The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-08-08
ONE CENT.
REV. POw1CKs SERMON
Sunday Morning on the savior's Con,
ception of Life

Sunday Morning on the Savior's Con-
ception of Life.
The sermon in the Methodist Episcopal
church IN Sunday morning was on The
Saviour's Conception of Life. my Father
worketh hitherto and 1 work." John VIZ.
The te xt shows that in the Saviour's thought
life was a very solemn thing. The key
note Of his ministry was Il must work the
works Of Him that sent me-" The servant
is not above his Lord. We may talk about
death being very solemn thing but it is
not half so solemn as life. 1t is the pre-
ceding life that gives significance to desth
and fixes its after results. What unworthy
views of life are held by many They
seem to think that time is given either to
be killed in the most pleasurable manner
or to be used for ones own aggrand ze-
ment The value Of life is often measured
by what one can get out of it Of pleasure or
OF treasure, whereas its true value cor-
s'sts of what one can give ard do. Loving
service is better test of loyalty to God
than great gifts He who gives gold gives
what is not his own bu Gods Buthe who
gives service gives of himself Many find
1t no sacrifice to contribute money for the
relief OF the needy and for the extension of
the kingdom of God who render no SER
vice for their own.
An instance was related Of a Missionary
OF London who found sick woman in a
garret. Upon being questioned as to the
visitors she had received she spoke Of
|. Kindly old gentleman who had visited her
and read the Word OF God to her al d
pr yed with her. Upon being pressed for
"a description of the man it was found that
be was that "Grand old man." the great
Gladstone-Prime Minister, at that time,
of England. What the world needs more
than men of wealth to pour out their
wealth for the founding of churches or
colleges or public libraries and such
institutions is for such mentor all men
to initiate such examples. The Saviour
seeks mot yours but you." Cyrus, the
heather prince, had a lofty conception of
the obliga ions of life when he said to
CrGsus For prince to be more generous
in giving when he is infinitely more rich is
not so surprising nor extraordinary as
f when he descenIs, in manner, from the
throne and puts himself on a level with his
, subjects" This is what Jesus did when he
'emptied himself" and came down from
I heaven not to do his own will but the will
Of Him that sent him. His ceaseless
activity and constant fidelity were a con-
slant eXemplifcation of the text Il Work"
His wsyside works were d marvel. As he
passed through murderous crowd ready
to stone him to death he saw man "blind
from his birth"-he stoppd to restore him
and so we haye the wond rlul ninth of
John. In passing through Samaria he
rested on Jacobs well. An adulterous
woman came to draw water so he turned
the well into pulpit and the woman into a
congregation and so we have the fourth Of
John. He enters Jericho and lights upon
blind Bartimeus-he passes through
Jericho and finds Zaccheus-he departs
from Jericho and finds two more pleading
blind men whom he stops to heal-he seeks
solitude in the coasts of Tyre and Sidon
but he could not be hid-the Syro-Phoeni-
clan woman found him and obtained the
desire of her heart.
The thought is often suggested that Christ
is no example for US because He was divine
and we we're only human. Such thought
would vanish if we could fathom the
humiliation involved in making Himself
of no reputation" Life was constant
sacrifice to Him as it is to us. He mingled
with the sinful and the quito asst not because
he preferred their society, he had not
where to lay his head not because he pre-.
ferred poverty to wealth. but becauae he
came not to do His own will but His
Fathers. And in the final agony He cried
Not My wil"-My will is to have this
cup pass from me but Not my will but
Thine be done" Let US, His followers,
initiate His example, and work for the bet
terment OF humanity though it may in-
volve the crucifxion Of our own will. my
Father worketh hitherto, and l work."
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