The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-05-30
SUNDAY NIGHT.

Rev. C. A. Buchanan preached at
the Baptist church Sunday night. The
sermon was in no way connected with
the school exercises, but large num-
ber of young ladies were present and
enjoyed the sermon. Miss Criley
favored the audience with one of her
best solos, and the choir singing was
up to the usual high standard.
Mr.. Buchanan read the second chap
ter ef Exodus, and took Moses for his
text. He began by saying that he
missed two members of the church
from their accustomed places. When
ne had preached here in former years
they were always present, and if alive
tonight would be present. The death
of one of these was strong testimony
of the truth of the religion of Christ.
| thank God for such life and for
such death.
Moses was a grea. law-giver, a great
general and 4 great man; he was
patient-mOre so than job He was L
good man IN every respect, and yet
don't like him as well as l do some
others. We like many people who are
not good; we overlook their faults;
we ought to like them simply because
they are good, but we don't. | like
David better, and like Elijah better;
| like Peter, but l do not like John the
Baptist as 1 should. can't say thing
against him. Sometimes goodness does
not enter into our consideration.
The story of Moses reads like a
romance. " hen PharaOhs daughter
found him she wanted nurse for him,
to nurse him. She was Il magnificent
nurse. How she loved him, and
showered kisses on him on the sly Yes,
she was Il royal nurse. She taught him
IN the religion of his fathers, and kept
him from the idolatry of the Egyptians.
The mother was the great power be-
hind the throne; but she had to be
careful. He grew to manhood, and
refused to be called the son OF
Pharaoh's daughter, and gave up all
the attractions of life in n palace. 1
consider this the greatest thing he ever
dId. He one day found an Egyptian
and an Israelite fighting, and he slew
the Egyptian. The Bible does not
attempt to palliate the matter, but
simply states the facts. Ii is the only
book in the world that tells the truth,
the whole truth, and nothing else but
the truth about all things. In other
words it was not made to sell. Wendell
Phillips was one hundred years ahead
of his time; so Moses, Paul and Jesus
were ahead of their time. Jesus was
one hundred centuries ahead of his
time. 1t is hard to make people under
stand some things. Tell farmer he
knows nothing of farming and you in
suit him; tell a merchant he knows
nothing of his business, and he becomes
angry; tell these musicians they know
nothing of music, and you insult them,
vet your preachers tell you that you are
not spiritual and you answer, ''yes,
that's So" He tells you that yOu do
not hold frequent communion with
God, and you answer, ''yes, that's so. "
The merchant, the farmer and the
musician ought To be worth one hun
dred cents on the dollar in church
affairs. Moses was good at other
things, but when God wanted TO send
him To deliver Israel, he said 'sWho am
| to deliver Israeli" The way to get
some men to do a thing is to tell them
they can't do it. A large book was
once written to prove that steamboat
navigation across the ocean was i'm
possible, because no boat could be
built large enough TO carry enough coal
to complete the trip; yet the first
steamer that crossed the Atlantic
carried copy of that book. Tell ii
man he can't do thing and he will go
and do it. Let us all be as active IN
our church affairs as we are in business
or political life.
The services were closed by singing
No. ll6, and the benediction by Rev.
W. A. Wilson.