The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-28
PREACHING Cnnasr.


Oeraon by Rev. DR. watson - Trinity
PaRssh Church.
Rev. Dr.. Watson. 81 Trinity Parish
church yssterday morning, prsachsd on
the tat taken from Acts Wills: Then
Philip went down to the city Of 6amaria
and preached Christ unto thsm." He
said:
eThsrs are 90 many ways al preaching
Christ in These modern days that IL will
not make an unintesseting study TO in
ouirs - 70 the general characteristics Of
apostolic sermons. such ~ Sc. Peter and
ST. Paul preached 70 their carly converts,
and which We lind scattered here and there
through the book Of the Acts Of the Apos-
ties.
.sBishop Williams. In his noted lectures
upon the history Of the apostolic church,
summed up these chassctsrissics under
.First-The speakers aiways obey that
old rule of rhetoric which bids them put
themselves in relations Of sympathy with
their hearers.
.Sscond--An apostolic sermon. begin
ming With something held In COMMON by
speaker aud hearers. always ends with the
risen Jesus and the resurrection of the
dead.
apart from His institutions and means Of
.Fourth-Thsrs was no exclusion Of
teaching touching moral duties and obj
I'VE NAV we'll believe that Philip, the
deacon. adopted this model when he went
down from Jerusalem 20 Samaria TO preach
Christ unto the people Of that city. For,
although o synopsis Of this sermon 10 not
given US upon tho sacred pags. certain rs-
Its that followed upon his preaching
make US very sure that he did not spcnd
his time in merely rounding eloquent
periods or giving utserance TO popular
views of tho politics or society OF his day
aud nation.
Philip did not ignore the Old Testament,
but regarded the faw ~ . schooimastsr 20
bring men unto Christ: while, in pro-
claiming the Gospel to the GENTLE. he
taught that God hss never Left Himssif
without Witness bat hath. in these last
dsys. spoken more fully BY HE San and
vitslixed both the individual aud that So
cistv which 10 called Chriss's body, the
church, by the power Of the Holy Ghost
.srhe kiursioru Of which Jesus Christ II
the Ever Living King 10 Also more fully
Get forth 10 those Samaritan hearers IN or
der that men may never % ieIs ~ the
cross mourning for crueahsd savior, bat
may rise and ascend In thought and action
70 q realisation OF the ofganioSifs which
sovs from the pierced side OF One who
vas dead but who - nov alive forever
more. and holds the keys Of death and OF
hades. And We NAV DO sars that Chriss
Was NOT preached by 81 Phlllp apart from
His saeramsnts and ordinances. Tor
when they believed him preaching the
things concerning the Kingdom Of God
ana the name Of Jesus Cariss they we're
bapssrsi, both men aud women And
confirmation, TOO. followed soon after oap-
ism. a the hands Of the Apostles 81
Peter and ST. John. thus admit snS tie
converts 10 the sacrament OF me aataf.
ola rem aims bat TO add the direct deal
Ing 81 the Appetite PETER with the ssn Of
ecvetoasness in the case Of simon Aagus
60 prove to rs THAI morality vas not
divorced from. hus west hand In hand
with the teaching oonosrning Christ and
the church IN the earliest and puresf dAys
of thai ss4iowxhip which VAS intended 20
speak fer both faith and duty uata the
end OF time"