Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-02-19
A Good Sermon.


oil who heard him. The leading ideas pro.
sented wero the mercy Of God and the plan Of
salvation and we can say we wish always to
hear from preachers such sermons Us appeal
to tho Godsliko attributes of mans nature
instead Of to his sorvile fears. Wo can
always judge of the religion of preacher by
his sermons, for if he be constantly holding
up tho terrors OF hell ho is o nero professor,
whilo if he preach tho love and mercy Of God
he is a Christian, and will surely keep up
religious spirit in his hearers. We once
heard popular proachor Of tho past in this
town say il was sometimes necessary to take
hold of n man and shake him over the flames
Of hell in order to convert and saYo his soul.
1t is true this begcts n sorgile fear, and Solo.
mon says, 'Thc fear Of the Lord is the begin
ming of wisdom," but docs he not moan that
fear which d cl..id has for his earthly parent,
who corrects in lovo and whose heart blceds
ut every blow? A cruel father never had q
good child, neither can cruel God have u
loving subject. God, however, is mercy,
compassion, love in all his afIliotions md
dispcnsntons, and so he should he held out,
and SO he was on Sunday night. We hear Mr..
| Morris 20 seldom that we can't say how often
or whether ever he preaohes those blood and
thunder sermons, which disappoint and bur>
den tho hearers. The best preacher is he
who labors by love to keep his church
together W instance Spurgeon, in whoso
sermons only one in several volumes, onti.led
"Turn or Burn" can be found on tho penal
| character of God, also Dr.. Baker, who
reyellcd in his sermons in tho love of Gud and
glorics Of heaven. Wo beard him twice
some twenty, FIVE years ago, and on ono occa-
sion, after describing tho golden streets
and beautiful anthems of tho Now Jc-
rusalem, ho spoke Of tho time he
would 80 there and how lie expected to be
met by his dead child angel, witb lonrs
streaming down his checks, he stretched his
take his flight from tho pulpit. These great
preachers labored TO revive the church, and
| this never fails to convert souls
| After reading part of the 9th Chapter Of
Luke and the lIth Chapter Of Matthew, he
took rs his text tho last clause Of the Seth
verse Of the 18th Chapter Of Matthew, "And
as many as touched were made perfectly
whole" lie first spoke Of the healing Of
the daughter Of Jarus and of tho woman,
who being diseased for twelve yeays, had
doubtless spent all her substance with doc.
tors to no purpose, aud who in n throngcd
multitude touched the hem Of his garment
and was healed. Christ, feeling that virtue
had gone out Of him, snid who touched me,
and was rebukel by one Of his disciples,
"scoing tho multitude ihrongs thee, askcst
thou who touched thcn.'' After this ho dc
scribcd Jesus going abont doing good, and
how the people sent out into all the country
round about and brought unto him all that
were diseased, and as many rs touched were
made perfectly whole. They sought tho
euro of their bodily inGrmities. but Christ
! now sits at tho right hard Of his Father and ia
the healer of souls. He said truly if Christ
| were in tho house tonight in person all the
congregation would throng Kim tc be healed.
and he stated boldly lie is here and ready
and anxious to bind up tue broken hearted.
to give peace and comfort to the afflicted and
to turn tho woe of the mourner into joy. lilo
is not only here but ho is more appronchablc
as all in this congregation and all over the
| face of the earth can reach him. lie is equally
compassionate and ready 10 hear the cry Of
the distressed, and as many rs touch him
| with tho heart Of faith will be made perfectly
whole. Iio can be approached by nll through
prayers, and no man who sends forth his
petitions from the heart over finds them
to return empty. lie has no regard to
station or condition in life, but to all the high
and low, tho rich and poor, he stands cyor
ready and anxious and ablo to heal if they
| will but reach forth in their hearts and touch
him. IIc is willing Saviour, an anxious
Saviour, an approachablo Saviour to all who
will but look unto him by prayer aud faith.
lIe is not the helper Of man in salvation, but
ho is the Saviour of mon and to him only
belongs the glory. lilo is o porfect Saviour,
for all who touched wore mado perfectly
! whole. Little faith rs wol ps great faith
received his blessings for o moro touch mado
perfectly whole. 1t was ono Of the most
! earnest and feeling appeals we lavo heard in
many weeks, and wo feel suro Christian
hearts woro edited, whlo tho mpenitent
| wero mado to feel tho great loss thoy sus-
tanned in living outside such Saviour. We
cannot do justice to tho subject and wr;to
| this, as wo propose to roview snoh sormons
ne wo know arc calculated to work good.
Who knows the effect Of cursng and blessing
in sermons bctter than tho hearers. The
aim Of preaching is to reach tho hoart aud
| save tho soul to unite tho church md arouse
lovo in the hearts Of the hearers. Some
years ago wo heard two sermons. ono in tho