Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-09-25
SERMON ~ REV. a. p. xr,.nv

Appeal, the Rev. S. +. Kelly, of Eure-
ka, delivered u sermon of rare grace
and eloquence. He had chosen as his
text the opening words of the second
verse OF the twelfth chapter of lie.
brews-" Looking unto Jesus" The
s%uhjoined synopsis is necessarily very
brief and imperfect, and falls a lonx
way short of doing the preacher or his
subject justice; for so rapid Is the rev.
erend gentleman's delivery that it Is
with difficulty that one follows him at
long hand. The right Interpretation of
st. Paul's words, said the preacher, is
that the faith of the ages is represent
ed in the faith in Christ, and that in
looking to Jesus We are looking to the
true guide to Christian action. Christ,
indeed, is the great moral az we'll as
spiritual examples; and the perfect NOR
atty of his character is to he traced
through all centuries till it eliminates
in him.. The past, then, is the "great
cloud Of witnesses" attesting his divin-
ity and his perfectness as u moral ex-
ample. The race wherein all Christ
ians are taking a part is always subject
to a full publicity, and they who would
run it successfully must look to Jesus.
Our church Is not priest-ridden, not
hampered with mean, narrow influen-
ces; Is in the State, not of it. Obser-
walton should not be avoided, nor
should its lessons be lost. All
then are Interested not only in
looking on but participating in the
great Christian race. And it must new
er be forgotten at any time or phase of
the race that we must look steadfastly
to Jesus, the author of our faith. The
Christian life looks to competition
competition in moral and spiritual ex-
cellencies. Even Christ's enemies
among the Jews acknowledge and ever
have acknowledged the absolute puri-
ty of his character. lie is the same
yesterday, to-day, and forever. His
success was completes; His life the best
example for those who would succeed,
His is the true life OF the day,
and is fitted for the qualification of
the just ambition of young and
old. 1t is a rebuke to the derna-
gogue, the sharper and all quacks
OF all rersuasiens. The Christian life
is moi without ambiiion---hut il has no
sympathy with the idolatry of success,
which comes over men in these mod
ern days like u fetichisin. Against
this, the greatest danger of the time,
the Christian must battle. We must
look to Jesus. This looking toward
the Saviour is what the men of the
world need to do. And yet let us not
commit the mistake of looking upon
Christ simply as the head of an insur-
ance project. HIS example of holiness
and purity is of quite as much signifi-
canoe as His power TO ave The only
bondage which binds men to Jesus is
the bondage of the right. The text
points to reality-thc strife toward
the purest ever lived. The grand en-
of morality and godliness is that it will
run under the eye of II who knows
the curse and cannot fail ia lead us i'm
the right direction. Jesus is the Sa-
vior of the future. Human longings
require this; and while the Divine
Teacher told us to fake no
thought for the morrow, yet He
eve and always teaches us to
hope. We are never told not to reach
out into the future. We are invited to
contemplate the " substance Of things
hoped for. the evidence of things not
Seen." We are to go on to looking to
Jesus, for he always looks on us. The
world is Il great race course. All men
have II part in the race. To be sure
so,nc are running away from the right.
Let us endure with patience to the end.
What part are we taking in this great
race? And why do some OF You look
on with Indifference and Scorn? If
you are no willing to enter the race
yourselves, do not throw obstacles in
the way of those " no do. A wave of
superstition has swept over tho world.
Side by side with this is the wave of
unbelief. Being in an age of un,elicf
we arc consequently in an age of su-
perstition. But such .pilgrimaycs as
that which has just been undertaken
to Europe by a crowd OF fanatics
are not Of this tremendous age. They
are as futile as the lately attempted
miracle in Virginia City. The Chris
tian preccpt is always Choking to
Jesus" Why are you. the non-rro-
Tossing Christian, standing idly look
ing on? You are losing all the time
you are idle. LAS Moses lifted up the
serpent in the wilderness, even so
shall the Son of Man he lifted up, and
who so belieyeth in Him shall have
eternal liie.'
For SUPREME COURT CLEKK.-Wc