Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-05-25

Sunday night the new Epworth VI. H.
Church. Tenth and Lombard streets was
formally dedicated to the worship Of the
Triune God, according 10 the discipline Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. by Bishop
Willard Francis Mallalcu, u. d., LII. II.
The Rev. DIR. Hamilton was to have
preached at the morning services. but
failed to arrive. Bishop Mallalell preached
both morning and afternoon. In the even
ing there was no preaching.
THE MORNING SERMON.
In the morning the bishop took for his
text st, Luke XVI, o. How much owest
thou unto my lord" lie said in part The
Lord Jesus spoke many parallels which
were most plain and simple. His thought
was to establish some spiritual truth hy
the use of them. lie then made most
complete and satisfactory explanation of
the parable, and said that one application
Of it was to show the responsibility resting
upon each one, and that the intellectual
powers given by God should be used for
his glory. We are all debtors to God. The
question is addressed to each, How much
10 We owe our Creator, who has opened
for us Il pathway to the skies" our obi
CATION is in proportion To what God has
done for us.
! look through this congregation and
find il belongs to the Saxon race, thedomi-
nant race in the world. DO where You
will, you find this race. Such n race
means immensely for the future of the
world. Would that each one would say.
tiod has claim upon me and by His help
will not do a mean thing and will Cgnsc-
crate myself TO His service, There never
We're such times AS these We live init is
farther III advance III achievements than
any other era. Nearly everything of i'm
pOrtance has happened since was born.
When studied geography there was a
large part OF the map Of the United states
PARTED green which was said to be the
American dGser. aud Inhabited by Indians
aud buffalo. Much of this was embraced
in Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Mon
tAna and other stateS-enough to make
half dozen empires, and when people
went to cut wheat they did as when Noah
came out of the ark Now they SIT OF; Il
nice, easy machine and trut their horses
through a field, and if the wheat does not
come out thrcshed there is only one more
process TO put the grain into bags. When
benjamin Franklin first printed his little
paper it was done at the rate of or 10
copies minute. The other day stood in
the press-room of the Methodist Book
Concern in New York and saw the christian
.iaOcdte printed on both sides and pasted
and folded at the rate of two every second
or 10 per minute. Living in such times
As these puts special responsibilities upon
us. God never looked upon race of whom
Hc th ItClth 81 IiNCll, l ll'lllt To i've 10 lIlt
day when there will be Il railroad from
Alaska to the United States. have been
lnburing in the south to prepare the col.
ored people to carry the gospel to Africa
and want regiment Of 1000 To follow
William Taylor in the work that he is
opening up. That time is coming. Then
there is South America and Australia,
India and Japan on our west. Oh that
tod would roll upon the American people
4 sense of the responsibility that rests
upon them to aid in rcdeeming the world.
This debt rests upon each of MS.
Come nearer home aud think of matters
more closely related to u.s. one of your
number sleeps the sleep of death. Here
we are with health to come here and
blessed with comfortable means Of support.
Let each one stop moment and thank
God that we are ia our right mind and see
ii these do not bring Us face to fuCe with
our responsibility. Iou all come from
Christian homes. What difference be-
tween Christian and heather homes, |
don't think we are thankful enough for
what We enjoy. The happiness thai ! en-
joy in the blessings of religion makes me
want to bring it others. Building churches
is one way Do you know what | am
talking about DO YOU have the peace
that passes understanding you are a debtor
to God. ] want you TO take the debt of
this church. ! want yOu to have the re
ligion that makes yoH pay your debts.
There is a power in church that has no
debt.
THE AFTERNOON SERVICES.
In the afternoon ut 8 o'clock Presiding
Elder Barrett announced the hymn and
the Rev John y. DobDins, ID. d., prayed
after which the Rev. 7. Snowden Thomas
read the scripture lesson,
The bishop announced his text as II.
Corinthians VIII, o.: For We know the
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that,
though he was rich yet for your saSe- he
became poor, that We through his poverty
might be rich" These words were he
said, written by the apostle To persuade
the Corinthian Christians to more extern
siye liberality than had been their wont.
The illustration used waS Macedonia and
lie desired the Corinthians 10 be rs liberal
us the MaCedunians. The words of the text
have reference to the rcdemptivc work OF
the Lord Jesus Christ, and showed a mag
niiicent example OF benciicence. Paul
began with the declaration that the CORN.
THAN disciples knew the Lord Jesus Christ.
1t was not simply a matter OF hearsay with
them, not simply a theory concerning
Christ but the declaration is that they
had knowledge of Christ. Paul, when he
went to Athens, stood i'll the presence of
the kGenest intellect of the ancicnts and
delivered mastery Grafton, which for
scope of thought and elegance of eX
preston Mars Hill never heard. When
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The work may have suggested different
course. He decided to know nothing at
Corinth save jesus and Him Crtciiied,
when he came to write his second eplsIlc
To the Corinthians.
The text brings to notice one of the
most interesting words in the Bible
grace. Many fail to realize all its sweet
ness. The word rs commonly used means
tayOr--SumethinE granted wherethcre was
no claim on the part of the recipient
good conferred where there is no claim.
The word has deeper significance love.
God SO loved the world that lie gave Ills
only bcgutten son, that whusUeyrr he.
lteyGth in Him should not perish, but have
everlasting life" It is q wonderful thing
to love everybody; not only those who ap,
pear lovabc 10 our eyes The Lord loves
those who are sinful You may 90 through
this city or state, or anywhere IN the
world, and You cannot lind amy one 50
utterly base and sinful that Jesus does not
love. 1t is blessed thought that His love
includes every one it includes me.
The word means more than this; ID
means pity. You know the pity ol the
Lord Jesus Christ. We recognize pity
where we do not help. You SEQ an insect
that IS hurt and You pity ii. You pity the
poor dumb brute, you pity your suffering
telowmeu. When Il person meets with
disaster, sickness deformlly, ynn pity
them, while YOU thank God you are not as
they. The Lord sees us in our deprayed
and hopeless estate and when every angels
eye Is ury there Is Il tear of pity in tine eye
OF Jesus. You may search the world
through for a person who has lost all sem
blance of goodness. that abandoned out
cast who has nothing but dread and de-
SPAR which may all have been scltin-
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