The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-06-08
OBEDIENCE FOR LOVE.
:, Eloquent Sermon by Rev. Dr..
Cooke Yesterday.
ZIP MEASURE OF CHRISTIANITY
..,.ra In obedience to christ-~other
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.. N. Second Presbyterian Church
.., :. morning, Rev. Dr. Cooke
!s..,rbci on the text from John 10, xiv:
!,S.l,yo me, keep my commandments"
IS.,bcme OF the discussion was obedi-
.-.a .pr,n-!ns from love. ",rhe COM
s s.,,Jmerr. Of God are not gricvous,
~. .,,' nreachcr said; "they are exactly adj
! ~, 10 onr necessities. The keeping
~ ,lro fuIdlls the highest aspirations
" onr lives and produces as result,
.,,.,t happiness. The disobediert find
go commands Of God grievous, because
:" conflict with their passions and
Di,bs. Gods purpose concerning
,bs s i one thing, their purpose with
. .'. to their own career, is another
IN, While they mny know what
c c,,II yeo,.ires they dc not find it COLI
v va,,iHt TO 6bey him, as they think the
s.m.nd. Of Christianity, rightly inter
o,o,~I and the Interpretation rightly
.tcsoted bv them as true, conflict with
Ls business and pleasure OF life. As
-, ave Of Christ is not in their hearts,
..S are not constrained TO keep His
i , i, ll.:npnts. These commandments
irclnla nil duties belonging to 4 mans
rltion TO God, his fellows and the
world a., ,,..,
Gtbat We ought to obey God ,bVc1use 1t Is
,isbt 20 10 do, that is, for righteousness
axe, We onsat to obey God, because
Si,tbc maker OF our bodies and the
irsmcr Of our spirits, with rig 1t to
control our will, our principles and our
conduct, and our duty toward God do
rsnds that we ascertain and adopt His
views. and submit absolutely to His
roptr5l as King Of kings and Lord OF
iSrj,' He maintained, however, that
,bttpxt suggested another and Q sweotcr
InotiYc ioy conduct, love, even love, rs q
principle Of obedience.
love LEADS TO OBEDIENCE.
In human relations, he continued,
this motive obtains; among friends and
in the family relation love loads us to
discover the wishes of the loved ones
pas TO fulfill them. As mother does
moi wish simply the cold obedience OF
herchild, serving her because he ought
crmust, but says, "SoE, give mo thine
heart 90 with Christ in the teXt.
Heasks that His iollowersshould give
Hin loving obedience. We know in
The history Of the world what natural
love has wrought when its object has
been parent, friend or country; we
knoy, TOO, what tho supernatural love
10 Chrict has wrought, in self-restraint,
.si.abnegation, in sustained endeayor,
In holy impulse and aim in life. Con-
ddering who Christ is, anil what He
has done for the redemption OF man,
considering the attractiveness Of His
person, the splendor and usefulness OF
Ills services, He wins the love OF all
Eho have the grace TO appreciate Him.
And they who love must serve.
The keeping the Commandments OF
God steadily and calmly, isita truer
index Of christian love than ecstatic
feeling or high emotion. These may
exist in christian experience us part OF
Gods gracious dealing with the human
foul We may at times be led to the
Mount OF TRANSPORTATION, and see and
hslr unutterable things, butl%e find in
The even, consecutive, consistent dis
charge Of duty, in the ordinary scenes
sad trials Of life wherein God gives US
The grace to exenplify His Gospel, the
finest and most satisfactory use Of the
text. n y
THE TEsr OF CHRISTIANITY.
"Iet US discover to-day, by taking
altitude and longitude, our place in the
world Of Christian experience. To this
gdlet US use the text. The keeping OF
commandments, all OF them, at all
tines, under all circumstances, with
loyot heart, in exercise OF obedience.
because We love Christ, ia The ideTl
standard. By rs much as we can ut
tan unto it, or in that degree in which
We iall short OF it, we can find the
measure Of our love to our Lord.
LET US to-day take this thought home
With VS., strive to know more and more
OF His will, Whose Wa are aud Whom
We serve 10 know more OF the Christ
hllnte!t, so that disobcdienCe shall be-
come torment to the soul, and tn;
obedience 10 Christ theinstinct and the
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