Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-01


j. Y, CRAWFORD, Pastor.
NJ. 10, CHURCH-Sabbath services-sunday
School at 10 H. IN; preaching ut II a, m, and 1880
y. M, prayer meeting, Thursday. 7.90 p. m;
Junior League, Saturday, . p. M olhcial board
frstluesday, p M ID, o. STRONG, PASTOR
A person interested in the mission
and success Of the Religious Column
has kindly suggested that an increase
of local matter would most likely be
an improvement. Not that the col
umn should degenerate into religious
notices and announcements, but that
perhaps more could proftably be
drawn from home talent, and be made
to touch more directly our home in
terests. This. Of course, means an
increase of labor, but labor should
not be spared if by it greater good
may be accomplished. In keeping
with the above suggestion we give
this week a synopsis Of the sermon
preached at the Baptist church last
Sunday by Rev. j. I. Crawford. His
discourse was based upon Matt. 5: 10.
16, being the second of a series drawn
from the Sermon on the Mount"
The theme was "SdH and Light,"
which WAS treated under the follow
ing heads:
l. The figures our Lord here en-
ploys, They are two, He draws
from nature-man is salt" and man
is slight"
(a) Salt is craved and demanded
by animal life, it is preservative; it
IS a condiment making food more pal
atable. So ye are salt, preserving
humankind from moral decay and
religious corruption and decline. Ye
are salt making the earth palatable-
more pleasing and agreeable-unto
God.
(b) Light is the opposite of dark
ness. The SUMS rays are essential to
life. Growth in a darkened cellar is
abnormal and CHASTITY. So are ye
light in the world, dispelllng Its
gloom and despalr-your Influence is
benign as the sun's--without you hu-
man character is distorted.
IL. The persons referred to by the
"ye" Of these verses. They are beati-
tude-Christians. The rounded char
acter Of a true disciple is delineated
in vs., 3-12. The poor in spirit, the
mourner, the meek, the hungry, the
merciful, the pure, the maker for
peace, the persecuted-such charac-
ter ls a blessed savory salt. o for
beautltude salt, not in dry formal dis
course, but embodied in living, NOV
ing men aud women Let it saturate
the home life and sweeten its every
member; let it penetrate social cir
cles, preventing putrefactlon there;
let it be interspersed in business CEN
ters and places of trade. l beg you,
keep ever fresh with this healing, pre-
serving, divinely blessed salt of life.
These same beatitude elements of
character when blended in soul-life
produce light. Lowliness, weeping,
yearning seem dull, but the soul that
has them admits Him who is the
Light of the World, and thus becomes
a child of light. His meekness then
is a softened flame, his mercy mel
low light. his peace making a golden
flood and his purity q divinely glori-
GUS shining 0 for beatitude light
exhibited in consecrated human life.
III. Some suggestions and exhor-
tations.
l. Let your light shine. First,
permit it to shine. That is its nature
and function. Do not hinder. Mr..
Edlson's delicate thermometer meas
ures the heat Of the human body many
feet distant Human character, when
holy, gives out as measurable infuen-
ces. Could we watch the dial face OF
the soul when approached by a holy
life we should see the hand DETECTED
many degrees. Let this sanctifying
power go forth. Second, make your
light to shine. The Eddystone tower
has this motto: "To give light and
save life" Christians are thus labeled
by their profession, but shame to
them whose true mission is belled by
the label.
2 If the salt have lost It's sadness.
The preservation of the saints bles-
sed doctrine, but such passages as
this fill with fearful sense of respon-
sibility. Hypocrites are cast ont by