The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-02-16
SUNDAY SERMON IN
THE M. E. CHURCH.
AN INTERESTING THEME VERY
ABLY PRESENTED
AND LISTENED TO ATTENTlVELY.
Subject of the Discourse by Rev.
Powick to the Congregation Of
the Methodist Episcopal
Church.

Duuuhy was missionary Qhy IN ln6 meln-
odist Episcopal church and sermons were
delivered on missionary topics. Publica-
ton Of the report was prevented Monday
by pressure of other matters. The text Ia
the morning was taken from l Cor 10 25
He must reign till He hath put all enemies
under His feet' Corist relgns on the
mediatoriM throne oyer rebellious world.
I'VE see not yet all tn ngs put under Him. &"
but He shall not fail nor be discouraged
till He hath set judgment in the earth and
the isles shall wait tor His law" Chris
tianity makes sublimely audacious claim
TO universal supremacy, 1t admits of no
rival CJniucianism, Buddhism, Moham
edanism, Judaism, and every other issue is
bound to yield TO christianity. No other
religion processes to be universal in its de-
mands ana adaptations, Not content with
conquests among the living, Christ enters
the dread domain of death and snatches its
keys and proclaims himself its conquerer.
Competing systems, rival leaders and op-
posing forces are to be subdued We must
mount the throne rs friends or lick the
knee must bow of things in heaven and
things in earth and things under the earth
and every tongue shall confess that Jesus
Christ is Lord to the glory of God the
Father" Those who refuse to yield to
the seeptre of grace must be ut length
squelched with the rod of iron. The
audacily of its claims are still more APP
parent when We think of the means by
which they are to be realized. First the
hope Of the world is made to depend upon
one who was crucIhed us malefactor. To
the Jews this wssla stumbling block and
to the Greeks foolishness. Then it is by
what was termed the foolishness of preach
ing Christ rs the power OF God and the
wisdom of God that it pleased God to save
them that believe Passing b. the great,
the wealthy and the Influential he sought
his messengers on the shores of Galilee
among its rude fishermen and in its hated
custom houses among the farmers OF
Roman taxes. Besides this He gave all His
plans away. He told His foes just what he
proposed 10 do and, in supreme defaEce OF
all their opposition, just how He proposed
TO do It. This would ruin the greatest
military leader Of the ages, But this re-
versal of human methods shows His su-
periority to the occasion and proves the
superbuman origin OF the scheme. From
such humble beginnings the cause has
spread The nations of antiquity who
secuted the scandal OF the cross have lost
their glury-their civilization has persisted
their name is but a reminiscence while
the barbarians of that age, accepting the
religion of Jesus, hold to-day the destinies
Of the earth in their hands. In consider
should be remembered that the present
century has witnessed more marvellous re-
suits in this respect than all previous ages
The work seems slow, but when we remem-
Der the difficulties In the way-,anguage
to be acquired-prejudiees to be overcome
literature TO be created-churches to be
builL-schools to be founded-idehs to be
will seem to be considerable
We have been getting ready to work.
Within less than fifty years our own church
has entered the foreign field and now we
have nearly 1900 native preachers and
helpers, and l 500 preaching stations. We
have over 1000 Sunday schools attended
by 10Y, 900 scholars, and 1000 day schools
attended by SA pupils. And when we
look at the children our public schools are
Americanizlng and then sending home TO
Americanize their parents we Can easily
appreciate the bearing OF our foreign edu-
cational work upon the christianiziDg of
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