The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-16
HIS MOTTO FOR THE YEAR.
Rev. A. NJ. williams Sermon at wes-
ley Monumental.

ley Monumental.
Rev. A. NJ. Williams began the new con-
ference year at Wesley Monumental
church yesterday. with a sermon appro-
pirate to the occasion. He preached on
the motto for the new conference year.
The music, too, was a special feature,
being led by Mrs. Steele of Chicago. who
is visiting in Savannah She sang Lead
Kindly Light" as the offertory, and her
clear soprano voice filled the church and
delighted all of her hearers. The other
members of the choir We're Miss Stella
Pease, Miss Belle Pacetti, Miss Alderman,
Messrs. ]. c. Hardy, c. H. Carson, E. X
Demmond and A. b. Brooks.
Rev. Mr.. Williams took his text from
l Cor, II, 2, For 1 determined not to
know anything among you save Jesus
Christ and him crucihed." He said:
'Itfs very proper that at the beginning
of new years pastorate we should take
"a comprehensive view of our work and it's
spirit. think there can be no better motto
for our next year than this of Paul l think
this text means two things:
Jesus Christ and him crucified shall
be the supreme and controlling motive
power of our work. The principles revealed
in the character, mission and sacrifice,
shall be the principles upon which all the
work of church and life shall administer
The text has been greatly misunder-
stood. Many have understood il to refer
to the theme of our work. Some have con-
fined ii to the name and have thought
their work was specially to be commended
because they repeated these words after
the order of a magician, when in no real
sense did they understand the meaning
of the apostle.
"Others have had a slightly larger view
considered IN
fine their work to preaching the atonement
and it's immediate cognate doctrines. Most
of this style of preaching is mere talking
about Jesus and him crucified," while
the one who on the basis of Jesus in his
person, mission teaching and work
breaches on even what is called secular
themes, is preaching Jesus and not merely
about him.
lone method merely analyses Jesus and
labels the parts according to a scheme of
classification; the other takes Jesus, his
spirit, power, temper into all the concerns
1t is worth our while to study this
question more closely. According to
which meaning did Paul know only Jesus
and him crucitied. That it was the latter
is seen in the nature of this epistle to
the Corinthians. 1t can be taken as the
type of his preaching 10 that church. In
this epistle we see a larger number of
topics handled than in any other he wrote.
"Then too, Paul wrote several letters
to young preachers, giving them instruc-
tions in their work. How does he ad-
wise them? How are we TO understand his
method of knowing nothing but Jesus and
him crucihed2
"Pauls epistle to Timothy was the last
he wrote. The last page must have been
written with a trembling hand In the
first epistle he discusses the purpose of
the law in a most graphic manner, speci-
flying for whom IL was intended. He en-
larges the commission, and makes ii all
comprehensive. Two principles he LAYS
down, Anything that is contrary to
sound teaching of an ethical character
and the measure is the glorious gospel of
the blessed God"
In the epistle to Titus Paul says he
left Titus to set in order things want
ing and to ordain elders. He then out
lines what is. TO be taught: Great eternal
general principles. but that is not enough
/ There are special and particular applica-
tions TO individuals and classes. There
are instructions for the aged. the young,
| for servants and for political duties
Now Paul was knowing.
Jesus Christ and him crucifed when
he wrote how magistrates should be treat
ed as Well as when he spoke of how Jesus
gave himself 10 redeem US from all mi
guilty.
another means by which we are
able TO judge Pauls meaning y in his
method OF preaching as described in the
Acts. He first proclaimed the principles
on the religion of Jesus as they could
he related 20 the people TO whom ne was
preaching When the gospel began 10
take cmect be applied Its principles spe-
cihcalY % cases and classes arising in
MS ministry. Ills public denuncatlon OF