The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-04-11
With His old CHARGE
The Rev. DR.. LeWrie Back
With Emory Church
After Twenty Years.
LOVE THAT PASsETR KNOWLEDGE.
His Inaugural Sermon Yesterday
MIR. Dally's Practical
Remarks.


The Rev. R. Lowrie, d. D., who some
twenty years ago was pastor of the EN-
ory NJ E. Church, yesterday succeeded
the Rev. L. c. Muller there, and again as
sumed his old charge. Although the con-
gregation has changed almost entirely
since that time, he is well known to those
who heard him yesterday. At the morn
Ing service Mr.. Lowrie took for the text
of his sermon Ephesians Ill. 19:-"And
to know the love of Christ which passeth
knowledge, that ye might be filed with
all the fullness of God"
1 nave stood in imag ination," said the
preacher. "and gazed upon the scenes in
the ancient city of Ephesus. In the
middle of the city stood the gorgeous
temple OF Diana. This temple was first
among the seven wonders of the world.
It's decorations were superb, and the in
terror was SO dazzling ana resplendent
tnat the doorkeeper was won't to say,
take care, lest thou ruin thine eyes,
The Apostle Paul preached the Gospel
In this city, and 30, Nightly grew the
word of God ana prevailed that the con-
verts brought their books of fables and
false teaching aud cast them into the fire.
The Apostle promised them the Epistle
OF Ephisus which is filed with in
tells the story of Gods love
for man in the great work of redemption.
Paul strives In this epistls to show the
universal application of the atenement. I
presume there are none of you here but
nave known something of Christ. You
should know him as the student knows
Plato and Socrates. You know
Christ as the foe of formaiity
and hypocricy, and as one who loved
truth more than life. But friends. we
may know all this and more, and get have
only cold, heartless knowledge of the
Son of God. Is the name of Jesus to have
no more sweetness and power to my soul
than anyone of 10, 600 other namesf 1t that
is so, then let me ask what Is Christ less
Christian worth? What salvation is that
that has NO Saviour. and no atonement in
it? Think OF time when church is
ment Is only book of queer assertions,
and Jesus is only man, What basis
have we then for pardon?
Apart from Christ as Savior there 10
no Gospel, no Testament, no pulpit and
no church. Your wants are real, your
and hence you need q real living divine
Savior. Without him there is no hope for
salvation.
'You know not how strong the love OF
Christ is for you until you lean upon hin.
You know the depth of mothers love,
and how she could put together your
broken story of trouble. Deep and abid-
ing as mothers love is, deeper still is
the love of Jesus. / dare not speak of
the love of Christ in its fullness, for it
passeth knowledge"
REV. MR.. DALLY'S PRACTICAL SERMON
Encouraging Remarks to Young Men at
the Wayne Street Reformed Church.
AT the Mems Meeting yesterday after
noon in the Wayne street Reformed
Church, the Rev. Joseph W. Daily Of
Centenary Church, spoke from Mark iv.
2S: "First the blade. then bhe ear, after
that the full corn in the ear" He said
that there might be some among those
present who had become discouraged
had not vet attained MAJ
turity. and who were therefore in
clined to abandon all effort toward q
higher existence. 1t was not to be ex-
pected that the first effort of any life
should produce the highest results ar
this natural figure employed BY our
Saviour to impress the lesson of religious
advancement removes hopelessness. for
it shows that If the divine life be within
us in any measure of healthy development,
the fruition will surely follow in good
time. The full corn in the ear Is not to
be looked for when the blade is just ap-
pearing above the soil. There must be a
period of fibre growth to support the
fruit that is to come. A man who ls
striving to do right in the sight of God is
not to despair because he has not
attained all the Christian graces.
Let him go on joyfully with the measure
of faith already attained. Too many souls
stumble in the confusion of unwarranted
expectation. Ripe results will positively
come in due time, but not out of time.
The speaker urged his hearers to the culti-
vation of their highest powers. fleeing
from the usual temptations of city life in
the things that degrade true manhood.