The herald., 1894-06-04

brothers we are in the trying days OF
our earthly life; we have PauPs victori-
GUS tone. "Our light affection for mo-
ment works out for as an eternal weight
of glory"
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN.
Mr.. Howard gave his parting message
to his mourning congregation previous to
his departure for his health, in pow err
full and timely sermon.
The introduction, description OF the
healing OF the cripple by Peter and ohm
recorded in Acts, 4th chapter the decla-
ration of "the power by which the cure
had been wrought" to the throng, by
the apostles; their arraignmeft before
the sanhedrim, dignified also by Annas
the high priest and Caipha, both oil
whom must recall TO Peters mind his
shameful denial OF his Lord. and Offering
him now the opportunity for his magni-
ficent declaration of loyalty to his risen
Lord, was a graphic delineation OF one
of the dramatic situations in the early
experience of the disciples of Jesus. and
told in Mr.. Howard's inimitable way.
Then his thoughts crystalized around
the words, Acts 4 13, and mis- purpose
ia manifest. He said that the great
features OF this incident fer us are the
positive testimony the daily life OF these
men, love for Jesus and the stsunch
Observation-Disclosures that made them con-
slant witnesses for Him. The statement
these Jews "took knowledge OF Peter
and John that they had been with
Jesus" really means that the influence
and character of Jesus in the lives and
words of these men were so marked that
there was no room for any doubts about
it. So pervaded were they with the
mind OF Christ, saturated with the spirit
OF Christ that az they went here and
there about their daily taske, every
thing about them suggested Him. Oh,
If the church OF Jeaus Christ was mar
shalled this day with the vast multi
tudes who are in allegiance to Him,
how many OF no would there be whose
lives are 30 unmistakably His that men
would take positive knowledge Of US that
we have been with jesus? Oh, these
half lives! these lives that are so hid
den, not with Christ in God" bat in
doubtful practices and feeble utter
ances; those lives with no fire in them,
with NO mighty force going out from
them these lives that lie like thick
veil upon the worlds face, hiding its
vision of the Christi They are hinder
ing the advance OF Christ's kingdom,
more than all the sneers OF sceptics,
more than all the influence OF wicked
men.
Mightier is He that is in us than he
that is in the world, and all that ia
needed to redeem the world is full and
constant utterance of Jesus Christ
through our lives. The paramount
question is not what men are going to
think Of us, but what thoughts of Jesus
they are going to get from us.
Oh, we are 80 many of us just playing
at Christianity; we have not understood
the meaning of the Christ life; we have
not perceived the largeness of the cross.
To be a Christian means that we dedi-
cate our whole lives to what Christ dedi-
Gated His life. Have we thought that
for Christ to live in us means that we
are to live in the world as He did? 80
that the great. needy world, the SHINING,
miserable world may feel the compass
sionate heart OF Jesus throbbing through
our heart-beats.
Christ liveth in mel Does HEP Does
the world SEQ Christ as we draw near
This ia Christianity; this is being q
Christian-nothing less than q Chris
tisn, a Christianl Soul and life SO per-
vaded with Jesus Christ that He flames
out from them always, everywhere.
CHURCH OF THE NEW ERA.,-
In the morning the subject OF discus.
sion was, Is the Daily Press Conducted
in the Interest of the People? All the
speakers took the negative side, J.. D..
Steele, journalist of some experience,
delivering the opening address. ana
Christian Michaelson, w. @. B. Ran
dolph, Mrs. Alex, W. @. Bowman and
others following. The subject mex. Sun
day is, Should the Militia be Abolished +?
In the evening Professor Bowman
spoke on the subject of Law and Its I'm
portance as Factor in Civilization. He
opened his lecture by stating that he
had not selected the subject because he
had to go to congress to help make the
laws of the country, a statement that
was received with tumultuous applause.
He then continued:
'Science has made the discovery tina
the phenomena OF nature which in the
old time were attributed to the caprice
OF gods and demons were properly to be
ascribed to the action of immutable laws
| remember in my youth among
the mountains OF my native home the
appearance of comet was regarded as
sign OF the wrath OF God pressging dire
calamities to the human race. Science
has thrown her clear light upon such
phenomena and shown that the powers
that govern the universe, act not
through the irresponsible will OF super
natural beings, visiting unreasoning dis
pleasure upon the children OF men, but
are subject to absolute and unchange ed BILE
law.
So in human society. law, civil law,
ls absolutely essential 1t might be
possible that if all mankind was per-
iectly wise, jnst and considerate. the
ideal OF our anarchist friends who pro-
pose to abolish all statute law would be
practical. but II this were the casa the
law would exiat just the same whether it
was enforced by pains and penalties.
The absence OF all law would be savagry
pure and simple; it could be nothing
else. The object of law as defined by one
OF the greatest jurists is to enforcs what
is right. and prohibit what is wrong.
There are people who claim that the
country that is the least governed is the
best governed, whereas it is really true
that those countries show the greatest
progress, prosperity and liberty which
are most thoroughly and wisely gov
erned.
SIMPSON TABERNACLE.
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