Telegram-herald., 1889-11-11
sermon ~ Rey. q. J. Enapp, D D,
- Grace Church.
SAYS TIE THEATER Is 4 Necessity
The savior Did Not Preach a Religion
~ Ione iaess ana Nerose Action
We = .or 400 sIu.h aad a-l-
Joy Ourselves Eoo Litt.e.

urr rather dian lovers of God.
10 i, NOT m1 purpose a. dtn0unce the
one or undu.y eNIol tle other. IL IS
not the duty of a Christian 10 denounoe
Ais fellow man, nor 10 resort 70 r.Ilcule
0r Remuneration. SIR Thomas More
was bcheaded, not because ms opinions
were false, but because they were NOT
those oi Henry VIII. john Knox va,
tried and condemned, not because h.s
creed was false, bat hecaU 81 he thought
differently from Queen Mary Gram
mer was tired FOR treason, bat the
charge was changed TO heresy, that ne
might be burned II found guilty.
Two centuries ago the charge Of
heresy was worse Than the brand OF
Cam. The heretlcWas looked upon with
.ess uncOucealed horror, and treated
with consideration than monster of
the sea or a Wild beast of the forest.
And heresy meant, not holding harm
ful ideas, but simply holding opinions
different from some organized party.
and IN our day men have been tried
and expelled, not because they taught
falsehoOds, hut because they taught
dOgmas not found IN their church or
party.
What a tremendous change has come.
Nothing is done as IL once was. Our
fathers plowed with crooked sticks
We DO not think precisely as our fathers
thought, and we differ from them still
more n the way we express what we
thWk.
Theological fashions change as do
fashions m dress, but the changes af-
feet only the outward garb, not the
inner substance.
We cast the old truths in now molds;
we clOthe them with new forms oi eX-
preston; we see them from different
standpoint. But they are the same old
truths, and are rs firmly held as ever.
Man is a compound being.
The mind needs food and rest. and
amusements, rs much as the body
needs food or breath. Nothing can
contribute more to mans intellectual
and moral Improvement, and espcc.a. y
his social eniOymcnts, than innocent,
hearty amusements. While few things
are as injurious to health, talents and
morals rs long faces and melancholy
sOberncSs.
We have reason, revelation and
Divine example TO teach and guide Us
IN this and everything that pertains TO
our present life.
The only rational or safe course for
us to follow IS to let reason, common
sense and our Savior speak.
Turning to the life of Christ on earth,
we see that he did not isolate himself,
but mingled freely with mankind. and
was one with them in their business
cares, their trials and their pleasures.
lie came not to destroy society, but
TO descend into its depths, to sWeeten
It's Joys and cement their relations.
He did not come to build huge con
vent in the wilderness for Christians to
hide themselves in from the world and
It's sunny pleasures. But he taught
"The Earth Is the Lord $" and the
children should enjoy and possess
what the Father prepares.
lie taught that man was not created
to live on n potato a day, to dwell i'm
huts and wigwams, clad in rags, Gov
cred with filth, but to rise up and lie
down, and live in dwellings of comfort
and elegance; filled with beauty, sun
shine and peace. Men were not made
for the pOOrhOuse, the jail or gallows
but for comfort, freedom, virtue and
happiness here, and a blessed lmmOr-
tality beyond.
Many of us do not live as we ought
and consequently do not extract
our portion of happiness and pleasure.
The difficulty j, our lives are too full
we labor under heavier load than We
are able to carry. There is too much
to be done; there Is too much literature
too much art, too much music, toe
much science, too much dress, toe
much social gaiety, too much stralnlng
to keep up appearances.
Such a multiplicity of objects i'm life
wcaries and overtasks our mental pow
ers, and renders Us less able 10 success
fully struggle against the cares and re-
spOnsibiIties that are important and inn
perativc. Industry IS highly commend
able. but suicide in any form is selfish
and sinful. That is just what thou
sands are doing gradually, but surely
committing suicide Look at the vast
number of men and women who 20
down into premature graves. Nearly
every newspaper is a tombstone, TO-
corling the deaths caused by OverwOrb
and want of rest and recreation.
Every twcnty-foUr hours Nature
throws her sable mantle over al tho
Garth. inviting man and beast 10 rest
o-d Christianity, over true 10 nature
nrrrs MS to preserve our equilibrium
lv observing the timo 10 work, the time
t6 rest. the time 20 labor with all Oul
r,-yht and the time 10 reCTcatc.
Our text sounds the note of warning
We must not love pleasure moro and
God less. II YOU never get higher thar
,-o,,r measures, they Will swamp Won