Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-05-07
ST. PAUL's TEACHINGS.
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The congregation at the Trim.
ity M. e. Church listened 10
. sermon yesterday on the teach.
ings Of 81. Paul, by the pastor
Rev. d. G. Brown. He took his text
from Galatians vi, IA: "But God
forbid that | should glory, save in the
Cross Of our Lord Jesus Christ, by
whom the world is crucified unto me
and / unto the world" 1t is mar.
veNous what Paul did during
his lifetime; and what is now
existing among mankind, especially
the christianized. What man has
such q monument as st. Paul, the
Apostle, built before the Galatians ?
It would be almost impossible to de-
stroy or deface it from the history OF
mankind. The only way it could be
done would be to annihilate every
Christian, destroy every Bible, which
is printed Ia 2G9 different languages.
abolish our schools and colleges en-
gaged ia theological work all OF these
would have to be renounced before
the life and teachings Of st. Paul
could be destroyed. His experiences
were doctrines, but being born Of
Christ and q creature Of Christ, his
impulses and experiences were OF
Christ.
st. Paul's history illustrates very
clearly how the people in those DAYS
uteya ,,.,.. ,...ht hv their own experiences,
and thus il Is that we s,ssculd not
think it strange when we find IL so
common for all rh-'S., ',.,ans to relate
...ulr experiences. You may take
congregations that never saw each
other, and at their meetings each will
testify about experimental piety, ex-
perimental Godliness and expert
mental truth The doctrine OF sancti
fication is testified to by all Christians.
st. Paul says: "God forbid that I
should glory, save in the
cross Of our Lord Jesus Christ"
He does not mean that we should
shut ourselves out from everything
else and become fanatics, or narrow
and contracted, but admonishes us
not to glory in anything but the csoss
of our Savior. The cross which Christ
was crucified on was Roman cross,
a style which was considered in those
days the lowest, basest and most de-
grading place that man could be
placed but during this time, when so
many denied him, Paul was persistent
in acknowledging Him as his master,
and was willing to be called
one OF the offscourings if he
could hold up Christ crucified.
The Jews boasted OF being the de-
scendants OF Abraham. st. Paul
could have boasted of his parentage
also for he was of the tribe Of Benja-
min, and belonged to family OF great
wealth, but the light OF the Glorified
Son shone upon him so strongly that
he only gloried in Jesus Christ. The
Pharisees boasted Of their righteous
ness and purity; but Christ says, Eek
cept your righteousness exceeds the
righteousness Of the scribes and Phar-
isees, ye shall in no case
enter into the kingdom OF heaven. I"
How sad it is TO see men glory in
money, and bend evesy effort in order
to increase their worldly goods. Men
strive after fame equally as hard, and
fall with the same result. Take for
/. Instance Alexander the Great, who
died at Babylon, or Napoleon who died
in bonds at st. Helena. Both OF these
men gained fame, but were lost.
Stand up as Nicodemus did, and de-
clare your willingness to serve God.