The daily gazette., 1879-07-21
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u Rev. F. B. Duvsl, pastotg8 SdSFIrst
Presbyterian church, preachedbto4is3c0n-
gregati0n yesterday from thA, taxtu "1n
that day shall there be upon the bells Of
the horses, Holiness unto the Lord and
the pots In the Lords house shall be like
bowls before the altar. -Zacharihh, XIV
chapter and 10Th verse. ,, oga.o,s
The Kingdom Of God, said The spestor
in commencing, seems in this day 70 be
pertaining to holiness. The greatness Of
Gods kingdom is in accofdaIds WAN the
history Of the kingdoms ddveAopsment.
It first came into practical sexistsnce
in a region not larger than this little
State in which We live,-now It extends
over, and occupies nearly all of the CIV
ilized world, Its growth might be, COM
pared with that Of the, mustard seed
spoken Of in the word Of Cod "a
But this empire, that has been found
ed by Jesus Christ, shall never die. Al
though It has not been perfect HI fs con-
troll over the hearts of all mes,, and may
be njur, d BY the power Of iueliaioH,yet
in II extent it CONTROLS and tnA1epces
all our Commercial, Legislative, judicial
and Executive changes 'El"p hio1i
The prophet was looking .at this pro-
s; ective advaneement when he penned
this text A look at tho text and we find
that 1t not only mentions Cle extent of
the kingdom Of God, but the effect Il
would have upon she peoples hearts.
We readily see that i'm this vision the
prophet was looking ct the day Of Rrecti-
cal Godliness, when men would not look
arsted ffosa every day life but SD9aA ef-
foptiuo or.A Inn cIS~s,rxo k<,.t a.
man. We see that he was looking to .
day when men would ask Gods help In
every manner and In every thought to
help athem,--was looking to- th6lI time
when men would take their eonampg dr-
ties of life to the altar the same .as they
would their conservation to God.
This is what religion is intended for.
It is for the changing of our whole life
for our worldly walk. . A child does not
study grammar in order tofbou aide to
speak correctly inside the schq0lbrQpm
| neither does a man receive, religion In
order to be religious and Godfike inside
the church door. He goes TO tfe church
to learn how to live! Thet pnmtnfs of
duty Is that man should be 90, eopaacrat-
ed to God, as to underi axe and perfect
all secular duties In good faith to him,
as we would come before lsle ldltAr OF
prayer. This is the only ynodei so6 life
according with God ami. with our faith
| and is the only mode that is safe Tor us.
I The fact that the prophet spesksz OF .
day coming whom this oonseerntion
s5ou1d sS"ns P5sys RE shoxs that i1 his day and
Cody with the Practical swAs5 lacking.
They separated, their daily work from
their duty to God. And 30 Il b with
men to-day. Men 60 to church ard 70
through the services and come away say-
ing that they have done ethelIo duty to
worldly pursuits. All what q mistaken
idea Man can never ALLEVIATE God from
practical life, and 1t should not bs so.
But II some men only serve GQd in q
half way manner, how about those VINO
DO not serve him at all? There are many
upon the bells of their horses but HThis
to myself" instead. They ever trv to
reach the topmost height through their
own efforts. They seem, to- say, -..sthis
world was made for me; have no use
for God" How UNPLEASANT And spai nfui
change 1T would work upon them to
know how they appearedI5 nsod
.Oh, wad some power, tho sitiD eae,hs.
TO see ourssls as ithers see us. -,
1t wad ffae mOnv q blundef lffvd m. L
AAo "plish hotioh.ri oj ii aIsl ns2
The reverend speaker hen went on at
great length to speak OF the weakiesses
and foiblos Of the times and urged gupon
his hearers good advice 10 oyescome
them, and to become pure in the sight Of
all and consecrated to the cause JeIovah.
He denounced the dishpns ,iiss sof lcom-
msrcial life and spoke in glowing terIns
or the sterling integrity that led to the
inscribing of "hoiiness, to-; tho Lord"
upon the armor of those who, served
God IN spirit and in truth. e'''i'i"'
advocacy of q pure principal OF ,Lfe and
alluded to the great joy that always re-
suited from it. In conclusions he Invoked
the aldo God in giving them thespir,t
OF perfect love and consecratiop,
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