New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-23
TWO KINDS OF MEN.
THE REV. DIR. MARTIN. OF NEWARK
breaches ON CONTRARY TEXTS.
HEART IS TURNED TO GOD

GRACE ON EARTH WHEN HIS
HEART IS TURNED TO GOD.
The Rev Daniel H. Martin. pastor Of the Clin-
ton Avenue Reformed Church. Of Newark.
preached yesterday on the texts There Is no
new thing under the sum-" and "All things are
new He said. in part
The contrast in those two statements is the
more startling seeing that they are the honest
convictions Of two men concerning the same
thing mans convictions are his condenser
experiences. These men spoke out OF full ex-
perience. which. IL traced. will reveal the roots
out of which their convictions grew. solomon
and Paul are nineteenth century characters.
They represent the two classes into which the
human family divides itself: those whom the
world masters and those who master the world
1t matters not whether Solomon wrote the BOOK
OF Eccesastes not. book bearing no plrth-
mark and well-called the Sphinx OF the Bible,
because IL sits amid the SandS Oh eVercHdhsihs
opinion.
Whoever the writer was. he speaks for the
everyday man OF the world who seeks his happi-
ness In a life Of sef-indulgence firing OF one
form Of pleasure. he turns to another. but finds
that none Of them satisfies. SO ne gives eH-
preston to his ennui-"There Is nothing new
under the SUM-" 1t is suggestive catalogue nc nc
gives in the second chapter Of the various at
tempts ne made to collect the DEBT wnich ne
fanoied due him from the world II Is me
worst kind of world IMAGINABLE, he thinks s;c
No use to toll for money the penniless cradIe
IL succeeded by the penniless comm no
sa abstraction in saving money. mans last rope,
like MS first. has no pockets. Nelther Is thete
any real enjoyment In the world: we learn 10
weep a moment after coming into II ana we
never forget how from lack OF practice was
king in Jerusalem and mad every chance to prove
what am saying. All Ia vanity and Vexatlon'
and there is new thing under the SUM-
Solomon simply tells in advance the conclu-
sions Of every man who tries to be sell -induisent
and satisfied at the same time. Our daily news
papers are plentifully repleted with accounts that
read like plagarized chapters from the BOOK OF
Eccleslastes. The nineteenth century solomon
in every grade OF life, discovers that self-in-
diligence is sin and that sin is self-deception
II deceives as to It's character, and as 10 the
results In store. There Is scarcely any SIN that
does not wear garb OF innocence that deceives
the man who willingly stands within the sphere
OF it's fascination 1t also conceals results. IL
offers inducements that almost never yield the
income Of pleasure that the invested expectation
called for. And. worst Of all. It Is folIoNed oy
sckening experience OF pain and remorse.
Now. then. the desponding pleasure-seeker OF
our first text might have found cure .S
that Paul did, who uttered our second text
That no. only was sin not satisfying out that
all forms Of sin have their source h IN the xord !.
changed Paul had received new heart ana
instantly everything had become Lev" solomon
saw nothing new ,"r hs was s,Fusg nn ,o o'd
need to learn this lesson They lop on a oad
ha bit or two but wonder why they still find
so little peace They need to take Lesson IRON,
force What apt TO regard as separate
forces such as heat. light. electricity. mag
netsm etc ere simply different moods OF one
force When a wooden axle catches fire from
cxces sive friction. II proves that heat ana lignt
are only another name for arrested motlon
When a magnetic current passes through
copper wire it can ring bell. kindle light, or
transmit the human voice, demonstrating tnat
electricity can be converted into heat, Ngnt. or
sound or what you VIII. In sinsie "ora ,,a IL a.,
comes from one force called Motion. Motion IN
the air produces sound. whether II be the warpie
NJ a canary or the shrek Of a locomotive. Motion
In lump Of iron produces heat. motion In lump
OF seallng-wax produces electricity. motion IN
\ electro gnet produces light. II Is one force
with many fashions. There Ia one great force
known as sin. 1t has its seat In the human heart
II manifests itself by particular transgressons
the kind OF transgressiOn depending upon the
kind Of persons in whom It appears. Easy now
10 understand what Jesus meant when ne SAID
the man with lustful eve was an adulterer. the
man Of malicious disposition a murderer. the
man OF covetous soul thief.
Solomon could find no new comforts because
he looked out from an unrenewed heart Neither
could Byron or Rosseau. or Shelley. or Chester
field or yesterdays suicide. II Is the same
story all the way down They all did what our
Ecclesiastes pesslmist dld-cursed the world But
it's Gods world. The world He pronounced very
good 1t all depends on your medium of vision
To a corrupt heart everything that crosses the
field of vision IL corrupt. To Pau!s Christ-hlled
heart everything took on heavenly hue. Tho
with new radiance. the sun flashed In new
splendOr Behold. all things are become new"
was his daily psalm
Poor Solomon and all others OF his ik seeking
comfort in worldly things. only hnd they are
pLmping from broken cisterns which contain
no water. Jesus says: He that drnketh OF that
water shall thirst again. but the watei that
shall give him shall be In him we'll OF water
springtng up into everlasting life To every
man this offer is made. The way Of penitence is
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