The herald., 1895-10-21
East Los Angeles Baptist Church

In the presence of large audience Rev.
George E. Dye delivered sermon at the
East LosAngeles Baptist church yesterday
morning on Applied Christianity. For
ths foundation of his remarks he took
the words which constituted the first tie xt
from which Christ spoke to the assem- bled
multitude at Nazareth: 1.-The spirit of
the Lord is upon Me, because He hath an
ointed Me to preach the gospel to the
poor, He hath sent me to heal the broken
hearted, to preach deliverance to the cap.
tives and recovering of sight to the blind,
to set at liberty them that are bruised.
He said IN brief:
docs the church represent Christ in
these particulars? In some quarters it
does, IN other quarters it does not. The
poor do not always havs the gospel
preached to them. The church should
not be satisfied to give to the poor the
Lazarous missions and crowd themsout
OF the high-tone churcnes. The poor
are entitled to the best the church can
afford. There may be chasm between
the church and the 10 boring man in some
quarters, but there is none between the
East Los Angeles Baptist church and the
workingman. Every sunday the laboring
men and their families are seen in the
pews and they are welcome. The wor&s
ing meH know tpey have friend in this
church. Last week a laboring man re-
fused.to drive nail on Sunday in front
of the church if be lost his job.
christianity has not changed, but
it has changed and is still changing its
speech, its voice and its accent. Twenty
five years ago scarcely an alluslon was
made from the pulpit to the rights of
man. Inequalities of opportunity and
privilege, contrasts and conflicts Of classes
the oppression of wealth and the wrongs
OF working men. women and children,
III lid ~. 4
voice of the pulpit in intelligent and
spiritual quarters are changing. Love
toward our fellow man is emphasized.
The uplifting of humanity, the practical
aid to the oppressed, the relief of the
sick, are the special plea. The brother
hood of man is set forth in more earnest
appeal. The royal law of St. James is ap-
piled.
The aim of the church IN tie past has
been to save men out of the world in
stead of perfectlng men to live in the
world and harmonize themselves with
their environments. Men are no less
fitted for another life, but they are fitted
i folr the next life by being fitted for. the
life that now is. In order to get to
heaven they must have heaven to get to
heaven IN. Applied Christianity calls
for relieving tie captive from sin, recov-
ering him from the blindness of ignor-
ance and superstition, healing the
DToken -nearted by calling mCn ana
women to love. by calling legislatures to
justice, commercial men to honesty, So
ciety to leave off ITS shams and planting
all men everywhere on the principles of
self-sacritice. Existing society is estab-
llshed on false principles. Every man
Tor himself is the motto. Order is pre-
served by standing armies and selfishhess
is the rule. Applied Christianity calls
for change to the fair principles of
hrist which are the principles of love,
equity and fairness.
Christ was rich but for our sake He
became poor, He sacrificed Himself to
aid humanity, to condescend to men of
low estate. He sent out the twelve and
the seventy and they returned, saving
the very devils were subject to us. Why?
Because they we're actuated by principles
of love and self-sacrifice. The crucifixion
of seltishness would pring down the new
heaTen to the new earth. II men would
quit lighting for their rights ana fight for
righteousness we would soon see the
golden age of Christianity in the brother
hood of man.
The new heaven and tho new earth
will come and is coming in proportion as
each person applies the teachings OF
Christ to himself and his surroundings.
We have all of heaven on earth now that
we wish. We can have more as we APP
ply ourselves and sacrifice to bring the
teachings of Christ into our everyday
lives"