Morning journal and courier., 1882-05-15
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attitude of standing in the Jewish. service is taken during the most impressive portions of their worship. The sublime thought that filled the breast of the redeemed was that they were with the king in his beauty. All the trials were past. Ali the ills that beset their earthly pathway were now things of the past. All sorrow and signing had fled and the Lamb was in the midst dispensing to them the fountain of living waters. With 8 deep earnestness and burning words of elo- quence, Mir. Harris continued to portray the fellcltles of the redeemed, and earnestly ex- hortsd his hearers to so live as to obtain 8 share in them, closing with the words of the poet,
 Oh that with wonder sacred throng
 We at hi feet may fall
 We'll Join the everlasting song,
 And crown him lord of all
 SERVICES AT WESLEY CHAPEL.
 Rev. Dr. Goodsell in his opening invoca- tion yesterday morning prayed that his peo- pie might so spend the day that they might increase in Christian usefulness and power. The indictment weather diminished somewhat the attendance yesterday, yet those who were permitted to be present were spiritually helped, It attentlveness and devotion are criterion, by the admirable sermon. The text was part of Christs sermon on the mount, For after all these things do the Gentiles seek.'' What was it, the pastor said, that the Gentiles sought after? Jesus had told them plainly that they could not serve God and mammon There were other consid- erations beside worldly goods and pleasures that shouldaoccupy the mind and attention of Christ's followers. The Gent1les were anx | ious for everything included under the do- ! minion of the world god mammon. Jesus 1 was deslrous that his people should be only | anxious for the spiritual body; for said l he, 'Take no thought what ye shall eat | or drink, for your heavenly father | knoweth that ye have heard of these things' l The ideas the Master wished to convey was l the assurance of divine care to all who | trust him. How beautiful the Saviorus s | thought conveyed in the lilies of the field and the birds of the air. The Saviour desires no 1 service that would conflict with our earthly l occupation. He wishes us t, study his word l and find the truth. We are to love Christ sincerely not because of the reward offered, but because by rejecting him we deprive him | of his glory. Christians should be different from the Gentle world, their aims nobler, l power more Christianlike. If, said the pastor, all the Christianity we have only re- | frains us from outward sins, we do not come 1 up to the mark. We are in danger also of | taking historical view of our long service. I Twenty or forty years in the, way does not count for anything unless we are now conse- crated to the Master. We are not to take the forces of our habits and rely on them, for | the texts tells us, ''For after all these things do the Gentiles seek" We are to have the
 mind of Christ while we are active in our business toil We have to toll and labor ear. ly and late. Yet Christ helps us in all these | things. This is one of the mysteries of god l Illness. We are commanded to mortify the deeds of the body. The man that has mis erly spirit should kill it. If we have wick ed temper we should subdue it. If anything is mastering us we should seek aid of the Holy Spirit to bring it under subjection tc 1 Christ's will. Christians are to avoid those things which the Gentiles seek after. It ii only when we come as did David into the sacred place that we can understand this. w are to have but one work, to glorify him, ant but one destiny, to enjoy him forever.