The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-16
MANY GOOD SERMONS
Delivered Yesterday by Practical
Providence Ministers.
A CONCERTED ATTACK ON SIN.
Very Readable Extracts From Remarks
by Popular Pastors-The Ministers Have
Entered Upon an Important Work
aud DO Not Propose to Turn Back.

At the Auburn Memorial M. f. Church
yesterday morning the Rev. S. McBur-
ney, the ppstor. preached on the subj c.
OF "Overcoming Evil" The text was
from Romans, xiii, 81: "Be not overcome
OF evil. but overcome evil with good"
and the preacher spoke in brief as fol-
lows:
'The apostle Paul suggests in the
words of our text the causes OF failure
and success in life. He who is overcome
with evil, whatever his apparent condi-
tion Of prosperity. does not fulfill the
design of his being but he who over
comes evil is truly successful
"The text is not ~ erely caution, but
is rather a commaud and a rational dis
closure of the means by which blessed
end is 10 be achieved. And what is evil
It is the spirit Of all cruelty and violence,
the soul OF lust and unholy passion, and
is ali about us. The question now arises
as TO the way in when evil Is too often
treated by man. Some simply found
fault with IL and grnmbled at its predom-
inance, but they stigmariZa it simply be-
cause it has interferred with their enjoy
ment. They see it as their paths are
crossed and heir advance obstructel and
so they rent their spleen, but do not at
tempt TO crush or combat 10.
"Others become discouraged and under
its shadow lie looks almost hopeless.
Wherever they look it is laying its traps.
What they see OF such of the workings OF
evil in individuals in public and private,
In the church and elsewhere causes them
discomfort and hence they gradually
yield TO the awful power
'And then there is another class who
see only the alluring side of evil. They
see only the apparent joys and comforts
OF an evil career. By EVIL methods riches
Ers acquired and controlled, and by them
the life OF scheming and of immortality is
sought. No matter in what way tney
suffer they refuse 10 cooperate in works
of good deeds and the excuse they offer
is that il is the most productive. All
such are really overcome with evil, al
though they may not expose themselves
to the law.
"Now the apostle does not merely urge
us TO be not overcome of evil, but he |
also urged upon us the necessity OF over
coming evil with good. The way TO over |
come evil is to make the good so far \
reaching, so predominant, so practical, as
to drown the evil Cast about you aud |
you will see that this is the only way TO /
accomplish the end. liz instead of grumb-
ling at things painful and injurious
people would use legitimate remedy |
things would change. 80 long as man
does not aim at the evil he will not sue
ceed in crushing IL. He must break down
the barrier raised between his good and
bad nature ana must open his soul to the
occupancy of 40 d before he eau hope for
success Success deman is a going for
ward aud the eye instead or being allowed
to dwell on those things TO be avoided
should be cast over and beyond them.
The way for stingy man to cure him
self OF stinginess is to give and TO keep
giving; the way for the sensual man to
stop in his downward career is TO seek only
thee things chas,e and pure; moroseness
can be cured by a generous impulse. IL
the heart is kept full and running over
with kindness then the throwing out of
evil is indeed a success. Whatever a man
does that is for his own good makes him
saries.
"fn a word, as the good comes into a
mans Lille the evil is pushed out"