Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1894-10-15

BISHOP COLEMlN IN WASHINGTON.
Deiivere an Eloquent sermon From the
Pulpit Of St. Philips Church There Last
Evening.

DeliRefe an Eloquent sermon From the
Pulpit Of St. Phillips Church There Last
Evening.
Bishop Coleman, upon invitation from
the Brotherhood Of st. andrew Of ST
Philips Church, Washington, occupied
the pulpit Of that church last evening
He preached from the text, Lord, what
wilt Thou have me to do2
This age" he said, is sometimes
called busy age by those who think 1t
especially SO distinguished But every
age has been busy age Man always
has been busy, eiOner for good or evil
1t is sometimes called a practical age
Perhaps the people DO now expect more
Of return from labor and capital than
they did in the previous ages, and TO thai
extent 1t Is d practical age But the
words Of the text bring before us busy
people and a practical age. And the
truths indicated therein, though homely
are yet important There is no stronger
proof of the immediate conversion OF
Saul than Ia this very appeal, Lord,
what wilt Thou have me to do
In this age very May people seem
devoid OF the thought of having some
one over them in supremacy. The
thought seems to be as much absent
even among Christians, as though there
was no supreme influence. II We are to
be c1nverted II must be- by the recogni-
tiou Of the sovereignty of Christ. by con
forming ourselves TO the rules OF king
dom To which we must belong, whether
We will or not. Too many people decline
the work OF the Lord because it is not
congenial Cougenial There is hardly
q word more offensive IN the vocabulary
Of Christian worker than this word
oongenial Think you IL was oongenial
| for Christ TO suffer or for Saul to take
upon himself the name OF the desplsed
/ Nszarene2 Let us Danish such an offensive
1 term and learn TO do whatever il Is onr
Lords pleasure TO have us do We need
10 realize our personal responsibility to
God.
st Paul wished to know what the
Lord would have him to do TO prove what
he thought and believed This, the
nineteenth century, is waiting for 4
religion which Will show its Christian
reality by what 1t does. We must show
the reality of our conversion as st, Pau
did by our anxiety to know from tbs
Lord what He would have us to do
There is in this age much show Of
preaching, but little doing. The age
d mands this doing We cannot think
OF GOD, as Father, lSon, or Holy Ghost, AZ
idle We think of Him as restless
being, just as the Son of Man went about
doing good. Look about you Every
whore you car see things waiting to b
done. There is a great necessity fol
doing 1t seems to require Divine
manifestation or a Supreme Intervention
to make people believe snd do. Bui
there are as great miracles being don,
day by day as ever were dole, as that d
the restoring Of sight, curing th'
palsied and lepBrous. Is IL not q greater
miracle to raise from spiritual death thar
| FROM physical death2 How many mothers
and fathers would be resigned to
physical death Of loved ones If assured q
u spiritual life
II pray you to remember these word
Of the textl Lord what wilt Thou havl
me 10 do2' BY them you can test you
own condition ana see if you ale real!
converted"