Telegram-herald., 1890-10-20
REV. ALBERT WELLS
als Thoughtful Sermon a s.. Panl's
Church Yesterday
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tASy are tie oes- lldges-
Alter the Departure for ais natiTe
Land u the lzy pastor, Rev. Charles
E4toa. the church ass closed for sea-
soni bus after sp.r.taai hunger h4d
done rs persreI work on the parish,
Rev. Albert +. Wells. Of ssugAluek
sss sent for as a temporary supply
tis acceptance among tie parlshloneFs
Sas such that il the course of tune be
vas called 70 the rectorship Of the par
lsh The parish bas taken fresh coar-
age, and the people feel an assurance
OF future prosperity aud Influence.
Rev. MF. Wells preached last even
/ lng the following serm0ns
2 So. Peter H.: l9.-"Wnle they
/ promise them liberty, they themselves
/ are the servants Of coTrupt.oni Tor OF
whom a man IS overcome, 0f the same
I : lie brought in bondage"
I Ine sermOa opened by calling atten-
f ton % the fact that what IN the text
\ WAS prophecy has now passed INTO his-
\ tory Many illustrations We're gwen 10
/ show tins. Then, after some w0r0s %
I show the secular phases OF law aud rs
/ operations In the world, the preacher
I said
Among them you can not do more
I ho<rible injustice 30 men than tins of
making the law a dead letter 70 them,
then IN making them believe Il is hb-
I erty 10 disregard the law, or 10 hold IN
contempt toe principle which includes
I It. Men Will never be found wanting to
/ defend and plead for tho things which
tend toward a lax administration of the
law. Pity for Individual culprlts Will
beseech special mercy, winch IS no
mercy 10 those whom the law should
/ protect. And the result OF too tre-
| quent pardon Is that the guilty 90 un-
/ corrected by the law, which was for
/ their benent.
Now all through this chapter their
characters, who would prevail upon 4
/ people 10 1--we without law, and the re-
suits OF such course are described
| The examples, which history affords of
/ this same thing, accord with the
/ apostles description. The moral rea-
son why may, l tank, De found IN the
| nature of men, and IN the purpose
which the law serves. The text de-
/ claros with brevIty the course pursued
/ by these religious, moral or civil reyo-
\ lutlonlsts, and the condition they were
IN. We may consider the whole then
as a promise OF liberty to be given by
those IN bondage. Their condition for
bids the hope OF their making their
| promise OF good. In ap0htical point of
view liberty, as by that term freedom
/ from the restraints of q we'll ordered
commonwealth Is meant, ought never
I 10 be, and If IL is not fOrevera mOckery
the ordering must be that of men deep
! ly imbued in reverent love for their
fellow men and submission to God the
final authority Tor all that shall bind
the hearts of men. In moral point of
view, liberty as implying the right TO do
| whatever we please regardless of au-
| thorIty or rule, is bnt the synonym of
laNlessness, is but the cloak of hcen-
tiousness. n a religious point of view,
/ liberty means such a conformity to the
will or God, that all laws find their
work done IN us. The behest of
the law, its object is accomplished
| Our liberty is that law, the school
master has taken US through his course
has educated us-led us forth into
the glove OF Christ which cunstraineth
US" The promise OF any of these by
the servants OF corruption Is, of course,
a thing they can never fulfil. They
can only bestow upon others their own
bondage. The better of them feeling
their own bondage might even warn US
10y their sutterings to seek liberty that
lay far from them and the course
wherein their feet bad slipped and been
| shared. ButnO one having any knOwl-
edge of human weakness, and the suf-
ferings and bitter agony OF self-re-
proach from misdirected choice cau ad.
wise the pursuit of liberty. As though
it were opposed to obedience to the re.
Qulrements of civil, moral or religou:
law, one or all OF them.
The religious law is that TO which as
we are IL this place our attention is di
rected not only that It IS the basis OF al
other worthy law, that leads men tC
choose, and does not drive by whip and
spur, and therefore deserves our atten-
ton. For the liberty We seek is the re
suit of the application of this religion;
law TO the training OF our lives.
For moment, of this word liberty
let Us say by 1t we mean freedom from
all that does let and hinder Us. This
law Of SIN which Is IN our members
The law OF corruption TO which all yielC
as death CLAIMS tnat of which he IS fOI
a time master. All these things per
feet liberty does away with. No ont
speaking from the standpoint of human
life only can give tins liberty. "Ali are
servants of corruption for of whom /
man Is OverCame of the same IS h'
brought N bondage but there ls o
Gods mercy such a thing possible q
speaking unto men from divine stand
point. SD TO speak. II the CRY OF th'
human heart be for liberty. freedom
from the thraiidom of SIN and cOrTup
ton, lt mas not gone unanswered n
God. tie has promised this liberty. Tn
liberty OF the sons Of God. All human
pride and arrogance must give va,
before Him. We must learn 20 chOos
what ie commands, We must DO :,
consciously. willingly, without reserve
no secret lOve Of the heart kept back
We must he God s. q living sacrifice
holy and acceptable. our REASONABLE
service, but being his We are our own II
a far trueT sense than we ever can e
apart from Him. Fer In HIM is th
fulness Of al things He demands th
sacrifice but to make - psrtakers O
that fulluess. psrsakers of the divn
nature through the knowledge of Hin
that bath cal 81 rs
But has God gwen us a promise O