The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-30
A TREMBLING WORLD.
Remedy Lies in Doing Your Duty
to Chris, Says Rev.
Mr.. Wick.

Rev. r. Wick preached an interesting
sermon yesterday at the Wayne Street
Reformed Church. He proceeded to show
that the world is at the present hour in a
state of trembling expectation, of great
uusettlement. agitation and peril, and
whether the outcome shall be for peace.
or for bloodshed, whether for the pros
peritv Of the cause of truth, or for the
temporary triumph of the enemies of
God, the Issues whatever they may b.,
must depend in the main upon the con
duct of the true church of God, upon the
practical answer of the chilireu of the
kingdom to the question what shall be
on for the salvation of the world?
The aim of the lucid picture of events
that followed. seemed to be. to make it
manifest, that the present time is critical
and momentous in the highest degree, a
time of tran sition. charged with wide
spread powers OF change, imminent aud
~portentous.
1.-The tide of events has been running"
said the preacher with increasing
velocity and volume, unit! it is compel
ing new developments OF deepest inter
est. A Thousand evidences confirm the
critical aspect Of the time, and predict
impending chan yes.
IMPENDING CHANGES.
First. The physical changes OF the
age are not only surprising. put point
Second. Intellectual changes are not less
remarkable; Third, Mark the political
changes and say whether the beginning
of the end ts here; whether this be not
che time of reparation, of Judgment and
OF decision.
Discomfort OF THE POOR.
Public schools. public libraries aud
fine nawanaNar nninf fha HiroOIion Of Tho
worlds liter iii, who would have all men
equally informed. But while these faciii-
ties for mind improvement put the
working class on q par
somewhat with their richer neigh
bors. this growth Of knowledge
they find themselves without the means
of gratifying newly awakened desires.
This discomfort. without the knowledge
of God n his Kingdom, Is raging.
Strikes apd socialism are on the increase,
aud the h~oodgates of wickedness are
opened. l regret to know that as Il bodY
the working classes are the enemies of
the church and of the Christian minis ~.
Not only do they withdraw from Chris
tfan churches. but they show marked iu-
difference when appealed to from Evan
gelican Church centres. while the false
and prejudiced statements Of soma of
their leading publications show that they
10. not Waub auy CuElsGiAu aIlentIOQS,
aud will not have Christ to reign over
them.
81 was at a meeting in Woods Hall, in
this city, last week, and I was sorry to
hear ministers of the Gospel there spoken
of as lying hypocrites. and most OF all
was 1 sorry to find such rtbald calumny
greeted with applause. Can we doubt
that our generation has come Upon Il
crisis. one of tue greatest and most !is-
orderly in the worlds history. aud that
the wheat aud tares must bs reve 4ledi'
The clouds are gathering fast, and storms
are at hand, but what does all this por-
tendi Whatever may come, whether
bloodshed or peace, more waves OF
trouble, or the growth of conf lence
and hope. it is more important to ask
what can be done? Do You inquire what
can / do?' The answer may be given ia
words. Do your duty. Do your duty
with regard to the interests of the King-
dom of Christ. IL is worthy of note that
our Divine Teacher did not say very much
about the felicities of Heaven. He did
open the Heavenly world beyond TO al
believers, but he came first like Joha,
who heraided mis- coming to preach the
Kingdom to show that his truth received
into the heart and faithfully obeYed is
his Kingdom. for he said to his followers
The kfugdom of God is within YOU"