Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-02-21

as tie reformed church exists he will live
in the NcrccrSJcrg Rerie,e, in the mystical
:, presence, and more especially in the lives
and theological thinking of the weary
students whose minds and hearts have
been knGled by the touch of his magic
wan't. No that We are your seryiie slaves
lou yourself taught US the necessity of
Independence Of thought. We can follow
you only whittier Our own convictions lead
us.
Equal i'll Importance with the duties Of
the teacher of theology are those of the
pastor. His field is broader; and iii some
respects, more varied, bu: we have here
the same work still, that of ministering to
the spiritual wants of men, making plain
t, them that Jesus Christ is tie Way, the
Truth and the Life, and that 10 one cometh
unto the FatEeNO part from Him. A highly
gifted one las most beautifully said !:
Livery faculty OF the soul, if it would but
open It's door. nigh: see Christ standing
over against, and silently asking, Dy his
smi:r, "SEall not come in unto thee?'
But mcn opcn the donr and look down,
not ~, a:.ti thus see him not. so it is
that lacy Sigh o., lot knowing what tie
:oui wants, but only that it needs some
;hinr. Oar ycariiings are hDnesckmcss
t.! heaven gu: si2i,i:ps are for God. just
a. chii'!reii tiat ely themselves asleep,
way from home. an, sob in heir slumber,
hno" not that they SOD for their parents.
The S:ul'S inarticuiate iuOlaiunS are the
affections Fcarnlng for The infinite, and
having no one 10 'cll them what it is that
ails :!lcmI.
10 in.cv,Ic. these sou!-Ivngngs; to re-
&r1:Ia to t.e.c otherwise "uErccognized
v"iccs' calling in the dalk to teach
inrn {" lrok upwaid to point out Jesus,
:" that tie" will see him as the Lamb Of
''p! tl.a, taketh away the sins Of the
world To unfold the mystery of the cross
10 ,;;:."i.,Sc the the lirht Of the rcsulrac-
tion - sllow clearly that the kingdom Of
heaven is open 10 al! believers in short,
to lead young and n.i to Chris. IL; The con-
ISOLATION ni the sor,O@iul and the rest Of
the weary. the desire and satisfaction of
all hearts, the only Saviour from misery,
tiii and dcatll-this is a work than which
there is, none more sublime on the earth.
This. too, involves arduous labor. To
preach the word, to he instant in season,
ont Of season, 10 rcproyc, to rcbuke. to
cX!l"IL "ir:, all loE"-sIiieiing aud teach
nT to be ''in WEAKNESS and painful
Tras, in Ha,"hings often, in hunger aud
thirst, III taatinGs often, in cold and
nakcd'''S>. as many pastors must bc, il;
certainly hard but after all it en-
phasiz"* tie Glorious truth that
after the cross comes the crown,
aud tina, those that turn many to right
sOmsrcSi hall Shine AS the stars for ever
ana ever
Venerable fathers and brothers. In the
namc %: Lancaster classis and the entire
reformed cnurch, | present to you the
hCartic.t congratulations of the pastors
and people Of the church in which you
have been for so long time such faithful!
and Zel icus labGrcrs.
The Responses.
Rev. John G. Fritchey respond "a in
feeling manner to the references to him
self and III, ministerial experience. Rev.
DIR. Ne:;n, in response to the affectiOnatc
and i,a:crnaI greetings thus conveyed to
him, poke at some length, and referred
with qualification to the Providential kind
ness with which he bad been spared to
effect lie main purpose Of his life, viz
TO hi!:, out the physiological idea in
theology and the significance Of tho word
nf God
The company was very ilandsoinoly en-
tcitainca, and The entire occasion was a
most fitting celebration OF 4 noteworthy
event in Cur social annals.