Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-06

Uy tne OtAer ev8nReilstS: IN THIS cnAptef ne
disclosed the opening of What may be termed
the personal ministry of Jesus, a. distinguish
ed from his public ministry. His public
ministry began With the sermon, Repent; :"
his personal ministry began with the invita-
| ton. "Come and see." This laid the founda-
ton for the other. The method of personal
work he not only adopts for himself, but he
puts the same upon his disciples.
No christian will be satisfied with coming
to Christ himself; he will be 1lled with the
irresistible desire to bring others to the same
Savior. The work must not be left to un-
conscious influence; as Andrew searched for
Peter, so We must go out and find men for
Christ. The duty begins at once: we must
not wait till We have become strong chris
tians, but the very day that we have found
Christ, must begin to bring others to him.
This work can best be done upon lines
already drawn. lines of family, of kindred,
of Acquaintance. "He first 6ndeth his own
brother" Our part of the work is done
when we have brought men to Jesus. There
we must leave them He will do all the rest.
Christ has not only laid this work upon US,
but He has given US power TO do it. ''He
brought him." There was no failure. That
power is ours and may be found. if We will
only use il. The most glorious privilege
that can be given to aHy son of man is to
bring soul to Jesus, the Saviour of the
world.
Ar THE METHODIST.
The pastor, Rev. Mr.. Bradlee, delivered q
sermon appropriate for the day. taking for
his text Like "a IS (part) "He is not here,
but is risen" The preacher spoke of Easter
Sunday As one Of the days in the Christian's
calendar, marked for special rejoicings. All
m skop ho lin,
st the doctrine Of the resurrection, but our
hearts are trustful and happy to-day in this
reminder of q glorious fact; the sweet assur-
ance is brought by the Divine Spirit to our
inner consciousness that our adorable Lord
and Saviour has risen from the tomb and
ascended to the skies. The Sabbath morning
scene at the Arimathean sepulchre WAS de-
picted and from it various lessons of comfort
and inspiration drawn The sermon closed
with an earnest exhortation for the hearers
not to fix their eyes longer upon the tomb.
but to lock up beievingly and, like the Irish
peasants gazing into the heavens, in the twi-
light of an Easter morning to catch the gold
en- shower of healing and blessing from the
rising sun. so may we by faith, peering into
the heaven of heavens receive a flash of light
from Him who hath healing in His wings and
is styled the Sun of righteousness"
tism was given to two candidates, Also the
administration of the sacrament of the Lords
Supper. The contribution of flowers, al
though not so abundant as in former wears,
was very pretty, consisting of a boquet of
Gala lilies, boquet of geraniums, q wreath
of geraniums, fuschias, filled in with different
kind OF flowers, etc.
AT THE UNITARIAN.
hn Al;
i'hed Easter discourse Text, Cor Is is
Then they also which are fallen asleep in
Christ are persisted" Paul argues that God
would not have put the thought of immortal
ity into the hearts of His children only to
quench it. They know most of Gods pur-
pose who have dwelt for years in habitual
communion with Him. He does not deceive
His own elect. Life would be far less happy.
interesting, and less noble than it is if all
those virtues were taken out of it whose roots
are in belief of a grander life to come.
Souls of heroic mould would still cleave to
virtue, though its short duration seemed to
render it almost purposeless. But ordinary
men would not be at any great pains to cult
vate goodness destined so soon to be ami
hilated. The bracing tonic of the eternal
hope has made many coward brave the
agonies Of martyrdom Till the spiritual
element is largely developed in US, we are
not fair judges of the doctrine of immortality
The evidences of future life are hidden in
the recesses of our spiritual nature, and do
not disclose themselves to purely intellec-
tual inspection. As the intellect itself con-
fesses its own inadequacy to give us any
coherent faith at all, in regard to the future
it has no right to gainsay the utterances of
the prophet Of God within us.
AT THE FIRST BAPTIST.
There was large attendance at the First
Baptist church, the pastor, Rev. II. J. White,
preaching with great earnestness and power.
His text was from the passage where Andrew
brought his brother Peter to Christ-"And he
brought him to Jesus" From this early
period the disciples are multiplied through
personal effort-the carrying of the Gospel to
others. At the present time the spiritual
forces of this city are massed for this one
purpose-the bringing of lost man to Christ.
The peril of the hour is that the individual
will b e absorbed in the mass. The question
should be-''How can / bring men to Christi
| Andrew went TO Peter because he was a man
and because he was his brother. Our first
duty is to our own kindred and those
closely associated with us. The whole
object of Christs mission is repre-
sented in the wants of one man. The
entire resources OF heaven are exhausted for
one man. Andrew did something; he went
| to Peter, found him, and brought him to the
Savior He brought him by the power of
personal experience and testimony. This is
the crucial test of discipleship, our willing
ness in having found Jesus, to bring others
to him. Mr. Bentley, the singing evange-
list, assisted in the services by his sweet and
i'm pressve Gospel songs.
CT M.px,e
Rev. Father Murphy preached an eloquent
Easter sermon from Mark Is, II: "At that
time, Mary Msgdslen, and Mary the mother
of James and Salome, brought sweet spices,
that coming they might snoint Jesus. And
very early in the morning, the first day of
the week, they came to the sepulcher, the sun
being now risen. And they said one to
another; Who shall roll us back the stone
from the door of the sepulcher? and looking
they saw the stone rolled back. for it was
very great And entering into the sepulcher,
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