National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-03-17
nAML1NE,s NEW PASTOR.
The First Sermon OF Rev. y. j. Price 4
His Washington Congregation.

The First Sermon OF Rev. n. j. Price to
His Washington Congregation.
Before the hour for services yesterday a
| largo and interested audience had assembled
Mt Hamline church to hear the first sermon
Of their new pastor, Rev. J. A. Price. II was
| evident, from the oxpectant and critical ex-
prossions on the various faces, that this was
| the occasion Oh which depended. to a certain
degree, the affection which would be given
tho minister and on which all kinds Of
criticism would be made, though tho rcputa.
ton of their pastor Is such as to render them
fortunate in having secured him. lie Is u
man of medium height, well proportioned,
with rather dark complexion, well-formed
features blue eyes, whose brightness indi-
Gates the acute mind within; short chin
whiskers and dark hair tinRed with gray.
His text WAS the third verse, ninth chapter
Of st. Paul's epistlc to tho Romans: 81
would wish to BIO accurst from Christ for these
my brethrens sake" He said this desire of
Paul's to sacrifice himself could not mean the
porditiOn OF his soul. This would only trans.
fer sin from one to another, and not lessen it
in either. But the meaning must be, rs Christ
was acCurst from God as sacrifice for us, so
Paul desired to make q sacrifice of himself to
atone for his iellow-man's sin. In this he
reached the highest principle Of Christianity
1t has become the rule to ridicule anything
anything like sacrifice in this life, but in ideal
life it still prevails If we want to portray q
perfect manhood we always bring into IL this
element of sacrifice. 1t is so with
poets, dramatists, and geniuses to whom
we owe our nOblcst conceptions of manlinoss;
aud it is so with every person in this church.
No matter how selfish and inconsiderate of
others they may bo in every day life, they
are in sympathy with this principle of sacr-
fco. He illustrated this with story taken
from the Scriptures. Passing from the ideal
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element Is homo the place where people
live of each other or for each other? 1t is
place of mutual Joy and trouble. A mother
gives her ornaments to her child, not because
she does not prize them, but for tho sake of
her child Fathers deny themselves, that
their sons may have chance. In all family
relations there is this element of sacrifice.
so with the essence of friendship One man
joins hand, heart, and life itself,
with tho interests of another |
Patriotism is the Same spirit of
sacrifice. 1t is not patriotic to vote, be
elected to Office, fight, be wounded, aud i'm.
prisoned, but to have love of country for
ones country so great that it prevails over
all considerations of self. There are spots
all through this country marked by little !
hllocks, where men sacrificed everything for |
their country and countrymon. This is the
very spirit of evangelism. He then gave
definition of evangelism which he said was
not making display of holiness. but doing
our utmost for Christ. This spirit |
still exists in tho church. There |
are hundreds of men and women who are
serving out their lives among the poor and
suffering. and with the heather, who are not
receiving the slightest earthly reward. There
eau be no church without this spirit of sacri-
fee. We may go through the forms of re-
llgion, but the Christianity has all left. If
we look to the Bible we find the same spirit |
aud while it was, he said, with the greatest
reverence with which he spoke of tho Lord,
still he thought there was the same selEsacri-
flee even in Him, for he sent Jesus on earth
to save sinners Christs life, from his birth
at Bethlehem to his death on Mt. Calvary
was one constant pouring out of himself |
You ask, must we give ourselves in the same
manner? j answer, Yes