New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-28
PULPIT THOUGHTS.
EXTRACTS FROM Yesterdays SERMONS.
PERMANENT AND PRESENT WORK OF CHRIST.

PERMANENT AND PRESENG hOfsh Or SAihi0A'
The Rev. Dr.. ROderick Terry, of the South lie
formed Church century ago the men VINO trod these
shores rose up in rebellion against their mother country
Why was this 1t was they felt her oppression
They felt the load that she putting on then ana
almost before they knew its weight they cast IL from
them But just that mother country loaded 'his us
offspring every man born into the Wof'u pro"sn
in under load Of sim But how different IS the 'e'u
No single individual of the would ever w'hout INC
impeinc power of Gods grace In his heart rise In re-
bron against sin Every would roll sin as sweet
morse under his tongue, and In fact he does H. ' h
ia brought to a knowledge OF better things ny anu
| through Gods grace Now, account OF mans SIN ana
fall to be reinstated there must be mediator lib
mediator be God, for 1t is His law th"' was
broken neither can it be man. merely, for he Is inc
breaker OF tho law But a union-a blendms Oh 'noso
two-may become mediator. Such O one' 20 10 spcAA'
! stands on neutral ground. Only such one can Dc"
mediator and such as no Is found In lmmahuei' 10 10
qualified for he Is God and mediator must kho" po.n
| God and man He knows man for he is man. mus TINS
mediator can stand before man as God ana Delore you
as man. and by his perfectly keeping the law "s man
he can rs God redeem mans fallen estate Win Hou'
The Christ of the New Testament was true rea man,
| and as man met all the temptations
| liable to men, and did not sin through
Il ALL This is glorious triumph Of works on God part
the benefits of which are mans only 1 ben every
| other had been most iugloriovsly defeated
MYSTERY OF THE INCARNATION.
| The Rev Dr. r. s. Macarthur of the Calvary Baptist
Church. We have listened to the song OF the ceesai
choir Never before did such music float out over lhe
mains of Bethlehem never before did such songs la
upon human Christ the only person over poi"
| into the world having his choice as TO now ne
! sbonld come Ho chose to as a pane,
sno inns babyhood and motherhood glori1ed lie
might have come with all the ponp aud power spehol
door and thus poverty digniacd The incarnation Is
the mystery of mysteries Alter that nothing bn f
Nazareth, garden of Gethsemene and me cross OF
Say1y are e Who ' Was equal with God
humanity with all It's weakness and sOrroW SIN ony ca
himself beneath IL He must insert hEsen INTO IL ~ its
lowest and weakest point This lie did inc mere l-ct
and crowned with honor ana glory Deny ',lo
incarnation and the lfe OF CHRIST Is me Ia
stream flowed higher man rnat Of any other Inc Inc
fountain must be 'pondngIy high the stIe' an
rose higher and higher until 1t reached the bosom %
God. We're man disposed to eay ne wIu,o i,S ~
easier 10 accept the new testament cNP other
! Chris,'s hfo than TO explain u on any N'Hes
/ cITonnlogicaIly must prcccdo the garden and The
cross ana the glory To-Day tho Christ must De Dorm IN
must have their humiliation aud their before they
! they can have their gl0rhcaton IL We can 20 Joy u,
the cong Of the angels bs through our
sinclad earth Let the followers OIL 1G'"' Al cycry
cline take up dying echoes OF that angelic song ana
the Assuming. ioy 10 tas soirowing ana nfo to the
dying. "Gl0ry 10 God In the highest anu on e"''"
! peace and good Will toward men,
REFLECTIONS OF TIE DYING YEAR
The Rev. Arson p Aterbury OF tho EShty-'izih
Street Presbyterian Church: Chr,cs knoching' II
they come to want to hear them. LsPFc''ly
| arc they coming to-day on THIS ahni'c''"y
sunday. AID we all have the oN"Lc'
TO hear. OFTEN during the past year no
has knocked at the dOorways which You guard. Inc
death in tho household the failure OF plans even Iu3
have been Gods rappugs Oh the door oi hc heatt aI
Gods voice deu.an ing aan,llance. but ps."P
during the past Twelve months ud7 80 $500 tiis
than lie docs tO-iay-Our Christmas sunday A. ."'a
t @ names HIS tim; OF jho orc VINO loved Us
ana gave himself for rs" That must be cole c'cless
season t,e tnr ir Tia ending OF the year.
| Time II gong; lie Is going; chance a golhH We
stsrtllng breaks in the course OF tiino make ~
pause and think. In a few days tho bells WI
be ringing in tho CIV yeaG S she no "a Coz
knock, His saying Prepare Let pc enter.
see what lie seeks! Aim,sion ,o wa cved nv thc
heart; and to-day reminds douby that lie should De
strange blessed panionship with Inseif evidently
such participation IN the eNery-lay mnce's oi Vs
lives both large and small. as shall make ths ne HAo
heaven for our souls. al viii sup with him, and he
with Me-"
| TIE IMPORTANCE OF CHILDHOOD.
The Rev Dr. Albert d. VAN. Of 81. Luke's Methodist
| Fpscopal Church How tonaciously men cling to ola
beliefs Tho early Christians cung to the ola jewish
ritual and temple service. But in the Inevitable progress
Of Christianity it hasbesn thrownoh Inc disciples A"u
taen into scnssion as to what the central thing
|
"a Patos Ideal Rcpublic-shows that the man with the
| iargest brain was the central factor III houcrh
European Nations wealth and blood were put foremost
In or time the people, those who toll Hre inc
great factors society. Brain, bio or muscle
aSt9 UeeT restsst r. What was Chrss auwer Except
ye become little children ye snail not even chter tho
kingdom OF heaven, much less be greatest BE slulc
receptive responsive, like little child Christmas nn9
Sa and now responsive they are, share their
lows with some one else Christ says study the child
There has long been wrong SonCSp"OWI, MINI
Christianity Itself regarding childhood. Mlihih d
generation II has been discovered hat INC hGpo
the childhood OF the world, brought by It's own Tree Will
st M lie feet Of Christian teachers and mites III songs
OF worship. The grand march Of eiaho" - Oesu WIN
will hiring the world in time TO the feet OF jesus; INC
child has taught that he Is the chd OF inc De'
Tbat y, abhorrent and To the statement oil
Christ who teaches tnat The child comes INTO the worm
times say 90 bring them in too soon but al the le
Christ has the door open Tor thGn lhey nave no nm
conc no marvellous change, have not been converted:
But child Can be TegeneItco without great eAcieheh'
by the silent influence OF the spIlI'
ADVANTAGES OF THE GOSPEL OF THE HAND.
The Rev. Dr. Thomas Armtage. Of tho Fifth Avenue
Baptist Church Chsts ministry among the SICK teaches
IA that the right to get TO mans soul Is through
his senses lie touched the deaf ear to send sweet td-
ipos TO the soul lie touched the blind eye to send spir-
,,na ,ight 20 the soul Hospital Saturday and Sunday
are puy the ministry OF Jesus Christ continued on earth
There is more gospel under certain conditions In LOAF
OF bread than IN whole Vo'ue 81 m1siS Sef frs
hospitals any niel meeting on TINS continent IheIS
and that supported by an lntdei body There Is per
Co. adnntaon Ueei Christianity that has To do
with ne body the right philosophy that has to do
with soul We claim that tcre Is adaptation between
the eve light between the cells or the lungs ana
air And claim that diseases are subject 10 law Just
a. much ms any other phenomena; and this profound
foreght gives the certainty Of cure aud the stimulus
10 efudy There be deyiatlOns at limos from what
The gnosis would indcatc but this only leads To moro
thorough stuiy ard hence deeper knowledge OF tue
nature of disease and OF the law governing IT, All
these serve but increase our faith IN Jesus Christ
ana His power, when lie could say this sickness 10
not unto death"
THE LONGING FOR PEACE AND REST.
The Rev Dr. Morgan Dix in Trinity Church. During
the Advent the people instructed the four last
thipgs-eath, the Judgment hell and Heaven. Death Is
| AN everyday experience. OF the judgment you may
form Am image YOU have seen arraigned bar