The herald., 1893-01-16

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foreign missions WAS that all did not
consist in simply giving from the pocket
book to the pulpit What was needed
was more conservation and moral sup
port and not 30 many pocketbooks,
which would take care of themselves.
No service was held in the evening,
the congregation attending st. Paul's
church, where union services were held,
by invitation of Rev. Mr.. Bugbee.
First Presbyterian Church.
The text for Rev. B. E. Howard's SER
mon at the First Presbyterian church
yesterday morning was the same as on
last Sabbath-First Timothy, :15, and
Romans. xii:7 Mr.. Howard spoke as
ss follows, in substance:
In our sermon last Sunday from this
same text we said that salvation is a
matter for this life, and means, prlmar-
| lily. not escape from hell, but from sin.
This view, we held, is credible because
it is consistent with our knowledge of
Gods character and His dealings with
His people because it is in harmony
with the teachings end work of Jesus,
and finally because it accords with the
facts Of experience. Now, aquery grows
out OF the discussion thus tar. If the
statement is true that Jesus Christ came
into the world to gave men from ain,
and if its corollary is true that therefore
men can be saved from Sin in this life,
what bearing has this truth on us? Paul
says it deserves al acceptance. He
means far more than intellectual assent.
Men, bodies of men, churches, must
modify their syatemg and their life in
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be honest. No man or church has any
right to limit the amount of truth they
will receive ilto their life. A man owes
it to his own soul, to the worlds needs
and to God to MAKE his life as large and
strong and high and true as his utmost
possibility. There cannot open before
us a single door into bettsr experience
that we are not called to enter. And no
man can catch q glimpse Of higher
ideal, higher life, and be the same
man he was before. Either he must
press on toward this new prize,
or by the very dieregard of
his unfolded possibility sink down
below his present state. Said
Jesus Of certain class: 'Lf l had not
come and spoken unto them they had
not sin, but now they have no excuse
for their sim" If 1T is possible tor the
4 souls OF Gods children to'Bes freed from
sin in the life that now is, there is no
excuse for US who have touched this
truth if We do not make it vital. The
church of jesus CHRIST has not dreamed
of its possibilities aud powers. The
muffled tread OF the new era grows more
and more distinct. Amid the rumble of
approaching epochs, l hear the tramp
OF His stained feet who has been tread
ing the wine press in 70 ude.
One of the first things the church
must learn is that redemption involves
institutions as well as individuals; that
partment of daily life and relation. A
man may have his bible thumbed and
worn aud covered with marked pass
ages, but he is not saved man if his
day book and ledger are marked with
the signature OF the devil. What is
needed in these days more than all else
is not greater missionary zeal, better
sermons, large increase OF numbers,
more extended benefactions, but that
the eaved church should manifest
eaved life, end bear into every human
relation vital expression of Christ. /
say vital expression of Christ, for
Christ is Gods idea of q man." HUI
man institutions must be gospelized.
The authority of Jesus extends over
the bank, the store, the factory, the
railway. as truly as over the individual.
Whist would have been wrong in Christ
is wrong in the stock exchange, in q
corporation, in money lender, in a
pawn chop, in church, in text book
on political economy. The institutions
and possessions OF men must be uplifted
to Gods love of the cross before they
can become sts BILE. All this may seem
Utopian, wild cry after the unattain-
able. But what is it more than the
touch upon human life of this word of
Christ, Take Up your cross daily and
follow me?" Tell me where is one sim
gle least point it passes beyond the
ethics of Christ's Sermon on the Mount
applied to daily life as He applied it
Nay, it does not pass beyond what Jesus
taught, it does pass beyond what most of
us ar9 willing to face. There's the rub.
Men msy say that it is impracticable.
Then Jesus was dreamer of dreams,
an unsafe counselor, a vague visionary.
But verify say unto you, the only thing
that stands in the way of its realization
is the church Of Christ.
There never was a time in Gods world
when there was 30 much need for earnest,
Christ-inspired souls, who are willing to
be led to GoIgotha for the kingdom of
heavens sake. God is walking to. and
FRO this troublous age calling for men
who are great enough in spirit to make
themselves of no reputation, mighty
enough in heart to seek not their own,
rich enough in faith to set their affec.
ton on things above and to seek first
the kingdom Of God; these men is God
calling to go into this starving, striving,
SHINING humanity to be its salt of saliva
ton and its light into the kingdom.
Yes, and the world is looking, with
wistful eyes, out into the sin-clouds that
shut it in, for men who bear ON their
bodies the marks of the Lord Jesus, and
who shall not prey on it but shall
pray for it, and stand ready, ii needs be,
great cure for coueh-Mrs A. X. Norris
456 Canton street, Philadelphia, Pa, writes
81 took several bottles of Dr. Bulls Cough
Syrup for bad cough, and was entireiy cured"