The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-11-06
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THE DIVINE PLAN
Who Are Well Fed
Shall Supply the Famish-
ing" Says DR.. Brett.

formed Church yesterday morning by
the Rev. DR., Brett. His text was from
Matt. Is, xxxiv.:-"And Jesus said unto
them How many loaves have We. and
they said Seven, and q few little fishes. F"
The Divine plan in Gods Church is that
His Household, who are well fed, shall
supply the famishing. The rule is that
they who have. shall administ er to those
WIN have not. Ii il the plan of God
everywhere seen. Look at the planet Try
system. The light springing from given
centres spreads and radiates to the ut-
most limits of the vast material
universe, until the glitter OF
stars al unmeasured distances
AIDS to illumiue the darkness of our
world. The Church is not called to a pic
mic, but to partake and distribute. This
text. and the miracle of the loaveS and
fishes, invite to take stock OF what we
have. And in doing so it is well to shake
out the basket. for every crumb counts
Our smallest ability brought to the Mass
ter may. by the touch of omnipotence be
transmitted into more valuable quality
and multiplied miracuiously. Notice the
abilities which nay be employed usefully
for the spread OF the bread of life. First,
oDr time. The Pagaps worshipped time
bOC@uSO VI I cAC0cQlus Sdlur- 8uOuGa
ever present it Is always scarce. No day
is long enough for all we have planned
to do. Yet how we frittsr time away.
In things OF The Kingdom it Is a ommoa
excuse. 4 have no time for this or that,'
but the old adage holds, Where there's a
will there's a way and time for action,
too.
IMPORTANT THINGS FIRST
I'VE ought 60 10 the most important
things first. bat it takes some people a
long Time to get ready. Tie preacher
spoke OF an electric battery capable Of
great things, but the objection to it was
it took so long TO charge il. 1t resembles
some who have great ability if they or
you could only get them ready. DIR.
Parkhurst the other day told us,of a man
weighing 100 lbs, aud he thought 1t
ridiculous to hear such an one say,
What can 1 do?' with special emphasis
on the l. Such people and many others
can do a great deal, If they would.
Like a clergyman who preached
one lung, nd like many Il poor aunt or
relative, or poor and sick children who
climbs the stairs of the tenement house,
and works and watches. day aud night
for the benefit of the helpless cues. The
basis of responsibility is just, the law
being that the largest WORK is expected
To be done by tbs most capable. Then,
1 lAUG1lCCbuRl Ia WtICuto i VI EEC6t
account. True it is that God some times
uses weak things to confouud the
mighty, as for example, Their
are some successful evangelists who are
neither highly intellectual, nor we'll edu-
| Gated, having really studied no other
book than the BiDle-but intellect is d
power. 1t is the great motor thai sets in
running order the machinery of the
worlu's activity. Mind, it is, that tra,.s-
forms and u~tilizes. The silken dress was
but the web of an insect, u clay is but
mud, until by skillful manip-
ulation and intelligent processes
it is formed into useful aud
ornamental shapes. II we have intellect
aud education, we ought to give back to
sncietY the full equivalent of that which
we nave received. Experience is Of Spec
lal value. The religious experience OF
one Christian differs from that OF Others
Eacn experience is unique. Precisely
similar experience Is no more
| possible han TRANSPORTATION OF souls.
The recitals. therefore. of every ancient
| mariner are interesting aud Instructive.
| No true Chris'i ian should neglect to tell
what the Lord has done for his soul
| now he first found the LORD. the gracious
| conduct of God towards MIN. the blessed
ness of communion with Him, all such
experience faithfully represented, helps
| to ave the souls of others. Thai ligh
| WEICu 5u1uSS upOA bAO ACd-t, 10 klF0u W
| shine through us.
COMPLIMENT TIC WAYNE.
| DIR. Brett explained tnat he had come
to preach the missionary sermon of the
| day, according to a plan of exchange of
oulpits throughout the Reformed
Church. He thought it a work OF super
errogAtiou to make d special a peal.
| Wayne Street Church was favored by a
| ministry which for many years had fully
inst nc ed L. in its duty. Tn Pastor and
his wife were both 1lled with the mis-
sionary spirit. and had long busted
themselves in missionary work. And now
the services of the aged Pastor were
supplemented by those of q young aud
enthusiastic brother, fully alive TO the
responsibilities of his Office. He could.
therefore,, only try to STIR up their minis
| ny way of remembrance.
1--WE must shake out the last penny
| from the basket, If, as Is commonly said,
| the times are hard. The times are hard
| with the Missionary Board, aud the times
are hard in the missionary field. | will
say 1t is not enough to make small doles.
as of meagre CHARITY. We must deny
ourselves The tjthes must be brought,
and oh. what a blessing would come if all
the tita es due were brought, not only
the lithes of money. but the tithes of all
we p~ossessl Aud these should be brought
not by constrainI of custom, not in O
rou iue mode, but with compassion for
the ignorant and perishing, not like the
Apostles VINO would rave sent the multi
tudes away to fast In the wi ,dsruess tina
| they might themselves feed GU the re-
serves. Bring whatever you nave to the
touch of the Divine hand and it will b.
returned to you largely Increased, so that
you will be enabled out OF His fulness'
to distribute to those who are destitute
OF the bread OF life.'"