Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-10-15
Aunday services.


The conference love feast was held at
8 O'Clock and was very interesting.
The regular preaching service was at
1890.
Prayer was offered by Rev. Elon Fos-
ter, d. D., of brooklyn, New York.
SERMON BY BISHOP JOHN N. WALDEN.
Text, Phil. III, 10 and II. The cor-
gregation was invited to study the ex-
perience of Paul, Paul a Jew. Jews are
little thought of now by christians. This
spirit is wrong and should not be enter
tanned. May the time soon some when
a different spirit shall exist. We are q
common humanity. Paul same TO the
throne of grace by prayer for the re-
moval OF the thorn in the flesh.
The reply came my grace is sufficient
for thee. We many come to the same
source for grace to help us, Paul same
to God that he might know Him and to
know His resurrection.
Paul did not have the opportunity of
knowing Christ historically as we do. He
had not the four gospels as we have.
He had this knowledge orystslized ia
his " being. Paul knew Christ as q
personal Savior. He did not rest his
salvation on any plan, or his relation to
the church. He knew Him as o Savior
in whom inherei all power.
The divine human Savior met ell the
peeds of Psul's nature. Paul found q
friend in every time of trial and sorrow,
one who sympathized with him in every
time of need such a Savior we need. One
who will hear the cry OF the penitent
and deliver him from the bondage of sin
| and death. We should as ministers preach
a personal Savior.
The power of his resurrection. The
early preachers preached Christ and
Him cruoified, and also His resurrection
Paul desired to know the power OF HIS
resurrection.
He speaks OF being resurrected with
Christ. This took place when he as q
psnitent in the room where he was visi'
| ted by the one who came to him and
taught him what he must do to be saved
! This followed the awful throes OF
agony because of his state as a sinner
before God.
The gospel is the channel that brings
to the penitent the knowledge OF the
| power of God to save.
As christians are faithful they shall
see more and more Of Gods power to
save to the uttermoss, to cleanse the
heart. justification is q mighty work.
God he's made the church the depos
tory for the preservation of this power
Oh! that we might remember this. Pau
exulted in the knowledge of Christi
sufferings ever after twenty FIVE year
of experience, q strange anomoly.
Christians are interested in the noun
tain tops OF joy and not in the sufferings
How can Paul's experience be explained
Suffering creates tenderness and sym
patty. We take more sweet and blessed
lessons at the garden than we do on tn
mount Of TRANSPORTATION.
No doubt Paul had gone back to tn
s1fferings OF Christ and had learned th'
Joys of sympathy.
What was the end of Uhrist's suffer
ing? Why must he take the cup7 Why
He tasted death for every man. In thi
there is the possibility of salvation 10
every eiEner-not the realization, bu
the possibility.
Fellowship Of suffering Is illustrates
by the fact that those who gave thei
sons, husbands and fathers to deSen'
sheir country suffered as well as thps
who fought and died to save the conn
try. So with those who suffered fo
Christ there is o blessed fellowship:
How completely work for Chris
brings It's into fellowship with His snl
ferings.
Paul endured that be might win tb