The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-05-11

Jesus. Continuing, he said: This earth
had no society for Jesus. The Pharisees
said to His disciples. in derision and scorn,
Your master eats with publicans and sim
ners' They had no society for Him. no
fellowship for Him. Go TO the desert, rot
far from Jordan, and look at Him as he
stands alone in that great conflict upon
which depends our destiny Righteous
ness has broker into the world and it must
be conquered Every dark cavern of perdi-
ton sends out its most malignant spirits.
and the vast host crowding the desert is
is trying TO break down this sinless One
who stands for our defense. But as Jesus
falls helpless and fainting on the sands
of the desert, the angel host from
heaven rush unto Him and give Him
that comfort and companionship they are
proud to bestow. These are the compan-
ions of Jesus. Look at the work Entrusted
to Jesus. 1t is intended that ID His name
should be preached the redemption OF sin.
This WAS the overwhelming problem TO
solve in this universe; how sin is TO be for
givenf-sin, that horrIC thing that sweeps
across the universe like q black cloud of
torment, making an Interrogation point OF
blood on the very face of the throne; that
korrld monster that brushes every race 1t
touches, d~esolates every world 1t captures;
that horrId thing that God hates. against
which His wrath like a shoreIess sea. pours
forever without relief anywhere-how shall
we escaped To Jesus wa gwen this work
of bringing the remission for sin; surely
God hath exalted Him.
As / stand in the presence of the peasant
of Nazareth, i see seated on the throne OF
the universe an infinitely loving father and
friend. and / can think of Him as nothing
else.
"Immortally! can not tell you much
about 1t because / do not know much. We
see further into the universe than our an
cestOrs. We have stretched a tape-llne and
measured q distance, that q railroad srain
running q mile q minute, would take 100
t~rillions of centuries to pass. but that Is
nothing put down by the side of the i'm
mortality of the soul. Brother do not fear.
God has lent the help of one who is mighty
TO save. strong TO deliver, able TO save to
the uttermost, those who would come TO
God by Him. Trust your sou~ls.-deathless.
painting. struggling,-t to HIM, and know he
will bring you OF more b victorious"
At night Bishop Andrews preached at
College-avenue NJ. E. Church., the audience
lk that of the forenoon being large one,
there being present q considerable number
of students.
Bishop Joyce's Morning Sermon.
Bishop Joyce preached this morning at
the Presbyterian Church. his subject being
Goods Plan for Enriching the World"
The Bishops now lives at Chattanooga, but
10 at home little of his time. having travelled
in the past year over forty thousand miles
In the prosecution of his work. He took as
his text second Corinthians. eighth chap
ter, ninth verse:
For We know the grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ, that, Though he was rich, yet for your sakes
he became poor, that ye through his poverty
might be rich.
mo man, said the Bishop. knows what
nay be the outcome of q word or an act.
but when his motive is pure he has a right
TO expect the very best results- This text
is an outgrowth of q brotherly act upon the
part of the young church in Macedonia.
Their fellow-believers In Jerusalem and
Judea were poor, and Macedonian Chris
tisns hearing of their poverty sent them 9
collection. st. Paul takes this act and
makes it a part of an argument whereby he
seeks TO show that all truly manly action
comes from a great conviction, and the
source of hat conviction he tells US Is
Jesus Christ. He shows, furthermore. that
in order to get the best results in life from
Jesus Christs character men are to think
Of him as they would think of any other
subject to get the most out of 1t for them
selves. de who 10 the best thinker will get
the most ont of the system of Jesus Christs
plan for r~edeeming the world. But In order
to make himself of practical value to the
world, Jesus Christ became Door.
He became poor first in his incarnation
by identifying himself with human nature.
eth Nth syesytnin ann f a. human nnna f na1@f hss en- en-
try into this world until his going out of 1T.
He never owned a foot of land. A few times
he crossed the lake, but always in q bor-
roved boat. He rode into jerusalem. but
ON q borrowed colt. When he died q friend
loaned him o grave,i In which he slept for
three days and nights. He came out of that
grave, and in due time went back to his
Father-the purest man that ever went
from earth to eaveD His poverty en-
vine nature identifying itself with human
nature. The second enrichlng IS in the
spirit of the age. There Is q spirit of kind
ness, ge~ntleness. forbearance which OBJ
talns to-day among men and nations that
has never been known before. The spirit
of art and poetry evangelical to-day is
identifying human life, human homes and
the civilization of to-day as never before.
The enriching Is in the spirit of the nine
teenth century.
THE third enrlching was when Jesus
Christ became incarnate and died upon the
cross. he set the brain of the world into
ing to-day on all the lives that affect men
and their methods of thinking is done by
men who accept Jesus Christ and some
form of Gods revelation to men. There
as it pays to-day. My faith is that tie hu-
man race, under the revelation OF Jesus
Christ, has brain power enough to solve
any question, any problem that God in HIS
providence has for the race to solve.
The fourth enriching is that when Jesus
Christ became incarnate and died upon the
cross he opened up q way by which every
human being, however vile in sir. can get
back to God and be forgiven. Every hui
man being. no matter how vile. can be
saved by the power of Jesus Christ. and so
great is this work that whatever sin is
wrongful in human souls, whatever degra-
dation sin has produced in man, Jesus
Christ can take it all out of him and restore
him Co God pure and clean, and upright.
THE fifth enriching is that Jesus Christ
opens the way into the future. We cry for
Immortality. We want to live. We do not
want to die. and while it is true that physi-
cally we shall die, yet this immortal spirit,
soul or mind, whatever you may call it.
will, by its very constitution, live, and of
all the religions that men have ever had,
the Christian religion is the hopeful relig-
ion of the race. 1t is full of future prom
Uses. Jesus Christ was never discouraged,
and He has given us a religion that opens
up the gate of the future with the hope and
belief we shall live forever. Herodorus en-
riched the world of history; Homer enriched
the world of poetry; Michael Angelo of art;
Shakespeare of the English language. but
Jesus Christ has done more than all of
them. He has enriched every fiber, faculty
and power of human nature-lIfted the hu-
man into fellowship with God and makes
him live forever"
At night Bishop Joyce preached for the
colored congregation of the NJ. T.. Church of
Hinton Chapel, his subject being THE
Spiritual Cultivation of Men, his text
being from the thirty-fourth to the thirty