Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-06
ATDwIGHT PLACE CHURCH.

Rev. G, s, Dickerman, Formerly of Amherst, Mass, Breaches Very Instructive Sermon on the Surety of A Life In Christ-Paul and Socrates Compared.
 Rev. R. S. Dickerman, who was formerly pastor of the First Congregational church at Amherst, Mass, preached yesterday forenoon in the absence of Dr. Twitchel, who is at present in California, very thoughtful and instructive sermon at the | Dwight Place church, from the text, ''For whosever shall save his life shall lose it; and whosever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it," Matthew 18 chapter and 25 verse. It was listened to by large concourse of people.
 He spoke as follows: "The thought of the business world is engaged with questions of profit and loss. Christ recognized this, and he did not disspprove of it, as we see in some of the parables, notably in that of the talents, that person may do the best for himself by wholly forgetting himself. He may lose sight of his own interests, and in 50 doing forward those interests as he could do in | no other way"
 "Thus true artist forgets himself in the love of his art. He cannot> unfold the | artist soul within him to superior power unless he forgets himself. Try to think of Beethoven as pursuing music for the | advantages it would bring, or of Raphael as learning to paint for the fame to be ac- l quired, or of Milton as cultivating poetry for the sake of applause. In no such way 1 could these bright spirits have become what they were. The enthusiasm of the pursuit was what carried them along and bore them upward to the proficiency they reached.
 "Only he would not have men confne their estimates of things to lower ranges. He would have them absorbed altogether in commercial values, but give due attend ance to others values. He would have us prize the things that enter into our life as I well as those which may be put down in inventory; the things which make us what we are as we'll as those which make up our property.
 s'So he speaks in the text. The question is how to deal with one's 1ifeq What to make of it? He may live in a way to be loved, or to be shunned-in a way to be- stow happiness on others and to be made happy himself, or to be wretched and to make others wretched.
 "At this point we come upon truth that is not easy to learn. It is this; occa- sions may come in which it is best for a man to give up his life for the sake of some great principle die possibly under torture and in deepest ignomy.
 ''This is conviction that has prevailed among brave men always. To die in be- half of ones family or country has been esteemed wise.
 Compare the losses men undergo for the sake of great interests with those 8 | NtrSo e, ic IT 0rI
 "We may take the example of Socrates. He kept in view great interests and was devoted heart and soul to his country's welfare. He was jealous teacher, un- spsring in his efforts to rescue young mon from vice, to kindle in them love of rectitude and train them to honorable con- , duct Plato and Xenophon are both wit nesses of this. He did we'll in spending his life as he did. The interests to which 7 he was devoted warranted it.
 "But glance now at the apostle Paul
 He, too, had his mind on great interests He was a patriot. Yet Paul was more thar a patriot. His spirit of loyal citizenship :. was not narrowed within the boundarie of one country, nor limited to one nation ' His heart was so large as to take in thu
 whole Roman empire with all it's people
 and even more-to take in the who'll world. T am debtor,' he says. 'both tt l CQo OTo0kS auu rDaIldue, DOtu IO
 wise end to the foolish!' "But look for a moment at Paul's mo | tive. What things were given to m'
 these have I counted loss for Christi H' did what he did, he bore what he bore fo Christ's sake.
 "And this was what raised his thought to take in all those grand interests of hu
 man life-those interests of nations and O 3 mankind.
 g ttIn following Christ you come to se great ends before you-the loftiest inter |, ests to which one can direct his thoughts
 Those are the things he gives you to reacl r after-such things as he gave Paul to liv @ for"
 S Anticipation.
 The Norwich survivors of the First Connection o Heavy artillery are looking forward with plea.
 ant anticpations to the annual raunion of tn T. command, which is to be held in New Haven o ?. Friday next.-Norwich Record.
 SpIritualfsts.
 The Association of Spiritualists of Wester Connecticut will celebrate theirstwenty- eight = anniversary by picnic at Compouuce lake O l Wednesday, June IS, with the usual business B conference lectures tests music; etc. ;s The Yale Crew.
 Captain Robert J. Cook will remain with tn Yale crew practically all the time until the rae x at New London. "Al'' Cowles, captain of th s l champion '86 crew, has written the Yale manag, 3. ment saying that he will be here and assist MI 1t l Cook in his coaching.
 Police Notes.
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