New-York tribune., 1884-01-28


THE INSPIRATION OF THE ALMIGHTY.
In the Madison Square Presbyterian Church the Rev.
Dr. Parkhurst preached from job xxi, He said'
There is spirit in man. 1t is the common ground De-
tween man and God 1t Is that potency OF our peins
which the Divine for its inbreathng IL
religious possibilities. 1t is much part OF US as .ne
ear which puts in relation 10 tone renglou w
nature whether will NIL The secret OF our pene.
in God is not because Of the arguments but because Oh
the holy influences within US which are not OF u.s. AZ
elsewhere we trust our external organ, ana ls not
40 much the proof that guarantees the iacui'y
as the faculty that authentcates the PROOF.
The inspiration Of the Almighty puts new vigor
oo @ nnb nechancs about our virtues We need deter
nintns life force at the core OF character. Virtue
@ sy Se natte after Christ and not be Christians We
must have the spirit Of Christ, and the acts VIII take
reseyes can't do the work Of Divine inspiration
This inspiration also gives us fresh views OF Dvlne %
the Bible So Of belief creed is the way Christian
states TO others what God has reyeaed 70 nnsve Of
self and exclusive of others. No two alike, as no
but borrowed from another lad spS sn
obituary is not in order This holy Inspiration also I'm
mca energies Of God but too little the spiritual because
OF unfaith In its utility In our churches we na'e 'oo
much man power and too little spirit power.
THE PHILOSOPHY OF BENEVoLENCE.
The Rev. Dr.WIlliam NJ. Taylor preached on
is not meant to plead for any one benevolent object but
for ALL Hence have waited for chance to deliver IT.
deliver it now because there will be no collection follow
ing Giving is act OF conservation 10 give one sen
to God means giving ones possessions 1t Is an act OF
worship In the old church where was brought up
there stood tripod in the vestbule, with DoN lhto
which eacn one put offering as ne entered
the chnrch miss II here-perhaps from the strength OF
association but it was pleasant custom Giving Is an
ocf of grace II is an act OF communion. II is only
9TH form NJ W
Rnt the latter ia personal the other Is world In It's
FeiStcIporal Spiritual eternal As TO method give
cheerully You parents are making sto lnlsAo uss
The pleasures OF beneyolence than the pleasures OF
SIN Give proporionately as God has blessed You, se
give systematically The motive for giving Is freely ye
have received.
THE SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF THE GOSPELS.
At the Madison Avenue Reformed Church the Rev
David NJ Hunter Of Salem, n. w. preached III the ale
noon from the text, John 80 The preacher said IN
subsance THE four Gospels are not complete Diogra-
phies of Christ They brief empses at fe too rich
for complete deneaon and written from the stand
points of four different indyiduaes. Chrsts entrance
into the world was without pomp and parade ana tnls
absence Of ostentation the color OF his Vhoie NC
and ,eachng The Gospels In reality arc accounts or the
progress of faith in Him the part Of His disciples
Christ aimed at proving His divinity to men by
means that we're consistent with his condition as man.
The devil suggested three ways that would be Ootn Ole
and Conclusive: hut Christ rejected each suggestion OF
divine claims was to fulfil tle conditions of perfect
no Miracles for the sake of vain glory Nor did he per-
form miracles to induce behef IN himself IN every
miracle of healing the faith existed first In the Gospels
we see the progressive growth OF faith in Him on the part
OF His disciples and the greater t1er IatA oeoAe tne
greater we're the deeds they wrought
PROTESTANT MISSIONS IN FRANCE.
At the Church of the Strangers the Rev. NJ. L. Berger
of Paris preached giving outline Of the work of the
Neal Mission In France. "There Is perOdlcity, SAID
the preacher the growth of the kingdom of God on
earth Every and then the clock OF God VIII strike
the hour of splendid opportunity for great service Tor
Christ France has witnessed some OF these Ihree nun
dred years ago in France wide receptvty for
the pure Gospel caused by the Protestant Reformation
There was a time when not mass was said during a
whole year But there followed the long period OF Huguc
not persecution and there Gospel liberty because
there was no political liberty But there came another
epoch after the French Revolution, In which the
same forces that shattered the Empire shattered the
letters of the Papacy and France was in position 10 re-
dtion OF things was Robert MEAL. Congre kational
minister of London. He travelling IN Paris tWelye
bis pastoral labors He distributed tracts 70 work
men whom he saw. One of the men said We don
Won't YOU come 2! He felt that to be Macedonian cry
1t kep ringing in his ears He could not get away from
his duty to carry the Gospel 10 those people he resigned
his cnarge in London and opened hai II the worst psI
of PARIS Bellevle. But hall became too small
at the end Of the first year four others were eso
HSd az Ihe emu ., t sS mi tb3 Sbopeo now tbere are
in all hiry-tWo halls In Paris and over eighty scattered
throughout France These halls entirely undenomi
national There are fortyscven SundayschO0S conneced
with them. There is also dlspensary III Paris WAcn
cared for 5000 patients last year"
CHRISTIAN MORAL EARNESTNEsS.
In the Collegiate Reformed Church. at Twenyninthst
and Fifh-ave the Rev Dr n. VI. Conklng preached in
the morning from Luke tx, 57-62 "Ths passage" he
said is the touchstone and test OF natures Our
Lord understood character and treated persons accord
ngy We have here His treatment Of two classes-the
v1,o 1y
from impulse and only ready to follow along howery
paths Theirs only intellectual apprehension, with
no genuine love TO such Christ says, Count the
cost The latter class may be loyal
disciples, but drawn away with worldly
interests To these Christ says, Follow me- The more
truly man man the less be lind place earth
ropose his heart. soul without Cst l. empty Inc
thought Of eternity IN our souls Plenty OF men
preach Christ Looking backis not the position FOR true
Christian ms Is hIt ic pC9 & or b trf f U A. the he
ginning Christ may give a Christian an easy hed but
now lie asks harder service Chrisrs cal to be heard
first aud unreservedly obeyed. Every affection must
give way for affection to Christ"
'ZEALOUsNEss IN CHRIsTS SERVICE.
At the second-Sreet Methodist Episcopal Church the
Rev Robert T. McNiohol preached from the text Ezra ill.,
"And all the people shouted with great shout because
the foundation of the OF the Lord laid" The
preacher after speaking Of the captivity OF Israel and
the release by Cyrus. said: There two thoughts
presented by the subject and they seen throughout
the chapter: zeal for the service Of God and zeal
for the house OF God. The first thought Of the
peope was the altar, and the only plea
that can now urged by the sinner is the blood To a
proach Father in Heaven we must see that we come
through the blood Their zeal universal The people
were gathered as one. They the Puritan Fathers of
heir day Previous reigns were marked by SIM put now
common zeal nerved every one for action Ihelf Zed
was according az tits written In this OF liberalism
many think this zeal may be carried too far but error on
this side is disastrous not rigid religion but lax
sccuarsm very thing that ruins our religion ana
threatens our homes Never the British power fct
more abroad or more dreaded field than when the
sturdy old ROundhead held the sword"
THE AUTHORSHIP OF THE MOSAIC BOOKS.
The story OF Moses the subject Of the sermon
preached by the Rev H. o. Hiscock OF the Twentythrd
Street Baptist Church. in the evening THE whole his
tory" said he 's an illustration OF Gods providence 10
His people II Moses did not write has been able
Il us " find IN II the