The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-05-14
Monopoly in Rahgl0l. |
THE LAST THOUGHTS OF
CHRIST NS. THE LAST
THOUGHTS OF MEN.
Repentance and The Remission OF
Sins VS.. Temporal Greed and
venal Egotism.
1.-THE WORLD IS NY PARisH"~-TW0
PALACES EXPLODED.
Bishop Duncan Makes u strong
Plea for the Universally of
Religion.

On last Sunday Bishop Duncan of :
the NJ. +. Church, South, preached :
in the Methodist church "a. Clinton. q
His full square forehead, ,protru ding Z
| far forward fir ON the ears, showed IA
man of thought and logical powers,
while his deep well modelled voice
filed the whole csurch.
The handsome and commodious
church, Just being finished, WAS
crowded with an audience composed
not alone Of the citizens of Clinton
but from the county for twenty miles
around.
4 Text. 18th and 4Sth verses, chap.
oath of Luke. Subject: Monopoly
i'm Religion. He said: This Is the
age of monopolics. Nearly every
body and everything is in monop
| oily in spite of the fact that il is in
direct opposition to the letter and
spirit of our constitutions. Not sat
isfied with monopolies Of things
} temporal man has arrogatei to him.
ly of Religion mot a religious mo-
nopoly however) in direct opoosi-
9 tio.. to the divine command. What
: does our text say? land these are
e the parting words of our Saviour TO |
e his apostles as he was about to quit |
r this earth forever till its course was
s run) "rhat repentance and remission
y of sins should be preached in his
c name among all nations, beginning
o at jerusalem" These words contain
= direct aud positive command, one
as christians that we cannot evade
or neglect to obey, but in addition
they should have, if possible, an ad.
IL ditional and peculiar force as the
is last words of Christ. How we hang
il On and treasure up rs sacred the last
is words of one who was dear to Us |!
IS Yes these were the last great thoughts
We in his mind and therefore Of tran
a scendent importance. But it is in
u terestiug to note what was Iii the
u apostles minds at this very time
Ri the time when their Saviour Was to
Ii leave them forever in a few moments,
IL They asked OF Him, saying, "Lord,
W wilt thou at this time restore again
;e, the kingdom to Isreal? ?'' He was
by thinking Of the final salvation and
as redemption OF whole world and
*. was giving them parting instructions
tn to keep OH with the great work and
Of duty. They were thinking of thai
ny little slice of ground called Isreai
and anxious 10 know if he would no
add TO their worldly property by
D., placing them again rulers over 1t
What a fine opportunity for Chris
6. to have lectured them Oh their duty
But his answer ~as as delicate and a
Z. tender rs that OF a loving mother t.
an erring child, alt is not foI you t
The know the times or the seasons whicl
bly, the Fat.ier hath put in his own pow
ge. er. But ye shall receive power, at
De- ter that the Holy Ghost Is come uI
ec on YOU; and ye shall be withesse
d unto me both in Jerusalem and i
AS all .judea and in Samaria and unit
lny the uttermost part of the earth;" an
ng- according TO the account of the apo'
igi- ties, "when lie had spoken thes
,er, words He WAS taken up"
ery That command is :is impcratiy
and now upon us as il WAS then upo
AS them, yet like the apostles "
3 of are to day absoi bed with seif--se
Ten- in business, self IN politlcS, sell
udi- religion, self III everything. "
ac- are so absorbed in self until we ha,
lces very high opinion of ourselve
rage But who are you and what do yt
lbIy amount to? II you or "a hundred
the YOU were to die, it would not seriou
Ho- ly effect the State of North Caroli'
used or any one, if you did not owe the
rom arything, for nothing more won
that be gone than little pieee Of self
Y to flesh. working for its own self. Th
viii how shall wc he of some importane
don, By having received the power TIN
Fay the Holy GhC;t, and by using til
dest power i'm line OF the army OF Chri
N at according TO the duty marked out
ORTIZ the last great command.
There are two old objections fl
= those who oppose sending the .osI
:. 10 heathen sections meet Us wi
lrug- First, that We have heathens h,
Dis around Us. That is untrue.
S and have amongus old hardened slime
you whom our prayers and pleads
will have not yet converted, because ii
lirec- would not hear US, think Tor tho
d ex- selves and 20 unto JESUS, but Il
eturn are not heaihens. Men who live
~ re- christian communitI =, in sigh
:, be- church s.eeples, in soui:d of chu
ess OF tells and among true inch and
uring men, know OF God and II ful
heard world, they are not heaihens; {
Try it. have had tEe gospel preached
Hoi- them, but they refused TO receive
IN X. Thea siiail they be the means
Z. keeping The light from million
benighted souls who never he
'ESi- of Jesus of Nazareth and how
died TO save their souls. Secs
That charity must begin at ho
- They think that that is unansw
-. BILE and that they have got us.
49, us see. Where is Charity's hoi
o''o" If 1t has home on earth, VIII,
goes to it it is no longer chal
20 fo- Charity flies on angel wings aud
-. ocI never find earth on which to res
"a ans and ~ jewelled feet as long as there is b
..e,t;,a en- heart uncontrolled or tenig
=, ,,n,,, soul unsaved.
.L These are the objections tina
! = I can jectors give, but they are not
% real objections. The trouble
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