Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-03-25
THE SABBATH DAY.
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Edifcation of YanKton Audiences.

Psalm l42 :45-" Inere is no men that
kno Retb me, refuge hath failed me no
man csreth tor my soul. / cried unto
thee, O Lcrd, / said thou art my refuge,
my portion in the land of the living"
| desire to speak this morning OF self
deception, es regarding the fault of sell
depreciation, OF q too low estimate OF
ones self. | lind In our text the PsalmiPt
David expressing himself first as q man
thoroughly discouraged and cast down,
and then as a la who remembers that
God caresfor him. 1t was a very ssnsi-
bic. very wise thing to do. to turn to
God in his trouble.
/. Now, this suggests to Us one form
OF self depreciation that IS sinful. We
saw last Sunday morning that q man
could sin in over estimating himself.
We have a hint here that a man does
wrong IN under estimating himself.
When David said, "no men careth for
my soul" be forgot God. Hs was think
ing about what men thought OF him, /
think there are times when We fall into
the same SID, In a similar way.
z. Again, We sometimes sin In self
depreciation by failing to undertake the
duty God lays upon III. II God offers
us q work to do, IL is proof positive that
we are fs. or will be- fitted to do it. For
we may be pretty certain that God will
not lay upon US any work that we oan-
not do.
3. There Is another form of self de-
probation which is sinful, which is ex-
| pressed in the exclamation of Peter to
the Master, when he witnessed a great
miracle. depart from me. for am q
sinful man, o Lord" The power mani
tested created awe and fear, which led
to q sinful self Depreciation.
4. Again, we are sometimes tempted
to under estimate ourselves simply be.
cause our circumstances are not those of
other men. We are poor We can
not dress as we'll 81 some Gan. God
values US nos at what we own but what
we reno by the outside trappings OF
our bodies, but by the inward graces o.
our sous.
5. Then too. we under estimate our
selves often by reason of our failure to
accomplish what we undertake to do.
Because we fail in some earthly proi4o
We think we are OF no value.
s. Then there are times when the
head begins to reel and the heart grows
faint, and the poor feveriuh body car
bear Its weight no longer. We are laid
aside. Then comes the temptation to
say, .no man cares Tor my soul" Bat
ist cs 40. forget God. He thinks JOS.
as much OF Us. lying there helpless, as
when with energy and success we were
doing our work. And he Just as readily
hears q prayer. Remember that God
loves youe soul end is deeply grieved
| when you lose 1t.
The evening sermon was a contiuua'
tlon of the life oil Paul, from Aets II &c
land the times OF this Ignorance God
winked at but commsndeth eli mer
every where to repent" II was THU
doctrine which Paul preached and which
was the essence OF christianity, thi,
doctrine of repentance, that has Away
made christianity unpopular. 1t wal
the message that CHRIST brought into
the world and il conti,cted with tn.
pride and vanity of men. Pants preach
ing was unpopular among men, because
of this element OF repentance. Chris
tianity is the only religion shat hal
faced sinners with the necessity of hear
repentance OF sin, and it has succeeded
in spite OF the unpopularlty oil the doot
rioe.
Paul leayes Vhessalonica for Beree
Silas and Timothy accompanying HIM
The missionaries found the Jews Ut Bere
more willing to look into the evidence
OF christianity than they were at othe
places. When men begin to search tb
scriptures there Is hope for them
Christians should know the bible NOR
thoroughly than they do. But Paul ha
to leave Beres because OF rising hostil
Iity. He decides to 60 to Athens, th
most renowned city of ancient times
then the capital of the worlds cnltur
and art and learning. The speaker pic
tured in choice language the wonderfu
city and Paul's great address to tn
philosophers. which from o hterar,
point OF view seemed to be his bee,
Ffom Athens Paul went to Oorinth wher
he remained o year and o half and bull
up q powerful church. Here he wrot
the two epistles TO the Thessalonians
From Oorlnth Paul went tc Ephesu
and thence to Jerusalem and Antioch
SO ends the second missionary journey
the most lmporsans tour ever made by
~serVsnt of Christ. opening up as it did
new and populous region for tue trump
OF thc gospel.
The thought / would have you tax
} away for q practical help this evening i.
that faithful service for Christ may lea
you int many difficulties and trials an
disconragemente, it may raise up man
enemies and ridiculers and acousers, bu
upon the whole il will be q triumph
full OF glorious victories over self, owe
the devil, over the world. It will max
life worth living and heaven worth gu
joyiog.
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