New-York tribune., 1890-04-28
SERMONS WORTH KEEPING.
XXXIV.
COMMUNION WITH GOD MANS GREATEST
NEED
WORDS OF WISDOM FROM THE REV. JOHN

EVANS, OF THE WELSH BAPTIST CHURCH.
The Baptist people Of this city, Brooklyn and Jersey
CITY are greatly pleased with the reestablishment OF
the welsh Baptist Church For many years this con-
greSaton worshppcd in Chrysticst., between Broome
and Delaney sts The changed condition Of that part
Oh New York made II impossible 10 continue the
vices there. although the church building worth per
maps $4,000. and the adjoining property transformed
| INTO tenementhouse purposes still owned. For
nearly score of years. the property has been
| iathg IN value, but in the mean time the congrcga-
uoh became scattered. Recently an effort has been
maze TO put new life into the old church. Services
are now held by the church at hall in Fourth ave.
near seventeenth-st. The property in Chrysc-st is
for sale, and as it is disposed Of a edee
will be erected uptown.
services in honor Of the opening Of the meetings
were held recently in the hall, when speeches
urging the importance Of The work were made by
weknown Wesh-Amercans En- Postmaster General
James, exrJudge Noah Davis, president Of the st.
Davld's Society James Pyle, the soap manufacturer;
Isaac Newton Williams and william Miles among
those who were present to bid the pastor and his
foclI God speed There are ab0u 3O 900 Welsh people
in New York and its suburbs and this is the only
Welsh. Baptist church for them to attend. services
are held twice on Sunday in the afternoon and In the
evening. Twice month the pastor breaches In
English the rest of the time in Welsh at the prayer
meeting Thursday evening both languages are used
/
make remarks in Welsh. Perhaps there will be two
or three prayers in the same language in the same
tongue. but the benediction is pronounced
all use the same language-Engish. sunday school
will be started in short time and, when the new
church planned, it will have primarily for It's object
the needs Of the Welsh people and especially the
| young people.
The Rev. John Evans. who has been called to the
responsible place Of gathering again the scattered
flock and OF Increasing it, born and educated IN
Wales. After he to this country, twenty one
years ago, he took theological course at the Crozier
Seminary Philadelphia. Since that time he mas
been preaching. In fact he began 10 preach when
he eighteen years old. His first pastorate was
at Westerly r. l.; later lie called TO the Calvary
Baptist Church, at Dccatur-st. and sumneraver
Brooklyn, where he has abord most successfully for
seven years. Mr.. Evans possesses the happy faculty
OF being able preach equally fuently and eoquenty
In either Welsh English. lie has the warInest
sympathy Of the Baptist people. not only Of his own
nationality. but also OF all who are interested In the
work Of the denomination in this city. Mr.. Evans
preached yesterday afternoon from Exodus, xxMv %:
And 1t came to pass when Moses came down from
Mount sinai that Moses wi't not that the
shin OF his face shone while he talked with him.
le said
These mountain scenes, though not frequent in the
history OF revelation, are exceedingly sgnlhteant.
There are why God invites men 10 THESE
heights. rather than to the lOwlands, when he mas
something special 10 communicate to them. III Is no,
simply because he wants be alone with them undls
tnrbed by the noise and confusion OF the "oriu.
There are many retired spots where 6Od may meet
men that afford equal silence and quiet Inc lnoui
tain seem, more in accord with the sacredne>s OF
Gods nature The elevation Of the place clevates
the mind tie purity Of it, air purihes the Thought
and ihe grandeir Of .ts sccic ennobes the magint-
ton. The mountain land, being IN nearer apron
nation 10 Heaven, brings the soul III nearer oon''
Noses lad been on Mount Sinai about forty days
and a. many nights. lie was there alone WIN "ot
slrt from lie
receive from Him the law which wa, 10 Oe tne D..9
and hat would hrob with the spirit Of purity ana be
neuccncc. Moses in this sacred retirement aLvIus
beautiful picture of man IN communion VIII" '"'
''' In Jesus Christ. God has made Himself more ar
onnisin bnt the valley the field the forest the
street the and every place hgh or lo"' puOr @
Spv Or 81 intense actiyty Wien mems minds alb
sorbcd with desire to gain what Is earthy, ucie ~
nothing more worthy OF his houce uan o'H'N
With cod
CONMUNIOS lMPARTS LIGHT.
Mon ncca 10 commune with God because this imparts
,r,ch,nc.s to their life Moses came down from the
nount with hi, face shining with li,tre brighter
than that Of the His face sent iorth oeanS VI
Hight due To the fact that he had ben with lou anu
lad caught the brightness Of Gods own fher
Men are easily touched by the ind OF sre' 'i,,
tnrn in They are moulded and 'laped bl IL m III
nncnce True is the old adage '' ne WIN ~,'oT r.
thou eoest, and VIII tell thee '., ,ne hergars
men live among hcsgar, they Wa - vi". ,, ors Eli
themselves. II they associate WI" h.H,, .e' rho
carry IN their life the mark, oi roy. vlss lion ~
stronger the character. the deeper tn' lmpresSoh II
makes in is contact WITH oerI vir,Te hS si and Soines,
stream forth bears In his life the marks oi ''''0
wv Thc hrrhfnes, impaired by this "munon wit.
God IS moi merely the surface 90 l'. lic,,hs NY,
is not simply stamped on tnc race te" IN the heart
Inward goodncs, works Itself out towar1 l.e sir"'
Moscs's face 30 dazfed tnat al 'as cbpri,tSn life
are the first things that attract the attent%1n ion o dSf
They are the most effective in Satl>Hlns thelf n nnu
a. to the gcnuineness OF religious nat there is
life The fact cannot be concealed t!a' t. us.' the
sorrow in LIFE - rhS I"'eG dark and the bright
needed 10 give beauty TO the portrait Inei9 ,s nt nv
darkness where G3d is The & sF' f asow s1 II" from his
canvas. lie must dip III, !r'.sh iI ~ ,r1ght ''
and. if true picture must De a." ,,ur1 ur.s Of shadow
We cann" conceive what deep shadows those are uucI
which PeSpis Tno anG H%' deck The themselves
Jewels rest and live. Ihe ann q" n ,,.i,. I, |
aspsl n 'oTGCTfgl aRre' Sr asa H iha Go odncsS
resr long and .ad countcnance originated when hch
had crroncou, views Of tne irnc n t"y The man
on whom heaven smiles should be JOY 1S ne .mo"lu m
speak words that are encouraging ana sE males life
the major key. for the religion lie po, pd ,h n,oin
brist and snv The man who ascend, 1 te shlHinr Su
tain 10 commute with God returns "lli d S"'"'''s
face becauSc hi, heart Is hlIed VIII" !0S'
COMMUNION IMPARTs POWER
Communion with cod imparts power TO mans
III. Masses never had the might he now possess
d since. God had led him the secret Of HIS glory
lie came down from the mount mightler man than
n. had eyer bccn before. The people could not
hchold the mstre there was in his face. Man Is I'M
easy in the presence Of the supcrhn'nan' lie mu'S
his face from the brightness of divine truth rms
instanc. however. telchc, that the man VINO H'cs
m e1,,,n'nion with God is filed with power that men
rannot resist When Alexander the Great marched
,nv'ard Jerusalem he fe his knees when he was
mo, nntidc the wall, the city Dy the High fIiest
and Ills uain OF subordinate, Ihe Inscriptions
t,a InrdH ]
ca,,,. linn Win awe The man who had conquered
Whole world had become hin sell conquered when he
conceived what was meant by the word holiness
There is nothing that possesses such power rs
character III WlcluN itp''..i - ~. " .,,,'.n.
wealth fame and position me power oi "A tnrrnc %
/. simply weakness compared with the might OF him
who lives In company with God II was character
~ noli,irs II was the want OF IL that made Aaron
Inrr iIe meane,t man In The world Of pOtcs. II i