New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-17
PULPIT THOUGHTS.
rxTRAcrs FROM YESTERDAYS SERMONS
INITIATING THE EXAMPLE OF CHRIST.

example ana the pure and perfect example W"
Christ gave in his life nae uo ~
thing 70 elevate and ennooe u'' -
ran we initiate God as TO reproduce .i' -
In auy wayi We cannot DO 40 III creation i
only discover invent. God represents u'n,'s "
providence that in Him all things consist ana ne
and Is observant OF all things; that he nouoe W. ,,
and deals with us as individuals Snu a.,
grace upon US and is meTciful 10 U.S. we enoIU w m
ators Of God and try 10 help our feuows-nt up inc
fallen and relieve the needy. and be mercifu ana chV
hs % all II Is the erandes life which can show the MOST
Of Christ in II In unselnshness and charity Goa Is 'he
author of the scheme OF redemption by winch lie grants
ms abundant pardon for sins through the bood OF
Christ We may be followers and imtators OF Goa
by pardonng trying redeem those who are against
us Until we can show the love and forgiveness
of Christ in our daily transactions with our feowmen we
can never convince the world of our sincery OF vi
,wcr M Chris example The love OF Christ was huent
and enthusiastic aud He laid down his life for US We
cannot initiate Him in His infinite love ID us IuuS e
loved friends and foes alike and thought only now o
could benefit those He came TO savele Pla5 ,h Nv
who cuced him The GosPGb OF he 1 bSd he in hi.
life and enable hun to even strive TOWARD tne I ne
Divine love aud unselhshness How different would pe
me worlds conception of Christs religion II hls pr
feSsed followers would show IN theu rG6ors
make them loving and charitable Win lheH hoIsno''
MISSIONARY lABORS IN THE FAR WEST
Al the Broadway Tabernacle yesterday was Home MIS-
sionarv Sunday and most OF the morning service was
taken by the Rev Mr.. shelton. one OF the paNo'@
Rand OF the Yale Seminary He said IN part 40 ho'
that who 90 10 Tue Tar West arc 'iO hiV7' -
able beings in existence. We do not ask your pity II
cannot be denied that we have sacrifices 70 make anu
lardsips to bear but the absorbing importance ana III
terest OF the work makes Us almost forget al 'o'''
have driven forty miles through CUT
ting sleet TO give Christian burial 10 d
little child; had TO feel with my nauuS io'
the ruts OF the way. for mao 'o9t
II I should never have home. But 1t was reward
enough TO receive a sorrowns mothers thahKs' Iniec
things are involved in the pledge taken by our OShd
We build Christian churches; we try 10 spread CArSudn
,emperance; we make the beginnings Of Christian edu-
cation You have been wondering what axe have 10
grind. have to grind but whose Is III u Is
Yours United states Senator said recently mat WIN
in ten pears ten new States viii have been admitted mo
the Union. In ten years there VIII be twenty new sen
ators in twenty years forty Senator's what protective
legislative power viii the East have them II is OWL
interest 10 give churches schools TO the immense I'M
migration OF the West. The crisis OF tins country was
moi In the days OF It's founding nor in the days OF lts
Giyn War but in the future Political philosophers have
long seen this impending and Macauay and Gladstone
have both expressed their fears ina; under Such S"
DR. Taylor added: a Scotch Australian on Nlsluug |
his old home away thistle 20 keep ms patriotism
alive His friends each took little of the down to raise
cursed with these weeds livery emigrant coming here
late"
BLESSINGS OF A CHURCH HOME.
A. the Central Methods Episcopal Church the pastor
tie Rev Dr. James 5 Chadwick preached on the Bless
.1ss OF a Church Home" lie said God has always
favoraby regarded special plans for the communication
o. His truth and the manifestation Of His presence The
House Of God is the place for acquiring clear views OF
divinotrth The whole system Of doctrines, facts prem
ses and principles OF the Bible is here presented ana
illustrated. significance Of Christian ordinances IS
here taught and the privilege OF participating IN
them is afforded. As God filed the temple
with His glory so lie fills the Christian Church with the
evernownc streams Of His love and mercy. Here you
may have pastoral oversight and Christ sympathy,
which is no nconsiderahe privilege OF chuchellowShp
We need all the help get in order 10 I've pure and
usen lives Your minister and hs flock will prove faith
fl friends and wise c0uusellor In addition 70 the
Christian sympathy shown you. churchfclowsup viii
rrepare YOU the better for LIES duties. Here
man draws near 10 God, and nowhere is
he so exalted az when Al communion with his Maker /
such communion produces Condolences and fitness for /
I"ye yo1r own church home lido ike bcorry hut
40 people profess Godue9s ana nave pOelNe
shoulders Of those who liberal IN their views 10
cherish no deuomnatoua preferences. Recommend /
your church home. Maze your friends there Ana from
the church militant may you rise 10 The -potcss church
before throne
HUMILITY A. A CHRISTIAN VIRTUE.
TIE Rev Dr. Henry Y. SartGlee, rector Of Calvary
Church said: Christ a reiOuncr set az defiance the
spirit Of the world. Abolder statement never issued from
human lips than Blessed the meek for they shall in
het the earth IN the odcn time humility a. looked
upon as a vice regarded unmauly and degrad-
Ing AIistotle- definition Of great man was the exact
reverse OF an humble one Hc reflected and defined the
opinion Of the world But the truth of oIr text is becom
Ing manifest. il not only fact but prophecy The
very humility with which its followers had endured per-e
cutou power which caused Constantine and the
Roman EHpir, esuOuse the Christian religion. The
per>eeu;ed became the vctors the spirit Of pride was
CONQUERED by the spirit of humility Francis Bacon dis
proved Aristotle when he affirmed and taught that hun-
NV is lust a. essential to science religion Thus the
came spirit that three centuries conquered the Roman
Empire has almo, conquered il an equal time the forces
% nature.
Pride is moral defect, for the moral
nature Is just distinct from the Intellectual the mind
Is the body Men are true n thought and false IN
power ana influence which they otherwise might attain.
ZONE may ilse in spite pride bat because VI
Il acts behind Consciousness. some men think TO
Tr5e 6rnseIyes upon tbef orthodox other. on their
irterodoIy; on their richie, others On their pOv
each mans pride tells him that he nober and better
than those around him The thought OF self excludes AL
that is beyond SELF and thus be becomes
800 s f I Hupity i. the di,icr NJ
al knowledge. The tuiy great man knows the terrible
cost OF vanity No man can be great both IN the eyes OF
himself and of others lie that cxalte'h himself sh3 be
debased' sympathy j, the true test of the perfect
Christian life BY humility We attract and influence
Others and realize the truth Of Christ, words Blessed
are the meek II men did not have 10 humble them
selves TO become CHRISTIANS the world would long ago
lave been converted
RELIGIOUS EEyIvALS-APOsTOLIC METHODS.
The Rev Dr. Parkhurst IN preaching from Acts ii, ~,
spoke Of the results in winch rel ous revival culrn-
hates, and the means by which that elimination is
reached "Au religious growth" he said I. by revival.
There Is no Christian working on the Penecos;al
lines The quilte,eIce Of an preaching * revival preach
Ing Only such is worthy the name Of preaching The
BOOB o Acts is the book Of Divine Power and Of mans
way o. getting at thar power. is illustrated work
OF divine dynauics. Eeyyals not lost art. The
factors are stu the Truth mans heart the Holy
hpirt are not different We need 10 back first pIin
cipes We traditional methods, but II would
EIop apostolic usages should have apostolic effects
Tie sermon the Mount is setting forth OF
What should be than this Book OF Acts is the
prescription for becoming such. Tho final end OF this
pulpit is toward the conversion OF the unresenerate
This revival must begin in the Church itself Good