New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-12
PULPIT THOUGHTS
xTRacrs FROM YESTERDAYS SERMONS
BENEFITS OF SUFFERING.

Tho Roy. DIR. G.. H. Parkhurst, OF the Maul-
. souore PRESBYTERIAN Church Mans nature Is sur
rrinq nature Its enough to say that distress
Incidental It is staple rather Two-thrds OF lte at
80, d, made nm Of it. Distress calculated upon,
.o,trved for before we had it. Within the closed eye
of born baby is a drop The power 10 suher Is
eonsttuent of man. This is not true OF man because
he Is in a sinful state. Suffering Is oider thah SIN
IL denotes great ueai AOI w
CHRIST suffered That Christ wept means that
80. nj. ba.t has a perennial fountain of tears
CHRISTIANITY is the religion OF God that can weep III
bsts the Gospel. potency. Sorrow is not an enemy
that has broken in, rather Is it ingraheu II mas
and why not an eternal meaning! But TINS su"o',"e
docs not stand at any kind OF variance with INC J''
nolen Of in tho Bible Scarcely any man crdnred more
suffering ard privation than Paul bnt no saws
iojce in nv suaerngs." 1--WE glory in fluctuations "'eo
THAT is not quite holy Joy which is incompetence WI"
,ufering Pillars are held in place by the p"'uon O
them Burdens are often bands upon aimIessH W.
mere efervescencc OF spirit TO steady thcu " WIN" -
worIs can describe how much the worm
Owes to sorrow. But there IS ho'n."7
,io,io,v Christian in reconcihug ourselves TO suffer
im Inv saving that there a blessing In IT, Ht rJc
!I n a. ind visibility with Christ is the pun Oh an
this CHRISTIAN faith sense OF c"nr'e t, feowshp
Of CHrists suffering is what snimn'S gsntnrc To-
Suffering contains quality whGn We scheme of re-
dcmpton Christ stun beeis sScrlnGiinnS an" Tear
dcmpyey suffering rs pnT TfIghpTfh The aborcr
VA fcreS should feel that he labors and suffers WIN
Christ. This Will sustain hin nioi0 '''" '
tive, however pure ,.,r.r,-r
CHRISTIANITY MUST BE FRUITFUL
Tho Rev Dr. r. 8. Macarthur, of the Calvary Bapu"
Church We do not plant vines Ill order to nave '""r
.h., are useless for lumbcr-thcy for grapes we
o not rIont the tree for its shade nor for to Sy
try but II figs; when the hS-trco orOaShi ,rht
leaves, it failed utterly OF us b m. fruits of
Christianity. UnlTuitful Christians IAN oI MN III 80
an Hsss CHRISTIANS Unfruitful Christians.shail say
mt 'hriS
name who are not Christians III iacl' lr! "'a,nIv
h%ancbes tied to the vine with string branch eiDB
wired 10 the tree bear fruit Inc ne Oh ino
20 into every part mus III ISL and ieaf MANY
men aud not in Christ are tleI 10 ih tbciH
~ by The yinedTessel kniio i oIjn on the
But pruning does not stop WIN ineIeS e frnit
ucad branches The object Is ever TO secure IL, IL
when God sees a business hand so success!ul INA. ~
church and His worship is neglected for pleasures o,
wealth. lie mercy cuts on te wotluS 80, ono
sometimes makes the poor 9ranen D,eG I is Wis
tied by Ills hand Of chassement lie throws we cUe
ont refined. His eye Is better that nine nc saw LIZ,
where saw only pure E0 saw IG Sed hns6 and
he touched it here and there Tor ne desires W er
f.ntisns 70 which we are blind. But. you ask, can
man truly in the vine ever be cut OIL VII trat
time in splitting theological hairs inns hnU~ ithcrsd
and he cast into the tire You VIII DC CUT Oh m
nnostatc even ungody viii desl.e and reject you.
No has so nard time IN hS wir ae into business
life. such man receives the rGicuie sGot 10 Come
can only say as it hath not entered INTO the &
of man rhat hath prepared for those Snat oS
hath prepared for those that hate Him.
THE BLESSING OF RICHES.
The Rev Dr. T. b. Coe OF the Collegiate REFORMED
Church at Fifh.ave and Forty-eighth-si; Tho words
OF Jesus to the rich young ruler were addressed 10 o
most interesting applicant that ever came to Jesus
Not man afflicted with blindness. or palsy or eprVsy'
RTs a:wsr mas often been misunderstood Wendell
Phillips quoted His words as though they taught POs'
ann oh
But poverty is not spoken OF I'D for
tie moor teaches tho best methods of supplying thelr
wants, but never prOnounces malrdlcllOh on my 49,
some Of the Be +, the wrons use often made
wealth. and the r"pOsiug OF confidence III H. that 'o
as the rich man one can drown himself in shallow
pool 10y lying with his face downward as cet'ai1B as
so far from being in themselves hndrancenal DC maue
Of grace, by Systematic seneIouIS SIR Moses
Mouefore illustrates this truh by the ayodahGe OF
men by humility too opposed to That most de'esF
able form pride called PERSONAL
THREE GREAT CHANNELS OF BLLlEF'
The Rev Dr. Francis L. Patton, of Princeton Seminary
:, the First Presbyterian Church There are three
great channels Of religious belief coming down 10 lis
from the carly ages II tue Church Inc Sochth steH
has branchcd on on one extreme inc a. me Tysn
ON the other and between these Two n"Ms WV ,do,ad
rel.tIc The socInan and Sacramentaran nave N!uone
ana in their widening have nearly ohHlordleu IH -. y,
fhrr old marks of distinction. But however much these
may have differed in respect 10 the dctdlls oi .,
aDity they have always IItecHttu d" -,
a.alnst wrong These three classes have had 70 meet
all classes and conditions 81 mankind lH'y H",e n
Ia work with those who had broad views ana genera
conceptions OF Christianity @ Tram thch Iu'o %
orter They have had TO advance against those VINO
live IN reco:uizc truth the physical world alone those
whose gospel is the spreading OF tAe khoMieuSo 81
1ral law aud applying TO humanity Ter pn{ SIC.
They have had to sir up those Who are sleh anous
religion. those who live for what IS DeautIu MhoSc
watchword IS Igut aud the beautiful : VINO W'I3hIP
Art and divorce her from morals Ih'y nave dlso hau
10 oppose that class process and pteach anu SUD
scrt 10 the articles of religious a2hOstlcsih VINO PuI
themselves under q dUgmAc negative creed: We pc
ryc that we do not know there IS heaven or NELL ora
iuue existence Christ the saviour or any HdVIout'
or need OF Amen The Of analysis i sol-
tiu, The sun OF syuthcsis Is already rising Inc Ihe
has come t. ION these three sources OF rell%0 ley
MS uully Roman Catholics believe too much but lhahk
God they do believe. They do believe III christ uey
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