The herald., 1893-09-25

through the gate, not aiar, but wide
open.
o, my brethren, faith will make us
Godlike. happy, uHeful. Take honors,
jewels, wealth (; take them all. Give me
faith in God.
Obstacles Of uncertainty. Don't you
believe without you have reason to. |
ask no man to believe unless he has
foundations in reason. II these doubts
come, never take your inability to un-
derstand God as evidence that there is
no God.
A fly on the floor OF great cathedral
cannot see the ceiling. Is it competent
for that hy to say there is no ceiling? II
you could comprehend Him, there
would be no God.
We cannot comprehend Him, but we
can apprehend Him.
Suppose you turn from your New Tes-
Amsnt to your conscien :e; suppose You
AItempt to quit all your meannesses,
and be honest even il it costs you all
your wealth, l believe that your con-
science will thus become 80 quickened,
that you will naturally, longingly. turn
toward higher being than yourself, es-
pecially II you are trying to be thor
oughly good according to your own
standard. You will then, naturally,
turn to your New Testament and there
you find just what you want. II any
man will try to be what he ought to be,
he will find the whole doctrine OF God.
The second obstacle to faith in God
ie an unwillingness to believe in God.
Faith Ia revolutionary. Faith revolu-
tionizes his business even though it
makes him poor man. Faith revolu-
tionizes him so he will tell the truth if
the heavens fall.
How should man think he can accom-
plish good outside of God?
Begin to talk with Him now while 1
speak.
Third, speak Of adverse habits as an
obstacle to faith in God.
Our faith ie intermittent--one hour
light, the next in darkness, John the
Baptist, saying. .'Behold the Lamb OF
God" and saying, "Art Thou He that
should come, or look we for another ?"
We read these promises, and 60 to our
closets for a little while. We didn't
expect anything, and didn't get any
thing. A man must study God. If he is
going to believe in God. Seest thou
has his works wrought with faith-thus
was faith made perfect. God knew bet
ter than to make seven Sabbaths--one
Sabbath, with six days of hard, earnest
work. Pray, read your Bible, the mount
but also the people, told the people
with God" So prayer 30 often recurs
in the gospels as the prayer, "Open
Thou their eyes that they may behold
Thy glory" w
ELDERS ORDAINED.
The following were called to the altar
to receive ordination as elders in the
Methodist Episcopal church, namely
Edgar s. Robertson, Alfred Ramey and
Charles Westenberger. After the dox-
ology. Rev. Adam Bland pronounced
the benediction.
EPwoRTH LEAGUE ssMEETING.
At 8 p. m. the Epworth league people
assembled in their conference annual
gathering, and spent some time in sing-
ing some Of the beautiful songs OF No.
Gospel hymns. Rev. DR.. Campbell pre-
sided aud ]. M. Morris offered prayer.
DR.. Campbell Yead the Scripture lesson,
splicing 1t with brief comments as he
progress with the Lesson.
At the close OF DR.. Campbell's season.,
he introduced Mr.. Williams of the Gen.
tral M. E. church, who, as lay man,
addressed the people upon the import
ance OF the league and its work. He
certainly etruck the keynote. Rev. j !.
w. Morris was then called up by Dr..
smpbssaIss j XII sasSs ii working iia
for the salvation of people, ~ 81
DR.. Camphefls tAfn q eame up as lhe
speaker! next, jnn Rrderr strongly en-
phasizing the aessasityntofl skesping
Then Rev. MI W. CHASE rendered chat
beautiful hymn sQs Happy Day. Gab "a
solo, with fine effect. This was followed
by testimony service OF q few
moments. ~
Mr.. Ssson was introduced and sang
Heaven of Rest ns a solo, with very fine
effect upon the spirit of the service.
The service was then closed with an
altar service, character of service very
familiar to Epworth leaguers.
EVENING SESSION.
This session was the anniversary Of
the conference missionary society. The
6rst half hour, from to 80 p. M, was
devoted to praise service, conducted
by the orchestra and choir of the First
church, concluding with a solo by Mrs.
J. H. Book. Rev. DR.. Campbell pre-
hlQcQ kuu nov. DTs W. AZ w IlKut Ou6I6d
prayer, after which the choir and con-
gregation Joined in singing hymn No.
15l, Gospel Hymns. X
DIR. A. A. Hardy was then introduced
and delivered missionary sermon,
starting with the proposition that st.
Paul was the first Christian missionary.
He then paid brief tribute to the mem.
ory of the patron saint of Ireland, then
to the Ionian missionaries of the fifth
century. who really planted Christianity
in Great Britain. Pursuing the game
line, he reviewed briefly the missionary
WORK during the middle ayes. The
piedmontese especially received notice
concerning their consecrated efforte To-
spread the truth o. the gospel. Said be :,
II have stood on Japanese highway
and teen the people passing to the
shrine Of some idol, and l have seen
copies of the New Testament costing
about cent copy The Lutheran
reformation was greatly helped by the
Bibles which had been distributed by
these mid@val missionaries. Al, the
people now in North America are not
equal in number to these midvnal mar
tyre.
Astronomers tell us we receive more
light from the stars we don't see than
from thofe we do see so / believe we
receive more spiritual light from those
we don't see-those who are unknown.
Hymn No. 173 was sung, and Rev. DR..
Masters OF San Francisco addressed the
CONGREGATION He atated that he had