Telegram-herald., 1890-05-12
"A YOUNG DEACON"
But He Presches Like Bishop OF
Long Standing.
PROF. SILL Al ST. MARKS CHURCH
A rh0GxhtraL Philosophical sna orsAS-
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Professor Sill, OF Detroit, as we'll
known q man ia Michigan as any man
outside OF politics, preached IN 81.
Marks Church yesterday, morning and
evening. 20 unusually large oongrega-
tons. The professor, late IN lie, has
entered Holy Orders, and Is now 4 dea-
con in the Episcopal church. HIS man
ner Ia the chaneei and N the pulpit Is
that Of veteran, and no stranger would
have suspected, last evening, that ne Is
nothing but a young deacon" He
WAS Professor sill Of old, with the &c
clesiasnc and the eloquent preacher
added.
The following is the substance OF his
last evenings sermon:
"You have heard that all roads lead
10 Rome. That old city was once the
center OF all the activity of that day
moral, intellectual. religious, CONNER
clsl. All things human were done with
reference 10 Rome. And so It came 10
pass that, away out ia the remotest re-
> t0-AN W NtfN AZ }AAN AAAN 2taAe~tANraN
paths enlarged into wider ways, and
they IN Their turn expanded, little by
little, until they opened out into those
magnificent highways that have gwen
immortal fame ID more than one en-
perOr OF Rome. SO II i with all lines OF
religious thought. Whatever there Is
of value IN the religious thought OF the
ages centers IN Jesus Christ. How
strange II IS that We find 1t so difficult
10 fully realize that Christ Is all in all
10 us, when, IL fact, It Is III this knowl-
edge alone that We have eternal life.
There are phases of God beneiicence
which we are not always quick 10 ac-
knowl, ,dge. But leavngcertain phases
OF HIS nature which are the most nat
ural for Us 10 recognize, let us tonight
consider one which Is not so commonly
recognized.
p Jesus Christ is the interpreter to man
of Gods commands Ii we appreciate
this truth, we shall see how il is that !
was led to say that all roads lead 10
Rome. Here there was some allusion
to the Ephesians, people of a pagan
city, who had receiyed the Gospel with
out having had any knowledge OF the
Jewish Theology. And therefore st.
PauPs argument with them was more
upon naturalIstIc than upon prescrlpt-
i've considerations. THIS fact suggested
to the preacher the following points:
In no other way IS man SO dlfferenti
ated from the brute Is IN his thirst for
hidden knowledge and his insatable
thirst To know things unseen. The
various forces of nature were brought
into review with great ability, IN order
to illustrate the impOsslbllity of
inferrlng God from the works of his
mere power. These exhibitions of
infinite power challenge our wonder,
but they do not tell us of Gods love
and pity. The tornado, the famine,
the earthquake, all seem to tell con-
trary story. Aud even the older revela-
tons given to Noah and Abraham and
Moses were inadequate, in that they
only told us of pHrts of God s nature
IN which we lrarn His power and HIS
wrath. But they did not know Him as
man knows friend, who smiles and
weeps and sympathizes with us. There
was, IN those days, fear and feeling OF
fcalty, butnO knowledge of Coos pity.
How, then, are we to know all these
truths OF Gods nature, except through
one who IS God and man also, feeling
with a human as well rs with divine
pity; with human, as well as with a
divine love, affection and generosity.
In Gods own good time, such one
came 10 be the interpreter Of Gods
will 10 man. And so, # We would know
| Gods love, we must know Christ love,
| for He manifested tins love of sod IN
His teaching and in lis own obedlent
/ conduct.
The speaker closed his sermon by re-
/ marking that ne felt that he had failed
| of his purpose. If ne had failed TO show
! the necessity of the incarnation. The
/ emphatic point was that Christ revealed
/ God's viii by dong Gods vii. AL
| acts of such obedience are revelations
/ whether they he done by the Christ o!
/ bv the followers OF Christ. In tins way
/ when we bee 0bedient. we become co
workers together with Christ. And IN
this s most beautifully illustrated OIL
/ brotherhood with each other and with
/ lIim. -, again | say, all road lead tC
( Rome.
The Speaker closed his sermon with 9
/ very fin0 zee t1trou OF the verse OF q
/ familiar hymn beginning.
"Otner refuge have none