National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-12-13
Waugh II. z. Church.
After the morning reading from Psalms xxxli
the choir led in singing:
Spirit Of power within;
And bring the glorious liberty
Fr0rr, a0rr0~ faor and ain W. b

~, come and dwell In me,
And bring the glorious liberty
From sorrow, fear and sin ~
At the close of the singing Rev. Mr.. Franklin
preached from the text of st. Matthew, VAS" Be
ye therefore perfect even as your Father, which
is in heaven, Is perfect" We will notice irst
that tho Divine attributes are noticed by God,
and then we find this same attribute exempIihed
In the preservation of all things and we mud him
omnipotent. In like manner he knows the
fnoan 70 him These shinSs teach rs ths 10 4
an allwise God. His wisdom 10 also seen IN adapt
ing means TO this end. There Is INFINITE wisdom
book is superior TO other books, Is the author is
superior TO other authors. HIS love il seen in
that: God loved the world and has made pro-
as an attribute. II Is said shat God 90 loved the
world that ne gave his only son that Ehosoeysr
Al text IL has been referred to IN various
manners; 1t Is presumed that this text means
sETsthTg g Or Il would not ?. and Il !:
persons, what do You think tt means By We are 70
Be perfect our Father in heaven Is perfect, and
as God is perfect in his sphere. We must take
the Scriptures in their meaning. God is generous
In his providence; he does not send his blessings
generous to the good and bad. He sums up in the
word, therefore, what he has said in the context,
as"Consider the lilies Of the field; they toll not,
neither do they labor, yet your heavenly Father
eareth for them" a man who Is justified BY
faith 10 . partaker of the divine faith. We may
say that God represents himself as man that
perfect % the Father We cannot understand the
We are to initiate our Divine Maker. God in
the first place produced man In his own image
but he lost IL and fell into trespasses and sin.
Now God brings In q divine plan Remember
are apart. ~ win give my Son Is sacrifice for
your sins." SO here Is the divine covenant. God
and man come together sndthe compact Is sealed,
It msy be faith. And when man believes be 4:
accepted God keeps back not any part Of the
price. Here comes in Regeneration. He lost his
nrst image. Now he Is regenerated, and new
song 10 put into his mouth. The law Ia made for
sinners, not for the Just and regenerste man
are biblical terms, to distingaish them from the
Il is I, the Maynard prodiEa IL 10 to bring home
up in his heart. He has God Is his Father. re
Holy Ghost as his comforter, and Jesus Is his Sa-
yiolr, and what else can man wants 1t says,
Heaven & periseS Now he Word ss ni has i've 70
meanings. II means equality; but we cannot be
equal 70 God. Il also means resemblance; We
are not 70 60 IN the ways Of sin now. We sre to
be perfect In the same manner a. our Father In
Heaven 4 perfect We are to initiate hin, inside
burns on the altar Of our hearts We viii be IKE
him. In Corinthians he says Follow me-" Il
meAns iHlIAte. ne places himself between
Heaven and rs and says, Follow me, as follow
the Father"
Jesus said, when he was proclaiming, "raks
my yoke and learn Of me, for I am weak aad
loWly" Now, how can We take bold Of the splr-
itual unless we have guide? By means OF the
tangible We take hold Of the spiritual and We get
held Of God. You who are old merchants are
better business men than when You first went to
the desk. In the same manner we that are
Christs, as We progress, We are better acquainted
with the workings Of the devil and become
stronger. God will strengthen rs and kSep a 4
strengthened. live live before him We may have
virtues Of the Spirit, and the declaration comes
that we are to love him with all our soul, mind
and strength, and our neighbors rs ourselves
At the conclusion Of the sermon the choir sang:
II thou impart thyself to me,
No other good need.n
Aftsr which the doxology was sung, and Rev.
Mr.. Franklin pronounced the benediction.