St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-08-20
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Some EarnestSermonsby Some Noted Men
Rev. DIR. Goodell preached at tn,
North church last Sunday morning ant
evening. The morning discourse wa
prefaced with pleasant little sermon
to the children from the text: "WheI
| was a child, l spake as child, un-
der TODD as child, / thought as &
child, but when became a man, put
away childish things" 1t was, as the
speaker said, a twO-sided sermon III
which he urged the parents to remem-
Der when disturbed by the noisy chill
dren, that they were once children
themselves and, on the other hand, he
told the little folks that while il was
good TO be- child it was better to be a
man, and urged them to so live that
they might have as little foolishness IT,
repent of as possible. The sermon
proper was from Matt, 90. After
telling the story of Matthew's CONVEX
sion, many of the excuses and reasons
| given by the unrepentant for not be-
coming Christians were enumerated
| In seasons of revival there was too
much excitement, in the intervals OF
| quiet it was too dull and SO on. The
necessity of prompt decisions followed
by earnest Christian lives was empha-
sized, and the sermon throughout was
filed with many happy illustrations
and bits of experience.
| In the evening DIR. GoOdell gave a
home missionary discourse from the
| text: "Give We them to- eat" The sub
.ject was The building of the kingdom
of God across the continent. 1t was a
vivid portrayal of the greatness of our
country and the rapitlity of its growth,
and powerful presentation of the OBJ
| legations laid thereby upon the Chris
tan people of this land.
Rev Joseph II. Twichell of Hartford,
Conn, preached at the South church
last Sunday. His text for the morning
sermon was found in Zach. IA 0-'In
that day shall there be upon the bells
of the horses, Holiness to the Lord
aud the pots in the Lords house shall
be like the bowls before the altar.
| The discourse which followed clearly
| showed the necessity and importance
| of Introducing Onr religion into OuI
every day life. Our reverence for Sod
as monarch may he so great that we
shall forget that he is also our father
should not be too formal and cOnven-
! tiOnal. The following practical infer
ences were drawn from the text: %
! There is no day or hOnr or act that is
secular, in which we are not living in
Gods service. (2) This thought in
dOctrinated in us will keep us from
temptation. (0 To the criticism that
we are not us religious nova days a,
were our fathers, / would reply thai
| there has been diffusion in religious
ideas Holiness to the Lord has gone
ont of the Christian hearthstOnes, on
of the temple, into the streets. a.
| There should be no non sacred inter
walls in our lives. We should see Holt
ness to the Lord in I'LL we begin and il
all that we enjoy and suffer heucefOrth
unto the end.
Mr.. Twicheli's evening sermon was
ON the tendency of sinners to disclainl
the responsibility of their sins, az
shown in the story of Ahab and Elijal
in Kings l8: l7-l6, where Ahat
charges Elijah with the responsibility
of bringing the troubles on Israel
which he himself had caused. 1t was
IL very forcible and interesting sermon