New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-19
FILLING VARIOUS PULPITS.
MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY GUESTS OF
THE PASTORS IN SARATOGA
SERMON BY THE MODERATOR, THE REV. DR.
WILLIAM E MOORE - DIscoURsEs BY
OTHER DISTINGUISHED VISITORS.


saratoga, N Y, May Is (speclaD--seversl Of the
iocai puplts were filed to-day by distinguished mem
pers OF the Presbyterian General Assembly. The
Rev. DR.. Herrick Johnson of the Mccormick Theo-
logical seminary, Chicago, Ill., announced to preach
ao inc second Presbyterian Church this evening, was
uiaOie 10 I'LL the appointment. a severe cold
cohhned HIN to his room at the Balch House.
Inc Moderator the Rev. DR.. William L. Moore, Of
OoiumDus' Omo' occupied the pulpit Of the First
presbyterian Church I'm the morning and as
sisted In the service by the pastor the Rev. Perry
5. Akin. and the Rev. Dr. william H. Roberts, of
Cincinnati, Ohio. The sermon was delivered by the
Moderator
There are many things about our Lord to which
i our Gue WISDOM IS TO say with Paul Now know
III part anu 10 De content 10 wait for fuller knowledge
Foremost among these things those which touch
such a. 10 oiaW out our confession My Lord and
my GOO We believe and are that Inou that
christ tho son OF the living God
But lie was also very man. as well as very
God. His Was "a true and complete humanity. " In
All things like unto Ills brethren" lie was born.
hVed, died as all others Of
~ marGs tne simplicity and genuneness Of the faith
OF the Evangelsts that lille they unesitangly
Father they a. freely speak of the facts Of His purely
human nature as shown in His life history. They
rejection, His Illumination His shameful insults Ills
anguish Of spirit; His cruel death. We can account
ior tnelr full and simple recital Of the facts of Ills
life, with 10 attempt 10 explain or reconcile them
only the assumption of their unwaverng faith in His
~. The same evangelist tells Us that lie "was God" /;
That " by Him were all things made; that in Him
Tourney sitting down to rest at Jacobs Well and
sSflhg drink Of woman Of Samaria, while His
When they return they ind Him preaching His
Gospel to is solitary nearer and kndlng in her soul
They had left Him wearicd and faint with hunger.
spe sy mao 10 f fe rn 1000 but @ rdn so
Ills disciples press Him: Master. eat But iic
answers them: IL have meat to eat that We know
With "a anotbe an enigma 10 mem dhey auerS Sh9
to eat! Ills answer is My meat IS to do the viii
of Him that sent me and to finish His work"
II this passage stood alone, we might be content
with the explanation THAT His delight In the ser
the sense of hunger Doubtless this was true.
and P4 the nSn o So %Gd e to a sven 4
hint in His words 1WhoSoever drinketh Of this
water shall thirst again. SO might He have said OF
hunger again. lie is speaking here Of His own
spiritual life. and the lesson lie teaches is that He the
and bullded up His spiritual life in The of just
such means as God sets before each one OF us-dOng
we live and grow Jesus says my meat that BY which
nurture spiritual life " is 10 do the Will of Hon
life was developed under the circumstances and
under the laws of bodily, mental and spiritual
life as apply 70 His redeemed.
Thus His life, always sinless, developed. we
are assured, as we learn that He grew III stature
and in wisdom and in favor with God and Man"
That he needed such a law Of growth for Himself
we cannot @ Sc But for fn our ss lie Anne
and by His example well as by His grace more
and more approach unto God in fellowship with Him
sell growing IN me use OF every means OF grace from
and from young mem 10 fathers III Christ"
We draw therefore, from our Lords words the theme
that duty is divinity ordained as means Of growth
in Christian life.
If it was so in the Master it is so in the disciple.
II In Him we find growth and development from
tie scene in the Temple until the Captain of our
salvation" was made perfect through suffering" much
must there he the unfolding OF life in from our
new birth I'LL We all in the unity Of the faith
and of the knowledge Of the son Of God unto a
perfect man, unto the Of the stature of the
uness OF Christ" If, Enough He a yet
learned lie obedience by the things which lie suffered
then also treading in His footsteps the pathway
be through doing the viii OF the Heavenly Father.
To accomplish His purpose OF redeemng us from all
Jealous Of good works God has twOfold discipline
e anS U el f. do the TS W our D DS the
work The fruit of suffering Is obscure in the life
Of tone and manner toward the oT the smees
the peniten i was His meet to suffer well TO do
mingled viii W., tear and toll The condition Of emf
wherewith lie baptized
Neither tolls nor trbulatons enter into the
price Of our redemption H. but they are essential eIe
ments in our growth In Christian character, For the
Nevertheless, afterwaId they yield the peaceabe fruit
Of righteousness unto them which exercised there
profit that we may be pariakers Of His Holiness
hor G maHy Go d6es ye Rr9ydeHeeS are stumbling
denial and cross bearing Of ali Why lay the rod Of
chastsement i, upon His best loved ones Why press
s as GIVEN iS tine s F Rf OF Of e
fine gold which has been purified in fire. IL have
explanation of the life history of many Of Ills most
eminent disciples.
The idea OF merit arising from doing or from suffer
in many forms OF corrupted Christianity Is chiefly of
credit which may be "a set of against sins or a store
chIist5 teaching IS that the doing the will of the
Heavenly Father Is the meat by which the dOer grows
into His likeness, and so becomes here in this life
and more capable OF service. It's rccOmpensc
selves treasure in Heaven lie points ont the way
Herein Is my Father glorihed that bear much fruit
50 sLail ye be my disciples His idea of merit or
desert is not what men have made for themselves By
service or by suffering but what by His grace they
have made for themselves. Men meet for the in.
henance OF the saints because they saints and
are Ike Him. whom evermore they are to serve.
l need not say that the trials OF life in suffering
the table OF Ills children. The gold is purified in the
dre that II may shine in the crown or circulate in
the coin Of the realm. Jesus says / have chosen
you, that We should bring forth fruit The will and
the work Of God are 10 be wrought-not on us only
il is not only tile expression of Submission II is
the Lord let Him do as seemeth good in His sight
TIt also OF obedience, Teach me TO do Thy will for
The work Of God is the meat of Christian life; the
unity Of the faith and of the knowledge Of the Son OF
s9dur tS 70 tbp perfect man unto the measue Of The
laws which we must not Ignore neglect. The
Dody tlat does not put forth It's powers in active
Is sort and fabby and useless for work. The hand
unused is without skill The mind that is not ex-
ercised becomes incapable of exeTtion The heart
that does not love loses its power 10 love. In
bIhd selhshness we are prone 70 shrink from DO
Ing, as we shrink from suffering Duty demands
Sselldenal selfsacrifcc, sefconsecraton. The very
idea OF duty carries Us out of self II is that which
Is due TO another The will Of God Is the rule and
the measure Of orr duty.
The Christian on duty is like a soldier under special
orders And very often like the soldier he wishes to
be relieved, lie counts 1t hardship to be always
Watching always marching, always fighting But that
Is the way In which veterans are made. The Old
Guard of Napoleon, who the admiration Of the
world by Their firm bravery the final result Of
many a ncrce conflict many weary march, many
bitter struggles with WEAKNESS and want.
Duty Is the meat with which the Great Shepherd
feeds His hock even as Ii the meat with which
His Father fed Him. In His address 10 the Father.
Just before lie went forth TO His final suffering lie
says: / have glorifed Thee the EARTH | have
finished the work which Thou gavest me to do
We recognize the connection with the words Of
text: " My meat Is TO do the Will Of Him that sent