New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-13
GOOD FORTUNE OF DIR. j. II. KING.
FIVE PASTORAL CHARGES IN THIS CITY
AN EXCEPTION TO THE IrINEnAYT RULE-HIs FIRST
SERMON IN THE PARK AVENUE CHURCH.

Az r1cppr1ov tn Tux IrINEHANT RULE-HIS FIRST
SERMON IN THE PARK AVENUE CHURCH.
The Methodist Episcopal itinerancy synoh-
ymous with change In the minds OF most has also III ''
nexihility certain elements OF stability Men VINO Pos
sess the requisite qualities may under II develop ioo
strength and influence. conspicuous example Oh 'nl'
is the Rev. Dr. James NJ King. Coming to New-f orh !"
1874 at the invitation Of ST. Johns Church in Fl1y-
thirdst he has received larger number OF consecu
tive appointments 10 the city than any other m'h ~
the history of the New-York Conference FROM on
Johns he was removed to Washington square o.
James's (Harlem) and Eighteenth Street, remaining
fa term at each charge. His appointment last "eeA "
The Fifth Avenue Church his fifth consecutive ap
pointmen in city, His abilities are geheray recos
pzed In the denomination. was demonstrated III Mo
election year ago lead his delegation ID the ene
Conference and tho large which he received iron
that body for the Office Of bishop
DR. King Is born leader, with commanding pres
ence genial manners pungent wit and healthy harou
NJ sbams together with courage OF lis CONVICTIONS
and the command of the most vigorous Saxon lh>"hen
TO denounce all forms of vice. His ministry Is cohspou
ously successful raising the moral tone OF society
while his sympathies bring him quickly 10 the front ~
all questions of social reform He Is now serving MS
second term chairman OF the Executive committee Vi
the American Evangelical Alliance. and of the Commit
tee on Agencies of the American BLDG society," anu mas
an equally honorable position Oh elght OF niue
nomnational or secular directories III the Guy Inc pun
nit TO which he just been appontedis one OF inc mus
influential of the denomination. new and hald-
some church and rectory, erected largely py inc
energy the Rev. A J. Palmer, whose term mas
prcd. -, ,-,.. c,, .orr,or In
his new church, delivered yesterday morning. Iah.hs
his text from John viii, 81 ANA ye snNl Know VIC
truth, and the truth shall make yog iee tne ~
that the preacher developed were-hrst hhOWieuse o
the truth may secured; second TINS kh9Weuse - %
two Kinds mental and experimental; third. the expert
hehta bsf the essential truth the experimental
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truth as know history. language SCIENCE. We may
know the Gospel as mass OF doelIlnGs WI T,n{n and
PLATE All this knowledge may have no euect upon 'o
heart or life Bat there en SaysH D Of memory
with facts aud dates ana doctrines ~ tlr au
spirit OF living body from the mechanical move
" The new man which after God Is created
knoWfedse Of the truth by different
process He experiments yerles proves 40 nm tnt
truth comes 10 the prevailing principle OF actOhi
enihrones itself dictator over his inmost thoughts IL
IL becomes the fountain OF his emotions ana Iae lan
spring OF his life and conduct To be sure man must
become possessed Of the facts Of tho Christian history
and the doctrines OF Its teachers lnc az ~, me p
for the bsdy holiness but the feelings ana the hos
,st te trth mainly ddre..e- itself unless
AN recognizes this fact he may be very depository
ALPHABET to learn dialect OF the spirit: Tor me
things of God knoweth no man but the opltit OF GOD
Illustrations given in proof OF these points as they
were elaborated by the preacher. An experimental
knowledge OF the truth not only frees man Uay Ur
and Introduces him into the broad province of ideas
worldwide in their grasp ana extending
hack 10 creations dawn. Lord Bacon, In
a spirit Of deepest reverence ana dcVoui
Affection speaks of the Christian revelation Of truth
The foundation, the and the ond or all othcr
know ledge and In his rich thoughts upon the WORKS OF
God confesses they derive all their grandeur nom
light tting from His Word. .-.--,. - -.
few raDbis translated ire IentAteucn Tue
first book ever translated into another language and
while thus emancipatng literature, they TRANSLATED
humanitys emancipation proclamation also III the
urn,nsp of a Great who was 10 crush the
serneuts head and deliver man from inc bOiudbc on "A
mighty spiritual adversary The truth III lts purity
was alone in the Jewish dcd OF Messiah 10
come IL grew brighter from age 10 age ubu hhdy II
stood forth fully revealed ia the lncarhae SOh OF INC
UChest upon calvary At the foot OF the cross we ma
INC answer to the question what j. the essential truth
Here prophecy and law and types aud shadows ana
languages terminate abruptly. Ana "hal 40 Sc
here The man who said "A short time before 10 a l'"
believing Jews And ye shall know the truth
and the truth shall make yen free, hanging upon Tue
middle cross between two maefaciors "Christ crici
fed" The power of God aud the wisdom or God Ana
this power and wisdom consisting IN the TACT that ne i
the OF God. The vital and transecndcut truih
which the universe holds, which eternity can SNOW, j.
here presented-GOd iucamate in Chrst-aid Dclei III
This ninth i the magic power that constitutes man not
only moral freeman but son 81 Cod OF a. many
As received Him. them gave lie power 10 pccOc iHe
sons God to them that believe lie mat be
eyeth not condemned already, because he hath mol
believed the name of the OnIy-bcgOttcn son 81 1od
This then Is the condition the freedom promised by
Christ: belief in His rel sOnshp, IN other words. III His
divinity. 1he einancipaDg power OF tins ruin Of IL
vine son HIP made wisdom by cnlghtcuing us,
and thus freeing the mind; righteousness by Justllyng
MS and thus freeing from the law sahctncatlOn by
by tie union Of them all, thus purchasing us into
blessed immortality.