Los Angeles herald., 1890-08-11
AT HOME AGAIN.
DIR. CANTINES' FIRST SERMON
SINCE HIS RETURN.
The Whole Family in Heaven and Earth
Some of Its characteristics.

At Broadway M. E. church yesterday
morning, Rev. DR.. r. S. Cantine occupi-
ed the pulpit for the first time since his
return from Europe. The floral decora-
tions and the music were in keeping
with the occasion, and very large au-
dience was in attendance. The text was
taken from Ephesians III, Is: 'The
whole family in heaven and earth.'
"Of course this is not the whole verse;"
said the preacher, "but that is all l
want, and gives in nutshell what l
want to talk about. l want to say to
you there is one thing that will be new
to you, if you go from home among peo
pie of different customs. 1t will broad
en- you out. 1t will give you great ideas
of the world you live in, so that you
will not think you are the only chris
tians in the world. Ihave seen the time
when l thought 1 was about the only
christian there was, and the Methodist
church the only church. AS you go
from country to country and from place
to place, and as you cross into other ter
rito-ies, you get an idea tnat the family
of God is wonderful family. 1 am 60
ing to talk about some of the character
istics of that family. heard sermon
in Heidelberg that was only about six
teen minutes long, and thought it was
pretty good discourse. 1 am not going
to talk very long.
In the first place don't want you to
forget that there is vital unity in this
family that none can comprehend unless
they have got where they can see it and
realize it by the Spirit. l saw certain
insignia in England, France and Ger
many, and could recognize certain or
ders that l know of in this country.
They wore their badges, ard they had
grips and tokens by which they could
tell each other in the dark, if they de-
sired to do so. In order to join these
organizations you will have to be voted
in. But these are not bible unions.
One is not voted into the kingdom of
God, but is born in. Those in the king
dom take their life from the same root,
and drink from the same cup. While
out. Don't you forget it; you can't
vote them out. You can turn them out
of the church, but you can't turn them
out of the family of God. don't care
where you find them; at the root you
will find the same blessed spirit. l
never was more catholic than | am this
morning."
DIR. Cantine then stated that on the
morning, afternoon and evening of his
first Sabbath in England he partook of
tional and Baptist churches. On the
following Wednesday, he kneeled at the
altar of St. Paul's Cathedral and partook
OF tn esacrament.
81 am glad l belong to the family, now
l tell you. 1t is family that is very old.
We would as soon belong to the 30th
generation as to the first, but in England
they are just crazy about their genealogy.
l can trace my genealogy further back
than William the Conqueror. | can 60
away back to Abraham; l can go back
further than that, for God is my Father.
In all that family the blood is good,
all the way down. Priests, prophets and
kings have belonged to that family. 1t
is family that is vastly distributed.
have not seen a country where there is
not some body that belongs to my fam
ily but l have seen places where there
were no Methodists. They could not un-
derstand my French in France. But
when l got into the churches they could
understand us, and we them. 1t was a
| blessed thing to have common langua-
ge thank God that His family speaks
the same language, and has the same
vital bond that binds them all together" Z"
DIR. Cantine referred to some members
of his church who have recently crossed
the narrow stream which does not inter-
rupt the sympathetic tie between the
church below and the church above.
.'There is one family. Hallelujah. Mis-
sions of mercy we may perform here, and
l believe that on the other side we shall
be ministering spirits, sent to minister
to those who shall be heirs OF salvation.
Well, 1 want to say to you that the fam
lily Of God is destined to multiply and
cover the earth.
sThe family of God is one of great dig
nifty. As stood in the houses OF parlia-
ment could not help thinking of what
Sam Jones said-that it was just simply
starch. There is a good deal OF dignity