The herald., 1893-07-10
YESTERDAYS SPIRITUAL MENU.
DR.. Thompson on the Doctrine
Of the Lords Prayer.
Rev. Henry w. Crabbe breaches on
a Financial Subject.
A Unftarian's Views on Christ's Appeal.
Treasures on Earth and in Heaven.
Rev. Hutchins Speaks on Wise
and Foolish Virgins.

Rev. DR.. Thompson, OF the Unitarian
church, preached to very large congre.
cation yesterday morning on the sub.
ject, "The doctrines of the Lords
prayer" Jesus taught that we should
preserve the secrecy of our private COM
munion with God. We should have no
friend so dear that we could take them
into our most private prayers. He does
not say "My" Father, but "Our" Faith
er. He is the common Father of all
life. "In Heaven" means everywhere,
in all heavenly bodies. He is omnipre-
sent, omnipotent and omniscent. Ii
should be translated "Our Father who
art in the Heavens"
There 10 but ONE being to pray to &C.
cording to Christ, who taught His die.
ciplss and all other people to pray to one
Being. Lille is Gods child, 80 every
form OF living thing is our brother, even
the lower animals aud in the vegetable
kingdom. How can man worship God
and feel that he has injured one OF God g
creatures and has not been reconciled to
that creature? Hallowed be Thy name.
Reverence necessarily comes from con-
temptation of Gods works, and with rev.
erence comes love and gratitude. The
very name of God should bring thoughts
of reverence and love and gratitude more
| than the name of earthly father or
mother long since dead. His name is a
hallowed one. Before we came into this
world we were with God. We are SIM
ply projections from God. He is our
home. In Him we live and move and
have our being. He leads us from our
time home to our eternal home in
heaven.
Jesus wished that the will OF God
might be done on this earth as he
had seen 1t done where he como
from. We are not required to for
give our enemies unless they show
that they are repehtant for ginning
against us. This is the way God for
gives us.
Lead us not into temptation. God
sometimes leads US into temptation to
temptation. We should be cautious.
Every evil is personal but every evil
is subordinate to God. Jesus taught
that there are dark places in this life
and dark places after this life. A great
deal is comprised in the prayer "Dsliver
us from the Devil"
The Lords prayer is universal.
Eveyone, OF every sect and every creed,
can say it consistently. 1t is creed by
itself.
DR.. Thompson was listened to with
marked attention.
The music was very fine.
SERMON ON FINANCE.
Rev. Henry w. Crabbe, the pastor of
the United Presbyterian church, corner
of Hill and Eighth streets, occupied the
pulpit at yesterdays service.
| He preached to large congregat ion
and his remarks were closely followed
and teemed with practical lessons of the
hour. His text was taken from the
eighteenth and nineteenth verses of the
sixth chapter OF st. Mathew, reading !:
Lay not up for yourselves treasures on
earth where moth and rust doth cor
rupt, and where thieves break through
and steal. But lay up for yourselves
treasures in heaven, where moth and
ruat do not corrupt and thieves do not
break through and steal"
The text was suggested to the speaker
by the recent furries in financial circles.
Beside bringing out the theological
points and also showing the true Chris
tian principles that should govern the
application of the text, the practical
side of the text WAS also clearly evolved.
The text was, the speaker said, in ex-
hoYtation against worldly mindedness.
After a general introduction of his
topic the speaker proceeded to de-
! fine what was meant by the
words worldly treasures. 1t was
/ supposed that in the immediate
reference dntended by Christ He
meant the various precious stones and
metals. But, however, it could be ap-
piled to riches of any description.
A number of reasons were cited why
| treasure should not be laid up on this
earth. There Was, fret, the decaying
nature OF everything, the general un-
safety of things. Another reason was
because Of the unsatisfying nature of
there various worldly treasures and
riches. 1t has always been fact that
| the more one possesses OF them the
more one desires. The possession of
these worldly treasures begets unrest
fulness. The accumulation and laying
aside of treasure also shows sordid
aud worldly spirit THAT does not Belong
to Christian. To try to lay up treas
ures on earth ia not good for piety or for
gOUlluesb.
Another reason given was that when
we die we cannot take any of these treas-
urss with us and it is an unsatisfactory
thing upon a deathbed not to know
whether one is leaving his property to 8
wise man or fool.
Passing to the second part of the text
wherein all are exborted to lay up for
themselves treasures in heaven, the
preacher proceeded to define what was
meant by those treasures. One Of the
joys would be the inheritance of the
saints and the joy and gladnesa we shall
have with the saints in heaven. For
there too is the crown OF life, the crown
OF righteousness and the crown of un-
unfading glory. The next topic was to
show how the people might lay up treas.
ures in heaven.
The speaker illustrated this point by
young man starting out in business.
His first and great need is capital for
starting point. If he does not possess
some capital he must get it in order to
be successful, and so in salvation,
starting point must be obtained. A