Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-28
SENl-CENTENNlAL SERMON.
Rev. j, Morgan Wells breaches an
Eloquent Sermon,
PATRIOTISM AND PIErY UNITE
In This Matter to Show the World What
Texas Is,
Why Fort worth Comes Into the
Hccora-Tbc Annexation II Great
Thing for Christianity nnd chris
tianity u Great Thing for Texas.

his subject the seml-Ccntcnnlul OF
Texas statehood attracted u very large
congregation to tle morning services
In that church, DR., Wells spoke ga
follows;
My text may be found In the e2nd
chapter sist verse. OF Matthew. Rem
der unto Caeeur the things that are
Caesar'e, ana unto God the things thap
are Gods"
Tho subject which 1 shall treat In
the light Of this text iu the semi-cen-
tounpl OF the stute of Texas and Fort
WORTH from religious standpoint, or
the harmony Of patriotism and piciy.
] use the word "hurmouy' advisediy.
II meana, originally, Joint; and thcrc
were many umgs In the beginning OF
creation which God gJoincd together
hat man has dlHIoined, BY his arlin-
ciUl knife. and one OF theHe thinH
which God united waa the harmony OF
religion aud the world that de had
created The word harmony" de-
scrlbes that state Of AFFAIRS which re-
suits from proper understanding on
proper relations Wherever there ia u
lack Of harmony you viii always div
cover that there has been lack OF
understanding. which, n II has not
hecn the cause. has been the occasion
ut THIS lack OF harmony, Tho word W.
used also OF muslcal tones. describing
smoothly ilowing sounds blending into
whnt we call symphony DiHcprduut
sounds arc doacribcd by the word 'in-
harmonious" Wherever there W. that
1 tUa
harmony; wherever there are dlHcord-
ant notes, they are impressed upon the
! delicate ear that NJ backed by u must
cal taste MS out Of harmony. The word
'hnrmony" IN used, also, OF the uni-
! verse, We look over the universe,
speak OF the harmony OF the universe.
referring to Its laws that work To-
| gcther Ia perfect accord, with perfect
! smOc thnesa. The laws or nature nA
/ found In the mineral kingdom, work.
! ing I'm harmony with tho vegetable ana
| animal kingdoms; the lava ~ the sea-
| sons Of the day, OF the night, OF suh-
shine. OF darkness, OF the elemcnia, OF
! fire and air. and water; these arc HnO-
I ken or ua the laws and described uH tho
| harmony ~ the universe. rhrn we
] speak OF the harmony Of citizonH, whore
| there n peace IA land, where there 10
| no Internal trouble Of state on govern
| mont We aponlS also, those Who are
] NtluNlnIni WIN iWt hNNlptAi'Nt VI AhN
] harmony OF the scriptures, and book
/ has boon written called "rhc Harmony
/ Of the Gospcl There are certain
! things contained In the different parla
! 0f tho New Testament that do not
seem TO harmonic chrOnologlrnly with
other things IN the New Testament.
| This harmony OF the gospel puts those
| pusFnEcH ia scripture together and
they form n chronological harmony.
| pythagorna 5000 years ago was such
| AN acute observer or the hcnyens that
he smoke about the harmony or the
music OF the Hphcroa: that tho motions
OF the great heavenly bodies were Mt
tuned by such perfect law that ms
] higher nature could hcnr the very nu-
vic of-thc spheres. that could not be
hcnrd by duller cars Thus this word
harmony hng many applications.
In tho unlvorfo thOre nre things good
and things bad. An the earth ana the
things thereon, both good and bad, we
call the world Look about you; look
into your hcnrts. and ask yourselves
FOR n definition OF the word ~ yUn un-
dorsland u. nnd lts meaning includes
! all things which go 10 make M the
! world. whether good or bad, That 70
called tho world. But there ia mani
fold USE OF this word world" whloh
has produced Misunderstanding IN
the minds or men. ana THIS mlaunder-
standing has destroyed the harmony
or religion and the world TO Il certain
extent In the past, hence thorc has
been an antagonlsm between the world
! and tho churches IN the days TINT arc
gone. There Is nntaFonlsm between
| the world and the churches today,
whore there ought to be the utmost
hnrmony. and this 1nlagonism arises
/ from the fact that there has been a
divorce Of the world nnd religion, which
| God united together Now, for Instance.
this word has In the acrlptures various
understandings: IN the nTst place, the
world - used TO represent tho wicked
pnrt Of H. Christ says IT the world
hate you, remember that u hated nc
also" Nobody but n wicked man
would hato Christ and no world but
wicked world could hate Christ. Again,
wo md John saying Love not the
world neither the Things thnt are m
| the world, for n you love the world
the love OF God n not In YOU Now,
you see that use Of the word u to place
II ms synonym with wiekedncsH.
But let us 10 further We find this
expression, that makes the world an ob-
feet Of Coda love; and God does not
love anything that " wicked. He hates
sin. and yct it IL said thnt r'tlOd 10
loved the world that he Rave his only
beroiten Son that whonnevcr bclinveth
In Him should not perish. but have
everlasting life" SO the "r0rld" In
that light has q dihofcnt meaning
But 10 20 further. The world ~ put
IN another case ior the good that Is IN
The universe. God was Ia Christ rec
onciilnF The world unto Himself Those
who are roconcllod unto God represent
and embrace the good that are upon
tho face Of the earth. Then we have
another idea nf the world: That the
world was made by God: md whatever
came from Ooi's hand IA good. God
never made anything that WIS bad:
ana yet these multiplied uses Of the
word "world' have created such an
understanding IN tho human mind and
cnuscd theologinns 10 Interpret the
word OF God IN so many diverse Ways
that Il has utterly destroyed the per
feet harmony or religion nod lhr world.
Another thought; what God has
inined together. let no man put asun-
der God ~ tho author OF the true
In religion. II comes from His great
heart OF love II hive loved thee With