The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-12
TO CHILDREN.
Eloquent Address Of Rev. D.
&. Powell Last Sunday.
Delivered at the Broad Street Chris
tian Church on ChiIdren's Sunday.

noon last devoted his discourse TO the
children in recognition OF the fact that
the day was generally observed as Chii-
dren's Sunday.
The clergyman took for his text, First
Epistle OF John, ii, xviii: And
now my little children, abide IN Him;
that IL He shall be manifested, we may
have boldness, and not be ashamed before
Him at His coming"
children to the words found in the chap
ter read; viz, First Epistle of John, second
chapter and 2Sth verse, and III you don
remember anything more hope you Will
remember the text, and take 1t home and
read it, and study it, and commit it, ana
repeat II and re-repeat 1t over ana over
again to yourselves, that 81 am coming"
1t will make you better boys and girls;
better men and women.
.And now my little children, abide in
Him; that il He shall be manifested, we
may have boldness, and not be ashamed
before Him at His coming" i realize
that when these words were spoken they
were spoken by an old man to his children
in the gospel; but / remember little
song which used to sing, and two lines
Of IL were these:
ssMen are only boys grown tall;
Hearts don't change much. after ALL
And oftentimes that which is good for
the children, is also good for those VINO
are little larger, and am going to try
to talk to the children this afternoon,
and, il the older people are not Interested
why, wish you would be.
Sand now my little children, abide in
Him; that II He shall be manifested, we
may have boldnesg and not be ashamed
before Him at His coming"
This Sabbath h morning eighteen hundred
years after the writing OF this text, nnds
us in the house of God, in the interests OF
the children, and as we reflect for few mo-
ments, upon the great spiritual advance
ment and culture which obtain through
out the land, our hearts are uplifted IN
prayer and Thanksgiving to Almighty
God, who giveth every good Pad perfect
gift, that the boys and girls are being
taught from this Book, Gods Book,
the Divine word of God. That those
4 upon .4whom our hopes i'm the future
rest, and upon whom the welfare OF
that future depends, are being taught
its precepts and exhortatlons. IL
you will but study and obey Ii, II
will make you men ana women who
will be true, and noble, and good, and
pure and holy. That these boys and girls
are being taught that divine gift, that
divine spirit OF the Son OF God, that when
the older ones, who now bear the burden
and the heat OF the day, shall be laid away
to rest beneath The cold, damp ground,
these boys and girls shall then come Tor
ward and bravely shoulder the burdens
and responsibilities of life, and carry them
forward to the complete fulhllment OF
their noblest purposes and highest en-
deayors, and thus. by being and doing
Just what God would have us to be and to
do, we will be helping to get the world
ready for that greatest OF events, which
is yet to take place, the coming OF the
Lord and Savioar, Jesus Christ.
want to present this subject just in
the light that shal. endeavor TO do, for
4 I'M ha
largely, have not this subject presented
to fhem--the subject of the coming of our
Lord Jesus. And here let me say that the
followers of the Lord Jesus Christ, today,
are looking forward to that time when
the risen and gioritied Lord shall come
for the second time without sin unto
salvation, with power and great glory,
and ell holy angels with him. When lie
shall come to this redeemed world TO
gather up his jewels.
His coming is learned from the Divine
Word. 1t is certain. For you know that
He said to His disciples, "If / go, Twill come
again. AMI his disciples also on the day
OF His ascension were told by the angels
as they looked after their assembled Lord:
ssThis same Jesus, whom you have seen
going up to heaven, shall come again
in like manner as ye have beheid Him
going into heaven"
The time Of the coming OF Christ i will
not try to tell you, for 1 find that at the
time when Jesus was assembled with His
disciples, and they came to ask him OF
this very matter. He told them, "Ot that
day and that hour knoweth no man; no,
not the angels, neither the son, but the
Father only Jesus Himself, the divine
Son Of God, who came from the courts OF
glory, could not tell them when He should
appear the second time. John, in the
text before us, does not endeavor to tell
us; but he just simply exhorts US as chill
dren, that we "Abide in Him." that when
s'He shall appear, we may have boldness
and not be ashamed before Him."
Jesus also exhorted His disciples in the
same strain, saying, "Abide in me-" and
he told them: swatch, be ready and pre-
pared, with your lamps trimmed and
burning, that when the Master shall
come, you may be ready TO go in with Hin
to the marriage supper of the Lamb" He
tells US that IL we ask anything of Him
He will give it us: "If ye abide in me, and
my words abide in you, We shall ask what
We will, and 1t shall be done unto you
And i think that great many times
the little children, the boys and girls II
their association with their fellows, neeC
30 much to abide in Jesus, but not more
than we, who are older children. in oul
association with our fellow men.
About us on every hand we behold S,
much of evil. We meet with those who's
mouths are stained with everything vile
whose nehfts hIe cTlinsOu Win SIN, hn'
we need TO abide in Him.
What is 1t TO abide in Jesus? Ii only jus
means this: Just live in Him; Civ
your life to Him. IL means &
trust Him, to put everything in Hi
hands and to feel and realize tha
you want to be led and desire to
led and guided in truth, that your youn
lives may not be stained with sin, bu
that you may grow up TO young manhoo
and young womanhood, true men an
women whom the world will delight {
honor, and to whom the world will loo
up TO with respect.
And there are two reasons why yo
should do this. One of these reasons
that we should be fruit bearing Chris
tians. And 4 want 10 say that there
met one here who In too young TO bet
fruit to Christ. A father at one time can
mp the aisle OF a church, leading by tn
hand q little, trembling, puny chill
about nine years OF age. lie can
to receive the hand of welcor
into the church, and after tt
hand of welcome had been extende
to him, he said: "Now let me say
word" Taking the little child mp ini