most perfect man.
so charged with vitality that by the laying on
., Of IdhS III eve tbere was pa,hos Ordinarily think
of film n "a grave, statucsQuc man. Dut nc rdScS WIN
touch from one mood every other mood OF the human
mind Humor has its place among them, though IT Is
often overlooked by the abest men III their s.nu {" u
character OF Jesus Some Of us nave an ldet tna nion
does not belong TO the perfect man but that SapIcH
for enjoyment and pay Is symptom oI hy fne chrsi
His parbles and is associated freSuehMy M %,n .ne
lfe
looks down ON the poor publican and returns thanks that
ne is not such as these men are such sccne, ~eIo M
drawn from experience from inc hlc Nlhosso" u! wv
NsZarene In the synagogue
NEED OF PRACTICAL RELIGION.
IL being Communion Sunday Mr.. Talmage's sermon was
an exhortation to follow his text Cast my burden
upon the Lord and He shall sustain thee" During the
last week. while have been celebrating the gathering
of the National harvest OF Us has forgotten that this
Is world burden. From West Virginia and Kentucky
comes the news scourge sweeping OF hundreds and
hundreds Of people. We all have our burdens ana nave
always taken granted that when there arc i've hund
red thousand people in All audience there surely are
five hundred OF "a thousand people with burdens What
we need is practical religion In the Straits of Magellan
there places where whichever way captain puts MS
ship wind Will always be against him. and there are
running all their lives In the teeth OF the WIND
There are great many men who have business bur
dens You hear IL Ia ayarice that dives them don't
believe 8 word OF It, The vast multitude OF business men
toing for others tong to educate their children,
tong 10 pat wing OF protection over their house hold
that when they gone their loved ones VIII not go
to the poorhonsc You say hat G9d does not care about
u than you DO lie knows what notes you cannot pay,
MAJ hsso,e @ goUus & you r g, & %o tS Nv tbs Rihe aud
lay II by your ledger.
THE SOURCES OF NATIONAL STRENGTH.
The Rev A. j. Palmer OF the Park Avenue Nj. L. Church.
spoke upon the duties men owe TO the Republic Every
nation Of antiquity possessed some incarnation OF phys
cal strength-Greece her Hercules. PhGncia her Go
hah Israel her Samson The locks OF Samson
the locks of this giant of nations unity
law. official integrity free ballot. public education
Amcricanism and reverence for God Maintain these
LOCKS entire and maintain the strength OF the giant
cut him OF from communication with any other nation
but let him possess these locks in their unity and
Jon deprive him Of iolhing. Ask Canadian I'm the mid
ole o. EUROPE whefe he Is from and he viii say canada
ASK man nom the United States aud he will say Amer
lea, The sixth lock is Americanism The German who
settles mere should leave Germany behind him. Me
should nave no such terms German Americans Irish
Americans English Americans. 1his SAMSON of Amet
tuni1l should never ailow the Dciinh othri uann
"a ca, Ms locks Cite 20 him these seten iot ana hn
will slay MI tyrnnts yet
Joy ~ fni.ie
ihe Ret ~ Dceni'; We shoud teiocs IN ,iial he.