New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-25
SERMONS WORTH KEEPING.
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SOME MISTAKES ABOUT SELF. DENIAL.
THE REV. DIR. JAMES r. DAY, OF THE CALVARY
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, DISCUSSES

| METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, DISCUSSES
THE LOSS AND THE GAIN"
The Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church is one
Of the edinces to which Harlem people point with
| pride The pastor OF the church is the Rev. Dr.
j. r. Day, who formerly tho pastor of St. Paul's
Methodist Episcopal Church Of this city. He came
to his present charge from the church In Newburg.
| His name was prominently mentioned in connection
with the election of Bishops at the Conference of tho
Methodist Episcopal Church, he'd year ago
Yesterday DR.. Day discussed the rewards Of self
| denial, taking for his text, Matthew xix, OF; Then
answered Peter and said unto him. Behold We have
| forsakcn all and followed Thee; what shall have
therefore," DR.. Day sad In substance:
You remember the incident OF the young man who
came to Christ to learn what one thing he lacked, and
how The Lord showed him that his fault was selfish
The saviour taught him that the true life Is of self
what we have that we do good with it, The task
| and requirement were too severe. The young man
wealth to such purposes EXPRESSING prefcrnce BY his
conduct at least for the treasures which perish. They
were worth 0re he thought, than the pearl OF great
Peter hearI the Masters terms and saw them re
Icced A little OF the young mans spirit possesses
his heart. The young man wanted to know what he
must give TO get the Kingdom Peter wanted to know
what he should get for having accepted the Kingdom.
What shall we get for what we have glven!7 And
.ince that time 6argaihng with God by a putting
Price on sacrifice and service The trouble IS, some do
not understand the requirements made and Others
to r,.nounce as Christians
Many people ask: DO you mean to say that Chris
| ans must give up all the world ~ That they must
turn aside from IT'S gains and pleasures and ignore and
DISREGARD the gratlicaon Of the senses their social
much that Is purely physical In some instances
in The worlds history COD has seemed to lay Ills hand
upon men and require that they 90 out from home and
country, that they abandon moneymaking and Pleas
ure ~orking and make themselves of no reputation
that they make pOdigious sacrifices and even give up
their lives for the cause. 1t Is true that following
| e. laudODiDg about
acn who have followed Christ after this fashion as
pioneers Of the faith and civilization. Of whom the
| world was not worthy Is long one.
BE READY FOR THE EMERGENCY.
The extreme Interpretation put upon the saviours
teaching Of selfdcnal has been unfortunate; the re
suit has not been at al wholesome 10 the Church or
the world You know you have in the worlds history
the period Of religious mendcants. But NO now BE-
cve that the dominance of that kind of Christianity
would have kept the world in barbaIism up to this
day Then yOn have doubtless become acquainted
crith a modern Il pe-pcOp.e who misunderstood the
whole matt r. They entertain consclenuouslyLwh
eyer you may say OF their esthc % M
that Il they love Jesus Christ thcy must DI luz ,U
much cease 10 love about everybody else ana 50 ihey
will tell you that you must De caici "vo , 10 ronr
your child too much, becaHsc Con WI 'anc t yo our
| child away If you do that YOU must mol ser your
heart upon your home; and these very soou p ~,
arc constantly making keen ana sha,p ,iD,
- t,cmsr'v YES 10 discover whether they are LOVING
hcr family and friends more hag my rol iOso social
cdnes in persons; Ihat t a ard ocs
| In. mail
| nqtr,, And enc is fanatic ana S Sot.er that
rnvrs cro,,h 10 be accountable. who drsirpYs nd'
bond or lessons IT, with the thGu4 r, c or man TO
- Sh,ist more he must iovc his home ana llcIH'
loss That Is thu slavery OF snpcsi'toHi I aFentons
s.css,s the heart Of all domcSu auu s w, ,h InGnie
P,s nness I'm order that the heart OF inc Inlo y,
C ~" may be apIeascd. II Is inc esS'"'0 "
so with regard 70 worldly possessions ana %OS
gain II the Lord in MS whatever those
than ar lao II Is the duty OF that man 10 conserve
them. end he is not at liberty to d,'P ko VI World even
81 rlltErp ,, tbcm mon good causes. llr Is rcqun
! - emf oT needless luxury and not lnu,usu ~ n,d
ensnous az Goa, cause from time TO time re-
mr,ce But the Lord intends thai ne sha!' ma nd "a
working capital. and that he sha'i c'"P'0' -'
wr,1Tu WILL NOT DAMN MAN
II is NOT 80 much what man possesses u u "."
possesses the There are those VINO nav -, CO..
NAT ~ one could only be poor enough nc "oui" -
,o,nlv no approved OF Cod and If one wero onN l.o.
.aou,h he would certainly be damned bu' ,'0'O
| .ro a great many people who might Do a. IN" o.
- nd a. Messed as Lazarus. and there are many
| 18th, la a. moor as Lazarus and as lost as i'Ves;
,-horn Sne,s heart Is there his trcasurr J., du ~
Mn ~ the heart and measures the treasure ny tmo
looks AT 's ,r,ose NJ tbe man. by the disposition
~ No man bv what he wants hmseu 10 oc' " ""'
VI nnrposeS TO do with his gains 49, or,h ord what
ne pun hoo has the Lord made the earth an1 VIA
Ior nnnn9 Of It's resources, OF Wealh Oh az hius
saas E., man snr,G a 1se New Testament he is
I2rice ar Who nherts It. Is It true that eVeryo9dly
can have goH a'' # true that every body may cul
vate III, acres may pos e@I me ea III u cnfn,ic
may I've h1d Of the Kingdom Must men 6c sinners
io have right to the tagsS wnG mat because one
s IN Jesu, Christ he has larger expectancy VI
onng the good thing Of TIL, Woria o. uons 'oH
E,d T., The present and blessed IN tne iufIro'
toea " ,hen, comes up another question II one Is
t no Of christ what Is to be ms attude towa
he worG a. 70 follow christ: Yor must give up
eor T pleasures What the real obligation M u
The cas- fdr ON, TO follow the Master he must give
M The foc, Of this life h a AND i1 foT
IN th ,am ne T'rc IS high and honorable and solemn
sense in which man h any man on the earth who has
right to The true PLEASURES OF Ihf earn ga doon I5 ne ne
dfPG and % songs and laughter and the Pure Joys that
sc' from ' is domestic and social life Tho only limit
d" AZ ANIMAL. INSTEAD OF MAN.
- nm anImal-ho has eaton and slept and is IN
ha,,, of thinking with his eyes and ears, and
Wv, more But tell him that he is man,-that
! ,.o Is snch a thing as rational ecstacy,-there Is
| h q thing as a mans rvolling IN trnth,-ten him
| ~, oo IN the pursuit of knowledge detect often the
'hi' puse beat-that there is grat soul
o..ron that there Is a pleasure which thc man de
P"'' morn. .eosual erlOymens never experiences, -
vC'l ~ hat student in fields of science who plods
and digs away to get HSP pope Sc s Gnnh s
lcc'cn or the depths Of the sky, forgetting 10 eat
anu uuI'n I'm that such man IS a man of supreme
hanHsISo,s and it is all riddle to him. lie cannot
u,lstanu many people Is very narrow. The pleasures
1h u'S a0ms macy macy f boSOm ss' something
some day o ra' even something higher than a mer,
He has SSa o to A SSHsr wider Si
new land; . H. and hunger. He contemplated It
Il troubled him c s saw Al ms last Hs eS@e 10 f9 ee
Leading nt. % follow his Master even into the wilderness
II seems great ,r,, 'acr and i nS SeS'
onH ore day he make, bold and pushes right int,
tbat WILDERNESS and follows his Lord forsakng al
,icasIrrs he thinks Immediately h hnds new field
annening oui before him, ani under magic touch III
Wilderness changes into land of milk and honey
| This mans soul for the hrst me tsiS inc JOY %
sn,uai discovery ana Is thrilled with visions OF mora
| beanty Ills mind grasps new problems AM Ia
oon'iStlucs como under the dominance of IA new pas