The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-07-11

sunday was the Inst Sabbath OF wor-
ship in tho main auditorium OF Grace
NJ. Il. Church prior to beginning the
work OF It's refrescolng and complete
renovation. Rev. John Y. Dobbins d..
d., pastor, In his prayer, asked God to
bless and prosper the means and work
OF renoRting this temple of His wor-
ship and grant TINT in the near future
we may meet here again. lie mt titled
the congregation to remove all per-
sonal property from the pews prior to
o'clock Monday morning, the hour
OF beginning the work.
During the olfertory Albert S. Null
hausen sang, as sOloist, In rlch bass
voice. Eugene Thayer's my Shepherd
is the Living God" and thechorus was
ambitious. artistic and sweet.
The day was comfortable and the
congregation large.
II DIR. Dobbins succeeds in feeling
as much at homo in the Grace rcju-
venated as he did Sunday forenoon in
his ornate, rhetoric and forceful ora
tory. he will will do well. He is re-
joicing with his people who are made
very happy In putting their hands in
their pockets and providing for the
payment OF the bills
His text was Rom. XIII: II beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the mer-
Giles OF God. that We present your
bodies a living sacrifice, holy, accepta.
Bile service"
IL presents two contrasts:
]. Between the dead sacrifice OF the
old Jewish ceremony AMI the new,
Christian, living sacrifice. The Chris
tian begins his life on the altar There
Is no such thing as dead Christian.
His life Is daily exercise and a living
sacrifice.
9, Tho other contrast Is that the
Christian life is a reasonable service.
While ii Is life far superior to reason
in wisdom and spiritual fuith, love and
power, yet 1t embraces reason.
II loads us as far as We can go in the
process Of reasoning The Jewish
sacrifice was animal, whiie the new
Christian sacrifice is rational. The
old dispensation Is now rolled up and
put out Of sight. These bodies are to
be conseerated to God as a living sac
riiice. He begins with the lowest
form OF llfe-the animal, human ma
ture: Know ye not your bodies are
temples for the Holy Ghnstr' lie
leaps to the highest merely human Gu
pacity-the process OF reasoning.
In what does this reasonaUleness OF
the service consist1
/. II lie reasonable because tho con.
centlnn which Is given men Of God is
satisfactory.
/ reasonably want to know what
Kind oil God IL He to whom | am 10
lie a living sacrifice. There is harmo-
+ ny In all His different manifestations.
/ II all we know of God is that He is in
ilniteiy omnipotent and omniscienf,
where Is practical utility or what
use is il?
lie has unfolded Himself with a
radiance and brightness that was
never dreamed Of before.
community of feeling among
men Is established by Gods revelation
of Himself.
LOVE AND FELLOWSHIP.
Love is the greatest power. Love oil
family makes u home II sanctuary oi
love and Joy. A scholars love OF his
books Will lead him to life time
of arduuus study. Love is the last
thing to die out Of Il man. Purity.
honesty, truth. ETC., will all decay in
man before love does. Men can rea.
lie and understand that G ID is love,
He Is revealed to them as a being oil
love. 1t is the great practice of the
Infinite art, III the baba jesus we have
! God at lis hest, 'God 80 loved the
world that He gave HIS only begotteu
son that whatsoever belieynth In Hin
might not perish but have everlasting
life
+ That satisfies me. He Is my God be
i cause lie ID the God of humanity, at
Fiction and sorrow. 1t Is the love that
sings in the nursery and that comfort.
] old age. God moves upon tho hearts
Of men by His love.
I II. IL is reasonable because In II
/ provision is made for the keenest cray,
} Ing OF man-that for fellowship. God
4 never yet made thing so beautiful
/ but that lie made corresponding
mate Tor IL, Like the associated, light
giving and beautiful stars In the
heavens, Christians in their new life
have Il craving for conipanyand a pro
found feeling OF fellowship.
1t is the deep craving God has giyer
us to have somebody else with us. j
is longing for fellowship that can
not he fully satisfied without God
Dependence on God is written al
through tho constitution OF mant
soul, 1t is reasonable because +
brings God, the Infinite Father, ant
man, his creature together
/ III. 1t is reasonable because In sucl
n life the growth of mans nature is
/, provided for.
! ~. Because in It and by It there /,
provision for the future life.
Inc Doctor referred to the PROPOSED
new lresco and hoped tho "Divlue Ar
4 list OF Infinite skip would eNlibiI
His seraphic colOrs on their Christian
lives. He closet with an invitation Il