Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-03-15


the dictates Of God that come throus
the mind. Thomas Chalmers, tf
. great Scotch Thsolcgian, who set hin
; self to solve the deep problem Of povsl
, ty In the great cities Of his country, an
relieved much want, said that he ha
always been able to resist the temptatio
, Of giving penny TO beggar on th
street and he thought he was doin
! right. God loves all people but hi
Justice is as shar as q two-edge
, sword.
: This Cody love Is deep in Christ an
, cannot be shaken. As Christ ID tn
. summing up Of all good, so should :,
lget what we need through Christ.
we loox to Christ we are strengthened
beyond all opposition. Charity shoulc
have root in deep truths, and tru'
charity is firmly founded. Suppose vi
could bsnish all religious truths, ant
were to sweep away every thing per
tanning to 1t, till we had no God, no in
carnation, no conservation, no grace, nj
soul, no immortality and only tho pros
pect Of death and eternal sleep. Their
there would be no need for us to car,
for any one and no need for great labori
among men or for charity 10 those who
needed 1t, as there was no reward In
prospect. But change the application
and make 1t that all these things do ex
ist, and then man holds all these things
with God in common. IN view Of this
and the great reward, love would stand
paramount, charity would exist in al
mems heart, and they would sntertair
II to the fullness Of their souls.
In the application Of this 1t must MOI
be pointed out that this system is di
vine system. No one can look in his
Testament and find one precept thai
has not o tendency to lift up our Chris
tian natures. Everything Is spiritually
profitable. We must follow the teach.
ings to gain by them. Our charity, you
will find, ia governed by our own Of
forts, and we gain 1t in accordance with
our efforts to break the chains Of sci.
fishness.
In closing the Bishop exhortsd his
hearers to cultivate charity, and held
that it was an easy thing to do. II
did not mean to give away everything,
which 40 stated in the text would avail
nothing if charity did net exist, nor TO
sacrifice the body, but even II such
should be necessary in connection with
charity, 1t would be better to do them
than to fail in the end. The burden Of
doing this would not be great, and the
reward wonderful in every way. II
was doing this that gave preparation
to meet God.
REV. W. ). sTEvEEsoS's SERMON.
Rev. W.. Stevenson of Grace church
took as the text for his farewell sermon
last evening, the words, "that nothing
be lost," as used by Christ in feeding
the multitude.
The preacher drew beautiful word
picture OF the scene of the feast and
described in graphic language the
wonderful miracle wrought by the Saw
ior in feeding the multitude with the
loaves and fishes. For one tha words
used when. He commanded the frag-
ments to be gathered up the pastor
drew an application to present time,
and said that the words held true to
the whole course OF latter-day life.
Gods whole plan was consistent, and
nothing was lost. He placed nothing
on the earth but what was of use.
Not sunbeam could be spared or
lost, and everything in creation was
needed, and nothing even went to
waste through his all.ruling provi-
dence. In the thoughts of men moth
ing was ever lost. Great and small
ideas continued TO have effect for all
time and long after those who gave
them force had died. Bad thoughts,
as well as good, were never lost, but
in the end were turned to profit
through the better and mightisr ones
defeating them to the advantage of the
cause of God.
In his chief application OF the idea he
had advanced, Ito the souls OF men,
the preacher confessed that he felt
some he sitancy in view of all the facts.
1t seemed that God really had, after
all, made something to be lost-that
ia, the soul Of men. Man had been
brought into the Garden of Eden when
hs had siuned, and from whence he was
driven with a curse. By this he fore
fsited his right to salvation and became
lost. But the case in reality does not
look so hopeless as hasty thinker
might suppose. After this came tho
redemption. God in bis love for man
brought forth Savior, who died and
took upon himself our sins. Could
man be lost considering this' All that
believe on him cannot perish but can
have everlasting life. And thus the
lost are saved. By this it is plainly
seen that the rule of God that nothing
shall be lost holds good with ref
erence to the souls of men, and II they
will but accept they may bs saved.
The speaker eloquent)y carried out
this thought of Gods great mercy in
Savior for men, and urged
upon all those who were unsaved to
embrace the opportunity offered to them
that they might not be lost.
BISHOP ANDREWS ATE. ZION.
Bishop Andrews in the afternoon,
preached to large congregation in the
Ezion M. 4. Church, (colored,) from
Matthew VII c. W: "Tf ye being evil
know how to give good gifts unto your
how much more will your
father which is in Heaven, give good
things to them that ask him." In con-
the text the Bishop gave o
careful analysis Of the character of God,
and dwelt upon its effect upon man
kind in enabling him to conquer evil,
and walk in the paths Of righteousness.
He argued that the fruits Of the effect
of the Spirit were great and wonder
full. They were love, ioy. patience.