The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-23

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Man and in the Evening Chose for Hit
Subject, "The Rich Young Man"-B Both
Sermons TEEN With Wisdom and Powei
and Proves That the Wichita Boy
Ia Not Only a Fluent and Eloquent
Speaker, But Deep and Profound
Thinker Well.
Another Wichita boy has come to the
front Wichita, since its first plat of
land was laid out, has given the world
her share of genius, in the line Of pro-
fesssions; this time forceful eloquence
at the request of many OF his friends,
spoke at the Central Chris tain church
Sunday, both morning and evening.
Mr. Garrison is not only an earnest
christian, but a deep thinker and an elo-
quent speaker, and he held his large au-
diences spellbound as the words of wis
dom dropped from his lips. He is a
successful minister and Wichita may
justly feel proud Of him.
In the morning he choose for his text,
Gods Love" This is the very essence
of christianity and the very soul Of re-
ligion. If all other worls were obliter-
ated man would yet cling to this one
| thought, God loves man. Theologfans
have enormously come to the conclu-
sion that before Christ came into the
world, God was angry with man, but
what could convince us of the mistake
more than the thought that God loves
His children, and all through His word
| He shows His great love. His love is
enduring forever. The only f1lustPa-
ton which 1 can give that may be Tx
ened to the love of God is a mothers
love. Man may be separated from his
| wife and sister from brother, but a
mother never forgets her offspring. The
| only thing God hates is sin. Human
| love demands love in return. but Gods
| love is free. Our possessions, time
and words cannot compensate His love
From the beginning Of time love has al
ways manifested itself in gifts, SO God
has manifested his love in gifts, in the
way Of beautiful showers, the glory OF
the midday sun, life, intellect, and all
| that goes TO make man happy, but fore
most to all, His beloved son. Faith,
| the condition of personal acceptable
| ~ with God. One of the conditions
which God demands Of man is faith il
His son. In the beginning, God ere
eted man in His own image and He has
all times forborne TO destroy His own,
| image in man; thus, the thought of uni
versalism is universal iconoclasm. God
| will not destroy the divinity of man.
| Gods promises to man have always
been conditional, hence to gain the re-
| wards He offers We must serve and
obey His loving commands. Faith
| Of
| brings man in direct communicated
| with his maker; faith is the gate to the
| celestial city, and, my friends, # you
have not already sought this opening,
select it now-now is the acceptable
| time"
For his subject for the evening SER
vice, Rev. Garrison chose 'The Rich
! Young Man.
From the point which I view this
! theme, it is my opinion that this young
man did not lack a right conception
| of life. He was a thoughtful young
man; he had studied the problem of life,
and was anxious to inherit eternal life.
| He was anxious to obtain the promise
Of everlasting life through some meri-
| torious deed. 1t seems that up to the
| moment when he. come to Christ that he
had been model young man, and had
kept the commandments. He possess
ed all Of those things which are taken
together to make life attractive-wealth
position, fame and friends. Many
men haven't got time to attend TO re-
ligiouS matters; they always have
something very important to do, and
let their wives take care of the reli-
gious part Of their lives, and when they
come TO die will go to heaven by
'nTOXV xr-fxr will
| represent them there as they have here.
Not so with this young man. but he
| came running 20 Jesus, imploring OF
Him the way to obtain eternal life.
Nan can't lay aside his evil habits at
pleasure; Of this / am sure. Religion is
not robe that we can throw over our
shoulders when passing through the
gates Of death. Christianity is growth.
Men are born babes. and by growth
reach the prime of life; so with Christ
fans. AS we study this young man, we
observe that he had q great force of
character. and when Christ saw him He
loved him. The only thing which he
lacked seemed a nearness to Christ. for
he was very wealthy and loved his rich
es and power. He loved law and purity
and the only thing that stood between
him and his God. was riches. Christ
demands a sacrifice of those who would
serve Him. He desired of the young
ruler that Ia go and sell what ever he
had and give TO the poor, but the young
man loved his riches more than he
did God, and could not sacrifice all on
the altar of love. Come and follow
me- not in ease and luxury. but among
the outcasts and the vile,' bear the
proud man contumely and assist the
oppressed. Many people serve God
from three motives: some serve Him for
reward; some through fear of eternal
punishment, and others through love.
Those that serve Him for rewards must
be told Of the beautiful streets lined
with gold. and It's my candid that the
Lord VIII have TO employ a special
squad OF police to keep them from car
rylng off some of the golden bricks OF
the golden streets Of that celestial city
II they ever get there. Those who serve
Him through fear must be told of a
burning lake Of fire in which God
douses His disobedie1t children. But
those who serve Him out % love ara
worthy Of all acceptation. This young
man having a right conception OF life.
recognizing in Christ a wise teacher.
came and learned the way OF eternal
lie but failed 10 obey Il Is strange
how man VIII permit small things 20
shut out ray OF light. A copper cent
held close 10 the pupil will shut out the
light OF day, from the eye OF man.
This young man is not mentioned again
ii the bible and therefore We deduct the
conclusion that he choose riches n
preferences 10 following Christ. Today
Christ maks this same demand Of YOU.
He asks you 70 sacrifice, rot your rich