The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-02-20
LIFH'S VERY Essence.
DR.. Rainsford SAYS 1t Is
elf-Sacrifice-
Congregation in
St. Paul's.

The Rev. w. S. Rainsford, rector OF st.
Georges Church, New York. preached In
St. Paul,s Protestant Episcopal Church on
Duncan avenue last night to a congrega-
ton tina filed every pew in the commodi-
GUS and beautiful church. DR.. Rainsroro
has a splendid physique. a lace OF pleas
ant and intelligent expression, and a
strong aud smooth bass voice. He talked
rapidly and with considerable fire, and
held attention from first to last. He
spoke of his subject as the characteristics
OF the mind of Christ. His text was long.
The part of it he discussed chiefly was
the advice of St. Paul, Look not every
man on his own things, but on the Things
of Others" He said in part. Every mans
mind has basic qualities on which his
other characteristics rest: The runoa-
mental qualities OF Christ's mind were a
contemplation Of the affairs of others and
a disposition to service for others TO tne
extent Of self-sacrifice. Christ sacrificed
himself that we might understand. IN
less we present to the world what we SIN
cereIy believe, our teaching will be re-
lected with contempt, no matter what
authority we give to back up our state
ment. The Christian can only win
by persistent faith. Goo never does
our planning or work. He died to
save us from sin but not from work. You
fix your mind on your business, on wife
and children. on your chickens and cows,
and you must also bring it to bear upon
religion. You cannot do that by lazly
using the methods of others. You cannot
make life part secular and part
religious. We form the habit of
taking things from the preachers
without thought or investigation.
Christ was crucltied because men said he
was q hereto. He broke the letter of tue
Mosaic law, although he Kept it In spirit.
In the fourteenth century. men made the
laws of the first aud second century, ex-
cellent in their line, an ambush behind
which they committed murder. The
church of the lear old land of England
made a mistake when it kicked out that
noble band of Christians. the Methodists.
l am sorry they went and think they
made q mistake. Men depend too
much on forms in their religious life.
They keep a debt and credit account with
the Devil. Does anyone believe that II
Jesus Christ came back on earth now he
would be satisfied with the state of
things? The animals of prehistoric times,
the nlegatherium and the dodo. could not
exist now. They could not live upon the
air and vegetation OF these times.
The man VINO continues III sin will
become extinct. The man who can live
forever, is the man OF Christ. God puts
as here to work out possibilities.
All the teaching of science aud philoso-
phy. all that has been learned in the last
two centuries, goes to show one lesson for
all. the lesson of self-saoriice. Millions
of ages of sacrifice have gone to produce
us. All scholars are unanimous that
there is nothing in education or wealth
that guarantees the continuance of
a race that has lost the power of
self-sacriice. When it loses that IL goes
down as Greece aud Rome went down.
So 1t will be with England and America.
Let the mind of Christ be in you aud you
will not be wanting 10 the essential quail
ity of living for others.
The Rev, 4. Walpole Warren OF New
York will preach in St. Paul.s Church
next Sunday evening.