The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-12-19

The Friends had great meetings at
Fourth and West streets yesterday, and
the spirit OF revival was manifest.
Barbaretta Walton. OF Urseldon. Chess
ter Co, Pa, and Ezra Fell, OF this city,
spoke In the forenoon.
The public press announcement that
John j. Cornell. OF Baltimore, Md,
would speak at o'clock in the even
ing, drew houseful of hearers, who
listened to him willingly for over an
hour,
His discourse emphasized the plain
and simple teachings OF Jesus as the
right practice In life.
lie considered the prophets and
apostles as inspired writer's but human
and capable of errors and sins. Iheii
teachings before the time of the
Saviour were on "a lower plane than His
He thought some religious people
made u mistake In giving prominence
to dogma and belief rather than the
simple and practical teachings OF Jesus,
which appeal to mems Judgment and
that they also were mistaken In mag
nil wing those who sometimes sinned
and erred rather than the teachings of
the great and acknowledged founder
of christianity.
Jesus taught self-denial, cross-bear-
ing and the conservation OF all to his
service. lie practiced what had been
before said of Him by lsalah and
others.
The first law taught to Adam and
Eve was one OF srlf-denial in their be
ing forbidden to eat OF the fruit of
the tree of knowledge OF good and
evil. This same law God hae held up
all the way along, and emphasized in
the life and teaching OF Jesus. 1t is
q h. a.. "A. IAn hos U-tfr .
to learn evil. God forbids 1t. He has
established His law OF a self-conscious
forbidding oil evil In the heart OF man.
He teaches man restraint and self
control against SMUT misuse and ex-
cess of nil his passions and appetlte5.
Mans duty is to follow Gods wisdom
and power and not become sin strick-
en-, degraded, afflicted and miserable.
He Is TO take up his cross in the watch
ful work OF self-control. Bearing the
cross is necessary IN ORDER to have a
happy control over human frailties.
The Christian should do cheerfully
every work to which he is spiritually
called. Variety OF gifts and duties
produce harmony Just as does variety
in nature.
The speaker illustrated the third and
last head of his sermon-that of con.
secration, by tho young man who
went to Jesus and asked what he
should do to inherit eternal life.
First keep the commandments.
Christ taught morality first and moral.
ity is Indispensable TO the Christian
life. Then following Jesus meant
forsaking worldlinsss and bearing the
cross. This bearing Of the cross in the
restraining of sinful emotions and
doing good unto others was less dli1l-
cult because preceded by BGll-denial
Then he was TO sell all he had. This
had deep spiritual meaning and in
Guided the surrender OF sinful use OIL
excess of appetitee, etc
the speaker thought II no had a
farm that was stumbling block In
the way of his christian progress, this
auvice did not mean that he should
sell II aud make II n stumbling block
in the way of another man, nor thai
he should make himself burden upon
his fellow men to support him.
He appeate cd to think il compare
lively easy TO sell an article of value
and take tho price and that the really
more difficult thing to do was to sell
all in moral aud spiritual sense-tc
give up the world with all its sinfuli-
ness and idols and to follow jesus il
the living OF a Christian life,
This he recommended his large con
grogation to do. ....=-