The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-03
About That nlaer brother.

could not answer, as hlf. Moody had
not yet consented to stny.
Rev William p. Swartz asked the
audience to vote yea and nay on the
question of continuing the meetings.
The vote was unanimous. vote to
pledge the Christian people present to
personal efforts to aid Mr.. Moody,
showed very hearty and general af-
Iilrmative response. 1t is thought he
will not go away at time when the
interest is increasing.
Hymns Nos 10. l51, and 105 were sung,
-. 4. Clymer leading the choir. A
Iquartette composed of Messrs. San
key, King, Fisher, and Mrs. Bowman.
sang II Am Waiting"
Tho regular service WAS opened by
singing 'As Pants the Heart" after
which Rev. William z. Swartz led in
payer. Tie old familiar hymn, 'Je-
.sus Lover of My Soul" was next sung.
Rev. james Conner, of Rockland,
offered prayer Mr.. Sankey then sang
tho old Scotch hymn, Me Ain Coun-
try" In that dialect. As scripture
lesson. Mr.. Moody lead from st.
Luke XVIII, beginning with the
ninth verse. the parable of the rich
publican and the sinner, and remarked
that II the coat fitted any one present
ITO put it on.
ihIb t0uoDu itbtio
amusement to which the speaker re-
piled that it did fit many undoubtedly.
| This Phurlsee was an elder brother.
lie thought more OF himself than he
ibid OF God, while the sinner was Just
1 the reverse. The Pharisee had a splen-
did opinion oil himself. There are men
bore tonight exactly like him. | know
ii man in England who thought SO
much OF himself that he congratulated
himself every morning.
! Mr.. Moody then took up his sermon.
| 1t was from the closing verse OF the
18TH chapter OF st. Luke. The speak
I or said In part You will notice that
4 did not read these verses last night.
i never do read Thorn ii | can possibly
help myself as don't think that elder
bro ther ls worth taking about. But
as promised to talk about him to-
might | will do SO. There are some
people to-day VINO think they arc ma
.turally,good, like this phari5eG. You
notice that this chapter opens with u
murlnur and ends with one.
The Phdrisee5 were murmuring
against Jesus Christ because he asso-
lcated with sinners. 1t WAS then Jesus
gave them the three parallels. Ever
Isinoa then the eminent theologlans
have been studying to find who Christ
lmeant when speaking OF this elder
brother. Seine think he meant the
)'angeis who have never fallen, others
tho redeemed and still others the pure
tof earth. The ministry of Berlin at
y one timc were considering this quos-
tion, when Crumaker stated that he
J had found who this elderbrother was.
Upon inquiry the great preacher
= stated that it was him as he had found
y jealousy sprlngin9 up in his own
EIanrt tIban t&Fn won't "a IN IN lnnl. ~
D far for that brother i'll this house, will
we? When you are seated by a man
who has not as neat a coat as yours
. and you are shocked, you arc that
elder brother. 1t is very easy to con-
n denim that man of 1900 years ago, but
they are here tonight.
"Once in my life woman came to
0 me and said 1t was ridiculous how |
spoke about this elder brother, She
n said he was one OF the noblest charac-
tiers in the Itible. | asked her why and
she said it was because he stayed ut
0lhome with his father while tho
younger boy left him. lie slaid at
home with his father: Yes, and what
did he do when his younger brother
came home? He was grand character
n then, wasn't he. Standing outside OF
the house in mad lit. There WAS
Joy in Heaven over his younger brother
0Ibut there was no JOY with him.
good way to tell Christian Is to
n Igethim TO go and see some debased
man who has been converted. Some
may s&y "0h, don't believe in it,
0 may be disEraced.p
Take this elder brother and com
n pare him with the lessons which Christ
y taught on the Mount OF Olives and he
fails Ill every ono of them.
g Now, first: blessed are the poor in
Spirit lie wasn't poor in spirit. he
!. had righteousness Of his own.
Blessed are they that mourn" What
: did he have to mourn over? Every.
q thing he wanted was at his hands. He
! never had any occasion to mourn.
| ''Blessed are the meek" No! He
never did anything unkind. It's pity
i, any one has to ltv3 with a man who
q never docs wrong. for when he does
he Is always sure to place the blame
/ on some ono else.
blessed are they which do hunger
!. and thirst after righteousness. lie
~ didn't need to mourn over more right.
5 eousness, he already had more than he
!. knew what to do with
''if he was living to-day no would
haye high place In the church sure.
When tell You that religion Is ono
:. and Christ and his love Is an
OLu dlD4IRibi WIN az lDAS III Is
In and "A counterfeit This eidel
iirotAer had love. but it was oil his
/ own kind and very poor kind at
= that. This man WAS encased in his
own righteousness.
What would such men as these do In
Heaven He broke up tho most peace
= 'fdl gathering while on earth so what
would he do in Heayen2 II he mel
Paul there he would say Il won't have
anything to do with you, while yor
were OH earth you were a blasphemer
and as did not associate with then
below, | will not up here"
Of he met Mary Atagdalene | sun.
lpose he would be astounded. "'Whai
Mary Magdalene hero, | am surprls.
ed" What would Heaven be witt
such n man as this2 He would have
Ito have harp or Ills own and sent o 1
to some corner by himself. But the
two brothers were Just tbs same in th,
sight OF God before the Younger on,
was converted. They both wont dow
Through pride. The younger one sale
he hadn't been treated right; he hat
not been thought of as much as hi
brother, On the other hand the eide
brother was jealous and OF a sour dis
position.
Tho elder brother was noble char
u actcI, wasn't lie; especially wien he hal
: that fit of frenzy God 3ays the tlrs
olshail be last and the last first. Tn
OIelder son spurned Gods love but tins
hlyounger one received it and was savet
Throughout Franco on every iai
~ you can see these words: Liberty
II. Fraternity, Equality This is In
4 imotto OF that country, but think o
~ Liberty, in Il jail and also 'FtHtet
leInity and Equality This Is somethin,
that this world will never see unit
sin is banished from 1t.
&c but what kind father these boy
had What kind Father We have, 70
, he says, all that have Is yours
lie Now, you may say. "hpw can &c
n Gods righteousness Now You vii
0uotice that God uses the word, 'eXcept
IN four times. Except your righteous
, ;, ness shall exceed the righteousness O
- the Seribes and rhaflsees, ye eanno
re enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
,riAgain, Except ye repent, We shal
- all likewise PERISH He said this t
Tho men vino had the same ideas a
nj this elder brother.
Again: Except man be bor
lltagHin he cannot see the kingdom O
nNtiod.' You can't get to Heaven nnles
you are born OF the Spirit of God. No
octlastiy; Except ye Dn converted an
orl become as little children"
All four OF these commands Wee dc
&c !ivered to men like this elder brother
Is Does Jesus christ tell US We can bu
ourselves into his kingdom! No. IL
:, says, we must be born again. Iii