The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-02
ELOQUENT Sermon At DUNM0RE.
Preached by Rev. G. N. Makely, Of
Brooklyn, N. Y, Formerly
Pastor at Avoca.

Rev. G. N. Makely, pastor Of the
Cumberland street Presbyterian church
OF Brooklyn, occupied the pulpit Of the
Presbyterian church at Dunmore yes
terday Mr.. Makely is we'll known
former menb>r of the Lackawanns
presbyterv. haYing been located at
Avoca. Lately he has assumed charge
of his present important pLstorate and
has had u wonderful success Yester.
day morning he preached a strong dis
course and WAS listened to by large
audience. He took for his subject
"The Love of God In part he said;
The infinite love OF God is diff
cult thing to fully comprehend. In
fact. 30 great is it that man cannot
comprehend it. 1t ID initiate aud
reaches from eternity to eternity.
One difficulty is mans weakness.
Some spend years Of hard labor in
stulies that are not infinite andif mans
intellectual capacity is so small when
graspiug such simple earthly matters.
how insignificant it appears when bat.
tling with such a problem as Gods
love.
Another difficulty Of revealing the
immensity of this love ia the made
QuacY Of earthly expression to explain
heavenly things. The beauties of
heaven cannot be revealed by earthly
expression. The love of God is mex
pressible. God has kindled in our
breasts little fires of love, through the
experience of which we can comprehend
in an inadequate manner what God %
love is
1t is at the most but faint concep-
tion. Therefore. to overcome az far as
possible these difficulties. we must sx-
amine some form of earth, love. There
are different plans of love on earth.
One of the principal phases is the con.
jugal love such as exists between the
husband and wife. God sets this be-.
fore US as a symbol of his great love.
There are several characteristics in
conjugal love. First it is exclusive,
second 1t is intense. third it is init.
mate
1t must be csntered in some one OBJ.
Jsct to the exclusion Of all others. This
may not he fit illustration OF God I
love. for God loves US all. In one as
pect it is true type OF how Col loves
US for Col loves Us all as single per-
son, therefore Gods attention to us is
certainly just AZ exclusive az earthly
coDjugal love. Intensity of love is an
other characteristic of Goujugal love
Love is stronger tnan death. and what
love can DO more intense than the love
of God, who gave his only son to di,
for us There is no earthly Low,
that can compare with the intensity
of that which exists between the hus.
band and wife. They are as one body,
and SO intense is Gods love that he j:
the head Of the body of which we arr
smbers. Paternal love is also an EN-
blem Of the love Of God. He look
after ones vel are and future az does :
father and with love as constant a!
that Of a mother. A mothers love
never loses its constancy, and evsl
when death separates mother and chill
there is nothing that can fill the vol
created in the mothers heart by tn
loss Of her child.
When we are happy God is happy
whom we are sorrowfui He is sorrow
full. He rejoices IN our prosperity an
mourns in our ,tfl ction. Therefor
we should not grirve the holy spirit o
God, for he mourns over our aims a
does mother over thcss of her child
No matter how sinful we are Go
loves us still, II God loves US VIII
should we fear Will He fail to car
, for us? II He gave His only son to di
for us when we were sinful how muc
more He would do for us when ar
living according to His precepts.