New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-02
SERMONS WORTH KEEPING.
XXVII.
DIR. PARKHURsT SPEAKS TO YOUNG MEN.
As CHRIST WAS Sent OF GOD, 50 ARE HIS FOL-
LOWERS SENT by Nm INTO

WORLr OF IN.
The Rev. Dr. C. II. ParhhuGst preached ycs'er-
day morning to yOung from the text: 4" As the
Father hath sent he. even so scnd you' tJohn
N.Y. 21). In lis sermon he referred incidentally to
his recent crusade against unghtcousncss. and urged
his young friends to devote themselves some line
OF activity in which they follow their Master
and succeed in making the world better Among the
many words Of encouragement which Or. Parkhurst
has received, few have been more earnest than the
resolutions adopted by the New England Conference
His sermons exposing the wickcdness Of Ecwforh are
warmly praised and his methods approved. The last
resolution read: Resolved. That we personally ana
collectively rs ministers with him In the bonds OF
Christ extend to him sympathy. our encourage
mcnt, our word OF good cheer. and our PRAYERS ana
hope that he Will continue to strike with his siiifp'
hard blows every form OF miquity that curses the
fair city in which he is an honored ambassador Vi
Christi
in his sermon yesterday DIR. Iarkhurst SAID:
As announced in this place week ago. INV, INV
address This morning will be particularly 10 SouiS
men L., 1t be dsuActiy understood. ho~e'r'i ,, t,i
my approach TO them Is moi along mes ol Poiiu,h
Oh ,lyc interest In the technical SCOPE Oh rhe
term, nor along hncs that are merely elne, Inc
ground We going 10 occupy Is disthcuy cnsS.''i.
am speaking 10 you IT. Christian young men as
Christian JounG men that arr by Una, ,e t nr,d I'm
la practical and obligatory relations 20 the WIZ" ~
which God and circumstances Lave planted YOU
not stopled to hA up The sentences ,nA' na avn
going to talh oil to yoi ann here because i n''Hv
something to say aud 1 have much confidence III
the manincss OF your manhood that i h pcet9 not
are here because you In earnest 10 near IT, ~.
out OF motives Of curiosity eiIh,r but because So'
are sufficiently alive 10 All that Is lrue anu y,r
10 want TO have The thing spon"n to y0,i; ,n'o 'V h
own pos,dliti,s and the general c0nditoh vi INC
world You live in make pertinent u YOU
TO FOLLOW CHRIST ONE WALKS IN hio Al
AS the Father hath sent me, even 80 se'u 4 So.
There is only one means by which a man can peco"o
thoroughly qualified 10 fulfil the iuncuohS ~ "',"
he is dvinely ordained. lie must put pun n'''n ~
,h,, nm. lpdy mind and estate III when ChTl9i ph'
Himself In the dscais 20 Of the commission VIII"
tod the Father loaded Hun. We nish' as We" '''p
This morning before bcSin II we are hoV p'cP"'O
10 he thorough at this point iieic Is s.',' ~, , uv
apout tn.Is that Is my s'eIlo' uii' We h ',,, 20
ah"mt ma never shan tut Is pOmctinS ina, Is
clear: mat Christ came into uis WOriu run 49,
anarne with purpose, and that tie hi's va , Wa,
,1 ,,c consumed linn ashes. and that that puilosc
an done up IN single woid-"a> ho"o o ,"lo ~
the attempt, burning and aIl-ehgiOsNihs, " mo ' -
wnrd a, /, wa, ana make IL into what IL "d' hot, "
clean II. 10 beauty II, 10 udh' IL ", .' ,h.
damnablc world into IA blessed "orIu, nv ,,. 10 cnn
tLinr lie came Tor And 10 be Chnsuai l. ov.i-
scio,y 10 inherit. and 10 possess a. our o' ,,'
,urpo,e by which lie was inspired ana swept ohNniu'
mctlc. he the Divine Young Man oi ,. ,rin,J
the human young man of New lorh' io'i,s ri''"r,
If purpose of ilic 80 sea'Sh i ~ -o, and make
broad and 80 long. doesn't take hold oi you anu " ,
yonr blood beat quicker and your nerves uhsc' "ou
u,, let me cnrnc-, you right there against
the mistake Of attempt X To roll on ''c 9nr
Of ali thl. upon the shoulder. OF the Clergy bc,o,c
God il is nv cuisines, Ia d, this. and before The same
God IT your bu,inc 10 do TINS, ~ Is SI, "r ,hc
and mine, not because We are ms thaI ~, ol ano
other but because are Christians Inc ui'cIc', I'll.
between layman's oblieaiions to tnS oor"p ~"rd
and a c"rgyman'~ obligations 10 UNI ,",i gp, ~
Is not in ie flintcSt degree matter "i dlcirn'c III
the quality Of on OBLIGATION, or tc % TN,
Of them but only aiiair OF difference III W., rc,'
hv which diversity Of endowment. circumstance OF
occupation makes II via for III to nrt our "p'., '
lions For u man calling himself christian 10 Ply
Ills minister 40 much a year for trying f" mnke W"
world better and then leaving 1t at That ana Cling wv
world 90 To the dcvl, 80 far nS his own "H"rls hle
Concerned + a. wicked rs II + mean ana You Young
fellows with the fervd .pirit Of vigorous m,n n,
want we should know II and feel II together that
all. .... ,-.,,,..,.x
PRINCIPLES TO GOVERN TIE chiusf1NN'
Thi, then that has been already said simply gives
us a good solid foundation to 20 upon a. We pass 20 To
deal with some of The detailed features ana pm
cpes that are 10 govern in the performance oil the
practical duties on hand. Christ has taken ont te
only patent method OF saving tue world that II feasible
And the first step that Christ took III HIS career "'
redemption was TO quit Heaven. nm 'oHy tha' "a
fair presentation Of the requires Us to put IN
dash Of shadow rs the first stroke in the picture but IL
j. fr,e And that means In the broad that WIN 1t 10
vie kedncss mat you dealing with The amco'i'ih.
Your own ins AM felicity. There Is no nun Al" no JOY
IN line b,nc,, OF iIyinl to destroy the works OF the
devil. cAccp ~ Joy that aITAy, I"ns' !" u 'ot j.
lust what Chri.ts abandonment Of Heaven dehO''
The threshold 10 all NeTclhns' snb'tallnh , r..c,p
tive effects Is laid In the supreme ao' "'c',uf " 80
behind u, the present fclcitcs that We lmsh' hiNc
for the sake of The help we can i'nu'r 'u rno "rv
mgs We can confer. Just that i the = iauNc ci'v
thai has to H. touched. In thS cAaciy II Tue reason
why Christians are not contributing any moc ,Sp
dIy toward the worlds bcicrinci'iu hno~ m'''
hist left Felicity behind Him when lie began wo'n
We don't to. We Ike well enough 10 mne NH W.
earth heavenly. bnt We IKE !" mel III ~ Wv" ,,tu,
.,y,u Will. We are about ii. The worlds SAN anon
S9a, ara nX WE il, and don't pay II
II j, pleasant 10 get along without IiCuoi ", w 1 .p
@ Ln,c nn.trd win the tide than do AFTER day
when We have been trying 10 stem thc udc' lv' To-
better when You are no, - .irn o'a bave mo-, been
lonr dreams are more cNsAn ",h you . ,, ~ 60
thinning - di-,actedly during the DAY that II iahS
,ix hours Of hlng S n ,o Hr Now. lay il With
ont fear contradiction, that that Is 'e n'ur ,u
the Christian Church P, I hnavpn ths we have got
than we do Of getting out Of II and trying 10 con'I,
is work: II Is expensive ~oih ~ y ,a thcr.
nclng work II is llcaven-ab;dOliheht "UrA' an" ~,
is no getting round IT, Chfis conn ri ' ~ nm, some
it, aud you and cannot II YOU wan 10 p,, , nnr.
,hng there you have got 10 sub'rnc something e'r.
Without ie shedding Of blcu Is ,o no ~ e,r,niiv
con and | each OF have any wish 10 ie hu!e "
noi" IN Trucks let behind Him by the great Re
dccmcr There IS carlhness hcllislnesN ~ about vs.
about in the md OF All ,ha 1D we ' pnme onrscvcs
n ,,cring win hirl, eyes the Landscape underneath
n3cct r,erc,ng The broad belts of hell with which
Garth is strralrd. but willing that people shoiH sm
I'm The bnblling spmfietng a'omAa'iohS Oh tne.r TW
misery and niGuv rather than quit our own paradise
for the sake Of pulling them OUT
THE SAVIOUR IN touch WITH pfPhNNIIf.
Now that + the mnttcr with The 'hnich "iu '''c
world know IT, and yon my young D'o'''cr '"'' wv"
ot christ dropping out Of his beaiic nest INTO
Ma ho,vv smoky air Of this dirty world WITHOUT
rpowlng II too Christ has Let the key. NO ingenuity
can contrivc Il cheap substitute. The Almighty Soh
of God could not get "A man into Heaven "''no"'
llimsen first getting down out OF Heaven i"'
principle ha- never been repealed nor n'"o"u.
and + living in this world and in this country ana
,n tbis city, can make the place We i've III more
hc,venly # bc the Lord We are p'elhie" W ~,
"ur own convenience and felicity siide ana ~, - LIN
1,d nf the world Oh That sdS Of II where IL mas NV
,rie convenience and felicity, and VIC ''i''' "o'o'
aeCUipm, "r ,hon ihnt Christ not only put Heaven
quay l"hnd Him. but lie came into ihe very oiooc,
inch that was possible TO liim WIN w, ti"''o,.
H'r,vIty that WIS on earth. lie made llhacii ono
f n. and moved alout In the inncdlaU lIt"n,eS VI
g, Ye, lie did lie W.T. competent W i've 'hv Nv
,d i'm ma, for the reason that lie anew cnonEh Oh
The void 10 understand what 1t was that re ii'u ~
tol with / can Imagine some Of the Hnsc's, no, II,