The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-08

here, but they are nine in number aud
embrace very wide range in doctrine,
discipline and morality. Truly the Episco-
pal church makes its bishops examples 10
the flock. This spirit of this shepnsriiog
WAS eloquently set forth by the Right
Rev. Thomas 4. Jaeger, bishop OF south
cru Ohio, as The Power of Christian
Love" The following is an extract from
the sermon. the text being l Timothy j:
and 6:
But the end of the charge is love out
OF a pure heart and good conscience, and
faith unfeigned, from which things some
having swerved have turned aside unto
vain talking
Il take these words from the revised
rather than from the authorized version.
because 1t brings Us at once 10 ~. Pauls
meaning. The charge of which the end is
love Is that which he had Just givea
Timothy concerning certain teachings only
IN wider and more inclusive seuse TIE
charge, therefore, was that which Paul
bad received 1t was the mystery of the
faith, to be held ia pure conscience IL
was that which our Lord gave 10 the dis
ciples and the eleven on the mount-.he
charge of Christ through his apostles aud
bishops and ministers to the church in
every age-Of which 81. Paul SSys that the
aim of II is love out of a pure heart and
| a good conscience and faith nnte. sned.
| The apostles were all one witu their
divine head here This was the catholic
| ground. Ii was the essence of the Masters
own teaching. This Is my command That
ye love one another even as | have
loved you' By this shall all men
know that ye are my disciples
"Let US now look more closely at ST
PAuts definition of THIS aim. It Il a re-
markahle definition. Ii shows at once the
strength of his own mind and tbs pres
ence OF the Divine spirit enlighteuiug him.
LOve--out not in the general, soft Senti'
mental sense which the word commonly
c0nveys-not Eros, the old satellite of
Venus, but Agspa, the pure love-the love
which, having it's spring IN God, is capable
OF working out In one stroug impulse OF
good VIII toward men There Is n love
| which expresses itself in Kindness towards
that which Is pleasant or beautiful, Ii may
be the love of mere complacency IN its Oh
Ject, or II may be the ar,lOr of passion. Ia
the one case 1t has no moral element 10 it
at ali, and in the other 10 seeks a mere self
ish qualification and is not love out Of
pure heart There is love of good nature
the kindly, easy, natural disposition,
which would not give pain; which Is pitt
tul, but which acts without dlscTimiua-
tlon, without principle, without any ref
erence o any law OF justice or right. yield
ing in sort OF selt-iudulsenU fashion TO
its own impulses, regardless of the ulti
mate good
Again, there is the broader love of en-
thuslasm for humAnity-that which we
call philanthropy. Apart from the Christ
ian motive IL seeks only the temporal,
present good of men. 1t bas no Fefsre nee
to his unseen relations. 1t Is not love out
OF faith unfeigned.
Christian love is not, you observe,
merely the external acts-the aims giving,
the good deeds which pity might prompC
but the habit in our daily intercourse
with our fellow men of living their lives
alphabetically, rs Intimately aud com
pletely as We live our own-the habit OF Iden-
tifyIng ourselves with their interests. con
ditions and feelings, before even presum-
ing TO think judgment CONCERNING
them. To do as Christ commands, To feel
as Christ felt, to cultivate his broad
sympathy with all mankind, are necessary
CONSEQUENCES OF fHltb, uufeigncd such
love IL not broad smile of passive be-
neyOleuce, or n gush of general sympathy,
but II free, IA discriminating force-a force
moving for God Ia lIues of right aud pur-
ity, and active effort for the good OF man
kind.
This fundamental Christian aim modl-
les the functions of the Christian minis
try and the Christian church. All separate
functions WORK toget her, making Increase
of the body unto the edifyiug OF itself IN
love. You perceive, therefore, the primary
importance of Christian teaching. Tue
disciples are not born full grown into che
church. IL Is not a perfect society. There |
are babes and children and young men,
and men ripe in the maturity of Christian
manhood. Teaching IS Constant neces-
slty, not only from the pulpit but from
prIuteu page, by social Intercourse and "a
the family. It is the special duty OF those |
who are ministers Of Christ and stewards
of the mysteries OF God. The church de-
serves reproAch aud scoru If she hides her
light under Dushel aud fails TO influence
.
questions OF the time. Bat now Is the
church to do this?
christianity works from within, out
wardly. The teaching, therefore, which Is
TO keep it alive and make 10 powerful
among men must be teaching Of prluci-
pies which shall make for social good, By
working out in the living personality OF
true discipleship. These are all summed
up in ST. Paul's words, Love out OF a pure
heart and a good conscience and of faith
unfeigned.' The gospel interpreted
bY this reveals ItS true aud
gracious meaning. No other key
but this Will unlock the mystery OF
the faith, and disclose its real wealsh oi
truth for us Thus the truth ot AL doc /
trine converges toward the truth which f
was in Christ. IL is truth which * To sp-
pear in the common life of the disc pies.
Aud the church is his body, the tui4uess /
OF him who filieth all things.
81 venture TO assert that the church has 1
not kept true to the aim whlch ST Pani .
has set before Us St. Paul foresaw the I
speculative distinctions which were 10
follow. la the charge TO Timothy n sets +
forth the true aim. 4 later age was com /
pelled u give in the NIcene creed. formal /
definition 70 the faith which the rank I
growth of hsTe-y threatened. Then fOl- /
lowed the sLe, OF eXtravagsut asceLiclstD, |
all OTeFgTowu Cumbrous ecClesi3stIc IcIsfn, I
a a 81 .
merged the church ~ wyrldile-s. Justify T
a. We may much in that long sad history, (
which tie cIrcumstauCes o. sOCIety-cJu &
vu!sed by tue death tbroes OF pazauisu, .
the breaking up Of the Roman empire 4
aud the incoming OF the barbarian Hyrdes /
seemed TO compel, we caunOt be blind 20 .
the exag gSeTatiou-, the corrnpuou- and the /.
eliminating de-pJtisD, which cooked iJr .
a time ih- grow IA OF the iiytug word. We {
eau only lake refuge IN the fact tDat the +.
church vas not Christianity. Christianity I
survived within %, aud tuis Is one sisoag
evidence Of Its vitality.
'It does 20. seem 70 me that the d!vis T.
ions which eusued have been 80 very ua-
happy after ali. Ihey have been a. tne
N bul8 thrown OF from the cooling
worlds which tend to form Iu "a grand .
process Ot Development new creations. lt
seems 40 me thtt 10 may he resefEei f.r
thi, halter age Iu which sye I've - fuse a.. .
our difference % - c9uUDu eatuu--sslB .
Tor tue su~ srue ann inaE aIrn. F~Hem- .
Der. D. rot rIE 8teyusGes-. iu tf.s -ss-= 81 q F..
cid pEag.s. ic uIaTa4sFg. but r.k4 ~-ti..4se- F.
wlLE tas heat O. greet defotlo4 81 .
Christ Bro b., and trs5 wI-h bis yaFa gtFl-s .
purpose so rsSi.Ze ll gus-~4ses aaI i9- ',se F.
world 'Alu~lsu4 of Co. among Net f.
yea tire Righteousness % a.4 AtG4s~!-. F.
vince justice - tie uecr-s4ry outs sT nf 2
hls love. aId Wlo-e separate at 4D4t~s .
fud tbs.g harmony tu E-- great --H- oHE
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