The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-01-12


'Hyith the heart man hclicveth unto
righteonsnessY Rom. X: 10: te. was
ltcv. Albar5 N Koigwin's toSt to West
Presbyterian Church yesterday fore
noon.
Very few persons have any thought
on any subject beyond their own mar
row, personal path of duty. There
ore many keenly alivo to all that
comes within this circumference.
Outside OF this it takes very great
things, such as general, financial
panics or national battles to agitate
the average mind.
Most people generally allow some
other person TO do their thinking for
them. The proof OF this proposition
IL prima iaeiln when we view first the:
% Influence OF party leadsrs,C2) The
grand truths often times iccklcssly
abandoned. (J) The ''sure cures" for
diseases; and (4) 1he prciudices in rcll-
gion and politics, wicked intentions
being often charged because OF q mere
difference OF opinion in political edi-
toriiLls.
This appears to be en- age of pecu-
llariy great intelligence and comHara-
ii, ely little SELF linking. God did not
intsnd the Christian religion to require
plilosophic thought but that 1t should
bc q matter OF this heart.
The preacher then quoted the Scrip
turnl enumeration which closes with
"Ihink ON These Things" to show
they we.o all practical
Ihe toSt shows that the organ OF re-
ceptlyity Is the heart, 1t Is a clear
summary OF the Gospel religion which
Is
- +. A conviction OF the heart.
III. An object purpose or aim in
view.
III, A work.
II establishes itself in man not by an
intellectual process but byacOnvicli1 n
of tha heart. q Arts, natl e.
malhieS, etc, come through the mil d.
But comparatively few convictions
reach us in this way. The most of
Them are In the h art, a . = Ihtr1
Is very little or no compulsive power
In thought. There is but lit
tie cnergizing and working force in
the mere powers.of thought. !"
Those who give themselves wholly to
Thought become the cloistercd clusS
and recluses. Their present hold
upon the tErobb.ng heart Of tho world
is not apparent.
The conscience Is the most frightful
source OF moral conviction, withoat
which the world would go to chaos
Without this all the departments and
machinery OF government would be-
come corrupt and government itself
pass into the decay Of imbecility. . IL
Is conscience that Is the governor and
policeman of the soul. But the
passions--our loves and hates-have
their influence in the shaping of our
conduct. Environment-espee of
the young-has much to do with the
formation Of character and its cXecu-
tive Influence. Hence tho example of
parents and tho family altar OF divine
worship are OF the greatess impor-
taHce. Convictions are also de-
rived from Influential men and in
fluences that play upon the heart are
th" most notent.
The Christian religion is not there.
fore the adoption OF n crned or use of
rittal. II Is the knowledge of Jesus
Christ in the heart and put in praetice.
1t is a conviction that puts an
Ideal of obligation, purpose and aim
In the heart and leads to righteous
conduct. Hence az, convictions; (2)
purpose and aim; (3), actlyerg
ness In works. y IL Ia ''the heart
that "Jele eth unto righteousness.
There is no saving faith except
such as is manifested in righteous
life.
The speaker did not think there was
power IN the intellectual shell of the
ology t,farc n so:ii.
lne righteousness which resulti
from falih Is practical salvation Sal
vation is not simply keeping out o
he'll. II is tho righteousness whicf
keeps US from sin which in its result
lends t. hell.
IL Is a work. All good in the worlt
Is the result of Christianity. .
Schools, benevolent homes, Christian.
endowed hospitals and other philan
thropic works are results OF Chris
tianiiy which teaches US TO lay all thn
we arc and all thnt we posSRss and al
that We can do on Gods altar of bless
cd service of love to mankind. Chris
tianity Is right convictions, right dc
sirlng, tight thinking and right doing
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