St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-05
GIVE GOD HIS DUE.
FATHER LAWLER DRAWS LES
SONS FOR IRRELIGIOUS PEO-
PIE FROM
JERUSALEM'S DESTRUCTION
GOODNESS OF THOSE WHO FOR
GET GOD IS ONLY ONE
SIDED.
CHE DANGERS OF DECEPTION.
Rev. j. w. COnIey Pictures Them
in n FOrcefuI Pulpit Dis
course.

Herewith is given brief synopsis
of the sermon preached yesterday
morning at ST. Luke's church by the
pastor, Father Lawler, on the de-
struction of Jerusalem:
1t was Christ'S last visit to JeruSa-
lem. At the sight of the city He wept
over it. To human eye it would not
seem to be an object of pity. 1t had
prosperity and grandeur. 1t enjoyed
what earth could give, what heart
could desire, and so long had it been
the recipient of heavenly favors that it
was styled the Holy City. To the Jew
it was a Mecca than which none was
more beautiful, none more holy. And
yet there was reason for our Savior's
tears. There was room for sadness in
the thought of the city'S blindness
and ingratitude; there was bitterness
in the foreknowledge that it would re-
fuse to, believe in the Messiah and
that terrible punishment was in store
for it; there was a pang in the rehec-
ton that people once so favored,
so dear to the heart of heaven, was
soon to become a castaway. Jerusa-
lem had become ungrateful.
Benevolence spurned is a wound to
the benefactor. History furnishes a
striking Illustration. Caesar defended
himself against the cowardly Casca?
and would have resisted the attack of
the other conspirators, but when he
saw the steel flashing in the hand of
Brutus, to whom he had been a bene-
factor, he let go his grasp of Casca
and drawing his robe over his face
h1,t lot ],
all the pathos of a wounded friend,
What, thou, too, Brutus" Such and
a myriad times deeper was Jerusalem S
ingratitude toward heaven. 1t would
not see. 1t would not believe. 1t per-
severed in its evil course until the
measure of its iniquity was filled,
until heavens patience gave way to
heavens wrath. Never, perhaps, has
the historian had to record a more
tragic end to greatness than Jerusa-
LENS destruction by Titus, the Roman
general, some years after Christ fore
told it from Mount Olive 1t is a
warning to nations and individuals
who abuse divine graces. The part of
Jerusalem is acted again and again
Every Christian soul is an abode of
favors greater than those lavished on
that ungrateful city. There is many
an migrate repaying love and mercy
with disobedience and Indifference.
Speaking Of people who study to gain
only human appreciation and who care
little for the Divine estimate of their
lives, Father LAWYER said: Multitudes
of Christians are satisfied with natural
goodness. Their aim is to gain the
sanction of this world The super
natural ingredient is not found in their
lives. Then there is too much sham
goodness. People seek to be para CONS
of excellence in appearance, no matter
what they are in reality. Over all
such Jesus has just cause to weep.
1t is misnomer to call those good
and honest who leave religion out of
their lives. They are not so good. not
so honest as their neighbors. who be-
sides the fulfilment of this life's obli-
cations, give God what belongs to
Him. They who fail in their religious
obligations have only one-sided good
ness. There are duties to earth. to
nome, to country; but equally true it
is That there are other duties just as
real and much more important to
soul, to church, to God. Appearances
are not enough. A man may be a.
Kind husband, a loving father a
pleasant companion, an agreeable
nelghbor, responsive to the appeal of
the afflicted, obedient to his country's
laws; but if he, knowingly, fails to full
MI his obligations to the higher world.
ne falls short of supernatural goodness
IN the sight of God. He does not give
God His share. He does not respect
the divine rights over him.