Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-10

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OF or'!aining elders. "ro Nh
into all the word and preach the gospei
world wide commission. IL pleased Goo d,
the foolishness of preaching to save them lh''
Idoa.rv was uu'"ers@' "N,! com
plete, the very truth Of God changes" l-i''
lie, the creature more loved anu sSi'ty man
the Creator. The world by wisdom ~"
not God, The age in which the apostle wrote
was one of culture, refinement and phllo>oph-
ical research. Yet we search IN vain IN tn.if
books for any intelligent idea of God. Inc
existence of Christian church Is LNih@
miracle. Better there should be ah uheourH
ted ministry than an unpreached Frspe'' %
without script, for the Lord VIII rr"Niut
The field is white with the harvest hut tht
laborers are few. Stop not to bury your
dead Though the field may be IN ihhosp!s
able cIimes go; for whosoever loses HI. ne
for nv sake shall find il. Back OF th1
Christian pulpit is y voice of authority, anI
not death itself can resist it. 1be SGspti
is for every creature. All o'her feusIohs
have been exclusive. Lift up Jesus lhal ne
may draw all men unto him. The conl'nahu
was TO co. and the records show that they
went. Here is provision for an ever-movlhs
oracle, which lays down the oner % 1i me ni.isS 80 a.
to the gospel, but il must he taken 10 nle
world. Seek and save the lost. The lllnefaht
ministry distributes the gifts. 60; MOI Ia
obedience to the calls OF men, I Dh. III oIo I
dience to Christ Go where the pioneer mas
built his hut, and erect the standard OF The
gospel. Go among the busy haunts oil men
and INTO the waste places. Mr.. Finney ma
lost none of his old-time power anu Ms uls
course was eloquent, logical, and very mn
pressive. The following named were tneh
ordained as elders:-Wm. }. Carpenter, Ma
thaniel NJ. Dowdy, VIM. +. Briggs, and W m.
II. Eastwood. The bishop was assisted I'D mo
ordination service by the Revs. i. NJ. Copb'
Wm. NJ. Prottsman and VIM. NJ. Holmes.
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
The PRESBYTERIAN church was crowded, last
Sunday morning. to hear the venerable Doc
tor McAnally. The doxology was suag, iui-
lowed by hvmn 722, 'Depth of Mercy !, keV'
| G. L. Leyburn read lesson from the OLD Tesla
ment Rev. A. X. Faris led in PRAYER. hymn
CO., ssThere is Fountain Filled with Blood
followed. and for an offertory hymn me cholr
sang, Jesus Lover OF my soul; %;a .nnoHnc. nr m"
ell dual text, Rom. ZIG, "Eor l am not
ashamed of the gospel of Christ; Tor II Is ihs
power of God unto salvation TO every one tha'
believeth." Tim; IL "Nevertheies, sa i hm ha
hcyed." 1t is impossible for us to inrn,sh
even q SYNOPSIS of the discourse IN the imiteo
space at our disposal. The speaker, r,'earned,los-
ical, argumentive, earnest, made many teii'hs
points, pegs upon which to hang much renee
ton and thought. He painted glowing picture
E of Paul his strong character his @reat al hihs'
5 being graduate of the university at Iarsus,
l one Of the three great schools Oh tne uay' 'ie
: others being at Athens and AleXandria. He
? yividly portrayed his conversion, ana asked
: jnsideration of the character OF the evidence
for Christianity which the conversion OF suGh
man under such circumstances oners. ne
said that in both of the verses it could be seen
that Paul was not ashamed OF the LORD Jesus
Christ. He spoke of the great respect we
should have for our bodies rs the temple OF
: the Holy Ghost spoke Of intellectuailty IN tne
: hortation to come to Christ. The sermon
:; lasted an hour and quarter, and seemed not
!; over half hour long. It was grand pre-
: sentation of the Bread of Life. CORONATION
4 4. tsnN ~ di.mi
r with the benedictiOn. In the evening services
:. began with .'Magestic Sweetness Sits En-
throned Upon the Savior's Brow" Prayer
r by the Rev. ]. G. Daily. Hymn, what
!, r'aris read the lesson from Mark. g.. The
d. texi was the second verse OF this chapter
Ami after SIX days Jesus taketh soitA htn'
Peter. and James. and John, and leadetn
b; selves anl he was transfgured before them. v
NJ The preacher drew a graphic picture OF the
il. transiigurallon; the presence OF Moses ano
C. Elias; the strong Si,iruce therein OF Christs
by divinity. He drew from 1t the consoa'ioi
". that we should in heaven know our dead; AND
e; he exhorted his auditors to strive 10 attain te
TTE higher emlnences of Christianity. from which
ec,tatic glimpses Of its glory may DC nau
", We GrsceS m was sung, and Mr.. Faris pronounced
G. the bcnedction. He is an educated gentle
1t. man. has a full, pleasant voice, and Is al
" "' agreeable speaker.
MT THE Baptist CHURCH.
on DIR. J, e, Godbey, of st. Louis. preached a
me the Baptist church., In the morning, iron
ef- He said that sin was the transgression oi TN
,il- law, If God Is love, why is there so niue
-. suffering for violation Of his law: In natur
Ne all is harmony, because everything depend
III, on and is regulated by certain laws. w
know what they are; we know there are law
rce of health, for instance, yet If we violate thet
ut, we do not ask why evil results ensue. Carr
nit, these thoughts to the moral world. NOR
ms; laws are as strongly fixed as physics
,ir- laws, and God himself can't change then
nc II sinners are miserable under his law
,er: He can not help it, He can not make
on sinner happy In his sin. He can I
late more change his laws than his ow
- nature. Sin can not be happy. in God
E. He can give you nothing but himself. an
sis- ns He is Justice. truth and holiness. lni
'J deity has never inspired u noble ambition {
j. accomplished a single good. 1t says that Il
l.. future is ali darkness, and the present has
,ad; meaning. SIN Is estrangement from Go
deld the being we. don't love can't make US happ
!, u. 80 God can't, unless we love him. IL Is
oI question Of His love for US but our lov
.e.i. , a The doctor drew q vivid contrast betwe'
q spiritual and worldly life, and da
lin forbiddiEg picture Of the aimless, unhapl
Cat life of the sinner with its certain was
AN eternal moral death. snn Sc Ir, DaSId DAY
{ vvar. an. place Of DR.. D. e. Kelly, of Nashyil
;, j. Tenn, preached a grand sermon, at nisf
Ield; from Isaiah 12:1-a, "And in that day thu
Cir shalt say, . Lord, Will praise tnee, an
F. "BehoId, God is my salvation," &c. Here
Its q song of triumph. 1t had reference to q
l. Israelites after their return from long al
.b painful captivity but it has also u reference
,sey: the dominion of Christs spiritual kingdoI
vile The text suggests that man has been subj,
lger, to the divine displeasure. This Is serlo
AVIS thing; to be subject to the displeasure Of IL
JnsI as; upon whom depends every pusation OF hea
i1 cnii every breath we draw. Why is He displeas
ctor: with man Because he is impure-we kn'
mue there il something bad IN US. There Is
man; has been some good in every mar, that CON
mas; from the Father of Light, but aside from I
nton | redem ntion scheme there ia no good In hin
oase' he is depraved. How came he deprave
.d 70 Not only the bible but common sense teac!
ii at us that In his creation man was pure, but
1 Du- the exercise Of lawful disposition IN
wrong direction. and to y forbidden eXte
he sinned when he did wrong. the first &C
sequence of the tall was the withdrawal
the love of God. He then went In dow
ward course until God swept him from {
istence with one exception. lie Degat
/ the in his own likeness, but one who inheri
,as a sin, the depravity Of heredity. Man ira
been mits his sin to posterity, and one reason
the men should live sOberly and righieously Il
resent prevent the transmission OF their Dad tr
lOurs. to pOsterlty. WnOsoe'er iaiis W op.eIhe
N the law 10 sinner. SIN ana crime are oiten
an at taken for each other. but they are differ
than Sin is in the heart and crime ID its manifes
ing" ton. Sin is In the heart' crime Is ln tne
,urs." Sin Is in the heart, wnether manilesteu OF
n 10: is another thing. When man commit
3, the crime society has q right TO interfere,
nd he with God 1t matters not whether it Is mi
hymn, fest or not. when he sits rs a judge.
3 then goes down into the heart, puts his III
rse of on hate and says that is murder II 81
d was in the heart how are we to get rid of
We be- Intellectual culture Is suggested, but
begot- does nothing Byron, Moore, Pope, g
rutbn smith and others wrote beautiful, sub
being things, but their moral characters We're
ed xiI Some of our worst scoundrels are coll
IN as bred men. Social culture can not DO 1t.
again. highest ranks Of society are rotten to the
ent of There is no cure for sin but that which &C
Lord. from the cross of Christ, accompanied by
on for spirit of the living God. The speaker d
a line at length, with great power and touc
omless earnestness, upon the sacrifice of Christ
bottom sympathy with mankind, and the great
,-euual only consolation and satisfaction tnat eX
e same in this life, growing out of our relation
of the love for and communion with Him.
giving ,r,, c,,p,sr,,S curpcu
AS the me -
pswers Rev. w. c. Godbey preached at the CT
every ian church Sunday morning, His text
of the found in Revelations, 22nd chapter,
of the part of verse End, And the leaves of the
= God were for the healing of the nations
l-head said, "a tree exists for its fruits, but
Ie same cannot reach the fruit without leaves, :,
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