Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-09

Christ's Religion Puts One on the
 Ohensive-The POsitiveness of Bib. Heal Teachings-EGective sermon al

Christ's Religion Puts One on the Ofensive-The POsitiveness of Bib- Heal Teachings-EGective sermon at Dwight Place Church.
 Rev. w. G. Robinson, formerly of Brooklyn, preached at the Dwight Place yesterday. He is a simple but effective speaker, and his address was listened to attentively throughout. He spoke from Galatians v, 16. "This I say, then, walk
 in the spirit and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the fesh.'
 He said desire to speak to you this morning of the positiveness of Biblical opinion. How emphatic are the words, 'This say, then," and "Thus saith the Lord, "Look up, Abraham; count the stars. They are innumerable; so shall
 thy seed be-" There was no reservation in that promise. The ten commandments were not moral essay. When the m created stood on that rock pulpit he said, sThou shalt not" or generations to come shall not hear the last of it. This inten- -ity is carried out in the prophetic and historical books in similar way. This is book we should live by. We have no business to be double-minded in the matter of belief. Whatever our tenn perance theories may be we ought to have but one opinion about the saloon. Sin is sin and it should bs decidedly opposed. The Old Testament has a negative posi- tiveness; the NewTestament has positive positiveness. The Old Testament tells what must not be done, and for doing the things which they were told not to do their punishment was received. The sins were sins of commission.
 Now, to turn to the New Testament. If %o1rA %<s,r !. cloak also. Now, what does this mean, 1t means that man is to be
 an aggressive Christian. The notion that Christ is meek is only true in very mild sense. He never tried to make his voice heard on the street corner. But when he is at the table of Simon and heard him
 talkihe says pointedly, Simon I have some- what to say to you. The spirit of the Old Testament is that of boy put to school and under disci- pline, but in the New Testament the spirit
 is that of a young man who has received of place in the convent or in the chamber, except as they are places for gathering
 power.
 Walk in the spirit and ye shall not full
 fill the lust of the flesh. The Galatians
 were Celtic tribes driven from western
 Europe. They had settled in Gallacea in Asia Minor, with their strong animal pss-
 sions. How does Paul say that they shall
 be rid of the lust of the hesh3 Shall they
 try to crowd out the evil of intemperance
 and the other sinsa No. You are to give
 all your strength towards the advance
 ment of Christ's kingdom. Walk in the
 spirit.
 How often we see men not quite ss tidy
 as they ought to be about their dress. You
 may admonish him, but it is not of any
 very great use. But now there comes
 across the pathway of his life the dream
 of some girl. Now, when you meet him,
 you will find him tidy enough. Fix your
 attention on the Lord Christ's service as 6
 lover upon his lady.
 "Hold the Fort" is a very good hymn,
 but you need one verse more to your
 hymn; The best way to preserve fort is
 to make 1t the center of offencing opera
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