, 1875-07-12
te THE GOSPEL A FAILURE?


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IS THE GOSPEL A FAtluhE1
sEnMnS TT THE REV. FLORENCE AcAhTHtt
Thu Jluy, Flo1onco Mccarthy, Of tho Auaity
p.,,;.+ chn,c,,. prcorhcd n sermon .nst evening
nafs,'s .,'aa.aat fa,,ro n i'm 0osnc,.n,nn of
OH 'f'' "FfA'S ",." ..,sa,s,,a .on,,or,., toot
saving tho world. iho 1o'eren" sen''soA1 sooN
as hts text tlio following wardA;
Eutr 80 Il. n tho straight gate, for wide The gse
nud broad the way that lcaet to iratFuctton, and
nany sero ts which 90 IN therca. :brcs"1e rtfa't u
1 ~" Eais S ~ snI ,trn Nv tst Ind M5ini Ri. H. H.
'',, ~.,,.. ..;, t.,a sro0hor corM In a so,1}cr
Not'iite, ea'' th' hEeaAc'' c".'o ~ ea,'.s''.
thing to contemplate, ana Set nothing
truor. tbau tho failure of Christianity
~ NJ. a,ls Ia ,,ot ~ .ho p,oetor a, wI1o as tho
Not onls II not sno ''AH'ue 10 "''' 40 ."o
wound AZ Massho" li'nry a's na II. uon os c, 'at
,nsr", ,m.s roto onr nvn civ wh,cl, Is {ue. as
''",o"' 49,. 49, o.,,,n1o ,rno uIt.
goa aS aty o'''E p'''ee' ~ e"' ~
ss ~ the ensees eon! ~ .e ot .nS
y,t tic churches nrn not filed or those wlo
aro cb,,rch-eocra, not more than hhlf profess to
Im Chr;rtiaus, And out Of these protesting
Christians not one in aon hayo any reIigiouh
oxnn,io,cc nr nm jont]inu religious iIyos. IT, ont
~ thn ,,rc.nut uorulati0t,. no moro than LOCO
III p'ond rescL i,cay o,,. uono Of w need bo aston
isj.oj.
rrnr, those md kindred facts, irrc,isious peo-
pic. and i'll their tcppoud,ng moments religious
n,,a cnurlusjpu. God tLey ray does everything
vol TINT IIo does at ALL mid ifaistes everything
fhar 1Io uuuortakcs; 1t il not like Him to orig
inato piau Of salvation which no. only docs not
Raya the wholo racc but docs not cave half Of
il, md wnich tie greater pnrt of them never
n.:,lar arc m, at drawing this concu-
p:ou end fecl pettectly certain that
llIey. being one of \ vnst multitude compared
With rl,cl tho Christian brother hood is htso-
/ L. "a, =.
of mn 1,ul,ap1,y eteruyty.
II in lie o}icct Of tltIs discourse to combat tho
i1ra Lhat christianity cauuot bu uf God because
IL ,fucs uot reach alt OF Tic lo4t, Tho nero faet
hut few wo,lIf accel,t ulo Gospel ot1cr, aud thai
wI,cu he should rutliru ho would not "'H,,d faitl
on tho eartl,," ought to nette tho
print. Du. il does not. propose
therefore to show, by curgory sur
yry of s1,ch Innings al arc n4iu,ittol by
u!i to rsoccrd from God. that tho apparently
Inefficient modc Of salvation also mny proceed
inv lint tho po]cy mud l4w or tho universe il
not ccunu1ny aud SUCCESS, hut alliuenco, supor-
nhnndnncc auI uasto, and 10 asgno from that
srcak, !, to provide q way OF salvation whicl,
,so11li reach only traction Of lhoso whom it
wuY acsi,.t!cd to rescue.
Lot us begin overhead. Tako tho tlxo.1 stars
Euous of tho Divine Omupoteuco. They
aro a]i Guns bIazug away witt,
.ncro1is,je toat md of rn,,rst. ,,nrhaHited. II
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