New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-25
SERMONS WORTH READING.
XIV
THE paaEaENENcE OF CHRISTIAN LOVE.
On. wrnzIAu N. TAxLcs, OF TIE BROADWAY
TApHaMAcIE, coNsfDnRs THE GREATEST
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On. wrnrIAM N. TAxLcs, OF TIE BROADWAY
rApHnNAcrz, coNsrDnRs THE eaEATEsr 4.
or rHE THREE cllRfsrIAN enAcra
whoa consregaaonalIsts desire to show what prog
isss thcis discrimination Is making n this city. hey
take thsir nssnds to sea TIE proadway TapernAcp,
and TO hear its popular pastor popular and beloved
not alons 10 the city and nation Of his adoption but
In the old country as web; indeed, the broadway
yaberuacle and Dr Taylor are known wherever mis-
slonanes have gone IN the souths on the fronuer n
heather lands For moro than generstea ths cnuron
the great raying point for religious temperance
ard anti-slasery conventions. nourishing mission,
9 largo Chinese class ana resdlngfse open every
evening. are some OF tho methods used here now 70
win men Dr. Taylor preached yesterday on Christian
love taking his taxi q Now abdeth faith. hope,
love- these three but the greatest Of these Is love-
The chief points Of the sermon are these:
Faith In o. NEST general sense b the reception of
% verify ior himself As re author g The ERistls
not sssn. Ass + 70 say. our oSnhdeaos y he con-
petence and uthtulnsss q the witness bearer stands
~, svsn ss'ss e ssn sss s sqss e
SSS " trust IN Him sSo Sss soarasaasa Q s
s msRs ws ss Gsiss Ssss e . s Be- sns
y d %si,a r ss as & be " g
may wish for that for which DO not aare
e sAs bay: 4 s wSs
loads me 10 anticipate thatI shall ultimately reeve
that which expect may desire that So wai Nay y ,ds
at which have some good reason % think =. that j.,
ss 5snssso sre esn be ana no hope Without
fah and wherever faith exists it win produce hope
soLIcrTUDE FOB OTHERS.
Love again. Is tAe souls tender and actvc solcituoe
for Others. When directed toward God In Christ It
taes the form gsatsfal affection, and seeks in every
way TO honor and serve and glcrfy Him; when d.
rectcd toward our fellow Christians 1t takes the form
of earnest care and effort for their welfare both spirit
low men In general 8 takes the form Of sincere benevo
ss srS % % %SdS r We s sle gSS 50
aud, We may better understand II from . eonerete
re Sssss s sssy x r@ q namely
husband and wsfe-ane tank Of the dssir which the
other ne sSositads wsics ne one has 4or the honor
OF s ethss tae sssrinces which The one WI mske
the mansprng Of an these and that is love Then let
that spotlcn be sDlmsd snncelea ana al
- a y ~: wsaSToas ssese sssS ssssSsi ~ Z
clear perception Of the nature Of each Of these graces
Of the chrgan character lot ns attend 70 hs state
Sem You osssvs tst be IS says SIS soStSng j them
~ e Common and something ssos1 one e, 81 sse% 9s
into these two branches the permanence of the three
and the prs-sninence Of the ono
10 ahy eTs here
and whatgit imports. we must 60 somewhat fnIly
fossss he sRsrsa Of conSD there were
many who had received miraculous gifts through the
OBJECTS Of envy on the part Of those who were not
similarly endowed, and they had tealcusies between
ss.us ara importance Of the particular gift which
s ss above az him HRe he
AAd The power Of working miracles sonsdssea nm
sgis s %Sis Il The attempts ssds By them al g
give promlnencc to. the endowment which each had
s CURING WHICH ai brought their csiinss into d:pae
~dpr Fsyisr nest TX plained how Paul would remove
ass s,as hss re s sg Z s' sSsjs 9
miraculous sf was not essential to Christian character
sa sasss sse CO aas he epo
sheracter OF al miraculous endowmepts, and then
ss s sS sas prs sss rsssas Ss feature q his
subject
NEED ros FAITH AND HOPE IN HEAVEN;
nut though these representations ara true IN Ger
tain sense up 10 limited extent yet they are not
the fun truth. I willingly admit indeed that, ac-
eoring to The scrptnrsl representation, we shall see
IN Heaven that IN which here we only believed, and
that for Witch we only S.y h ,s siH s SaS
rect. But there win sll be need for the exercise OF
in sns sIDs ss e' a.. q the
su ss 9s no ssnsssas .s x sSQS
known on trust rom God But in Heaven ths sou, ,
Would s' 5. s e :SsSas a s' t VIII @ m
ssa M lss SOWING i ss% i but e a e
as rs instructor You viii Of once that there win
You know how true Il is on earth that new attain.
pents stimulate 70 higher hopes The horizon widSns
Ss We o se 40 osr hopes become Now let that
principle b. applied 70 our hseyery life and see what
sers below Thsre shan have anPler future bsiore
a sssn rising Ss Afa t as1s s hope sSs
o S. ssio Then that OBJECT gained Ssoone
ofopenng our eyes % lofier and larger horizon thai
S ss 3 s sSS nes S
which win give iest and freshness and ever new new
Ssrps % t s9S fSs anS Il they Would
confess r. 20 themselves. not ever attractive musical
ssd Ire oSasss q tsih s6Si 8 tse stsr1sy
Christ pa e Ss, & aSS ua ne evSf eCa
II His goodness because these are eternal, isith,
hope and love abide oSo Ts N S@ AZ
IN Hcaeen, WHERE there shan be no more need Tor
the mirASuious gifts which even on earth were only
But We must Pass now y the consideration Of the
Sow e hs enc the s ting that must instr
every one Is that II PauPs words ace true i must
ss Ms q afs ye Great is a Bs Il the sinner
e justified and the heart puraed TO It are ascribed
al the mighty deeds done BY TIE WORTHLESS enumerated
IN the eleventh chapter OF the Eplste 20 the Hebrews
It upheld stephen IN his hour Of martyrdom- 1t
sussaned Paul az 10 stood beinre Aerppa and lay In
fhe Nany serne. 1t gave courage to the confessors.
martyrs shd reforners OF the Church IN every age,
and enabled the weak 70 triumph in the snlthheids
and grass msrhets 10 which Intolerance had doomed
them. II made the native Christian sfeadfzst amid
the uoities Of The Indian mutny and kept the infant
church Of Madagascar aty6 ner an oppression greater
thzn that which ground the Israehtes IA Egypt II
has cheered the missionary In the dismal swalnps OF
Africa and kznid fhe SHOWS Of Greenland; yea, what
need more, for shs tine would faA mo to te Of al
who, sustained by It's strength, have kspt conscience
void OF offence toward God and toward man in the
face OF the severess suaerngs and the most nsdIous
famptafop Most great 70 faith but love Is greater
Great g hopei Ths Apostle himself has elsewhere
ht Il h IN snchof Of the sovl both eure and stead
MT And which enteseth into shst within tho veil.
cna5Iiur rs 10 outfdc the hercest storms OF trial
or Of Yere etI0n he hak alleged also that IL nlaeth
nos sshsnsd and A he .tsed before Felix be DO,