Daily Republican., 1889-12-02

AT re cher Hall, Saturday evening,
heV. Il. ]. ID. Pepper, editor of the
Christian Standard, of Philadelphia, de.
,lVereu sermon deiuclng his theme
rom the first part Of the 18 ", 81 c. OF
l ines, which reads: ''To the end he
may establish your hearts unblam-
noie In holiness before God, even our
ratner, at the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ with all his saints"
iopie; How to get ourselves and
others into the condition OF umblamable-
ness. lie cited Christian experience and
quoted st. Paul's words: "Ye are wit.
nesses and God also, how holly and
Justly, and unblamably we behaved our-
seiVes among you that believe" =
un now sweet should cur spirits be !
HOW consistent our lives
Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or
God" We must fettle things
between onr heart, and Gcd. and prae-
tice before we preach. Then the home
circle generally affords the first field for
Iractlce. Here the difference between
sindness aud loving. kindness may be ex.
empiiued. A man may multiply bis
kindness TO Ills wife because he
Knows he DOS not love her. But loving
klndness embraces tender consideration
ior her aud patient endurance of the
s,ials and vexatlons Of every day life.
sister Lizzie Smith is practic'ng the very
essence OF this Gospel. Instead of en-
gaging and travelling in public speaking
as formerly, she is staying at home ten.
oeFl caring Tor a sick relative. She ia A
perfect exhibit OF the loving kindness
Rnd tender consider alton she'preached TO
others. This doctrine Is in strong con-
trast to maintaining our rights in the
home circle. Wesley used to say:
Let us tell the facts that are working in
us" bishop Taylor said:
stand by the facts. Tell what God has
done Tor ynu, how llc has saved you. y
A pastor said he had seen a great deal
of religion but not much salvation, We
want the religion that saves our souls
and helps us stand steadfast. We need
to be sure we have cunsecratcd ourselves
wholly TO God and enjoy the witness of
God that He has accepted us. Il
Preaching should include talking from
the standpoint of personal experience.
The experience OF preachers who had
been asked II they enjoyed what they
preached was narrated. Free, coDgrepa.
tional, experience meetings were recon-
mended. st. Paul's experience was mar
rated and his words quoted at length,
Including the passage: 80 we sueak not
as pleasing men, An unsancti-
lied disposition to cram the Gospel down
peoples throats was not approved
lie gave the history of Salem church.
Philadelphia, class leader, WHO assidu-
ously looked upon his class members to
illustrate how every Chri4tlan could yet
other persons to 90 10 church. lie
greatly deprecated gossip, including
idle and harmful conversation ON reljc-
ious persons and Affairs. He believed In
giving people great deal of credit and
encouragement for their Christian acts.
He dwelf, however, most eloquently on
the joyful, triumphant and thankful
ii sposition OF tho Christian rs promoting
the status OF u1blamablUHcss aud leading
others Into it.. ST Paul's rejoicing was
quoted. This cOnLitiOn is by faith, 1t
is by the power Of God. A voice: GLOW
shall we get it?" "Drop into it,"
Voices: "Amen." Let this mind be
in you that is In Jesus. The door is in
the irst word, "let." You would not.
on going down stairs In the morning,
take broom and 20 to sweeping to
sweep out the darkness.
Would you by using your own power
be able to sweep It out No. You would
open the shutters and LIE Gods power
and light drive il out and take itl place.
1t is not attainment; but obtamment
that ia needed, EVERY good aud per.
feet gilt cometh down from thu Father of |
Light Whatsoever man does before |
hand there yet must come a time when |
be drops everything and receives Jesus /
Christ So Of holiness. If we behave |
ourselves right in the first instance we |
will not he such as going about seeking
to establish their own righteousness.
A forccful illustration was given by |
the preacher. who had seen an old horse |
turning mill grinding clay for the max |
Ing OF bricks. lie saw him going round |
aud round without reaching the end of |
his journey. OF this experience OF the |
text, said the speaker, | want the thing
Itself for the satisfaction OF my own |
mind, for the salvation of my own soul, |
and SO that with consistency may 20 |
out and speak TO others.
A number OF persons, upon the preach
er's invitation, went forward for conse-
Grafton.
The hall was crowded and many stood
through the entire discourse, which was
Of the usual length and is much abrevl-
atcd In the foregoing summary. The
audience WAS largely made UP OF inhu-
entail persons, and included several clcr-