The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-05-08
GOOD PREACHING.
"AND HE WAS SPECIFIES"

st. Pauls church, Wilmington, {
\. c., is holding u ser as Of SIR
vices at st Panl's church, Gin
ton, this week. We have had
the pleasure of hearing him
twice. Tuesday night Ii text
was from the 22d chap Of st.
Matthew. which contains the
parable in which Christ likened
the Kingdom of Heaven unto a
marriage given by a king for h 5
son. He sent his servants out
on the highways to invite in the
guests, both good and bad, and
SIS many a. they found That
there might be no distinction
between rich and poor he had
prepared wedding garments all
alike for the guests to put on
after reaching the me nsiOn; but
one Of the guests refused to don
the apparel prepared fOr him
AMI appeared at the feast in his
ordinary costume. The king dis
covering this inquired the cause,
but the offender was speechless.
Yes. ale was speeches." and |
this was the DIvine's text. But |
why should the king have him
bound and cast into cute dark
Less for this small offence? 1t wa
not becs use the mere fact Of the
garment would have made him
mo e worthy to have gone into
the kings presence and sit at
the marriage feast, butt was on
account Of the state Of tue mans
heart, his evident Intention to
insult the king by disregarding
his request. So it is With the
forms and formalities requir. d
by the Church of God. The,
may seem to us unimportant and
comparatively SO they are, bat
if it IS with a rebelliOus heart
and setting mp Of our poor
weak judgments against the Di-
vine will then our hearts shall
be judged to be VIC X and we
shall be cast into outer darkness.
So if we keep the law not only
i'll form, but our hearts are also
right, then at the great final
marriage feast Of tbs Redeemed
We shall APPEAR as invited and
accepted guests, ROBBED in the
wedding garment Of Christs
Righteousness and made accepta-
bic to God through Him.
On Wednesday morning the
Rev. Mr.. Arnold took his text
: from the llth chap. Of Hebrews.
Subject: Faith. He said that
, Faith was the second of the six
doctrines of Christ, and the only
one in all the writings Of the
Old and New Testament that
: was defined, which is as follows:
"Now faith is The substance of
things hoped for, the evidence of
, | Things not SEEM"
-. If we were asked fer a defini-
= ton of Faith we probably would
not give this one, but refer to
the conduct Of Abraham, when
. about TO sacrafice his dea ly be-
- loved son because God so order
ed. For a definition Of Patience
we would refer to Job, for Meek
- less and Self-sacraficing to
} Moses and Repentance to David
All these things we clearly un-
! derstani and feel though might
" not be able to express theil
. meaning, these definitions in
', words. for the Billie has sc
. :. taught us by parallels and illus
:; trations. Grace is a gift Of God
. and can be attained only through
prayer, but Faith is not a gift 1t is
an attribute of the spirit, quail
A' ity of the heart to be fostered
Il and developed tt rough our OWL
u action, in certain sense to be
II acquired just as we acquire
d knowledge, and prayer cannon
l. assist us to attain it only by its
e reflex action OH our own action
Then followed clear, fine anC
II forcible sermon, and discussion
s of the subject, rich with illus
IL trations, timely and appropriate
&c " applicable to our everyday
e lives. His peroration, shown
. how, when We conld see the
finger of the Omnipotent alike
Z in our success and reverses. eve
= guiding our course for our etern
Ie al good through all the daIl
II winding ways and vexing an6
y turbulent trials of life, how tina
L then we had faith and that HI
IL who could and would do us nt
a. harm or wrong would illum,
our pathway with ray of di
vine light however much tn,
gloom that gathered around
light that would sure y guide u:
lie to eternal life and joy.
s. We hopeou people will hear
ID enjoy and be profited by Thu
10 fine series of sermons.
L. -
LOOK UP.
in Rev.Mr. Hammond once visit
Re ed the Labyrinth of Henry VIII
ID in England. While walking
,e through it b" got lost. III
o found 20 many winding ani
" crossing paths, he despaired o.
ht getting ont OF t.. At last b,