Morning journal and courier., 1890-07-03
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service at DloOdy,s school In North
field T0.Nighg-Rev. Dr. Pentecost
speaks to the students.
Among the arrivals at Mr.. Moody's school |
Monday evening were Rev. DR.. "A. T. Pierson |
Of Philadelphia, Rev. DIR. r. s. Macarthur
Of New York, Rev. b. g. Mowll Of London
and Rev. DIR. George F. Psntecost, who rs
Gently returned from Scotland, and is
preaching for the summer at the Church of
the Rsdeemer In this city. DR.. Pentecost
and Mr.. Moody have for years been warm
personal friends, and DR.. Pentecost supple
mented Mr.. Moody's famous labors in New
Haven, as thousands here who attended well
resolleot. DR.. Pentecost spoke Tuesday
evening and Wednesday morning and DR..
Macarthur and Rev. Mr.. More spoke last
evening.
At the close of the meeting Tuesday
morning Mr.. Moody urged the boys to de-
vote the afternoon entirely to recitation.
"Don't 60 to any meetings in the afternoon"
he said; IT have been urged to hold meet.
ings In the afternoon, but Pm not going to
do it, and don't you go to any. Play tennis,
play ball, sleep, rest. Dou't study" And
majority of the boys are inclined to follow
his advice, for in this warm weather they
find the long meetings drag, with the
smaller ones entirely sufficient. In the after
noon the mines, one representing East hall,
the other Marouand hall, did battle in front
of the latter place, and an exciting game was
played. The tennis courts are always oe-
cup!ed, and a tournament is being arranged.
Rev. DR.. Penteoost read part of the first
chapter of Romans, and then spoke in sub
stance as follows: Paul was one Of the hum
best OF men that ever lived, but we must
not confound humility with lack of conf
dence. Paul was one of the most confident
of men; he is constantly saying II am sure"
II am persuaded" Whenever Paul spoke of
Jesus Christ his confidence rises as high as
his humility carried him low at the feet OF
his Master. There Is nothing in his calling
az an apostle and witness Of Jesus Christ
that causes him to blush or be ashamed.
And whyi First, because We are not
ashamed of the genealogy Of the gospel.
We have the documents going back
through nation that stands to-day as the
external witness Of the gospel from the be.
ashamed of the author of the gospel. Ispoke
few days ago with Mohammedan and he
said in speaking of his prophet: HE was
man." But there is no need to apologize for
Jesus Christ; We are not ashamed OF his
character. How confident we are about It'll
Every attribute asoribed to God ia ss pure
and transparent as the sunlight. They can
not be improved. Again we are not ashamed
to compare the gospel with that of any other
religion. Take the ten commandments. 1t
would be rather difficult to improve on them.
Did you ever hear of anyone writing an elev-
enths They underlie all the jurisprudence of
she present time. In the line of ethics no
one has ever suggested an amendment to the
sermon on the mount. But some say the
gospel of Christ is impracticable, ideal and
| impossible for any one to follow. Jesus
| Christ came into the world to put these laws
| into human nature; he exempli6ed them all
embodied them all. Fourthly, we are not
ashamed of the gospel as q gospel of univer-
| cal application. Some of the fundamental
| precepts of other religions can only be
| grssped by men Of the greatest culture and
| training. But the gospel of Christ lays iteelf
| over against every man on earth; it is for
everyone. 1t IL like sunrise that adapts itself
| as we'll to the poor native of Africa a. to the
! philosopher of Boston or London. There is
| no other religion in the world that go ex-
aetly fits all men.
| In the fifth place, we ars rot ashamed of
| the gospel of Christ because of its mission
airy spirit. 1t is the only missionary religion,
the only proselyting religion In the world.
We are not ashamed of a gospel so univer-
sally benevolent. We are In debt to the
whole world, because We are in debt to
Jesus Christ. We can only pay this debt
by carrying the gospel to every man. We
are not ashamed of Christs gospel because
of its promises. Humanity demands in q
religion some way of getting rid of the in
cubus of guilty conscience. No religion
does this like the Christisn religion. 1t
sends man right to his God. 1t offers us for
| givsness, justification, qualification and
regeneration. It promises us eternal
life. Christ died for our sins, and
God raised him to demonstrate our
Immortality. We are not ashamed be
cause Christs gospel is the power
of God Tt is the power of God unto salva-
ton; benevolens, intelligent power, not
vindictive. Lastly, we should never be dis
| appointed in the gospel of Christ. The
Christians may be in the minority, but we
are always a triumphant minority. The
| argument based on the Inconsistencies and
| false witness of the false friends of Christ.
May God help Us all to be true and give Us
the true confidence.
| DR.. Pentecost was followed by Major
WhittIe, who took for his text: ''For even
hereunto were ye called; because Christ also
suffered for Us, leaving us an example, that
ye should follow his steps"
In closing, he said: We must depend on
God and Jesus Christ. The lord loves to
have his children dependent ON him. He
| lived among the poor, and had no carriage
| to ride in. Are we his friends and disciplesa
Do we come up to the Standard We must
love the poorest and humblest of Christ's
servants. "Hereunto all ye called" Great
fortune. are not success: As DR.. Gordon
said few days ago, "the danger of the
church is not an orthodox creed, but ortho-
dox greed" The message would impress
on you 10 self-denial for Christ.
Rev. DR.. Nose of Union Theological eemi
nary, Va, spoke. His address was one Of
rare excellence.
Then We want the unction of the holy one
to perform our duties. Finally the wind and
the holy spirit are both Independent of man
We cannot command it at will; neither can
We command the spirit of God. One practi-
cal lesson IL that God 10 ready to give us his
spirit IL We are ready to receive IL, and II this
| spirit be Independent of us how important 6
thing it Is that We should obtain the power
when the spirit is present. There are times
| God Ia present. How shall we gain more Of
this spirita believe that If the incense Of
prayer is rising steadily from cur souls the
spirit of God will breathe on us stronger and
stronger. "a
At the close of Professor Nore's address.
Rev. DR.. r. s. Macarthur of New York of
fered prayer. At its close Mr.. Moody an
nounced DR.. Pentecost. As the familiar
portly figure stepped forward burst of ap
plause showed that despite his long absence
his memory fingered in the hearts of those
who attended here in past years. DR.. Pen
| teoost spoke on a part of the dfty.6fth chap
ter of Isaiah. The central idea he developed
was the infallibility and power of Gods
word. Gods word never returns to him
void. We place absolute dependence
on the laws of nature; even SO VIC
depend on the word Of God as found
in the Bible, for both the laws OF
nature and the promises of the Bible are
| from God. There is more than ono mission
for the word Of God. The first mission ID
fer testimony; this gospel is to be preached
for testimony among all nations. To &C.
eomplish this the power of individuals IL
needed. The next mission is conversion.
We are regenerated by the power of ths
Holy Ghost through the agency of Gods
word. Other missions of the word of God
are for modification, comfort, and finally
for Judgment. May God give us to appre
bend his word as the infallible law of the
spiritual world, and to seek his spirit as the
invisible but sufficient power for all thing.
that he has promised.
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