Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-15
TRINITY M. E. CHURCH.

| Sermon by she Presldent of Drew The eloElcRl Semlnary-A Compliment for ! the Press-Why Trinity Is Without a Pastor.
 Yesterday morning at the Trinity NJ. E church, at Dwight Place, a large congrega- tion listened to an able sermon by Rev. Hen ry A. Butz, D. D., president of Drew Theo logical seminary. The speakers text was from Second Corinthians, V, 2: ''For we walk by faith, not by sight," Extracts from the sermon, which was very pleasantly de- livered, are as follows:
 The text contains two statements, one of which is that faith is to guide the Christian through life; the other that faith is better
 guide than sight. Paul seems to say that
 faith is the nobler impulse.
 Let us contrast the two clements of the
 text and justify the teaching of the apostle
 I apprehend that the apostle means more
 than sight when he refers to wh at is not to
 be our guide to the future. I presume he
 includes in his meaning that which may be
 learned in other ways than by sight.
 Faith is emphatically Bible word, which
 means to hold trustworthy, and by transla-
 tion the word grew to mean more. It signi- fies the prospects of the future and the 0lo- ries of the hereafter. Paul says: My concep- ton is better than yours because look with the vision of faith.
 Everybody reasons, but everybody does not reason with equal accuracy. Take for exam pie the newspaper press, which represents the intelligence and wise thought of the land The reasoning Of the press may produce diff ferent results, but this difference of opinion is not necessarily disastrous. But there is not a man whose pen has pierced the invisible Reason has to da with every day life and with the progress of mankind. The most important results of reasoning are those that come home to our hearts and teach us how to live and enjoy life, how to believe, how to love, how to suffer and how to die. Faith is light to show us the way to the great beyond. Paul taught that the things that are seen are temporal, but the things that are not seen are eternal.
 In our study of hnman nature we observe that in childhood there js faith-the child believes its parents until it is taught not to believe. The old Christian as he hears the other shore believes, and it is then that his faith lies at the very ground work of his life. Faith and sight are not enemies but sisters. Each has it's place and both have their proper sphere. The true Christian walks in the light of faith. We should be guided by faith in God and he will guide us
 Bishop Goodseu, who was formerly pastor of Trinity M. E. church, is announced to preach at the church next Sunday morning and evening.
 Before the morning service began the Rev. John Kerley, local pastor of Trinity, made 8 statement to the congregation in which he explained why the church was left without pastor at the present time. It was no fault of the committee, said he, because selec- tion had been made some months before con- ference had assembled, and it was expected that it's wishes would be respected, but ow- ing to the fact that some of the foremost preachers had left the conference for other fields of labor and other eminent and talented preachers had been secured for other church. ent, it was deemed best by the bishop that this church be left unsupplied for the pres ent. The committee who have the matter in charge have very strong talent engaged to supply the pulpit until a regular pastor shall be secured.