The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-20
scrnou by DIR. James Park-Dr. Mat
,hevs Tells of the Progress OF tho
Church ia Foreign Coun'ries-An In

taiDs: for no unprcluUiccu hlhu N"h iV''
siblv contemplate the beauties here seeh-
and vet say with the fool, There IS no
God
vices This morning there was general out
pour of all the people. showing that u Is 10
misnomer 10 say that this is a church-gOlns
CITY. Nearly all of the pulpiis in the city
were filled by members Of the assembly, ana
all were greeted by large congregations
At the PRESBYTERIAN Church the moderator
of the assembly. DR.. James Park, preached
to "A very attentive congregation That hlicd
the house to its utmost capacit!. lie LOON
as his text the last clause Of the last verse
of the Seventeenth Psalm: Il shall DC sat
isfed. when | awake, with thy likeness.
The following are some of the p0ints OF
his sermon briefly stated:
This psalm is prayer of David written
i'm time of trouble, when opposed by wicker
men. 1t is = prayer, because petition Is It's
burden. its characteristic feature rs esseh-
ual element. He spoke Of DaYlds INTEGRITY
as a result Of his obedience 10 God : law
and of his trust in God 10 aycnee him Of ms
enemies. David in this psalm seeks pfoiec-
ton from men Of the world who seek iheif
welfare in the world in contradistinciion
! from the church.
lie is under full conviction that when ne
appears before God he would be accepted
! bv the Lord Of all. regardless of pcrsccu-
fions here. He expected satisfaction, bul
only beyond limits of time. lie had learned
that all the world could give would NOT
satisfy. All the world could give WOull
only be- vanity ofyaniiy.
/ At the hour Of death all that the world
presents shrinks into insienliicance when
! the soul realizes that il must appear naked
before The Judge Eternal.
DIR. Pmmcr SAYS: .NO death is comior-
table without supports of ana comforts Oh
true religion. No death IT, miserable WIN
the comforts and supports OF the gospel.
| He will be satisfied when ne shall Toe trans
formed INTO the very image 81 God. DAVID
peaks not merely Of soul, but of the rcsnI-
rectiOn Of the whole man. body and Soul.
Souls though disembOdicd no death remain
conscious aud active, and in enjoyment ul
heavenly bliss. but at the resurrection bodies
and souls shall bee reunited. intermediate
state is imperfect. for death is stamp oi
| God Almighty upon humanity, because Oh
sin. But our bodies are a part of the pur-
chase Of Christ, and so they but await IN the
grave the redemption of our bodies.
Psalmist says My flesh shall rest M
| hope"
job looked forward to resurrection OF
lust. and exclaimed 81 know that my re-
| deemer liyeth and that he shall stand a,
the latter day upon the earth. and though
after my skin, worm. destroy this body. Nct
i'm nv flesh shall | see God; whom | shall
see for myself and mine eyes behold, and
not another
AS we have borne the image Of the earth
" soWe shall bear the image Of the heaven
~, when this mortality shall have put ON
Immortality, and this cOrruptibic shall have
put on incOrrupuon.'
/ - in
complete body, and we shall appear like
him. This compensates for all loss Of
worldly good and makes life blessed forever.
Is such life desirable: Has this world
ever satisfied your DO YOU NJ constantly
meet with VcNatIOn and disappointment :
spend time Of y0ur,sojOurnimg i'm His SER
vice. seek conformity TO His viii, IN whose
likeness YOU shall awaken at the last day.
and when you awake in his likeness you
shall be satisfied.
This sermon was listened % 10y the large
| congregation with the closest attention, and
made "a very fine impression upon ail who
heard it.
PAN-PRESBNTERfAN ALLIANCE.
Those who were looking forward 20 the
rich treat in store for them. in the promised
address Of DR.. Matthews. the secretary Of
the alliance of all the churches throughout
the world. holding the Presby terian system.
were not a little disturbed when early in
the afternoon the heavens became dark
cned by clouds. and the thunder gave warm
ing OF approaching showers. However. De-
tween the showers. which were but slight.
quite q large congregation. including most
OF the members Of the assembly. gathered IN
the church. Those VINO did not go viii
never know what they missed. Al who
heard the address We're delighted. hut IT Us
impossible 10 DO Justice to IL iu report.
DR.. Matthews g. fine looking man, above
the average size, with very genial countc-
nance and attractive manner. and just
enough OF the scotch accent 10 add "a pleas
ant flavor 10 both conversation and public
speech. lie is evidently man Of 10 small
ability, and the Alliance showed its wisdom
i'm selecting him 10 represent its cause in
this county.
After appropriate religious services DR..
Matthews began his address, Of which we
can give only a few points. lie said that
''the Christian church was organized on
the day Of pcniccost when the Holy spirit
came in power TO liz the disciples for their
work. Then as never since the church re-
allied the unity OF the Spirit. somewhat
similar: 10 that unity is the peace Of heart
Of the Young convert who feels united with
the church the world over. This continued
until The unity OF government appeared I'M
der the apostles. as the church crew. This
was followed by the unity of doctrine given
by the epistles written 10y the apostles Ia
the churches. Thus there WIS units because
Of spiritual life. government and doctrine.
"'ihis unity OF spirit remained for period
and then dropped out, and the Church Of
Rome took its place ~ the world. But in
the hearts of some spiritual unity remained
though there was no unity in the church
At the reformation souls broke OH from the
oppression Of human authority. Luther
was no organizer. lie merely made "a
change substituting the hing for the Pope
as the head Of the church. This resulted m
the union OF church and state. John Cal
vim WAS an organizer. lie was not merely
thcoi0giau. bat a church governor. The
PRESBYTERIAN churches HON come promi-
ncnily on the stage. with Calvin ia
Geneva and Knox in Scotland. After
this the Presbyterian Church was
divided according 10 liberty Of private jude-
mCnt which il has always maintained. The
result was "a multitude Of churches going
their OWE way. until The coming in Of The
great missionary spirit If the age. and with
this came Christian cooperation without
church amalgamation. In this the Chris |
tians of an churches united.
'Then came denOminatiOnal mission work. |
i'm which each church worked alone. The |
in 1916 as union of individual Christians. |
1t is not able 10 do much church work, but |
has been of great benefit 10 Presbyterian |
Churches across the water. II has resulted |
in the formation Of the alliance Of Presby- |
rian Churches throughout the world.
1T is no secret he said, that the action Of
the Southern Presbyterian Church was
watched closely, and when this Church. IN
iluenccd by the cOunscls Of such men as
DR.. stewart Robinson, VI. ID. lIoge, Of Rich
mOnd, the venerable Dr. William Brown
and others, fell into line, then were the
others ready 10 come together. Now about
eighty different branches Of the Church are
with il, and they are spread over
the whole world. and il would require al
most Pentacostal gifts for one 10 preach 10
them all. These comprise at least 100000
the probability is that the num-
her is much larger than this. The aim Of
the Alliance is to bring these churches
into connection with each other. so
that one can help the other. 4 union
)f churches is not aimed at. We cannot say