The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-29
DUNMORE.

Ut, N. " hODluSOn, OF Tue DeCOnu
Presbyterian church of Scranton, oc-
cupied the pulpit of the Dunmore Pres
byterian church yesterday morning
and preached strong sermon, taking
for his text Personal Holiness. Hs
based his discourse on the Chronicles,
5S; 13. "For because you did it not at
the first, the Lord our God made a
breach upon us, for that we sought
Him not after the due order" The
sermon was designated as be-
ing especially appreciabls to
young converts and the speaker
took his lessons from Gods Gov
nant with the Isrealites showing forth
their incompetency that covenant and
allowing the ark to leave their hands
Gods minute instructions regarding
the handling Of the ark throughout the
wanderlngs and the utmost reverence
in which He commanded it should be
held were used to illustrate how holy
christians should become before they
can attain success for Gods church
in this world In part Mr.. Robinson
said This lesson goes to show how
God wishes His covenant kept
and the utmost reverence in
which He wants is held The or
ganization which characterized all the
wanderings of the ark show essential
organic ttion for Christian work As
Paul says: Zone member OF the body
cannot get along without the co.opera-
tiOn of the other parts" They all work
together in unison with the main or
ganization. No one should say that
their work in the house Of God is in.
aignihcent No one should think it
does not matter whether we attend
church or not. 1t does make
a difference because We are each a
mem Der and our absence causes dis.
organization. When we mako con.
fession of faith and come into the
church we face at once the temptation
to let others do the work while we
stand back and do not cooperate. No
organization has any existence except
in it's members aud it is impossible for
us to delegate our responsibility and
place it in the hands of any society,
Sunday school or any other of the
church's organization. The covenant of
God is laid upon your shoulders and mine
and the manner in which tha ark WAS
bonnd to the shoulders of the Israelites
shows how we must bear it. 1t should
bs borne with noble pride and joy.
We see how essential personal hOli-
ness is in order to deal effectively with
the holy work laid upon US, no matter
how insignificant it is. This is clearly
brought out in the subject. With
Christ with rs we can do all things.
All our work in Sunday school, society or
church in general will be fruitlsss with.
out Christ and this personal holiness.
Let us realize that for our church du
ties, to be efficient, we must be holymen,
holy women and holy boys and girls.
Only then is success assured. Christ
is one among ten thousand, and we
should be so devoted to Him that we
would be willing to obey his slightest
command. If we love Him as we
ought we will find ourselves holy. We
ought to think of Him morning, noon
and night, and the heart be always
filled with love because of His good
ness to us, so that it will not be an un
pleasant duty for us to carry on our
shoulders His covenant"
The Junior Christian Endsavor soci-
ETY. will hold n social in the lecture
room of the Presby tSrian church Fri
day night.
Mrs. w. T. Messenger will leave to-
morrow for Florida and other places of
interest throughout the south.
The Republicans will nominate can
didates for the borough election at Odd
Fellows hall tonight,
Editor T. p. WOODWARD of the Pho.
nesr. is visiting places of interest below
the Mason and Dixon line.
Mine Superintendent Horan's hand.
some residence on Dudley street is rap
idly nearing completion.
The funeral OF T. J. Lsngan occurred
Saturday afternoon
Miss Minnie Brown has returned to
her home at Hoadley's. VssA -.
The dwelling of Jacob Easterlins is
being besutified by coating of paint.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Kaufman have
returned from an extended trip to
Canada.
THE TRIBUNE correspondent had oc.
casion to call at the business office
Saturday afternoon and was amazed to
see the Immense variety of books and
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