The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-12-20
OUR CHAPEL SERVICE.

Rev. j. H. Albert, chaplain, conducted PrOtes-
tant services in the chapel Sunday morning. and
delivered a very forcible discourse on. THE
Sermon of Christ on the Mount" AS prelude.
the choir sang the anthem, "When the Mlsts
have rolled away" The scripture lesson read by
the chaplain, was, Matthew KILL when the
congregation joined in singing hymn 20. what
a Friend we have in jesus followed by an in
vocation by the chaplain. and hymn 1856, by the
choir and congregation. Taking for his text. |
Matthew VII. "a. %. 26. q, verses, the chaplain
among other things said:
These are among the loving words of the
sermon on the Mount Christ had gone on the
hill with his diciples, the multitude following,
for He was preaching for all who were present:
for men of all times and places. The sermon on
the Mount was Christ's inaugural address to
mankind for it represents the object of citizen
ship to the kingdom. These are the essential
THINGS HE who hears these words and needs
them not shall be like him who builds on the
sands' SO with our lives. Let us have for our
foundation. righteousness. and we will not fail
| in life we shall have our reward with the just IN
Christ's Kingdom. There are three attitudes
assumed toward Christ The first is unbelief-a
man NAV not believe in the divinity of Jesus
Christ and be consistent in his unbelief, but he
is not wise, for he cannot prove otherwise. We
know that we live; that we have bodies. with
strength and power, yet we do not know why
this is so. Our bodies, our strength does not
make the man. 1t is our characters. that INFORM
something we cannot see. that makes the man.
The great trouble is, man does not investigate
sufficiently; this is so with the intidel-he simply
does not believe, he does not sufficiently lnvestl-
gate that something which he is unable to grasp
and the result is. unbeef and doubt. Yet were
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, Mount, what a glorious world it would be
There would be no suffering, no sin; there would
, be no crime, no prisons. no police; all would be
, peace joy and Righteousness. Must we not be
, lieye that He who gave such loving, wise, anC
powerful words to the world, was more thar
human; was divine? defy contradiction. The
second is. believing and not obeying, which il
c both unwse and inconsistent. There are man!
who profess a belief in Christ but do not follow
Him, and they are liars and fools; for while no
k an infdel they act one against consistency. AM
must be living a le-acting fool To believ
l. in the right and sticking to it, is following Jesu
Christ.
The reverend speaker cited several instance
where men, at sacrifice of great emOlumenl
position and honor, stuck to principle, to VIVA
they conceived to be right; they stood upon tn
rock, and he urged his hearers to ever malntal
r. the right. and they would be living along th
Z. line of the sermon on the Mount
lie The third is, believe and obey. both consister
r. and WISE They who believe and obey practic
la what they preach; they stand upon the rock an
cannot fall. Standing by the bedside of a ma
I'd few days ago. watched him slowly passin
ed away as we must all pass; if not today, t.
It's morrow; we must all pass to the great beyond
it may not be here, but out in the great wor
IL the time must come when we lay down life
burden Will our life go out in faith. will it go OF
-. upon the rock? or will it go out upon the sands
~, This is the time to choose: this day, this ho1
~ ere it be too late Which will it be?
an The chaplain closed his eloquent appeal with
.s fervent prayer that all men would choose tt
~ right; stand firmly upon the rock. the gospel
he Jesus Oiiiis'' ei WIS ' ~
cation singing, "Beuhla Land"