The herald., 1895-10-21
Church of the Nazarene

SnuFCn OF the INdZufSHc
In ths church of the Nazarene, at 3l7
South Main street, the morning sermon
yesterday was preached by DR.. J. P. Wild
ney from the words OF Christ to Peter,
Follow Me. Matt. iv: ~.
The sermon gave an exposition of the
text and what this call meant to Peter.
The second portion explained the plans
and purposes of the new work In the city
mission field. Following is brief out
line of DR.. Widney's Sermon:
"What is meant by the command. Fol-
low Me-? Notice that Christ does not
say, Accept the creed which l frame /;
Observe the church forms or rituals l
devise. He only said, Follow Me. lie
was as though he had said Come, live
My life with Me.
a"Have you ever stopped to think that
Christ had no church edilice for His SER
vice; gave no forms save a simple prayer
that a child may repeEt: framed no for.
NAL creed? The nearest to creed was
when He was asked, Master, which is
the great commandment in the lawp and
the reply was: Thou shalt love the Lord
thy God with all thy heart and with all
tiny soul and with all try mind And
the second Is like unto it, Thou shalt
love thy neighbcr as thyself.' On these
two commandments hang all the Jaw and
the prophets.
ct is the simple Christ life which the
world hungers tor and which gives birth
to the cry that goes ID from all lands, We
are tired of forms and creeds; let us go
back to Christ. And Ii is this Christ life
which we are to take out with US ana
teach and live in this city mission work
which is our chosen field.
yet the question has been asked,
why not do this work under present
church lines with their machinery, In
stead of forming new organization for
lt?' The question contains Its own an
swer-it is because of the machinery.
1t was not deemed wise to take the
machinery and the methods which have
already been tested and found in some
way to be inadequate to the work.
"Our name-The church OF the Naza-
rene, which came to US with prayer, is
the name which especially expressed the
toiling, lowly mission of Christ. the
name which he used of Himself. the
name which was used in derisior of Him
by His enemies, the name which above
all others links him to the great toiling,
struggling, sorrowing heart of the world.
at Is Jesus, Jesus of Nazareth, to
whom the world in it's misery and de-
SPAR turns that it may have hope.
1.-The thought of this city mission work
is not new. Years ago ny wife and my
self had occasion to pass through the
heart OF the city one Sabbath afternoon.
As we looked upon the crowded streets
the thought of this work came to US,
the thought that some one must go back,
not simply send, but go, and to take up
this work. With the years came other
work to be done. yet the thought OF this
was always like a burden upon Us. and
we could not rest. By other pathways
DR.. Bresee was approaching the work
through the years. The day came when
we both found the old work done, the
old ways closed, and one common path
way opening up before as. We simply
claspd hands and said. 1t is of God. We
will enter together.
And yet other hearts, with the same
burden upon them, were coming by yet
other pathways. Today we stand as q
banu of Christian workers and together
we enter in and take up the toll.