New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-06

say Of sin what Chnss said Of Abraham bsfore sin
was Il am. Chrst slain hsfors the foundation Of
Ssse wa bcrns to ao Oh 'i The s'V Garden Of
8eth~emane was before Eden. The Kingdom was pre-
pared from the foundation of the world The scheme
OF salvation may not meet with your approval but
10 coneatent. There IL no blunder Ii Ia as the
Architect DESIGNED There has been no change. The
Lamb WIS slain before the mountains were brought
Old Testament and the New know Of only one plan :
The Lamb slain from the foundation OF the world
Inc crue'aed Christ is the starting point as it Is the
Saviour before the shone fbe msneercrsdle or
the an rels sang the plains OF Bethlehem.
believe thar the Lamb SLAIN Is the power that
makes tor righteousness all the world. Because
the poor heather rannot spell C-h-ri-st as spell Il
this no reason tor saying that the Christ, the Lamb
than think II. II before the world. so believe
IT In tor the world. Let beware lest we limit the
sweep of this Gorncl which wss before time and
which Ii TO stretch into eternity yield to IN my
adherence to the orthodox view OF salvation believe
that the Bible well experience teaches that God
hates SIN with perfect hatred. The modern idea of
God who ia all love and pty and who will clear fhe
guilty without the infection of punishment, is based
on false morality as well as false theology God
he man .o 20 sbe sre 40 that sin
ahounded grace did much more abound Biunder J
No There was no biunder. sia was part OF the plan
and fallen man redeemed is a higher type of being
than uufallen man."
wOMANs SPHERE IN THE CHURCH
At AL Souls Protestant Episcopal Church the Rev. p
Heber Newton preached the OF Advent course OF
Woman in the Church. the Family. Society
and the state" he said in part Victor Hugo said
Man has the problem OF the eighteenth century
Woman is the problem of the nineteenth century. The
womens movement is the endeavor TO win equality be-
fore the bondage of custom access the opportunities
~ tpteectual e5ncafion the ist right OF
and Our century Ia 10 introduce woman
@rsc saving The reiSof man is at hand The ira
dtona man-thought of woman has been thoroughly su
percial No wonder Rousseau should say The
Is
thought has ound In womanhood secret diviner than
that bodied In manhood The creation OF woman is not
hand
Let then speak to you in this AID ventide, when we
thinking Of how the old order Oh anges yielding place
To OF the dangers involved in the growing influences
OF woman In the Church the family society and the state
and OF the benefits that may be expected to issue from
this growing influence Woman, thus far representing
excessively the emotional nature has tended to make
worship the expression OF sentiment not sufficiently vital
ize 10y thought. which has degeneraed into sentimental
hymns adapted the efeninae feeling Of safe In the
Arms OF Jesus out now rev are pneu 10 tse oiIH a.
Poured The tender language OF the heart finds ample
utternce, but the valiant desires OF the mind find can
voice IN our hymnaL True @siheuclsn ID
worship gives bica-brac religion, wherein
weighter matters OF the law If the growth OF Vomans
influence to heighten the efficiency OF worship we
might well depore the coming of the day of woman But
the growth OF that influence Will accompany me growth
OF woman herself and when the woman whom GOD Is
stands forth in developed mind. she VIII lift our
worship to a nObeT key.
In tie infancy Of the needs the papa or Pope
children OF larger gTo~t ~ho still need iatle. Bat
surely ought al t. have learned by this time 10 walk
ourselves. Man, having first won freedom aud sedeve
OpneIt, has nrst learned this lesson. while woman stu
commonly leans upon the OF the spiritual nurse
Women are sill found their knees before eternal
authority facing outward for the light OF duty: They
kcep alive the priest and crowd the confessional which
men have deserted.
It "A reproach 70 that II Is So seeing the
influences which have work these upon her
The danger OF this influence OF II the church II
obvious II il the danger which own Church Is 50
sensby experiencing the pr0lOngaOn Of this lower stage
OF spiritual cultuIe beyond the time Providence lbs set
for Il in the curriculum Il spiritual education. ..
Woman herself suffers IN this survival OF outrageous
system che misses her freedom in Christ Jesus. Men
are aenated from the Churches which represent TO them
a childish type ~ character-cultHre The clergy
dangered In this role OF the father confessOr IL Is too
great temptation TO impose on them Even Protestant
pastors know how delicate is such pastoral relationship
II viii have Coules-ors let them ask for woman
pastor Religion itself suffers from this sort q
feminine influence The priest has had his day but does not
tie stands in the way of the Christ that Is "a be.
his Jewish stood in the OF Jesus Is the
reign OF % perpetuate this danger surely not.
since winning her throne woman Is 10 win her true
self The coming VIII dismiss her confessor and
viii find her priest within her soul An emancpated
and educated womanhoOd viii pronounce the deliver
of ecclesastlclsm.