Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1889-10-11
Christian Church.
By THE PASTOR.

BY THE PASTOR.
The protracted, meet ing now
,nder way at the Christian church,
conducted by Morgan Morgans,
If Evangelestic fame, is truly an
feast for our citizens,
long to remember.
Mr.. Moreans is a rips Bible
scholar, a fine speaker and an able
exegete of the Holy Scriptures,
besides his extensive travels
through Egypt, Syria, Hebrew
Aram) Palestine and Europe, make
him one of the most accurate pro-
Chalmers of the gospel, known to
the West. While in Palestine he
bathed in the river of Jordan,
rested his weary body in the
Shadow of "Abraham's Oak"
walked the narrow streets of the
"City of DAVID d"-Jerusalem, and
in Bethlehem, the birthplace of
the Christ, he reverently bowed
the knee. Thence to the prophet
ic city Of Nazarath, from which
our Savior was driven, when the
prophecy was fulfilled, "He shall
be called Nazarene." The day
when men would fippantly de-
clare that, "the rapidity of the
flow of the River Jordan forbids
immersion" is a thing of the ig-
norant past, far removed by the
presence of men who are as we'll
acquainted with the river of Jor-
dan as Missourlan is with the
Mississippi river along the borders
of Missouri and Illinois. Mr..
Morgans having visited all the
places of interest in the Holy
Land, Egypt, Syria and Europe,
peculiarly fits him for the work of
preaching the gospel far beyond
the great majority of Ministers.
The first topic discussed by Mr..
Morgans in this meeting was:
Christ Our Strength" This
logical instructive address in
spired the hearts of all who heard
it.
On Sunday morning the theme
of discourse was Regeneration
The speaker first discussed
Physical Regeneration. Under
this head he showed from the plain
teaching of the Scriptures that,
there is to be "a "New Heaven and
a new Earth" and as a result Of
this physical regeneration, the
righteous are to have an eternal
home. The bodies of the Saints
also, are to be regenerated or
raised from the dead.
Then the Speaker, in the ex-
animation of Moral Regeneration,
showed that three moral changes
to be effected in man are essential
to regeneration. In other words,
Moral Regeneration consists OF
three moral changes:
l. A change of heart, which is
produced by faith in Christ.
2. A change of character, o,
life, which is produced in man by
repentance.
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tism. Nfering frs
This was q excellent ex.
position of the Bible doctrine oi
regeneration.
The theme Sunday evening was
"Ihe Mission and Mediation oi
Christ. Rom. 5; 10, IL.
| This was the most comprehen.
slve and exhaustive exposition oi
the Mission of Christ to this world
it has ever been the writer's good
fortune to hear. The matured
scholarship of the speaker, and
especially, his knowledge of the
laws of philology, renders his
sermons very instructive and in.
teresting.
The speakers theme for Mon.
day evening was: :'The Course OF
human existence in Heaven CT
He'll" This discourse was de-
liveled from a diagram on the
blackboard, which was made to
represent, first, Childhood, then
the Church, then the intermediate
State-between the death of the
body and the resurrection of
same-then the final home of the
Soul. This was the righteous side
OF the diagram. Starting from the
line which divides childhood
from responsible life, there was a
parallel line representing the
course of the wicked, beginning
with the line which denoted ac-
countability, through the world,
hades, and into the final destiny
of all who reject Christ and the
Gospel.
"Good and Perfect Gifts" None
can afford to miss these excellent
discourses.
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