The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-10-19

AN ENGLISH PREACHER.
Rev ]. Smith Spencer, d. d. of Man.
chester, England, preached on Matt V:
16:
LET your light so shine before men,
that they may see your good works, and
! glorifyyour Father which is in heaven. y
The preacher dwelt deliberately,
scientifically and popularity on the in
teresting subject OF Light" 1t fills
all the natural creation and all revela-
ton. Light existed before the Sun.
But in His great work of creation God
gathered tho light together into the
Sun. ..0
There had been patri archal and pro
phetic light on earth but Jesus gath.
cred 1t all together into Himself, the
Son OF God, He put upon His fol-
lowers the responsibility of enjoying
and carrying the light God is the
source of all light. His followers are
gathered around Him to-day Just as
much as his disciples were arou nd
Him on earth.
The light is TO illuminate men and
to glorify God 1t consists OF every
thing that belongs to the life OF God
Is included in the text.
The light is resplendent. Its Office Il
to shine. There Is no need for boast
ing OF religion but it must be lived
You cannot, upon going out from YOU
home, roll your face up and lay IL away
out of sight In the bureau drawer
Just as truly you must carry your re
ligion with you. You are to let il
shine.
Light depends on tho medium
through which IL passes. A cloudy an,
misty atmosphere must DO cleared
away so the light can be seen bright!
shining. Not as through an old tint
: English horn lantern, but as through
cystal-clear glass. The light depends
upon yourselves. The amount of you
light and its clearness depend upoi
your relation to the source of light
3 We have seen the quarter moon, tn
half moon and the three-quarter moo
. according to the amount OF surface o
the moon presented to the suns Ugh
as seen from our point of observation
Oh! let ue present our whole life Il
the glorious source that the Who'll
may shine.
The light is beneiicient. Let YOU
4 life be blessing to all others. A
= Jesus spoke OF u candle set upon tn
[ table where 1t could give the mos
light, SO let every Christians ligh
. shine In his home.
The light Is individual. No Christia
= can be lost out of sight in the grea
\ multitude. Be content. even II yo
think you must be little light. 1t
tho massod light of numberess star
, 80 distant they cannot be seen tina
: makes the beautiful milky way."CoI
. tribute your light. even though 20
are not noticed, The wayfarer is hell
ed by the light set In distant VIII
dow, with the shutter down and tn
: curtain up The one who set 1t ther
, may not have known every blessing
II conferred to lonely wanderers.
Y II your Hight Is very small the MOI
; need that you should take great car
G OF 1t.
on Christian Mothers Let the ligl
, DO kept burning IN your homes. Go
N give US Il nation of women devoted {
shedding Gospel light
V Some light comes from heavenly boi
les ut great distances Ii one Of the
T. drops out the light still travels to |
., FOR years thereafter. Your lights wi
p still slime here when you are are in Il
better world.
The orator was well equipped al
self-controlled. He was magnetic. ii
audience was greatly delighted.
n stopped short at IL O'Clock, the prey
-, Gus exercises having evidently cut hi
. out of perhaps nearly half OF what
70 he would like to have delivered.
The afternoon Sunday school Is
d tlourishing institution and was WI
attended.
The Christian Endeayor's early eve
a ing meeting WIS one of the large
ou ever held the main auditorium III
Il galleries being crowded with unusual
- large numbers in tho Infant Sundi
lie school room and parlor. This met
! ing was conducted by {. G, Riley III
u scores OF persons gave testimony.
"a BY 80 o'clock, the hour appoint
~ for the preaching by Rev. }. Smi
o. Spencer, d. D., of Manchester, En-
. land, great many people were stal
lt ing in tho aisles. His text was A,
40 xvi: %. And at midnight Paul n
ls Silas prayed, and sang praises III
~ God: and the prisoners heard thor
And suddenly there was n gr,
r. earthquake so that the foundations
L.. the prison were shaken, and inn
W diately all the doors were opened, a
every ones bands We're loosed."
Bd.yATIoNs rLAIS pLAN AND EFFECT
~ Christians can rejolco in Jesus wi
s, under tribulation. out of appur
= evil, God can bring eternal good.
III sense, OF the necessity OF salyat
n, may be produced by startling Gee
III rences. The earthquake was not
If. tire conversion OF the iallor but ion