Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-02-18
GRACE AND PEACE,
Synopsis OF Bishop Hott's Sermon on Last
Sunday Evening.

Synopsis OF Bishop Hott's Sermon on Last
Sunday Evening.
At the United Brethren's Church, on
Sunday, Bishop Holt preached from Peter
l., 2: "Grace and peace be multiplied unto
you through the knowledge of God, and of
Jesus, our Lord" The two principles of
Christianity are grace and peace, said
Bishop Holt Grace alone means favor,
and as such it is used seven times in the
Old Testament. In the New Testament it
is used once as mercy" and one hundred
and twenty-five times as meaning the favor
of God through Jesus Christ. This favor
of our Lcrd and Savior, Jesus Christ, is given
to the entire universe through the atoning
blood of Christ and it may be either &C.
cepted or rejected, just as we will. In the
renewal of the heart there is grace, it is a
work wrought by God. ''Ye must be born
again." We undergo a change in our
whole life; our thoughts are different, and
we can each say: the things l once hated
l now love, and the things l loved l now
hate"
See Saul of Tarsus, the Pharisee, one of
the tribe that so hated and prosecuted all of
Christ's followers, and who himself ex-
ecuted inoffensive men and women merely
because they loved and served God. Then
in few years he goes about the country
preaching Christ, and dies martyr-stoned
to death but, rising above the mob, still
praising God. How can two such charac-
tiers be in body? The change can only be
made by the power of God; by Gods light
being turned upon us by Gods sancti6ca-
ton and publication. l believe we can
lose these, for even the minister of the
gospel must watch lest he lose the Grace
of God.
DR.. Newton speaks of his seeing large
gathering. gathering of all of Gods peo-
pie, and a large company dressed in white
robes came first entering in unto the Lord,
and thought, how | should like to go in
with them, but they were martyrs, whom
God Gays shall be high on his throne, and
1 could not go in with them.
Then there came another company, not
so many in numbers, but some twelve or
more, and l thought, how ] wished | could
go in with them, but l could not, for they
were the Apostles. Then there came
large company, and l shouted, for they
were the ones washed by the grace OF God,
and | could go in with them. And if you
cannot De martyr or apostle, you can be
saved by the atoning grace of God; sec
ondly, peace, which means unity, concord
and friendship. This feature naturally
follows the other, tor by grace we get
peace. We, as Christians do not make
enough of this, for there should be I'M
bounded peace with all brothers and sis
tiers in Christ. Are we not one family?
Should we not be concerned for our
brother and sister? The apostle says: do
good to all men, especially 10 them OF the
faith
And the churches need broader con-
ception of this unity, this concord, this
Brotherhood in the saving of souls for
Christ Again, the apostle says add TO
your faith virtue; TO virtue knowledge"
etc. But God will multiply the grace and
peace of our Lord Jesus Christ. How
much greater he is, we can only add, while
God multiplies
God saws: "As the heavens are higher
than the earth, so are my ways higher
than your ways" What a beautiful
thought, and how many times be will
multiply bis grace and peace unto US If we
Will but accept his gracious offer?