New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-16
SERMONS WORTH KEEPING.
xxx.
WHAT JESUS SAW FROM THE CROSS.
THE REV. DIR. CHARLES +. DEEMS. OF THE
ClIIRfH Or THE STRANOERS

Few clergymen In this city have accomplished
| greater work than has been done by the Rev. Dr.
Charles +. Deems, the well-lnovn and widely lo'eu
pastor of the Church OF the Strangers. The members
OF the church living monument to the power OIL
Or. Deems both rs a pastor and preacher The
following Is an abstract Of the sermon of DR.. Deems
as preached yesterday morning in the Church oil inc
strangers the text being: lie shall Of the travail
| Of Ills soul. and shall bc satisfied isaiah Ill, =
The attraction OF the cross lies in the fact ana
solely in the fact that Jesus suffering for sin.
the Just for the unjust, that lie might bring us 70
cod" Take away that clement and His decease sinks
to the level ordinary death. With tina, clement.
u was the most painful and The most productive death
IN tho crisis OF His mental and spiritual horror and
agony S ana darlne,s that Vision broke on the eyes
which was much more dreadful than any Other death
on the cross, not in its ply steal pain but in Its ss
First OF ALL lie saw the completion OF the most
stupcndous undertaking of God. Now, among men,
success IS always pea'ng In proportion to the
the time or strength required for the nc ompshment
Of The wo', the success is exciting to every one who
witnesses II. but still TO The person most con
cerned When it was considered sufficiently practicable
to enlist large capital In the laying Of cable on the
and be Instantly heard BY each other across 1900 mile.
Of stormy seas; when millions Of money. and several
experiment and When heads 10. and hearts had ached
critics had predicted failure ana several times failure
had seemed Inevitable but when ut last the prodiyors
people filled the air and thrilling through the waves
Ncw-York went wild with Joy because Of our
difficulties, We have had gl,ater faith in the capa
| billtlos OF human nature ever since.
positions e r,C% by friend and peishsSr
ness and old age-ore amazed at the grndeur Of the
undertaking when they contemplate What is open to
every mans view Int TO him the success must have
given secret Joy mat could be shared by no partner
o how above all mere human acc omplshments is
the achievement Of the cross IT was the attempt to
light that his blinded eyes might It. aud in such
a way that his hardened heart might feel it. None on.
There IS no mere man who measure the intensity
Of tho rcpagance between good and evil There Is no
z single human spirit God the Father knows how
i Is to Him to have any soul perish. lie knows that
the only way TO soul is to arouse It's love for
tle good, and make It feel an interest in eternal
Father loves IT. Hence the divine necessity OF the
and nd the eo Z; on t the rn,
h 2 WIN ,ho glance ana saw d n In the cross
the Of 1 lis Sse for
| The ciasm that lay bread aud deep between earth
by the cross and when it touched both sides and
lay securely firm the pillars OF eternal justice and
communication with the INHABITANTS Of eternity Jesus
cied with shout Of satisfaction the memory Of which
shates heaven and earth with gladncss to this day
A VIEW As CoNoUERoR.
Tho vision gave Him the satisfaction OF n conqueror
The opposition between good and evil is not passive
Evil cannot exist where god IS good where evil
| is. II IS what Plato calls the undying war; II
| Is ccaSelesS. 1t Is everywhere. II Involves every
| being that has consciousness and will. An men, all
spirits arc In II, ranked and rlhgcd side the
other Evil Is In opposition to God. It Is an evil
thing TO think that our interests not identical with
IONS that lie has some plan which lie Is going to
human Children and that It is po G p ms TO na
our happiness and success regardless d what
| lie thinks and what He commands. No
| II he truly believed that God deeply loved him
and was exertlng His infinite powers and was
| The warcry Of evil Is Down with God Why
the Heavenly Father. LS5k on the cross and see.
burdens have drunk of their bitter cups have ldenti
sights man Sights God Whoever Injuries a man
Injuries God: whoever ministers TO man ministers to
| show My love plninIyi7
, II was this that was 70 prove the defeat Of evil
Jesus saw 1t all. He saw that the banner OF the
cross was not to be mere flourish of rhetoric. but
the symbol Of Q mighty truth. Whenever blow
given to evil. 1t was TO be given in the OF
the highest love. and that highest love was on the
Of iIe Of @ os T !" winnSs the hearts, S9s
his worth and In oil his capabilities of Development
II Their had been but o1e man II the universe i've Fin in
worth all that Jesus endured to lay that man under
saving bonds of love. lie saw such man. and so
Frightening path OF Immortality until his increasing
glory ovcrspiendocd The cross and filled the soul OF
| the diving Jesus with shouts OF satisfaction.
I ONE Sled. BUT IT SPREAD.
| One such triumph would have repaid the august
sufferer for all that lie endured. But lie saw His
srd lie prolonged His days. He beheld
Penecost the efrusion Of the Holy Ghost. and the
conversion OF tho three thousand souls in one day
| lie behed the travels and abors and successes OF
| His apostles and hundreds and thousands OF men.
| women and children In Antioch. where they were
first called Christians. after Him. and In Phillip and
Colosse and smyrla and FpheSus. and In the seat Of
imperial power. Rome. that was soon to be Pagan
| Rome more but Christian Rome forever. he
saw men worshpping Him IN catacombs and cloisers
and cathedrals lie beheld tall and great and rev
srsnd heads bow with the golden aeaS srs Of @{sa
fathers. ind queens nursing mothers 70 His people
Westward the star Of Jesus took It's NAY T So,a
| Continent of America received aud reared millions
that loved Him. The whole earth was cirded with
Of sFc Or 90 IN that one e was not lovingly
s% STa"s sP TsIanss p a%es wn isS
| Jesus can max, dying bed
Willie on Ills breast lay my head
And breathe SS %y s out r S%seE
horror Hut hrSuSa n Love- al ne lie e' s%w the
n c r 90 snS ' spirits gone up nom earth
walking I'm the heavenly land. thronsng me blsstil
ssverostlng throna 40 sins and .penitencc and
| sorrows now All tears wiped from all eyes Who
mr. un through much trtbuat,on and washed their
robes. and made them white In the blood OF me
| Lamb And lie Himself again on the throne
| ~ The universe and all those Won. changed re-
| deemed loving children. worshippihg lrm. ana
shouting T. Him and singing salvation 10 our TOO
,hnt sittcth npon the throne even unto the Lamp
| The musical thunder OF that mighty song rOeu
an, thc heavens aud fell upon the cross. ana Jesus
nond and saw OF the travail OF Ills soul. and cried
| !" n is an,shed." and with sense OF completion
| died satisfied! I"
TWO SIGNIFICANT EpooHs.
,o,,,,c ,ut the saving q men satisfy Him.
rnu had becn two other cpochs CT marked slgniii-
canoe I'm the biography OF COD one WINS at the 'rc''
lion OF the material univris'' when the morning
stars, those spiritual creatures who were the begin
ming Of the work n God. sang together ana "ah
- sboutnd for 10y = They had known