New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-11
SERMONS WORTH KEEPING.
TX.
DR. W. g. RAINSFoRD'S IN ST. GEORGES
sELF-sAcmF1cE SHOWN TO De THE COMPILE

| sELF-sACRIFIcE SHOWN TO De THE COMPILE
MENT OF IDEALIsM
The visitor to New.Yorh who desires to see how To"
masses can be reached on sunday and on week days
alike Is invariably taken the church fronting Stuy
| v.sant squarr In St. Georges the rich ard poor
meet together. apparently more poor than rlc' thoe
enough o. The latter class arc interested here 10 swell
the canual receipts bevond 100000 But ACTIVE Us
! the homo church Is with It's numerous services ana
classes, II he's rescue mission AID MISSION cnapei
always at work for those who will not enter the more
ol,r,nt sanctuary The industrial WORK carried on In
| 81 Georges House. Just back Of the church, well re-
BAYS visit. Here are beautiful rooms TOT men am
! womcr young and old. gymnasium. used part Oh
| th, time by the girls club and the rest oy inc "ch
club billiard table reading rooms rooms TOT classes
lectures. ETC. Dr. Rairsfcd believes in having sound
! rnird and sound body, but like many ano'her Ell
thisa,tlc pastor his health theory works better or
others than for himself -,.
The rector preached yesterday morning oh "en
Sacrifice the Complement % Ideasm' us 'cAt WIS
these words from St. Marks Gospel: "lhefe cune
one running and kneeled to Him. and asked ll uooN
Master what shall do that may inherit cterhai LIE
Then Jesus beholdng him loved him. ard sad ohc
thing thou rackest; 20 thy sell whatsoever thoa
hast and 1--WE to The poor and thou shalt have treasure
in Heaven and come take up Thy cross aUu ioi'"
Me- And he was sad at the saying, ana Went away
grieved for he had great POSSESSIONS l'iarh A. 40
~ 22.) The sermon is given In fuii
10 il well surely. sometimes TO ask ourselves are VIZ
really folovlny Jesus our Lord at ALI The only ts1
hhow u following willingness % surienuer' l"
sacrifice all things for Him Every greaU l..UEr !"
great cause must test, again and again. MS i'l'"o -
did Gideon Of old a. did Christ True following Is very
COSTLY This II rte tie verge OK commonplace Wv
do We not Target it when to RELIGIOUS mi'eis'
Ia National matters It goes without saying tnat pi'
l. costiy Patriotism to.somc days "aKetui nights
resigned ambitions expended treasure, sachneed hopes
heaith
all laysh.d for dear cOuntry's sake-eVerytMhs coun'
a. dross when the mighty voice Of Nation cre' a0uu "
her children bidding follow her. free ir' or are
This nothing less than this, !, paIfIoush' ANS e
less than this is Christianity.
COMING TO THE SAVIOUR.
Sea the history related In Mark x. 1923 The young
man cop.s To Jesus He came In the brightness, tF
purity the ylgor his youth Life has not YET oecono
for him merely market, where all tains' mus. peOu
- most vital have their price tDd ana e'h W nm
are more dreams; they are the great 'ae." Vi nv
His standard is high one All the coiuiaNuIio1~ Nv
las kent from his Youth. None OF his nclghDons Gun
fault him Eut the nan is growing wings WIN ','o
.dvc,t OF Jesus q new vision q life has been born III
him. He stands on u height when compared win o'et
men, but he toward the height that IS i1sne''
r.srs has awakened his soul His hour OF insight mas
come with the visit VI Christ TO those Eastern e0A's VI
Jucea. Jesus the possibilities OF the nAn. lag
-,es undeyeOped santshlp there dormant apo'"-nnp ia
that Young soul. Virtue goes out from the LORD ana
and JesLs looking on him loves him. Here are you'n'
purity enthusiasm, conscience, npuslN.nes'' gosoe
all kndng III bis eye. all revealed In hls aVe-so"e a
prlyer.-aad there stands the Divine Nan, His hert
drawn out to the youth-all all in vaia lie makes MS
prayr ne gets his answer and he gets IT, one nrS
him say US the cloud falls over his brow, ana INC en-
tbusiastlc Hight fades from his eye-Anythihg Du' 'A
Lord" Away, away from 1t ell he turns pace
among the great OF the earth is awaiting w ou'
he knows it not. golden crown Is offered HIN; but ne
.ass IL not From the little land Of disciples, possibly
from the high calling Of apostleship from he W~s
with the Christ hms.ltom all this he turns sorro"Iuy
.wav lie 4. richly endowed. With him are all benign
signs and evidence OF splend,d manhood; but he ipS
utterly For though he Is stranger 10 ideaesu, no
hrnAs from sacrifice and stlfsacrice ever 'as CON-
pement OF desm and alone can make 1t wofins nene-
Gcial power In the earth.
May things in circumstances, Is Americans, co1
no TO keep alive develop IN US real, idta eehS
in life. Ie youngest y far among the nations we ~
ready have speIAid past The men that Pa 'ae Aee'
aud bull, the mighty ribs OF oar ship wno iof2.S 'he
anchors OF her hope. and fst launched and sAied her
were head shouders above their i1Ilow'nch' III"
dangers and eaaes have come q other nations oW
conquest thirst OF conquest fom the pressure OF SUI
founding enemies the uacequacy ol NATIONAL meAs, All
Ties, ar, utterly lacking IN Let US be thankful
,or It. II ever patton was called TO be the erlnpaee
Of tdes.n and to give del noble shape ana iorin
that nation
THE FULCRUM OF SELF-SACRiFICE
But high Lopcs. noble aas brilliant SCHEMES worthy
rhtlons and honorable anCesryheso aQne cannQt lever
IKE upr the nation o ds,eeD the iacjvidrI There
must to the lever VI ideal aims be given ue kc'um VI
.ec sscr,n,e Where those found Intimate failure Ii
lr,po sblc. Call them IN combination phuoscpp, " a.
t,ui,ls merely ethics what you will ey are He-Seh.
harm They uay not quickly recognize tley LORD ana
as,e but hey must last be baptized into The nsne ana
n.rr. Of Je.u. and I,en, guided b. His example and Try.
inr 70 obv Ills loving word they comprise. 50 far as
un IT, working Chri.tian Gospel that AL powers
Of evil arc mpotent TO resist
III Jesus Christ Is man
And ONLY = man, ] say,
Then OF all mankind l Will cling TO him.
And to Him 1 viii cling ,Siway
II Jesus Christ be = COG,
And th. only God. / sweat
will follow Him Through healen ana he'
Tue earuE, tao ses, aud INT ar
Sometimes say, ask mysdf are we reaa!y i~o"hs
Him or rany fear that King Athurs complaint Is true
Lei me remind ysu oft lie g,rdny himself to meet
h Ia, dread ordeal Clouds and dsrknes were round about
him hi. splendid purpose for his people defeated, hs
knights scattered many OF hcm false ~ their VOWS his
home lost {, him forever And when nc marsbaIs me
remnant Of bis people for that last Heu Da'ue In inc
West" he complains sadly tst many ne has known 10
former days and whose aid be MAO no" Fist " gan
I'm his hour II ex,eme pe not by us eide Tor eey
had followed ..wad ripg nres and Though they not
altogether fallen from their vows they wero, in ti last
extremity A. in,oteHr heap Lin AZ though they Lad
There seems 10 nc good deal OF Danger shat h'ahy
among TO to-day SHOULD folio" waiaefIng htes L''S
uans unipr pletentsus schemes iuconsictred rcorhs
,.xnsd,nt and impossible Plenty OF euhusiis plenty
OF de.Inu, many coming, running ana kneeAInS s 'e
atnr th, prayer What good shill1 do or what good
shall do for others. tlat aud they shs enter the King
vol careless rather OF the condition ChFiAt 1d
nate and vet does pAka'kolow Me-" Cons, band your
s.lycs with mine throw your lot with VS. leave all Tor
that. oll VI is Of secondary Importance Ihs'e may De