Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-09-04
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Editors Pssss and Dalss,sa..
We had the pleasure Of hearing . mon.
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this city, by Rev. ]. p. Codinan. pastor IN
charge. The text Of his discourse was from
Rev. 81 and 10Th. "Rs thou Faithful until
Death and I will give thee a Grown of
Light"
The rapidity with which the reverend
gsntienan spoke, made il Impossible for u.
70 report him verbatim-but the following
isa feeble epitome of the sermon, being
moro in the nature of impressions LEFT upon
the mind THIN . correct report Of his ser.
mon. tf.N
Life a sphere Of activity. This proba-
%tionary state is the season Of toll. all the
labor, toll. suffering. anxiety, tears and
sweat are here, this is the field for the play
Of faith.
On the shore Of time fidelity begin,, and
to the faithful soul y glorious grace will fly
the bounds Of this worlds limit and find its
in eternity.
Faith is the shield Of the soul, it holds
the fainting, dropping spirit up. and upon
heavenly wings, bears it to the Fathers
presence-glorious realm Of faith. Here
We walk BY IT. "By grace We are saved
through faith" While it is the act of the
creator, yet God is it's author and fnisher.
Faith the mighty shield by which the soul
is saved from the starts Of the wicked one.
But the greatest Of the three graces is
love. Faith and hope shall cease, but love
abides forever. Thus it becomes the great.
est, because e~ternally it exists.
'But whether there be tongues, they shall
fail, or prophecies they shall ce,se !" bu,
love, that God-like principle, it will no
tal-it shall never cease. Glorious treasure
where possessed by the human soul
blessed fruit, where dwelling in the hear.
This grace gives to the world, to the church
to the cause Of truth unwavering fidelity, fol
it must lay at the bottom aud produce in tn
life faithfnlness to the Lord.
Fidelity begins or the shores OF time
but lasts through all eternity. Love is i,
corner stone ; its firm foundation.
Christian fidelity is the highest christian
attainment. So when it is said by tn,
loving and loved disciple, "Be thou faiti
full unto death and l will give thee tn
crown of life" it places before Us that ult
mate and consummate excellence, which
the goal Of the christian.
The reverend speaker discoursed at lengt
under the three heads:
First-With whom are we to act in fidelity
Second-With what are We TO act il
fidelity.
And third-The glorious results.
First seek the kingd om OF God and hi
righteousness His demands should b
first, etc.
The second head e9er.oss the whol
range of the relation between Creator an
creature-betwecn God and mantle
church aud its members. Act in fidelit,
with our souls. They have claims hat ar
infinitely greater than our bodies. Act i
fidelity to the church, its interests, its al
pointments, &c. and to the truth.
The speaker, us an illustration Of fidelity
instanced the : Roman Soldier at Pompcii
who kept his post while The terrible shove
Of ashes that entombed that city, slowly feI
from the yawning crater Of Vesuvius, an
> whose skeleton was found seventeen Ger
turtles after, with bony hands still close
: upon his spear.
More abiding will be the evidences {
christian fidelity" w.
Yankton, Sept. 3, 1877.