The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-08
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Christ into our everyday life. This
was the very first step to be taken to
lead to q higher Christian life, which
would give us the power to live as
Christ lived 1t is one thing to believe
that Jesus Christ is the son OF a God
and another thing to receive Him as is
shown in the Bible. Until this first
step is taken the Lord will not accept
us. You first receive the power that
YOU may be like Jesus. You then
receive the Lord from on high,
He pictured the Christian as bell
diver, the love OF the Lord Jesus sur
rounding the Christian as does the
rubber suit of the bell diver. The
second step WAS that of confessing
Christ before the world. There are
two ways of confessing Christ. One
way is by our lives, and the other,
which is spoken most OF in the Bible.
is that of confessing Christ by word of
mouth The necessity and fruits Of
confessing Christ. both by word and
life, were vividly portrayed, 1t
was shown in the speakers
illustrations that good work
was done by both confessions
Tue third step was the efficacy of
PRAYER There are two ways of pray
ing; one for everything the person
thinks Of, worldly and otherwise, and
the other was the prayer which reaches
its destination. That one which asks
for the necessities Of life and the glory
of God. The next step was the study
OF the Word. Unless the Bible was
studied in the spirit of prayer and in
utmost reverence, it was time wasted.
1t should not be studied as matter OF
duty, but because we love God and
wish to learn His way and live it. The
next and fifth step was our
attendance to church duties.
The faithfulness in fulfilling the
church duties was one Of ths most i'm
portant steps. The sixth step was fel.
lowship. II their are two persons who
are not in fellowship one with the
other, it is distinct proof that they are
not walking in the light nor following
in the footsteps of the Saviour.
The next step was to get to work
There is no use to hold evangelistic
services unless the people do their ut
most TO contribute to its success, and he
hoped that not one would leave the
church without concluding to do some
thing for Christ, even though 1t
be to carry ticket to
some friend. The last step was
never give up" Never render your
heart to the adversary Of your soul. Ii
you stumble and fall arise again and
push forward, but never give mp. A
peoples service was held at 3 80 p. m.
and a meeting was also held in the
evening. There will be no meeting
this afternoon but Mr.. Gillian will
preach this evening at 80.
The large barn, together with the
sausage factory, ice house. etc., owned
by J. E. Schuller, the Blakely street
butcher, was destroyed by fire yester.
day morning. The large tenement
house owned by Hoadley VanCamp,
which was in close proximity. was
damaged to the extent of 5000. Three
valuable horses were burned, two OF
them dying in the stalls, and tho third
was 30 horribly burned that it
was afterward shot. The loss
Mr.. SchuIlsr sustains will sggre.
gate in the neighborhuod of
50 900 The only insurance was that
of the barn, which amounts to 5000
The fire was discovered by John Aunie.
a brakemanswho aroused the neigh
bors, but too'late to save anything ex'
cept Ione horse. Mr.. Schuller and others
who were early on the scene claim that
the fire was OF incenjisry origin as the
flames were at first confined to the rear
portion of the structure and burst
through into the stalls and hay loft
about the time they arrived. The
barn contained several tons of hay and
straw, which burned fiercely. spreading
its flames to the adjoining buildings,
which were saved after much valiant
work by the firemsn. No clue to the
culprit can be gained, but suspicious
characters were seen prowling around
about that time.