The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-10-03
AFAMoUs SCOTCH DIVINE.


Row. Dr. Lindsay, of Glasgow, PrenchSS
nt tho First Presbyterian Church.
There was largo congregation pres
ent yesterday morning in the lecture
room OF the First Presbyterian church,
to attend the annual Harvest Home ex-
ercises. The services were especially
interesting from the fact that Rev. DR..
Lindsay, a noted divine OF Scotland,
and professor OF the Free Church
University, Of Glasgow, delivered the
sermon.
The lecture room was beautifully
decorated with masses OF fruits, flowers
and vegetables artistically arrayed,
while in different parts OF the room
were placed great shocks OF corn, inter.
mingled with other grains. To the left
OF the pulpit stood beautiful design in
the shape OF an immense easel, formed
by an arrangement OF ferns, flowers and
fruits. All the windows aud chan
deliers were deliberately trimmed with
big punches OF feathery asparagus,
which much enhanced the striking ap-
pearance OF the room, and added greatly
TO the beauty and fragrance that per.
vaded the interior and delighted all
who were present. Rev. DR.. Lindsay
selected his text for the morning ser
vices from Romans, 5:4: And. pa
tience and experience; and experience
and hope"
lie took for his discourse the lattcr
half Of the verse, Experience and
hope" He said: "ln the first six
verses Of this chapter noted
biographer said We find an account Of
the history OF the inward spirit OF life
which we find beginning with sorrow
md tribulations and ending with the
quiet glory OF God. Paul, moro than
any other writer in the Now Testament,
dweils upon this and the consecrated
power OF sorrow. He used rs illustra-
tons Paul's first missionary journey.
IIc divided his text in two links, form.
ing this chain OF the inward spirit OF
experience and hope-to work and to
think.
Experience comes by trial and test.
To get the meaning every Christian has
to 20 through process OF test in lille,
both by temptation and by trial, and it
is especially useful for young converts
to know this, as some are apt to think
conversion is everything, and once con-
verified life is all plain and simple. In
experience it is not so. John Bunyan
looked to the land OF Beulah q good
way from the wicket gate. God tests
people by temptations.
He portrayed the lie and trials OF the
Virgin Mary. so full Of faith. Resum-
ing on the second link OF his sermon,
Hope, lie showed how, when in the
time OF trial, all seems to be going back
ward and everything looks dark, the
test is lifted, and We find ourselves
further advanced in Christ. He used
as an illustration the wars between the
Christians and Moors in Spain as de-
scribed in the old ballads, showing the
progress OF the wars between them
from the north to the south. All the
fighting was done in the hill ranges.
Experience and hope hold equal places:
Why does experience hold SO long and
hope come so late? This is answered
in the sixth verse: "For when we were
vet without strength, in due time Christ
died for the ungodly." He died for us
and his blood is ever flowing.
The doctor closed with an eloquent
application OF his thought to his imme-
date hearers.