New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-09
SERMONS OF THE DAY.
XIII.
JEsus CHRIST AS A PREACHER.
rur pry. DAVID C. wYLIE DELIVERS HIS FIRST
DISCOURSE IN THE SCOTCH PRES
BYTERIAN CHURCH.

Aha s.rmon Yesterday morning with which the Rev.
navid G.. wylie began his pastorate in the Scotch
presbyterian Church. During the week the young pas
tor and his wife have been most cordially welcomed by
The people sketch OF Dr.. Wyle and history Of the
scotch church were published in The Tribune March
, the day that he was installed The topic yesterday
morning was Jesus Christ preacher" and the
following is d summary of the
.Neyer man spake like this John vii 40. These
words were spoken at the Feast Of the Tabernaces at the
,.v Of Jerusalem when muttudes present from All
rurs Of the known world At that time the East aie
west met together and the streets of the Holy CITY
might be strange characters from Media. persia"
india Arabia Italy SPAIN from The banks OF the DANUBE
and from the barbsrous lands OF the North IL was
time great rejoicing. The harvest operations were
aver the grain was gathered in for winters use; ana
Golden streaks uniting the autumnal foliage on NIL
On dale and mountain side. II just such sceho 90
prsents itself 10 the traveller journeying through the W
son or Connecticut valley in the late autumn season
The ceremonies attractive and interesting Tor the
Hebrews had a gorgeous ritual. Booths were erected
fr the accommodation OF strangers the people paseu III
,,oud procession through the streets Of the city, saer
fees offered upon the altar and the Dasc oi eo
trumpet called people TO sacrifice and worship
tschngs Of Christ this occasion were very bod ana
startled the chief priests into action. They sent oncers
to Law hands upon These going stood before linn,
listened to His words and were attracted by whaV lie sa
and the in which He said IL. his seh'e"cS''
eamnes meekness and holiness completely u'
GRAND and reply to the question: why
have We brought Hint their answer was never man
spake like this And these words Oh uo e"eh'es Vi
our Lord which como TO the centuries are Just
as true to-day when uttered. NeNer Mail sp"Ao 'Ao
this man." -
Let us emphasize the thought that the LORD Jesus
Curist was a preacher; indeed, He was preaching
when the Officers listened to the words "hich
made such All impression upon them. Their 'es'i'
mony shows the wonderful effect Of the truth
upon Their minds. fancy that we do not THINK oven
enough Of Christ preacher But He was above every
thing preacher, and indeed the modei preacher u
all the ages Long before His appearance In te "oiiu IL
was matter prophecy that He would be preacher OF
righteousness TO the people -
THE APPEARANCE OF THE MODEL PREACHER
In aiding the biographies OF the worlds great scholars.
poets statesmen philosophers and warriors it is interest
ing 10 learn something concerning their personal appear
ance Do we know anything concerning the appearance
of the greatest all teacher 1t must be admitted that
every thing said this subject IS largely conlectua
The sketched the face of Christ but
the pest efforts are generally Disappointing Possibly
there something about the face and form OF the Great
which the most skilled artists could not transfer
TO canvas
recent writer describes Jesus as man OF commanding
stature, beautiful Of cOuncnance, with clear and high
forehead possessing DAINTY HIS eyes blue and
radiant. and mild the spring sky. in adnon!ton calm
words like music, not often seen to snle but more
often to weep hands and limbs IF finest mould and facst
among Of This may or may not be gooi
description. Indeed it matters little and each one S at
liberty to hold his opinion upon the subject The
sacred writer's dwet much this theme But
this know, and It is OF great Importance
Jesus holy, harmless, undehled and separate rVIn
sinners, a perfect man. mighty Saviour the
Light OF all lands, and splendor of each sea,
The sun-burst OF a new morn como TO Garth"
The compliment Of Christ's enemies placed Him far
above all the great teachers OF antiquity as Abraham
Noses David, Solomon, Elijah and Isaiah Of the Hebrew
Nation, and above the and philosophers Of the
heather world as Plato, Aristotle Socrates, ConfuCius
Zsrcaser and the foremost poets and orators OK the
Aurustan age. In considering the characteristics Of
Chtisrs preaching not left to conjecture but re-
ceive help from the Divine records The scriptures Dl
us how preached to the people who hung upon His
words. He simple preacher He did not SPEAK
I'm an unknown tongue clothe His thoughts In forms
OF speech which would conceal His meaning. His aim
was TO make the people understand the message which
He came 10 deliver. That there was q charming sim.
pleiy about His preaching We know, for we have read
the matehless Sermon the Mount and the paFaoies
which fell from His lips, and have often wondered at the
literary beauty the delicate conceptions and WONDERFUL
yigor OF the thought Is 1t that the common
people focked hear Him and listened gladly 10 lis
woIdsl - ,,,.
CHARACTERISTICS OF CURIST'S PREACHING
In His preaching Christ full Of sympathy Wher-
ever He went beheld sadness sorrow sickness dis
tress oppression and death, ahd under all thce circu
stances His words were sweet. His tears eloquent. Ho
came % sympahze and help the people TO bind up those
broken Of and to the pisohouse 10 those VINO
were in bondage.
Wherever He went His sympathy and love wrought
wonders for sorrowihg and oppressed Remember inc
woman at Main; the blind the denonlac boy Ihc
ten kpers and the at Bethany when Lazarus was
dead and recall how brought Joy and gadhess 10
many hearts and homes. While He wae meek ana gen'io
IN His bearing at the same time lie was ooId pca''
who expressed Himself fearlessly whatever inc co's
ouences to Himself. lie fearless IN urging 'FuIh
home To the hearts and cOnscences Of his hearers anu IL
is His wish that His followers be Ike Him. he vas
also a positive and scrptural pfeacheF' ii' -
guessed at truth. He knew whereof lie airhea au
smoke with certainty upon the great themes oil NE ue
Judgment and eternity Heaven, hell, sin, punishment
and immortality were fundamental truths "Mch nc
pressed upon the attention OF men, lie was p''''''
preacher and spoke as one having authority. 49,
At the time He in the habit. in many Oh MS
discusses Of appealing the Scriptures lie DcHe'co
in with all His heart and often quoted from the
The Scriptures with Him authoritative ana the court
of anal appeal lie accepted them the w0Id OF te
Eternal God uttered by the lips inspired men, guided
by the Holy Spirit When referring TO the Scriptures lie
was never nppant but always reverent ana inc "u'n
which lie presented full Of power and wisdom
This brings us " a theme Of great Importance Chfst
Jesus is to model and it is Of the greatest value
TO know what He preached Was II science philosophy
politics. political economy, or the best manner OF mpo'
Ing the physical and material condition of humanity I
We know that the future the needs, OF men III
ALL ages and He presented truths applicable TO the
wants Of men the end Of time What the substance
n His prcachingl lie emphasized old truths lie tod
the people of the power Of God in dealing with the nations
He would have them understand sha God In all ages
the great moral governor among all people. lie spoke OF
the holiness God foreshadowed in the priesthood
Sin was a great shadow cast over the world by which
,non,s hearts were daIkencd. God was holy and sin
anita gonistic to His VIII.
Rut In order that become holy atonemcnt was
necessary this was old TRUTH but Christ emphasized
a. and taught that it for the purpose Of making an
.,o,emnnt ohat He came into the world lie TO
reconcile men to God and 10 do so was necessary to
sbed His blood for without the shedding Of blood there
was no remission Atoncment was familiar thought TO
the rone Of the Old Covenant but Christ Enlarged upon
I, and shed clearer light upon the great theme. How
ever Christ brought Of the teasur+house things new
and Old and so we find that in His preaching lie pre-
scented TO His hearers now truths or truths hoo clearly
compehended by the people Of His TINE lie taught IN
IIis creation with the OF Samaria that true
,o,sbin was acccp,able unto God. In the oden time
Ird1r. LaMElNer and kIng.