The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-04-18

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III any OF you lack wisdom, lot him ask
OF God. that giveth to all men iibsraily.
and uptraideth not. and IL shall be given
him. flames 1.b.l
Notwithstanding wo have selected
text, 1t is not our Intention TO preach o
sermon, but we place 1t at the head OF
our article as fertilization to guard
and protect few thoughts we feel II
our duty to express. Our article OF
March 9th seems to be somewhat mis-
understood or misconstrued by some
OF our Methodist friends, towards
whom we have the kindest feelings
Our esteemed Brother Hubbard OK.
presses his opinion as follows:
Mr.. Janney Is astray In his criticism
when he assumes that the Wilmington
Conferences is more anxious about the
educational than the spiritual condi-
tion OF the Methodist ministry. The
mistake OF my brother in judging the
Conference more favorable to learn.
ling from books than from the Master,
IL not greater than his SANDER Of the
Apostles.
Now. In all kindness and brotherly
love. we must say that we did not as.
sumo anything. nor did we judge the
Wilmington Conference more favera-
BILE to book learning than learning OF
the Master. We say We neither assum-
led anything nor judged the Confer
lence at all. We took the Conference
fright at Its own word, or declaration,
llor whatever you may call it. Here It Isl:
III the ministry OF our church would
lpreserve its leadership 1t must keep
pace with the educational progress Of
1.-THE day."
Il We are not educated, but so plain O
declaration left no room for us to as
sumo or Judge. and we did neither.
but standing square upon the fact as
1.-THE Conference declared 1t, we tried to
show that our Divine Master has a
,Idivine way Of teaching men TO preach
ILLS eternal truth. carry out His pur-
lposes and of keeping them permanent
lly In the advance with or without hui
; Imam education or this worlds wisdom.
We envy no man for getting all the
Education he can; we endorse educa-
ltion in its fullneBs, but human educa-
ltion is based on human reason, or In
Iother words it is simply reason trained.
$50 far can 1t go and no farther. It Is
subservient for good In all the walks
of life II controlled by the Spirit Of
God.
But while men cannot divine Gods
purposes In choosing men for special
purposes or for special work. cannot
Ition where God required any human
qualification in those He selected.
Have faith In God" seems to cover
tall the requirements God asks.
1t seems to us He does all the rest In
the way OF lifting US to work for His
Iglory. Even the disciples. whether
leducated or not, were not allowed to
Iopen their mouths to preach, to inter.
lpret or proclaim until they had been
.ondued with power from on high"
They must walt at Jerusalem Tor the
'Promise OF the Father" the Power,
the enduement. the Spiritual qualifica-
ltion.
Now, while we tried to show what
iGod did for Peter and Paul in our pre-
vious article, we were accused of sian
ldering the Apostles. We will try
Moses this time. and will try to be
careful not to chandler tho great hero
lof the Red Sea and the wilderness.
We'll. God called Moses for a wonder
full work, the most wonderful work
that man was ever called upon TO per-
form, reckon. When He called him
he was not fishing. like Peter, but he
WAS driving flock OF sheep. This Is
Gods call: Come now, therefore, and
thou mayest bring forth my people.
the children Of Israel, out OF Egypt"
Now, Hoses was not qualified for
such an undertaking, and he knew it.
land he told the Lord 30. We are not
lslandering him. he says 30 himself.
why, he told the Lord he was not elo-
lquent. and had not been before nor
since tho Lord had spoken to him. He
Ind Slow speech and slow tongue.
de certainly would not suit for n
preacher nowadays. But God told
him to go, and He would teach him
what to gay. So he went having only
faith In God" and "stick In his
hand" And what was the result. We
soon see him. coming out OF Egypt
leading tho whole Hebrew nation.
! Now, Moses was not learned Ia the
art of Generalship. and had no expert
ence In that line only as he drove cat
tile and sheep to and from their pas
ture, but he Is now leading great ma
ition. lilo knew nothing about civil
engineering. but when he came to the
Red Sea. he crossed It with all his peo-
lple. He had driven sheep In the desert
but he Is now to lead q great nation
land he does it. He knew nothing
about providing for such C great army.
He knew nothing about the duties OF a
lcommissary, but they were all fur
nished with ratloHs. He was ignorant
lof the art of surgery, but when his
people were bitten with fiery serpents,
he was equal to the emergency, he
could hold up pole with brazen SER
,pent upon 1t, the emblem OF our Di-
Wine Saviour.
Oh! Brethren, If God could do such
Wonderful things with Moses, cannot
He do wonderful things with US? Let
Ius hold up Jesus Christ to smitten
race, who ARE dying Of the poison and
virus of sin from the fangs of the fiery
'serpents OF Satan. Our object here in
speaking Of Moses Ia 10 show Gods
power, as above and beyond all power
Tor means. and this was our object in
Jour former article; we wanted to place
spiritual power-the spirit Of God In
the souls OF men, showing them jesus
Christ their only Saviour, their all, and
In all. as the great stupendous and
miraculous power and force that
makes sinners sons OF God. and puts
mortal men In position OF hope
Iof Immortality and eternal life,
lin and through "lIim. who Is the
resurrection and the life, " as above all
land ahead of all things within the
reach OF poor, errlng humanity. TO
Jour brother Hubbard we will say this
is the quintessence OF our .'critieisms''
JUS ne ca, " Inom.
We believe the Conference erred In
endorsing the resolution" but We
have no less faith In the ministry OF
THE church in the Wilmington Confer
ence. We believe they are doing the
best they know o preach Christ to sin
Iful mer. We love the Methodist
Church, it has done wondrous good
work for Christ. and In the morning
of the resurrection, when our Divine
Master shall shake the universe with
His resurrection voice and the Sleep
ling millions shall shake off their dust
and come forth arrayed In all tho daz-
lzling glory OF immortal beings to die
mo more We shall behold millions
upon millions of those who were born
into the Spiritual kingdom down at
the sucred old .mourners' bench" of
the Methodist Church.
God bless the Methodist Church. God
bless Its ministers, its people all over
the world. While we do not believe
some things just as they do. we love
them for Chrlst's sake. They are my
brethren In Christ, and we pray God
Ito wonderfully bless them with great
spiritual power. The only effective
lforce in salvation work is the Spirit of