Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-03-09
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We should remember that it is the same
God which worketh all in all.
The speaker in his prayer made a fitting
reference to the memory of John Wesley
and his devotion to the Methodist church.
The speaker, who was formerly pastor
OF the Howard avenue church, stated that
in consequence of his connection with the
congregation of the St. John street church
forty-four years ago he had very pleasant
recollections Of the church.
Rev. H. 5. Gekeler Mt Trinity M. e.
Church.
Rev. H. S. Gekeler preached in Trinity
NJ. E. church yesterday morning. He
| took for his text the words beginning
Rom. viii, IS: ''Who Shall Separate Us
From the Love of Christs'' and spoke on
| it somewhat as follows: "People generally
| have an idea that Paul was a logician and
and a theorizer, and that they must look
to one of the other apostles for practical
ness or ecstatic devotion. We must all be
| struck, however, by the sudden burst Of
feeling which he manifests in this passage,
and which reveals the true depth of his
nature. Paul was the most many sided OF
all the apostles, and the most able man
| This chapter seems to be the peroration
in it's last verses are summed up all that
has preceded it. He says: If God spared
not his own son, shall he not also give uf
freely of all things
/ A great many people think that Christ il
more merciful than his father, and haf
wrested from him the salvation Of men
But God sent his sen-sacrifced himself
| as it were-for our sakes. Should WI
then not think he will give us all littl'
thingsa 1.-THE doctrine I wish to consider
is the persecution of saints. thought a
FIRST that the certainty of salvation wal
the truth implied here, but find that it il
rather the basis of that certainty. It il
our love to God, rather than Gods to us
We are apt not to realize Gods love to us
because we know we have outraged him
and that there is nothing lovabl
in us, and do not consider tina
| it is not founded on anythin,
in us, but on something in him. If W,
truly realized this love, we could not bel,
loving him. Paul here seems to challeng
men to name who shall separate us from
our love to God. He goes on to mention
things, but he has in mind the person
back of them. We are glad that persecu
ton is not to us what it was There is ,
kind of cruelty going on, however, in tn
shape of the scofing at moral goodness
Prosecutions were real to Paul, who re
| counts his own, which were severest; bu
he stood fast and we see him at the yer.
end prophecying his own death. A de
light in that christianity that is full O
triumph in adversely, and says, like Paul
eve are more than conquerers."
''But there is a carnal Boosting as vel
as a spiritual. While men boast in Coo
they are safe; while even Peter, who frs
declared Christ's divinity, fell because o
his carnal boastings. If we are able t.
boast in God we can endure all trials
Paul goes on to mention number o
things, but finally the thought seems to b
too great for him. His persuasion wa
grounded in love, not the love of weak
ness, but of strength, for he says, the low
of God constraineth u.s." he could not d.
otherwise. Let us not read this passag
and say what wonderful man that was,
but let it come home to each of our hearts
and let us try to see how wonderful is tina
love, and that it enables us to overcome al
l ohstac1ean