New-York tribune., 1885-03-23
PULPIT IHOUGHTS.
EXTRACTS FROM YESTERDAYS SERMONS.
MAKING TIE GREAT CHOICE OF LIFE.

attractive, wOud REMIND you 'neio 1"
hfe nobler service. richer reward Goa cans US 70
,a,a our nlace with His people to stand His side
against woridlness hbreaking wantonness ana
all manner of sin; TO endure II need be the reproach vi
Christ to declare ourselves openly ana iuly lot hn'
would not deny or conceal that lhiS wiz
cost us something, perhaps great deal We must give
I'D many things and restrain our passions ana lneha-
lions and deny ourselves. But consider the recompehse
of reward Is Il not to win through renancaton
and effort and divine strong and pure charaoer
than to soften and decay in sendugence, or burn OUT
IN the restless pursuit of,wealth which per,shes or
nIcnsure which nails Is IL not better 10 live Tor hsh anu
spiritual aims the defence OF right the spread o & &uIn
the good of mankind the glory of Cod han 70 % io.Tm snow
beams, ants building dust heaps Is ~ nov Do Cd A.
be even RyaIs Sins sI.afT AGAINST m ali evil aud snoT
| ance and sin. than to sit ,,iesantf iessuntf ,,ucs
hetieT And look beyond this 10 the end Of ie WHAT'S
there for the man who has denied Gods services ana
lived for the world, but shame and oitte ness anu
gloom The world for which he has given all Is slipping
away from him the face OF God Is hidden from nun
darkness closes around him. and beyond the grave Is
only the fearful vision OF Judgment But tof NE peo-
pie of God all is different There is sense 9 t9 D'hIe &
presence approval there promise OF pVle hg'p
and protection there is victors crown 70 be reSeNeda
NJ The deah.vaey there streams glorious light in
figured faces of the santed dead
CHRISTIANITY NEITHER DEAD NOR DYING
The Rev Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst Inadels are conf
dent that Christianity IS showing tokens OF exhaustion
aud beevers discouraged by their statements They
do not perceive the innate strength OF Christianity
Christ certainly taught that religion 10 be per-
manent and universal but the women brought oint,
nent and spices emba,m their dead Lori ana found
Him the world ever snee has sought 70 emDani
dead Christianity and found II full OF e frouue says
Professionalism Is failure N0itare sald dhat oelV.e
the beginning OF the nineteenth century Christianity
would be extinct There has always been redund incy
OF ointment, but corpse. Has Christianity gained or
ost I'm the last century 1t easier extempOrze and
to trust general imp than TO examine the facts
Power estimated by what II OvercOmes Christianity
has TO tight against the natural desires Of and against
| autonomy
claims the right 70 his own opinions ana VOC oen
negects the verdict OF history there Is not much hered
tary faith dOctTinal momentum Again. 0nequafier
OF population is foreign IN birth or paeniage ana IN
eslsnt ,s and 81 gRs , M eeralnIy sa. rat -ssnst
let the facts There has been more than 2
oo9 BY rT s1 n S rse 70 1s s was one to
I45 in 1850 was one to five When presdent DSisht
went 10 Yale there was but one man IN inc coege
was Christian; and traveller IN PennsylVaha IN leio
remarks that all the college stndent' Soge I & ~
1850 reports from sKty-hye colleges showed tha oie
than half the students were ChTlstiahs. Inc Young
have been steadily growing all the
tnry. Looking at facts Ike these VINO can DOUBT inc
| life and progress Of Christianity.
THE sUFFE RING on THE CROSS.
The Rev. DR.. Macarthur; The darkness which came
like funeral pail around the Cross not natural
eclpse but Natures protest against the cruelty OF tho
crucxon stopped the tauuts and Diasphemy
and silence regned around Whocsn tell what Chrstsui
| fered then We will give due weight 20 the human
elements entering into his suffering lie keenly ie ne
ngratitude Of those for whom be lived ana dedi ihe
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sertion by all We frankly admit also, that there was
shrinking the shameful and palniui death OF tle
saositve II is not noble manhood but a brutal
ture which has such shrinking But aihrln simply
do not account for Chrsts awful sorrow Martyrs In
Chrsts name have gone caeeiiuy 70 desthj aey nav
the worst his physical snherings would be short VIC.
ToTdi No Christ suffered In stead. Deny this and
YOU cannot explain His agonies Tell me not that lie
eIplain ali the facts Behold the snfulnesS OF sin lie
sank under tho weight of sins that we're not His own
how you hope 10 bear the sins mat are your own
| Behold, also the matchess love OF Godl
| THE IDEAL CHILDHOOD
| The Rev W. r. Harshaw; The life OF Jesus as a child
in Nazareth is model for all chd-llfe In the busy
rushing life Of to-day we rob childhood Of its charms.
We seek TO place old heads upon young shoulders We
force growth which Is not natural Fitness for lie
means onet preparation I'm those early years complete
struggle means days and weeks OF steady,
| I'm tho home and those years meant much TO HIN. lie
learned obedience ny snhccton 10 ms parents VIII ne
learned the lessons OF labor BY toll nj the carpenters
bench from the air around Him. from the sky above
their iovcness lie was drinking deeper aud deeper OF
the knowledge OF his Father In heaven. And when He
5at stawart man ready for the stern conflict with
and uns cen foes such childhood we should seek to
| give our children now.
| THE ENIGMA OF LIFE
| The Rev Dr. Edward b. Coo: We see many things
both in and history which thoug inexplicabe at
the time Of their occurrence in the light Of after
become plain Tho same is true In individual lives A
grows in obscurty with no special gfts OF mind
body and far as he can see utterly unit for any
thing. lie may never suspect for what GOO Is Tram uhng R
him. But crisis may arise strong arm IS heeded 10
stand up for principle, TO champion or Icd great re-
FORM And he feels that he is the man as plainly rs
voice of Heaven called him. Then he secs for what
he being fitted. There may como upon US sudden
failure all plans when IL seems AS II the sky grew
dark at MONDAY as II we had passed the poch OF Daho
here " that God must have left us or have become
indifferent ous ana we cry, oaest anou os I'M as we we
n0t fet this, and then In after days az we look
back that IL was a Divine inteposltion We
thought much for TO bear at tho time, but VIC
afterward find that 1t was Gods plan Tor our good.
Mh we ala not Enow we come 70 kno" w ~ anv cain
the explanation afterward The inference to be drawn
Is that we are 70 expect u 70 be So Everything nst Ire
treatmest that wo have Is kindly and loving treatment
ms as rs ust % ane loving s
dealing with because our sight IL limited, but He
Of fns s nGes that fG s sS9 thus p deals 20 With
do not live for the present aone our vision Is
not this world only IL illustrates the dignity OF our
nature that we have in common with God and the
NO TAMENEss IN RELIGION.
| Mr. Talmsge git is no tame matter to become o
| Christian. The most tremendous moment In mans
life s when he surrenders himself TO God. You
running temporal liberty see his escape see
his capture you then that he has been pardoned
but this Is very tame thing compared with the
and pardon coming through Christ from the wrath OF
God. Oh IL is no tame thing 70 become christian % ~
kuow the Bible never compares 1t with funeral but
always compares:it with something bright The world
ass sn: sh' "0r'
THE VICTORIES OF FAITH
The Rev. Dr. j. 8. Chadwick Christian faith is only
the faith which We use In daily Life. In business and In
SCIENCE carried into another sphere and smphed TO
different series Of objects gives US the victory over