Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-12
OF. Peters, CHURCH
Sermon BY Bishop Whitaker.

conducted the services at st. Peter
Episcopal church. He chose for th
subject of mis- discourse The duty OF a
to make business and the seeking G
wealth or fame or station. subaervieDt (
the ways Of Goodness and honor and e1
emplary morality. His text is found il
Matthew vi. 80: but seek ye first tn
kingdom of God and his righteousness
and all these things shall be added unit
you." I, is Christ rule that first of al
10 should belong to God. Make you
first object to be pure Of heart. ratbe
Than to give thought to that which yor
may gain or possess. First your i'm
mortal life is to be considered. Mel
arc apt first to attend to the kingdom Of
this world aud underestimate the thingf
of eternity. Let your motto be Truth
instead Of profit, homer instead of de-
sire for place. Men are prone to do
things which they cannot reconcile with
conscience. trusting to their intentions
of doing better hereafter. The present
is the time to attend to spiritual matters.
] There are not wanting conscientious
persons who pnt OIL the day of their
doing that which is wholly pure wait.
ing q convenient time to devote them.
selves wholly to the injunction of the
text. There are some things in which
the heart wi;hholds full love of God.
Ever> thing done and said Should be sub
servient tn this seeking for The Kingdom.
The course of mems lives WAS likened to
the unceytointy of a man who in rowing
boat on river misses the shore he
wonld reach while drifiIp. with the tide.
There Is sublime craving Of the soul
seeking immortality. /: is 20 this cray
ing that Christ addresses himself. He
ssSs that this craving he lightly direct
ID. He would have u keep Cur hearts
free from corroaiug cares. Our pleas
ures mi,,ead us. We almost forget that
there is = kingdom of God Into this
careless life Christ sends the words of
warning Of the text. His dominion Is
universal The world is filled with
wickedness notwithstanding God reisns
all over it. Christ recreates the hmm IN
race. The sermon on the Mount con
tains the principal part of the laws of
Christ. He offers 70 invest his kingdom
with righteousness. This Kingdom is
already set up but not finished. Thus
We pray. Let thy kingdom come"
Here we see bnt faint shadow OF this
| ingdom. 1t already includes the good
and pure Of past ages. All men have
some desire to enter Heaven.
Heaven is the full recitation of 1.-The |
Al1gdor Eightet usne-s alons is
there. We nus. b" il, lie ii edom here
II We We. u have j: there. Cnrlst seeks |
to bring 10 the world Hobler lIfs-to |
make man creature supremely con-
trollsd by high sentiments. Make the |
interest Of yonr spiritual self your chief |
concern. Why should We not each do |
IS Christ demands? Do We not know
hat truth is the best2 That purity is
better than last? Gods love is better
han earthly good. Conscience brings
higher comfort than ausht else can give.
Ne may BE- sure that Christ was not mis-
AIKEN in declaring the supremacy of the
spiritual life. What the world calls
uccess is often pitifIl thing. Do not
,a-ter the greater for the less. Let the
pursuit OF the kingdom be once entered
IN and the pursuit is easy. Conflicts
With ourselves will trouble Us. but we
must be stead.ast unto the end. He that
5 for us is more than be that is against
Is. That which W. have in view ia that
'ur animal nature shall be controlled nv
'ur pnrer self, The material subservient
0 the spiritual. When any man has set !
himself to seek the kingdom you see a
oan IN whom principle is stronger than ,
sssion. Spiritual interests outiive ali
liners. They go with US beyond the
rave. They who spend their lives seek. .
ng this world will be poor in the next
ie. All of Christ's righteousness, all
he graces OF Christian character we can
AIRY with US. Our spiritua! attainments
lone shall last. BY ard by the desire
u the kingdom will die out. If men
Ill not seek the kingdom the darkness /
Ill encroach and blot cut the light. Ono ,
= one the great truths of God are oblt-
-ated and disbelief in Christ succeeds.
Is sad TO see an earnest spirit annoy
and puzzled by the mystery Of bis ex-
fence. But such is often the fate Of
MUS. There are men who regard the
orld as but place for mere animalli life
I'D animal pleasures. II they do Of f
'ek God, they will seek tho opposite
oul imaginings will take the place of
IRE thoughts. There is one infallible
lie by which true balance may be pre-
rived: The preference must be given
Christ. Either this world or the next. =
Seek ye first the kingdom This is q
g true rule. This cannot be done bv
lives. Go into the Christian life in ?
rnest. Give yourselves wholly to the
nth. We must not consult alone our t,
IN convenience. Be true and righteous q
en and women. Men who are devoted
aolly to this world buckle on their
NOR and pursue their object with con- :
Incy and resolution. Thus the pnr- p
it of wealth and Office engrosses mems
enticn. Tho pursuit Of earthly gains
. donors may fail. the pursuit of God
d Heaven cannot fail "Seek ye first
. kingdom of God and his righteous
~" At the end of this excellent SER (
N the Bishop announced that Mr..
ots would assume the rectorsbip of s
parish on the third Sunday in Octo- :
:; and in making this announcer s1t