New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-27
TRUE MASTERY SHOWN.
DIVINE AND HUMAN Law COMPARED.
THE REV. DR.. ". H. ROBERTS, OF LANE TIED
LOGICAL SEMINARY, IN TIE FOURTH


LOGICAL SEMINARY, IN TIE FOURTH
AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
The commissioners OF the General Assembly OF
the Presbyterian Church who were not preaching
themselves listened TO learned and interesting
discourse in the Fourth Avenue Presbyterian
Church yesterday morning by the Rev. DF. VIII
lam H. Roberts, of Lane Theological seminary
who is the stated clerk of the Assembly Df.
Roberts took for his text the words Ana
whatsoever Of you will be chefest shall be servant
Of all" /; Mark e., A. lie said in part:
majority Of human beings is 10 tako care Of number
OncD The advice EIOst commonly gwen Uy 80 81
m@R ''f Tbc .S mains ~ illustrate OrcbIy tho Dis
tlngulshiEg and close related charScterscS u nn
col These characteristics IN combination Lsses tna, ,
struggle for precedence that dcsgerato rsh n hc.sns
and the curse Of humanity proyabngy ne h e%r
AS curse Il has claimed all tho centuries OF human
existence its empire and dared a,engs Of
mankind Face to face with tho tcnptor who Of 9ta
E0Ta 20 sh SHr he as gos and who later prompted
the sons OF Zsbedcc ask 70 SIT on the right hana
ana sDahe V s,TIba And whatsoever Of you viii be tho
cflcfrst shall be servant Of all and then %IneI Inc
net 10 b mnlstcrcd unto. bat to minister and 10
give HIS nfo ransom for many Inc DC IN ,Ss
divine direction with reference to the desire TO excel
patural 10 man. With this thought as guido, We
Sonsds- The topic True Mastery
Consider nst tho basis Of true mastery the sources
whence IL springs-a trro view Of life. In this wora
Of God fc Is ccark set forth IN all its course ard
trust Then they who would rise 10 any heght "
realize the Judicial character OF Him by whom tho
trust is bestowed ard 10 whom account mus be cn.
Ggr part, I pdro o rrwn d.? unto ali mon Of the
deeds done in me body. returning good for their gona
mastery. without this perception there cannot be
Gcd is in their thoughts 70 them true service and
as consequence tIIo Da;sry IN nd tSo acttns:
ever the thoughts OF TIE bear %ro ana Inc boy ips
Of God It is when the scene Of old enactof Whit
the onpc court nt JerlSarm ary% S ,,rs sSS
ging rs shoulders at and turning lie back upon com
mon clay IN coarse nppsc Ar any among men rS S
there should Be no walls Of sepsrstiHn between u;
mind or q spirit have they social or Official station.
they IN any deGrc" or manner upliited 10 high
0', o. fi 0 'c coSs,T 81 5TSrs unto S S
q Hin who IS thu gver Of them az and 81 the puT;
hcm as matters for ne display Of pride cannot
thNy gro Goa: rro"dsnhal gifts WHO sottnih up
rs some Iuo world Of SIM Of shame of suffering,
~ wont; hav" We then been blessed OF God With
I"vcraer polnt. WherewitG cvo 10 God and love y
man shall enable US tG ny that word steadily
shall In truth t~st ne "a a trust and begin IN
rice toward trc mastery hy the beginnings of true
heTElCH aNHH N btI ana man.
AN EMPIRE FOUNDED ON LoYE
We next consider tho intrinsic power Of truo mas
tcry- gratitude. Tho good do to others is tho
measure Of our Influence Others. To be chtcfnst
must be servants Of all. True mastery comes 10
men and women Just In the proportion in which they
rcprcSs self Elm and tho doom whlch s the conse-
Qu"Ecc 1nds all It's roots IN Selfshne-s and all high
attainment carrying wide influence Is roote therefore
~ victory over SELF. Except men and women love and
I've for OlrethlUg other than Enif their lives must
10 barren Of thar true power which Is gratitude for
humanity clearly perceived by one into whose
posScsson worldly power cane n snEga:s,ns dcsrce
cOnquerur Napoleon said: Alexander, Caesar. Charlie.
RIA quo and myself foundcd empires. But on what
Jesus CHRIST alone founded HIS empire upon love {;
and ~ this hour millions y men wo3ld die for Him
To hn accounted amOrg the ehc'est must be
servants Of all that IS wo must all opportunity
al ability, - evilcnco that ours Is tho spirit ~
fothtulness In all service. The condition OF true
iiSavenf Yes in Heaven The ottquot~d parable Of
The alens contains sentences pregnant with meaning
their bearing upon fa!thfulness as the eonditIon
We present, as orr closing thought. tho truth that
-" glory Of true mastery Is sclf.shn7ihee We have
sought to show that the basis Of rue mastery Is a
,rd. evoked by truc Ssr,Acc and that IT'S condition
.I,SrIdeS St az What + n, SmrIy stated.
Il Ia th- giving onoS SCI" rs an a. olute rrvoeahe sir
wherever our lot is cAst whatever our ttaIon may ee
10 the advancement OF The interests Of and OF the
Kingdom of Cod u docs not involve OF necessity great
prvauouS or o martyrs death. These, Il IS true,
I'd AZ home we'll abroad amid the toll
o! raul! the humble tcntmater. az well As in ;he
~ Taul tie wori,: Thou shalt love tho Lord Thy
cod with all u.y heart, and thy heghgor a. thyseN,
and VIC 10 tic EcvUOin 81! SELF sacrifice the method
o. tNc exhibition Of the fact that mon ard women
possess mat spirit which was IN I'aul and In CHRIST
lilo proof that we arr one Win u;e alostA ana t9e
Master Is gwen In oar love TO God aud oar love 10