The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-28
LAW OF SELF-SACRIFICE.
INTERESTING DIsCOURsE BY REY
 DR. SAVIN, OF DETROIT.
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 Rev. Dr. Savin. of Detrlot, Mieh., was the preacher at Trinity NJ. E, church Sunday morning, and his dis course was listened to by large con- gregation. He chose for his theme The Law of Sacrifice" and for his text the words, He saved others: Him. self He cannot e."-Matthew 27. 42. Both the theme and the text were the same from which Rev. Dr. Brodbeck. of Boston. had preached an intensely interesting sermon on the preceding Sunday.
 He spoke in part as follows:
 These are words of intense derision. In this most terrible of all human hours when the Son of God hung upon the cross-when the one Saviour of the world was being sacrificed these words of mockery are terrible
 lUuS pIDlc duu IeNeIullDu nothing if 1t Is not that salvation Is not in the person of Jesus Christ, but In His blood. It Is the great effort of Christianity to impress world that men become great not through their receipts, but through their expendi- lures. So this great principle of sacrl- flee is everywhere, necessary. When Jacob wrestled with the angel all night 1t was not until his thigh was disloca- ted-until the last form of human strength was broken and conquered that the old Jacob-like perished, and the new life of the Prince of God took its place. This Is also illustrated In the case of the rich young man, who came to Jesus asking what he should do to be saved. Jesus told him to keep the commandments. The youth an his youth upwards, and asked what he still lack. Jesus then applied the cru cial test. Sell all thy goods and fol- low Me, was His command. The Bible records that the young man went away sorrowful.
 Jesus makes us great by bestowing on us the grace of His own spirit. Ever since the days of Rome men have talked a great deal about power, and ever since the days of Alexander the Great men have talked great deal about plunder. A great railroad mag nate in the west one day exhibited to a company of his friends securities amounting to $7S,O00.00O as the best thing he could show. There is no braveness of manhood and woman hood until we learn to forget self And the more we sacrifice self the more we conform to the image of Christ God needs better instrumentalities in this world to-day. He needs lives here to-day to be spent in the service of the great King. God wants to use us, which he can only do by our being absolutely placed in his power. The world needs men and women to present the word of the Lord Jesus, and who will spend themselves in His name and for his dear sake. IT,.
 If you will look just little closer you will find that thds sacrifice of sell makes life greater, Hannibal when he led his host into Italy made great sac. rifice. Socrates, to get his philosophy to the world, had to drink the poison hemlock. We must all be crucified to live unto God. The great question to. day is how shall we save the great masses about us. This we can only dc by going to them With the strength and power of, the word of God in our hearts
 'Tn town in Sweden were born two lads-one John Ericsson and Ole Bull They played together as boys, but when they grew up their paths lay fa1 apart. John Ericsson became the great ship-builder and inventor; Ole Bull the great violinist. One day Ole Bull was giving concert in New York. He went up to Ericcson's mills to visit the friend of his boyhood. He invited him to come to the concert in the evening But John Ericsson said that he was busy all day and far into the night Well, if you do not come to the concert I will bring my violin up here to-mor- row morning and play to you here,' an- swered the great musician. If you do I will break your violin to pieces,' was the answer he received from Ericsson. But the box at the opera house was empty in the evening, and the next morning, sure enough, up came Ole Bull with his violin. And he brought such heavenly strains from his instru- ment that John Ericsson and all his men stopped from their work to listen. When the music ceased John Ericsson cried Play on, play on; keep on play ing! I never knew there was such mu- sicv
 We would all of us do well to emu late Ole Bulls example and go to men and conquer them in spite of rebukes and rebuffs, so that they will say to us, Play on, play on, play on. Inever heard such music before!"
 The pastor, Rev. Dr. Vail. will be present next Sunday and administer the communion in the morning and preach in the evening. His vacation is the month of August. .v.