The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-31


AT THE BENEFICENT CHURCH.
Rev. Arthur Little OF Dorchester = breaches
an Interesting Sermon
Rev. Arthur Little, ID. d., of Dorchester.
Mass, occupied the pulpit of the Benef-
cent Congreg gational ,church last evening.
DIR. Little took for his stext the eighteenth
TO the twenty-thIrd verses OF the! gospel of
st. Luke, chapter,1s that portion which
follow Christ, is'told to sell all he hath
and follow him. "And when he heard
Z this he WAS ver1sorrowiul; for lie was
Dr. Little said in substance Here we
have an earnest inquirer, askingthe most
gincere question thar, can com0from the
z heart. II is tremuhous with interest
The reply was thai there was du,e thing
that be lacked. Let us ask tonight what
he lacked.
First. let us see what he did not lack.
He had youth and what cannot ~
Young man do who has youtl,. As we
grow old there IL one thinRswe all covet.
aud thnt Is youth. Iwant the young men
10 realize what n great gift they have.
Here We have young man with all the
world before him.
lie was likewise n man OF high posi-
tion. IL is not often that We find u
young man occupying high position.
These places are for older men who W ork
ND TO them. But this man was ruler.
Added to that he was very rich. This
seems to be the ono aspiration OF Young
and old mel today. Wealth, all Ameri-
cans strive for. In fact the crisss ,hat is
upon US now Is u MONETARY Crisis.
financial Troubles Of the Present.
Io.lhe past few weeks all we have
earl is the price OF silver and rold-ihe
cry OF money, money, from mo'ning to
nj bt. Bus these great failures show the
transformers OF wealth.
Mo,c thnp this tee young man was q
!, n, OF correct outward life. lIe had
E,pt all tn. commandments. have
lre t respect for young man who has In
these d lys, kept all the commandments.
horror MIN for IL, ami SO do YOU aAi.
NJ re than that no was n young man OF
an.ianle c aractcr. he Saviour loved
him ut sighr. think he was ono OF those
Gnt-piaired young men whom we visa
cJuld crown all til ir other gifts by CIV
ing their scul 10 Christ. IL he only had
The gift uf grace which Christ can
give lie would ill just the place Gcd
woul have him.
Every pas. or aud Sunday school teacher
meets those aInab!e young men and we
wish THAT tLey could complet. their nat
ural noble character.
This Young man was In earnest. He
seems to havs had fine character.
think there are many churches in Boston
and Providencs who would have been
glad to have hnd such an ainiable young
man In heir midst
Why did not Christ take himf He had
not many followers. Christ wanted him.
He WIS about to die for such men. Why
should he h We made such n harsh condi-
tiou to keep him outf There is only
one answer. Because he loved
lin. He did not care for wealth. Christ
WAS dealing faithfully with him. He
wanted this young man To wholly identi-
fy himself with the cause. He saw the
young mans good qualities.
He saw where the young mans heart
really was. go and sell all thou hast
aud give It to the poor" lie began TO
He bexaa-to- understand that
TO follow Christ meant something. What
was his deficiency Why was the line
drawn there Up 70 that point
be was not prepared TO go.
lie was not prepared to give the Lord
Jesus Christ the FIRST place ia his heart.
Christ Must Be First.
ominating place. His wealth was be-
ore that
"What." said he. "Sell all have ,
Oh. too hard, too hard" There was the
1ifliculty.
Is that the difficulty with youi Arc
e,u more desirous Of wealth and position
:ha1 Christi Tuat is the question for
as tcnipht
How maj n man has chosen honor and
sower instead OF godliness ii wv IN my
sell themselves for Office?
-. In tl 4. nr1n In Int
some palp ,ble pleasure stands between
them AMI CLri,t; some pleasure which
theySare not yet quite ready TO give up.
We read ot young man tonight VINO
wantei To fol ow Christ, but he wante I
time 10 pury his father Christ said
"L.t tic dead bury their dead"
During the late war raw recruit In
tile New E,>slan states WAS drill iuu n
the VILLAGE greed. lie looked Bexpres.
siby sad. The cause. was This. In the
little cottage across the field lay the
body If his dead father. That night ia +,
young man was seut to- the front to 'lc-
fcnd his cvuniry. There was no he sita-
tion. lic knew his duty aud di IL.
Leave all and follow me-"
Foilowin. Christ Serious Thing.
There IL IN amount of seriousness in
coming to Christ that none OF u, I n u
. raid. wholly appreciate. There is an
issue. q demand. not always dcf.ued.
wnich must ctn roat NIL VINO wis, TO
fsl ow Cnri-t Hal this you " man al
once sal "Yr Lrd'. q rist WOULD
have turned nrd aid. "Younx man.
siouft want your q vne.. Take IL ard
will make yvu stewari OF IL 10 use yodl
grs,t gift Tor he g,.od o, the world"
Ne ure told that le went away sor os.
fol Ills the las. We hear OF him. ~
Lad tnat opportunity a. Il let it &c. IA,
vcnt AWAY SD Not lee. a &c he c,uldn't
f,,ioa Cpfis'. bat iecsuss han weaitn
and WAS as~ci 10 part ith IT. woa,le'