Daily Republican., 1882-07-31
gOrSsHOLD OF FAITH.
GEORGE r.. KRAMER'S FARE
sIv. SrRNON AN ELOQUENT
DoWERFUL DISCOURSE

WE'LL bEha HT.COUD0r
AND POWERFUL "ASO"O
MI. Household of Faith Church was
InS Iw1sd last evening, the occasion be-
crOwSuo|f |f.rewell sermon of their pastor
ing wy s Gsosge II. Kramer, who feel
the o. hot' he was called to labor in anoth-
ing lnsS oS the vineyard, has accepted q
or par' " ohurch ip Brooklyn, N. Y.
csII 70 asryines SU were opened by reading
,.om auV the 18th 10 the S2nd verses W se OF % tne
iroSi hO,n oSSpter s of the Acts Of the Apos-
2Oth gnSr tais Gas followed by singing the
tlesi 'S,o SSun The reveened gentleman
AStn .ssrad I! fervent prayer, in which
then onp1dd o,nmsnded these people with whom
he iaSored for the past FIVE years, to
be mas ,~OV of their Heavenly Father.
ths e. eS'c . ccOllection, and the singing Of
A tSs S6Sth hymn, he announcer MS 'eH'
~ iGlICSwo, US now brethern, commend you
Aau AZ and the work Of his grace,
% H.iDS Tyui; Il able to build you up and to
TniVu Hou an Inheritance among all them
gV,SSSSr g,,S Srs sapctifed. Acts 20 chap. 81
verse nouoi "a a small word. which
no az 0igantic O% spirit, word which is,
haS SOo5 tbe inspiration of every grand
nuoO nuoOO%snt--it is the word 60. When
Ho'V;k .h;nk of its results it appears no
We We a. a little word, but expands
lVIsv ,orers and is not motionless it
sns suo ,G ,bs massiveness of a mountain
%Go I1s va into the world and preach the
coaOoI ,~U to every creature" as ye go,
"a"S uVspS Il is said of our Master when
Pt'ITSs p Tsnsrpaum, "the people sought
M,,, ~ and came unto Him and stayed
nim lin thst He should not depart from
@ thsm and he said unto them :" l must
nrSscb , the kingdom of God to other
ptis pitisS Also, for therefore am l sent" 1t
y Si Sai Of the disciples "They went
aparywheIe T NV preaching the word. "
Ws.Isv Vvsty said, "The world is my parish.
Wnbsr said, in reference to his term of
nsStOrsl office at any charge, " AS long
as God wills" Not only as an antidote
n n sectarianism, but as keeping before
our minds the needs Of Others, 1T would
Ssa GOOD motto TO inscribe upon every
cbnr h door, "These other sheep, which
ara not of this fold, them / must also
ming said the Saviour; and for this
UurpOse the under shepherds must go.
GFaith cometh by hearing, and hear
iug by the word of God, "anu how shall
thew hear without preacher, aud how
shall they preach uu,ess they be sent |
AV IL ia written: Chow beautiful are
me feet Of those that preach the Gospel
tpeaCe, and bring glad tidings Of good
things Philip Brooks, OF Boston,
yery appropriately remarks EVERY |
mans power is his idea multiplied by |
and projected through his personality"
Psul's idea was expressed thus " For
me to live is Christ" To spread this |
idea ae went from place to place; he
says 81 am debtor both to the
Greeks and to the barbarians, both to
the wise and the unwise." Everything
we have is for others we have it for
communication, not for selfish reserva-
ton. The speaker said that we have
no idea Of the good we can do by COM
municating to others what God reveals
to us. Paul, when he was on his way
to Jerusalem, was besought by the
elders of Ephesus to remain with them,
but to them he delivered the message
which is the words of the text, in which
we have Gods providence and His re.
velatiOnS, The Lord Jesus says
"COme unto me and will give you
rest" Christ did not say that a
man could not have concep-
ton OF the greatness and goodness of
God, but he did say: "No man cOmsth
unto the Father except by me-" God
will not forget his church. "a hen
may torsske her chickens, but will
never torsake thee" We are told to be
careful tor nothing, but to make our re-
quests known to God. The grace of
God has power to build us up, it is the
tonic OF the man of God; the bread we
eat will strengthen and tone up our
system, and 80 1t is with the word of
GOO Liza man would enter the lists to
WfestIe with the powers of darkness he 8
must eat the bread OF life, and you can.
nOt Duild apa manhood without the
WORD OF God; when we build upon that
wCru we build for the storms, for sun 1
shlne, for darkness, for eternity. The
" Ssmple OF Diana has passed away. but
1ne church of God still STANDS and
SSefytIug fails that ia not built upon
sae rock OF ages. Paganism with its
Errors y M shall pass away, everything that
y l9' Of God shall pass away, but Gods
avla ,,! snail stand eternally. Every.
tSil .Siug lades Into insigMifcanCe when we =
'lluk uiL Oh the Inheritance that God is to
|fn1 g,, U.s. and when we stand upon these =
H.plne a.t1 heights, the fishermen on Cali
Eo VI, Shores seem as pigmies when we
WA "a uoWl from these heights.
~ conclusion he said that he had no 4
'0% "Ttu Oh complaint, but he wanted to a
~ ssSSAaOWleG1ge the kindness he had reel. =
H., ". aVt only from those in the church, y
Ss tt.na alSO from persons who are outside
SsJ suS ., church; and he believed that he n
N 1Tu II friends in all churches, and ameng :
. ~ a0aa ulaSSes in Wilmington. He was not a
! ICY IOeCl'asia1, and loved everybody who =
'Sieu NV tbe Lord Jesus Christ. He loved g
~" \ Soa yanurch, that he was about to leave, +
IND I"u y ueeh a tower of strength to him, -
~Ss S Rn Rls only reason for going away n
IN lii SeCagse sS he thought it was Gods -
,vo,n a, nOr MIN to go. He believed that I,
Wy Ss great enterprise of God will fail
n. w Snt10 iSmaln in one place; q vessel is
,Ds @ W UHllI 10 lay at the wharf and rock iu
% iOuap.e pace AS he babe them an affec
+UuS@ ouas good bye, he remarked that he Il
\ ~ a. 1aSI word, as it was coutrac tion q
Vhio% M 10 with you. The sermon of II
"a. Un ~ sne above is only a synopsis, IL
md Vue mao VI Mr., Kramer'S best efforts,
~ ysrA many nn In the large congregation n
yss I sua melted to tears. At the close he Y
hu, ~ surrounded by uem bers of the v
6onh t ! and Others, many of whom o
AIM 'A u, nls hand in silence, their hearts G
DS ~ luIl for utteranoe. u
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road.
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