The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-12-31
Third EDITION.


Ihe Rev. John n Howard. D, D.. pastor
~ AsDury ~: e Church. preached most
4tlkriuK and Impressive sermon yesterday
morning to = large congregation. The
sermon was highly spokah Of by many
Doctor CHOSE Tor bis text q part Of the 0th
verse Of tho 9th chapter OF Isaiah. For
Xuto us a child Is born, unto ue a stn Is
Xlson. His subiert wae Christ's Advent
4 tne doctor said. In part, that there we're
e lnslgnllicant births; that all births are
yH Intense Importance, they having In
: {nen the sparks that shall remain forever.
Livery creature That Comes into tho world
u intensely important. Thai he Is to live
iprerer, either IN heaven or hell malxss 1t
important Whensvcr we turn our hacks
on anything We make q mistake.
II man WINS not Immortal, It would
matter little what attention wa gave him,
< guf IL 10 our DUTY TO make his future as
happy a. pgssibie. No matter what the
condition Of the man may be. yet the
inPve OF God IL on every creature, and
fnose who aro iowly to-day may be the
q ~ 81 temperatures TO- morrow. The
cs ctthat gfves attention 70 the masses
vss,g N the church Of influence In tho next
a. atlon. The doctor spoke highly Of
le.aipnnner In which the Roman Catholic
stt'srch Interested heraelf in The interest
o. he masses and the young. The doctor
anid II the Methodist Church had any
weakness, IT. was because 1t did
not look after tho young. The
prosperity OF the church depends upon
the consideration OF the lowly All per.
SONS are not alike. but they all have an
influence. The birth OF Napoleon marked
an Important epoch. not only to France,
but to the whole world. Tne birth OF
so.taire marked terrible epoch In the
France Is cursed because voltatre was
born. Tho birth of Robert q. Iagersol.
uoss not amount 70 as much to this couu.
Try as the birth OF yoltairedid to France.
The doctor SAID II Robert IngersoI's
father would have had religion or prac.
ticed In his home. what he preached in
the pulpit. MS son would have boon OF q
diiierent character. The birth OF Saul of
Iafaus was Of vast Importance to the
world The world is what 1t never
would have been, had not St. Paul been
born. The life that Jeaus lived, can be-
seen In the life OF Paul. The advent Of
jesus. was not to establish new religion.
There were religions long before Christ.
ton.uclus established a religion before
the pirtn OF Christ. and did marvelousiY
well. when we consider what he had to
contend with. Up to the advent OF Christ
Theirs was no personality. no perf1ct man.
Humanity did not want u new religion.
wanted divine personality. Ono VIII
could oe touched with the feeling OF our
1niirinitles. Wei need more of the Divine
personaiity: for he that hath the Son, hath
lie. and he that hath not the Son, hath
not lille. Get Christ and you will have
ME. A great many people seek religion,
and they get It, 1t is spasm, and after
six months when.the Influence OF tho meet.
ing Is over they are gone, because they
knew nothing OF Christ What wa want
is'to seek Christ, aud with St Paul we will
b. able to say ! am cruciiled with Christ.
never theless live. yet not 1 but Christ
lives In me- and the life which now live
IN the hesh, L live by faith in the Son OF
God.
We do not want a spasm; what We wa mt
- Christ IN the soul. In times OF sorrow
and distress. religion flies away, but Jesus
stick, th closer than brother. He will
be with US In the sixth trouble, and in the
seventh lie will not leave U.s. and will 90
With his people to the and OF the world.
Christ Is greater than any truth he taught
aou may not know all the truth, but II
You have Christ you have m lro than the
truth. Christ is a reality to my heart and
soul