The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-06-21

men ask how can He come ard make
His home in the heart. He referred
10 concert in Johnson's Rassales, two
young girls lived together and loved
each other, one of them died and the
other desiring to preserve her friends
memory-kept by her and constantly
handled all her trinkets, thought of
the things she loved, and so much
about her friend that her friend lived
in her. Thus it is that you can have
Christ to dwell in your heart,
mediate upon Christ so that
of His life is constantly glowing and
burning in your soul. This is an alb
solute necessity, if we are Christians
we must have the In dwelling of
Christ.
The preacher said he desired to
make plea for heart culture. we
staIve our own souls and feed our
minds with everything. 1t is an old
legion that in the far North there
lived seven brothers who could throw
away their hearts at pleasure and
could gather them again. One OF
them finally flung his heart away and
could never find il again. Are there
any before mo who have thrown the ir
hearts away and cannot find them
again? Is it lost? Is your spiritual
force gone? Like the engine without
the fire, is there no power i'll your soul
to grapple with the affairs of life.
Someone is going to live with you,
either Christ or the devil. Which
shall it be?
Are the young men and women to
whom l speak giving any training to
their hearts?
The apostle prays for the compre>
hension of the love of Christ. We
read what the Bible says about the
love of Christ, but do we comprehend
ii? Men tell you they never have felt
the love of Christ. What will you
say to them? What would you say to
that human monstrosity who could
not understand a mothers love?
There may be those who never knew
q mothers love, but there is a
mothers love, and nothing can I'M
convince q son that there is not
mothers love. 1t Is the privilege of
Christians to experience the love OF
Christ. Paul says the love OF Christ
is unmeasured and illimitable. Christ
offered himself to the great council
when o sacrifice became necessary.
He offered himself, thereby showing
his great love. No soul is so black
that Christ's love cannot lift it
up and make man OF a
drunken wretch. His love goes up to
heaven, is as broad as the world and
as deep as hell, it passeth knowledge
and men may be filled with all the
graces of God. The apostle says
although He is asked for much He is
able to give us all, Pelion upon Ossa.
There is no measure to the power of
God and there should no limit to
prayer. Pray that you may in some
way comprehend the love of Christ.
You may rise like the eagle above the
storm and the mountain, but you will
never know all until the time comes
when perfect love casteth out fear.
After the sermon the anthem of
Mendelssohn's, o, for the Wing ot the
Dove, was sung by Mrs. Jno. MaXey
and Mrs. Lynn Hunter and Messrs.
Warner and Frank Brown, led by
Miss Pfaeffiin. The coronation hymn
was then sung bp the choir, joined in
full voice by the congregation, when
the benediction was pronounced by
DIR. Robertson.
THE CHOIR
The following is the choir complete
that rendered such excellent music
yesterday:
Trebles- Mesdames Belvin, Maxcy,
Stiles, Misses Barnhart, Bruck, Comp
ton, Downie, May Hollingsworth,
Sadie Moore, Connie Palm, Pfaeff1in.
Rankin.
Altos-Mesdame Lynn Hunter,
Griffith, Misses Downie, Hedspeth,
Numbers and Patrick.
Tepors-Messrs. G. L. Condit, Frank
Brown James Downie, Frank James,
Eugene Schlock and Morris Shep-
herd.
Basses-Messrs. Belvin, Bruck, Her.
bin, Geo. P. Warner and Wyatt.
Cornet-Dr. Baxter.
Musical director-H. Guest Collins.
Soloists-M1s. Maxcy, Miss Pfaeffiin
and Miss c. Palm, Mrs. Hunter, Frank
Brown and Eugene Schoch, Geo. T
Warner.
ToDAY's PROGRAM.
The program of the exercises at the
University today is as follows:
Monday, June IS, at II a. mad
dress before the literary. societies by
Claude Weaver. Esq LII. B. 1877, OF
Gainesville, Tex.
Monday, June IS, at p. m.-An-
nual meeting of the Alumni.
Monday, June IS, at $50 p. M
Alumni address by DR.. M. M. Smith,
NJ. A., $50, of Austin, Tex.
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