New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-14

the rcr,ror " Thc-ae said: II know nothing
about the ---. that cor is 20 be extended
70 the Re- D. tI0~eoo d. not even know
that his name has been mer,oG-d officially at
AZ - the --c-t.1cs OF the session. lie is one
Of & number O. ministers who have been oc-
c-.rv,rr the punt Of the church temporarily.
."Trore car lie n doubt that the Rev. DR..
Morgan is one OF the best men in the pulpit
to-day. I do not think I ever heard more
forceful or eloquent preacher. This opinion Is
shared by every member OF the Fifth Avenue
Church But as 10 extending call 70 him. there
can be nothing done until the fall, when the
members Of the congregation return"
DR. Morgan was also seen relative To the re-
port He seemed much surprised, and said:
Il certainly never heard that there was a pos
slbiity Of a call being extended to me from
the Fifth Avenue Church. In the first place, l
I'm a Congregational minister and hardly think
that a Presbyterian church would extend to
me a call 20 be their pastor.
Or. Morgan took his text for his sermon from
Acts " 81. And We are his witnesses Of these
things. and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom
God hath given % them that obey him"
Dr. Morgan said that at the time when Jesus
was on the earth with His disciples the latter
were looked upon by the wise men as ignorant
and nliterate He said that at first little at
tention was paid to them. He continued:
The disciples loved their Master But they had
their faults We read In certain parts or me
Bible Of the pickering and squaoDAng among me
twelve as % their personal greatness II is pc
OF this that some Of us believe IN apostolic
succession. But later md all IL changed
They were the witnesses OF the Masters acts
And what are the things that tney were VII
recticn To us the Cross has become a dynamic.
great force because n J. We nave me uppucissg
/ Christ exalted and Christ at work are the f9 our
principal texts taught by the Bible. They are the
/ things OF which bear witness. -
We are not following any set of fables In our ne
ne ms We bave WITNESSES The work OF the Church
is that Of being living witnesses for Jesus nrlst'
+ Tn Sririf docs not reveal the glory of God In a
single day. Il Is the grdIHal names ,0l,
and Thought that reveals God 10 the true Christian
/ a. all His force and truth
In the afternoon Dr. Morgan took for his text
/ Acts /: The former treatise have made, on
.Theophius. Of all that Jesus began both 10 do
and to teach" He said in part:
The historic Christ is undoubtedly the greatest
/ by The telling OF the story Of His lie and death
that have been regeneratrd chdrac,er g 5ii
but by His continued ana constant 2rssenee ana
work in every successive century. me NJ ~
] ~ humanity The living Christ il the power Of God
bringing the revelation OF 1900 years ago mo toueh
/ tions NJ the changing centuries. While the living
christ was not ,b ana b s2of n2 Christ P 1 cam
/ on Y he Understood and touched because lie IL the
living Christ The true church history, then Is the
| history Of the abiding and unchahsihS CHIlSI ever
So 7Neu-YorE il In ked 70 Jerusalem Philadelphia
| 10 Caperuaum. yoIr meadoW-girt towns 70 NaZa-
| reth. your thousand villages TO those or Palesune
with this distinction those lie VISITED IN these re
abdes 50 this congregation Is tn direct succession
/ DAYS ~ His flesh What He was 10 them he IL 10
We must rernenber. He is not IL cannot be the
So of B. % D
labor church than the patron Oh a ftl'H- jYt
/ Him out His revelation OF FatherhoOd ana Broth-I
/ erhood such that no man can De eEClId i
from His love and tenderness either by ca.anlily
/ OF poverty or the often more terrible calamity OF
/ welIfh II was man tie loved and Tor man lie
died. and % Is man lie attracts, Wl,hout r.,
70 any limitation or Division ma, - il,s ~ ~
80 ',tt,roctad fhfist Trace that FAR enough
/ His coming and work mean. The horded ana scat
tered M sses OF nen-snful silly ungratefIl-nndae
~ --g lis Were not their difficulties His?
Yea nv ,tr-ue OF that divine love which no human
mind can ever tell the depth u. He came ana maze
'Wbne others nave looked upon the crowds with
fear with distrust. with aversion, WIN curiosll
He with compassion ana an III ~ c"Joa win
healing. 20 their weakness with strength; 70 their
despair. with His own couTase ang ye u, Ines ma
/ demanded rest not even the Intense desire l9r
lonely communion-could keep him rom the "e'NS
crowds thar 80 constantly followed him o., -.
50 today where the people are te - III w
labor church Interested in every prop,rm M.
discussed. holding ne solution Oh al az rsady 10
teach and guide, when these men .atI ar aed' In
learn the initial lesson Of true DIos ia ~
the fashionable church: yearnlng "'I LIN ia hun
over the anlessness OF many me- WI" ~, sl -,
grv heartache translated. for societys purposes
"ennuL" on the avenue. in the SUM every VIZ :
where men are there Is He. drawn by the tsad
+ and yoe and weeung OF those for whom lie dleu