Daily Republican., 1881-03-21
Az THE OPERA HOUSE.
Synopsis OF q Sermon Preached
Yesterday AfteRnooa ~ Rev!
r. q Bowman of ssuth Carolina.

r. q Bowman Of south Caroline.
Religious services were conducted OF
the Opera House yesterday afternoon
by the Household Of Faith church.
Rev. Peyton G. Bowman, OF South Car
olina, preached from the thirtieth verse
OF the first chapter Of fPaui's first epistle
TO the Corinthians "But OF him are
ye in Christ Jesus, who Of God Is made
unto as wisdom, and Righteousness,
and san otifcation, and redemption"
Perhaps, said the speaker, at no pc.
rioi since the great reformation hasm
history and destiny occupied the at
tention OF the world to such an extent
as II does now. There is no question
ing of the fact that We are passing
through the greatest theological refor-
nation since the days Of Luther.
The two leading thoughts. what
man Is, and what Christ is to man,
we're considered. Christ, said the rsver.
end gentleman, Is wisdom, righteous
ness, sanetifcation and redemption,
which shows that we stand in need Of
him in all these particulars. Man is
Ign, rant and stands In need Of knowl
edge. He Is polluted and stands in
need Of cleausstion. He knows that
he must die and stands in need Of q
power supsrhuman 10 bring him to
life again. To discuss or To
speak Of man in the abstract and
present him in e scriptural light Is a
difilcult task. II is so hard to dissoci.
ate from our childhood 10 manhood the
innumsrsble and priceless influences
which are thrown around us. Here
lies the great difference. We are In
such progressive age that we do not
consider where We are, where We came
from and to where We are going. Be-
fore We can feel our obligation to our
Saviour, before we can understand the
nature Of those obligations we must
first know ourselves. A little babe ia
beautiful, yet It Is the most helpless
creature that comes into existence. II
is the most ignorant creature that comes
into existence. Everything man
knows has come from tue outside world
and been put in him.
Christ Is made unto us righteous.
ness. All our blessings come from
him. II we transgress, we have a
remedy at hand. Christ has bought
US with his blood and We therefore
should glorify him in our body and
spirit, which are his.
Christ is made unto US sanctifcstion.
1t is work done for ths sinner. His
nature is polluted, aud Christ's bloc d
is applied and he becomes pardoned.
Christ ia made untv US redemption.
We are bought, and Christ redeems us
from the power Of death. "The day is
coming in the which all that are in
their graves shall come forth, they
that have done good unto the resurrec
tion Of life. they that have done evil
unto the resurrection of danluation. p"
Christ has pledged that tims will
come when the world will he purified.
He Is pledged to destroy the works of
the devil and then the devil. Christ
has brought immortality to light. Hetslls
us to seek after it. Eternal torment is
a fable, and 1t is what drove Colonel
Ingsrsoll to infdelity., 1t drives msn
in disgust from christianity. What
good end could the Almighty accom-
plish by keeping man, who had sin
ned for 70 years, in eternal misery
"The wages Of sin is DEATH" Is not
death enough for those who persist in
turning their backs on the provisions
for eternal lifef "Ths wicked shall he
q thing Of naught." The wicked shall
die"
About five hundred persons we're
present. A collection was taken up
for the church which is being built for
the Household of Faith.